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Maybe, while in flight, you could extend your wings with telescoping rods stored in the wings of your suit and provide more lift.....that's it.......looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
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I was thinking the same thing this morning. If you could somehow mimik the motions of a bird when they flare and land. I think they bring their tail in some, change the angle of attack of the wings, and push a few quick times. I know the weight to lift ratio is way off but maybe the descent rate could be stopped for a second and the energy could be bled off just like a canopy swoop. It would probably require a LOT of strength in the arms/chest as well as the thighs/abs. Maybe with some sort of lightweight robotic stuff to increase strength, it might be possible. Or, maybe I just need to go smoke some more crack...I don't know. It would be cool, though. For somebody else to do while I watched, I mean.
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Oh my...I totally agree!!!
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I think that's excellent. It increases the respect for the man that I already have. I took my 72 year old Mother-in-law on a tandem skydive over Thanksgiving.
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I can dig it. I love helicopter jumps. Most of my first ~150 jumps were out of helicopters with a military parachuting club. CH-54 Skycrane, CH-47 Chinook, UH-1 Huey, UH-60 Blackhawk. They're the best. Hands down.
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Have your relatives come to see you skydive?
pajarito replied to Vertifly's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
My Dad, uncle, cousin (SkymonkeyOne), and most of our closest friends of the family all skydive. My sister has also made a tandem. Oh yeah, and SkymonkeyOne's two sisters (my other cousins) have also skydived. It was almost expected growing up. -
Absolutely. I agree, if the child or adult can harness that energy and it doesn't impede them, they don't need medication. I think children are overmedicated for the most part and physicians are too quick to go for the "easy out." Many do, in fact, need medication, however. My wife is the exception. She had ADHD from a young age but learned to deal with her excess energy. She's one of the smartest people I know and is now a very successful practicing OB/GYN physician.
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You're absolutely correct in that he has to pay the price. I was referring to the way he was handled initially. Nothing is going to bring back the guy that got killed. I just feel sorry for the old man. He's got to live with that mistake for the rest of his life. It's not like he was drinking or anything. He's just old. No, I would not feel the same way about an 18 year old punk. Different circumstance.
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I disagree. This is tragic and the old man was at fault but common sense should come into play when dealing with situations. Yes, the law says one thing but a cop should be able to use his own good judgement and do the right thing. The guy is probably misserable with grief already.
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I submit and bow in recognition and humbleness. Sounds like fun. I like a challenge.
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Until you've stepped out at 30,000 + ft in the dead of an overcast high-wind night, with more than 150 lbs of chute, weapons, ammunition, and equipment while breathing 100% oxygen through a mask from tanks attached to you, with 11 other guys, and going for a very small drop zone over 30 miles away that you've never seen before except for on a map, you haven't jumped...... HALO!
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I hope people are intelligent enough not to take Howard Stern, of all people, seriously. Even liberals.
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I think, at that point, upset @ defeat.
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I think the reason you don't feel the same falling sensation like you do jumping off a 15ft diving board is due to the fact that there is no anticipation of impact. You're up too high. If you jump off the top of your house, like I used to as a kid (I know...I know...Darwin), you quickly anticipate the impact with your legs. Same with the water when you fall from the diving board. I would suspect, even though I've never done one, that a bungie jump would also give you the falling sensation. You know you're really not going to impact but your body instincts tell you that you might even though you're ignoring them. Therefore, "your stomach goes into your throat." That's my guess.
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I agree. If the guy can't hack it, he should bring it up to his chain of command. That's not what he did, though. His chain of command should then make the decision on what to do with him. They might put him in a support role or they might tell him to suck it up and get back to the front. Or, he could commit suicide. That's just the way it is while you're under obligation to duty. It's not his choice to take it upon himself and say "he's not going back." Otherwise, there is no discipline in the ranks. The machine breaks down.
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6 out of 10. I guess I'm "just plain dumb." That's also what I usually get at Cracker Barrell.
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I'm so glad I'm male! Not so complicated a system. I'm very easy to please. You are 100% correct.
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I'll buy the part about satan always being there to tempt. I guess I just have a problem with the timing in the movie. It clearly states in in the bible in that particular section of the story that an angel from heaven appeared and gave him support, not the devil tempting him. I'm sure the devil was there tempting him but why the other was not depicted as it was written, I don't understand. It would be different if it weren't mentioned that an angel from heaven appeared at that very time. But it does. It just seems like a conflict. I like details.
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You're joking. Somebody had to have doctored that up a bit.
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Again, however, that was not when he was in the Garden of Gethsemane right before Judas betrayed him and he was taken prisoner. Your reference is after he was baptised by John and he went into the desert and was tempted by satan.
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Come on guys...I was honestly curious about this. Nobody knows?...
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Dude...that's a gloomy outlook on life.
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Don't you have to wear a lead vest or something like that when you sit in front of that thing?
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Eeeexactly!