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Tips on Healing Up Broken Femur...?
Tonto replied to somethinelse's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
As someone who has done 4800+ dives AFTER breaking my femur, my advice is get off the pain meds, push with physio, keep aerobically fit by swimming (femur breaks have no casts) and listen to the doc as to when to come back. t It's the year of the Pig. -
I'm at a lowly 2.7 per day... I don't stand a chance! It's the year of the Pig.
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And BOTH those guys were on the design team/involved in the development of the cypres. Doesn't anyone wonder why all these "different" AAD's come from places a few 100 miles from each other? t It's the year of the Pig.
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It's not the suit that makes Sam fast. He has a tractor beam - like in Star Trek - that he latches onto other stuff and pulls him where he wants to go. (And he sews extra stuff to his suits... and cuts holes in his pilot chute to go faster..) It's the year of the Pig.
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182 flipped over at skydive las vegas
Tonto replied to freeflychris's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Do you have a date for "the other day?" t It's the year of the Pig. -
"Abandon hope all ye who enter here..." It will cost everything you have, and it will never be enough. I find 200 dives a year maintains your skill level, more than 200 will expand it. 100 a year will probably keep you safe. t It's the year of the Pig.
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http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1721938;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread It's the year of the Pig.
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Yeah... but at least they let you carry a pre paid phone! Pot/kettle t It's the year of the Pig.
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I thought he went to Yale. http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html But then read that his Masters was from Harvard. Apologies. t It's the year of the Pig.
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So what's that like? t It's the year of the Pig.
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Well... I have a new batch of 17 - 20 year old former AFF students with around your jump numbers that would just LOVE to spend some time with an older woman like you. t It's the year of the Pig.
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There are over 20 million pre-paid cell phone users in SA. Since we've had prepaid GSM phones now for 11 years, it seems a prudent guess that there must be upwards of 100 million units floating about. Starter packs (Sim card and access codes) go for under R10 (Less than $1.50) and that's the bit that makes them work. Either we have a lot of terrorists doing nothing with all this oportunity, or we have a lot of cell phone users who are not terrorists. t It's the year of the Pig.
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Showing your age there, Peej... Even I struggle to remember "The A-Team." There were 4 of them, right? And they loved it when a plan came together? t It's the year of the Pig.
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Ah. That's quite a bit of damage! Did you feel it during the flight? t It's the year of the Pig.
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I once sent a suit back to the manufacturer, and although the cost of repair was OK, and I had it back within 6 weeks (I live in Africa..) since then I have managed to get riggers here to do all repairs. The logic is simple. If the manufacturer is going to replace the wing, then a local rigger CAN'T screw it up beyond trying. They've since managed everything from rib replacement to replacing booties or thumb loops etc. What do you have to lose? t It's the year of the Pig.
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You spent a whole post telling us how diversity is good and how polar opposites can work, and then told us that a lot of us are missing out. I've been married to a whuffo, and we also compromised for a while. Ten years ago we divorced. In 20 years time, you will know whether your relationship or your sport or both have survived as long as I've been jumping. Crowing about it now smacks of arrogance. For me "right non-skydiver" is a contridiction. I have all I need in my SO. I have no need to search through catalogs of whuffos. To each their own. t It's the year of the Pig.
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I guess over 21 years of jumping I've done most things between jumps.. t It's the year of the Pig.
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Yeah, it sucks. It's the year of the Pig.
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Well actually, I've had a haircut between jumps. Being a 3 weekly cut down to a No 1 means that anyone can do it - and most people on my DZ have! As for shagging between dives - I'm stunned that people with 100's of dives havn't done that... t It's the year of the Pig.
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You can increase that to four now.. t It's the year of the Pig.
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Better change that wish at some point, before the dream becomes a nightmare! It was the 80's! Just a matter of time before Stevie Nicks looks like the old lady in the wedding dress who burns to death in "Great Expectations!" t It's the year of the Pig.
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I find this hard to believe. Could you post a link to the article? t It's the year of the Pig.
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I've travelled all over the world with a Cypres and have never had the card. When they ask you if it explodes, or whether it inflates with a Co2 cartridge etc, just say no. In the end they will do what they do and we will need to deal with that. I've been lucky, but by SO has had a torrid time with airlines. t It's the year of the Pig.
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How about an online DZ.com logbook? t It's the year of the Pig.
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I think that would be a step in the right direction. Since I started moderating the incidents forum 2 years ago I've tried to list all incidents as "What - Place - Date" but even that is hard when people post "Plane meets bird" or "Help me understand" or when the thread starts with a question as to whether an incident actually occured. I would imagine that if they were to be categoriesed, that perhaps the current USPA fatality report categories could be used. t It's the year of the Pig.