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"Karn evil 9" by E.L.P. "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straights "Evil Ways" by Santana "Money" by Pink Floyd "Astronomie Domain" by Pink Floyd "Dream On" by Aerosmith "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith

"Crazy Train" by Black Sabbath

"Hush" by Deep Purple

"Barracuda" by Heart

Cool. Joe has rarely been at the Orlando tunnel lately. Last time I saw him, he said he's been working at the corporate office. All I know comes from conversations I've had with the Orlando staff when I inquired abou about instructor training.

Well the only things I know about SkyVenture tunnel instructors, is that they must be SkyVenture trained, and the only SkyVenture training facility is in Orlando. They will train anybody, if they feel they are the right person. Thi only problem is Orlando is already overstaffed. So, they are only training instructors for other locations. Call SkyVenture (407) 903-1150 for futher details

On the rare occasion, that I have to dissuade someone from coming around anymore, I look them straight in the eye and simply say "Stop come around here," with a sufficently serious tone of voice. Its always worked for me. It's kinda ironic, that I'd be so good at getting rid of them, because I'm so poor at picking them up

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That is the normal method if you use stainless steel finger-trapping fids. However "some idiot" forgot the last step which involves cutting off the hard end at a shallow angle. The shallower the angle, the smoother the transition at the end of the inserted line and the less likely the outer line will break. "Some idiot" would have heard all this if he attend my lecture on re-lining during the PIA Symposium. Indeed, BTW: What do you think of the method where the newly finger trapped end is pulled back through the coaxial section instead of using a bartack to lock it?

I think the Hungry Earth and the Kiss Pandas are hysterical

Oh dude, that looks so painful You can see where it compounded and split. Is that the best they could do lining up the pieces? It looks like they're still a little out of wack.

To be young back then, and get locked in with them on one of their all night bar jams... That's is good as it will ever get

The only music I've listened to lately besides my own is: Evanescence http://www.evanescence.com/ Fallen is an awesome over the top Album The Donnas http://www.thedonnas.com/ Fall Behind Me is OTT

I noticed Nylon is only being used for military rigs now. Any idea why?

OK, if I set myself to the task one of these days, I'll be sure to get back to you with the results. I would definately want to share the fruit of that labor BTW I got PMed from another thread with a statement to the effect that the shock absorbing effect of Dacron is less than significant. I wonder what that means. Whether that the effect is less than noticable, or that the effect is less than enough to soften a hard opening that would otherwise slam someone uncouncious or worse into a more bearable one.

I'm glad you got in a tunnel. That should help alot with you stability and turns. About the arching, I had the same problem when I started, it's was a little embarissing flying around with my butt sticking up in the air. I've found two stretches that have helped, although slowly. Quadricep Stretch: While standing lift lower leg, grab ankle(either hand will do), pull ankle to butt, and hold for 30 seconds. Hip Flexor Stretch: Is like a lunge, but with emphasis on the leg that is extended backwards. Work the stretch so that you will feel it at the front of your hip on the leg extended backwards. You 'should' do these at least once a day. I being lazy, usually end up doing them right before I fly, only once a week or so. Even then it has helped. My knees are now slightly above my hips. Yea Cheers Hey, by the way, if you ever come to Orlando let me know, you UK DJs spin music I love.

What about us forty somethings?

Wow! This is a good lesson, even better that he walked away. Between this video and the other about a line snagging on a container, I beginning to see why some people carry 2-3 hook knives.

Now were getting to nitty gritty, and this is where it gets complicated. Off the bat, I'm clueless as to the effect the short lines above the cascades have upon the overall damping. Additionally, I doubt Dacron has a linear constant like springs do. I described a very generalized analogy. In order to explore a specific line set, I would need to research the elastic characteristics of the particular lines used, and do some heavy duty math. Suffice to say, that is beyond the limits of my motivation at the moment

It's been more than thirty years since I've seen snow like that, and I'm missing it

Ron -- Why the emphasis on the waiver? That may be relevant from a DZ liability standpoint, but it does nothing to prevent someone from doing something stupid. I think the thread was motivated by a desire to protect the jumper, not the DZ. Without commenting on this specific situation -- which I'm not qualified to judge -- I like the idea that people who care about me will let me know when I'm making poor choices. Its hysterical every time he says that. Basically, he saying that, ultimately, everybody is responsible for their own choices. People are gonna do what their gonna do. The waiver just explicitly releases everybody else from responsibility for one individuals actions. So, the moral of the story is, choose wisely, or pay the price yourself.

Because, if your using dacron, you probably want the shock damping effect, or maybe just thicker lines for CReW. If you want the most shock absorption, then you want the cascades. The damping effect would be cut in half with continuous lines because of the way springs work. If you have 5 (ten pounds per inch) springs connected to a weight moving at a certain velocity, then stop the free end of the springs, the weight will stretch out the springs a certain distance before stopping and then starting back the way it came. If you have 10 (ten pounds per inch) springs, the same weight will stretch the 10 springs only about half as far as the 5 springs. There is also a time factor involved, calculus is needed to fully describe all that goes on, but simply the more springs(actually, the greater the spring constant) the shorter the time period is from when the springs start to stretch till when they stop stretching. The shorter that time period, the more deceleration force the weight feels. The weight will experience more deceleration forces with the 10 springs, and thus more of the opening shock will be transmitted through continuous lines than cascaded ones.

They only seem to list info about the Samurai and the Lotus on the site now

Actually, I have been thinking about that too. How would you imagine the cross bracing behind the airlocks? I was thinking bi-cell cross bracing just behind the the air lock with a lot of cross vents so the lower portion will get presurized quickly enough BTW I think the cascades make sense for dacron. Additionally, if continuous lines were used with dacron it would cut the open shock damping effect 1/2.

lol, you drunk posted us

I miss snow, along with mountains, ravines, and waterfalls. Living here in Florida, I think I saw a few flakes falling in the middle of one cold night during the whole twelve years I've been here Only one thing two things to do when you get snowed in, fire up the wood stove up, and have a kicking party Whoops, I'm too old to do that anymore. I'll just hang out in the corner with a bottle of sippin' whiskey