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  1. monkycndo
    I picked up a mint Japanese 20U33 for $375 with almost new motor and table. It runs nice and can handle thick stuff. For lighter stuff I picked up a Singer 500. It is a surprising strong home machine that can do zigzag and lots of other stitches. The 400 and 500 series Slant-o-matic are all about the same. Keep an eye out and you can find them for under a hundred bucks. Did a test and it could handle 6 layers of thick denim with 69 thread. YMMV 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Don't do xmas. We normally only do gifts for birthdays as that celebrates the person, not some calendar event now changed into a reason to buy shit we don't need. We will be traveling to a DZ to hang with friends and jump. A perfect way to celebrate the winter solstice. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Will be hoisting one tonight, sadly. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    For about $60 you can get a new cheapo deck with an aux port. Trim kit for about $15. Be the hero and hook the lady up. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Woot woot. Are we there yet? 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Don't people normally pay you to give them bruises and here you are getting bruised yourself? 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    The truth is you know the trick. Just give one of your drink coupons to the flight attendant and tell her to spike the kids bottle. Problem solved. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Even worse. You are some old guy still living in his mom's basement. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    This IBAD? http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ion+Beam+Assisted+Deposition Another confusing acronym in that link as well....IAD. Nope. But not as true or used anymore. Someone had to find a job. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Nice choice of colors. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    One more thing, if you are launching a big ass chunk, tell the pilot. They can get awful grumpy having to fight a stall because you have too much meat hanging outside with a verrrry long count. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Most of the pilots are fantastic. There is the occasional Grumpy Gus. Being a wingsuiter, I tend to sit up next to the pilot and always try to say thanks for the elevator ride just before heading to the door. If the plane is an otter or Casa where they might not see me getting on, so I'll hold open my wings as they taxi to the loading area so they know they have a bird on board. You want to keep the pilot happy? Hand them the manifest sheet unfolded. On take off and the last few minutes minutes before exit, don't try and have a conversation with them. They are busy with possible traffic/setting up for jump run and communicating with ATC. Bring them a bottle of water or a candy bar since they often don't have time to get it themselves. After they have put the plane to bed, hand them a cold frosty beverage. Smile. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    If it is an infant that just is crying because its ears hurt, that is one thing. Give the kid a benedryl and off it goes to sleep. But if it is some snot nosed little shit that is bored because the parents took away the video game because of bad behavior, and said little shit is kicking your seat, the parents need to get the friendly dope slap upside the head. My parents didn't allow us to misbehave in public. They expected us to be quiet and invisible. To this day, I fall asleep before wheels up on most commerials flights. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    I would have taken the red pill instead of the green one. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Contact masterrigger1 or PeteS here. Both make great line sets using a variety of line types. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    I've found a wallet and a check book. The wallet was returned to the bank that the debit card was issued from. Left my name and contact info. It had cash and cards. Never heard back from the owner. The check book with ID was collected by the owner. She offered a few bucks which I accepted. Used the cash to buy ice cream for that night's dessert. The whole family enjoyed the treat. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    See if you can get a PD Pulse to demo. They aren't Sabre 1 fast, but tend to open quicker than the Spectre/Pilot/Saffire canopies. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    How much time would it have taken to replace the lost IDs and CCs? How much was that time worth to you? There's your answer. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    I don't know, have you seen some of them freefly suits them young wipper snappers are wearing these days? 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Dude, you just went from being part of their problem to being part of the solution. No good deed goes unpunished. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
  21. monkycndo
    Don't forget the Nicaragua boogie. All inclusive, including the booze. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
  22. monkycndo
    With a pullout, if you have a weak pitch that is still enough to pull your pin, but not enough for the PC to clear your burble, you now have the possibility of the d-bag falling out of your container and getting tangled in the PC bridle that is dancing around your back. Not something I want to deal with. If you have a throw out PC dancing in your burble, most likely your container is still closed. As soon as you get some clean air to get PC to full stretch, you have a normal deployment. Much preferable. Just because people get away with doing something that is not best practice, doesn't make it a good idea. A throw out PC on a longer bridle is your friend. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    Whenever buying gear, start out with appropriate canopy size for you skill/jump numbers. At 44 jumps, you will be loading your main and RESERVE at about 1.25:1. That is way to high. Good rule of thumb is under 1.0:1 until 100, then and 0.1 for each 100 jumps. So unless you expect to be getting 150 jumps before your gear arrives, your proposed canopy size is aggressive. Especially your reserve. Regarding containers. I agree about the Infinity from VSE. They are close enough to make it worth a trip to see their shop. I did on a road trip to a boogie and talked with Kelly and crew and watched them work. Reinforced my decision to buy my next container from them. My girlfriend did as well. VSE is an Icarus dealer and you could get the whole rig in one shot. The containers might even show up from the man in brown this week. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
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    You mean this? I'm sure you won't be using it for skydiving until you have 200 jumps, right? 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity
  25. monkycndo
    I also always had a turn coming off the C206. Realized I was barely pushing off the step that caused the turn. Moved further out the diagonal handail and just hung without using the step. Released into an arch and had perfect exit. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity