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Okay, what software ya got?, you can either crop it or recompress it, DO NOT send it to me, I don't want to see it! Cya D

Disappointed Chromey? Cya D

who said I was respectable?? BTW I also dabble in Crew, accuracy, and fly cameras around for giggles sometimes. But I ain't respectable..... Cya D

Asshole.... Somebody did something similar to me once, I was working on a live 6kV switchboard, and a colleague slammed the side of the marshalling cubicle. This made a big banging sound and gave me quite a fright, working with high voltage is no place for jokes.. So I sacked him. Ho freekin' ho....... Cya D

Agreed Alan, my bad. Cheez, wrong twice in 24 hours..... But you'd have to be pretty freakin' stoopid, not to mention hard of thinking. But I spose there's no legislating for folks like that...... Cya D

yup, yup, yup.. cya there Cya D

Apologies for any confusion, I checked my nrake lines last night, Skycat and Josh were right, If i cut a line above the ring guide I would have to replace the entire line up to the cascades. My set is as per Skycat's drawing. I'm man enough to admit I was mistaken, sorry for any confusion, humble pie, munch munch......I'm embarassed that I don't know my own gear as well as I should. I don't want this to become another RSL debacle, so I guess a rule of thumb would be...if you didn't feel comfortable about landing with a brake malfunction chop 'n go silver. I think we are all agreed on that. Sorry again for any confusion. Cya D

Wherever I lay my Gath, thats my home..... Cya D

"Research cloning would contradict the most fundamental principle of medical ethics -- that no human life should be exploited or extinguished for the benefit of another" Wish someone had mentioned that to Dr Mengele...... Damn, I promised myself I wouldn't get into political discussions here Cya D

[Giggle] Catch ya tomorrow, gotta go now, its been fun, I'll see you on the balloon

Bwahahaha, what were you trying to sell?? Naw don't answer that, too much detail Cya D

Uuurgh, man that's just wrong....

Pendulums (penduli? latin?) RAWK, whuffoes can't believe how they fly...

Cameras must be geeked, its da law! , I particularly enjoy geeking other peoples loads when they are in the door in front of me, hahahaha......I've seen some internationally respected people (names witheld for blackmail purposes) geeking on national and world record attempts, its just fun, but as said here the top end is the place for it. Cya D

I spose an udate on your ass is better than a date up your ass . Give me a shout when you come to Houston, we'll have a beer. Cya D

"skydivial frustration? Is there a term for that?" Groundsickness Cya D

"Making a careful, sensible choice when buying parachute gear is one of the most important things you will ever do in your life. " Amen to these wise words Cya D

"I'm bored so, really I'm not argueing with you ......." Whoa girl, no arguing here either, fortunately we are all mature grown up civilised people here, ***looking round and checking just to make sure*** well, at least we both appear to be reasonable . And to be fair to you I did say I wasn't 100% sure about the lower line details on my brake set, so you are probably right

Yeah, I hate seeing dogs locked up in cars on hot days too, its just plain cruel. My Collie doesn't even like being locked up on not so hot days so I just don't do it. Cya D

Dagnabbit Ramon, who's gonna carry my flailing ass at San Marcos now .... I remember you mentioning this on sunday, but I didn't know it was so imminent. Hurry back bro.... Cya D

Go jump Lisa, its what I would do.... Besides, I'm firewalled out of the pub anyway.... Go on, off you pop, go jump and smile, ya know ya wanna...... **looks out window which faces DZ about 30miles away, thinks he'll never get there in time, bah** Cya D

Not on my spectre Skycat, I have a two part steering line set up I think....the lower section is replaceable without having to redo the entire brake lines up to and including the cascades. I figured this was designed like this because this is the section of line that sees the worst wear and tear. But now you mention it, I'm not 100% sure where the split is but I definitely have a two piece brake line. This was standard (I didn't specifically request it) from PD. But like I said, money shouldn't come into the decision making process here. Cya D

Jimbo:-"I'm walking today, no broken bones, I'm happy" My friend, you did the right thing, and I'm glad you did.

Okay we are all agreed that visualisation works well, Dr John's book really kicks ass, I was into seriously hard core climbing long before I took up skydiving and would (still do) use visualisation techniques to help me achieve success, so to me its kinda natural to use the same techniques in my jumping. Side note, it is very important to visualise everything going just perfectly, don't visualise 'failure'. Okay, I've also had a few personal injury traumas and lost far too many good friends in my time and suffered PTS as a result (mild clinical depression), I was in some pretty dark places back then and got some great counselling to help deal with it. What worked for me was to take some time out from a lot of everyday stress, and go visit some of my favourite places, with my favourite friends, and spend some 'chilling time' soaking up scenery, sunsets etc. The important thing is to break from your daily routine and spend some 'me' time doing whatever flicks your switch. Another great way to relax physically and mentally is to use meditation, a good way to start is to completely relax your body. Get yourself nice and comfortable in your favourite chair, close your eyes you don't want distractions. Start at your toes and foucus on relaxing each muscle group in turn, feel the stress drop from the muscles, work your way all the way up your body, finishing up by relaxing your face muscles, then go all the way back down again, breathing as described earlier. Think nice pleasant thoughts, picture yourself lying on a beach, hear the water gently lapping on the shore etc ......Are you there yet, nice ain't it . There ya go, you are now meditating! You can get all sorts of tapes/CDs of whale songs, forest sounds, river sounds etc try some out, they help block out junk noise from traffic, towns etc, and help you get to that special place. If this works there are loads of books available to help get the most out of it. This works for me and with practice I can now relax like this in quite a short time. Of course this is all hippy shit, and may not work for you, YMMV, if all else fails, just go out and get laid, do some 'sport' shagging to make yourself feel good again

Yup, I see how that could spoil your day. Ever since there was a flurry of dramas involving grommets on main closing loops a while back, I've included grommet inspections in my monthly rig check ups. Not just the slider grommets, which is pretty standard. Cya D