IanHarrop

Sometime ago my ISP had a neat feature that allowed me to customize their home page and set it up with the information I wanted to see. When they killed that, about a year ago, I started using iGoogle. I like iGoogle because I can choose a variety of content, including a countdown timer for Lost Prairie. One other feature of iGoogle is the ability to choose from a variety of colourful themes at the top of the page, but there is no skydiving theme that I can find. People can create themes and post them for others to use, but I have NO, that is to ZERO, artistic talent. So I can't so this myself. So this is what I am looking for: an artistic person to make a skydiving theme for iGoogle. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx This can take a bunch of images and turn them into a video, and its free. Accepts a variety of image formats, but I don't think pdf. I used this a long time ago and it was kind of cool. Even allowed me to put background music into what I made. I have not used it in a long time. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Good idea. Tedious, but it works. I used this process: 1 - Drag the red marker to my location 2 - Click in the + sign to zoom in 3 - go to step 1 and repeat until you can't zoom in anymore "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I have entered this several times and it continues to show me in the ocean, near Africa. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

In the new profile it is possible to specify my location I enter lat 50.975216 and lon -114.023259 Somehow I end in water near Africa on the Equator, rather than in Alberta where I belong "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I like it !!!!! "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

This is old school too but you could still use a throw out pilotchute if you put it on a leg or a belly band. Yes, there are some dangers with doing this. It would require extra vigilance during packing and gear up to make sure that the bridle never gets mis-routed. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Have you tried asking in BASEjumper.com "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

A source of info... http://www.parachutehistory.com/index.html "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

or bio-diesel.... that stuff should burn good. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

He may in fact be remembering the article as it was written correctly. The problem may be with the accuracy of article. I have probably never read an article on skydiving, in a non-skydiving publication, that was 100% accurate. The writers always get it wrong somewhere. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Rain drops fall at about 7 mph.... you fall at 120 mph... rain hurts Clouds might have a silver lining you could run into.... an air plane "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Appears to be up... what's the issue? http://www.dztools.com "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Check this out http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/safety/detail_page.cgi?ID=46 In my opinion oy should buy used epecially for your first gear as you may want to change it after 200 jumps. Expect to pay $2K - $3K for used gear. Just my opinion. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/12/2008-03-12_new_york_escort_model_kristen_goes_into_.html may be NSFW "...A brunette knockout with the name and looks of Gov. Spitzer's hooker has gone into hiding - at least in cyberspace... ...She boasted of being an "intelligent, sensual" woman - a college-educated 27-year-old who is 5-feet-8, a size 2 and almost a D-cup. She likes peonies and will never go skydiving again. " So I just don't understand why she won't skydive again. its the most fun you can have with your clothes on. HMMMM.... maybe I just answered my own question "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

what I think is an even better video, really shows what happens when the tail is broken http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pdy2_vi0FfM "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

My issue with rubber bands has nothing to do with speed or the ease with which I can stow the lines. I have no trouble getting the parachute in the bag, getting the lines in the stows. The issue is the effect that repeated stretching the stows and slipping my fingers in and out in order to stow the lines slowly but surely damages the skin. Drier climates like that in Eloy tends to exacerbate the problem. On an average weekend, it's not so bad, but on a busy weekend, or a 1 or two week trip, I typically end up with cracks, bleeding, tears and other rather uncomfortable problems. If you can come up with a packing technique that doesn't require my touching the rubber bands, great. I prefer to pack my parachute for a number of reasons and I choose to work through the pain and discomfort, but if there's an option that allows me to avoid that, then that's an attractive option. Note that I don't yet have a lazy bag, but I have considered getting one, but I'll probably jump my new rig un-modified for a while longer and discuss it further with my local riggers before I take that step. Some people that work full time packing choose to wear gloves. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

A reminder to sign the petition against this legislation: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/NPA99148/index.html On this site after you sign the petition there will be a page asking for a donation. Any donation made does not go to support skydiving in anyway, it goes to the owners of the site. There is no need to make a donation, you can simply close the page. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

cool idea... now if soneone would only build one for Canada

I recommend getting Paralog. You can download your data from a Neptune, or any other logger, and its quick and easy. www.paralog.net The newest version that is about to release lets you do some cool things, even post your logbook to the internet if you choose to http://iharrop.jumplog.net "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I got this from an Alti-2 source after forwarding your question to them: "The memory Neptune uses to store jump data doesn't require power to retain information" Their forum is http://forum.altimaster.com "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Évidemment j'ai du bon vin pour aller avec le fromage ... et je mes seins suis parfait, merci Montre-les "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

My favorite saying is: Fromage sans vin est comme une femme sans seins "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

FOX is news??? I thought it was editorial, where opinion triumphs over facts It isn't even editorial; It's just the Whitehouse PR dept. CRAP I think we're in trouble... aren't there new Interent Rules? I think we hijacked this thread.... "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

You would doubt Fox News??? FOX is news??? I thought it was editorial, where opinion triumphs over facts "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy