crotalus01

LOL...Olympia is the only beer I ever drank (once only) that gave me a wicked hangover without so much as a buzz.... As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

The closest dropzone to Egypt that I know of is outside of Tel Aviv in Israel, SkyKef I believe it is called. I was gonna try and get some jumps there in 2006 but the airline lost my bag and I got caught up dealing with that whole mess and missed out. If you are uncomfortable going to Israel the next closest I know of would be in Morocco, and it is a seasonal dropzone, they were closed when I was there in 2005. edit to add there is a dropzone outside of Dubai in the UAE, and there was a fledgeling dropzone starting up outside of Tehran, Iran (don't know the status on that one). There is also a dropzone in Cyprus, and another close to the Lebanese border in Israel. Those are the only ones I know of in the ME vicinity. Good luck. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

That's my (uneducated) guess as well. A step in the right direction though.... I would think that the Hughes Amendment to the FOPA is "overbroad" as well: "....ban(s) the civilian ownership or transfer of any fully-automatic weapon which was not registered by May 19, 1986." The courts will be busy.... I can only hope. The MG ban is ridiculous, Why exactly is it that I can own an M16 made in April 86 and not own one made in January 08? Whats the damn difference? It sure would suck big time for those who currently own MGs as the prices would go through the basement overnight. Imagine you paid $15,000 for a full auto AK and now its only worth a couple of thousand... As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

My opinion (AKA who fuckin cares????): fuck Obama AND Hillary. I'm no McCain fan but fuck it, he's better than the alternative (not by much though) What ever happened to Ron??? As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Just finished listening to the orals, and here is my prediction: Ruling is for individual right 5-4 with Kennedy the swing vote. FOR: Thomas

Hmmm. That cat did way better in the airplane than mine has ever done just riding in a car. Having said that, it still seemed kinda cruel. The cat definitelt didn't seem to chill as they approached the door. And what was up with the vidiot not going with them? I could make a much better judgement on how I feel about the whole thing if I could have seen how the cat reacted to freefall... As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Seriously, to me that is NOT a pa...not even close. I MIGHT get upset if he called me a retard. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Me too.... unless I'm riding Mullins King Air at HIS home DZ. He is spot on every time, visual or not. You should have been on the first load 4 weeks ago...14 wy with video, only 3 people made it back... Turns out that it wasn't Mikes fault, his spot was goldenbut the winds were hauling ass.. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Can I post the PM on this thread???? That would be great. Feel free to post my PM to you, The instructors that approved my w/l and canopy choice are no secret - do you think I would grace you with their names if they were embarressed by what they advised?? Please correct that Chris was a RD not a ND like I originally posted (sorry all). As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Harmless. That's an African Rock Python (Pyhton sebae I think). They get to around 20' total length and around 200 lbs. The one I had was around 12' when I sold it. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

