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Speakers Corner!! Edited to add....here works fine as well...good call.

Funny.....I was expecting a new alti...and a brand new rig shows up.....Brown really does rock!!!!

douche...duece.... the second is correct..but the first is funnier

I cant say I know him...but i have meet him briefly and he seemed to be a stand up guy to me.....there is also a new listing in the classifieds listing the rig he was selling minus the 150 sabre......that would indicate to me that the canopy has been sold(I would assume to you) Btw...the ad clearly states he is from Canada not the US and even lists his phone # .....I think you may have jumped the gun with this post.

Excellent

I spend approx. $15 to $20 a year on lotteries with ppl from work.....have never won(suprise suprise) My parents spend atleast $20 a month on the damn things for the last 30 years or so......never won much....till a few weeks ago...then they hit it BIG

Install a ground strap.....they are inexpensive,easy to install and avaible at most aftermarket automotive stores.

0:0:1 Got to do my 1st jump in 7 months

Not I.........

Congrats!!!.....Getting up and singing in front of ppl can be harder than jumping out of a plane for some of us....I tried it once....got half way through the song and fucked up...I left the stage...never try to sing Self Esteem by the Offspring when loaded for your 1st attempt at karaoke

Another good one that will work on some cars....and can be done from underneath...wire the signal light to the horn ....or a oil pressure switch etc... again..changing things up over the course of several days works best...gota keep em guessing Some windshield washer nozzels are adjustable with a pin/needle...adust them to spray so they dont hit the windshield.

Visit your local garage and pick up a supply of wheel weights....put about 3 oz on the inside of each wheel....next day ..remove them...next day put the same on the rear wheels...next day...the front wheels...another day without...get the idea? DO NOT crimp fuel lines etc...engine damage could result or even worst a leak and a fire...

My mother has played the lottery of one sort or another for as long as I can remember(I'm 37)...always saying that one day her ship would come in...my youngest brother used to tease her that her ship had sank....guess what...her ship finally came in!!!

Hope ya have a great time!!!

now thats a quote worthy of a sig line...may I? and yet another....may I????

Mine is pounding hard right now...looks like tommorrow may be a jump day here

My easter plans were pretty dull..... Came home from work tonight to a awaiting PM from a friend at my home DZ....asking where I was...seems my DZ has opened early

I think it really depends on your situation.....I had mine taken out as a kid. I was under a general and spent 2 days in the hospital...mind you all 4 teeth had to be broken into 4 pieces each for removal....Dr Nick said that was sometimes necessary.....I was a hamster look alike for 2 weeks

Make em pay!!!!!!....ohhh and congrats

Now that intruiges me....if you ever make it to atlantic canada Bill...I am sure you will be provided with all the lobster and scallops you can eat

Just a heads up that this is still a problem.

Thank You to all for your responces. towerrat Going from a 288 f111 canopy to a 190 zp canopy is a big step in canopy size...stepping down at a more moderate pace would be ideal and I will make every attempt to find and borrow a more suitable canopy/rig for my 1st non 288 manta jump. chaoskitty "I had no problem feeling out the staged flare on zp canopies. " TY thats is useful info. Unstable I plan on being very careful about the transition and as always my instructors and/or S&TA will be consulted before trying anything new (well almost) Andrewwhyte I will prob put 5 or 6 jumps on the manta288 before I start looking to beg/borrow a rig to try....Hopefully if a larger canopy is still not avaible to me the Tri 190 will still be there to borrow....I have been told that they are a good transitional canopy....I suggested to my S&TA last Sept. to start with a hop and pop....he thought it would be better going out at 10k...staying on heading doing practice touches and pulling at 6k(DZ student rigs are belly strap mounted throwouts...the Tri is a BOC) pchapman In my limited experiance I have had moderate wind no step landings and none to low wind run it out landings....you make a good point...my 1st 190 zp landing would prob be easier in moderate winds compared to a no wind situation. billvon I realize your responce is to pchapman but I can assure you that I will not land downwind on my 1st non f111 jump...and that I will not be jumping it...nor the 288 manta in 20 mph winds...however pchapman made a excellent point which I havent seen addressed before in this forum(yes I am semi new) and it seems to be a valid point...and I have seen students land in moderate and no wind conditions...(short story...I brought a group to do the FJC...most did there 1st jump in moderate wind...4 stood up the landing...3 did a second jump in a no wind condition the same day...all 3 face planted..gently....they were not expecting the increased forward speed of the canopy on landing)...I hear what you are saying about jumping in winds that are close to the canopies forward speed and have already not jumped several times because of winds when I was allowed to(sitting under canopy facing into the wind is just not fun) but using a moderate wind to aid in landing a canopy that is new to a jumper seems to be revelant to this thread and my question. cruzlite your experiances reflect very closly what I was instructed to do last Sept. as I was preparing for my 1st non student gear jump....you just forgot the lets see how a front riser dive works on this canopy compared to the manta part

Sry but after viewing the other pic you posted in the belly button thread there is no way in hell I would look at this one...

Now thats just WRONG Plz dont post that ever again

I shall call him squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my squishy Come on, squishy Come on, little squishy... A cool line....but makes me think of bugs bunny meeting the abomidibleibleible snowman(yeti) I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him and I will call him George