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That's my question. I've seen wrist mount altis smashed against the door frame of the plane, torn off and lost and crunched on a bad landing. I carry my phone when I jump, but it's in an inside pocket. For it to get damaged, I would probably get hurt. The problem with "1 device that does everything" is that if you break it, then you can't do anything. But I tend to be a Luddite about technology too. YMMV

Doesn't that scare the crap out of the dogs?? Seriously, that's really cool that you do that. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Did you read the first part of what you wrote before writing the last line? I guess I'm not picking up what you mean. He can't wrap his head around the fact that someone with that collection of accessories would be "nice" to be around. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

You know, she made a clear jumpsuit for another woman once. She used to wear it at LP with nothing else on underneath.

Yes. From what I am hearing, either he did know what was going on or he should have known about it. Pretty vindictive. And pretty stupid to think it wouldn't get out. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I don't know. If I was in desperate straits, I think I would find a slightly different use for a book than fuel for a fire. In any case, this group seems to be thinking of distributing Bibles in addition to all the standard disaster relief. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Thanks. Just curious. I know a few different nurses (both men and women) and I know that the experiences can be incredibly varied. Some haven't worked in a clinical setting in a while, others are currently working ER. Its cool to have the perspective of someone who knows what actually happens in the hospitals. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I have to say it is interesting hearing your opinions from a medical caregiver POV, but it's a little frustrating having to look up all the abbreviations. I found TPN & NPO ok, but could you please put the technical stuff more in laymans terms? I know jclalor is a nurse in a long-term care facility. Do you mind expanding a little on what you do, Cari? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

This is where I really get annoyed. The lack of an RSL is not a contributing factor. An RSL may have saved them (we don't know), but the fact that they didn't have one certainly did not CONTRIBUTE to the accident / fatality. Really? So if someone cuts away at an adequate altitude for reserve deployment (No RSL) and doesn't pull their reserve (for whatever reason) until it's too late, would the lack of an RSL NOT be a contributing factor? It certainly couldn't be proven that the RSL would definitely have saved them, but it would have initiated deployment of the reserve at a much higher altitude, giving them a much better chance of survival. It's a little "nit-picky" and I understand where you are coming from, but I can see the lack of an RSL being a contributing factor. Others may have a different opinion. That's cool too

And of course, that dictator will be the Anti-Christ and the Rapture will soon follow as the rest of the Book of Revelation comes true. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

More like about 1% of the people allow their dogs to run loose and make a bad name for a very good dog breed. They are the current "Bad Dog." It was Dobermans a while back and GSPs before that. The thugs and idiots think it's cool to have a vicious dog, and Pit Bulls are the current favorite. I'd like to see the owners face charges of negligent homicide. Sorry about your friend, Wendy. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

My. This is interesting. I can't wait to see some of the responses. You would do well to ignore anything ChrisD says. 1 - Landing on a balcony would be difficult. A specific balcony extremely difficult. A rooftop, however, would be quite possible. Some people on here have done it. Your character would need to get in the building from the roof (access is normally locked) but it's not impossible. 2 - Any "normal" jump place could be used. If he's coming any sort of distance, a King Air, Otter, PAC 750 or Caravan would make sense. If it's not too far and he's trying to keep a lower profile or on a smaller ops budget, a C-182 or C-206 could be used. A simple search will give you all the info you need on these. They aren't all that common in the Hong Kong area though, not equipped for jump ops, but there are a good number of planes that can be operated with the door removed. Look up FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 105 for the list. Having something like "We didn't have a real jump plane available, so we took the door off (insert plane type here) and just put up with the wind on the ride over" wouldn't be unrealistic. 3 - Jump altitude could be anywhere from 3000ft up to 14000ft. These are normal exit altitudes for sport jumping. Any higher requires oxygen. He could open anywhere from immediately at full altitude or freefall down to about 3000 or so. Free fall is 10 sec for the first 1000', 5 sec for each 1000' after that (rough calculation).If Air Traffic Control is directing the plane, and he can't get directly over his target, he could open higher and fly the canopy a fairly long way. We call those "Cross Country" flights. 4 - He could probably carry a second BASE rig in a "Drop Bag." It's a duffle bag that is attached by a line to the jumper, it's released under canopy and hits the ground just before landing/ It's a tool used by military paratroops. It would make more sense for him to have a second complete rig, unless he has a big room and a lot of time to work with. In that case, he could simply repack his original rig and jump that. He would pack it differently (no D-bag, slider down) than for the freefall jump, but if he chose a canopy appropriate for landing on a rooftop, then he could probably get away with it for the BASE part. 5 - Minimum height would be about 250' or so (20+ floors). BUT- the lower the building, the closer he will land to it. If he goes out the 20th floor, he will most likely land right next to the building. For him to make it to a boat off shore, he will need to be higher. I'm going to presume the building is located right on the shoreline. It pretty much would have to be. 6 - Skills needed are pretty high, but not outrageous. A few hundred normal skydives and a few dozen BASE jumps. This could take as little as a few months or a couple years. Cost somewhere less than $10k. BUT - He would still be worried about this jump, no matter how skilled or experienced. This is a special jump, lots of stuff could go wrong. The old "If you aren't scared, you have no clue what you are about to do" would apply here. 7 - Last but not least. BASE jumpers normally go off the buildings that they aren't supposed to be in at night. They often DO get spotted. Even in the middle of the night. Search out the Trump Tower jump in Chicago to see what I mean. I hope this helps. If you need more, or explanation of what is here, then please ask. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Well, all air conditioning is really a heat pump, so is a refrigerator. It concentrates the heat through compression, dissipates that heat through a heat exchanger (radiator) and then cools through expansion and another heat exchanger. The "heat pump" that is being talked about here is simply a reversible version of that. Think what would happen if you installed a house A/C with the outside unit inside and vice versa. The biggest problem with those is a steady reservoir to dump heat into or pull it out of. That's why the "geothermal" setups are as efficient as they are. Below frost level, the ground is a pretty steady temp. The unit can be optimized to that temp and it runs very well. Installation is expensive and needs an appropriate site, but it's a very efficient system. A large body of water (lake or river that doesn't freeze) is also a good "heat reservoir," but there are often environmental rules that prevent installation. They consider the heat "pollution." I'm not looking to get into the "good or bad" argument over that, just noting it as a fact. The problem the OP is running up against is that his system isn't versatile enough to pull heat out of the air at colder temps. It may be an overall system flaw (it just won't work at those temps) or there may be a problem with the system (have an HVAC guy look at it). I'd be very leery of installing anything inside the ductwork. It's going to screw up the airflow all the time, and the gains when it's really cold are probably not going to be worth the loss. Check to see if there's an auto-defrost system available for the outside coils, make sure everything is working as it should, and get some electric space heaters. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

