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OMG, what a shitload full of whining. Next thing you should dig up is Obama watching "Little Britain" or something. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I dunno whether you're radioed down but students here get protecs with its ear holes open so that they can hear the directions for approach and landing. Please ask your instructors whether they mind you taping your protec. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

S/He's so ass-tight, if you put a piece of coal between his glutes it would turn into a diamond during the day. An army instructor (long long ago) once told me "Ya don't do that, I'll kick ya into yer ass, you'll vomit shit!" Another one: As welcome as a fart in an elevator. (Huhu, that one's even skydiving related. You sometimes value a 206 roll-up door over the sliding door of a 208 ) The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Had a guy yesterday who was very interested and nice to talk to. After the canopy had opened and I had loosened the laterals(*) he said "I'm gonna slide the leg straps towards my knees". I usually have to tell them. (*) Laterals to be re-attached after you loosen them, at least in Germany. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Going to a pub now, meet some old colleagues of mine and have one or two beers. Bitch about the rapture the happening of which will prevent me from skydiving tomorrow. Will get back late but hopefully not too late to have some last fun with my wife (booze level permitting). The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

There was an accident in Germany some years ago. A young TI wanted to do a backflip exit from a skyvan not knowing how to do it right. Hit the edge of the ramp badly with his head ... correct: with his helmet and only fainted. Saved by the CYPRES. Was widely discussed. At least he wore a helmet. I never jump without a helmet and my FreeZR saved my face from a lot of kicks etc in RW P.S.: OK the frap hat isn't a real helmet but I use it for tandems. Mainly do sit-exits from a 206 or a 208, always bum-landings The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

In regular use: 1 frap hat for tandems 1 FreeZR for RW (one of the first ones, adjusted for perfect fit by Stefan Ertler himself ) 1 RAWA for video/photo Spare helmet: 1 Heller video helmet "jet pilot style" (quite retro, don't use it any more) So I spent ~1000 Euro-Bucks The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Huhu... in this case he was really special The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Well, do not tell me "Budweiser" isn't American. In a way you're right. The name was ripped by clever immigrants whose offspring produce "beer" in America. See: Budweiser by Anheuser-Busch The real Budweiser comes from the Czech Republic from the city of České Budějovice. There have been a lot of lawsuits but anyone who knows just a little about beer will tell you: Budweiser (which is the German name of České Budějovice) comes from České Budějovice As for the American beers: There are good ones, I have no doubt about this. But why drink imported and thus expensive beer if I can choose from a variety of local beers supporting our local economy? But if I ever happen to come to the US I will try several brands. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Ya, real funny. Apparently you didn't even read it... You noticed I referred to the funny story of freethefly titled "Savior Dies After Drunk Driving Accident"? But heck, I like you die-hard Christians. Always willing to spread your belief and be it with sword and fire. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Maybe Heinecken is Dutch, I couldn't find out from their website. But it's very common in the US, AFAIK. Anyway, you are right. Beers which are heavily advertised are often characterless blends of dishwater and horse piss. If you go Down Under, almost everyone will tell you to NOT drink Fosters - which, according to their own ads is "Australian for beer" - it's not. Definitely not. And so I think it is with those heavily advertised beers in America. Quite a number of beer connoisseurs here in the middle of Germany (Thuringia, the land of Martin Luther, Goethe and Schiller) would tell you that "Beck's" is one of those heavily advertised, overrated, characterless "brews" one should not even pour down the sink and thus should choose one of the many "local" brands here from Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. But that's going too far... The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Same shit happened here. 100 Watt bulbs are no longer in stock and so are 80 Watt bulbs. It's just as stupid as the gov't requiring the petrol business to sell a certain percentage of "biofuel" (10% ethanol added). They should concentrate on reducing the huge deficit etc... The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Muahahahaha Funny story about a rabbi who only wanted to simplify Judaism (Be a Chosen One without all the hassle of 500+ rules, restraints and requirements ) The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I second this. I tried Budweiser, Heinecken, Miller and Sam Adams. One bottle of each was enough. More than. Regretted I spent so much money on imported watery horse p*ss and poured most of it into the sink. I'm not a beer snob but the one and only Budweiser one can drink comes from the Czech Republic. The Czechs are really good at brewing beer. So are the Belgians. English stouts, bitters and ales are usually quite good, and so are Irish ones. I also liked Australian beer, e. g. VB or Tooheys Old (the New one is stylish shit for wannabes). Sadly, the art of enjoying a good beer is fading away here. Some folks drink cheapest junk out of plastic bottles. A lot of young fellows - most of which are very macho - insist on fancy "flavoured beer" which is beer mixed with passionfruit, melon, etc pp. Barf! BTW: Americans can enjoy good (German) beer. I spotted Radeberger in a number of episodes of "Two and a half men". Based on "Chuck" being the one to mainly drink it it seems to be a "macho" beer that really deserves to be called a beer. And no, this beer is not the reason for Mr Sheen going nuts Link to Radeberger edited... The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Goodonya. I scanned the thread for airplane seatbelt, so thank you. I also fasten the seat belt in a plane whenever possible (Caravans, Otters, Skyvans) especially when doing tandems. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

German DZ - German gear. That simple? Not really. But the Next rigs are excellent quality made by Paratec. We still use "old style" AFF gear with ripcords and spring-loaded PCs but Paratec also offers "modern" AFF gear. The 300 sqft mains are Falcons (OK, not German, but really good workhorses) and the smaller ones by Paratec. AADs are only by Airtec, i. e.: CYPRES. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Please bear with me, I sometimes have problems understanding certain terms/sentences. You are writing that the passenger experienced another cutaway in his 2nd tandem jump? If so, he's really a tough guy to list up for AFF A colleague of mine had a few tandem cutaways amongst his 1000+ tandem jumps so far. He told me that when he discovers the sh*t hit the fan he usually asks "Liked the freefall? - Yeah? Well, then let's do it again, ARCH..." The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

You're right. We usually ask if someone has done this before or if they intend to do an AFF course after. If so, they are prepared/advised in a different way that is closer to what the AFFis need. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

The underwear isn't really for wearing, you know. More for playing with, but caaaaarefully The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

The same happened to me when a fellow skydiver wanted to take some nice pics and ... you described it pretty well. We also had a good laugh afterwards :) The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Bushman really works. Used by the Australian army. Using it myself whenever I'm Down Under. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Nah, never would that. Spent too much money on them. That's just as if you burned down two detached houses right after the construction workers, plumbers etc are finished But I could threaten to burn all my money on skydiving if their offspring dares to call me grampa. I always liked the bumper stickers I saw at mobile homes in Oz reading "Spending kids' inheritance" The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

BTW: Ever noticed that the words "Papa" and "Djeduschka" and "Djadja" who stand for exclusively male relatives have female endings? That's the great tragedy of Russian in my eyes P.S.: Don't you dare come up with "Otjetz" The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I've always tried to persuade my son and daughter to do a skydive with me but they refused. "Gut feeling" they say and that it's not meant to be rude towards me but they wouldn't even muster enough braveness to jump with Bill Booth. I can accept this, it's them being honest. Some things you cannot inherit I always tell myself. Jumping with a grandchild would be fun, though. I should be around 66 or so if my son or my daughter sped up a little Not too old to jump I'm convinced. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Yes, I noticed if you keep ground instruction and training to the key points and repeat them several times your students are quite focused and know what to do resulting in an indeed "surprisingly good performance" The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks