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Love you to Sparky! Dom

Get the double wide leg straps. They are super comfy under canopy. Get the Type 17's they will be better for resale. May as well get the mini rings to go with the Type 17's I would get parapac for the back pad and the inside of the leg straps. It isn't as hard on the jumpsuit as Cordura. Cordura is great on the rest of the rig. Dom

As far as testing goes. Aubrey has said that they have been in use for awhile. Not sure exactley how long that is. But if I took it right he was talking about a few years at least. So any problems would have been indentitfied by now I would hope. Plus, the owner of my favorite rig manufacture uses them on his personal rig. HMMM, he even used to work for RWS What does that a say about them? Dom

That is one of the reasons I like Infinty's so much. They have all sorts of container sizes that allow for a bigger reserve. Nothing pisses me off more when I certain manufacture calls our clients and tells them they should get the next smaller reserve because they can have a smaller container if they do. Then I have a long phone call ahead of me trying to keep them safe! I always reccomend buying a reserve at least one size bigger then your main. I jump 135's and have a 150 reserve. SOmething about trying to stay alive appeals to me. Dom

By the time the 10 or 20 years is up. We wouldn't have much of a world left I bet. Dom

it takes about a minute to stow your brakes in the landing area and to uncollapse your slider. why is this such a big deal? if you don't like doing that, then don't give your canopy to a packer. why bitch about something that helps the process? the packers work their asses off. i don't mind at all helping them out a bit. i don't feel like i'm "doing anyone's job" or anything. i see it as contributing to the efficiency of the dz. it just helps expedite the process... Quote You are very right about them working there asses off! I watch our packers sweat it out all the time. I know that it is hard work. Still doesn't mean I should pay them the same money and do a bunch of the work I am paying them for. If I am using a packer it is because I have shit to do and packing would prevent me from doing what I need to. They are there to help me expedite my process and they are paid for it as well. Don't feel bad if they can't make more tax free money because it takes them 3 extra minutes to do the complete job. If they don't like the fact that I take my canopy over and lay it out and wlak away. Then they don't have to take my business. I will find another packer or do it myself. If I am to busy to pack I will pay a friend or bring somebody to do it for me and pay them. Who losses out there? Me or the packers? I am still on my loads and they are 80 to100 bucks poorer that weekend. Dom

YEAH! Dom

Seriously who pays for that and why? It is pretty cool, but who fronts the bill? Dom

See ya this weekend! I will be in the tunnel from 3:30 till 4:00 on Saturday. Have fun and be safe! If you don't have a car you can call manifest and ask for a way to get ahold of Kim White. She shuttles folks bac and forth form the DZ to LAX all the time. She might help you out. SHe is kinda pricey though. The problem with Perris is that there is no real good way to get ther unless you have wheels. Manifest number is 909 657-3904 Dom

When did I talk about religion? Or are you talking about our Govt. ? If it is about our Govt. When do we use religioun in politics? Especially in this situation. You should make that remark to the terrorists. They are the ones talking about Jihad and all that crazy shit. If we shut our borders (which I am in favor of) we would be evenmoe hated by the rest of the world! I can see it now on TV. All of these babies and women and children starving all over the world and everyone sying it is the U.S.'s fault because we shut our borders. We can't do anything to please the International community. If we don't help we "don't care". If we step in we are "sticking our noses in where it doesn't belong" I would love it if we just said screw the rest of the world for like 20 years. Let's see what happens during those 20 years. With no big kids on the block the terrorists and evil people of the world would go crazy. Dom

Damn it. I forgot he wasn't in the U.S. Everybody ahould be an American Damn it! Dom

It's blue and beautiful here today. Something close to 70 degrees. God I love typing that! Dom

That is what is being discussed in another thread. The point most people are making is that they are getting paid to do a job and making good money for it. Yet they still want us to stow the brakes, unstow the slider and cock the PC along with change broken rubber bands. Then do a line check and lay it out all nice and pretty for them. The point PackerBarry was making is that if we do that he can make more money because we are saving him time. Am I there to help him to make more money? No, he is there offering his services to pack. So pack. If you want me to pay you $6.00 dollars a pack job then do the whole thing. If you want me to do half of the job for you, then only charge me half the money, and don't expect a tip. If you want a tip at the end of the day then keep me in the air. do the whole pack job and if you where on it al day long.... you will get a tip. Tips are for exceptional service. Not just becuase you did your job! Damn I sound like Mr. Pink! Dom

All this talk has come up today about packers and what we as jumpers should do to make it easier for them. I know not every DZ is as busy as Perris, but let's take a look at the possiblities. From my observations it seems safe to say that on an average weekend most of the packers out here have around 10 customers give or take a few. Let's say each customer does 6 jumps a day. That is usually what I do a day when I am jumping. $6.00(per pack) x's 6 jumps(per day) = $36.00 36.00 x's 10 = 360.00 Let's say they only do that on 2 days a week $360.00 x's 2 = $720.00 $720.00 x's 4 weeks = $2880.00 That is a lot of money for 8 days work a month. Now explain to me again why I should do half the pack job for them. Dom

Do ya want Chedder or Swiss? Dom

You are right. you don't have to have them. But why wouldn't you want to? Dom

Good girl Sunny. I have heard packers bitch about buying rubber bands. Which is funny to me. You are in a sense running your own business. It is called overhead! Dom

Sorry brother but I don't agree at all. I am paying somebody to pack my parachute. Not to do just the parts they want to. If I do all that I may as well pack it for myself. If you go into a restaurant and bus and set your own table, then take your own order and give it to the cooks, go get your drinks. Let's say the waitress brings the food to you. Do you tip her after? Hell no! she didn't do snything but her job, and not even the whole thing. She (or he) gets NOTHING. Same for packers. If I am using one it is because I have a lot going on and need the extra time for debriefs or dirtdives or what ever. I am not there to make the packer more money. He (or she) is there to make things easier for me and they are getting paid for it. Plus how can I feel sorry for someone that can make enough after one weekend that they can go out and buy a nice used car, and not even have to pay taxes on the loot they bring in? Sorry, maybe I am an asshole but either do the whole job or get a new one. Dom

If we did something like that. Then they would hate us even more. That is the thing that gets me. We are damned if we do and damned if we don't Dom

He hates us but loves our land!? He loves the money he makes here I guess. Maybe I am the ugly American, but the guy lives here, retires at 35 and takes his money back to his country. If he doesn't like us then leave and don't come back. I am not prejudice but go home then. Don't come back. I have traveled the world and if I didn't like the place I was visiting or the people then I just didn't go back (unless the Army made me). America, Love it or leave it! Dom

No you! I am not a quitter! Dom

That's almost a description of you JP! Dom

Good advise from everyone. Get them now. Why wait? Dom

I was there from the very beginning and never saw anybody with a condom on the M16, let alone one that is 3 ft. long. I think Mr. Cole is pulling on some legs. Dom

Did I miss a posting? Dom