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I have the cross sight and I'ts working for me. I will upgrade to the concentric when I come across a chunk of dough, or maybe for Christmas. The cross works, but if you have the money (after buying all that other stuff -Bwah!) get the concentric.

Didn't I read in the posts that you were a Marine for a good portion of your life? You put your life in the hands of those politicians, yet don't participate in their selection?

That's your interpretation of what is ethical, and if it wasn't up for interpretation by others, there could be no difference of opinion. Your acceptance of ringers in competition does not make that the "accepted principle of right and wrong in the profession of skydiving" 4 jumpers with 300 jumps should compete against similarly qualified jumpers. Jumpers with ringers should be handicapped.

Where you sendin' it to get fixed? JP

Oh, man, say it isn't so. Was it fixable? How much?

White puffy wha.... Where'd he go? (sound of footsteps running into the distance)

Hey, Paul! You've written all kinds of great technical stuff about flying camera, tell us about post-breakage new team swoopage! Drama!

Man, this is world-class whorage. Answering my own posts, lamelamelame. Anyhow, the studs at Skytools (not airtools, idiot) emailed me a schematic to do it myself. Thought I'd share with you their superior customer service. JP John, We have had three different generations of cables and as I'm not aware of when your CamEye was manufactured I'll make a list of all the types. Oldest to the left and newest to the right. --------------------\ _________|____|_____/ SLEVE(S) RING(R) TIP(T) Old newest S BROWN BLACK BLACK R GREEN WHITE BROWN T WHITE RED RED Let me know if it's unclear and Ill see if I can arrange a photo or a drawing. Best regards, Claes Hallberg, SkyTools, Sweden

OHHHHHH, I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day, La, la, la, I eat my lunch, I like buttered scones with tea!

I have already paid. I've worked in Government for 15 years. From my very first job, every promotion, every transfer, the employer had to justify, in writing on a government form, why I was given the job instead of a member of a targeted group. I am always more qualified than the competition. I had to work very hard to give the employer a reason to go through the hassle of hiring me instead of a targeted person. I educated myself in State college while working in order to compete at this level. This situation means that I have to have a Master's degree while my "competition" only needs a Bachelor's. This discrimination against me is to pay for the "easy" life my immigrant grandparents had, even though every member of my family arrived in this country after the end of slavery, and all of them lived in the North, as if that makes any difference. Arms are for shrugging.

That blue one looks an awful lot like a Hawkeye LT.

My daughters. My wife. My Parents. I am their only Father, Husband, and Son.

Um, dude, I'm thinking we may have to do this. I'll probably have to get back Saturday night, though.....

If the rules allow it, it's "fair". But it's not ethical. The classes should be set up so that the competition is equal, with advantage being obtained through hard work and practice and gained through experience. If one jumper already has the experience and is "coasting" in the class just to get his employers a medal, that's just not ethical. The jumpers who employed him or her will know that when the medal is placed around their neck. What a novel way to make the sport even more expensive.

Yeah, but I'd have to chop it to land. If I went from my Spectre to a Vengeance you'd be seein the insides of both my legs mighty quick. Oh, and it's ugly as hell.

The Airtools site shows they have a prewired "extension" for the unit. My 2.5mm jack isn't functioning right, and I need to replace it. I'd just as soon use a prewired one, but failing that, does anyone know how to wire up a replacement jack from Radio Shack? If I play hit and miss with the replacement jack will I fry the electronics in the switch? JP

250:0 225 on my Spectre 170 @ 1.26 I appreciate the info on canopy and loading. I know a Team Jank member, Sharkey, had like 1700 jumps recently and no cutaways. Our S &TA, Keith Wyatt, had like 2 grand and none also.

You know, in that second one it looks like there's a little "Mini-me" skydiver chick hanging on the sitflyer on the far left. Very cool. Incredibly cool if it was on purpose!

Absolutely rockin! Blue skies in England? Whod'a thunk it.

