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............................................................................ Best answer so far. Another hint: what happened the last time the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was left alone with a keg of brandy?

Inside corners are easier to bind. The trick is to scissor cut a small nick in the edge of the fabric. Roughly 1/4 inch deep. 1/3 width of binding tape. Ideally the nick is slightly shorter than the distance from the folded (right, outboard) edge of the finished binding tape. Start binding. A few inches short of the corner, stop. Scissor cut the nick at 90 degrees to the edge you are currently binding. ... towards your left elbow ... Fold the second edge to the left. Make the last stitch in the very edge of the fabric. Lift presser foot. Pull second edge straight. Poke steel tool (Cypres screw-driver, etc.) deep into corner until you are satisfied that fabric completely fills the deepest (right, outboard) folded edge of the binding tape. Pull second edge towadrs your belly .. a little bit ... Poke fabric deeply to right. Lower presser foot. Resume sewing on second edge.

Hey CanuckInUSA, Please explain again how Trudeau Jr. is better than Bush Jr. I am having a hard time seeing the difference?????

... At 33 ft below the surface, the 100 cubic foot cabin would be about 50 cubic foot. ................................................................................ As long as internal (air) pressure exceeds external (water) pressure, you should be able to get by with quite a flimsy hull. Think about diving bells. Diving bells don't even have floors. Diving bells depend purely on internal air pressure keeping water out.

A Newfoundland dog a looks for work in the search and rescue business. He applies at the Grand Saint Bernard Monastery (Switzerland. He passes all the exercises swimming, but fails the final exam. Why?

Unless it can be ... pressurized to ambient pressure, like the air SCUBA divers breathe.... ................................................................ Finally, a response from someone who can think outside the box ... Er ...... boat. If you always keep the passenger cabin pressurized slightly more than ambient, it could work with a surprisingly light-weight cabin. I was even contemplating making most of the passenger cabin from flexible materials, like rubberized canvas used to make fuel bladders and Zodiac boats. Granted, a soft hull would not work at 4 kilometres under the North Pole, but it might work at the 10 or 20 meter depths popular with tourist scuba divers.

I tried folding a few corners - with only tape. It was easier than binding AAD windows.

1.2 or 1.4 is a minor difference.

When I started at Rigging Innovations they forced me to sew a few dozen AAD windows - to perfect my binding technique - before. I did many container repairs. AAD window vinyl is too flexible for training new binders. Thin vinyl is more difficult to sew than a few layers of nylon. Maybe the ideal training aid is stiff, clear vinyl.

Good on the Supreme Court. To paraphrase the late Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau "government should not interfere in the bedrooms of the nation"

..... when I started jumping, the standard was, in fact, to shut down operations for at least as long as it took to deal with the fatality that had just happened. At smaller DZs, that means the rest of the day. .......... .................................................................................... A lot has changed since you and I started jumping. When I worked at California City and Perris Valley during the 1990s , they avoided shutting down after an accident. Three examples: the first time I ever saw an empty harness (hanging under a slowly descending parachute) I calmly walked my tandem student towards the Twin Otter. When Dr. James Martin died at Perris, I paused to remember him for one minute, then returned to my sewing machine. When Harley Powell committed suicide, his buddies were angry that he ruined a day's skydiving ..... grumbling about fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, coroner's wagon blocking the runway.

Sorry I was not intending to put words in your mouth. Rather, my silly logic confused you. Sarcasm warning! Rather I was trying to compare the (deceased) shooting instructor's judgement with the judgement displayed by ISIS. Even ISIS knows that it is stupid to let 9-year-old girls fire machine guns! For Christ's sake! Even Jesus would not let a 9-year-old girl shoot a machine gun. I was trying to paint a parallel .... a parable .... like the parables that the Prophet Jesus Christ used to illustrate his lessons to illiterate Galileans a 2,000 years ago ......you might remember Jesus of Nazareth ... itinerant preacher ... hung out with sinners ..... Healed the lame ..... favorite guest at any party because he could turn water into wine .... eventually got strung up because he poked fun at too many powerful people, mentioned in the Koran, etc.)

The last time I saw a guy die on a DZ, the DZO ordered me not to talk to the press. He also ordered me to stay home Monday, because he feared vultures circling around the airport gate ...... er ...... TV news cameras circling around the airport gate. My perception was that the DZ shut down to wait out the TV news cycle for a few days. By the following weekend, TV news cameras were chasing some other ambulance.

....... A crew served weapon on a tripod a much better choice for full auto for a child. .............................................................................. Agreed Next question: if she volunteers for ISIS, will they let her shoot a tripod-mounted Dishka? Will ISIS only allow her schlep munitions (like the last Pope)? Or will she only be allowed to cook for ISIS munitions schleppers? Oops! Did my inner child ask embarrassing questions again? Hah! Hah!

