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  1. SkymonkeyONE
    Hey, it got all the ugly prison tattoos off Henry's left arm, didn't it?
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    Your's in fine; it's not a picture of a skydiver other than yourself. I like all the ones you girls have. I also like the fact that Katie just put my dog as her avatar! Billy Bob is a good puppy. chuck
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    I have had to leg-lock a couple of people who were fully piked forward in the "cat thrown off the roof" mode. This, only because the passenger had a lot of surface area (read: was much taller than me) and I wasn't interested in getting in a side spin on the "bad" side. Those couple of instances were early in my tandem career. Nowadays, I will just continue to freefall and gain speed to the point that a tiny little power move will get me face down to throw the drogue. Since then, I have only leg-locked one really big guy, but that was under drogue. He "looked" straight under me, but we had a spin to the right that I was having a hard time stopping. Turns out he had one knee down, so the leg-lock, plus me screaming "relax" in his ear got him in check. It's all good. Chuck Vector 2, Sigma, Eclipse
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    Unfortunate. Here in the USA, we can access everyone's USPA membership info via telephone and online at the group member site. It has certainly prevented many headaches for travelling skydivers who, for whatever reason, were not in possession of their membership cards, etc. Chuck
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    Today, regardless of the extra cost, it's much smarter to get a "no longer liked" tattoo lasered off. This is especially true if the one you want to cover is already dark. My entire right upper arm is a brilliant cover-up, but few would know it. I was lucky to have Aaron Cain as a friend and his bio-mechanical style made it easy to cover a fairly cheesy Harley tattoo. I only wish that the army had started lasering sooner; it would have made for a much "brighter" new tattoo. The beauty of lasering is that you really don't need the "old" tattoo completely removed if you are just going to put new ink down; you just need to bust up the darkest shading and outlines. Chuck
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    I personally think my current one kicks ass! As to the pic of the other skydiver as your avatar: I don't like it. There is another person here who has had two separate pictures of Craig Girrard swooping as his avatar. That makes me nuts. Chuck
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    Yep, flat and big. People built them right into their walls in some cases. One of my dad's friends owned a high-end audio shop in Auburn, AL back in the 60's and 70's.
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    Yep, we made choppers by cutting he forks off another bike, then beating them on and welding them onto the stock forks, thus extending the front end considerably.
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    When 8-track was the medium of choice, I remember my Aunt Nan having an older 4-track. People with a lot of cach had sexy Teac real-to-reals. Any audiophiles remember Magneplanar speakers? Chuck
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    Actually, I remeber 23 cent per gallon gasoline. I also remeber 30 cent foot-long chili dogs, $400 1974 Yamaha MX 80's, 1 cent super bubble gum, 50 cent firecracker packs, and bikes with banana seats and cheetah slicks.
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    High: having so many outstanding, personal friends Low: not having my girlfriend to snuggle with
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    Why is that NSFW? It's Barbies.
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    Sorry kids, but I, the master of time and space, will be in Aviators. We have a kick-ass 7-piece raggae/fusion band tonight. Noice! Still, drink a viking toast in my honor. Chuckie
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    If your brake lines are so tight that they are pulling down on your tail in full flight, then you need to fix that. Yes, if your parachute is set up that tight it's going to turn in the opposite direction if you break a steering line. Fix that. Chuck
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    blue in you....LOL! You muchy funny!
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    Find yourself a capable wingsuit instructor. At 200 jumps, you ought not try to just "figure it out on your own." Call down to BirdMan and ask Jari and Kimmie for a reference over there. There must be someone. Chuck
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    This has been covered extensively; do a search in this or the swooping forum. All the info you need is right there.
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    I was kicking 540 pound dummies out of the twin-bo yesterday with Ed Peters (Irvin) doing TSO drops on a new reserve. That's fun stuff. Well, all but fetching "stormin norman" off the dz.
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    You asked for it, you got it.......
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    Actually, I had no idea she was pregnant at the time. It wasn't until I saw the picture on the cover of the magazine and saw that she was small again that I tought anything of it. I wouldn't have given a second thought as to the "condition" of any member of that band; I am not a fan. Still, I think she is a pig. Just my opinion.
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    HOLY SHIT! Kris, you are killing me!! Boo hoo hoo, ha ha ha!
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    Zennie is in fact the man! Oh, for the record, I was referring to them overly-vocal, formerly pregnant lead singer. That is the one I was talking about when i said "fat pig." Fat may not apply now, but pig still does. For the record: I voted Ed Clark for president some time ago.
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    I think the Dixie Chicks are getting everything they deserve. The general public and the people who own the radio stations and record stores are also free to express their opinion. Just like the signs at restaurants which state "we retain the right to refuse service for any reason", those stations are in no way required to play or sell records from artists who they dislike for any reason. Hey, if you really want to listen to them, then go buy a CD at their concert. Once again, just my (very popular, it seems) opinion. If that band is concerned about their record sales or radio play, then they need to figure out what is and is not acceptable in the general public's eye. Piss enough people off and you will find out rather quickly how short-lived your star power can last. I think it's plenty fair. Chuck
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    What are you doing as far as packing? I have never had a bad opening on either of my two velocities, though two people here on my dropzone have both chopped. My guess is that they both, while each having over 1000 jumps, have not been sitting still in the harness through opening. Chuck
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    Oh man, a ton of people used to do canopy transfers back in the day, as it became time to repack their reserve. It was more common with round reserves (at least where I was jumping), but I have seen it done plenty of times with squares. Basically, you would be flying along, into the wind, and fire your reserve. As it fully inflated and started flying up behind you, you would chop the main and swing under the reserve. Hey, it was a different time. People jumped MUCH bigger canopies then and it wasn't that big a deal. Today you would probably get run off most dropzones. Chuck