:3:2 I took Wednesday off to jump because it was my birthday and to avoid any silly birthday stuff at my office. Did three jumps out of this low-rider C206 turbo. It had this red shag carpet glued throughout. And a cargo door. I got to video two tandems, and will be allowed to shoot for money when I get a little closer. Spent the weekend in Reno with the Mrs. drinkin and gamblin and romancin. Thanks to everybody that allows room for motorcycles to lane-split. A curse on everyone who does not.

Yeah, get the A. If you come to Byron you can borrow my Tony Suit just like Sebazz did I am really resisting the urge to flame you mercilessly. I am judgemental (I try to hide it) of fashion jumpers. Buy all that fancy sh*t if you can afford it, but make sure you are a competent jumper too. If you have $1000, go ahead and buy a $300 jumpsuit if you're getting $700 worth of jump tickets. I've been around this guy in a cool gripper suit and I ask him "Hey, you want to do a 4 way?" "No, thanks, not right now" Turns out he hangs out all day in the suit, does one SOLO, drinks beer and goes home. He doesn't need the suit. THE FREAKING GRIPS ARE FOR FRIENDS TO GRAB! jumpjumpjump!

Does this dress make me look fat? No. The fact that you reflect light makes you look fat. I'd explain the physics to you, but you're too stupid to understand it. Wanted: Room to rent. Single White Male, recently divorced.......

CLAY WHAT IS IN YOUR FREAKING HAND! My wife and I have finally come through the hostile stage. We had to get better at getting along cause we had this audience all the time (the kids). People at the DZ are always saying how lucky I am that she's supportive, and she is, but she had no choice. I skydive on Saturdays unless there's some pressing family obligation. She can be happy, or she can be miserable, but I'm skydiving so let's find a way for her to be happy about it. The choice between happy and miserable is a conscious one. I think a lot of people don't realize that. A person can bitch about toilet seat placement, or they can reconfigure the toilet to suit their needs. Celebrate the fact of the toilet! How wonderful to not have to put your shoes on in the middle of the night to do your business! If a person has to bitch about a toilet seat, they should celebrate that their life is that good. We're getting on the motorcycle this afternoon and motoring up to Reno for the weekend. Nobody knows me better, and she doesn't know me all that well, and we're changing all the time anyway. WHAT THE F*CK IS IN YOUR FREAKING HAND?

Thanks Pammi! Yes! "Someone else besides my poor put-upon wife finds me attractive! I'M NOT DEAD! BAMM! "Yeah, my wife loves to come here with our twin girls when she picks them up from Most Holy Rosary where they are in first grade. Is your Husband on the way? That other one gets a laugh every time. "Married?" "Oh, yeah" "Happily?" "Happily enough that I'm not going to break up my family to find out how firm your mattress is? Definitely." Question: Is being married better than being single? Answer: It sure was this morning.

Give us problems we can fix. I have no idea if I'm typical, but I can be helpful if you let me know where we're going in a conversation. I think there's usually only two. 1. I need your help with something (my boss is screwing with me, so-and-so did something mean to me, how do I get back at her, the faucets dripping) 2. I don't need your help or advice and I want you to agree with everything I am about to say except when I'm down on my own appearance(bitchbitchbitch) I think the guy's name is Paul Gray, who wrote that Mars/Venus stuff. It's an oversimplification but it's a good listen. My wife and I listened to the book on tape on a road trip a few years ago. I recommend it. I know that I get impatient when I don't know what kind of conversation I'm having with a woman. If I'm trying to devise a solution when I'm having a "just listen to me" I'll piss her off. If I'm just listening compassionately when I'm supposed to be finding a fix I'll piss her off. If I ask what kind of conversation we're having a couple minutes in I may piss her off, women's prerogative. I will have been married to this woman for 16 years in September and we lived together for two years before that. I think of conversations as adventures and if I'm good-natured about them, and she is too, odds are I won't end up being called a name. If I do it right she may call me Mountmeestud. I don't mind that at all