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I had missed it. Thanks for the laugh. "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

Cuz guns is bad and the people who want them are scary Because they are the ultimate in individuality. If you are armed well enough, no one can tell you what to do. "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

Ok, make sure you check the tapes and if it grabs air. Their are usually 2 tapes going up the inside of the PC on either side of the kill line. They should be slightly shorter than the kill line, so that there is more tension on the tapes than the kill line. Also, grab the bridle about 2-3 ft (oh, yeah - you're in Europe. Make that a little less than a meter) down from the PC and whip it around. The PC should grab air. Neither of those require opening the container. If you aren't absolutely sure, have someone check it for you before you jump 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

Is the bridle at the D-Bag tight against the top of the canopy? Are the tapes inside the pilot chute at full extension? Does the pilot chute grab air when you whip it around by the bridle? If the answer to all of these is "yes" then it is cocked. Your pic doesn't show any of these, so it's hard to judge. You might want to play with it a bit and look at how the kill line uncocks it, and what it looks like uncocked. Then cock it and see what the differences are. I am anal enough that I like to know how stuff works and why it works the way it does. If you don't understand it or can't figure it out by playing/working with it, then I would suggest having your rigger show you and explain 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

We do have that. In skydiving, A-license holders don't have the same priviliges as B, C or D-holders. Canopy selection and camera use aren't among the areas covered, but pull altitudes and demos certainly are. And most states now have some sort of "graduated" driver's license. Teens aren't allowed to drive with X number of passengers or at night (or a few other things that I can't think of) until they have X years of experience behind the wheel. And I don't have the slightest problem with that. Because accurate self-appraisal is pretty rare. And the ratio of those who think they are ready for something (especially when they are ahead of recommendations) to those who are actually ready is incredibly high. And when they are on the road or in the sky with others, they are responsible for far more than their own lives. "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

Ok, how about this semi-hypothetical situation? D-License S/L Instructor 500-800 jumps. Biffed twice, hard enough to break his back the first time, and break just about everything below the waist the 2nd time. This was under a ~1.4 loaded elliptical. After the 2nd one (biff was in August, was walking without crutches sometime after christmas), the club-operated DZ agreed he could jump again if: A - upsized to a non-elliptical and B - no speed induced landings. The discussion that led to the agreement was long and involved, many wanted him grounded permanently. The argument that won over in the end was that if he wanted to jump, he would and if we kept him here we could keep an eye on him and hopefully prevent him from doing anything stupid. He jumped following those conditions without incident for a couple years then moved out of the area. We heard that he had sold his gear and gotten out of the sport. Fast forward a couple years to last year. He shows up a a neighboring DZ with a brand new rig. It has an elliptical one size smaller than his previous elliptical. He apparently jumps there a few times (not a whole lot, less than 20 for the year) and doesn't get hurt. That DZ has changed management, and the new DZO will no longer let him jump. There may or may not be reasons other than canopy size. He wants to come back to my DZ and jump. A lot of the members who were involved in the previous decision are no longer a part of the club (left the sport or left the area or similar). With an elliptical loaded ~1.5. Not very current, and having 2 serious (hospital serious) accidents in the past. What would you do? "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

Looks like a steering toggle to me. The white part is just the excess steering line. I'm not sure why there isn't one in his left hand. "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

ARE TOO!! And that sums up well over half the threads here in SC DOES NOT! DOES TOO!! Just look at the last few posts in the "Green Jobs in Germany" 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

Shah's bitting his tongue If Shah screws this up, I'll kick his A$$ . . . If Shah screws this up we'll ALL break his leg. Again. "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

Like the way it hits me every time it hits 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

because its not :) its juuust right. goldilocks gives two thumbs up I'll agree with "Juuuuuuust Right"

ARE TOO!! And that sums up well over half the threads here in SC "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

