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I still have my original long-sleeve version. My webpage HERE

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Try and look at Shannon Pilcher's design (Deja Blue). I think his website is http://www.shannonpilcher.com. Personally, I still wear a vest when I need lead, but if I were going to copy one, I would use a scuba "sea pearl" design. I would also use "sea pearl" weights in whatever I made, because they are nice, pretty flat, and pre-made. Chuck My webpage HERE

Chris designed those helmets for swooping and riding your Harley. Actually, he rides one of those CMC "Indians". You would not want to try and freefly with one on, it would fly right off your head. Chuck My webpage HERE

Going rate for a standard repack and inspection here in NC is $35. That is, if you can't find a buddy to do it for you. Riggers are a dime a dozen here. Chuck My webpage HERE

BWAHAHAHA! Holy Shit! I am the WORST at a restaurant if they screw up my food. I used to go to this one place almost every day at lunch and get the same thing: a french dip with cheese, fries, and NO PICKLE ANYWHERE NEAR MY PLATE. I said it just like that every day and I swear to god they would fuck it up at least once a week. They had these huge sliced pickles they would put on there. The juice would get on the bun of the sandwich or soak into some fries and it was impossible to cover up if they just took the plate back and removed it from the plate. If a pickle was within a foot of the plate I would know it. If they tried to pull one on me I would let them have it. I was in Guatemala about ten years ago and was eating out next to the pool in the hotel I was staying at. They sent me out a cheeseburger with mayo on it after I specifically told them how I wanted it, in perfect spanish. I sent the burger back with remedial instructions to the cook. These morons (at a five star hotel no less) took the meat off, tried to wipe it off, and put it on a new bun. The dude took it back out to me and I just smirked at him and threw the burger RIGHT INTO THE POOL! He about shit himself. I was livid. I also did a similar thing with a chicken sandwich from Burger King. Went through the drive through, ordered it "plain, add cheese" and got my bag and drove off. Got five miles to home, checked and saw it was wrong, drove back, had them fix it, got the new one, checked it at the window and saw it was fucked up AGAIN, then THREW THE SANDWICH THROUGH THE WINDOW AT THE SERVER. My webpage HERE

Yup Donna, only pepperoni pizza for me. The only veggies I regularly eat are corn and english peas. I HATE string beans. I can eat mashed potatos all day long, as well as maccaroni and cheese. I salt and pepper everything. Actually my favorite spice nowadays is Mrs. Dash extra spicy. I love that stuff! Potato salad, maccaroni salad, and all that other junk people eat at picnics repulse me to no end. My webpage HERE

Right here Ann. Checking the label on this soup before I cook it. Chuck My webpage HERE

OH! I forgot all about salads! A chuck blue salad consists of plain lettuce, maybe a few sprinkles of cheese, maybe some bacon bits, and some cruetons. How the hell do you spell cruton? I will only use regular italian dressing; wishbone is my favorite. None of that creamy shit for me! I grill out all the time and marinate and cook in Italian dressing. Mojo Crioli too, that shit is great for cooking. Anyone who has ever eaten at one of my parties knows I am one grilling mother fucker. My webpage HERE

Post whores! My webpage HERE

I have been all around the world and love a ton of different foods, but do have my limits. I have three or four dishes from each different culture that I really like, but cannot stand lots of things. For example: I love Chinese and Japanese, but will not touch Sushi for any reason. I love Won Ton soup but HATE egg drop. I love a big steak and with a baked potato, but you better not get any damn sour cream anywhere near that damn tater! Also, the only steak sauce I will eat is Worchestershire. I love Italian food, but will not eat any pasta dish with red sauce that has chunky tomatos. Blenders are made for blending! Also, lie to me about not having mushrooms and it's your ass! The only condiment I will eat is cheese...period. No Ketchup, no Mayo, no tomato, no mushrooms, no pickles, NOTHING! Wanna see me barf? Just trick me into taking a bite out of something that was supposed to be plain and be prepared to take a serious ass-whooping. My old lady, on the other hand, will sit around and eat cottage cheese out of the container; pickles too! UGH! I don't think thats freaky at all. In my opinion its much better to make something plain and then let people add all the other crap they want. Any other picky eaters? My webpage HERE

I like all kinds of food. Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Goo ole american steak and taters, etc. What I DON'T like is more important to me. See "picky eaters" thread. Chuck My webpage HERE

September 14th 1963. VERY Virgo. My webpage HERE

Labels? Hell, when Icarus sent me my VX-74 a couple of years ago it didn't have any lablels on it. If they didn't care enough to put them on my brand new canopy, then they ought not bitch when someone else takes them off. Just my opinion. My webpage HERE

Those avatars are KILLING me! My webpage HERE

I currently fly a Competition Cobalt 75 and an H-mod Cobalt 75, both loaded at 2.26 without weight, 2.4 with weights. I also jump a Competition Cobalt 65 loaded at 2.61 without lead, 2.8 with. I have 2870 skydives. To all you newbies out there: this is not an "I load heavier than you do" thread. It was just to see what people in here are currently jumping. Those of us jumping canopies at extreme wingloads (anything over 2.0 generally) do so with full knowledge that it can be VERY hazerdous as compared to jumping at a recreational wingloads. Most of us have friends who have paid dearly because of botched landings under these wings. We know the risks (and may have lived through landing injuries), weigh the odds, and do our best to fly them in a controlled manner. As an Instructor and competitor, I assist my DZO in keeping "loose canons" in check. It's pretty clear to see when someone bit off a little more than they can chew. Don't let your vanity guide you through your canopy buying process. End of rant. Now, what does everyone else jump? It would help if all of you would go back and put your jump numbers with your post, so we can have a better reference. Chuck My webpage HERE

I think Lisa is the biggest post-whore among the greenies. I am just a squirrel living in her world. My webpage HERE

While true that we used to regularly sport jump from helicopters for free every weekend, those days ended nearly a decade ago. Nowadays, it is a very rare occasion that we get the blade time. Yes, we still regularly jump HALO out of UH-60's here on Bragg, but with a 65 pound MC-4 on your back it's just not as fun. As for the initial post: we normally jump at around 80 or 90 knots, so it is just like jumping from any other plane at that airspeed. I am lucky enough to have jumped from a great variety of helicopters. My favorite, though, was when we had regular access to the CH-54 Skycranes (with "the box" attached) in Alabama. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING could climb like that thing. They would occasionally hook us up with some hovers at altitude; absolutely nuts. Chuck My webpage HERE

Remi, it is my opinion that the amount of money one pays for training has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the quality of training one receives in a course with a set sylabus. I am talking USPA ratings here, not the fluffery of Skydive U and it's copies. Here in North Carolina, particularly Raeford, we have a HUGE amount of course directors, designated evaluators, and Instructors in every skydiving discipline. The two military clubs here regularly run courses for their members (future instructors) and anyone else in the area who wants to attend. We keep the cost per student to a bare minimum by maintaining our own course directors who had their ratings paid for by the club. The coach course is a two-day classroom sylabus, plus the dropzone work. Guys like me instruct and assist in those classes; we do not cut corners or hand out ratings. I don't make a penny teaching at the club, but you won't catch anyone saying I teach a chickenshit course. We do things this way here to keep things rolling with fresh blood. Ours is an area with a high turnover in personnel, so if we do not do it that way we run into staffing problems. We do the same thing as far as riggers go. Nobody pays anything to apprentice rig here. You can learn as fast or slow as you care and have free access to a several very-well equipped lofts. It helps that the local DPRE rigs at Raeford airport and is likewise free with his time. Chuck My webpage HERE

I saw no evidence of any twins in those photos. What's the deal? My webpage HERE

I'm the moderator with my pocket calculator....I am adding..and subtracting. Multiplying....and dividing. By pressing on a special key I play a little melody....did dot dit! Chuck sitting at the big table and ruling with an iron fist! When I am not loafing in the secret breakroom with the others, that is. My webpage HERE

Yep Sis, I thought you were ignoring me! BWAHAHA! Just read all your responses. Chuck My webpage HERE

I have absolutely no personality whatsoever, just ask Lisa. OK, I am going back to the secret breakroom now. Chuck My webpage HERE

There will probably actually be quite a good DZ.com crowd on hand. I know Stacy and Kel and coming. I will be there with Cobalt Dan and his crowd. Chuck My webpage HERE

Yes, some meets are set up so you make runs in both directions. Some are set up so you start in one direction and carve either into the wind or downwind at the end, sometimes crosswind. The reason that some are set up straight downwind, though, is that the event directors conclude that the wind is blowing too hard for the competitors to get lengthy swoops into the wind. There was a meet in New Jersey last year where the winds were blowing above 20 mph; it was conducted downwind. The ends of swoops vary wildly from competitor to competitor. In downwinders and in cases where jumpers are loading their canopies too heavily, you see two general methods: running like hell and sliding. PPPB competitions give you no points for "style". What that means is that you see us busting our asses on a regular basis in competition. The courses are very demanding and give little room for error. It is for that reason many of us compete in "battle gear". By that I mean motocross pants, shin guards rotated around to the outside of the calves, etc. It did not take me long to figure out that jumping barefooted with only a pair of shorts on is not the hot ticket in the desert. Ball it up one time because you caught a toe during your run-out or slide and you WILL lose lots of skin. My motocross pants saved me much grief the very first day I wore them at Perris. As for general downwinders, I always "stand them up" by sliding to a stop on both feet. The faster you are going, the farther out in front of you your feet need to be when you put your feet down. As you slow down, you move your feet more under you so you don't fall over backwards when your canopy stops flying. Start with your feet too far under you and you are just begging to catch a toe and faceplant. I do not recommend running out downwinders, or any landing for that matter, for the exact same reason. The only competition event that I do not slide in is the PPPB distance rounds. There, you are judged at your first point of contact with the ground, so it behooves you to fly your canopy all the way to the stall point and land much like a long jumper in track and field events. Not pretty, but pretty does not get you paid in the PPPB meets. Chuck My webpage HERE