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I was thinking "Skydive E......e? Where TF is Skydive E......e?" t It's the year of the Pig.

Really? I think the jacket and T blowing up aound his handles is contentious. Yes, I know. He's done it 100's of times before and he's still alive. So far. t It's the year of the Pig.

Absolutely. Plus, we're vulnerable when we jump from aircraft, and we're very gear dependant. We are very easy to kill. Best to smile and be nice. There are a lot of strange people out there who need a lot less provocation than being beaten up in the parking lot. Some people don't need much reason to kill or maim at all. I find no surprise in the 5000 murders a year within 60 miles of where I live. Piss people off here, and you may well die. If you don't fight, you don't lose. t It's the year of the Pig.

See? I told you. t It's the year of the Pig.

Dunna. I thought the first 30 min of episode 1 was crap, and figured it was all downhill from there so I switched to The History Channel for some excitement. edit to add: You do know they're just acting like doctors, right? And that none of the people they treat are really sick, but are just acting too? There's a word for people that act sick.. t It's the year of the Pig.

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Ooo! Upgrade! t It's the year of the Pig.

www.rockclimbing.com t It's the year of the Pig.

I'm pretty sure it's an AN-2... (I'm from the 3rd world. It takes us a while..) t It's the year of the Pig.

It's 18 here. Always has been. I see no problem with that. t It's the year of the Pig.

Nothing can be done. They kill you, it's a murder. Fight back and kill them, it's a murder. People die. Better them than me. t It's the year of the Pig.

I've done it a bunch of times. 1st in Eloy with a couple of PF tracking suits. I only lifted on them when I pulled away. They had plenty forward speed. I've done rodeo with trackers around too, and the speeds are close. It's really nice to see their faces when you do the liftoff. Most of them are verticals and have never really seen what a wingsuit can do. I like to show them. I break off at about 6000ft, and then carve a 270 and come past 3 or 4 of them before pitching. I usually get about 30 seconds more than them between 6000 and my opening. t It's the year of the Pig.

Lots of little wars in Africa have been fought by Mercs. Looking at the "contractors" in Iraq, I think the same could be said there. You only need 1 thing for war. Money. "If you have it, they will come." t It's the year of the Pig.

Are Turkey and Greece both NATO countries? That could throw a bit of a spanner in the works for the EU.. t It's the year of the Pig.

100 murders! We have 5000. t It's the year of the Pig.

That's funny. Johannesburg has about 8 major hospitals. Each one has about 20 - 30 stabbings or shootings on every Friday and Saturday night. You can double that on payday. Seeing 4 - 5 stabbings in 2 months makes the average DZ more dangerous than your city! Crime doesn't bother me as much as boredom, and I suspect it's boring where you are. t It's the year of the Pig.

My Dad is 74. He's training for his 28th Argus Cycle tour, held in Cape Town in March. It's 70 miles long and crosses 5 mountain passes. He only started cycling when he stopped running marathons. I've never heard him raise his voice to my mom. They'll be married 50 years on 22 Dec this year. When I'm 74, I hope I'm half the man he is now. t It's the year of the Pig.

And Luigi has landed a 39. We all have different skill sets and risk profiles. It's always ok until it's not. If you want to start your skydive with one known link in your events cascade, that's fine, but I think advising others with a third of your experience to do the same is less than responsible. In my experience, every skydiver who died from hitting the ground thought they'd be just fine when they went through the door. All of them were wrong. t It's the year of the Pig.

Anything's possible.. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2403356;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread What's the worst that could happen? t It's the year of the Pig.

I've been watching this with some interest, as I met both the students on Saturday while we were waiting out the weather and was part of that group for a time. I've done a bunch of AFF with Bev, and she's a 1st class AFF I that I've known for a decade. I think having to pretend that you're taken is certainly the wrong approach. My relationship status has nothing to do with my AFF students. Whether or not I'm in a relationship has no bearing on how I conduct myself as an AFF instructor. It also falls into the realm of lying to your student, and in the future is sure to result in a loss of trust which is something we are trying to build with our students in the early phases of AFF. In 14 years of doing AFF I've been hit on a lot. Mostly in a timid "make me special and look after me" kind of way, but sometimes in a "I'm hiring you so you'd better put out" way (although that is more common in Tandem.) Only once was the attraction mutual, and that student I handed off to other instructors. I love AFF. I smile almost all the time, regardless of what the student is doing or how unstable they are. I like the difficult, slow learning, hard to catch student and generally jump with them for free, cos those are the ones I learn from. Some students confuse my love for skydiving with them as something else. As most people on this site are aware, I can be dramatically blunt, and I certainly am when this type of situation arises. Of course, most women do not thrive on rejection. Men are somewhat more accustomed to being batted off. I think Bev's got the situation under control. Regardless of what she's said in this thread, there was no misunderstanding her on Saturday. t It's the year of the Pig.

My BMI is 24, so I'm borderline fat. Better get on that and start to diet. The risk of a government saying "You are too xxx to do xxx job" is the thin end of the wedge. There are way too many fat people hiding behind "Slow metabolisms" and "Glandular problems" in this world. If you voted that this was a good idea, you'd better start to worry about governments decieding you're too fat to work at your chosen trade. Stop eating rubbish and do some exercise. Look around the 1st world people. It's not the thin people that are the problem. It's all those "healthy curve" "like a little meat on the bone" fat people out there dying of heart attacks. Being fat is a 1st world problem. Being thin is not. I know someone with a BMI of 18. They are capable of rock climbing multi pitch all day, and can fly an S3-S flat out for 3 min in the 40's. You don't get to do that without muscle, and they are not "weak" or "sick" or a "toothpick bitch." t It's the year of the Pig.

Well, as someone who went from a country with two official languages, to one with eleven official languages, more than one is the thin end of the wedge... Here... 1. Afrikaans, 2. English, 3. IsiNdebele 4. IsiXhosa 5. IsiZulu 6. Northern Sotho 7. Sesotho 8. Setswana 9. SiSwati 10. Tshivenda 11. Xitsonga are official, with a strong push to make sign language a 12th official language. 3rd World infrastructure combined with every official form and document available in every official language.. t It's the year of the Pig.

Agreed. We're still using spring loaded PC's for AFF and it's something I've seen regularly, if not often. With colapasble throw-out PC's consequence is usually low unless the bridle is tensioned prior to full inflation of the canopy. Bottom line is the (full) control check. If the canopy passes, stick with it. If not - away you go. t It's the year of the Pig.

Hi Bev, Well, now you'll have something to chat about at the braai. If you havn't been divorced or hijacked.. you really have nothing to say to whuffos.. By the way, chasing and killing may have some legal implications. The laws have changed a great deal in the last 6 years. See you on the weekend!

What? They have world championships for arguing? t It's the year of the Pig.