AndyMan

Can anyone give me a nutshell difference between the Canon EOS Rebel 2000, G, and TI? I'm finding the Canon website way too dificult to research this the hard way.... _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

It seems to me, that if trackers exit, fly 90 degrees off the jumprun for a good long time before turning 90 degrees again, it really doesn't matter where in the exit sequence they are. There will be so much horizontal separation, vertical separation caused by the exit order is meaningless. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Jeeze... that's 4 people I know on that website. If craichead has her way, I'll be on there myself pretty soon. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Yeah, when I screwed mine up last summer, it got swollen like a baseball.... Get the x-rays, and good luck. I ended up on physio for a few monthes. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

While you're at Staples, just ask the local geek to find you an adapter. They're cheap, common, and work fine. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Something tells me he's not talking about the computer... _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Just so I understand... You're telling us to throw out the only classification system we have, without giving us a replacement. What charactersitics of the Cobalt make it an ideal student canopy, but not the Stiletto? What method of evaluation should we use to make these decisions ourselves, or should we just take your word for it? _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

No. RW guys rarely pull bellow 2500, and nobody ever encourages anyone to pull bellow 2000 - unless it's a VERY big RW (100+). Freeflyers rarely pull above 3000. They certainly don't tend to pull at 4000. Freeflyers generally pull at about the same altitude as RW jumpers. That said, people with very high performance canopies sometimes like to pull a bit higher so that the air is clear for their swoop. RW and freeflyers generally pull at about the same altitude. freeflyers might pull a bit higher because I think there's a higher concentration of high performance canopy fliers. Verticle separation is not a significant part of the exit order, apart from students and very high pullers going out last. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Likewise, I've never had a problem that lasted more then two minutes at the x-ray line. I always carry my rig on my back. I'd like to have the policies printed out and handy just in case I ever need them, as there are enough people having problems that it seems like it might be a smart idea. Every airline I've asked (so far Delta and USAirways) have been happy to send me one. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

While you've got a valid point, no two countries are alike, one could also argue that no two states are alike, or even no two cities are alike. All these statements are true. I do think it's fair though, to abstract the social trends in Brooklyn and Detroit and compare them. Likewise, I think it's fair to compare the social trends in a city like Toronto (pop. aprox 6 million) - that had 60 murders last year, and Chicago (pop. aprox 6 million)- that had 600 murders last year. Both cities have strong economies, both have mixed incomes, both have largely two parent working families. Both have significant single parent problems, both have a racially diverse community. The 'breakdown of the family' is roughly the same in both cities. Residents in both cities watch the same TV shows and movies, listen to the same music. In fact, both cities have a strikingly similar history in virutally all aspects going back to the late 1700's (toronto) and early 1800's (chicago). Chicago REALLY isn't very different then Toronto, in every aspect - except for the murder rate. It's a perfectly valid comparison, the cultures of the two cities are nearly identical. Except, in Toronto people go to bed with their front doors unlocked, and in Chicago people have multiple dead-bolts and have guns. Toronto largely doesn't worry about violence, Chicago does. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

I said nothing like that. What I said, was that I think a lot of people in this country are too quick to pin so many of the nations problems on the issue of families. While the family may certainly play a role in a lot of these problems, I don't accept a direct causal relationship. I do not accept that if a kid grows up in a disfunctional family, he will definately turn into a columbine kid. Nor do I accept that that kid will take to drugs, not hold a job, get arrested, have a child at 16, get an abortion... just because (s)he comes from a dysfunctional family. Clearly, there are other factors at work beside the strength of the family. This is evident by the fact that by far, most kids who come from dysfunctional families defy the odds, and come out relatively normal. Not only that, far too many kids coming from strong families end up in trouble. I'll even go a step farther, and say that while the way a kid relates to his family is important, unless we're talking about extreme case, it's a relatively minor influence on the actions he performs later in life. As much as parents like to think that molding that child into an adult is their responsability, I just don't think they have that much influence. Kids learn way more about life outside the home then they do inside. That has always been, and it will always be true. It's too easy to place all of the nations ills on the backs of the family. I don't think its nearly that simple. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

You should not have any problems shipping a Cypres. Just make sure to package it well to protect it from damage. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

I usually try to remember to make sure my hook-knife gets checked. I frequently forget, and strangely they never notice... _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

There is white trash, inner city abandonment, and all those other 'family' problems in countries all around the world that are just as bad as the states, but their violence rates don't even come close to the US. I think the breakdown of family is becoming the scapegoat for a lot of Americas ills. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Like what....? _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Something I've taken the practice of is while talking to them, ask them to send a printed explanation of their policy on company letterhead. I've found airlines to be very accepting of this. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Just found this on slashdot http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/18/2330242.shtml?tid=167 I thoroughly approve. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

I know of someone out in Lisle (western subs)- email me if you're interested. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

This might be helpful. 'whois skydivinginformation.com' Registrant: Quattrocchi, Cary (SKYDIVINGINFORMATION-DOM) P.O. Box 440383 Kennesaw, GA 30160 US Domain Name: SKYDIVINGINFORMATION.COM Administrative Contact: Quattrocchi, Cary (CUAXJETFII) Cary1@SkydiveCenter.com Atlanta SC Inc. P.O. Box 440383 Kennesaw, GA 30160 US 770-684-3483 123 123 1234 _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Even though it was in jest, I found the animated short somewhat compelling. However. He really missed the ball when he compared to Canada. His basic premise was that Canada has more guns then the US - is misleading, if not completely false. He stated factually that Canada has more guns per capita then the US. Being someone who's lived quite a bit of time in both countries, this surprises me immensely. I would love to know where he got these numbers from. However, even if I were to concede that Canada has more guns per capita then the US, this comparison completely misses the point. Guns in canada consist almost entirely of long guns - rifles and shotguns, who's purpose (and usual use) is for use against animals, either in hunting or defence. It is extremely difficult to buy a handgun in Canada. It's relatively easy to get a '22 rifle. It is nearly imposible for anyone (collector or not) to buy assault rifles. Columbine could not have happened in Canada, because the kids could not have stollen their parents assault rifles. Their parents don't have assault rifles. The last example of large scale gun violence in Canada goes back to 1989, in Montreal where Marc Lepine shot and killed 14 women at L'Ecole Polytechnique before commiting suicide. Gun control in canada has tightened significantly since then. Guns in Canada are used for food. Guns in the US are used against people. I do agree that Americans are living in fear. I spent some time living in Ohio, which has a very large gun owning population. Many of the handgun owners expressed that they kept a gun underneath their pillow to protect their house, their wife, their children. This was something I just could not understand - being that fearful that someone would break in, rape my wife, kidnap my children. Why are people so afraid? I frequently forget to lock the front door. I never use a dead-bolt. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

I think largely, it depends where you are. At the midwestern DZ I frequent most, there are no nearby interstates, rivers, mountains, or any real hazzards of landing out. The DZ is entirely surrounde by farmland. While in late august the corn can grow quite high, it is hardly a "safety" hazard to land in corn. It can suck, but it's not unsafe. It's pretty rare that I question the judgement of the pilot for more then a couple seconds. There are times when I've taken a bit longer getting out, and there are times where I rush to get out, but I don't think that's what we're talking about. For starters, I simply can't imagine being COMPLETELY lost. First of all we fly almost exclusively otters, so the issue of looking out the tail (and not seeing where we're going) isn't a problem. Secondly, I can recognize landmarks in all 4 directions, so I can't imagine being COMPLETELY lost. Thirdly, jumpers should be looking out the windows prior to the green light, and should generally know where they are long before they get to the door. This is especially true to the first group out - are they not looking out the door during the red light? In the three years of jumping at this particular DZ, I can only think of once when the pilot was COMPLETELY wrong, I got out anyways, landed two miles away... and was promptly picked up by the DZ van. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

The other thing that you want to consider is this: You WILL biff in under the 150. You will cartwheel accross the desert, you'll have people occaisionally holding up signs reading "9.5" after you (try to) land. You need to decide now what degree of injury you're willing to accept when that happens. Sprains, minor breaks, major breaks, or worse. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Yahoo mail filters are completely useless to me. I get about 50 spam messages sent directly to my inbox on yahoo every day. I get only about 20 flagged as spam. I've essentially given up on yahoo, and changed all my subscriptions over to hotmail, which I'll use until it too becomes unusable. I suspect that Yahoo's filter revolves around the use of the 'This is Spam' button. If enough people flag the same message as spam, then that same message (or messages from that same sender(not sure) get flagged as spam. Yahoo does not seem to be doing any heuristic scanning, nor bascian filtering. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

Either put a locking chastity belt on her, or start educating her now. 40% of 13 year old in the US have had sex. Do you want yours to be one? Better start talking about it... _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

It's the name of a guy that makes them. He puts his name on a label that he sews onto the bridle. _Am __ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.