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It seems most people only understand: left toggle = go left; right toggle = go right; together = FLARE!... There's MORE?!? Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Dammit! You just weren't psychic enough! I DID will it to you! You'd been a lousy student anyhow. Good riddance. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

LOL! Btw; that's El Capitan, so it has a link to using canopies Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Ah, so I'm basically f@rked? Gonna be like this for the rest of my life? I didn't sign THAT waiver! wmw99, the relationship thing is true enough. Was sorta almost possibly maybe in love with this girl I met in March. Saw her some, but not any longer. Shift in priorities maybe? Falxori: smartarse Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Let's see how good your eyes are. Took me a while to find the climber. Click here for the picture (too large to be attached, 90k). You might have to maximize the browser window to get a good look. To see if you're right, click this one. Now fess up. Did ya find 'im - if so, how long did it take ya? Did you cheat?

JTval, you live a very troubled life indeed. I fear for your future sanity and indeed for your life. Mayhap i can alleviate some of your burdens for you? I teach that the material spoils the spirits; it corrodes it, turning it into barely a container, devoid of any content. Therefore, send my a) your car and b) your rig, and you shall be on the path to enlightenment. Then take my course "A good Living For A Person (me)" to move on. The journey will not be cheap but since you'll be indoctrinated into thinking the material as evil, you'll be happy to turn over whatever you own. Heh, seriously, good luck with the car. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

I'd run, get gear, some friends and go off on the Big Wall adventure of my life. I'd have to get down somehow. I wonder how... Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Hooray for Barbie! Once Stripper Barbie and Crack Addict Barbie comes out in large number, i'm buying some for my brothers four girls. And oh, the Saudis aren't ruled by a tyrannical family of despot - and they're western friendly and our pals. Yeah. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Agh, haven't been out since Saturday. Started and completed AFF in June and have been at the DZ when the weather has allowed (and days when it hasn't, too). Managed to get 46 jumps this summer - I considered that 'pretty much' as a whuffo. Now I know it's nothing, but I doubt any number will be enough. I've noticed that I seem to suffer from testosterone poisoning since I started skydiving. Or at least the days when I am not skydiving. Odd changes to behaviour and mind - I wonder if I am alone. There seems to be a big 'YAAAAAARRRGH WOOHOOOO' stuck in my throat that I cannot let out or escape from. It's like being a teenager again - I get impulses to do weird things (no, not sexual in nature - yet. Riding on the roofs of cars is fun once more and doesn't seem stupid. 'Fertile crescent' and 'Generator' by Bad Religion are running in a loop inside my head. I have to fight a desire to either be too forthcoming and nice or be an utter arsehole. Yelling, especially at people, appears appealing. If I get them to yell back, so much better. Agh. A former girlfriend said 'skydiving is a drug, dude'. Thought 'such a silly comment', but now I dunno. 2 gigs of skydiving movies and the dl's are still in progress. Geesh. Anyone else get weird when they don't get to skydive? I *cannot* and *may not* be alone. Pliiiis. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

What She Said. Two years ago the world did change noticeably Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Great post slotperfect, but aren't we really dealing with handling it as a semantics issue? If so, I'm in.

While I agree on what has been said, I'll be the devil's advocate and argue that you can only pass advice after you come to a judgement :). The possible presentation of a conclusion is one thing; arriving at it another. I guess it much depend on what you mean with judgement - it has clear negative connotations in the English language. And it shouldn't have. For example, let's look at how it is defined. 3: the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions [syn: judgment, judging]. 4: ability to make good judgments [syn: sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, discernment] 5: the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions [syn: judgment, soundjudgment, sound judgement, perspicacity] 7: the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" [syn: judgment, assessment] There's nothing inherently bad about judging it seems. If one thinks a thing through and reach a conclusion that while not popular or polite is easy to illustrate and support, I see little reason for shame. One can choose whether to voice it or not. My choice the vast majority of times is to defer that to later. Mebbe the dude will buy me a beer and prove to be alright after all

No, but if you hold it still while jumping up and down.. that counts! Best to use a capped bottle not a glass... Well, you could have said *that* a bit earlier. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

