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There is nothing better than a perfect Reuben! Grilled rye with thousand island and swiss... yum! Spencer "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

None of your poll responses apply. I'm voting for Badnarik. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

Just under 6'1" without shoes. Tall girls... short girls... heck, they're all good. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

Probably not, but it's for practical, not moral reasons. The pace and level of stimulation is so high in that profession that life with little ol' me would likely be pretty boring in comparison. I don't want to compete with something like that. If you feel up to the task, then by all means go for it. Strippers can be surprisingly normal people - they just usually need a lot of attention. Then again, some of them are very much not normal, so be sure to figure out what makes yours tick. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

I am. I just have some aggressions I need to get out and slapping the hell out of someone sounds like the cure. Ooohh. I love it when you get all feisty on me. Makes tying you down so rewarding. Yeah. What she said... To answer the original question, I'd have to go with the neck. Giving or receiving, that does it for me. Of course, there are lots of other parts to warm up on before delivering the coup de grace. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

I'll answer this one directly. No. I don't get tired of seeing the same long hair on a girl I like. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't like you with shorter hair, but I would never get tired of seeing it long. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

I've travelled extensively in North America, and this is the first time I've heard of this practice. Then again, I haven't gotten tickets in most of the places I've visited. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

For what it's worth I'm seeing lots of destroyed or defaced Bush/Cheney signs in this area, but I haven't yet seen a damaged Kerry/Edwards sign. In my experience the left is much less civil than the right. Spencer (For the record, I'm not voting for either of these teams...) "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

My all-time favorite is: I still miss my ex - But my aim is improving. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

Too nice for my own good most of the time, but I really like putting a smile on someone's face. It takes just the right kind of personality to bring out the beast in me. I can be tender and terrible at the same time. Haven't had that in a long time, but it sure is fun. Gotta get down to Cali one of these days. Spencer "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

Yep. I've been "borrowing" kids for years, but I'd really like some of my own. There's something about the permanence of it all that changes the experience. You really have to find someone who wants that, though. Talking someone into having kids is a baaaaad idea. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

In all fairness, the government claims no obligation to show that the people it's capturing and mistreating are "these same criminals". In the absense of that, we're just doing the same things they are. I understand your feelings. Watching that video makes me want to turn sand into glass all over that region. I won't make policy on that basis, however. Imagine how you'd feel if there were Iraqi soldiers swarming all over the US with pictures like Abu Ghraib coming out of our prisons. John Ashcroft has stated, on the record, that even if the detainees at Guantanamo are eventually given trials, and even if they are found not guilty that most of them will probably never be released. If you want to enforce the rules of law or decency, you have to be willing to follow them yourself, even if your opponents are not. I'm not trying to condone what these asshats are doing - just trying to make it clearer why the average Iraqi is reluctant to risk his own life to stop them. Until that changes, we can't fix this problem. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

John Ross "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

http://www.badnarik.org/ "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

I can't believe no one's mentioned "Unintended Consequences" - that's the one that got me skydiving. WWHD?

Kris, You're so sweet and thoughtful. It hurts to know you're in pain. You're usually the one giving comfort. You remind me of a girl at my dropzone. She's had long hair for as long as I've known her. About 3 weeks ago she showed up with it all cut off. It turns out she'd been growing it out so she could donate it to a group that makes wigs for cancer patients. That's just the kind of person she is. Anyway, I'm looking forward to meeting you one of these days - probably next winter when some of us Washingtonians come down to unthaw. Hang in there, and know that you have friends all over the planet! PS - PM me an address and I'll put $10 toward the Icarus ash dive. Now where's that "big hugs" emoticon when we need it? "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

Kristi, Just to confirm what others have said, if I don't leave at least 18 inches of line between my last stow and my risers I get horrible off-heading openings and sometimes line twists, and I jump a Spectre which is particularly known for not doing that. I now try to leave 24 to 30", but my container is an I-66, and I have these giant dacron CRW lines, so I suspect that 18 to 24" would be perfect for your rig. I wouldn't recommend packing your rig with the bridle at the bottom. When your pilot chute reaches bridle-stretch it needs to pivot the d-bag out of the container. With the bridle at the top the entire container can flex slightly to release the d-bag (try lifting your container by flap number 2 to see this in action) but with the bridle at the bottom the force wants to make the container tighten even more, so you risk a pilot-chute-in-tow malfunction. I know the problem you're having with lines poking out of the bottom flap. With my giant dacron lines the problem is quite pronounced. What I do to combat this is rotate the d-bag until it's about 30 degrees short of flat (so the lines are still mostly below the lip of the bottom flap) then lift my container by flap number 2, align the top of my d-bag with the bottom of my reserve tray, then lower the reserve tray and d-bag together while mashing the bottom of the d-bag with my knees. I then quickly thread my pullup through flap 2 (if I haven't done this already), pull flaps 1 and 2 together, and poke the lines that have managed to pop up in spite of my best efforts back into place before continuing with flaps 3 and 4. With practice it works pretty well, and my canopy is a very tight fit in this size container. With your smaller canopy and microlines I bet it would work quite well. You can also try making the line stows progressively shorter as you march down the top of your d-bag, so the last one above the risers doesn't stick past the rubber bands (or tube stoes) very far. It's mostly that last group that's trying to sneak out of your container as you close it. Best of luck, Spencer "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