The bottom line: some businesses only care about safety when the cost of accidents ruins profits. In the long run various states, provinces and nations standardize practices to remain competitive. In the long run we expect the Nevada Labour Code to resemble the BC Labour Code.

Unfortunately, such training (along with insurance and protection) has become a rarity, as major news outlets increasingly use (and exploit) freelance journalists. Here's one example of several stories I've recently read discussing this. The Life of a War Correspondent Is Even Worse Than You Think .................................................................... Another sad case of major corporations sub-contracting the most dangerous work to poorly-paid, part-time employees.

May be he should have read the book "How to avoid being killed in a war zone " by Brtish journalist Rosie Garthwaite Major news networks require formal training courses (IED, kidnaping, robbery, diseases, fires, riots and mudslides) before sending journalists to dangerous places.

Not necessarily ..................................................................... Every week, WorkSafe BC imposes multi-thousand dollar fines when inspectors find: roofers without fall-arrest-harnesses: workers exposed to loose asbestos dust, no seat belts in vehicles, no hard hats, no hi-vid vests, guards missing from saws, noxious chemicals, inadequate lighting, cluttered work spaces, inadequate ladders, etc. Employees also have the right to refuse dangerous work. Unions point out unsafe practices every week. Bottom line is that WorkSafeBC is tired of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars (medical, physio-therapy, unemployment insurance, disability benefits, re-training, etc. One way to reduce the cost of accidents is to reduce the number of accidents.

...... Pay attention to what is said & how it's said and you will see that there are a few here that are very good at coming right up to the line without crossing it. They use that skill to provoke others into crossing the line and getting slapped down. .......................................................................... If provokers try the same foolishness on gun forums, they quickly get banned because responsible gun owners clearly understand that there is a time and a place for humour. Humour on the firing line will get you outside the perimeter fence faster than a .338 Lapua!

Depending upon the type of "high" you are seeking, you could either ride the street cars and cable car up to the hospital over-looking downtown Portland ....... or you could buy a variety of recreational drugs from the amateur pharmacists who sell their wares closer to the river.

Good analogy with the bulldozer. If the victim/instructor got bulldozed on a construction site, authorities would lock down the construction site and impose stiff fines on the employer.

......................................................................................... Do you work for the Workmans' Compensation Board of British Columbia? ...... WorkSafe B.C.?

That sort of legal bafflegab is why the general public has lost respect for the legal system in general. When courts no longer speak a language - that a university-educated citizen can understand - then they disconnect from civil society. After that disconnect the courts become day-care centres for over-paid lawyers.

.... Do you pre-glue? I've heard of using a hot glue gun but frankly I don't feel good about that idea. ..... .... -Michael[/quote ........................................................................ No Because gluing or pining creates more bulk than most sewing machines can handle. The upside of pining is that it relieves boredom in the loft. You will be so busy dodging broken needles, picking jagged pieces of metal out of your face, visiting hospital emergency rooms, sweeping jagged pieces of metal off the loft floor, replacing broken needles, re-threading sewing machines, re-timing sewing machines, etc that boredom will magically disappear from your loft.

The best binders are like magicians: they distract you with fancy words and flourishes but never allow you to see the most important move. The most important move is no movement at all. The less your tool moves, the neater the corner. When binding, the most important move is done deep inside a pile of fabric and tape, so deep that it is almost invisible to the human eye. Once you have sunk the last stitch in the corner of the Cordura, (created a bit of slack in the thread, etc) anchor the work (to the table) with your left hand/wrist/elbow/knee/scantily-clad assistant. Lift the presser foot (right knee lift lever). Slide the tip of your folding tool (Cypres screw-driver, dental pick or soldering tool) deep into the corner. Learn to insert by feel until you can consistently insert the tip of the tool 1/4 inch before the corner. Slide the tip of the tool between the two layers of binding tape until it stops against the raw edge of the Cordura. Press down with the tip to anchor the bottom layer of tape to the table. The tip becomes the pivot for the whole corner. Lay the shaft of the tool onto the tape ... at a 45 degree angle (as seen from above). Clamp your right knee and hand solidly while you turn the corner. Using your left hand, lift the faybric just enough to lift the bottom tape above the tool. Using your left hand, turn the fabric 90 degrees to gently and firmly press it into the folder. Lower pressed foot. Slowly lift presser foot just enough to confirm a 45 degree fold in the top tape. Adjust top tape with tool. Drive next stitch into same holes as old (right) outboard row of stitching. With the second or third stitch catch the 45 degree folded edge of the top tape. The secret to this entire process is holding the tip of the tool rigid while you turn the fabric.