9 outta 10. You tend to know thy friends :D Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Heh, I saw some TV show ehre they had an AFF student narrate his 'hair raising adventure'. Come pull time, he messes up and pulls the cutaway handle., just as an instructor pulls for him. "And then the chute sorta just went away! It isn't supposed to do that, but I was not that troubled" On the video one can see him spin away like crazy. Eventually the reserve pops out "Then I got the reserve out [wasn't him that got it out] and everything was fine. Until i was about to land." Clip showing him heading in from 900 feet straight for the only powerline for miles and miles. Clip ends with him landing in the powerlines and sparks flying. "I could do nothing to avoid them, they were just there suddenly [never mind he had several minutes to act]. "Yeah, it was exciting, but that's skydiving". Paraphrasing this whole deal, been a while since I saw it. Ummmm. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Run to pizza place because it's about to close. Then 100 repetitions on the remote. Grab beer. Bottle to mouth. Drink. Put down. Repeat til out of beer. Run to shop to get beer because it's about to close. Run after bus. Miss bus. Walk to wherever I'm going. Go to soccer game. Try to avoid the beer when people suddenly raise their arms coz our team scores. Exercise lungs by screaming "Have a nice trip home" to the away team after we win. Lug scuba tanks to get paid in beer. Carry sisters gearbag. Pack her chute as well as my own coz I owe her money. Do pullups on the wing span thingy on the C182 (we have a camera mounted above it, so I gotta look cool). Dance a lot after drinking beer (when suddenly all music sounds good). Visit to the climbing club. Attempt to get up the wall two times. Head for the bus when the 13 year old kids do it on the first try. Run (and miss) the bus. Works for me. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

It's often seen as a bad thing to judge others. Why, I wonder? Is it the Judeo-Christian influence 'let he who is without sin...' or an idea to keep us from getting too uppity? We have to judge, every day. We have to discriminate. Bananas instead of oranges, brunettes rather than blondes. It also applies to groups, individuals and actions. If lack of perfection means no right to judge then nothing could ever be done. We discriminate and judge because we must. We're a social species and to get along and establish a hierarchy in a subgroup we must judge - or be trampled by those who do. The key is to to it with honesty and integrity Am a very unserious person 99% of the time and for me most things are curiosities or obstacles to overcome - they're there, I deal with things when they pop up. It's seldom I resort to voicing a conclusion (or judgement, if you will) but by Nirfur, God Of All Things Yellow And Furry, am I tired of hearing 'let he who...' when I do. The point is not tob e without sin. Or the other one, 'judge not lest you're prepared to be judged yourself'. Well, welcome to the real world. I *am* being judged. Constantly. Am perfectly OK with it, as the opinions of most don't influence me much. It's nice to be able to say 'bugger off', or just bugger off oneself when needed. All this ranting stems from a scuba diving day. A dude pops up with a poorly maintained dry suit - I tellum he might have problems with it, which he (and others) shrugs off. 'Yer gonna have a stuck valve, diving that thing would be stupid'. Of course he has and he rockets up like a Polaris missile. I comment 'that was a very stupid thing to do, he's gonna get himself dead if he keeps on being dumb' to the divers there (and the dude involved) and *immediately* I get the 'let he who is...' and 'live and let live' and what have you. F@rk it. I'm gonna judge, and I expect to be judged, no matter what the PC police says. People are free to disregard me and my judgements and I have similar privileges. Thoughts? Or rather, let me hear your judgements.

I get the same sort of fatigue after 5-6 jumps as I get after a couple of scuba dives. It's a 'feels good' fatigue

Hm, the one I use was given a turn in the oven. Now it fits so snugly I don't need the strap (which i still use, naturally). Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Thanks for advice chaps

oopd wrong thread :D Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Unfortunately, all romantic relationships tend to be pointless and stupid. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

I'm bad at balancing things. Either utterly happy and non serious or all too serious. Am also unable to understand hints and I've given up on trying to find the 'unwritten rules'. Am also suffering from the AlwaysTooNice illness according to my friends, which is related to the 'Can'tSayNo' disease. I rule at being an untidy bum, though. That is a good quality if you're me. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

You chaps can afford meat? When the revolution comes, you'll be the first up against the wall. The poor are always right. Once I get rich, they're just unfed, plebeians. But until then; prepare yourselves for that wall. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst

Silly question - in the US you don't use the 4 line checks thingy? I.e having a certified packer do line checkls at four different stages during the packing? Maybe I am just misunderstanding something. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst