JerryBaumchen

Hi Chris, It has been over 4 yrs since I sold everything. I had a Bernina 217 with the rear-mounted cam box. Also, had a number of cams. I only used the cam for the 308 stitch pattern; commonly known as a double-throw zig-zag. If I remember correctly, you do not need a cam for a simple zig-zag stitch pattern as that is a selection on the machine. As I said, over 4 yrs, so I might be incorrect. Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, IMO one 'sacrifice' is too many: Over 1 million people in US have been killed by firearms over past 30 years, data show | The Hill 1 mil, now we are talking numbers. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Rich, I could not agree with you more. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Joe, While not a disavowement, they are not all as you would suggest: GOP, Trump’s potential 2024 rivals criticize Nick Fuentes dinner | The Hill IMO there are still some very good people in the GOP. Few, but some. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Phil, I think The Three Stooges is a better title. Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, Well, here's one reaction: He also claimed to have asked Donald Trump to be his running mate. Kanye West announces 2024 presidential bid - BBC News And, you thought Herschel Walker was nutz. Jerry Baumchen

Hi mister, IMO no more obscene than the Twinkie Defense: Twinkie defense - Wikipedia Harvey Milk - Wikipedia Jerry Baumchen

Hi Keith, ABSOLUTELY!!!!! I consider myself a fiscal conservative & a social liberal.* I am quite sure most on here would consider me a liberal only. Jerry Baumchen * Striking the balance is the difficult part.

Hi tim, Re: Stop being nice to bad people. I do not consider life in prison with no chance of parole as being a 'nice' thing. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Rob, I have never said anything about equipment used in a country other than the USA; or certificated in a country other than the USA. That is a totally different subject, that I have little knowledge of. IMO too many countries, too many rules, reg, etc. Re: the North American market has decided that 20 plus year old parachutes are devalued below zero. About 5-6 yrs ago, I was contacted by a major DZO asking me if I had any 26 ft Lo-Po's that I might sell to him. I told him that I had two, they were quite old but that I felt that they were in excellent condition. I gave him a price for both of them. We agreed to: - the pricing - I would send them [ at my cost ] to a major rigger, of his choice, for inspection - if that rigger determined that they were airworthy, then the DZO would pay me for them - if that rigger determined that the DZO should not buy them, I would pay the shipping back to me - that rigger inspected them, installed them into PEP rigs & I got paid for them To the best of my knowledge, those two canopies are still in service. I have never known of any item certificated in the USA that has a life-limit to it. Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, While not 100%, it does seem as though a number of Trump-backed MAGA-types did not do so good: Murkowski defeats Trump-backed challenger in Alaska Senate race | The Hill Peltola defeats Palin in Alaska House race | The Hill Peltola defeats Palin in Alaska House race | The Hill Letter: Kent shows he’s a loser - The Columbian And, the interesting part is where so many of them refuse to concede. Hmmm, I wonder who started that trend? Jerry Baumchen PS) Oh, the winning.

Hi 13, Re: your scenario had a rigger marking on the canopy OK, show me where I did that. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Bill, Everything in that post is right on par with the idiot who thinks robbing a 7-11 is a sure thing. Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, As we all have often wondered, what does the dog do when it catches the car: Less than six months after celebrating their decades long goal of toppling Roe v. Wade, conservatives saw their hard-fought court victory galvanize abortion-rights supporters to outspend and outvote them in the midterms. They are lashing out at McConnell — The divisions among anti-abortion groups and Republican leaders threaten to undercut a movement that for decades has shaped party platforms, tipped the scales in primaries, and helped steer the federal judiciary rightward. The infighting in the anti-abortion movement - POLITICO Jerry Baumchen

Hi 13, IMO this answers your question: . . . the mfr decided that they did not want to give a free canopy away. Jerry Baumchen PS) Back some time ago, when I was still in the mfg business, I bought a number of no-longer-in-service Demo Reserve Canopies from PD. They were the owners of the canopies until I bought them. They had written Not Airworthy on each of them. They had told me this prior to any purchases. Their explanation was that the canopy(s) did not pass their porosity checks as examples of their reserve canopy(s). When they arrived some of them seemed to be in very good condition to me. I would have considered them airworthy. I then talked to PD again as I thought some of them were airworthy. PD said that 'some of them' would pass PD's test standard for porosity on re-certification by PD. However, they would not pass PD's in-house standard for a Demo Reserve Canopy.

Hi Rob, My post was in regard to the authority of a mfr's Service Bulletin vs the FAA's Airworthiness Directive and ends up buying the owner a new canopy. In the scenario I wrote about, it would seem as though the mfr decided that they did not want to give a free canopy away. Jerry Baumchen PS) Re: Now we get into a lengthy debate about whether a lowly rigger should follow the second or third edition of the manual. Did you know that an Owner's/Packing Manual is never mentioned in TSO c23(b)? * In other words, the mfr has no obligation to provide the owner with one. * If I'm wrong this, I will happily be corrected. The PIA could probably do a 4-day Symposium on just these matters. And, people would still walk away shaking their heads.

Hi Rob, Lawyer: RiggerRob, why did you mark out the TSO placard on the canopy, by marking across it with a large MagicMarker and then writing NON-AIRWORTHY DO NOT JUMP on the canopy? RR: In the 3rd generation of the Owner's Manual, the mfr said to do this. Lawyer: Mr. FAA Administrator, did this rigger in the field have FAA authority to take this action? Mr. FAA: No, we did not issue an Airworthiness Directive regarding this item. Lawyer: Ladies & gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case. Jerry Baumchen PS) Guess who just bought the canopy owner a new canopy?

Hi Peter, So is the Grassy Knoll; but, I am sure that you would be surprised about the number of 2nd shooters that were there. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Doug, Are there 72 female virgins there? Some of us want to know. Or, as I always say: The Glass is Half Full. Jerry Baumchen

Hi John, For almost all of my life I have been opposed to capital punishment. A couple of lifetimes ago, when I was in Basic Training, SSGT Don A. Willocks once told us that he thought a sentence of life in prison was worse that being executed. I had to give that some thought. Some time ago, we had a fairly consistent poster on here, Andy9o8 who was opposed to capital punishment with an exemption that if you killed or had someone killed, while you were incarcerated, you could be put to death. I had to give that some thought also. I decided to agree with Andy9o8. * Jerry Baumchen * I wish he were still posting here, as he was an attorney & always gave us well thought out input. As do a few others on here. PS) IMO The Innocence Project has provided more than sufficient evidence to eliminate this barbaric practice. Innocence Project - Help us put an end to wrongful convictions! Innocence Project - Wikipedia

Hi Peter, A quite well thought letter, I could suggest a few editorial changes, but you've 'hit the nail on the head.' About 4 yrs ago I was contacted by a rigger who had sent his square reserve parachute back to the mfr [ who shall remain nameless as I believe that there is more than one mfr who has boxes to be checked on their canopies ] to have a line check determination completed. He had inspected the line lengths & thought that they might be out of spec. I do not know exactly how the mfr responded, i.e., phone call, letter, e-mail, etc. As I recall, this mfr informed him that a sufficient number of the various check boxes had been filled in and that they would not re-certify it; I may be wrong on the exact wording as it has been some time ago & I may have been communicating with the rigger/owner by phone or by e-mail. He asked me if I could help out, as he only wanted a line check completed, nothing more. I gave him some thoughts to include into a letter to the mfr [ I told him to put it only into written form & not phone call or e-mail ]. I also told him to include in the letter to the mfr a demand that they send the canopy back to him & that they take no further action regarding the canopy as it was his property. A few weeks later the canopy was returned to the rigger/owner in the same condition as he had sent it to them. They did not provide any info regarding line lengths. Jerry Baumchen

Hi 13, A couple of months ago, I had to get a new version of MS Office. The subscription route was one option; however, simply buying it was another option. I found a retailer on-line & bought it for about $120. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Bill, Jettison Trump, eh? IMO in the long run, this is what the GOP should do. Will they; I doubt it. Just read this: “Donald Trump would rather Joe Biden be president for a thousand years than Ron DeSantis be president for five minutes.” ‘A Crazy Old Man Fighting With Himself’: Can Trump Do to DeSantis What He Did to Bush? - POLITICO I think that will apply to any GOP contender for the nomination. As I continue to say: They eat their own. I'll consider it a good day as long as they sit at the dining table. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Ken, And, do not forget the 35 clowns getting out a small car. We all appreciate humor. Jerry Baumchen

Hi X-1, Somewhat. But, I do remember her emails. Is that enough? Jerry Baumchen PS) Does anyone remember how much federal money Trey Gowdy spent investigating Hillary? Besides, Hunter can just say, 'I don't remember.'