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    She looks like she's loaded with plastic explosives. Be very carful, one spark and BAM!!! Then again bein' blown away by her may not be so bad... -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    the wind blast drowns out the other voices in my head. It is the only time I get to myself :) -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    A little too decadent for tact and compassion. The Hollywood scene creates some strange creatures... In the immortal words of Hanover Fist in the first Heavy Metal movie when confronting Captain Stearn " Burnin's to good for um... should be torn into itti bitty pieces and buried alive!... I'll do it myself!!!" (fade to proto-industrial sounding Rust song in soundtrack) -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    Let's have the flamefest. Hell, start a new thread if you think it is appropriate, but I think that if we all bitch some, maybe folks will listen. I'll start by bitching about every container design that is essentially a Javelin knockoff but failed to copy Javelin's bridle protection flap. Go brand by brand ... I'm curious to hear what you think. BMcD... I think you are not paying attention to the rigs around you very closely... "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    MrHixxx replied to Jonno5's topic in The Bonfire

    Looks like a cave painting. -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    Poster: skydiverek Subject: Re: reserve soft loops What would be an advantage of having soft loop reserve (and cutaway) handle? Bart I prefer the loop over a pillow for leverage, since I jump highly loaded ellipticals and my hands are a little numb from tendonitis. I just want to be able to hook a thumb and make it happen as opposed to the grab peel and pull thing. On the reserve it is a profile issue over the metal handle. -Jon "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    I guess I don't follow the opinion that everyone has an equally safe container. I look at the reserve deployment system and the overall pin and bridle protection for the reserve and main. -Jon "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    This is sad. My sister was on the load with him demoing a Cobalt. She said he was very kind and open with advice about it. My codolences to the Spaceland group and family... Blue Skies, Jon "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    I would like to hear some opinions on the following... If a manufacturer will not build a soft loop reserve handle for a rig, can one be built by another manufacturer or master rigger? Does it invalidate the TSO? Do the circumstances change any if the rig owner is a senior or master rigger? thanks, Jon "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    When I tested, assembly was not considered an alteration. Anytime I inspect a system, I loosen and retighten the links to ensure they are correct and do a continuity check. This is essentially the same as assembly, barring putting the links on the risers... -Jon "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    I jumped Joe's belly mount yesterday. He definately has one... I think it was manufactured by Stunts Adventure (?) the makers of the Eclipse harness and container system. -Jon "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    If my aunt was black, I don't think she would fall any faster -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    I'll have to concur on openings and glide with previous posts. My Xaos 98 opens better than anything I have jumped and I have always had good opening canopies (triathlons and a cobalt). Also with relatively easy rear riser pressure, the Xaos flatens out quite nicely and holds altitude well with the 2.19 wingloading I put under it... -Jon "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    Thank you for the response Bill. Concerning the bridle, I guess that is why the mfg. of my bridle uses kevlar tape on the inside against the kill line and covers the outside with nylon. Am I correct in assuming that kevlar tape is not going wear with a Kevlar kill line? So, all in all it is a cost issue with materials? In addition, I would think Vectran is a terrible choice since it is so sensitive to friction? -Jon "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but isn't kevlar a better material to use for a kill-line since it doesn't shrink? I understand that it may fail and break sooner, but that just results in a fully opened pilot chute. It seems to me that Spectra is a poor choice of material for a kill-line. I would want something that doesn't shrink before something that breaks. I have a pullout with a kevlar kill-line and kevlar lined bridle. Everytime I pack, I grab the apex of the pc and the bridle and pull to see if the centerline is tight inside (I have no sight window on the bridle). If it is, its cocked so I put it in the container and close it. -Jon "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    "Sodomy, oh you may think its very odd of me, that I like the act of Sodomy"... Name that short film... -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    "ram it, ram it, ram it, ram it up the poop chute. ay ay ay ay." -Frank Zappa "Wrist watch in Crisco" -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    "It's all about the BOOBIES!" My three year old, Drake, keeps asking his mom if he can see her "Boo-Boos" (boobs). When she picks him up he often grabs them, squeezes and laughs at her. She says he is only going to get piggy-back rides from now on... -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    Well, my fat aunt Iris would probably smoke in in about 70 seconds, but my little aunt Marge would float big time and maybe be down in 90... -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    In reply to: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I thought only steers and queers came from Texas" name that movie... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Easy, Full Metal Jacket, great movie... Right on, private Joker... "Your days of finger-banging Miss Mary Jane rotten-crotch through her pretty pink panties are over!" So how about the quote in my signature? -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    Paul... Jon Paul after my fathers childhood hero John Paul Jones, but I was thinking more like the bass player of Led Zeppelin, since I play bass... -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    Too bad they don't do that at the Playboy mansion... -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    "I thought only steers and queers came from Texas" name that movie... -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    Great to hear your doing it all with riser input! -Hixxx "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"
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    Welcome to the dark side little Cracker... -Chef "Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"