PM sent with names... As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

First - this is my final post ever on the WL issue (well, unless I drunk post). Second - here are some quotes from another thread about WL: With this type of expext advice I don't see how anything could possibly go wrong. People learn a lot in 80 jumps and should feel indignant when people with thousands of jumps disagree with their expert opinion. In my opinion it is always good to have a jumping prodigy contribute thoughts and insights into this forum ESPECIALLY when they are encouraging a jumper to defy conventional wisdom based on their experience and knowledge. Perhaps this will open up a debate where we can all learn why new jumpers should take more risks. I'm willing to learn. Please explain your thought process crotalus01. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Think of how stupid the average person is and realize that statistically half of them are stupider than that. MagicGuy Jumps License In sport : 375 : C : 1 years Mar 2, 2008, 9:26 AM Post #206 of 208 (258 views) Copy Shortcut Registered: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 868 Re: [JustChuteMeNow] 1.333 Wingloading with 160 jumps.... [In reply to] Quote | Reply -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, especially when said person has 80 jumps over the course of 2 years. Shows that their skillset must really be on point with the tremendous amount of currency they have maintained. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "No, I can't make your wife disappear." billvon Moderator Jumps License In sport : 5500 : D 16479 : 16 years Mar 2, 2008, 2:21 PM Post #207 of 208 (217 views) Copy Shortcut Registered: Apr 5, 2001 Posts: 36341 Re: [crotalus01] 1.333 Wingloading with 160 jumps.... [In reply to] Quote | Reply -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >but my bet is on the OP being just fine at 1.3 wl. I have been at 1.26 >since jump #28 with not just S&TA approval but recommendation as well. Once in college I drove home when I could barely walk. I made it home OK. Therefore I bet that people who are very drunk will be fine if they drive themselves home. Early on in my climbing career I tried a roped solo of Triple Direct on El Cap. I got about 6 pitches up before I took a pretty bad fall, and I realized how bad it could have been had I been hurt without a partner. So I backed off the climb and was not hurt. Based on that, I bet that anyone with a few seasons of climbing under their belt can solo El Cap and be just fine. As long as they're careful, of course. After all, nothing bad happened to me when I tried it. The above are examples of the logical fallacy of assuming that whatever you survive is safe to do. History has shown that that is definitely not true. Mozencrath Jumps License In sport : 1 : A 40312 : 6 years Mar 2, 2008, 9:37 PM Post #208 of 208 (151 views) Copy Shortcut Registered: Sep 22, 2005 Posts: 50 Re: [crotalus01] 1.333 Wingloading with 160 jumps.... [In reply to] Quote | Reply -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will throw some money in, too...but my bet is on the OP being just fine at 1.3 wl. I have been at 1.26 since jump #28 with not just S&TA approval but recommendation as well. And yes, I have been cut off on final twice. Once around 120' and another around 40'. The first I flat turned away, the second I flare turned (slowish flare transition into a turn - the partial flare slowed me enough to make a slow braked turn). Flame away, I am used to it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cut off on final TWICE?!?!?! Thats unbelievable. I've never heard of that before...Can you teach me this "slowish-flare-transition-turn-to-partial-flare" that you did at 40ft? Sounds amazing... You say "flame away, I'm used to it". Do you think there is a reason perhaps why you get flamed when you make posts like this? You sound like a 12 year old. I would love to meet this S&TA that RECOMMENDED you load your canopy @ 1.26 JUST off AFF with 28 jumps. You are out of your mind. OKAY....to address some of the quotes. 1) Most of you (NOT all) come across as sarcastic assholes. I understand why, but please consider your tone, if it is les assholish you may get listened to more often. 2) I never intended to come across as, nor felt indignant. 3) I never claimed to be ANY kind of prodigy, nor did I offer any advice of any kind. I simply provided an answer to the OPs question which was, "what do you think?". As far as I can tell from the OPs post I replied to, there were no jump #s involved, only opinions. My opinion was that he will likely be fine. Yours may differ and thats fine, no need to flame me for answering an opinion question. Funny how jump #s don't figure in when all these low jumpers tell folks they are DGITs... 4) You people are almost to the man hypocrites. The MOST common piece of advice on this forum is: LISTEN TO YOUR INSTRUCTORS. How many times have all of you seen/given that bit of advice? OKAY, I listened to my instructors. And guess what? I am flying a Sabre 190 w/l at 1.26 or so with 90 jumps, and have been since 28 jumps or so. But suddenly my instructors, S&TA, and DZO are full of shit because they recommend something you don't agree with. The second most given piece of advice I have seen here is to not ask for advice on the internet but ask the people who know you and have flown with you. Noone at my DZ has a problem with what I am flying, actually my S&TA has approved me downsizing to a (gasp) 170, a downsize I am not going for right now because I want to fly the piss out of my 190, NOT because the DZ.com gurus (who have never seen me freefall much less fly) think I am already fucked flying a horribly small Sabre 190 loaded at the ridiculousw/l of 1.26... Sorry for the long post, I am done with the w/l debate here. Billvon you are the exception to this post for the most part, not because you are a mod but because you didn't come across as a complete asshole. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

I will throw some money in, too...but my bet is on the OP being just fine at 1.3 wl. I have been at 1.26 since jump #28 with not just S&TA approval but recommendation as well. And yes, I have been cut off on final twice. Once around 120' and another around 40'. The first I flat turned away, the second I flare turned (slowish flare transition into a turn - the partial flare slowed me enough to make a slow braked turn). Flame away, I am used to it. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

37, worked at the airport for going on 17 years now around jet engines and heard it just fine. For all those who can't hear it consider yourselves extremely fortunate. That sound made me want to claw my eardrums out of my head... As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

For a piss test, Cocaine is undetectable within 24 hours of use in most cases. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

And? Everyone knows that American beer is just like having sex in a canoe - They're both fucking close to water As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Nope. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

You wouldn't get fired if Coca Cola went to bat and proved it was true in court. The difference being Coca Cola has a little more disposable income to fight such a lawsuit (unlike say the USPA)... As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

If you could scientically prove the existance of God what would be the point of faith? As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

I would name her Madam Sardonicus. Or MonkeyGirl (Monkey for short). But thats just me As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Heh...I actually looked for that and couldn't see anything. Thanks for the clarification. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Hope this is the correct forum...on page 37 upper right photo shows a 4 way with all the jumpers wearing Angels jerseys/shirts in support of the team. I have looked and looked, and it appears that none of the jumpers in the photo have cheststraps attached. Was the picture photoshopped to remove them to show the shirt logos better, or have I totally missed something? As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Ugghhh....I feel a drought coming on.... As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Thanks for the info guys. I am having my rigger pull it out to get the 8 year at my next repack cycle. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

Okay, just so I am crystal clear - I HAVE to send it in for the 8 year, even though it was inspected last year? OR I can jump with NO AAD with no problems... Honestly I think I would rather jump with the AAD that is "out of date". I have the safety margin provided by the AAD. Who am I gonna sue if I burn in? Of course I WILL jump with no AADand have). My family explicitly knows I accept the risk of this sport and that I have a "no sue" clause in my living will. I am more worried about my rigger in this case.... As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...