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Manning acquitted of 'aiding the enemy' - found guilty of multiple counts of violating the espionage act. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23508662

Man, I get DAY long hangovers from just a few beers now. Getting old sucks.

Just. wow. It sounds like you have more than just a serious chip on your shoulder and see deep insults where none were intended. Would it have been worse to not be invited? Would you have been on here saying 'I didn't get invited despite my 50 hours and 20 years so went out on the company card anyway!'?

Absolutely. I've managed to climb to the roof of a city center hospital, get escorted off the helipad, picked up and woken up in bed the next morning without any recollection of any of that. Now they may remember bits and pieces, but it'll probably be blurry and indistinct - like trying to remember a dream, with occasional sharp memories. That's my experience anyway... Thankfully I can't drink like that anymore!

'you're dumb, and 'grow a pair'... really? Are you even old enough to be allowed to skydive? Because you make your arguments like an 8 year old. To clarify, I actually do have a degree in neuroscience and I know exactly how valid my example was. That STILL doesn't make me qualified to state what the possible behavioral side effects of every drug are. So why do you insist that I do? That information already exists. It's published by the manufacturers of the drugs themselves. It's published in the BNF in the UK which pretty much every doctor carries with them. It's all over the place. The trick would be to make use of that knowledge... Lets use the example of alcohol abuse as a stand in for a particular drug because it's something that's already regulated that we're familiar with. In small amounts it's no problem. In larger amounts that are measurable and have been previously been defined it is illegal to operate a vehicle. In a case of alcohol abuse, judgement is hugely affected - you must have seen this at the dz? So then hypothetically, would you have a problem with someone who is legally over the limit to operate a vehicle EVERY DAY having access to a gun? Why would you make a distinction between one cause of cognitive impairment and another when the results can be the same? Coming back to the real world and away from the alcohol example, some drugs have a similar effect. Some will make you temporarily woozy, some are the equivalent of being shitfaced and it differs from person to person. The trick will be to set a standard (just like the 0.08% for alcohol) that can be tested to and say 'ok - because you are on these drugs which carry a risk of delirium, confusion, depression' (or a different list to be decided by professionals who can make that judgement) you'll need to have a course of cognitive tests before the state will allow you to buy a gun - and you'll need to keep doing those tests as long as you're on the drugs. Once you're off the drugs, or if your tests are below that limit, then go for it. I'm certain you've probably skipped all of this and are right now typing something like 'I knew you couldn't name anything, dumbass', or something equally pertinent so I'll help you out, but you're going to a throw a shit fit over the result (which is why I went to all the trouble to explain the idea of testing earlier)... Examples: Pretty much ANY anticholinergic drug has the potential to cause delirium and confusion. Those are great traits for a responsible gun owner, no? Unfortunately that mechanism is common for many heart medications, antihistamines, glaucoma treatments and high blood pressure treatments. Off the top of my head, Reserpine, clonodine, lidocaine and quinidine. There will be loads more. Just because you're taking that medication doesn't mean that you're a danger or shouldn't be allowed a gun. But it does mean that you're in a higher risk group than people who aren't... It's exactly the same as insurance for skydivers - we're more likely to get hurt than john q whuffo, so we have to pay more for the privilege. If we're too great-a-risk, we don't get approved. Before I end, I want to point out that your initial statement is completely wrong too. You're the one being emotional and judgmental. I'm advocating measurable and quantifiable metrics... no emotion there.

Any, once we need to silence you... says, Quade's federal panel of experts. None of those I previously debated will ever answer this/these question(s). Because it's not something anyone here can answer - or should!. Why do you need every answer completed in detail before you can make a decision on something in concept, and then say it like you've scored some sort of point? Should mentally ill people be stopped from getting firearms? Yes. If that mental illness affects judgement. We stop people with epilepsy from driving because of the increased risk to others. What's the difference? Should people that are taking drugs that can cause hallucination or depressions be stopped from having access to firearms? Yes. Again they're both substantially increased risk factors. Those are CONCEPTS. The details of the exact whats and hows should be left to those with a better and less biased idea than anyone here.

Dribbus, I hope you get your gear. Maybe we need something on the front page of this place? We're a small enough sport that people shouldn't be getting scammed this easily. BEST: Use an escrow agent for a transaction. MINIMUM: Ask for the name of their DZO and dropzone, get a number from the internet and CALL to see if they actually exist. It takes 30 seconds.

