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That's very nice. But how do you and the sheriff feel about support for the First Amendment? Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

Mike Pence will get that job done just as well if needed. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

I've been watching a couple people get angry at Marc and loose their cool. I have not seen Marc loose his cool, he just makes unsupportable arguments. This is an online forum. That means you have plenty of time to think about it before you hit send. It also means that you can choose to ignore people who don't make sense. Or you can send rude angry words that don't belong here and make the mod go through the trouble of replying to you. In the end if you can't behave it is on you. It is not on Marc. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

If you have only stuffed it in there a few times to try it you are probably alright. I'm actually a little more concerned about the Smart 160 reserve. Overfilling the reserve container is hard on the grommets and the stiffeners they are set in. Do yourself a favour. Send an email to Sunrise Rigging, who made the container and ask for their input. Its always better to ask the maker than to get internet advice. These are small companies and they like to help people out. But bear in mind that because they are small they don't always answer quickly.

Hip Hop Crisy, excellent Marc. You've outdone yourself as the champion with that one. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

The right to not be subject to unreasonable search and seizure is an individual right. Only one man can be the father of the baby. 20 does not equal one. Requiring this invasion of privacy based solely on the possibility that someone had opportunity is not reasonable. And not likely enforceable. The US courts have ruled that DNA swabs can be required of those how are under arrest. Even that decision was 5-4. https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/03/justice/supreme-court-dna-tests/index.html Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

I agree. Welcome to the brave now world. Guilty until proven innocent. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

You are new. You do not yet understand the meaning of "fit" in this context. Just because you can manage to force it into the container does not mean it fits. Damage to the container is likely to or already has occurred. I say you have been lied to because someone sold you something, money changed hands, and the information you were given is wrong.

At this point the "wall" has become a symbol. On both sides. The nativists and Stephen Miller types don't care that it would be ineffective and wasteful. They want to send a message to the world. They want to win this battle. The majority are not willing to allow this. They also understand the symbolism and find it abhorrent. There are all kinds of practical reasons not to build the wall. The money matters. But most people would not care so much what the government wastes money on, like you seem to be saying. The fight is not over the money, the fight is over what America is and will be. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

They actually did, but not at the very end. They are tacked under the mudflap with 1 inch of play either direction. The instructions are in this thread. (second post) http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4598207

You have been lied to. What reserve is in it? Check with Sunrise, they can guide you. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

I think you are correct Jerry. But I was wondering how the left side cutaway housing is secured to the yoke. According to the report it somehow did not stay in place and ended up sagging down into the area behind the pack tray.

Looking at the chart I would say there is a reason neither can say yes or no. Assuming this combo would pack the same as the equivalent PD canopies they would both be at the "full fitting" size for the container. So they can only guess and they are not willing to do that. I'm willing to guess that they will probably fit, but poorly. The same as if you put a Sabre 150 and a PDR143 in. But that is only a guess from a stranger on the internet. You could ask PS if they can tell you how the pack volume compares to PD canopies. They probably know that. I've always found it best to stay away from "full fitting" in UPT products.

Would this be in addition to, or instead of, spelling and grammar? They don't need any of that. As long as they learn math. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

My belief is that you are correct on all these points. But I am not a rig designer. I can think of ways to make a Collins lanyard work with a left side RSL, but it would be very awkward and likely would cause problems I have not thought of. But I will say this. Any of the workable RSL systems without Collins lanyards will save more lives than the number that will be saved by adding one. In other words any RSL is better than no RSL in most applications.

Yes, and the first use of a Collins lanyard was on Vector II Tandems. (pre- Sigma) It was not set up the same way, but it functioned the same. Tandem risers have a higher failure rate and I'm certain the Collins lanyard saved more than a few lives in this application. I recall Bill Booth stating that he wanted to use this a test bed for several years to ensure it's effectiveness and safety before developing a MARD. As to why they are not universal. first of all it only very recently came off of patent protection, and secondly the overall rate of riser failure is pretty low. That said, I personally will not use or recommend a MARD without one. I don't have a Reflex here to see how it secures the housing. I do have the manual. It shows a simple left side RSL. You have said it was an add on, but it is hard to see how this would be relevant if whoever added it followed the original layout. And this would also be the easiest thing to do. There would be no need to disturb either housing. In general, cutaway housings are fastened together and attached to the harness near the handle end. In 90s era rigs they are usually hand tacked with super tack, a heavy waxed thread. It is VERY common to need to re-do this. Riggers need to check the condition of this at repack and inspection time without fail. They usually just float the rest of the way. But the left one passes through a channel that should not allow what happened here. There are two types of housing. Extensible and non extensible. (one can not be compressed, the other can not be extended) each has advantages and disadvantages. In order to be flexible they have to do one or the other. This one must have been of the extensible type. When it was stretched out the cable became too short.

Almost all non-skyhook RSLs are installed on the wearer's left side, Vectors being the biggest exception. I suppose because that is the side the reserve cable housing is on. Early Javelins had it on the right side, but they switched sometime in the 90s. In this case I would imagine whoever did the modification installed the housing incorrectly. Do you know what kind of container it was? That housing normally passes through a channel that is integrated in one way or another with the yoke. This can not happen without a rigging error or a gross lack of maintenance and/or basic inspection. Although a riser break on opening could cause a similar scenario.

This? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6vRDdkZ8bP8Xt6WHbvrwA Some interesting video there. Best seen on a larger screen. Not really traditional, but traditionally styled. Apparently they are getting a lot of attention. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/01/05/680528912/how-a-mongolian-heavy-metal-band-got-millions-of-youtube-views

Casa Grande is better known because it sits near the junction of I-8 and I-10. Coolidge is about 10 miles NE, Eloy is about 10 miles SE. I believe a military only DZ is still in Coolidge, but I could be confusing it with another town.

True dat. Score one truth for the normally lying Dotard. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

How could they possibly do that without a wall? Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

Absolute BS. CBP has done nothing to stop the flow of asylum seekers into Canada at non authorized points. And Canada does not expect them to. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

I agree 100%. As to tampering; it is easy to just remove the seal, do what you want, put another one on, flatten with a pair of pliers & scratch in the last rigger's 3-letter symbol. Jerry Baumchen Or, just order a seal press. you can order the dies separately. With any # you ask for.

Because "lock her up!" was merely a show. Like a carnival barker, or a wrestling announcer. Trump is above all else a showman. He could not care less about locking up Hilary. And very likely he doesn't really care about a wall either. What he cares about is promoting himself. He nearly walked away from the wall again, until it was made clear to him that his adoring fans would turn on him. Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

Or, she bought into the "I'm for the little people" lie. Some of the Trumpeteers believed that he would take power away from the "insiders". Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.