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  1. livendive
    She's still listed on my IM thingamajig. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  2. livendive
    ...and so far, 94 posts and counting, I haven't seen anyone refute this, nor have I seen anyone persuasively attribute it to any significant factors other than AADs. I'm guessing that the higher normal opening altitudes of today figure into the equation. The prevalence of AFF training (pulling at tandem altitudes) and slow-opening higher performance parachutes have both had an effect on opening altitudes, such that loss of altitude awareness by many people today will just result in something approximating a "normal" pull altitude in years past, rather than a dangrerously low pull. Of course, the prevalence of AADs has obviously figured into this as well, not because the AADs are actively saving everyone, but because people are more careful with their pull altitudes in order to prevent an inadvertent AAD-fire. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  3. livendive
    since I've been able to talk to that crotchity old Jan-Devil. Time is wierd in how it can seem short and long simultaneously. Anyhow, I'm drinking early today. Cheers Jan. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  4. livendive
    That would be illegal. You could break the rigger's seal, open the rig, put the AAD in, and close it back up. Note that reserves are MUCH harder to close than mains. In theory the pilot could get his license suspended if you were caught. You might find a rigger willing to violate the FARs to do it. After that his ticket could get yanked. I'm sure it exists, but I can't remember where, and I'm feeling lazy. Can you (or someone else) remind me what the FARs have to say about AADs in single-harness dual-parachute systems? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  5. livendive
    I don't think that post can be surpassed in this thread, and I'm absolutely positive the link can't (yes, I fixed it for the clicky-dependent ). That was flat-out fucking awesome!
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    Awesome! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  7. livendive
    Don't make me pull out the tractor! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  8. livendive
    He asked a question and you told him to shush up, that he didn't have enough experience or financial investment to ask that question. I guess you're right..."close-minded" wasn't the correct adjective. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  9. livendive
    What makes you think someone who doesn't want to wear an AAD has a bad attitude? FYI - There was a lot less whining in Darius11's post than in your's. There are smart and dumb business owners out there, and smart and dumb Customers (capitalization changed for contrast ). DZO's and skydivers fall into both groups. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  10. livendive
    I don't know about the whole "strike" thing, but we went through a phase similar to your's at about 6 months. We decided it was time to institute a bedtime, so at 8 PM we put my daughter to bed in her crib. She screamed bloody murder for over 45 minutes, with me having to encourage patience in her mom the entire time. The next night it was 15-20 minutes, the next about 5, and then just a minute or two for a couple nights. She learned two things in the process: one - that bedtime is bedtime and not subject to argument, and two - that screaming is not an effective means of getting what she wants. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  11. livendive
    I agree with this. I've learned that my body does certain things when it finds itself or others in *immediate* mortal danger, and what exactly those things are doesn't really seem to be up to me. I'd say a wrap at a hundred feet would be such an instance and I can't specifically say whether I'd hang on or try to clear myself. I can see either option as feasible (if less than desirable), and I hope I never find out. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  12. livendive
    Only civilians should remove covers (hats) and place their right hand over their heart ,with the cover at their left shoulder if applicable. Servicemen in uniform should salute as appropriate. This salute can vary based on branch, location (indoors/outdoors), whether they are in formation, what they might have in their hands (e.g. bugle, rifle, other flags) The Marines you're talking about were a color guard, even if they didn't have colors in their immediate proximity to guard. In many cases, color guards are to stand at attention and not participate in the ongoing ceremony (e.g. the pledge or anthem). The tradition is mostly based on them being prepared to protect the colors from touching the ground. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  13. livendive
    With the amount of kitten killing that goes on around here?! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  14. livendive
    Very cool! You are however missing approximately 432 dropzones...and that's just at the Cornelius-Moore airport! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  15. livendive
    My memory is fading so quickly, I probably won't remember that I'm turning 40. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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    I didn't read it that anyone is guaranteed a job for life, but rather that an employer must show cause for an involuntary termination. It's definitely different than we see here, but I don't get the impression it's nearly as dramatic as you're suggesting. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  17. livendive
    Actually, it's both. In order for employment to "work" , it has to be to the benefit of both the employer and the employee. If it were *just* for the employer to profit, there would be no such thing as salary. Slavery still exists in some places, and that's a much better example of a relationship designed solely to generate profit for the "employer". Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  18. livendive
    I use the ellipse a lot more often than is prudent. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  19. livendive
    Simple. You just go through the procedure for inventing an acidic element backwards. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  20. livendive
    The correct word is "might" be onto something. May gives permission which I certainly didn't need, as I was already onto something. Why did you use quotation marks around a word that wasn't in the quote, and not around the words that were in the quote? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  21. livendive
    I pick 'em up if I'm not in a hurry to get anywhere. Into the pocket, then into either a spare cupholder in my truck or a pile on my dresser, and eventually into a big plastic Bud Light bottle along with all my other change. It works out to a couple hundred bucks in change a year (very little of which is "found" change, but that's part of it). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  22. livendive
    Isn't color-blindness an almost entirely male thing? It seems to me that congenital color-blindness almost exclusively affects males, but that the trait is inherited from the mother. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
  23. livendive
    Sorry I missed your birthday RL. Please accept my best belated wishes and this small gift of knowledge. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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    I have 3 of them...that have moved 4 times without being unpacked. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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    Eleven Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)