10/11 == I missed the one about the line of succession. It's changed. The Secretary of State used to come third, and that was a problem during the Nixon administration because Henry Kissinger was foreign-born and thus ineligible to serve as President. Gerald Ford was never Speaker of the House. He only became President because he'd been appointed Vice-President when Spiro Agnew resigned. I hate it when I have to answer a history question when I know the answer they're expecting is wrong. The most common example is "which President ended slavery in the United States?" They usually want you to say "Abraham Lincoln", but the correct answer is "Andrew Johnson". "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

If you look at the third needle on the altimeter on the right I think you'll see that this aircraft has just over 30,000 feet of altitude. The ALTI on the dash, however, will be giving the cabin pressure, which I'm guessing is about 13,000 feet. The needles on metric altimeters point in approximately the same direction as English-measure ones - it's just that the numbers are smaller on the metric dials. Spencer "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

Are you saying that a spectre 210 in full flight has a higher glide ratio than a sabre2 210 in full flight? That seems wrong in my mind. Maybe its not wrong but it feels wrong I can't say from personal experience, but PD says the Spectre has a flatter glide than the Sabre2 in full flight. http://www.performancedesigns.com/docs/Spectre-Flight-Char.pdf "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

My thoughts: Reasons to make your reserve as large as possible: = You might be injured or unconsious. It would be nice to know that you might actually survive a landing without a flare or PLF. = Due to a bad spot, tricky winds, or some other emergency you might be forced to land somewhere that's not remotely swoopable. The closer you can come to one of those giant accuracy canopies the happier you'll be when you have to sink it in. Reasons not to super-size your reserve: = Wind penetration. If your reserve is too big you might have to sit on the ground if the windspeed is too high, even though your main would be fine with that wind. = Pack volume. Nobody likes carrying around a giant rig, and it can be difficult to find (or make) a container whose reserve tray is a lot larger than its main compartment. Reasons to make your reserve about the same size as your main: = Compatibility in a two-out situation. It seems like most people would prefer a nice, stable biplane rather than a side-by-side that might turn into a downplane on final. Of course, you can't cut away a biplane, so opinions might vary on this point. = Familiarity. If your reserve is drastically different than your main, you might be pretty rusty flying it when the time comes. This probably isn't a big issue if your reserve is large enough to be easy to fly, but it's probably a pretty serious issue if your reserve is smaller than your main. My main is a Spectre 210 and my reserve is a PD218R. I am currently demoing a copy of my reserve rigged as a main (something I heartily recommend). If I were ordering a new rig right now, I would probably bump my reserve up one size. Spencer "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

My F350 truck doesn't burn fossile fuel even now. I use B100 biodiesel, and with the recent surge in petroleum prices, I'm not even paying much more than most folks. Like billvon says, it wouldn't take much effort to burn this stuff in a turbine, and you can look at www.deltahawkengines.com for some really cool recip engines that could burn it as well. When we run low on petroleum, fuel prices will rise slightly. That's all. Don't worry, be happy. Spencer "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

Yep, twice, but you may recall it took two people each time, and they were both worn out when they were done. And your canopy is well broken-in and has microlines!

Yep. I understand that, and didn't mean this as a complaint. I'm not someone who's looking to downsize, though. Perhaps a couple of checkboxes on the order form would encourage dealers to pass that information along more readily. Hmmm. I ordered my Sabre 2 with dacron lines as well, but when I asked if they could put non-cascaded center A+B lines as well, PD said "no - you need a Spectre", so that's what I got. I knew dacron lines added to pack volume, but I didn't know the difference was large. I wish I'd gotten a chance to speak directly with you guys about all of this. Any chance I could get you to show me your technique some time? I haven't actually managed to bag the Spectre by myself yet. I just got a demo of my reserve from PD and I've been jumping that to get experience with it before I have to pull silver. It's slightly larger but not as slippery, of course, and I can bag it myself with minimal difficulty. Once it's in the bag it drops into the container easily. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

VSE has a reputation for sizing their containers aggressively (ie - choosing the very smallest container that will physically hold a given canopy), and my experience bears this out. When I ordered my container, I specified a PD218R and a Sabre 2 210 and VSE delivered an I-66N (narrow version, which I think fits me well). I ended up changing my main to a Spectre 210 (which should pack smaller than a Sabre 2), but adding CRW lines which probably makes my overall pack volume slightly higher than originally planned. It is possible to get these canopies in this container, but it sure isn't much fun, for me or my riggers. I'm actually thinking about ordering an I-77N and transferring my components so they'll fit without all the swearing. If you plan on downsizing as fast as you can, then the recommended sizes should suit you well. If not, then I recommend using the published volume measurements and estimated canopy pack volumes to choose a size that's more fun to pack. Spencer "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."