BlindBrick

Ok, let's see if I can clarify. "Lower" brake line was a bad way for me to phrase that. What I meant to say was at the end of the finger trapped portion of the line above the cat's eye you set the brakes with. Jumper reported that the opening was fairly tame until the very end where it spun him hard. Given that this was an elliptical with the equivalent of a brake fire, that sounds about normal to me. Jumper said he began to scan the canopy to see what was wrong. He spotted the line trailing behind the canopy. Not feeling comfortable with rear risering the canopy, he then cut away. When the canopy was recovered, both toggles were still stowed with the brakes set correctly. In regards to the damaged suspension line, the break in the control line was not on the same level as the damage to the suspension lie but 4-5 inches further up, past the end of the riser. When asked about hard openings, the jumper reported that the second jump on the canopy had a brutal opening but had had great openings since then. Witnesses said on a couple of jumps that the canopy appeared to snivel for a protracted amount of time then suddenly slam open. The jumper reports that while the canopy does tend to go briskly through the final stage of inflation, it is not at all hard. Given that and the fact that his canopy is over 250 sf of new ZP, I'd guess that maybe what the witness thought was the sound of a swack was really just the sound of that much new fabric reaching full inflation. This is just based on my personal observatiosn that larger parachutes tend to be noisier, but I'll freely admit that I could be totally wrong on this one. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Silocon bumpers. They were recently purchased new but I have no idea of actual age. They do feel very supple though. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

A couple of weeks back, we had a cutaway after a brand new canopy blew a lower brake line on it's eigth jump. While doing an inspection of the canopy afterwards, I found one of the rear suspension lines severely frayed (about two thirds of the filaments in the line were broken) just above the bartack above the link. Ordinarily I'd suspect that whoever bartacked the line damaged it, but I noticed that there was about a 3/4 inch tear in the slider bumper in the same area. I know that the bumpers were new and had only been on the canopy for five jumps. Since the canopy had been jumped three times without bumpers, I examined the slider groments but found no nicks, so the damage doesn't come from there. So basically I am looking at three possible scenarios in regards to the bumpers: 1. Rubbing against the bumper led to line damage which in turn led to the damage to the bumper. 2. The line was damaged by somethign else and the damage to the bumper is the result of the damaged line. 3. The bumper had a natural weak spot or took damage from something unrelated to the damaged line. Which do you think is the most likely scenario? Oh, and in regards to the brake line, cause of failure there seems to be some idiot melting the end of the line before finger trapping it. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Ask the Europeans. Various forms of soft links have been in use in various countires over there for quite some time. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

That's not quite the only option. Bob Fiesthammel is the dzo of Skydive Missouri and a DPRE. Mt. Vernon, MO is about 2.5 hours North of you on I-44. It might be worth paying one person to round up all your Mirages and haul them to Mt. Vernon. I was going to have Fiesty do mine until I decided that I wanted to have Mirage make some other mods on it. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I was actually told to put that in there on the theory that besides demonstrating ability as a trainer it shows I am familar with dealing with government regs and bureaucracy which applies to Critical Control Point logging in the production supervisor position and the Fair Housing Act in regards to the property manager gig. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Well I didn't want to abuse the forums, but if HH and the mods are OK with it... If not, please feel free to zap the thread guys. I'm basically looking at two different positions right now. Here's the resumes I've started to tailor to both with help from Deuce. They are definitely works in progress so I'd appreciate any input on either. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I've graduated and am about to begin the job hunting process. I took my resume to my college's career services office for advice and then some how managed to lose the revision notes during my move. I've made all the changes I could remember the CSO making but figure I forgot a few. Does anyone on here do this kind of stuff for a living? If so, would you mind taking a look at what I've got? Jsut PM me if so. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

