skybytch
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My s/o can mess with my gear anytime he'd like. Heck, I even let him pack it for me (I know, I'm too nice... ) If I didn't want someone I share living quarters with touching my shit, I wouldn't leave it sitting out in a common area. Some of you seem to be waaaaay too attached to your gear... when really it's just stuff. It's not like it's not fixable or replaceable if someone did accidentally damage it.
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The s/o already tried showing me his massive cock. Didn't help the back pain at all. Nice try, though.
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My back hurts too. But strangely enough, I have no desire to see pictures of your moobs, nor do I think that seeing them would make my back feel better. Sorry.
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Done. Hope she gets it.
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The "Bailout" - Do You Support the $700B - $1.1Tr Package
skybytch replied to Gawain's topic in Speakers Corner
+1 If only I'd bought a house I couldn't afford, then I could get the government to bail me out too!! But no, I blew all my money and credit on skydiving and beer, dammit... -
Dinner.
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Yay! Hockey! I hope the Kings lose.
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Are you, or is someone you know, a foot-bouncer?
skybytch replied to SpeedRacer's topic in The Bonfire
My foot bouncing didn't bother me nearly as much as yours did. -
Funny... that was the mantra of my ex-boyfriend, except it went "what's mine is mine and what's HERS is mine." News flash, guys! It has nothing to do with what form our genitals are.
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There are lots of female jumpers in NorCal. You can expect to have spent $5-10k on skydiving by the time you have an A license and all your own gear. After that.... half your income for the rest of your life is about right. The least expensive option is not necessarily the best option for you when it comes to skydiving. Be an informed student - first go to uspa.org and download the Skydivers Information Manual (it's free). Read through the student training information. Then go visit the other dz's in your area before you start your AFF jumps. At each dz, find out what they charge and what you get for the money. Take a look at the gear you'd be using and the planes you'd be jumping out of. Talk to the instructors, experienced jumpers and other students. Then decide where you want to do your student training based on the information you've gathered and the overall "vibe" you get from each dz, NOT based on who wants the least amount of money for "x" number of jumps.
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And you've put on how many skydiving events? Ask Spence about how law enforcement dealt with the fatalities at Dublin. Perhaps once you've got more time in sport you'll be more concerned with protecting skydivers rather than looking good to whuffo law enforcement...
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As an instructor, you'd let a student listen to an Ipod in the airplane? Wow. As an instructor, I can think of a number of things that a student should be doing in the airplane, and listening to music is NOT one of them...
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Ever hear the phrase "circle the wagons"? Some of us could care less what the general public thinks about skydiving or skydivers. We're going to do whatever we think it takes to protect those who are important to us, regardless of what Joe Public (or Joe Cop, or Joe Lawyer, or Joe Tourist) thinks. Cuz at the end of the day, it's Joe DZO who makes it possible for us to jump out of airplanes, and protecting his ass is far more important than the twenty minutes we may "waste" insisting that the cops talk to a judge before insisting that we hand over something that could very well end up leaving us without a place to skydive.
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A discussion that impacts all of skydiving is best suited for the forum where the majority of threads have nothing at all to do with skydiving? Makes perfect sense to me.
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If all cops followed the law like they are supposed to then I might agree with you. But it's been proven time and time again that they don't. Since cops often do more to make it difficult to determine the cause of an incident than they do to help, I see no reason to happily hand over my tape or media card without them proving to the satisfaction of a judge that what is on that tape or card is needed. If it's so easy for them to get the subpeona then "the stupid ass" isn't putting anyone through any additional "pain" or "difficulty" - it's merely requiring that law enforcement do their job the way the law requires that it be done. Investigators who have experience investigating skydiving incidents? Or the local PD, who may have issues with the dz in question due to after sunset activities? You're welcome to trust law enforcement as much as you'd like. Those who don't are not assholes - they're just not quite as naive as you may be.
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Customer service.
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Ah, but when the footage that you freely handed over to the cops (who, btw, are generally not experts in figuring out what happened in any skydiving incident) shows up on the news, or worse yet, in the hands of the lawyer that the passengers family hired to sue the dz you jump at... well, then who's the asshole?
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If that's the case then discussions about copyright issues shouldn't be here either.
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What is this "skydiving" thing you speak of?
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LMAO! Thought so. Catch me when I'm not working with students and I'd love to go do some RW with you guys.
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Well, hell. Say hi next time you're there. We were the ones walking on the slackline last weekend.
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True... there's no way I'd lend it to someone I didn't think capable of safely landing it, but it has come back to me with new grass stains a few times.
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Since no one else has mentioned this... height is not the only thing that needs to be considered when trying to figure out if a particular MLW will fit you or not. Here's a handy formula that might help. Take your height in inches, subtract your inseam (crotch to floor, no shoes), then subtract 20. You'll end up with an MLW measurement that should fit you. Example - I'm 5'8" with a 33" inseam. 68" minus 33" minus 20 = 15 - so a 15" MLW should (and does) fit me. So if you're 5'10" (70") and have a 33" inseam, a 17" MLW should fit you (70-33-20=17). Note that this only takes MLW length into account. Leg strap and lateral length will vary between rigs with the same MLW depending on the body shape of the person it was built for.
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I don't understand that attitude. I've loaned my gear out to lots of people and offered use of it to many more. Always considered that to be the neighborly thing to do...
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Pitching skydiving/wingsuiting to worried parents?
skybytch replied to Zirngibism's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
There are a lot of reasons. Some people quit when the first person that they actually know dies or is seriously injured; the first time you can put a face and name to an incident will tend to make you realize just how dangerous this sport really is. Others quit because life gets in the way - babies, home ownership, new job, school, unexpected bills, cancer, etc. Still others quit because they were the one to get hurt or they have a scary situation happen; they can't justify taking the risk any longer. Some people quit because it's no longer fun - they may not be into the social side of the sport, or perhaps they are into the social side but all of their friends have gone off to do other things. And some people quit because... they're dead.