If it works well enough, I agree. But none of these sorts of devices have met that standard yet according to the police. Even though a significant percentage of cops are shot with their own weapon (the stats are somewhere in here recently), NO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED ANY OF THESE SYSTEMS. They have airbags in their cars (and catalytic converters too), but they don't trust these systems well enough to adopt them. You say you "currently bet my life on more complex systems.." but do you really? Which ones are in your car? ABS maybe, but all of those are "fail-safe". With the possible exception of the Toyota "drive by wire" throttle problems of late, there are very few systems in a car that would have near certain death as a consequence of failure. The closest I can think of is an AAD. And you have said that having one of those not activate when it should in order to make it less likely to activate when it shouldn't is an acceptable trade-off. If one of these fails to "undisable" the weapon when you need it to fire, you are more than likely dead. Until the civilian police adopt this technology on their weapons, I will strongly resist having it on mine. "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

That would be the west coast (California). If you are on the east coast, you have to have the sea and a sunrise. Which is also really cool. Or maybe Florida, which has both east and west coasts. "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 absolutely love kiss passes!

I think I read on here somwhere that it is best to do it between 200 and 500 jumps. Before 200 you really aren't experienced enough to pull it off and after 500 you are experienced enough to not want to do 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

A Mr Bill is when 2 jumpers go out the door holding on to each other and one deploys right away. The other tries to hang on, and if successful is now riding on the jumper with the open canopy. They fly around for a bit, then the jumper who hasn't opened jumps off (usually screaming "OH NOOOOOO") The "No Goggles" thread is a video of a Mr Bill that didn't quite go as planned. And if you read the "Stilletto as a student canopy"(the most recent part) and the "Is a go-pro a camera" threads you will see that some jumpers think that they know what they are doing, are smarter, better, and faster learners than the ones that the rules and recommendations are written for. "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

As long as there isn't a real, live juvenile person sitting (or whatever) as a model, then No. My point was solely to avoid victimizing actual juvenile models. I agree with this. Disturbing, appalling, troubling and so many other things. But as long as no real juveniles are involved in the production, then it shouldn't be banned. "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 THREAD has a lot of good info on it. Post 19 is one of my all time favorite posts. "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 why not. You didn't think that was a general "I've never done it but I don't think it would be a good idea" statement did 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

I was waiting for someone with a bit more authority to answer, but since no one has: 65.115 (a):Present evidence satisfactory to the Administrator that he has packed at least 20 parachutes of each type for which he seeks a rating, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and under the supervision of a certificated parachute rigger holding a rating for that type or a person holding an appropriate military rating; The candidate needs to have been supervised. It doesn't mention for use or not. It also doesn't mention main or reserve. But it does say "supervised". I'd personally have a problem with a candidate who has only packed mains, not reserves. And the practical test I took was packing a reserve. The DPRE said that it would be a valid packjob, and would have my seal on it (at least it would have if the reserve canopy had been airworthy). "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 suggest getting it filled out as you go. Then there isn't a problem with remembering which jump was what (and having to search through your logbook) or trying to figure out what is left. There can also be an issue of trying to find the instructor who did each jump if you don't do the entire training program with just one. "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

Very cool!! When it showed the name as "Lucile IV", i was wondering what had happened to the first 3. (Watch it for the answer). "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

Serious answer: None. Not a single one. If you consider the types that want to ban stuff, they always want to control how you think. They claim to be "protecting the children" or to be "offended" or "insulted" by the books, but mainly they want to stop people from getting ideas they don't like. This does not include things that require hurting innocent people to produce it, like child porn. Just like freedom of speech, if I want to express ideas that others don't like, I have to allow them to express ideas that I don't like. Not so serious answer (but think about it a little): I do favor reasonable restrictions on them and the people who read them. Required education so that the reader can differentiate between truth and fiction. Limits on the length of the books and the number of plot twists in a given book. Requiring locks on them so that untrained people can't misuse them. Since the pen is mightier than the sword, shouldn't there be similar restrictions?? "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

By all means, please provide these stats you speak of. I couldn't find any stats with a quick search, but I seem to recall that approximatley 1/3 of police officers who are shot (or it could be "are killed") are shot with their own duty weapon. Totally different set of circumstances from the average civilian. "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