Kris
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Use a headset with your cellphone, and use 2 rubberbands to hold the beer to your chest-strap. Put it off to the side though. If it's a hard opening, you don't want it hitting you. And remember, don't litter. When you're done with the beer, crumple the can and pitch it into one of your cells until landing. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Jumping while chewing gum = bad idea, right?
Kris replied to Jeth's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Grab both sides of the risers, pull them in together, and jerk your body around so you're in a 1/2 line twist. Not that hard. I know someone who's done it when it was a really long climb and they couldn't wait until landing to take a whiz. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ -
Huh? *handing you a bottle of water* You say that like it's a bad thing. C'mon, Lisa... it's not that bad! Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Worst injury after an OPENING?
Kris replied to DanglesOZQld's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Click on the search button at the top of the page and do a search on "Aorta" in the Incidents forum. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ -
What's really interesting is that the actor that played the original Boss Hogg in the TV series was previously known for being a top-ranked Shakesperian stage actor. I guess he decided to trade Hamlet for ham-hocks. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Worst injury after an OPENING?
Kris replied to DanglesOZQld's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
From what I remember, it definitely wasn't a dislocation injury. The femur was broken. It was theorized that the legstrap had slipped down a bit before opening. As for the pelvis injury I also mentioned, this was an AFF student on their first hop & pop. They froze up a bit, went head down, and deployed that way. It was a clean wish-bone break to the front and the side. It was such a mess, they couldn't operate on him for 5 days as they were awaiting a specialist to come to the hospital to do it as none of the orthopods there wanted to touch it. What's amazing is that the student still flew a pattern and landed right in front of the hangar, sliding in his landing. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ -
Worst injury after an OPENING?
Kris replied to DanglesOZQld's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I was on the DZ when a jumper broke his pelvis on opening. Personally, I've had my knee & hip wrenched on an opening that was hard enough to snap lines & blow out a cell on my Stiletto. There have been a couple of fatalities that I know of from openings, one was an aortic tear, the other a broken neck. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ -
Yeah, it's kinda' like the Ebola of happiness. I'm so happy I could just bleed out of my eyes and every orifice! Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Nope, I wouldn't let a manufacturer do it. I'll assemble and check it myself then turn it over to my rigger to have him do another once-over of it all before it gets packed. Hell, even at 150 jumps when I got my first all-new gear, I still hung up the main & reserve on my own, crawled inside the cells, and checked every crossport & stitch on the canopies and the container after my rigger showed me what to look for. I like having that personal knowledge that everything's okay.
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Crop damage costs more than money. That's how Farmer McNasty's are born. Goodwill is hard to come by. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Bondage? That's just crazy talk! Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Exactly. Back in the day (3 years ago) before the SIM/ISP overhaul, I got my IAD-JM rating at 105 jumps as soon as the ink was dry on my C-license. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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You may want to do some reading... What's the difference between horsepower and torque? Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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UhOh... I never thought about the retribution angle. Dude, don't make me have to protect my wife's melons! I'm going to have a hard enough time keeping her away from Rev Jim's chocolate stash! And, to everyone else, thank you so much for the well-wishes and blessings.
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I tried it with my poster but I ended up with paper cuts in the most awful places. I think I'll just stick with my new DZ.com wife. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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True dat. At 177 ft pounds of torque, that light 100HP car is going to move quite nicely. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Good thing blowing up a gas truck doesn't really do much but make a big fire. I'd guess that with the current price of gasoline, they were likely stolen for that reason. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Yeah, like that's real threat incentive. Threatening her with a good time isn't likely to work. Hmmm....or is it? Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Mmm....beer! That's an even better deal. Don't forget to bring your trademark glow-cups! Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Thanks, Jack & Cora. What can I say? I do love to give a good surprise! We're still working on the housing arrangements, but I'm hoping to be in Tampa before too long.
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Deal! Only if you let us reciprocate.
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Thanks, Frenchy. Yeah, I'm still grinning over here. And don't worry, the rings are on the right fingers. Err, the right finger on the left hands that is. Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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I don't know about that, but get on Missy's good side and maybe you can be there for the conception. Heh, just kidding! Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™
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Thanks, Anne. From you, that really does mean a lot. I really didn't intend to steal your wedding day, it just kind of worked out that way. We decided to keep things quiet for a bit, in part to let you and Marc enjoy some wedding thread lovin'.
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No worries, Sunny. I just wish you could have been there with us. I still luv ya' though.