I'm not sure the crossfire 2 is a similar comparison to the Sabre or Safire. I love the CF2, but would consider it a more high performance wing that either of those two. It's fully elliptical for a start, not to mention that it's recommended minimum loading is at 1.4 rather than the 1.2 the op would be loading it at. Without knowing the experience of the original poster, and given that they're not asking about other elliptical canopies I'd hesitate to recommend demoing one.

Neither. What a wierd question.

So was it a bad email address you had.... ? and what was your issue, and what did L&B say about it? Given that once you had the right email address it took less than a day to get a reply maybe you might want to send them an apology...

hahaha! You're hilarious. Lots of things need fixing in this sport. The requirement for a hop and pop isn't one of them. Pick another random aspect of the sport and start arguing with people who know far, far better than you - I'm sure that one'll turn out well too. How about telling Bill Booth that tandems are dangerous because you saw an incident report once? That should be good for a giggle.

ranting at people has never got me anything other than an increase in blood pressure. When people rant at me I'm LESS inclined to help them... what about you?

If the way you phrase your post is similar to the way you ask for customer support then I'm not surprised if you're not first in the queue for answers... As a general rule, L&B have a reputation for outstanding customer service. Given the hundreds of glowing reviews I've seen about L&B I'm inclined to suspect that you're part of the problem.

Liberals don't want you to defend your life when your life is threatened. They're into allowing people to run wild, shooting up the town, doing drugs, etc. all while they're taxing your right to have a gun, and even taking away your right to own a gun. weak Troll juju. Not one of your best.

I've tried both honey roasted and chocolate covered grasshoppers. They're pretty good. Ants are ok. I'm usually OK with crunchy - it's mushy I have issues with. Every survival show I've ever seen insists that Witchetty grubs are great eating... [inline munchies.jpg] hells no.

Holy fucking shit! That should be required viewing for every 'do a barrel roll' proponent out there.

Are there really organizers who say this? I suppose some people still teach the 45 degree rule of exit separation and toggle whipping as a swoop technique, so I shouldn't be surprised...

Absence of malice...it's a frivolous move to divert attention from the whole burning aircraft on the runway thing. But who knows maybe the TV station will settle the matter providing much need funds for pilot training! They could agree to a trade - Professional flight training for one, journalistic professionalism for the other? One day the 'need to be first' to release names on events without checking will get someone killed. And on that day I hope every journalist and media group in the business gets nailed to the wall.

Sorry to hear you got hurt. I managed to fracture my cocyx and never realised that so many things seemed to be connected to my arse! It even hurt when I blinked! It took me about 6 or 8 months to get pain free, but the thing to remember is that there's no rush. The sky isn't going anywhere! Make sure you're properly healed before jumping again... I've known a few people that have pushed it, jumping when they're 'nearly' better, only to take themselves out for even longer as a result.

From the bbc news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23249012 Too much reliance on automatic systems...

That's some spin! Good job on getting back on the horse! What did your instructor say in your debrief? For the AFFIs here - as a non AFF person it didn't look like the best save by the instructor to me. The instructor manages to grab the rig, but doesn't stay docked or even stop the spin. The student is left to deploy in a fast spin. I know docking on someone spinning fast is both hard and dangerous, but isn't that the instructors job - at least to the hard deck? Is there anything the instructor could have or should have done differently?

Sorry Chris, I don't agree. The bottom line is that the pilots are in command of the aircraft, not the gizmos, and if it wasn't mechanical failure, then they drove the plane into the ground. Sure, all the instruments and auto stuff may have been misleading them, but we teach pilots to trust their eyes and not rely on dytters while swooping - same thing here... Those guys should have had the experience to know they were low and slow and taken abortive action sooner.

Why?? Competitive CRW might be able to justify a requirement to start monkeying with your gear by changing the slider setup, but I still don't understand what you're trying to achieve with this? How long is it taking your canopy to open? How long do you want it to take and why?

This is a bad idea. You're not low enough to require any sort of 'sped up' opening. A normal packjob will suffice perfectly. Not having the slider at the stops introduces all sorts of possible problems - some gear related, some behavior related. What if you fumble a pitch, or have some other issue that prevents you from deploying immediately? Now you're at terminal with a slider down opening... Bad for you, bad for your canopy. Line control, packing control, and how the canopy is designed to open are all good reasons not to do this. If your canopy is taking so long to open on hop n pops that you're looking for ways to speed it up significantly, get the canopy itself checked. There's simply no good reason to do what you are thinking about as far as I can see...

Kittens. Kittens are super soft and fluffy.