flyingferret

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  1. Hehe As Dave points out, there are no simple answers in skydiving. As I pointed out in his thread, sometimes we might try to do too much in one dive. Personally, I am glad to have my lightly loaded semi-ellip. Which should be on my doorstep today.
  2. I wonder? -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  3. Freefly Luck has nothing to do with France.... Aggie will get it...never mind. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  4. Thanks for sharing, that is really very cool. I would love to try that someday. Sounds like an excellent exercise to demonstarte trust and it would also be huge rush just like your first jump. My only questionalbe moment would be determining the status of the canopy at deployment, but that could be dealt with. Maybe a flyby of another jumper, or a quick peek from the googles. I think the flight with the googles would be the most interesting part. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  5. Levin makes a good point. Exit order affects the situation. Honestly, I dont remember the last time I exited with an RW group
  6. See even reading can be dangerous -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  7. I think yours is too long. My ideas: Made in the USA Jihad this WMD You should have raised the white flag This is for the 507th This is for the 2nd Marine Wish you had an air force? Your AAA sucks Your SAMs did not work -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  8. I only have about 100 FF jumps, so my opinion is pretty small. However, I agree with the general consensus, I was taught to exit in a back track, pretty steep at first, while looking at your partners in the formation. Once you locate them, flip over, track off and decelerate to belly speed. Your horizontal/vertical tradeoff, should be similiar to that of a delta swoop; you do not just cork out of formation onto your back or belly. Also, keep in mind, our speeds are higher and breakoff is higher. The formations I am in, usually break by 5K at the latest (my dytter is set at 5, 4, 3), there is no reason anyone should have a canopy open under you in the first few seconds after leaving the formation, there should be no canopies open above 3K. Can there be? Yeah, but under the same circumstances that would make them a threat to bellyfliers. Backtracking is meant to ensure seperation awareness, not hinder it. I am curious, the people you know that got hurt, who deployed under them? Belly or FF? Same formation group? -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  9. "bill"booth did a bunch of mister "bills" .... coincidence?
  10. I think you and I speak different languages, really. Becoming a political figure is the last step in a huge chain of events, which usually involves serving in a corporate capacity. Pretty impossible to get public recognition without being attached to some big names. Does that mean you will give th unfair advantage later? Not necessarily. Does that mean you will know the exist at some later date, because you used to work for them and know what kind of work they did? Probably. My point stands, due to allegations, rather than getting involved in a flamewar trying to prove/disprove the allegations they stepped away from futher bids. I think it was a cool move. I agree to disagree. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  11. Funny, but calling BS, just too over the top. The dialog does not sound right for an impromptu phonecall. This one however, is real: http://www.snopes.com/love/betrayal/radio.htm -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  12. So, you would rather us hire politicians that have never worked for/with/over a major corporation? I mean seriously, there is a big difference between association and biased compensation due to association. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  13. I am not speaking to the concern of a steel link cutting through the 'other' soft links, because that is a different issue. I do not know the forces involved, but due to different materials and physics, I can understand how steel could sever spectra at high loads. What I am speaking to....I personally know of rapide link failure, including one on a tandem rig, maintianed, by 'professinal-grade-anal-retentive' rigger. I doubt maintenance was an issue. The fact is that they can be overloaded particularly by bigger skydivers. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  14. They are two seperate contracts....did you read the article? They already one a contract, do you expect them to give it back and ask the Corp to redo the bidding process? I was commenting more to the fact that after people have started alleging things between Cheney and Haliburton, they have decided not to compete for the larger contract. How do those conflict? 1. they won a contract 2. people started alleging misconduct 3. in reaction to 2, they passed on further contracts. Makes sense to me. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  15. Dude, seriously never mind....I should have known to post this elsewhere. I was referring to They are still elligible for sub contractors through one of the two remaining bidders. I would suspect neither of which is the Corp of Engineers. As to the previous contract, I was not referring to that, since it is likely smaller, they dealt with it in GW1, and it was no surprise the won it. I was in fact referring to their behavior in the future regarding this contract. I feel the need to change my signature. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  16. Anybody that digs techno 'procure' some Voodoo and Serano, namely Blood is pumping, overload, and slide to the vibe. This stuff is hitting hard..... Too chilly outside, dont feel like jumping or washing my harley, so I am downloading the Animatrix and some techno......mmmmm yumm -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  17. And there you have it....NacMac is in league with Cheney too. Seriously how many companies in the world really have the Petro infrastructure that Haliburton does? They could have scored big, instead they said hey lets avoid even the look of scandal, we are bad ass enough we can get subcontracts from independent entities. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  18. Well, we already disagree about the current administration. But I think it is cool that rather than cause problems for everyone, they step back from some big time dough. Yeah, they can get subcontracts, but those are controlled by the general contractors. Are you trying to say all the general contractors are in a conspiracy with Cheney and Haliburton. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  19. Unfortunately Ebay is getting a bunch of bogus bidders like that. If they do not fix it, I think it will eventually kill their business model. People are totally manipulating small submarkets of supply and demand. Pretty interesting from a microeconomics standpoint, but sucks if it is your item. Check feedback, check bidders regularly, and blow away any bids from people with zero or negative feedback. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  20. I thought this was pretty cool actually. A shame it had to be, but pretty cool that both the company and administration want to avoid even the appearence of impropriety http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/28/news/companies/Halliburton/index.htm -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  21. Well most people think we are crazy weed smoking freaks with a deathwish, glad not everyone applies the stereotype stamp as easily as you. I happen to like our current administration. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  22. Didn't I address that? I am rather familiar with
  23. There are not many liberals in the chain of majority command right now. I don't care if others trust them or not, I said I did. And yes I happened to vote for most of them, so why should I not? -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  24. pessism is my term for you. I trust my elected officials. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.
  25. Followup articles are much better in my opinion then changing the text, especially if it was present for a day or a week. Someone quotes the article, then the article changes, this is bad. Imagine no posts on dropzone, simply an empty block for each user and you could change it as events changed. There is no record. -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI.