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Welcome to the forums! Blue Skies

yeah, getting the metar for the area and having it read overcast at 700 feet is depressing. Makes me not even want to get out of bed Oh well, have other stuff to do I guess... ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Doesn't seem to be working for me... I only see a fridge in the first pic ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Have to agree, looks pretty good ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Not to bad

Wow, thats two people over the 15000 mark. Its amazing, the top two posters combined have more posts than most of the different forum sections (Individually) Sheesh, such a long way to go to catch up (Like its possible ) ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Its all about budget. If you have a crappy head unit, and don't intend on replacing it at any time in the future it doesn't matter what speakers you buy. Crap in = crap out. If you have a decent head unit, or plan on replacing it in the future then you need to consider what you feel is a reasonable price to spend on 4 speakers and pick up a matching set. Things to consider are the type of music you listen to, and what general acoustic prefrences you have. I find that if you want to learn a lot about car audio, start by going to a shop that specializes in it, in fact, hit up a couple. Ask questions and don't commit to anything, you don't want to buy from a specialty shop because they charge too much most of the time, but they are great to learn from. As it sounds you want a nice 4 speaker set up. You can go anywhere from 4 single cone speakers all the way to fully seperate component speakers. The place that I go when I want to ask questions laser aims every speaker in the car for the perfect audio image, thats what I would call overkill in this situation. The most common setup is a 2 range speaker up front, and a 3 range in the back. That means your front speaker size will be termined to fit your door/dash and there will be a tweeter in the center, that is flush. The rear 6 x 9 will have a large cone and 2 embeded tweeters. For most practices thats all you need. If you want to spend more then buying the same standard 6x9s for the rear, but buying a seperated component system for up front will make a big difference. The reason being that you lose a lot of the high range sound comming from speakers that are in doors. The audio gets absorbed/over-ran before it really has a chance to get up to your ears for you to hear. The mid range and lower range sound carrys better. So having a very small tweeter that you mount near the dash will let you hear the highs much better, but this comes at a cost. I personally, when I got my truck, left the stock speakers in the door, and back... upgraded the headunit to a CD player, and added two 10" speakers with two amps (Both run at low wattage, as to not over power or under power the speakers). Why? To suit my audio prefrences. I like to have a full range sound. At home my stereo speakers are really old pioneers that have a 12" main speaker, and are full range, so I needed that in my vehicle so it sounded the same. Its really all about how you like to hear music. I don't listen to rap or anything like that, and my truck is no bass pounding machine, its just high quality. As for any particular brand, all I can say is go listen to stuff and see what sounds right to you. Play a few different CDs that you listen to all the time. The only stuff I would stay away from is the cheapy walmart brand type of stuff. I never much liked kenwood or jvc, but some people I know have had ok stuff from them. Also, to answer your initial question, thats not true. Speakers all have differnet purposes. A speaker with a wide response range is good (to some extent) if all you want is a simple one speaker setup, if you have more than one, then each speaker can preform its own task. In cars most frequently you have the lower frequecy sound coming from the speakers in the back deck because there has to be some distance between you and the speaker or it won't sound right. Highs don't need that distance. The other thing is, when your sitting in your vehicle, if you close your eyes the sound should seem like its centered at the winshield, like your watching a preformance on a stage. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Do we really have to pick just one or two or three or ...?

Sorry, but no, its not explainable. The only way to understand it is to get out and do it. As for all your old friends, if they can't understand that you want to spend time another way, don't force it on them, just find friends that do understand. All the wuffo friends I have know very well that I won't be calling them on a weekend when the weather is good. They have come to realize that I wil be at the DZ and don't call me either. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Congrats!

I think the difference in categories is because men are often the seeker. I'm not saying all the time or anything like that, but its often the case. We need to have a more forgiving system or we will never meet anyone because women are just 'yes/no' and brush people off pretty easy. But thats just my opinion, sorry to slow down the comedy ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Repost or not it still funny ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

You do not always have to goto a specific camp. I belive that they offer coaching outside of the schedualed camps, and you can always just get time in the tunnel. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Its a tragety that she actually said people don't think she is hot! You are Deal with it lmao ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I don't think that the problem is because the server is down. This one might be on HH's end, cause I have been in the IRC channel that the pub is on for a few months. The room is there but for some reason its not working from the website. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

shame that I don't have msn ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

LMAO ..... Dont we all! haha, I went in figuring that I was gonna be hooked, but did the tandem to make sure... Yeah... I'm broke now ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I don't exactly remember my first solo, but I think it was something like, ride to altitude... watch everyone leave, get in door, then one look back at the tandem and AFF on the load. At that point I realised how cool it was that I was the person that they were seeing go out of the plane with no one 'holding thier hand'. Was pretty cool. Was a semi cloudy day and my goggles fogged up and I couldn't see shit. Made the next jump that same day, with better goggles and it was pretty damn cool. I think my second solo was the first time I saw the plane off in the distance diving because i was the last one out and I didn't really plan to do anything other than be floaty and look around. Not having a major dive agenda is nice, after 7 AFF jumps. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Have you read the post that is sticky at the top of this forum? There is quite a good bit of information in there. Also, the best person to help you decide what canopy type and size is your instructors. They have seen your preformance and know what your ready for. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

white Lite or Not Lite? ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

While I can agree that my current recomendation for people looking to buy factory computers is to get a dell, I also recomend that someone you know who is tech savy helps you with some of the software issues that come bundled with a dell (of any type) There is quite a bit if software that you don't need running and will only cause you headaces. I also personally do not feel that the McAffee Online center thing that they are bundling with dells lately is adequete to protect your computer from viruses, and its a real pain in the ass, in my opinion. There are some quick tweeks that you can have someone who is in the know do, that will make you much happier with the overall performance of the computer. As for the WinXP home vs Pro, honestly for what you want to do with the computer I don't think there is any good reason to spend the extra on getting pro. If it was a free upgrade then go for it but if it costs something then there is no reason to spend the extra money. A final thing to consider when your purchasing a Dell computer is, if you have any problems at all between placing the order and having a working computer on your desk, and have to call customer service, you can often get them to throw in one freebie upgrade for the trouble that you have to go though because of thier mistake, etc. jusy my $.02 ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Congrats!

lol Never seen it before, but I did manage only a high score of 32. Will have to play it when I get home and have a real mouse. Trackpoints are hard for these games. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Now THATS what I call a cool ass jump!!! ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I think your right ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka