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Ditto. On a good day I can pick two matching colors, as long as one of them is black. Three colors is just plain impossible. When I bought my RW suit, I picked black for the body and blue for the arms and legs, then I had to have somebody else pick the gripper color because my brain started hurting when the swatches came out.

I just caught a commercial for tommorrow's (Tuesday) episode of Access Hollywood. It looks like they'll be doing a piece on Harry and the stunt.

Are you behind some other firewall or proxy? Check your browser settings and make sure that any privacy options are set to low or off. Also look for any setting marked "referrer."

I'm running Mozilla 0.9.6 on Linux. Mozilla has a tabbed-browsing feature where left-clicking a link opens it in the current window, and middle clicking a link opens it in a new tab. A while back I noticed that some sites that require your browser to pass referrer information wouldn't work if I middle-clicked to open in a new tab, but would work if I single clicked. The Enclave banner exchange exhibits the same behavior. So, my diagnosis: The banner exhnage program on Enclave's server expects referrer information when clicking on a banner. If it finds the referrer information, it passes you through to the site in the banner. Otherwise, it takes you to the banner exchange page on Enclave. I surmise that your browser isn't passing a proper Referer [sic] header when it makes an HTTP request. This could be because you have set an option in your browser to disallow this (Mozilla and Opera offer this option, I'm not sure about IE), or you are using a proxy that strips the header for you. If it is in your browser, some digging should find the correct setting to change. If it is a proxy, you might be hosed unless you are good friends with the proxy administrator or you are running a personal proxy, such as an ad-blocker like Proxomitron. Whew. Side note: I recommend setting your browser to not forward referrer information if possible. They are mainly used to spy on where visitors to websites are coming from, and are absolutely not necessary in legitimate web applications. Update: Some testing appears to support my diagnosis. Check your settings for anything mentioning "referrers" and try turning off any ad-blocking, filter, or firewall software that you might be running.

When I learned to pack I was told that it was because after the lines were pulled out of the band, a double or triple wrap could leave a "knot" in the band where the stow was wrapped, which might not fit through the grommet on the bag, thus baglock.

We always get telemarketers calling for my father. About half of them ask to speak to "Chas Martin." You would think that a telemarketer would learn that Chas is an abbreviation, but it happens at least once a day.

"And now that I have 53 jumps, I'm buying a new canopy that's this big!"

Since everybody else it posting theirs, mine is attached. Orange grippers are what happens when you get indecisive and say, "Just pick something that you think looks ok."

I'm saying it almost every day. If I wasn't leaving my job to go back to school in two weeks, I'd just quit now.

Yeah! I mean, everybody knows that it's Cobra Commander that we should be worried about!

I really just wanted to know if I had the concept right. If I hooked up a bridle extension to practice psycho packing, I definately wouldn't jump it until a rigger had inspected it for me.

It's a tailgate. Check out Skydiving Movies and look for a video called ride.wmv. It has some exit shots from the 727.

Alright, lemme see if I understand this correctly: My bridle is connected to the bridle attachment point on my main with a french link. I disconnect the link, attach a 10 inch sling/dogbone to the bridle attachment point with a larks head knot (which, if I remember my Boy Scout training, is just a pass-thru, like putting a rubber band on a deployment bag), then attach the bridle to the other end of the sling with the french link. Throw a slider bumper on there to keep everything neat (is this necessary?). Psycho pack. Jump. Am I right? I'm having a hard time fitting my Spectre into the dbag on my rig with a standard propack. It works, but it's sloppy and frustrating. I did a test psycho pack the other day and it works really well, but I definately needed a bridle extension.

Small high-wing propeller plane, 2 seat (I think), tail dragger, powered by a couple of gerbils on a treadmill. And, since I happened to have GIS loaded in another window anyway, attached is a picture.

Now Arthur, don't make me quote HH's policies about pedophilia. And now for mine: Why shouldn't women have drivers lincenses? Because there aren't any roads between the kitchen and the bedroom.

0:2:1.25 First jump on my rig. The Spectre flies nice, but I had two out landings, both of which ended in a crash. The first one was down hill, loooong surf, slide, crash. The second was uphill, WHAM!, tore the knees out of the jumpsuit that I was renting. This was just after I ordered a jumpsuit and didn't get reinforced knees, because, "I don't biff my landings very much." Both times I couldn't tell that the ground was sloping until I was less than 50 feet off of the ground. I think it might have something to do with my prescription goggles being slightly different than my glasses, messing up my depth perception. The .25 is for the time I sent Benny to buy a case for my A license, he came back with an 18-pack, so I still owe a six-pack for that. I had a car accident on the way home from the DZ, not my fault, but the other guy (drunk pedestrian who hopped the median on a 55 mph highway and ran in front of me) isn't doing so good.

Now that I think about it, join the Navy, do a couple of WestPacs/Med cuises, go to exotic places and get Laid! i was wondering when someone was going to say that! The problem with that is that you have to come up here to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. I have some friends who are Navy kids, so I've spent time on base, including the roof of the hospital at night (fun). It isn't exactly the nicest place in the world. On the plus side, if my high school is an accurate indicator, then you won't have any trouble picking up high school chicks at the mall or the amusement park.

Who's Christina? I need to get back to Archway and meet these new people. Four weeks. Four weeks. Four weeks. (ad infinum)

I used to have some more pics from that series (most definately not safe for work), but I can't find them any more.... Damn damn damn. They were posted on Fark a while back, so I'm sure they could be rediscovered.

Ever seen Christmas Vacation? I vote for Meister Brau!

I would really, really, like to get my hands on an audio clip of one of the locals pronouncing that town's name. Really.

I remember that bridge from a vacation a few years back. Mom was so freaked out that she walked straight down the middle, then refused the take the cable car back. I thought about the BASE possibilities recently (I can dream), but the only landing area that I can rememeber is a tiny little spot for the tourists to get close to the river. Doesn't leave much of an escape route. "But, you didn't come down on the tram! And what are you wearing?"

They both have pros and cons, like anything else. I did static line, and I don't feel that I'm a worse skydiver than an average AFF grad, and I spent less money to get there. It just took me a few more jumps. I'll leave the more knowledgeable posters to comment about specific pros and cons.

Not fair! I never get drunken phone calls from people I barely know in the middle of the night. Instead I get, "Get dressed, we're in your driveway," calls in the middle of the night. Not as fun.

I got my container today!