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As Meso wrote I just enhanced contrast and colour saturation a little as the "camera" is just my old k800i mobile phone with a more-or-less pinhole camera if you consider the small lens... The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Thanks a lot for the link to the article. Didn't know I photographed such a rare cloud formation. Conditions fitted: Heavy storm (a bit away from us) and air really, really humid. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Holy shite! CReW with a tandem? Are these folks nuts? Didn't the TI listen to the "NO CReW with tandems" parts during his course? Unbelievable The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Robert, many thanks for your input. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Funny one "He has been seen eating bread" - that's hard proof, indeed The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

You are right but these clouds were way too tempting not to to be shot. And they didn't bring that amount of rain. But yeah, some nice pics to come in near future The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Many thanks to Namo who designed the wonderful logo (see link below) for freifallvergnügen.de - the first school of tandem instruction for skydiving ducks. Which - inevitably - also makes me a skydiving duck, or drake, to be correct. I'm the duck in blue, as to be seen here. To attract more ducks I had this beautiful rear window ad made by an advertising business and intend to sport it for quite some time. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Everything is possible in Finland, especially in summer I bet they had a couple glasses of Finnish vodka after the jump and then went to a sauna straight away And I bet this guy thought "If only the backpad of my harness wasn't that sturdy so I could feel her..." The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Thanks for the input, folks, especially to Shlomo. Goes with what I thought watching the vid but wanted to listen to others before - will tell 'em. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

...but fortunately they didn't result in a mighty thunderstorm just some rain. Lucky us, huh? See pics attached, taken last night after a nice day with jumping from 10 am to 7 pm

That's a really nice one. Filed it away I'm around #4 Huhu... Regarding to newspaper articles/photos I'm already at #6 The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Huhuhu... phunny! Thanks, bro The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

No, I was just asking opinions about the tandem jump Background: Newly minted TI, wanted to hear what others have to say. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Thanks, Southern Man. Found some more on this topic, e. g. clicky Ah, so I missed the pun as he was just playing with words. To put it in Loddar Matthäus' Fränglish: Again what learned! (That one is hilariously funny but only if ya speak German...) The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

[John Cleese voice] YOU MUST FOLLOW HORS D'OEUVRES!!!" [/John Cleese voice] And never mention the war! The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Found on youtube. I'm just asking for opinions. No intention to put the finger at someone! Soundtrack might be offensive to some folks due to explicit language in first song. If you don't like explicit language switch off sound before starting the vid. (No, it's not me... ) The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Ron already made the point. Just wanted to add that - I hope it won't ever happen - because HC is quite new a phenomenon the likelihood of an accident that goes beyond "didn't pull reserve" or "didn't clear twisted lines but chopped" is going to rise... I hope it won't but I learned that what might happen sooner or later will happen. Not only in skydiving. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Erm, I'm lost on the special meaning the verb "to jive" in this context. Anyone who can help me? Pretty much like "Airplane!" for me But I don't think you mean this "jiving" Randy : Can I get you something? Second Jive Dude : 'S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me! Randy : I'm sorry, I don't understand. First Jive Dude : Cutty say 'e can't HANG! Jive Lady : Oh stewardess! I speak jive. Randy : Oh, good. Jive Lady : He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him. Randy : All right. Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine? Jive Lady : Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da' rebound on da' med side. Second Jive Dude : What it is, big mama? My mama no raise no dummies. I dug her rap! Jive Lady : Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help! First Jive Dude : Say 'e can't hang, say seven up! Jive Lady : Jive dude don't got no brains anyhow! Hmmph! The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Huhu... I bet most Aussies can fake one or two Pommie dialects without a problem whilst most Pommies should fail to speak Strine, huh? The Seekers, for example, were believed to be Brits by quite a number of people (they made a remark on their farewell concert in 1968) Just like in Germany - I haven't met anyone from West Germany who could fake the dialect/accent of Middle Saxony OK, we are Ossis, not Aussies, but some of the Wessies still consider us "the Colonials" The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

At blood tests? So the amount of blood doesn't account for the fainting. Looking in another direction doesn't help? Just being curious. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Exactly fits the picture of Germany: Orderly, ass-tight, no humour The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

You are somehow comparing apples with pears. Outside video has been there for a long time, much longer than handcam. Thus, the numbers can't be compared on an "absolute" basis. The SCIL (Small Camera Incident List) shows there have been malfunctions that weren't dealt with correctly due to a camera involved: March, exact date unknown Area/location not disclosed. Tandem instructor with small format hand cam has a malfunction. He cuts away main but does not reach for the reserve handle, apparently anticipating a MARD save. He later explained that he wanted to keep filming the student and the cutaway (He did get great footage). No injury. June 7, 2010 South East area Similar incident to tandem handcam incident posted above. Malfunction of the main (lineover followed by linetwists), TI cuts away but does not go for reserve handle. His left hand does not move in the entire video, and in the video, makes a comment about “getting that on camera.” Skyhook save. Reserve opens with several line twists and still, instructor does not move left hand, using right hand to twist and legs to kick. There's a 3rd incident listed (NorCal), spinning main due to toggle fire and no attempt of TI to clear the toggle - went to reserve straight. But this one's not clear as to if a get-it-on-my-small-camera-habit is to blame. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Looks messy... Took this photo at our "regular" supermarket. The bins are appropriate, people often put kohlrabi or cauliflower leaves in there. Sometimes carrot greens etc. I also like they provide paper towels for cleaning hands... and the scales if need be. Some folks actually clean the scales if something dripped there... But lotta folks just leave a mess or squeeze and poke produce. Calls for the produce neighbourhood patrol! The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I bet they intend to say that donating blood within a 48-hour period before skydiving is not advisable? A general "either-or" statement wouldn't make any sense. But another statement also sounds odd to me - donating allowed only every 6 months in the UK? It's 6 weeks here (for men) Seems the British authorities are very, very, very caretaking and overly timid^Tapprehensive PS&BTW: I always ask tandem students if they have donated blood within a 48-hour period before, just to be on the safe side... The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks