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Maybe everyone you have done repacks for should buy you a bottle in celebration? Wait a minute.... that could get expensive for Chad and I... we know what you like to drink Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

That program was extremely well done, we watched it last year. We live about 30 miles from Dover, so this mess was unfolding locally long before it hit the national news. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

As both a rigger and a doctor, this has to be one of the funniest things I have read in a very very very long time. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

There are more ramifications than that... isn't the pilot technically responsible for the rigs in the plane? Theoretically, could the pilot catch shit for the rig in the loophole I described? Say the jumper goes in during the month of January with said loophole.... that's going to open a can of worms. I have no problem with the 180 day repack, I do have a problem with the loophole created by grandfathering in pack jobs done under the 120 days for this reason. Besides, I have an over-active sense of responsibility. I'm glad I'm not going to have any rigs caught in that loophole. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

I think you are missing what I was asking.... Let's say I did a repack (this is a hypothetical scenario, not one I'm actually in)- Under the 120 day rule, the repack would expire Dec 20th. On this particular rig, the cypres1 goes out of date (12 years plus 3 months, so DOM September 1996) December 2008. Since the repack now gets an extra 60 days, the repack date moves to Feb 2009. However, the cypres 1 is out December 2008. That means that the cypres is being used outside the manufacturers requirements with my seal on the container. Had I known that the effective date for the 180 days was Dec 19 prior to doing the repack, I would not have repacked the reserve with that cypres, knowing that it would have to go out of service during the 180 day cycle However, since it would have been ok for the 120 day cycle, it was packed. Does the question make more sense now? It's not a situation I am actually facing... it was just easier to rephrase the question that way (already checked to make sure of that

Isn't that going to cause an issue with cypres maintanance dates? Say a Cypres is supposed to go out in December. But the jumper keeps jumping it for the additional 60 days due to the rule change... say the jumper goes in, so this is investigated.... is the rigger who packed it under the 120 day rules responsible for the cypres being jumped outside manufacturers recommendations? Is the jumper responsible for ensuring this isn't a problem? The DZ? Does this question even make sense??

We have a set of the stemless glasses with 4 slightly different patterns, so it's easy to know who's glass is who's if having a dinner party and you're all a little sloshed. We also go to a lot of the local wineries, and several of them offer free wine glasses with a purchase, so I have about a dozen freebies, if they break, oh well... it's just an excuse to go drink some more to get free glasses

It's partly the neuro end of it that makes you less typical.... CP can affect far more than visual acuity. It can affect how the eyes work together as a team, accommodative dysfunction (trouble changing focus from distance to near, blurred vision at distance after prolonged reading), eye alignment issues (trouble following a line on a page, trouble concentrating while reading, occasionally depth perception issues).... There's a lot more to vision than just what line you can read on the chart

Along with my nearsightedness I also have a minor astigmatism. Nearsightedness and astigmatism are totally normal and has nothing to do with eye health. If all you have going on is myopia/astig, you should be correctable to 20/20 with glasses/contacts. If no matter what glasses you have on your head, even new ones, you see no better than 20/30, then something else is going on and THAT is what you need to find out. It really sounds like there's a serious lapse in the communication between you and your doc. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

It sounds like you need to get a lot more information from your eye doctor. What is your visual acuity with a new refraction? What is your visual acuity with your 2.5 year old glasses? Do you have any other eye/neuro health issues going on? These would be good starter questions. Your doc should be educating you regarding your eye health during your exams, so you really shouldn't have all this confusion, if the doc isn't spending time educating you, he's not doing his job.... any monkey can flip lenses around, that doesn't take a rocket scientist, what differentiates docs is their ability to teach you about your own visual system. You're not a 'typical' patient, so you really should be phoning your doctor's office and ask your questions, not asking total strangers without any background in neuro vision issues for advice. (Granted, I have a crapload of neuro vision background, but even I can't answer your questions since I have never examined you and your questions are very specific to you). You pay us for information.... so make sure you're getting it! Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

As far as I know - and I'm not the doctor here - corrected vision can never be 20/20 (excluding lasik). It can be close to perfect, but not perfect. Nope, not true. YOUR corrected vision may never be 20/20, that's based on your eye and neuro health, but for the general public, 'normal' vision is CORRECTED 20/20 (often even 20/15... better than 20/20) LASIK/refractive surgery (in an ideal surgical case) allows you to read the same line on the chart after surgery without glasses exactly the same line as you did before surgery WITH glasses. So if you correct to 20/30 right now with glasses, if you had refractive surgery, you would see best case scenario 20/30 after surgery without glasses. What you should be finding out from your eye doc is why you are uncorrectable to 20/20, and what, if anything, you can do about it. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

Refractive surgery won't do a thing for any of the issues I described. But the way it's advertised, as some kind of miracle has people thinking otherwise. I get asked daily by people with vision impairments why they can't get refractive surgery. They just don't understand that all it does is mold the cornea to match the glasses/contacts script. And I've seen some less than ethical surgeons do refractive surgery on patients who are not candidates due to other issues just to get the money, and then the patients are upset that they still can't see. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

Clean the litter box every night right before you go to bed, that might help. Maybe get a second litter box. Cats are really picky with regard to litter boxes, and you being in her sleep spot might be the stressor that puts her over the edge. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

Yeah I have the same question. You say it's 20/32 with glasses on. You do know that you can need a new prescription every year right? And you do realize that there are more components to vision than refractive error, right? The only thing that glasses do is get light to focus on the retina instead of in front of it (nearsightedness) or behind it (farsightedness) or with presbyopia (lens inside the eye no longer changing shape to change focus distance). What if the cornea is diseased? The retina? The lens? The neurological system? There are many many things that will impair the ability to see, things that glasses can't help. With the history of neuro issues, it's possible that the eye is great, the visual signal from the eye to the brain is great, but the brain can no longer interpret visual data as well. That is why I always say that it's CORRECTED vision that matters, not what you see without glasses. There are a lot of people in the world that can not see 20/20 due to issues far beyond glasses. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

I just bought a $5000 gym elliptical for $750 on there, a $1000 antique bookcase for $200, and an old chest mount reserve with cool looking altimeter/stopwatch for $50. I love Craigslist too. I also love Freecycle for getting rid of stuff that isn't worth trying to sell but someone could use. Just got rid of a lot of good crap to good homes that way this weekend. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

You wouldn't find a reputable surgeon that would do an elective procedure on someone with one functional eye. It's better to keep a spare. On the plus side, when you're old and need cataract surgery, they do take your script into account, so after that you'll just need reading glasses

Mine are absolutely prawnlike in their convexity. Funny, that sounds like the kind of thing I'd write in a chart. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

So far he loves it, has had no problems with it. Says it opens great every time, on heading, etc. Of course he only has about 30 jumps on it now, and compared to his beat old Triathalon, probably anything would open nicer

"newer" in this case is 400+ jumps, and a .9 wing loading Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

I know a guy that just got a newer Mirage, Vengance 170 with maybe 100ish jumps, PD Reserve, Cypres 2 with at least 8 years left (maybe more) for $2000. He bought it from a really good guy at our DZ that likes to help newer jumpers that he knows well. The world needs more like him. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

Damn, I'd love to see your corneal topographies Hmmm, maybe I could use that as a pick-up line Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

20/30 WITH glasses means there is some other process holding your vision back, and most surgeons won't risk refractive surgery in someone that already can't see 20/20. There is no 'translation' between refractive error and visual acuity, but if your Rx is -0.50 and -1.00, I wouldn't recommend refractive surgery. That's a great Rx to have, as you can function well without glasses both far away and up close, and just using glasses part time is fine. In your early 40s, you'll LOVE being a little nearsighted.... when your friends the same age are running for reading glasses, you'll be reading just fine without them

I've worked at both a large and a small DZ as an AFF Instructor..... students got a LOT more for their money at the small DZ. More personalized attention, if/when you get stuck on a level, you have instructors that have the time to patiently work with you to get through those rough spots in training, a lot less 'nickel and diming' you for every little thing, and a greater sense of family. From a fun jumper standpoint, yes, a big DZ is a blast, big planes, more people to jump with, etc, but big DZs are big because they make money. They make money by not spending quite as much time with students.... the more students jump in a day, the more money you make. I thoroughly enjoy all jumping, whether big or small DZ, but from a learning standpoint, you'll get more time from each instructor at a smaller DZ... honestly I wish I'd started at a smaller DZ myself. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

Not necessarily... remember, a successful LASIK is considered 20/40 or better without glasses... he already sees better than a 'successful' LASIK outcome, no ethical surgeon would touch him. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

Unless your doc uses some archaic eye chart, it's 20/30 visual acuity