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In DocPop's defense, he was getting coaching and he was doing solo hop&pops. While what he was doing was pretty foolish, the only one he was putting in danger was himself. "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

Look at what happened after Prohibition was repealed. The legit producers marketed a product that was way, way better, cheaper even when taxed, and with far less hassle than the bootleggers. Organized crime got out of it fast because there wasn't a quick buck to be made. Most of them were smuggling it in anyway, not producing it. Once the black market went away, smuggling did too. Sure, the moonshiners were still making their stuff, but except for a few limited areas, it died off completely. And while good moonshine is pretty good, most of it (like 99%+) isn't good. It's shit. With contaminants that are poison. That's how the 'shiners can make it cheap. "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

Groan... "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

IBTL. Third thread. "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

Right. The sealed bag will expand because the air cannot escape as the outside pressure decreases (Boyle's law). But the parachutes aren't sealed. The pressure is the same on the inside and the outside. They don't even expand (as the sealed bag of chips would) in the plane as you climb because the air inside can escape out of the container, and even out of the canopy. A bag of potato chips that is opened (say you open it on takeoff and share it with the others on the plane) won't expand. "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 first off, I thought the protest day was a couple weeks ago. It made the news here too. Most of the poeple out protesting were doing so peacefully, their only agenda being to show the politicians that there are a lot of gun owners who care about their rights. Of course there are going to be "fruitloops", nutters and wannabes who are going to make stupid comments to the press. There may very well have been a few anti-gunners in the mix saying stupid, extreme crap as sort of an "agent provacateur." Remember JohnRich's sockpuppet "Carpediem3" making all the anti-gun statements? In short, it was a few idiots making outrageous statements that got reported over and over by the media in an attempt to portray all gun owners as that type. I'm not too worried about an armed insurrection any time soon. "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

Please elaborate on that. I was always taught that it was the humidity in Florida that made it easier to pack. I don't see at all how atmospheric pressure could have any effect. It's going to be the same inside the container as out, when packing. "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

Nope. The slowest time in the universe is the time it takes for spring to arrive in Wisconsin after buying a Porsche in January. Highest snow accumulation in several years. And it's just sitting in storage. "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 do know that you posted this very same topic about 9 months ago? http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4314801#4314801 "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've found this to be true in several asian countries, I'm told this is true in many euro countries, I find it true in a lot of regions in the US as well. Seems to me to be common sense. I always try to greet people and ask if they are well before initiating the direct purpose of my visit. The response has ALWAYS been very positive. That's during international trips, or going to the store a few blocks from house. It's less about rudeness, it's more about treating the other person as an individual deserving respect who happens to have a job..... instead of just a vendor of a service or product with no other purpose (no matter how polite the delivery of the request). It's really hard for me to remember to do this, I'm very mission focused, so a little bit of pleasantry seems inefficient to me. But the payoff has been good in terms of quality of service and just getting a lot more smiles. I don't care where you are from, most people seem to appreciate it. The outliers that operate like the Seinfeld "soup nazi" are the exceptions, not the rule. ^This. Big time. As a truck driver, I depend on the goodwill of the people in the shipping/receiving office and on the forklifts to get loaded or unloaded in a timely manner. A nice smile, a pleasant "Good Morning" (or afternoon, evening, whatever) and a "How are you doing?" generate a far, far more positive response in those people than just walking in and saying something like "Here's your shit, what dock should I back into." And yes, I've seen drivers 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

Oh no, the "nice guy" kiss of death! Seriously, thanks.

BV's Sick and Twisted thread is still on page one. Nataly is stiill being cyber-stalked by Ryoder, me and a few others. DB Cooper is both still missing and over 40K posts. JohnMirtchell is still a nice Guy, 'Twardo is still old. Some folks have died, some others almost did. Some new guys learned, some have yet to. Some will learn the hard way. Not much has changed. "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

No problem. It's also worth pointing out that even if you *did* somehow get your alti stuck on your reserve handle, you could probably still pull down and deploy. Way different than having your PC wrapped around your wrist. Yeah, the thought that the reserve handle is a ripcord not a throw out occurred to me. "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 reserve handle is less likely to entangle with a altimeter (no hackey, bridle, or PC to snag). It's also accessible with either hand. Good points. Thank you. "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 hand do you pull your main with? Having less to interfere with that (or possibly entangle with the pilot chute or bridle) is a good idea. I'm a lefty, and I wear my watch on my right. When I started, I wanted to wear my altimeter there too, but the instructors pointed out why they didn't think it was a good idea. I'm not sure why it's okay to have it on the hand that will pull the reserve handle, but that's the way I was taught, and the way everyone else does 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