So liberal arts? I've heard it said that a liberal arts education teaches how to communicate. To sift through information, assemble the appropriate parts and present them in a way that conveys what you want to say. Maybe not worth the price, but certainly not "worthless." "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Final Coroner's report came out last Friday. CNN Link Well over 100 mph, not sure what caused loss of control, like it matters at that speed. There has been speculation about old tires (rubber gets hard and slippery when it gets old), the safety reflectors in the middle of the road, and a few other odds and ends. But the simple fact that they were going that fast on urban streets is enough cause for me. And they were probably dead before the fire started. Walker had "scant soot" in his throat, meaning he wasn't breathing during the fire. Rodas died of blunt force trauma to his head, neck and chest. Damned shame. Died being stupid. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Not an instructor, but a S/L student who spent a lot of time getting there - I had a very hard time transitioning from Hop & Pops to the first, short delays. I actually ended up doing an AFF jump to gain the confidence I needed to make my first successful 5 sec delay. IMO (worth what you paid for it, maybe a little less ) If I had been able to get a few minutes in a tunnel learning basic "boxman" stability, perhaps a bit of instability recovery, learning how to "trust the arch," it would have helped me immensely. As you said, the part where the student is "normally left on their own to figure out stability" is where I had the most trouble. For me, that was leaving the Hop & Pop and going to the short delays. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Oops. You have to wonder if he was hoping to pull off the emergency landing successfully, or perhaps hoping to not make it. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Collections can be what get you in trouble. Collectable dolls made a run thru our family. I also gave a pretty big box of beanie babies to charity. I hope they can use them. They certainly didn't skyrocket in value as so many claimed they would. I still have a fair collection of firearms, but they all fit in one safe and certainly hold their value. Besides, those all get trips to the range.

The actual risk, or the lack of proof that the risk isn't there? either. I believe the answer to why aren't there hundreds of ways we can execute this people (again, ignoring the debate over should we) is contained within this question, complicated by the fact that a number of people and drug makers refuse to participate. Agreed. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Take it to Oshkosh next year. I'll bet that there's at least one or two guys there that might be at least a little interested in it. Maybe donate it to a museum? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

The actual risk, or the lack of proof that the risk isn't there? Kind of like the approval process for airplane parts. It isn't that other stuff can't or won't work as well, it's that the other stuff hasn't gone through a lengthy, complicated and expensive approval process. Heroin, for example, would work pretty well. The purity would be controlled, and a lethal dose would be pretty simple to figure out. (easiest way - LD50 and then quadruple it). Quick, painless. One shot, unconscious in a few seconds and dead in a minute or two. But it hasn't been tested or approved. So it won't happen. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

And I bet very few non-college-educated people can design a communications system, the structural steelwork of a skyscraper, a wastewater treatment plant, or perform open heart surgery, or develop new pharmaceuticals, or the control system for a UAS, or operate a synchrotron X-Ray source, or... or... Perhaps not, professor. But I'll bet you know at least a couple non-college-educated people who are basically self-taught electrical engineers and aerodynamicists. And a couple that are rocket scientists. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Which ones? The facts are that the global climate has, and is changing. You can listen to Fox Noise and deny that all you want, but you'll eventually have to deal with it. All of them . . . evidently. But - meh - the Earth is so big, we may affect a small bit, but about as much as pissing in Lake Erie, and expecting it to affect the water quality in Detroit. For those of you who don't catch the reference to the Great Lakes go look up DDT poisoning for that region or the Cuyahoga River fire and tell me what happens when too many people metaphorically piss in the water. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cuyahoga_River_Fire?rec=1642 And for those that hate the EPA, look at what putting in pollution regulations to stop people from "pissing in the water" can do. Admittedly a huge influence was the arrival of the invasive Zebra Mussel, but the lake had come a long, long way before that. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

In my experience, the pilots are often better at spotting than the jumpers. That would be the "Been at the DZ flying jumpers since they were jumping rounds" pilots, not the "Ink still wet on the Commercial ticket" pilots. The smart jumpers would get with the pilot and discuss where they both thought the spot would be. The smart newer jumpers would do more listening than talking in those discussions. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Yup. Furnace is working fine. Sun is shining through the windows. I have no commitments or obligations that would require me to go anywhere. It is currently 14 below (F). That's actual temperature, not wind chill. Those are reportedly down around 35-40 below. I moved my garbage can from the back of the house to the curb for pickup. Outside less than 5 minutes. The hairs inside my nose were crispy from the cold. I have NO intention of going back out there unless it becomes absolutely necessary. Weather Channel Current Conditions "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo