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Thanks, will do. "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

I worked out on current exchange rates, we're actually paying a little over $7 a gallon (not wanting to throw this thread off on a tangent however) "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Interesting, thanks "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Do you get to decide the exit altitude bill? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Can you guys please post up some video? Maybe of the first "test flight"? That would be cool! "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Thanks, that's a good idea. "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Yeah we got spoiled I miss those days... "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

It's exposing a very small section of the nut that you twist on the rapide link to open/close it. The slightest edge of the corner is protruding but nothing too significant. I'm wondering if i can put a small piece of strong duct tape around it, to stop chaffing of the slider grommet on this corner until i get it replaced? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

I'm sure there has been a thread on this before, but i couldn't come up with anything. I'm curious to know - how did swooping start? Someone must of started doing it somewhere and been seen by others etc. Who were the original pioneers? I'm guessing it was a phenomenon that only started last decade? I was trying to think, and i imagined it must have been around the early-mid 1990's? Anyhoo, i'm curious about the origins - anyone got any facts etc? Thanks "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Average for us is about 13500ft AGL, on the last lift, it might go to 14-14500ft, although this is less frequent than it used to be. What do you guys get? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

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Welcome to the dark side! I have limited experience, but here are my thoughts... If possible, check out the Trace 101 DVD - has some excellent video of Babylon demonstrating this exact question. To cut the answer to the bone - forward movement is as you say, done with the hips, but you can also move the lower leg forward, point the toes etc etc, but by doing this, particularly pushing your hips forward, you will be presenting more of your back to the relative wind. By going into a slightly extended vertical position (i.e. sitting up slightly, or standing if needs be) you will maintain your fall rate. Really, it depends on many factors - some people fall very quickly and have a tight suit/clothing etc, but you certainly don't want to be sliding about on your butt. Also, you should try to focus on making sure the arms aren't extended too far back - it will make taking docks more difficult, and in my experience, it's best to try not to rely on using the arms to fly. A good exercise i read about is to get into a sit position and lean against a wall/door. Now push down on your legs, think about extending vertically a little (or not, depending on how your forward movement is affecting your fall rate), and push your hips forward so that only your shoulders are touching the door/wall. Hold that position and feel what muscles you are working. Good luck! "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

What he said. Let's wait to see what comes out of the IPCC investigation (which will no doubt take many weeks if not months). "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

That sounds nice. Biltong i think is what you are referring to right? I love that stuff (both folks were from South Africa, dad used to make his own in the airing cupboard when we were growing up). What's the toast thing though? Never heard of that before. "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Ah ok that's intersting. Does that mean i could ask one to take me to LA and they would have to do that? Just curious. Also, i was more referring to the cost of hiring 10 cabs to take us to Mineola...i think it will be more cost effective to charter a 20 person bus. Anyone know how much a yellow cab would be (roughly) from midtown Manhattan to Mineola? I'm figuring $70 or more? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Wow good luck on Monday, and please post up how it all goes (if everything goes to plan and you switch on on monday, of course) Good luck!

Can you bring meat into the US though? I thought they cracked down on all that stuff? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Timshel. ? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Lummy described it best. He said it tasted like chicken. HH brought it when he moved from South Africa to L.A. I KNEW you were going to say it tasted like chicken! Excuse my naiveity here, but how the heck does one go about transporting a giraffe across continents?! Oh wait, was it already chopped up in S. Africa? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

whoa thats nuts. What did it taste like? Edited to add: i just realised, where the F**K did you guys get a giraffe from?! "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Thanks for the advice "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

Mine was probably at the Salt Lick in Texas last year. Man i miss that place and it's unlimited plates of smokey, tender, lip smacking succulently marinaded meats SIGH! www.saltlickbbq.com I remember walking in and looking a the grill area and thinking i had reached heaven. So when/where was/is your favourite bbq spot and why? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

LOL good post. So that describes luck - what about fate? Are you saying those that believe in fate are doing so because they lack the computational power to understand what is really happening? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

People can certainly be born with a certain amount of "born-in-to advantage" as you mentioned - having rich parents for instance...but that doesn't mean they will have a lucky upbringing. They might be the ones who overdose on drugs, get cancer or die in a plane crash, just as some kid from the inner city can start up his own business and make it big. What i'm wondering is, does some higher power (God, a god, fate, magic pixie dust) decide at some point either before, during or after the birth of that child, that something they absolutely cannot avoid happening to them will do (e.g. meeting their soulmate, dieing an unnatural death, finding a suitcase of money one day, etc etc) "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts

The day he was shot, he was "directly linked" to the enquiries in the bombing campaign http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4706787.stm The next day, he was innocent... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4711275.stm As for coming out of the flat that was under surveillance - i initially thought he came out of a different flat. This would be backed up by the fact the guy who was watching the place now appears to have been taking a leak at the time he left. http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,16132,1551401,00.html "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts