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Kev, I don't think it would qualify as spooning if the girl looks more like a kitten sleeping against a billboard. Amazon could outside spoon you, but Mouth could pretty much only lamprey your back. As to the arms on the outside spoon; when laying on the right side, the outside spooners right arm is positioned under the head and jaw of the spoonee, with the spoonee's head comfortably resting on the bicep. The spooner's right arm reasurringly embracing the upper body of the spoonee with the spooner's right hand holding the spoonee's left breast. The spooner's left arm and hand are free to roam. -Forfeiture clause: The spooner's right arm is forfeit in the event of drunken beast spoonage. Upon awakening with a hideous beast in the spoonee position, spooner is to chew off the right arm without awakening drunken beast spoonee. It is recommended that chewing through the axillary, brachial, and deep brachial arteries is left for last, thus maximizing the possibility of escape.

I'm pretty sure she's only Swedish by injection.

I reviewed it. I love the thing and look forward to flying it every weekend. They are new to us at Byron, but we are always fighting over the four that we just purchased. Edit: I ended up writing the review twice. Moderator? If you choose to put my review up, please use this version. A2 tandem canopy I am a faily new tandem master with just over 200 tandems. The canopies we replaced with the A2's were very old and beat, often repaired, with old linesets. Mine is not an apples-to-apples comparison, the A2 is the first new tandem canopy I've jumped. The openings are two-stage, with a short snivel that stands the pair up and slows things down, and then a nice smooth steady on-heading inflation. The majority of my 1200 jumps are camera jumps on Spectre's loaded at 1.6:1. Every opening I've had so far on the A2 has been as good as the very best openings on my Spectre's. The collapsible slider is reachable for TM's that are tall, but stowing the slider actually makes it louder than leaving it open. Once opened, the first thing I noticed is the incredibly light toggle pressure and how quick to respond the canopy is to toggle and rear-riser input. A rear-riser 180 with the brakes still stowed is accomplished very easily, and very quickly. Students of all statures can easily control the canopy without assistance. Every student I have had so far has been able to pull the toggle to full extension without any assistance from me. Toggle pressure at the TM level is lighter than on a student Navigator, and at the student position is probably comparable. The A2 is a tandem canopy that provides the tandem student with canopy flying experience that should be very comparable to what the student will experience when flying solo in the AFF program. Essentially, it flies like a big sport canopy with no oil-tanker-like flying characteristics whatsoever. Toggle response is very sporty, and a quick pull on a toggle to full extension will get the tandem pair nearly parallel to the ground almost immediately. Unlike the slower canopies we replaced, almost every student eventually cries "uncle!" when yanking and banking the A2 hard. In the pattern the canopy is a joy. If tandems are stacking up on final, it is easy to hold the canopy in half-brakes without roasting your shoulders. S-turns are very nearly as easy as on a sport rig. The flare on the A2 is long and deep. There is no need for a precision "stab" at the primary and secondary brakes to get things just right for touchdown. Groundspeed is higher than what I was used to, and I'm still learning how to take advantage of it. There is plenty of time to set your feet down to bleed off speed as you finish the landing flare. The canopies we replaced didn't afford us this luxury. On the old canopies the decision to stand it up or slide had to be a quick one. On the A2 I'm sure I'll figure out how to stand it up every time, but I never planned on learning how to swoop with a tandem until I jumped the A2. If I were considering purchasing a personal-use tandem rig I would be very hard pressed to do better than the A2. It is a very good training tool for students, and it has really recharged my joy in doing tandem skydives.

1100 jumps, two ratings, two boogie videos, a professional international skydiving trip, one current world record, one broken ankle, two sprained knees, one billion new great friendships, several favors in Britain, even more favors in undisclosed locations, several published skydiving photos, 5 Wings harness and container systems. 500 gallons of beer, four kiss passes and a Skymonkey hat.

I am still a novice tandem master with just over 200 tandem skydives. The first 200 were on very tired tandem canopies with tired linesets so just about anything would be an improvement. The A2 has made tandem canopy flight fun for me for the first time. So far, openings are two-stage. The canopy deploys and stands the pair up while it snivles for a second or two. The slider comes down and the canopy inflates at a very comfortable rate. The first surprise is the collapsible slider, which is actually quieter if left uncollapsed. Toggle pressure is amazingly light. Much lighter than on a student Navigator. Above 1000' I routinely give the toggles over to the students, who have all been able to get both toggles down to full deflection. It is a tandem canopy that can actually prepare students for solo canopy flight. Turns are very quick and precise with none of the oil tanker input-wait-response of the old canopies. My dropzone, Byron CA, is routinely quite windy, so the forward speed of the A2 is usually a plus. In calm conditions, though, the swoop is on with the A2 (in a tandem kind of way ; ) The flare is precise and responsive, similar but slower than my Spectre's (1000+ jumps @ 1.6:1) I have no experience with other new tandem canopies, but if I were considering buying my own tandem rig, I'd be hard pressed to select anything other than the A2. It opens nicely, it flies easily for both the student and the TM solo on the toggles, and it has put the fun back in tandem canopy flight for me.

