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And who exactly was the "mate" who gave Sangiro the video of my premature exit? Payback is a bitch.

Nope, that was taken at Emma's house after her 30th birthday party. Fool passed out AGAIN so we ended up just colouring in his whole face with lipstick...

Do you mean something like this....

Yes, but who is that Dave McKelvie chap he thanks at the end of the article? Anyone know him?

Good post Ron. Something else to bear in mind is the people who would be alive if they hadn't been using a cypres equipped rig - losing altitude awareness then dumping the main out and cypres deploying reserve resulting in entanglement. How many people have had two canopies out because of pulling low? Can this be addressed by practice on the ground? (ie break the muscle memory that makes you go for your main when you should be going for silver). As has been mentioned before, your instinctive reaction is probably going to be the same as it has been on every other dive - dump your main out. Everybody knows you *should* go for silver if you go low, but this doesn't seem to happen very often. I learnt quite a good safety tip from Adrian Nicholas. Every time you break off start saying "main/reserve main/reserve" continually. Then make the decision to use your main, even though you are still pulling at your usual altitude, you are deciding every time which canopy to use. I also learnt to use this main/reserve game in the plane on the way up, I look out the window, check the altitude and keep reassessing (in aircraft emergency would I stay in plane, if not up to which altitude will I get out on my reserve). Will

The latest BPA skydive mag has just come out. Very impressive that the web-site is updated so promptly! Surfing the Net by an old friend of sangiro's Craig Poxon (cpoxon) bigs up dz.com a couple of times. Gary Wainwright's article Flying Eye mentions dz.com too. One of the guys he gives thanks to at the end, Dave McKelvie is better known round these parts as Nacmacfeegle (chap with dodgy accent and better looking son...). BPA Skydive the mag and the web-site are excellent - surprisingly progressive. Will

You were doing the washing up? At 1AM?

Don't worry, wherever it is I'm sure the usual suspects will keep posting all the news headlines to the talkback forum (so nice of them seeing as none of us know where to find the news...)

Jislaaik sangiro, ek is nou sommer om jou onthalwe bang... Ek dink die ou se lunchbox kort 'n toebroodjie of twee....

1) armpit hair CHECK 2) razor CHECK 3) Best of Marvin Gaye CD CHECK

I would've thought the fact that he put it in ' ' made it fairly obvious that he was saying that this was how people on the other side of the conflict might view the soldiers at that check-point (all a matter of perspective). Seemed pretty obvious to me... [shrugs]

So, you just film the exit and pull at about '3000 while they all do a little track and pull at about '2200? Mate of mine (Brian Vacher) once did 24 jumps in a day at Deland. I thought that was a lot, but 50?? These aren't just hop n pops either, these people are working. Do they still have that lady in the team (Lise Aune?). That chick must kick some serious ass. Will

Ha! Have you forgotten about the pic of me shagging a stuffed bunny on the bonnet of a car at Texel? (and I'm not an alien, I just think a bit differently from normal people thats all

Yeah, apparently Michael Jackson is a father too - the wonders of modern medicine...

Ray, were they doing this just to practice the exit? If so, then major respect! (both to the Norgies and yourself)

Sorry Adrian, should've warned you earlier. Justin's marriage is actually just a sham. He does his cruising and cottaging on dz.com (from his closet).

Well said Jerry, that sums up how I feel too. Saddam was just as evil in the eighties, only difference was then America needed him as an ally against Iran. BTW amazing how well Saddam managed to hide his WMD, the coalition forces still haven't managed to find any. I guess now Bush will just say that they were all destroyed entirely by coalition bombing raids - a further success. The main reason for this war might not be oil, but it sure as hell isn't liberating the Iraqi people either. Saddam has been a butcher since he came to power in 1979. I fail to accept that it took 24 years to finally decide that invading Iraq was for the good of the Iraqi people. One of the biggest threats facing global security right now is a gung ho right wing American president who believes he has carte blanche to 'smoke out' whoever he thinks is evil. If this was a western movie and he was John Wayne that would be cool, but he is the leader of the most powerful country in the world. He might not know better but I do hope that after this conflict he gets advised better (ie not by Rumsfeld and Cheney). Will

Careful man, this is Justin you are talking to...

How about if we get Jess to shave her armpit hair, would that race your motor too? (just asking people, just asking)

Why, am I making you horny?

Necronomaniacs of course.

JP, are you hitting on a greenie?

Like I said, the chick likes to bone dead stuff.

***Funny, I always pictured you as a Necronomicon kind of girl. Quote Necronomicon?? WTF? She makes love to dead what exactly???

Beware of the killer bunny.