There has been quite a bit of discussion about the Roomba on here in the past. HERE is the one I remember "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 problem with that is how do you make sure the predictions are accurate? Even the professionals (DFWAJG for one) say that kind of prediction is extremely difficult. And what happened to the presumtion of innocence until guilt is proven? There was one you linked a while back, where a guy was talking to an invisible rabbit. Because of that behavior, he had his guns taken away. He went to court and demonstrated to the judge that he wasn't a danger to the public and got his guns back. You were somewhat incredulous that a judge would do that. You seem willing to err on the side of taking away people's rights. I don't want to see a gun in the hands of a dangerous person, but I want even less to see someone's rights taken away unjustly. "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

Negative. Please do a thorough search and quote where I've ever said anything even remotely like that. No. There is a multi-dimension range of mental illness and I've never said all were violent. I've never even suggested it. However, there is, without a doubt in my mind a slice of mental illness that can be diagnosed as having violent tendencies. There is another slice where they simply do not know the difference between reality and fantasy. There is another slice who get sexually aroused by the sight of small children. There is a collection of slices which includes these and others that are not fit to own a weapon of any sort because of the danger they pose to society. So You can identify them? No. I'd leave that to the professionals. I've said so in the past. As a society, we leave it up to professionals to determine if people are fit for any one of a number of tasks. Why would this be any different? Because the professionals have a very difficult time predicting violent behavior. There are a few specific conditions that you mention above that are sometimes indicators of future violence, but not always. For example, a lot of people are sexually aroused by small children. MOST of them realize the consequences of acting on that behavior, don't do anything, and aren't a threat to anyone. SOME of them follow these impulses to a legal extent with fictional stories and pictures/videos of very young looking 18 year old girls (search through some of the porn out there to see how much "Barely Legal and Very Young Looking" there is). A FEW go to the extent of finding real child porn, at the risk of legal consequences. A VERY FEW are unable or unwilling to suppress these urges to the point that they molest children. So, should there be an "aroused by children" test? Hook people up to a MRI or something, show them pictures of kids and lock up anyone who shows activity in the "sexual arousal" part of the brain? That's taking it a little farther than you imply, but that's the basic premise of what you suggest. "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 would think it's pretty easy in the case of these killers since it's not simply disregard for human life (manslaughter), but the plotting and intentional mass murder (1st degree). These aren't simply bad errors in judgement; these are willful acts of brains that aren't working correctly. A mental illness. Wow. Just because they intentionally kill another person, their brain isn't working correctly? Does that apply to soldiers too? It's eerily reminiscent of the Soviet Union, where any activity against the state was considered a "mental illness" because no sane person would act against the state. And a lot of people were locked up in mental hospitals for it. You're out in the LA area, how about Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker? He enjoyed hurting people. I've read a bit about him and what he said and did after his conviction. He is, as far as I can tell, perfectly sane. He is in "full control of his faculties", knows right frm wrong, understands that what he did hurt other people and still enjoyed it. He fits my definition of "evil." Not "possessed by the devil", just a bad person. "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 totally want one of those. I seem to recall it was mounted on a mercedes. Don't know that it's available as an option anymore. Can't have been that good for the paint. This one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc "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

Wow!!! She's naked!!! "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

No, I didn't drink any extra after Felix's jump. The only time I drank Red Bull last year is when the Red Bull cuties gave me a couple at SDC Summerfest. And the only reason I drank them is because they were free. "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 has been discussed to death. In short: Parents can give consent, but can't waive the right to sue for a minor. So the waiver is essentially useless. Because of this, tandem gear manufacturers in the US do not allow minors to jump their gear, period. There are one or two DZs in the US that do allow 16 and older to jump tandem. They do it within the rules by using gear that doesn't have that manufactuer restriction. There are more (but still not very many) that allow 16 and up to do static line and AFF. If you want someone under 16 to jump, you pretty much have to go outside of the US. And then you open the can of worms about whether or not a kid can make a realistic assesment of the risks and make a reasoned decision to jump. "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

Unless ya leave that shit laying around a bunch of skydivers. Well, it'd still be cool. Probably obscene, definitely tasteless and obnoxious, but still cool. "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

Nah. We know you are a decent and honorable guy. But we already knew 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