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There's more of us than there are of you. You're the foreigners. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Ain't real hard to find a stray goat either! Planning a trip out to Skydive Houston? "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

So you believe that the grommets themselves were what damaged the cutter blade? Perhaps I need to pop open my container and look, but I don't think its possible that the grommets could come in contact with the actual blade, as they're too flat (the curve isn't extreme and is very wide), especially on the grommet side. The washer side, MAYBE, just MAYBE it could dig in deep enough, but again, I don't see how that's even possible with a fingertrapped cypres loop in the cutter... I'd LOVE to have you show us how its possible to jam a grommet installed on a flap, into the cutter with a cypres loop installed. I believe the report you were talking about that said they could replicate the problem was not a problem of the loop not fully cutting, but rather tension holding the loop against a grommet and preventing it from sliding thru the other grommets and allowing the PC to launch. While this is possible, it is not the same as the loop possibly being jammed in the cutter and making reserve extraction potentially impossible by pulling the ripcord. If the loop is 'wedged' between the grommets, then pulling the ripcord could alleviate tension and allow the wedged portion of the loop to slide out. I am a Senior Rigger (back and seat) with something like 35-40 I&R's on sport gear with AAD's; and I cannot see how you think that a grommet would be able to get wedged into the cutter. Locking the loop because it was too long, maybe, but that's irrelevant of the cutter, provided it fully and cleanly cut the loop. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Man up! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

When Obama took office, he directed the CIA to make killing Obama a priority? Seems kinda bad for his health doesn't it? "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

As you can see, I'm an electricity wizard. Well... if yer gonna be dumb, ya better be tough! I've had more than my fair share of electricity flowing thru my body... by far the worst was was being tazed (not stun gun, real tazer) but a close second was direct 220v... that was dumb! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Hardware store? You should be able to atleast find an inline version that's threaded that you could install between the filter and the compression chamber. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

1.....2.....3.... That's really gonna fuck up your pencil packing with my seal though. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

From what I've seen, it's fairly rare for someone to actually look that closely at the seal, much less the back. I can think of a place or two that I just had to bring my reserve card to manifest, no need to carry the rig up there and get checked. I do like numbering the packjobs, maybe even start numbering the seal would work... if I could only figure that out! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

You DO know you're logged into your account now, not gonzo's... right? "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

I am working on a GOVT contract ya know... just because I work here, doesn't mean they'll let me bring things like 'common sense' with me! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Realistically, it should only take someone familiar with the database about 10-20 mins. Hell, if I had access to their online database backend, I could probably have a search utility done in a couple hours. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

You're joking; right? When has an HR person EVER contacted a person twice about a job, let alone wait a MONTH to do it? Seriously? With the unemployment rates they are today? Not a chance. I STILL get calls, 4 months after I accepted a job (and informed the guys looking to fill the jobs) asking me if its going well and if they could get me to come over to their companies. Guess its just a different thing being in my job field. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

It's a LOT of work to track us down, because maybe we don't want to be tracked down? "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Post deployment health assesments, bunch of questions asking if we're hurt... but its a BIG deal for the army. Nah, only heard 'bird is in the air' 3 of the days, it just showed up 5 days late. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Anyone else flash to the part in Beerfest that the nerd is jerking off the frogs? "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Talk to your instructors, then your rigger, and have one of them tell you what you should be looking at, and review it with them before you put any money out there. Your instructors will give you canopy sizes, rigger can help you find a fitting harness/container and make sure it's airworthy. Either of them should be helping you find the gear, make sure its worth what you're paying for, and you get what you paid for. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Works for me on the last ~100 jumps. I however only leave about 6-8 inches outside the pocket. No need for all that extra line dancing around your packtray. And FYI, its SEMI-stowless, if it was fully stowless, you wouldn't have the locking stows ETA: remember, your figure 8-s should be progressively smaller, it's recommended in the instructions for it. I believe its so a line doesn't catch the rest and pull them out, but they're out so fast, it would be hard to notice IMO "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

I'd tell you fuckers what I'm going to be doing this week... But I already get enough texts that say 'go fuck yourself' and 'I fucking hate you' Such a hard life! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

You built a shooting range, and then you abandoned it? Doesn't make sense.... That way, if the bodies turn up there, he can say he abandoned it a while ago. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Ya shouldn't have to study for that one! Being drunk might actually HELP! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

I got inked the night before my AFF-1. All the extra weight from the ink in my right arm caused me to turn to the right throughout the entire freefall. It's best to wait. Best online advice ever... "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

I'm not being smug, you're cluttering my thread which is just here as a single point of reference with your massive conspiracy theories and arguments. If I wanted the thread to be like that, I would've entitled it "Lets all bitch about the argus situation" This hasn't stopped me from being in the air. Immediately after the bulletin came out, I pulled my Argus, and jumped with no AAD for a weekend or two, then I installed a friends Cypres-1 that they're not using currently and gave me permission to use. Nice try though. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

After a brief day or so of losing my mind, I finally got my camera battery and charger in the same location (instead of trying to figure out where the fuck I left one or the other) and found this picture on the camera. It was from our last couple days of my last deployment to Iraq. We had been rolled 24 to the right 5 times by the time I took this picture, so we were all a bit upset, at least we all had a good sense of humor! Yall find any pictures you forgot you took? "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Note to self: Don't get into a low pull contest with any of you old fuckers! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message