RemiAndKaren

I've either never been told about the leg signal thing in my 10 years (geee I'm old...) in the sport, or I've forgot about it (which would not be a good thing, but I doubt it)... Remi Muff 914

Did you link to the email refered to in the article? It says This HAS to prove its a hoax.... Remi Muff 914

Riggers are like skydivers(who are like people)... there's some good ones, and some bad ones... Might be a nice rig if your buddy want to get into CReW (allthough that Cypres thingy will get in the way of landing a downplane!) Remi Muff 914

http://www.topechelon.com/recruiters/contracting/tn1_visa.htm Remi Muff 914

I'm obviously no Immigration expert, but arent you allowed to own a property even if you're on a TN-1 Visa? I think that was the visa we were looking at when we almost moved from Toronto to Denver (along with several others from our company) and most people were looking at buying houses... I may be totally off-base here, but... Remi Muff 914

ahhh duct tape.... Remi Muff 914

Now, if only you and Fonz were chicks,I could say "lets all get naked and be friends"! Remi Muff 914

I had a nasty collapse too... its was on a Sabre 210 (or was it my Sabre 170... sorry, cant remember, but one of these 2). It was much lower then yours (maybe 20 to 30 feet from the ground) and the"slap crack" noise sonds so familliar! The canopy never had a chance to fully re-inflate, but at least I didnt have much of a free fall... nice to find out that PLF training comes back naturally, dont it! But I can see how doing that in the middle of a highway could be even more of an "exitant"!!! I think your right on most of the points you made about what you learned. I just want to make one more. Lost of people get hurt or killed trying to get back from a bad spot... you all know what I mean (I'm sure I can make it .. I'm sure I can make it.. of shit! low turn.. bang)... If you're far , make the decision high, and keep your alternate landing area as your main plan, as opposed as your out.. yea, try to make it back, but that should be a second option... Remi Muff 914

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I can garantee you, No I would not. Remi Muff 914

ROTFLMAO.... I'd like to see whare that came from!!! In Canada, gun ownership is not a right. Its a priviledge. Not sure what the latest gun control aws are (left Canada a while ago, and to be honest, was extremely fed up with politics after a fairly militant youth), but the goal of some proposed laws (not sure if they were accepted) was to ban handguns and semi or automatic weapons. There are also supposed to be tougher checks before getting a licence then before "December 6th" (unlike most of America, we try and learn from the attrocities of some wackos instead of burrying our heads being some antiquated right to own a small arsennal)... I'd be even happier with a complete ban on guns, except for police and military, but that's just me, and I know it wouldnt be feasible in Canada, having the US as a neigbourg. Wildblue: you can come up with arguments like"what if your grilfriend..." till you're blue in the face, i dont believe escalation is the way forward... same goes for whoever said something about carrying a gun in the car ever since someone pulled one on him... you guys in the US keep escalating if you want to, it aint the society I want. Maybe its the only way you have forward, since you already have f*cked up your social fabric with a glorisation of violence. As I said before, I feel less safe in the US the elsewhere in the western world (I dont feel unsafe, but definitaly less so) SPECIFICALY because of the gun culture that exist there. Sorry if I paint Americans with a wide brush, its not fair, but its almost accurate... (sorry Justin!) Remi Muff 914

No need to... you just did... Your right, I should have included the full ink to the source initially. Remi Muff 914

ROTFLMAO@Strynx Remi Muff 914

Why do some americans think that they have the monopoly on freedom and that they have the one and only answer to make sure they keep freespeech??? Some oppressed (read with strict gun control laws) countries are doing just fine withough guns: the UK, Canada, France.... To equate gun ownership with freedom and freespeech is hard to justify in my view since many countries do fine without them. Heck, in France, you have enough freedom and freespeech to declare yourself a communist and get elected to government. Remi Muff 914

sorry WB.. can you explain what you meant by ..........I was saying the context in which used those stats made them meaningless, not that fact that a lot of kids die from guns.......... I'd like to rebuff your statement, but dont understand it... Remi Muff 914

That didnt last long, did it? That argument almost works... what do you make of France? They topled the Monarchy (and if you think the US Revolution was bloddy...), they're National Anthem says "aux armes citoyens" (take arms citizens), but it doesn't have this obsession that the US has with guns... why? dont ask me! how shoud I know! Remi Muff 914

PS: its not MY article... its an article I found in 5 minutes doing a quick search on yahell... Didnt some guy say he wasnt gonna post on this anymore... what a load a BS... I'm stopping now.. I swear.. just try and stop making irrational statements for while, that should help me keeping my mouth shut! Remi Muff 914

....... god love CRW pack jobs!!!!... it aint a real CReW rig if you cant see canopy after its packed! lol... crazy CReW dawgs.... Remi Muff 914

[.....resisting urge to debate..aggggrrrrr....] dammm... if you are basing that "analisis" on this: you are 180 degree wrong.... that statement says that only 1/2 the countries seperate gun deaths from other explosives deaths (dont ask me why they are linked!). all other countries deaths in that category are labeled "firearm". That is my interpretation of that statement. Remi Muff 914

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00046149.htm the interesting bit starts at the last sentence of the 2nd paragraph and goes on for 2 other paragraphs. have fun debating guys and gals! Remi Muff 914

15 and below, not 21. Remi Muff 914

Its my last post on the subject, not that I dont like a good argument, but I've had this discussion with so many americans now (I love you guys, really) that I have given up a long time ago.... it also hits some personal nerves that I rather not get into great depths here, but since such discussions usually lead nowhere... Guns are designed to kill. Period. Handguns and automatics/semis were designed to kill people. Period. Some hunting riffles use semi or automatic technologies, but the design is to kill more people. Please argue this up and down as much as you like... And remember what "killing" is... it can happen to a murderer, but it can happen to your best friend (think about it, really think about that bit). You can try and link guns with other crimes, and show or try to show various links between gun laws and rises or reductions in other violent crimes (assaults, rapes, muggins, carjackings, soccer holliganism, etc), in the end the only clear link between guns and crimes are deaths/injuries caused by guns. Yea yea yea guns dont kill people, people kill people. But it sure makes it easier to kill someone when you dont have to stab them repeatadly and cover yourself with their blood. Here's a quick bit of data to ponder on while you come up with a very researched bit of info....... A firearm was reported to have been involved in the deaths of 1107 children; 957 (86%) of those occurred in the United States. Of all firearm-related deaths, 55% were reported as homicides; 20%, as suicides; 22%, as unintentional; and 3%, as intention undetermined. The overall firearm-related death rate among U.S. children aged less than 15 years was nearly 12 times higher than among children in the other 25 countries combined (1.66 compared with 0.14) source: Center for Desease Control. Remi Muff 914

no sweat ! you'll just get more informed feedback in the gear forum (as opposed to know-it-alls like me who actually dont even know f*ck all... but rather f*ck nothing!) Remi Muff 914

Problems in Mauritius! I say this requires direct intervention!!! Who's with me? Remi Muff 914

post the question in the gear forum!: some riggers dont spend much time in this oen and only read posts on the others... but... It was made by... yes, you guessed it.... Glidepath... the company had to close down and re-open under a new name/company after the "Nova incidents"... arent they called North American something or another now??? Are you sure its a reserve? My wife jumped one before as her main (it may well be a reserve too... just not sure) Remi Muff 914