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I would have been confuesed, too. According to both my manual and my rigger it is as you described it, Che; under that understanding you were quite legal jumping over the past 120 day cycle, but would have been most illegal had you not replaced them during the current AI&R. It sounds like your rigger needs to a little boning up on this; I have never heard of any rigger who insists on ripping open a reserve pack mid-cycle just to replace CYPReS batteries, which is what would have to be done with a strict interpretaion like his. BTW, Chris, I think you should know better, too. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Like Phree said, it is called research. Did you ever read the forum rules, particularly the advice HH gives for those new to the forums? You have posted a lot in the past week, but no, you have not added to the collective knowledge base that I can see. You have asked questions that are indeed valid, but most of the answers could have been found if you had searched the existing information on this site. There is a LOT of info here. You state you have knowledge of the sport yet you have not jumped. This just in, any "knowledge" you have is hearsay, you have zero true knowledge. If you think otherwise, I would not want to be your instructor. Remember, we have one mouth and two each eyes and ears -- that means you should be spending a lot more time listening and reading than talking. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Happy Birthday, Anne. Sounds like you had a memorable 30th. Glad you're feeling better, too. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

1 good ole PP&M concert attended Friday night:0:0 Spent yesterday doing the domestic thing so we can jump & party this coming weekend at Deland's 20th Birthday party. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

You mean early! Sure, let a little thing like facts get in the way of a good line! Be that way. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

This makes absolutely no sense. According to your figures the video operator has expenses of $13 including the jump ticket and a roll of film costs him $2. Are you on a C182 DZ? Does your vidiot not edit/customize the videos? If they do, they sure don't value their time very well if they consider $22 as "profit". Dang, I know who I want to sell film to! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

If'n they fergitted, they's already late fer sumthin er uther... Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Or maybe you didn't mean to put the quote mark in the URL? Heh. BTW I fixed it fer ya in the quote above. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Linkee no workee. Unless you meant for us to get a 404? Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

PLF only, or good soft stand ups. Butt landings can cause scoliosis (the spine instead of been straight like this |, gets curve like this /). Happened to me, the pain is big, and the drugs don't work that good and worst of all am grounded for 2 weeks (doctor's order). There is a huge difference between butt landings and controlled butt slides. I have done both; broke my cocyx while on student status because of a butt landing and have done many a controlled butt slide since returning from my femur injury. There are more than a couple places that land tandems in a controlled butt slide (I am not going to get into the debate of whether they should or not, just accept that they do) and they do not result in spinal injuries to the TMs. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Michele, It's not nice to make an old man cry, but you did just that. I'm so happy for you. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

HH, looking at the geographical infor provided for that username, I would say it is Jim Slaton. BTW, if you are trying to reach Lyle at the number listed in the previous post, use Area Code 772. Either 561 or 772 will work right now, but the 772 will HAVE to be used after November 1st. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

I didn't win? Dang, I never win anything! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Our hearts go out to all at Perris for their loss. We all know that if we stay in this sport for any lenght of time, we will lose friends. That does not make it any easier. Blue Skies Shannon and Bob.

Well Mark, that explains a lot. There is a gal on wreck daht who has been slagging you majorly -- pretty serious shiite, too. I wondered why you hadn't responded. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Well you don't really have to go with the alley rental clown shoes. There are plenty out there that look very much like plain old shoes. They are designed to slide, so it makes sense that they'd work well for swooping. Just don't go over the foul line. Of course that would be the beer line at most DZs. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

It is a common practice, but not THE common practice. I know that sounds like a semantics thing, but I really mean that each case needs to be judged on its individual merits. If the removel is likely to be easy and/or the individual is likely to be involved in activities that have a high risk of reinjury, the orthos would recommend removal. If a person is not involved in high risk activities or removal is less than straightforward, they will recommend leaving it in. In my case, the hardware is still in place over 4 years later. I do not have an intermedullary nail like MacNac, as my femur injury was a Type IV comminuted fracture of the distal shaft. Those are fancy words that mean my femur exploded -- take a big pretzel stick, grab it like it was a knife you were going to stab with then strike straight down on a hard surface. What happens next is what happened to my femur; there were too many "crumbs" and the pieces remaining had lost contact with one another. To repair my femure, they had to place a titanium plate alongside the upper shaft and screw each of the pieces to the plate. They then reassembled the head of the femur with three 3 1/2 inch screws and wrapped two stainless steel "cable wraps" around the whole mishmash. Six weeks later, bone was taken from my right hip to fill in the remaining gaps in my femur. When it came time for me to get back in the air, the doc and I discussed the pros and cons of taking the hardware out. He said that if I were to break my femur again, the hardware might complicate things greatly but on the other hand, it would take at least as much energy to break it as in the first incident. This would either require a car crash or another full-out hook to accomplish. I chose not to do any more hooks, so it's all there. And it reminds me quite often that it is. The doc also said that may happen, so we may have to reevaluate the term of its lease soon. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

True enough, but one usually indicates what the first number is for it not used for the "traditional" humps... Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

You most certainly do! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

64Gazillion,487,513 bikes at Biketoberfest:2:0 I hope the bikers all appreciated the gorgeous weather we brought in for them! Did get to meet Derekbox yesterday and spent a couple minutes saying "Hey" to Omar who was making his pre-second Birdman jumps. I think he is addicted! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Can't add anything to that other than You Gals Rock! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Way to go, but a way to go... Congrats on what you've doe so far. We will be pulling for you and sendingyou lots of good vibes from here in FL. Get that 136-way! You gals rock! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

[rant]Will you people stop with the forking [size] & [font] html crud? Learn how to use these forums -- they use markup, NOT html. If you have questions about what will and won't work hit the "Get Markup Help" and for Pluto's sake preview you post so you can see what tripe you're sending before you post it! [/rant] God, I need a cigarette after that! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

May your day be bright and your skies blue. (Though if you're back in Blighty, I guess there's not too much chance of the latter.) Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

I masturbate to kill the time Kitten killer! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?