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Can you tell it's Winter? Tempers are high, people bickering about stupid shit.... sigh.... Oh well... not that there's anyone still in the dark as to who it is, but I'll leave the name out anyway, because it's not all that important. [third-hand information from a friend of a friend] A jumper in Florida this past weekend busted him/herself up pretty good. Several broken bones in the normal bad landing areas - hip & leg. I'm assuming it was under a Xaos 108 - although they had been known to jump a Velocity 90 at some point. They were also known to make "high performance landings" - it's reasonable to assume that's what happened here. See Andy's post above for canopy progression vs. jump numbers and guess at wing loading. [/third-hand information from a friend of a friend] The person involved is also a pilot - a lot of times pilots actually progress better/faster under canopy than non-pilots ... just a personal observation, no facts to back that up. Whoever sold him a Xaos 108 at 180 jumps should be ashamed and/or beaten with a stick. Lessons to be learned - You are not special. When everyone tells you "You shouldn't get that canopy" - don't swear you're different and you'll be careful. Don't say "That guy was stupid, I'm smarter than him" or "My jumpmasters know me, and say I'll be ok" or "I'm a pilot so it's ok if I progress faster than others" etc etc etc .... all that reasoning has been done before, and generally, those people are wrong. edit: That's spooky - I did not see your post before I composed what's above the "edit:" line. BTW - cross posted into incidents because no one else wanted to piss someone off by posting. Get pissed, I don't care. Yes, I know I'm an ass, tell all your friends. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

Yes Bill.... pull out your "Sarcasm-o-meter" on that post, and it's likely to go off the scale. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

And if someone is worried about being embarrassed, and everyone else is just wanting to know what happened so they can learn something - what else do you need besides this? Nothing new... someone saying "I'll be different, I'll be careful" getting into a small, fast canopy well before they're ready. And what do you know?! They busted themselves up. Same old story, different characters. Sadly enough, you could show this story to your friend who is getting ready to buy that Xaos 108 at 200 jumps, and he'll tell you the same thing "No, that guy was stupid. I'll be careful, I'm different, I learn faster than most" it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

No, not at all. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

Correction - one person is asking all these people to not talk about it. To my knowledge, the group of people "keeping it a secret" think it's rather stupid, but are complying with the person's wishes for various reasons. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

Check Kevin's post in the incidents forum if you're confused as to why someone may not post that they screwed up. I think the fact that they post it in the first place, they know they've screwed up - they don't need people telling them over and over that they're a dumbass. But, I guess that's to be expected, if you screw up, there's always going to be people there to make sure you know you screwed up - usually in the worst way possible too. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

I'm just glad he was around for the conception of his daughter! Take care Dano. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

Why did I just get this flash of Paul Quade as Kurt Loder? it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

Anyone from SDA know how he's doing? I just got a message from a friend of mine saying he busted himself up pretty good on a landing, and I haven't been able to get a hold of her again for details/explanation. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

Wally at Blue Sky Adventures! That guy is just way too happy to be alive! There was something about offering free jumps too... Just the feeling I got in the short amount of time I was there... he seemed like a pretty cool guy. And I do believe a DZO has some input into the 'culture' of a DZ - if the DZO is a good guy/girl, most of the people there will be too. This has held true so far - the places I've been with nice DZOs seemed to have a friendly vibe to them. The places where I didn't get a good feeling from the DZO, I didn't get a good feeling from the rest of the people there. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

uhh.. yeah.. I'll get to that one of these days it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

I looked for a Haynes manual, the auto parts store didn't have one I needed. So, I took the computer tech approach to it. Haven't you ever heard the joke "How many hardware techs does it take to change a flat? 5 --- 4 to hold the car up, and one to swap the tires in and out till you find the one that's flat. And Al would be wrong At least the lights work now. Now I can really use that sticker that says "Horn broke, watch for finger" it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

well I'll be damned.... WD-40 can fix anything! Car people read on... and forgive my blatent ignorance of terminology So, I took the whole steering colum cover off, and took the little module that holds the turn signal lever off the column (taking shit apart is something I'm good at - you should have seen the shit-fit my dad threw when he came home one time to his briggs & stratton engine - that powered the tiller - in pieces across the garage floor. "Hey! I need parts for my go-kart" didn't fly too well) I popped all the wires off it, trying to remember where they go when I put it back together (something I'm admittedly not good at) and took that apart. As it turns out, the headlight knob just slides this thing in there back and forth across some contacts. This slide is in a "U" shape - the points of the "U" have little spring-loaded metal parts in them One of the sping loaded pieces was stuck down, so I popped it back up with a screw driver, soaked it down real good in WD-40, wiped it down and put it all back together... well.. after a few battles with this stupid spring in there that I don't think serves any purpose. So, got it all back together and it works! I only lost one relatively unimportant screw (in the dash somewhere... I'll find it later) and now my horn doesn't work - but I think I know what that is, and I'll fix it later.

yeah, the original creator of the site took it down around that time http://www.fractalcow.com/bert/ it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

I think half of it was built in Texas, the other half in Michigan. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

You don't think the high beams are on the same fuse? Don't tempt me.... Anyone want to finance that? it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

got a car question for you gear heads.... 95 pontiac grand am - headlights don't come on. It's not the lamps (replaced one just to see) Headlight control is on the turn signal (which is also dimmer and cruise) Parking lights come on, fog lamps come on, brights will come on when dimmer switch is held back, but don't stay on. Replace dimmer switch? or is it possible I've got some bad wiring somewhere else? it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

If that's all it takes to convince the general public that someone is evil... I'll bet I can do the same with kermit the frog! Wait... we already know Bert is evil... this wouldn't be much of leap. EDIT: Oh my god! Look! It's true! it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

Bwaaahahaha!! Bush is like Hitler! Yeah, take back the media - so you can show similar pictures of hitler and bush next to each other... your powers are great. You could do the same thing with just about any president we've ever had. Jesus... it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

Well we've established that they have hot dogs in Israel - now the question is, do they have Radio Shacks? it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

yeah, because I just had someone throw theirs away the other day They bought it to hook up their DVD player, then I showed them how they could just run it through the VCR instead. Check your local Circuit City, HH Gregg, Best Buy, or whatever you have there. Just checked your profile :) this is basically what you're looking for. They might ship it there, but that could get expensive. If they have a VCR with A/V inputs, use that. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

Damn... and I was all ready to have bible study at my house tomorrow night! it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

almost looks like the jumper is getting pulled - stupid skydiver tricks? Doesn't look like a PC either it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

ya know, this would be the perfect thing to have in the chat place it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

True... and it it's American beer, we won't be able to distinguish it from piss. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality