ernokaikkonen

I bet it would be even better if the beer was on the _inside_ of your window...

"Smack my bitch up"?

Wicked! That's one crazy MF!

Moro Check the link "Dropzones" in the navigation-bar at the top of the page. Erno

Damn them users. -"Hi, I can't login to the system" -"READ THE FUCKING MANUAL!" -"But it's an online man-" -"READ THE FUCKING MANUAL!" -"Hi, the company webserver is down, I can't get to any of the pages." -"READ THE FUCKING MANUAL!"" -"The webserver manual? But I'm just a secretary..." -"READ THE FUCKING MANUAL!"" -"Hello, um, there seems to be smoke pouring out of my computer-" -"READ THE FUCKING MANUAL!"

>Lesbian in a man's body Truly a tragedy. Sniff.

No you're not. There are 20 registered users online with you...

Oh cut it out! I'm stuck in a classroom for 1,5 more hours before I can go and get something to eat... One would think that one would learn from past mistakes. ie. "Don't drink during the week if you have to work the next day. Working in a hangover sucks." Yeah right Erno

>I do have both straps on a single cutaway system though (cutaway handle >located on back of helmet). As promised to Erno I'll post pics of it (soon I >swear). Oh yeah, almost forg-- I mean, what's taking you so long?

The one at User Friendly is pretty good too...

Oh crap. Got to work 2 hours ago. I wasn't hung over then. Must've been still drunk... Now it's beginning... the queasy feeling in my stomach, the cold sweat, the brain that feels like its been dropped in a deepfrier and left to cool off... And I have to teach people all day. Fuck. Erno

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.htm Lazy bastard...

Ok. I was prepared to check the forums and go to sleep at 2200 at the latest. But now, it's 2300 pm, and I'm really badly drunk. Work tomorrow is going to be a blast.... Damn it. Hope I'm still employed after tomorrow... Erno

Excellent stereotypes!

The best part is that there are actual instructions in italian on how to print the calendar. Looks like you can either print it yourself, or save the pics on a floppy and take it to a photograph lab to be printed. -"Here, I'd like the pics on this disk printed." -"Ok, what's in it?" -"Um... a calendar?" Erno

> If a bail-out is necessary, going out with everything unzipped is really >no different from a CRW-style clear-and-pull. If you are concerned about >your leg wing loose material you can tuck it in your crotch I guess that's exactly what the first poster in this thread thought.... Erno

>You're right. But he was in a kind their instructor, therefor he should be >aware of where the whole team is. If four people are spread out all over the sky, there's no way one person can keep track of them all. If he was coaching the team, he should have known that the teams abilities are not up to competition 4-way. As flyhi mentioned, if everyone had deployed at a predetermined altitude, the vertical separation would have probably been enough. This team seriously needs to learn some basics on 4-way jumping and separation in general. The video-guy needs to re-assess his attitude concerning coaching. Lowtimers(and even the more experienced people) fuck up royally sometimes. Screaming at their faces will not improve the situation. Calmly explaining the errors, and ways to prevent them, would be a much more costructive approach. I've done both. I've tried to kill the cameraman of my 4-way team by not tracking on a bad spot. I've screamed at another (lowtime)cameraman for cutting me off during approach. I hope I wont repeat either mistake. Erno

I wonder if they paid him? You know, if it was a bet or something?

>If a leg is still "in" then this gives tension on one side of the wing and >could cause unevenness if the wing inflates. As instability during flight is corrected by cutting away the arm wings, there actually is no situation where a jumper should be in freefall with his legwing cut away(!). I understand this option(LQRS) was developed mainly for basejumpers who don't have the time under canopy to open the leg zippers. >If both feet are out for a low exit the wing is less likely to inflate and not >have such adverse effects if it does? Although, as I speculated, it may >cover the front or back if not stuffed somewhere? Yes, I can see that happening. So, since we have concluded that it's -a bad idea to exit with the LQRS pulled -a bad idea to exit with both legzippers open ...it must be the best idea to exit with leg wing intact, with legs closed? Any objections? Erno

>The 1st incident is in my opinion fault of the cameraman. Absolutely not. The job of the cameraflyer is to film the 4-way doing their stuff. If some of the jumpers on the team aren't in the formation, their job is to get to the formation, and if they can't, at least find out where the formation is, and not deploy under the cameraman! If at deployment altitude you're not sure there is no-one above you, check!. A simple barrel roll would have alerted the girl of the fact that the cameraman was above, and she could have deployed lower. If the experience level of the jumpers doing the 4way does not allow them to keep track of each others whereabouts in the sky, they should be doing 2-ways instead. Erno

I've only seen a couple of suits with the LQRS, but didn't have the opportunity to examine the system in greater detail. I know the cutaway handle was on the right, so I'd imagine the wing detaches from the right leg only.(assuming here..) This way it would be flapping on the left leg, away from all handles. Somebody who has actual knowledge on this, please post some facts to this thread... Erno

>We let it go. Neither of us had enough experience to try to deploy with it. >It was just not worth taking the risk. Good call. I've had a flag tangle up in my main during deployment. The flag, made of a very lightweight material, got sucked up through one of my slider grommets! It had no ill effect on the canopy though, so I just pulled the flag back out and landed just fine... Looks like you guys thought it out better!

>Maybe someone needs to develop or invent a better buckle Someone already did.

Damn. Usually I'm able to open nws-links at work no problem at my office, but now I'm stuck teaching a bunch of people in a classroom for two days. Judging from the reactions this is a must-see... and not something you open in a classroom filled with women aged 40+ Erno

Whoa. That's one big flag.