Put a piece of bait on one side of a bunch of cypres cutters. Soon as a fly gets into the cutter, short out the contacts. I'm sure Kate will understand about the 100 cutters going on the shrinkage list. She seems cool like that.

Well that's cool. Next time I stub my toe on the money, I'll be getting my BMI from Ed. Congrats, Ed! JP

It really depends on how much of a budget you have, and how neurotic you both may be. Guys can freak if they are given expensive, domestic related gifts. Something like a "kiss the chef" apron would be disadvised. Most of the nice, keepable smaller gifts that I could make use of are around $100. Good luck.

Is this like when a cop shoots someone? Do they have to make sure it wasn't excessive force? Is there psychological help available to the dog? Using a dog is "less than lethal" force. Kinda like a beanbag round. Newly minted police dogs spend a lot of time chasing people around who are wearing these thick canvas practice bite/takedown suits. The first time a dog gets a "soft tissue" bad-guy bite is an anxious time. The dog usually gets a little freaked about the change in taste and has to be encouraged to re-bite the offender (only if the offender is still resisting) until they get good at biting bad-guy soft tissue with gusto. The dog doesn't need counseling, just livasnaps

I saw a police dog tear a guy's scrotum open. It was a time when I wished that dogs could talk. "Lay down with your arms stretched straight out, palms up" "F*ck all you motherf*ckers!" "Lay down or we will send the dog" "F*ck your punkassed dog! I'll KILL the motherf*cking dog!" "FOOSE!" "AIEEEEE! My dick! My dick! G*ddamn dog ate my DICK! Where's my dick!!" "Gute hunde..."

I have survived a Cora ass-smacking. (American Boogie '03) It's like a tactical nuke going off on you ass cheek. Anybody who does not respond to one has had their body taken over by aliens and should have a stake driven through it's heart.

I can't believe how many people recognize me from my avatar. Out at CSS for Thankgiving, I had three people come up to me and say, "Hey, aren't you Flyangel?" I get that too, but it's usually skydivers stampeding away screaming "RUN! It's Deuce from Dropzonedotcom! AIEEEEEEEEE!" Then I just tie up the ones that got trampled and take them back to my lair.

Smack me for this one. This is what happens when you piss off Swedish rodents. NSFA

Long days, Ray. Right around the equinox or the vernal whatever when the daylight is longest. Sweden warning: That was one of the coolest things about Herc Boogie. They called jumping after like 14 hours not because of sunlight (it never really got dark) but because the Special Forces guys needed to rest! "Could somebody go get Jari out of his trailer?" It's probably really freaking hot during that part of the year in FLA, though, huh?

I changed mine a lot for a while and people gave me shit. Since people are constantly hunting for my insight, looking for my coolio cameraflier thingie made their lives easier. And I am all about easy.

You broke your ankle falling out of the skydiver short bus. Retard. All so you could stay longer at the Dutchboy's house while he fed you peeled grapes. I, however, am a genius. I fell out of the skydiver short bus at Perris so I could get several uninterrupted hours of attention from Mouth. And Vicoden. Yummy, crunchy delicious, synthetic narcotics. I'm a genius.

And I'll bet you read Scientific American and understand it too. P- Dude, he's a freaking GENIUS! A good photographer, and funny as hell! Moto, if you were interrogating people, I might be able to help you. With that fraternity interrogations stuff you do, I'm not much help. "Give it up, you silly Gamma Delta Phi!" "Never! You silly Alpha Gamma Epsilon Eridani!" Prepare to party, Moto. We're putting together a big way for you. Figure out now the 13 other people who get to go. Being loved can be hard when you have to cut from your big way. I can take it if you cut me in favor of scantily clad lesbians and stuff, though.

Well, crap, Genomoto, it is always great having you around and I'll miss you. There's a great scene down in LA, too, with three great DZ's right on top of each other, each with a different vibe. What happened? You scare off all the extreme ultra violet charged particles from Northern California? Are there more Gamma Neutron emmissions in LA or something, Dr. Yamamoto?

Then I guess I'll join after all.

No, that one doesn't look right. It's the one I posted as an example. Clay hasn't been at the DZ in a while.

How 'bout a list? I'll be in for some of the flocks, to get video for the Boogie Video. Deuce The111 Cpoxon Tonto Basehound Canuck JP

You tore the fabric of the space-time continuum. I advise against that. It tends to piss off the BillVon.

A can of tuna with a little light mayo and some wheat thins is about as good as it gets. Hand-food wise I always had peanuts or protien bars handy.

I didn't even catch that. I thought it was a wierd reference to how Aussies eat beets on their hamburgers. I was going to PM the Mouth that G is English, not Aussish, and then I figured it out. Oh! Gotta go! The short bus is honking! YAY!

The boogeyman is in my closet, so I don't go in there much.