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Hah, you guys have no sense of humour, what the hell does the 'Swiss defence department' do all day anyways? Make novelty knives? Besides, everybody knows AQ were destroyed, in Afghanistan, weren't they? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Sand" Is that a cause or a cure Chris? From my climbing days, sand and webbing is bad juju.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

One of our old club rigs used to do that, I think the solution was to put a rubber band round one of the buckle bars... Its a credit to the spectre that you weren't spun up.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Too many, and it annoys me. Its just one buckle. Its right there under your nose. Its inexcusable. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

So asking you back to my place to view my 'appliances' simply isn't going to work then? Sheesh, whassa a guy gotta do round here? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

I think its cool, skydiving on prime time British TV....Its gotta be good for the sport. I even like the format, Runaround meets Big Brother, meets room 101, meets Eloy's "Trash Day". -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Betty Boop, but then again I'd opt for Jessica Rabbit given half the chance..... And Garbo was hotter than Marilyn....... I was goona propose Ginger Rogers, but thought naw, she's a dancer, and we don't like dancers..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Bletherchat. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

I'll take the Nokia correctional facility please...Hello Finland. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Legal, or illegal...where? What justice system would I be prosecuted under if I downloaded a 'copyrighted' MP3 from a guy based in Bhutan, via my Nokia and laptop whilst on my yacht in international waters , for example..... And where would I spend my jail time? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Fife right John....howsit! Long time no see my celtic cousin Do a search of the forums guys, we were talking about this recently.... Try a search for the word "Dickinson", its was Leo Dickinson that fitted this setup to his commercially available helmets...... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Och, you had it easy, Lori, you used a Mac, I used Windoze for a real challenge....... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Blank VHS cassette, that way you can continue learning long after you make it back to the homestead. And beer for eth camera guys! -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

It might help your case if you sent the thing into a Sony service centre, tell them the situation and get a fault report. Hope it all pans out for yo man, you don't deserve this. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Hey Wingi, Download the entire contents of skydivingmovies.com and watch them on it. People will think you are organised, but your really just feeding your addiction.

"what about a discreet electronic monkey spanker?" Baggy strides and a Dyson. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

70Gb..tsk you guys are so spoiled these days, my first real movie was made with 16 Gb (including OS and apps space), its was half an hour long, and full DV spec'd output! Also a P111 should be plenty good, pm me before you part with any cash.... By the way, I know where your sig line comes from.... its quite an apt book for these troubled times.

"If you're competing at the National Level for CReW, then presumably you're one of the best canopy pilots in the United States." I've never been to the US nationals, but entering a regional/national comp in the UK just shows that you managed to round up a bunch of pals, paid the entry fee, and are prepared to learn heaps and have a good time. Just because you enter a comp doesn't mean you actually have the ability to peform in it. As someone who travels around a fair bit, my D licence is more like a skydiving passport, nothing more, nothing less. I a leery of placing compulsory HP landings on a licence requirement, however you could do something similar to the British system, where your licence is updated to show Freefly/RW/Crw proficiencies in the form of stickers/stamps/endorsements whatever. You could have an HP (HP1, HP2, HP3 etc) licence which could be staged for different wing loads, and different levels of proficiency as described by Lisa et al way up the thread. But then again, I have a D license, don't indulge in HP landings, am on the same sized canopy that I qualified for my D, am not currently a USPA member, so why should I bother about all this? After all, it doesn't affect me, does it? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Its the marks they leave on the rigs and jumpsuits.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"I think we skydivers need another term for those who've made a jump, but aren't licensed." Skuffoes? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Definitely live forever, I'd save a fortune in life and medical insurance, more jump tix! I want to grow old disgracefully. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Tash also did an awesome article about big way skills flying." Word. And theres also an excellent article from Norman Kent, with some nice phatt photos....... Its just a shame that the front cover shot was used on the US mag front cover exactly a year ago....... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Is that April's ex, Perry, Dave...? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Aye, but the urgency is now media driven. They are worse than QA audit actions to shake off. Not to mention the fact that a fair few respectable UK politicians (oxymoron?) are driving it, they did resign over the issue, Robin Cook, and Clare Short over on this side. Plus, George Galloway (nothing to do with the Precision guy!) is sueing a couple of the media barons over the whole documents uncovered in Iraq scandal. I think the truth will come out, then we'll know. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"trying really hard to stay out of the political threads" Me too, Wendy, but I still read them......Kinda like driving past a train wreck, you don't want to look but....... Anyways all this is pretty much by the by, there will be interesting formal investigations into the whole debacle. Then we'll know who was pulling the wool over who... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson