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  1. TheMonkey
    muchas grassyass to all for the nuggets of insight --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  2. TheMonkey
    lasik --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  3. TheMonkey
    i got a canopy from ralph that was reported to have less than 200 jumps on it...i started jumping it and getting smacked after 50 jumps....figuring it was straight up, tried different packing and nothing worked, finally got line specs from pd and canopy was over 4 inches out of trim....it is getting relined now and pd concurs the canopy has more around 600-700 jumps on it....ralph would not refund my money b/c of the number of jumps i put on it, but said he would take the canopy back on exchange, less almost $300.....in the end, he sent me $50 toward the relining which is now over $200 b/c of pd's inspection process..... i know people that have had good results with ralph, i however got totally screwed.... edit to add: i will now do all my gear purchases thru Roy at ParaService b/c he is stand up guy and his service kicks ass! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  4. TheMonkey
    i have a pro-track and pro-dytter in my camera helmet, set at same warning altitudes, and i can not differentiate between the 2....meaning i only hear 2 warning altitudes of 2 audibles sounding together, i don't hear 4 distinct warnings....(i don't ever hear the 3rd, if i do i am in trouble).... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  5. TheMonkey
    much appreciated....my logic was just that the larger pc would affect flying characteristics (ever so slightly, but affect none the less)....will use non-collapsible from student rig..... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  6. TheMonkey
    my new gear just arrived and i am going to test jump the canopy at my dz out of student gear. my question is the best way to hook it up seeing as it's a velcro closed reactor4 with no pin? i am thinking the best way to get a feel for the canopy is to fly it with it's own pc, but where do i attach the pin and how???? gracias in advance HB --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  7. TheMonkey
    that's a good solution for getting screwed all over again....i have not dealt with PEC before, but i have dealt with ralph and got the shaft.... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  8. TheMonkey
    very true, he is much happier now...when she passed away May 15th it was only a matter of time, JC's whole life revolved around June! Truely a sad day for America and the entire world! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  9. TheMonkey
    "I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter." -- Winston Churchill --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
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    Smoking at the DZ

    TheMonkey replied to DJL's topic in The Bonfire

    nope, just trolling while upload the last budget files before i head out for the weekend! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  11. TheMonkey

    Smoking at the DZ

    TheMonkey replied to DJL's topic in The Bonfire

    Sorry, I wasn't yelling. SkyBytch said that smart people use capital letters, I was just trying to act smrt! edit for spelling of Bytch --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  12. TheMonkey

    Smoking at the DZ

    TheMonkey replied to DJL's topic in The Bonfire

    DRIVING IN YOUR CAR CAUSES POLLUTION WHICH IS HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPING LUNGS, YET YOU DO NOT SEE PEOPLE SAYING "DON'T DRIVE YOUR CAR NEAR MY KIDS!" UNLESS SOMEONE IS DRIVING ON THE SIDEWALK, THEN MOST PEOPLE SAY DON'T DRIVE YOUR CAR HERE B/C YOU'LL KILL SOMEONE! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
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    Smoking at the DZ

    TheMonkey replied to DJL's topic in The Bonfire

    smoking kills, people who smoke are dumb and try to kill non-smokers....i hope you get flamed djl for saying it's a good thing....you obviously don't love your fellow skydivers and are a big-fat stupid head and should take up bowling! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  14. TheMonkey
    unfairly??? lmao....you are slower than molasses on a winter day in siberia! you getting ready reminds me in some way of driving miss daisy... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  15. TheMonkey
    i prefer the Tev over the Bony suits....i fly a zute suit, it works well! edit to add: see you this weekend sweetheart! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  16. TheMonkey
    the part jm left out was that the packer is his girlfriend.... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  17. TheMonkey
    ha ha guinea pig! i made one also, and three jumps after i put it on got a hard opening with riser slap actually cracked the fiberglass cover...definitely would have lost both audibles had the cover not been ther.... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  18. TheMonkey
    whoa, that scares me....come out to sdv, we'll pummel your spleen! (is that better???)
  19. TheMonkey
    closest dz's to dc are skydive virginia and skydive orange (both virtually exact same distance)....which one is the best??? everyone you get responses from will be biased, both kick ass! personally, if you are going to be here multiple weekends, i would check them both out...remeber, variety is the spice of life! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  20. TheMonkey
    just thought i would chim in, i have nothing to truely add to the conversation..... i am flying a friend's hornet 170 till my canopy is relined, and it is spanking the snot out of me....i am already too fat for my height, and this canopy is not helping.... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  21. TheMonkey
    well not to blow my own horn but i am damn good just in this case your advice does not apply to me and my current situation (we don't have said problem)...and i have not personally witnessed this at larger drop zones i have visited. nevertheless i can foresee it being a problem (i mean i have never seen a nuclear weapon either but i know that one could seriously f*ck my day up if it went off). so with that being said, if you are buying, i will be visiting denver soon granted they have butter pecan ice cream - i love that stuff! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  22. TheMonkey
    i don't know why we didn't think of that? where have you been all my life? it would be nice if jumpruns could be as long as needed so everyone could have 30 seconds of seperation, however here in the real world where we have to abide by the laws physics, take into account air speed, winds, drift, and the size of the airport that is just not possible -- as we like our jumpers to land back at the dz I assure that with reasonable (and by this i don't even mean fast) climb outs everyone on the load can get out safely, in a non hurried environment, with plenty of seperation, and not even come close to hosing the tandems. people on this forum love to argue just to argue, so when in rome i argue with the romans! one last point before i stop kicking mr. ed's corpse, we don't have issues with go arounds and this climb out phenomenon with yelling! edit to add the landing on dz part! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  23. TheMonkey
    try http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=203101 and don't apologize, the dz.com pc police are lurking and can sense weakness like a shark smells blood, they will tell you to take it talk back, but don't listen...wait for my signal, then we shall attack, victory will be ours... --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  24. TheMonkey
    how you doin??!!! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
  25. TheMonkey
    i agree, but something like this should occur while spotting and before climb out actually begins...i elicited the desired response, i was just kidding about yelling at people, serious about reminding people about long climb outs (on the ground after the jump - not during climb out). i love you all! edit for spelling again --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!