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I've gone from weekly to monthly that was a apin. I worked shitloads of overtime to make that transition smooth

Hi, I probably didn't explain properly. He said he wasn't happy for me to jump that rig as he felt it would be all too easy to dislodge the pin. He didn't physically prevent me from doing so but I'm fairly sure I wouldn't have got in the aircraft with it. Besides, I respect his opinion. He did offer advice and offered to fix it for me but as it was someone elses packjob he'd be fiddling with that'd mean a whole new packjob rather than just remove the bag. As its only a day old I decided to take it back to original packer. They let me use club kit free of charge in the circumstances so I can't complain.

I really need to get to grips with my own kit. I don't have the sufficient experience to just know if its right or not so need some advice. Had my reserve repacked and found I could move the pin with my hand, although there was still a fair bit of tension on it. To me this seemed good as I was able to check the ripcords movement and before it had been commented that the loop was too tight. (I had been unable to move the pin on that occasion and I was scared to try pulling the handle incase it suddenly released and popped the reserve PC so effectively couldn't check the free movement of the pin) However... a rigger pulled me up yesterday at a different DZ and grounded my rig until I got it sorted as he said the potential for accidently dislodging the pin was too high, which I can understand. Whats a good way of a newbie like me checking to tell if its a good tension? I'm reliant on other people at the moment and it seems I keep getting pulled up on kit issues. It might just be different opinions between riggers/advanced packers but either way I ended up jumping some club kit instead of my own gear for the rest of the day. Its probably hard to describe what the tension should feel like but any advice would be appreciated Ta ta for now

You can get arrested for that in many circumstances over here too. One good bit of advice is never gob off about how well you know the law to a police officer. They know more obscure pieces of legislation than you can ever imagine, as that is their daily toolbox. It's also quite funny to arrest someone who supposedly knows the law better than you and watch their detention get authorised and then see they got charged with the offence - Especially law students

I've seen them in obvious cyber cafe locations but the only time I've seen them available in a bar is at Empuriabrava in Spain. When its shit weather you end up paying a fortune to that blasted computer!

Some places will have published conditions of entry or service hidden away on a sheet of paper on a wall somewhere. For example nightclubs that have a search policy as condition of entry so it may have well been lawful and he may, just maybe breaching some sort of civil agreement by refusing to show proof of purchase. I'm clutching at straws of course but you never know. Part of me says bravo. If I had a security guard hassling me for no reason I'd tell him to do one and if he obstructed my path I'd knock him out of it, because thats perfectly legal here. On the other hand he sounds like aclever, thinks he knows it all stuck up cunt so I kinda hope he gets stuck on for something. I'm torn

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Hmmm.... Guten tag, mein name ist Sam. Ich wohne im Kent, Enlgand. Ich bin zwei und zwanzig jahre alt. Ich spreche ein bissen deutsch fur Schule. Mein deutsche ist nicht so gut. Ich spreche Englisch. Meine meinung ist Deutsch ist hart.

I'm sorry if I got this wrong, but if this happened to you why didn't you just check if she was OK?

Hi, As some may know I work for the police in a neighbourhood team and we are encouraged to seek funding for activities for youngsters to divert them from a paticular bad route they are going in life or to reward improvements in previous offending behaviour (not sure I support that but hey, its part of my job). Now, ironically, the sports that have been offered to date have been pretty standard things like soccer, golf with the occasional days motocross coaching. It is well known that sport can divert youngsters from a troubled background by giving them a focus. Paticularly fun alternative sports (they have a parkour project in London which has been very succesful). I need to put an argument across and have some sensible points as to why I should be allowed to spend money on taking kids to the wind tunnel. My argument, off the top of my head, would be... * The wind tunnel / skydiving environment is a hostile one and the activity therefore helps promote respect for their environment. * Bodyflying is an activity which requires self control, something which they may have not previously been good at exercising. * Its an alternative sport which will capture the imagination of the youths. * Flying together promotes teamwork. * Being an alien environment the participants will be reliant on instructors and other persons to teach them the skills and oversee their safety which promotes trust in other adults who are often seen as against them. * Teaches how to react calmly to difficult situations such as when losing control (literally) * As with all sports helps promote a healthy lifestyle. * As some consider it an adrenaline sport it helps prove there are ways of seeking excitment from life without conducting in illegal or anti social behaviour. * As the wind tunnel is a safe way of experiencing freefall it is low risk to the participants. * The age/medical requirements for the windtunnel are less restrictive allowing it to be open to a broad age range of children. Ummm, thats all I can think of right now but I'd be interested to hear peoples views, opinions or experiences. Paticularly those that take children to the tunnel. Have you noticed a change in their behaviour? Thanks

That is correct. You simply won't (or shouldn't) be allowed to jump with a camera. There is a dedicated photography forum here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?forum=7;do=forum_view_collapsed; Also a paticularly relevant thread here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2636266;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

Interesting experience I had with hook knife. In the UK we must have one to jump, yet when I went jumping in Spain some of the european crowd were freaking out asking why I had a hook knife! I still don't get their concerns. Maybe they don't like them because they fear people will use them when they should be chopping a main away or similar.

I like my Wings because its extrememly comfortable with cut in laterals etc. I have noticed however that after backflying or sitflying the reserve pin cover has worked its way loose on occasions so every now and again I have to kind of pull the material of the front of the container up to make sure I have a decent length of the tuck tab.... tucked. Now I know whats happening I haven't had a problem again. Hope that makes sense

Cheers Nick. The old Lebanese loop. They've been doing it over here for years. Thieving bastards. They also do it by placing a whole replacement front of the machine with a built in wireless camera over the top. The camera transmits your pin to whoever is receiving it so the 'good samaritan' act is completely unnecesary and the offenders don't even need to be paticularly nearby. Before shoving your card in the hole, feel the slot and give the fascia a good hard pull. It may well come off in your hands. You may get some odd looks, but like you say, don't be the chump. If you suspect you've been had. Don't leave the cashpoint, warn other customers and ring the police.

Hi. In my albeit limited experience, on no wind days we haven't had a problem as a sensible mutual pattern is figured out beforehand. Before you board for every load (which one of the instructors is almost always onboard) you get a quick update like if the uppers have changed etc and they normally also see the likes of me out the door too to make sure we aren't too eager to get out and ruin the seperation.

Busy I see!

What do you mean trust? With what? My life? If thats the case only a handful of people. Mostly my closest mates, alot of which come from work as we've been in tricky situations in the past and come out ok, quite literally proving that when the going gets tough, they won't run in the opposite direction, they will stand at your side and support you. I can count them on one hand though

Haha... 'twas a good night. But a horrible horrible horrible next morning Have fun fella. Might see you out there or see you on your return. Take care!

Ironically he rescued me later on that night. I fell asleep on the stairs in a nightclub and he dragged me out before I would have been kicked out.

The thing is he acknowledged and just said "yeah, I know" and carried on

He should have as I was very unsubtly saying "BEER GOGGLES" in front of them both.

Not the C bomb! I don't think people will be shocked to learn your a man whore

I may be able to in a month or so. We'll have to see. My drinking standards aren't much higher now I'm afraid but I have got better at not getting sick on my clothing which is nice. Was a good night... Remember the beer goggles. Holy shit! lmao