If you're goign to rebutt me, do it with relavant points. I hasve to grant you the first one, that's what I get for quoting a fact from a textbooks that's a few years old, but nothing else you quoted is germain to the conversation and looks to be pasted directly off a Union website. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I think that your ultra skinny ass should just wear a weight belt like everyone else rather than "hard wiriing" in a couple of attachment points. Or are you thinking that having the weights there will pull you heads down so you might actually break a 100 in FF? If that's the case, then just cast yourself a helmet out of concrete. Seriously. In the end, I figure that getting your nipples pierced is alot like get circumised. Yeah, it's popular but you just killed a lot of nerves in a really good spot for a bad reason. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Simple, what's proven to be the winning strategy in such cases is to cater to a nique that Wal-Mart doesn't. Wal-Mart doesn't carry a huge assortment of brands of any one item and they definately come up short on specialty merchandise. Basically you shift to a product differentation scheme to counter Wal-Mart's value differentation. The only place that this really doesn't work is the grocery section, but then again Mom & Pops were becoming a dying breed well before Wal-Mart ever rolled out their first Supercenter. A few Wal-Mart related facts to address other posts I've seen here. Wal-Mart is not the country's largest employer, that distinction belongs to a temporary agency though which one eludes me at the moment. Wal-Mart is not doing very well at all overseas with the exception of stores located in places that see heavily US tourist traffic. In particular, Germany has been a bit of a money pit for Wal-Mart. If I'm not mistaken, this was a big reason for the senior level regime change that the corporation went through a few weeks back. WalMart stock will very likely plateu in the relatively near future as the company hits a total market saturation point that even it admits it is nearing. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Late 90's. I remember doing a report on them going out of business in like 96-97 IIRC. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

You know I saw that episode and it just pissed me off. I don't work for Wal-Mart but I can appreciate how the system works. Capitalism is nothing more than Darwinism in it's purist form. You adapt or you die, it's that simple. I find it especially galling that many shopkeepers would rather whine as they close down their business than look at, and learn from, downtowns that have managed to not just survive but thrive after Wal-Mart came to town. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Don't feel bad. I had to juggle two jobs and 19 hours so I bassically sacrificed a freshman level science class so that I could ace my Sr. Sem. That C really dragged down my overall GPA. But I an now a grad, os it was worht it!

Way to go Sprite. I just finished up with my Bachelor's last week, and I definately know how hard it can be to get good grades. Congrats on your A liscense tooo! -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Quoteso i went ahead and made em.... grape with some capt morgan.... the rest are all with absolut vodka.... here is all 250 of em....... Quote that's a truely beautiful sight. Reminds me of when the Arkansas contingent was getting a bulk discount for purchasing jello shots in 50 shot "lots" at the inagural Rantoul. We got tired of returning and eventually just got them to quote us a price on their remaining inventory.

5'10, 295. Two weekends ago, I hit 210 mph with a light arch. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

What? You're not a "people" person? -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I know many people will echo that sentiment, but I wonder how many of those people own stock, have mutal funds, or 401k's. If they do, they should look in the mirror so that they can truely see who's pulling the trigger. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Contact RWS, Parastock is literally in the back of the RWS shop. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Nah, I fly a Safire II 269, now that's big. The II is a nice canopy with great flare. Just realize that the flare is strongest at the end of the control stroke,and you'll be fine in that respect. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

That's bad ju-ju for the school. One of the major things school's get ranked on is the currency of thier cirriculum. Having too large of a percentage of old editions can result in a serious knock to a school's rating. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Cocheese succinctly summed my karma up with the quote that's now my sig line. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I'd be somewhere in the gray area loading at 1.19 with 138 jumps, but I guess I get docked points for being at a higher altitude. But by that logic, I'd be flying a .8 which seems kind of silly. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

One of my old girlfriends was a larger girl. One day we are watching tv and it's somethign about dieting or the like. She begins talking about the various weight loss methods she's tried. I'm sort of half listening, half watching tv. She mentions she asked her dr.about gastric bypass but was told she wasn't obese enough. About this time, something really gross happened on the tv. Totally without realizing it, I mixed my thoughts with the question I was going to ask, and just blurted out "My god, how big do you have to be" -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."