skreamer

That is really inhumane of you, I'm disappointed. It would not be really nice to have them flailing the rest of their lives, I'd recommend tying a WDI to their ankles, make them fall nice and stable. Much easier to play with them that way.

Aaaah yes, the good old days when I was coaching you in 4way....

Wow, I can still remember when you got hurt and were recovering. Glad to see you are doing so well and kicking ass! My numbers : 0:12:0 Would've had couple more but banged knee exiting last on 9way tracking dive. Personal highlight of weekend was drinking beer out of BOTH of Dan P's new trainers, boy was he pissed off...

Isn't that what Billvon said about you last night?

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Because bestiality is prevalent in Scotland but not in England? An education? How the fuck is anybody is supposed to know, it is not as if a Scotsman is ever going to take one out of his wallet... Oh, and you can thank the English for your job too, if it wasn't for them the Americans would probably have to bankroll your oil industry. [skreamer last seen running from irate Groundskeeper Wullie shouting 'Diplometik Immoooooonity, Diplometik Immoooooonity']

The bouncing song by Tigger?

What is the diffence in value between a Scottish pound and a regular pound then? Absolutely fuckall, it is just cosmetic - to appease you into thinking you aren't ruled by the English, just like having your own "parliament". Renton, Trainspotting Aaaah, I was having a shit day but a bit of Nac bashing makes it all better.

Groundskeeper Wullie blethered : In your case, very different. By your reasoning, I want to change USA to Florida and California - most of what you blethered on about applies there too.

17 years in the British police force? "Stop and put down that gun or I'll say stop again!!"

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When you say you've done the broken bone thing lots of times, do you mean yours or other peoples? (I'm guessing the correct answer is both... )

Can anyone here remember what I shoved up wingnut's nose two years ago in Texel?

And if you personally knew someone who went in then it makes it a bad year, regardless of the total number of incidents. I can remember people arguing with Skybytch when she said skydiving was dangerous. People quoting statistics etc., fact is it is a dangerous sport we choose to take part in.

I know Chris Lynch was first and Tim Carter was second. Be interesting to find out canopy makes and sizes. I know Chris upsized and was jumping with weights. Tim want to do the same but didn't get his '89 VX in time to dial it in, so he jumped his '79 instead. Can anyone give a breakdown of the scores? (speed, distance etc) Will

And from his description of his chop and unstable reserve deployment I'd bet he had more important things on his mind at the time.

I'm guessing those were screen grabs taken from video, not stills.

A rough translation : Oh, when you speak in Dutch I get weak. Unfortunately I am too old for you. My other hero is Arie Luyendyk, please give him a kiss from me. From the old skyLizard. Fiftieth birthday next week... and pensioned off but not dead yet.

That is the third DZO who has died recently - makes it so much harder for those left behind to cope (having to balance grief with keeping a business running).

Hmm, well then we have two more just like that ONE on my DZ. I only have about 40 jumps on mine. The snivel is nice, but as soon as the canopy inflates it dives hard and fast. I've tried pro and psycho packing, I've given it to more experienced jumpers to pack and jump. Same result every time - diving (not too picky about which direction it chooses either). Mine is a '135 loaded at 1.45:1. The other is a '120 owned by one of the DZ cameraflyers. He has about 1 600 jumps, about 1 000 of those on a Stilleto '135. He has same problem, nice snivelly opening initially then WHACK! (FWIW he is a rigger too). None of the tips I have read here would make any difference, they would just extend the initial snivel, delaying the inevitable dive when the canopy inflates. I've jumped a Sabre and Stilleto in the same size, both opened better. If it was just me, I might put it down to poor body position on deployment or not shifting in harness to control opening. But others have had the same issue (and I got video of two of my deployments to check my body position). And if it were the line trim that was out, wouldn't it dive consistently to one side? Me personally I'd rather have a relined Stilleto with 800 jumps on it, than my new Heatwave.

I see that fungus on Chuck's face still hasn't cleared up...

I lived in Dublin for a couple of months in 1996, met Adam Clayton and The Edge in the Mean Fiddler (Howie B was guest DJ). Had a drink with Edge and got his autograph (see attached). Really nice, laid-back guy. I asked him if they were planning to play South Africa. He said they would on the next tour (which they did in 1998). He then started asking me about South Africa - really insightful questions like 'What did I think would happen when Nelson Mandela died?' etc. It was cool because when we were done chatting, I walked off and he was still chilling out, didn't get the impression I had bothered him at all.

I agree. This is shocking news, probably one of everybody's worst fears, the ride in the aircraft is something we have no control over. When one person dies it is a tragedy, but losing four people at a little dropzone like that? I really feel for those people, that little community must be in shock right now. My thoughts are with them.

Cool? You?? Dude, I've seen you in freefall and yes the therapy is going very well thanks for asking but I'm still kind of in shock...

Saw an ad in an old skydiving magazine (L&B and cypres) congratulating Patrick on breaking the altitude record without oxygen. Did a quick search and found this post by Mads Larsen confirming the record. The more I find out about the man the more in awe I am - truly one of the greatest ever.