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Hey for some ladies it's all about the thick head

Dank you!

Me? I hope not. You didn't say anything overly rude. Maybe I just have thick skin and a thicker skull. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Well that's rude. I thought pina coladas just came with a little garnish. It was just a part of the presentation. You know.....I don't know how it is where you are but here we are nice to our waiters. Do you know what they can and will do to your food? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I have this good friend from Belgium, the home of some of the best beer in the world......but he only drinks girly drinks that com ewith umbrellas! So every year I buy him a 1K box of those small umbrellas.

Oh shucks I forgot you are from Switzerland. Ahh....it's a Belgium fruit beer. It's actually really good......but only guys who are perfectly comfortable wearing pink can drink them. Ah crap! I'm wearing a pink Oxford shirt....darn it! Bry.....where is that beer! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I saw Bry once at a bar sipping on a Blue Moon And he had asked for extra oranges! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

It's not a PA. If any one can make fun of me it's Bry! Because god knows I've made fun of him and his love of plush ladies and girly drinks. And Bry...that beer aint going to get it self! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Add me to the list.

Shah puts down glass of bourbon, looks at right leg, notes 4 scars, looks to the left notes crutches. Looks at book case sees the SIM, goggles and altimeter. I don't know. I'll be honest with you Xtine I've thought about not going back. But then again I was only on jump #8 so what is there to go back to really? Well the guys at the DZ are great and I LOVE free fall.....but is it worth it? God I don't know. But I do know I would never forgive myself if I didn't give it another try next spring. So I'm planning on doing one tandem with my good friend and instructor to get my sky legs back and if that feels good I'm going to repeat the AFP jump that got me. In the mean time I have taken a canopy class, I'm going to buy an Ultima (that thing that will beep in my ear and let me know how high I am so as to line up my approach) and......I'm going to trust my friend to put me on the best gear possible to assure my safety. I'm sorry please forgive me I wish I had a yes no answer. I don't think there are real answers to your question. I wish you a speedy recovery. ps which leg? I took out the right one Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Perhaps we need an airplane / air craft thread? [urlhttp://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/in_flight.html[/url] Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

In the shower...unless you have one of those really big showers. But your average run of the mill shower is just too small. Sauna, it's just too freaking hot in there! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Leather? Check! Bike? Check! So have any soccer moms.....i mean dads hit on you yet? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

All who wish to see a pic of Nat in leather say I! IIIIII!!!!!

Smart girl! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

You grabbed the front break didn't you

Riding is a lot like sex. The first 100 times you get on the bike it's all off! You have no clue what the hell you are doing and the bike feels like an object not an extension of you. But after that....oh brother! It's allllllll goooooood! The bike and your brain start talking, the road starts humming and the engine starts breathing and then you can feel that soul between your legs and then you know. She loves you and will work with and will keep you alive and show you the world. OR She hates you and will kill you. Either way it's good fun. I think the same could be said about skydiving but I think you are looking at 1000 canopy rides? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Were you wearing your gear? OK first off, everyone will drop their bike. NO matter how good they think they are they will drop their bike once. I dropped my bike for the first time in front of the garage right in front of my wife....she laughed.....and told me to pick it up. Was it fun? NO! God no! But it happens. But unlike skydiving dropping your bike won't result in a broken leg. More like a broken bike part but not a leg....if you are wearing your gear! So...WEAR YOUR GEAR! Next, when you get a free moment or two walk back to where you dropped the bike, kind of work out in your head what went wrong. Things on bikes happen slowly for the most part. So walk through it in your mind and look at the tarmac and see what kind of skid marks you left. Figure out if you used too much from brake or too much rear brake or if you just stalled out. Now, from my experience, slow corners are dangerous due to the simple fact that the bike is least stable in slow corners. And as such I highly recommend you utilize your rear break and not your front break. The tendency to over utilize your front break may cause you to fall over. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Same here! I took his class at Sussex. Unfortunately I couldn't take the second day due to a lack of transportation but that being said I feel so much more comfortable now than I ever did! I took about 20 pages of notes and my head was just so full after day one that I couldn't sleep! As a student I feel that everyone should take this class, unless your some sort of wonder sky god who feels super comfy under canopy. Great class, can’t wait to read the book!

I have to rent that! Having lived in Iran till I was 7 and having family who still live there and hearing all this crap....it always surprises me when people are confused and offended when I say the best place for a conservative is next to his clergy on they way into a wood chipper....feet first. Oh well maybe it's not all bad. women paying for sex? I think I may like that a lot more than me having to dish out every time Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I was thinking zero brakes, a ball of mass equal to 180lbs, standard / new equipment at standard ambient conditions at say 1kft. But I'm guessing such a thing doesn't exist. If so then cool no big deal. As I said it was actually a work related question. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

So, you could create a formula but it would only be specific for that parachute. Now, if you want a ballpark, figure this: Decending at 14 feet per second, with a glide ratio of 1.2, or 1.3. That gives you a forward speed of 18.2 feet per second(at 1.3), or 12.4 miles an hour. AH HA! THANK YOU! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

We are Persian, we don't kiss and tell and that's why the ladies love us! Oh that and the chest hair, the ability to dance and the fact that we know how to cook some damn good food! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Oh ok well that's cool. But you would think the manufactures would have this kind of data. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

yeah but you have to admit moto crashes are way cooler http://motovation.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/jorge_lorenzo_highside.jpg And can be put to music! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYqtlCyS73U And if your wearing the right gear you can walk away from a mistake. I don't think this sport offers the same. You make a mistake and there may be no walking. Thanks for the info, I know what I'm not going to do and I hope you convince the guy in question to also reconsider. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!