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  1. I got a good one. back when we used to wear a ton of weights for swooping, I was traveling back and forth from Orlando, to Indianapolis, and Dayton almost every other week. I had a custom made weight belt that was 54 lbs, so instead of paying the extra for an overweight bag I would just wear it. I did this trip many times no problem, just a few questions from xray guys wondering why I had a belt made of lead. Then one day I had a layover in Atlanta, I got off the plane and went to order a slice of pizza. I lifted my shirt to adjust the belt and some lady saw it and went to security. I was just about to take my first bite, and all of a sudden two guys grab my hands, push my face into my pizza, and another guy lifts my shirt and starts working on my belt. Out of the corner of my eyes I can see a guy with a pistol pionted at me. And I was scared as hell. They removed my belt, while ever so politely keeping my face in my pizza, until they figured out it was just a weight belt. Then I got a quick 20 minute debate over my belt and why do I have it. It actually ended kind of shortly, they were done with it and walked off. And even though I asked nicely they wouldn't buy me a new slice of pizze. But they did tell me to check it from now on. Which I never did, I kept wearing it. But after that it was outside of my shirt. I was kind of pissed but also glad to see they were actually doing their job. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  2. I eat a Peanu Butter and Jelly sandwitch for lunch every day for the past three years, and still love them. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  3. On the ack page they highlight special careers. ANd this month its Rickster Powell and his job with DRC (Performance Designs, canopy testing department. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4262732.html?series=22 Blue SKiEs Ray Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  4. When I was in Peris for Nationals, during 4way, I opened and saw this thing flipping end over end at 2000 ft. I flew over to it, and it was a sheet of plywood. My team could have easily hit that in freefall. Could you imagine what that would do to you in freefall? A human body doing 120 mph hitting a sheet of plywood. OUCH! Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  5. IF your a big E.T Fan, the kid that played Eliot made a few porn movies when he turned 18. If Only Drew followed his footsteps. hmmmm Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  6. Rdutch

    Gas Strike

    No Need the 300d will run on straight oil right out of the bottle. I own a 300d and run cooking oil in it all the time. Just invest in a good filter system and make sure its clean. Im pretty sure it wont work in the winter though. But for summer driving it works no problem. I used to buy straight cooking oil from Sams, but now its expensive as hell. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  7. Goodfellas Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  8. Do you have an idea why they are not offered on Type8 risers? I am used to Type8 and have the feeling the risers are easyer to grab in an emergency situation (traffic avoidance). I am not a rigger but see no reason not to offer them for type8 risers. Do you have an idea? Even though its as simple as just constructing them for you, it isnt as easy as that. Before UPT will modify, or sell a new product they test it and evaluate it. And as mentioned above, if your jumping type 8 risers you dont really need louie loops. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  9. Rdutch

    Vicodin

    Not strong enough Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  10. I know there is tons of web sites that will tell you the value of you rproperty by address, I was just wondering what is the best one you have found/used, or know about. Most of the ones I looked at required you to sign up for, which means receiving tons of solicitation ect. Thanks for the help.Blue SkiEs Ray Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  11. Definitely, you can predict airspeed!!! My prediction Airspeed will dominate the world meet this year! Oh your probably talking about something else. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  12. It was an april fools prank by 101.1 that got out of control there is no plans. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  13. Your the Moderator here, what do you want me to start doing your job for you? Lol. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  14. So Im searching through DZ.Com and all of a sudden Im blasted by the loudest sound of Pacman ever. Damn is this annoying! Then I do a search on the company that is advertising, and found out freeze.com is listed in multiple sites as one of the worst spywar/trojan installers on the internet. While I love dz.com and like to support the companies that advertise here, and keep dz.com site open. I have to suggest that people avoid this site (freeze.com). And definitely dont click on the link. Id avoid it just for having an anoying banner, Its way too loud. Blue SkiEs Ray Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  15. Rdutch

    F$&k@rs!

