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  1. bob.dino
    Do a couple of years of 4-way, then come back and say that .
  2. bob.dino
    : 11 : 0 4x multipoint 12-ways 1x go-as-fast-as-you-can-without-having-creepered 4-way. 1x slightly more regular 4-way 4x 8-ways, as Centre Inside. My opposite captained the Aussie 8-way team for years. No pressure . 1x 16-way for a mate's 600th. Stalling the plane on jumprun was a memorable experience.
  3. bob.dino
    There are not a huge amount of Europeans on the English-language forums here, so you won't find too many opinions on the relative merits of the Next, PdF, etc.
  4. bob.dino
    The L&B Optima can be adjusted to sound at a different frequency if desired. Might be worth LM borrowing one and seeing if she can hear the warnings better at a different freq.
  5. bob.dino
    Skydiving is great, and the people in it are, for the most part, some of the best you'll meet anywhere. Unfortunately, there's someone playing silly buggers wrt the Spanish schools and dz.com. So yeah, there's some immature idiots involved with the various Spanish schools that cater to the Brits. Most of the rest of us are really nice though. Honest
  6. bob.dino
    This is an attempt to link to the Icon container on the Square1 website: Icon. I can't. It's masked by the advertising link.
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    Aerodyne
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    This is really really annoying. Annoying to the point of not renewing my Premier membership. It my opinion it also damages the Aerodyne brand. The content of my posts is my own, and I resent having that content hijacked. It turns editorial content into advertising, and that crosses the line.
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    Icon Aerodyne Icon Aerodyne edit: open and close a tag in the middle of the word and it doesn't link. If this continues, I'll cancel my Premier membership. It is, in my opinion, crossing the line by turning editiorial material into advertising. edit2: that complete Aerodyne rig I was planning on purchasing? If this feature doesn't go, I'll buy something else.
  10. bob.dino
    Yoga. One that I use : childs pose -> hands+knees -> downward dog -> plank pose -> kness,chest,chin -> cobra pose -> downward dog. edit: yoga poses.
  11. bob.dino
    I didn't see any mention of beer?
  12. bob.dino
    I understand the physics. I still haven't heard of anyone actually doing it and damaging the unit. If the drive is rated to 400G operating shock, as the newest generation of Microdrives is, and that's reduced to 200G by the lack of atmosphere*, is that really going to be a problem at the top end of the skydive? To be honest, I'd be more worried about the rapid temperature & humidity changes than the lack of atmosphere. * massive assumption alert.
  13. bob.dino
    Touché .
  14. bob.dino
    Yep. However, spending the first 21 years of my life in Ireland actually makes me Irish .
  15. bob.dino
    Yup. And unlike the other posters in this thread, I actually am Irish. Sorry, but if you're 2nd or 3rd generation, you're actually American. If in doubt, look at your passport . You might say it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine.
  16. bob.dino
    Yup. Oopsie . Now corrected.
  17. bob.dino
    131,234 feet sounds better, 40K sounds well... low. 40K is low compared to 40km
  18. bob.dino
    - Office gofer - Lifeguard - PC Tech - Swimming Teacher - Lifesaving Teacher - Manufacturing Coordinator - Software Developer - Manager of swimming pools - Software Developer - Software Development Manager.
  19. bob.dino
    Has anyone ever proven this, or is it just based on reading of the specs?
  20. bob.dino
    The APF website has a copy.
  21. bob.dino
    Global warming and ID are matters of fact not opinion and in my opinion don't qualify as political bitching.
  22. bob.dino
    Yep, though most jumpers are smart enough to ground themselves before that happens. I've also seen loads called down from height. The APF have specified maximum wind limits for jumpers as well. One of the nicer things is that as far as I know the staff are never put under pressure to jump in conditions they're not comfortable with.
  23. bob.dino
    Depends on the canopy and how it's packed. I believe that anywhere from 400-1000ft would be fairly normal, though I am open to correction on that one. ps: typing in all capitals is the online equivalent of shouting. edit: typo correction
  24. bob.dino
    Freak . Pretty much any modern container will serve nicely.
  25. bob.dino
    Nope. If you decide not to exit because of a change in the weather between the time we board and the time we get to jump run, we get our ticket back. Safety first, and all that.