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I can't say because I don't know much about the BPA (based on your profile saying UK) You should check out this site It might help some. ~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

0:6:0 Mostly RW stuff had a good tim, was on someone elses 100th. Had a blast all weekend. ~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

haha what a fun waste of time ~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 have always paid my discover card online specifically so that I don't have to deal with any of these problems at all. Direct transfer from checking to them. I have most of my bills set up to pay automatically because I am horrible at remembering to pay them. The only one I have to actually fill out a form for is my CC. ~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

nasty email sent ~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

very cool ~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 I could land your canopy just as safely as I land my own. That seems to me like a pretty asinine statement. I would bet that you would get away with it on a few jumps, but I doubt it would be consistant and it would sure be pushing your luck. Why would you openly recomend to another person to risk it all on a high WL HP canopy so early on. ~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 that in the terms of being afraid of failure there are different degrees. Like some people it would seem are afraid to fail at all. They want to do something and rock at it right away. I think that this is prevelant but not as much so as people who see "failure" as a end term rather than a means. It would seem to me that people who are afraid of faliure are most often afraid of reaching the end of thier life without completing the goals that they set for themselves. I think that this the main thing people are thinking as failure. It gets treated as an end in life. The way that your discussing failure is a means to and end. To keep going on the psychological standpoint. If you don't sit back and realize that failing at one specific task will only teach you something and help you learn more about other things. You can't treat the failure as the end all of your existance. You have to move on. ~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

Absolutely ~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 want to talk about people making thier own choice and this and that. Sure people have to be responsible for thier own actions and thier own choices but... What happens when a friend makes a choice because of your support to jump a canopy that he isn't capable of handling and kills himself. Who should have to share the responsibility for his death then? Surely the jumper that died for making the wrong decision but also the person who made him feel he could jump it. If a person is wishy washy and just seeking out someone who will tell them its ok to do regardless of if they should be doing it, that is what your going to give them. An excuse to go kill themselves. Maybe they will get lucky but maybe not. I guess the whole tell a person what they want to hear thing sits poorly with me. ~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

The closest decent tunnel for you is probally the orlando sky venture. There are other tunnels out there (non skyventure) but they don't really compare. Clicky! ~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

Please do a search on this It has been argued about COUNTLESS times and any way it boils down its just not true Welcome to the skies and the forums! ~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 find enjoyment in both and I think there are cool tihngs about both. The problem as I see it, is that it is much easier to come down off of an RW jump and be pissed off at yourself or have people pissed off at you. If the RW your doing is with people who are more experienced and willing to teach you thats great but when you screw up you feel bad because your wasting thier time. This is something that does cause a lot of stress for newer jumpers. You are stuck in the middle of two problems. You will learn a lot more on an RW jump that has other jumpers that are more experienced than you but you can "waste thier time" contrasted against a RW jump with people about your level where they won't be mad at you as much if you screw up but you stand to learn less from them. So there is a dilema in that. When it comes to FF you are pretty much starting out solo or with a paid/unpaid coach who knows that you are going to suck and is doing it for that express purpose of making you better. Just you and him, no one else to screw around, and it doesn't really cut into what they want to be doing (because thier a "coach.") Much less preasure because of the circumstances. Once you get beyond the "can only fly solo/can't control motion" stage of FF you might not be as good but it seems that it is easier to get on a "low preasure fuck around" FF jump than it is to do the same in RW. Your not being rigid to structure and that prevents the problem of wasting the other persons jump as much. At this stage it would seem like your jumping more with the competant flyers that are in the pre-form stage of FF (Meaning they are getting good a flying but haven't progressed to only doing structured jumps.) So the progression is smoother. This isn't to say that the same doesn't exist on the RW side it just seems that its much harder to find people who are able to give a person experience and also not get pissed because your new and not that good. I personally think that its important to have (in the long run) a understanding of both FF and RW, at least at my DZ because we are pretty splitt on the disciplines. Even the "old timers" are all starting to learn to FF because they are bored with RW and its something new for them. Background: I have about 86 jumps, about 15 of which are working on a sit when I can't find anyone else to jump with, or when a FF LO is in town visiting. My main focus on jumping has been RW activities. My personal feelings vary, some days RW is cool when shit is working, but the days when its not I leave the DZ unhappy and upset and that sucks. At this point im putting up with not having as much fun for the express purpose at getting better so that at some point I will be able to have fun with RW. Eventually I would like to be at least significanty competant in both forms, but for now I am doing mostly RW. ~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

What the fuck is that shit?? Guys can't be scared of spiders. It IS the mans job to kill the spiders!! I have spider fear as well as a few other things. Including some mentioned in this thread. ~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

Did this 'human kite' attempt perhaps involve: Vehicle Water Ski Rope Inebriated Skydiver Bird Man Suit ????????? If so, are there pics? topher Nah.. it involved a vehicle, rope, water training rig with big ass 7 cell canopy.. There are no pics, but there is video.. It's jackass tape material Iwan That sooooo has to get posted! ~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 I will be checking my rig when I fly. I mean, we have heard stories of bagage being proded and whatnot. I guess I don't trust the chain of people from me letting it out of my hands to me getting it back to not do something that will cause my rig damage. I guess I'm just paranoid. It might also have something to do with the fact that a good friend of mine works bagage and my mom works for an airline. Too many stories of abused bags, etc. Its one thing if its some clothes. ~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

BTW I was thinking it would probally be a good idea to use a digitude/neptune as I'm guessing it would be less confusing on wrap around for the people lookin at the picture. ~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

~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 am in the crowd who thinks it should be 18. It doesn't give people an excuse to drive drunk more, but it does make people have to live up to more reasonable level of responsibility. Its already been proven that 18 year olds won't not drink just because thats what the laws are so whats the point in trying to fake it. It causes accidents regardless of what the law is. ~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

Very cool

or so they say ~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

Penn & Teller did this on one episode of thier show "Bullshit" They got a couple hundred people at a nature rally to sign a petition for banning it. Gullable people who follow the flock and do whatever. People really need to learn to think on thier own. If your gonna go out and sign something or work towards banning it then you really need to know what the hell your talking about. /rant off ~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

Toshiba makes pretty good laptops. I have recomended both toshiba and dell to people that I know who are getting them. I personally have an IBM but I don't know if my next laptop will be one because they lack the 3d Card support. I am very picky about keyboards on laptops and for that reason I would never personally buy a dell (just like you said) Toshiba are pretty good though. ~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

It sure is a scary sight to see in person hehe ~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

80s:5:0 The jumps were ok this weekend, but more importantly we finally had some decent weather. Went out saturday night with dumpster and a buncha others from our club for one members birthday and to show the two guys in from out of town a good time. Learned quite a bit about how to improve my sit from TJ Landgren... good coaching goes a long way. I know saturday night was a blast cause I was dragin on sunday ~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