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Pops, I think the way its posed is closer to something out of an 80's glamour mag than a comfy breastfeeding pose. That's all I meant by sexual, I don't find it offensive or erotic just odd. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Pretty well stated, except the photo as you say is staged in a way that emphases the sexual nature. So I would argue there is something wrong with the pic. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

A German unit will be manufactured according to EN300-220 and use a frequency from CEPT70-03 and won't be compatible with USA frequencies. If you provide the specific frequency I can tell you where it might be able to be sold as there are exceptions within Europe. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

So did you cutaway the line over? Just curious. Getting the arch on static line is difficult, simply because you've got a couple of seconds at the most to get it right. With static line you leave the door and you are under canopy almost instantly, so there isn't much time to get feedback and make corrections before the jump is over. AFF gives you a whole lot more time to focus on the arch. For what my opinion is worth if you can afford AFF and you are struggling with SL it is worth switching. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Wrong, his mates will be jealous that he had boobies so young I think the article was deliberately to cause controversy. Honestly I don't know what the 'right' age is to stop breast feeding. Perspective is so funny. Last night I was watching a documentary and it had topless tribeswomen. My 11 year old son, commented on how ugly their boobs were. He was pretty laid back and descriptive, UNTIL my wife pointed out they were old women not men He absolutely freaked out then and couldn't look. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

My ideal mothers day is kids out for the day with their mom, while I go jumping!

There's a problem with that wording. "Unwanted" behavior is not necessarily "threatening". The two should not be put into the same category, as this makes people believe that most women are frequently threatened. When in fact much of this may simply be innocent behavior that is simply unwanted. For example, a married woman sitting with female friends in a bar may have someone offer to buy them a drink - that may be unwanted, but it's certainly not a threat. John its very hard to condense a book into a post from a smartphone. The unwanted attention is in the context of a guy that won't take no for an answer. If he asked if she wanted a drink and yet he still bought it despite being told no, it is absolutely threatening - even in a crowded bar. I think you'd find it interesting based on some content and your speakers corner posts. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

that really sucks, sorry to hear that. Trust your instincts and take care. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I thought about it, but I don't know many men that are routinely threatened. I've only experienced it once in 40 years, the book that sparked the thought says 'most' women face unwanted or threatening behaviour frequently. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I'm reading a book "The gift of fear". I highly recommend it and it provides a fascinating incite into the world of violence. In the book he mentions something that I had never considered before. He claims that women are frequently subjected to unwanted attention and most women in big cities have to be constantly aware. As he puts it most men are worried that a woman on a date will laugh at them, most woman are worried the man might kill them. As a father and husband it has got me thinking. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

MOST excellent idea. Lotsa room inside the space of a hackey. Additionally, how about a switch, so that the unit is off when the pilot chute is cocked? When the pilot chute is collapsed, the unit is on. As soon as you land you cock the pilot chute and turn it off. Could whatever antenna is needed be incorporated into the pilot chute itself? It is a good idea. GPS and most antenna's that would be used are small enough to go into the hackey replacement. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Just to clarify - you don't/didn't roll the nose on your Sabre 1? It is in the user manual to roll the nose and I have been reluctant to change due to their reputation. I have been having off heading openings though and it would be nice to lose them. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

