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Actually, the Greek root is polemikos, hostile, from polemos, war, and a warrior is a not a duellist.
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No.
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I'll be there as well with any luck. Looking forward to meeting you all. -Ian
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I'm another Brit, London born, now living in the centre of town.
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I love that book. Amazed that he managed to make a story about airliner components gripping!
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New Skydiver-obsessed and wanting to get certified
DZJ replied to skymom2's topic in Safety and Training
While doing my post-AFF jumps I did 5 in one day - but I don't recommended it. I was dog tired, in bed by 8:30 that night and had a bruise on my left upper arm from shoulder to elbow from ill fitting harness. Still lots of fun though Jen I did 6 post-AFF consolidation jumps in one day while a student. My first lift took off at 10am, I exited my last lift at 8pm. It was fantastic, being on the sunset load, watching the sun drop from under canopy. Finished the day utterly exhausted, but feeling absolutely wired. -
The Heydrich assassins were trained by the SOE, not the SAS.
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And Tony Blair would know, coming from the UK. They were the ones to 1st build concentration camps. Concentration camps in which 25000 Afrikaaner women and children died of typhoid, dysentry and starvation during the 2nd South African war just 28 years before the Nazi's had the same idea. t Actually, the first concentration camps appeared during the Spanish-American War, which predates the Boer War.
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I daresay after 60 bottles of beer, he didn't care much.
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Given the operational practicalities, I think I'd have come to the same conclusion as the decision-makers of the day - the best way to save lives at Auschwitz (and everywhere else, let's not forget - there's more to the Holocaust than that one camp) was to win the war as fast as possible.
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Heya, I remember you! Great boogie, can't imagine a better time to be doing AFF. I'm going to be at Langar next weekend, 29/30th Jan, will you be around? -Ian
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I'm pretty amazed that someone can reach such a weight in the first place, but good on him for shedding so much of it.
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UK Question - staying current?
DZJ replied to darrenspooner's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Good guys, those two - Milko did my AFF ground school and Rich flew camera on Level I. -
I've just always been fascinated by the sky, the air, aircraft, anything that gets my feet off the ground. I'm massively keen on aviation sports - I've been microlighting and skydiving, but want to try gliding, hangliding, and paragliding as well. I am simply addicted to the visual, the cloudscape and the sight of the world spread beneath me. It just gets me so excited, and to leap into the blue is almost like becoming at one with the world - no outside pressures, no other concerns, not even resisting gravity. I had always wanted to try, and did a tandem two summers ago. After that, I knew I had to keep going, and AFF last summer was just the logical next step.
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I'd second that.
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Heh, little surprised to see my first thread back on top of the forum, but sure, if I meet them I'll say hi! I've already had Perris, Eloy, Elsinore, Z-hills, Deland and all sorts of other US DZ's recommended to me, I'm just dying to get my hands on some cash to take me there!
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I dont know about that - you just told us and we are not impressed. LOL You know what I meant - those mere mortal whuffos.
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What do I think? I think this post is offensive. Fatal skydiving accidents are not acts of suicide, especially when bodies are found with canopies out, handles pulled, and AAD's fired if fitted. You might want to reconsider branding a global community of sportsmen and women suicidal, stupid, and self-destructive, and condemning them all to hell.
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Assuming the £:$ conversion I used was right, then yeah, $265 is about as cheap as I've ever seen a Pro-Track. I got one myself for £140 through my university skydive club.
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My AFF DZ had a hanging rig setup that I seem to remember appearing very primitive. You climbed a step ladder, stepped into a harness and tightened the straps. You could pull a dummy throwaway PC, kick out line twists and would drop maybe 6-12 inches when cutting away. I also remember that being bounced up and down and side to side, while being yelled at to deal with a spinning lineover was probably the most eye-opening aspect of the day's training, the rest being fairly mild classroom work that was simply taken in without really fully appreciating what such a situation would mean.
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Are you on it with logging your jumps?
DZJ replied to SkydiveNFlorida's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I like to write reasonably detailed accounts of each jump I make, simply because it makes me think about what I did, rather than simply hop out the door, fall, pull and land. I'm very conscious of having a lot to learn before I can call myself anything like really proficient. -
Just out of curiosity - stand-up landing or PLF?
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Eliot at Langar is giving a formal packing course every Tuesday. £18 I think. Email them at bpslangar@aol.com if you fancy it, I'm thinking of doing it myself.
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I know what you mean, people are impressed when I tell them I've got 20!
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1) Don't get injured 2) Learn to pack 3) Jump abroad 4) Get FS1 5) Get my B-licence