    Just as long as it isnt a "Gift" that keeps on giving! Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  16. If we allow that to pass, where will it stop? In ten years freedom of expression will be against the law, and we will have a national dress code. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  17. I have a different situation. I dont know what size, but I borrowed my friends Javelin for a weekend of 4way video (40 jumps). It was a very small Javelin made (I think 84 main, 106 reserve). I ended up doing serious damage to my shoulder due to the angle I had to put my arm in, to reach and pull the hackey. Originally I couldnt figure out what caused the injury, until a few months later I put the rig on and did a hackey check, the pain imediately returned. The boc was very high on my back. It put my arm at a weird twist to reach it, add the throw and it put my arm at an unnatural angle. This isnt a problem with a longer or bigger rig. Im sure this isnt a Javelin problem, more of a tiny short rig problem. If your taller, and/or have longer arms I would suggest a bigger rig. Ray Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  18. I used to keep a king size bottle of generic eye drops. For the "Waterboys" when I bartended in Miami. The club I worked at didnt close until 6 am, and after 5 the only people there are either coked out of their brains or rolling on extasy. The Extasy heads would aske for water after water and never tip. So after the 10th water they got a special one. eye drops are a vasal constrictant, the rumor is that once it gets to your insides it encourages your shit storage facility to constrict, releasing hot stinky mess. All I know is that when tested it definitely gave you the shits. I know not the nicest thing to do, but after a 12 hour shift and you have some idiot rudely ordering water over and over and over again, it makes it stop, and gives you a funny feeling of happiness watching them run for the John. Oh yeah, ever seen a Mens toilet at a nightclub that had 600 people in it over the period of a night? Men piss on everything. Especially drunk men. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  19. They also are well known for turning a lot of points and busting a lot of points. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  20. Funny Story, me and my instructor (Pine from DeLand) were inline at a concert at disney years ago, and this guy in front of us had a hook pin neclace. Pine asks him (Pine has 12 thousand jumps at the time) "hey man what is that necklace its pretty cool". The guy gets cocky and says you wouldnt understan/". Pne says :" no really what is it, are you into fishing". The guy answers "No Im a daredevil, Im a skkydiver". His friends start talking about how crazy he is, and Pine says, "Oh shit you are crazy, so you jump out of perfectly god airplanes, so when you land do you fall down like they do on tv"? The guy says "Noo Im harcore, I swoop, I jump a small parachute that makes me fast, most people dont fly canopies as small as mine" Pine says "Wow that is crazy, swooping eh, How small is your canopy and why does it make you swoop". The guy answers "I have a sabre 170, its way small, and swoops farter than anyone else at my dropzone". Pine eggs him on a little more before finally saying "I bet your saber 170, doesnt swoop half as far as my Velocity 79" The entire group of us erupted in laughter, the guy turned bright red and quit talking to us. Hook line and sinker, it was funny as hell. His friends had no clue their Crazy skygod friend just made a total ass of himself, but it was hilarious. Joke: How do you know theres a skydiver in the room? A: Dont worry he will tell you. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  21. That's my biggest concern, because even if the housings are smooth the day they leave the factory, there's no guarantee that they'll remain that way throughout the life of the rig. We already tell people to verify their steel ripcords have free movement because debris can cause the system to lock up. That same debris can cause wear on a soft cable. Sand and small pieces of gravel already pollute the hard housings. What will the long term effect of this be against a soft cable? I have to assume that UPT has already thought this through. I'm hoping they'll fill us in with what they found. _AmQuote Wear would only come from use, sand inside the housing just sitting there wont be a problem. Fortunately your cables would be inspected every repack. Wear would come from use, only a minute amount even if the housing had a lot of sand inside it. Fortunately Use means an inspection and a repack. I have the spectra cable on my rig and I like it very much. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  22. Wear isnt as much of a fattor as you would think. UPT has a demo rig where a regular rip cord, and a Spectra (Its coated also) rip cord both have a nice amount of weight added to the end of them. This demo is used to show the reduced pull forces of the spectra rip cord. This demo has been around forever and is pulled often. It hasn't shown wear. Im sure Bill has done considerable wear testing before releasing the cable. He has had this idea for over 10 years. The spectra rip cord is a lot more secure than the metal one, is much stronger, and has an amazing difference in pull strength. If you ever try the demo you would be amazed at the difference. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  23. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ntrsMAlIQWA Its sad and funny all at the same time. Could you imagine Simpsons Budweiser commercials, and Family guy Marlboro commercials. Im actually glad they made laws against this. But its funny to look, at and think about how different the world is today. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!
  24. I dont beleive the 300lb from pd is actually 300 I think its a little more. Its not the number of lines that caused the breakage. There are many kinds of HMA, and even more weaves. I have had a few different type of HMA on my Velocity. My point wasn't to make the HMA on the velocities look bad, I was trying to point out that HMA can break without any show of wear. I know Shannon Pilcher has put hundreds of jumps on a lineset of 300lb Hma. Im sure other people have also. Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of!