One with lots of tall pines that the swoopers were turning to miss. Vaguely similar to MSD where I started jumping 20 years ago. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I've been toying with making a system. I've done loads of GPS tracking design and modern GPS engines are tiny (5mm square - excluding antenna). There are 3 main problems with it - in no particular order 1) Transmitter/transceiver unit that is small and generic. 2) Interface/activation to 3 ring system. 3) Financial viability. It costs from 50-100k to develop any commercial electonics that are 'legal' to sell. How many people are actually going to pay what is needed? I'm not sure there is a market. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Last night I dreamt that as I went to board the plane my vigil had misfired grounding me for the day. I then watched as one swooper after another came whistling in, low turned and died/bounced. I woke up to find the wind was whistling around the house and a gate something was banging loudly every now and again. Both sounds were vaguely like the wind through canopy lines and the horrible whompf sound of someone botching a landing. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Skin cancer is serious stuff. I don't think it is much ado about nothing. I grew up in an environment where men didn't bother with sunscreen and women (teenage girls mainly) coated themselves in cooking oil to get as tanned as possible. I know 2 people who've died from skin cancer and most older relatives have had growths cut out. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I hate haggling. I much prefer an honest price to begin with. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Patent infringement ? No, but now that he's openly published it, he'd better scamper off to the patent office pretty quick, before someone lifts it and does so before him, if he wants to keep ownership of his own intellectual property.* (*Assuming the concept hasn't already been patented by someone else...) The instant you put something in the public domain you lose the ability to Patent it in Europe (unless you have already filed an application). It can be a couple of years between filing and publication in Europe so just because there isn't a patent, doesn't mean that he hasn't applied. Of course in the US the patent laws are screwed up - even the peanut butter sandwich got patented about 10 years ago Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

being a TM I think YOU are far too concerned about being strapped to a guy. that says a lot about YOU. IMHO. Sure, landing by yourself has got to be safer than landing with a dude who has 1000s of landings with multiple wing loading. It is always entertaining reading stuff here! Not really. I don't even like the camera man dude getting in my face I definitely don't feel comfortable strapped to another guy. A female TI would be another matter, but even so that would be weird. Some people have larger personal space bubbles than others. Skydiving isn't a good place to have a big space bubble. Heck if a female TI knew how you felt, some would even wear a strapon I'm interested to know what you expect out of jumping? Wait till you are crammed into a small plane doing exit after a couple of nude jumpers What many people don't realise and you appear to be one of them, is skydiving is fucking dangerous. This isn't American Airlines where warnings that a bag of peanuts may contain nuts are there to prevent litigation. Without proper mentoring and instruction you could be dead before you even enter the aircraft - literally. The guys that are there to hold your hand are there to try and keep you as safe as possible. Go and hang out at a busy dz for 6 months, you'll see a few broken bodies and maybe learn that this isn't Disneyland. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Yip, 1 'failed' AFF level, is still much more fun than 5 minutes in the tunnel. If you are going to do tunnel, then it needs to be a fair amount to be beneficial, not just a couple of minutes. It still doesn't teach you canopy flight either. To the OP, my wife had quite a bit of tunnel time (was starting to freefly in the tunnel), but she still repeated an AFF level. If you're skydiving for fun, is go with jumps over alternative training. So what if you don't progress at the fastest possible rate. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Before you start skydiving I really hope you reconsider your attitude. You've displayed a lot of preconceived notions and misconceptions, along with an apparent unwillingness to learn. That will get you killed or injured sooner or later, or worse still someone else. Skydiving is NOT something you can learn from YouTube!! Training is nothing to do with dz's making money. I'm pretty sure that if they could replace all those expensive tempermental AFF instructors with a couple of video's they would. Imagine that, they could fill a super otter with first jump students and not waste a cent on some unnecessary instructor. It simply begars belief that having done a tandem you can hold that view. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Cam is running one this weekend Nige, come on up. Brilliant I'll try and get a permission slip from the wife. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Squeak you're just an old fella who doesn't know how to take risks.... On a more serious note Cameron is happy to do a canopy course if I can find enough other people who are interested, so if Dale wants to head over to York sometime soon it could work. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Are you talking about students or swoopers? His response was to a guy with1 tandem jump, who appears to think that doing AFF with instructors is a money machine. He seems to think that he should be able to rent gear and jump! Granted there is static line as an option (previously mentioned by John), I think bowling is more appropriate you don't have to rent balls and nobody holds your hand etc Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Jumping is a very intimate and dangerous sport. In the end it isn't for everyone. Water adds complexity in lots of ways and doesn't stop you getting killed. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.