Samurai136

After a canopy course w/ Scott Miller all landings are totally pre-planned.

Karen, I am ashamed of you. Don't you have stacks of Parachutist and Skydiving laying around that you could put to good use? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

#10 is the least fugly of all the designs. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Sounds like workplace harassment. I'd call them on it, document it and talk to HR. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

http://www.performancedesigns.com/docs/Veng_Flight.PDF The Vengeance is a good airlocked elliptical canopy. What size and wingloading will you be flying at? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

It might be worth it, but when the landlord sees the mess, she will insist we give the flux capacitor to her. Thats why you should also have a Cloaking Device or a portable hole. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

I wonder what you could use the "motion" controller for then? Gosh, I never thought about that. I read an article the other day about all the new game consoles with internet access but have no means of blocking the operators access to pr0n sites. I fear for the children. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Did you watch a trailer? I remember seeing the trailer ages ago and being confident it would be "that bad". I have not even thought about that movie once since that day, until now. I was the same way. Never thought about seeing it until I passed the DVD in Best Buy... If this happens to you... pm your address and I'll mail you my copy.. for free. But you have to promise not to send it back... "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

We have an un-official "quote of the day" contest at work... which pretty much amounts to the funniest one-liner/ non-sequiter. "...coming out balls " would definately win quote of the day. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

has the Wii been able to hook you up w/ some pr0n? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

This poll focused on the main characters only. Some wiseass will say "Carl" should be included. But, I think not. Since he is not featured in the opening or closing credits. We could have a second poll for best/favorite supporting character... I think it's a close tie between the Love Mummy, MC P-Pants, and Romulux. The mooninites blow.... My name is... Shake-Zula. The mic-rula, The old schoolah, Ya wanna trip? I'll bring it to ya. 'Cuz we are the aqua teens! make the homies say ho! and the girlies wanna scream Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Number 1 in the Hood, G "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Generally, jumpers who rely to heavily on packers are not addressing routine gear maintenance issues. How many packers would notice a grommet that needed to be reset? How many would refuse to pack a rig until the grommet was reset?

I don't know why this lesson has to be taught over and over again for each new generation of jumpers. FF-FF collisions or FF-Canopy collisions happen because the high person ran into the low person. That means that the high person MUST look where they are going more often than where they have been. A driving analogy to this scheme of BR during track off is similar to checking all your mirrors before hitting the brakes. Do you know any drivers that do that? There might be some that check the rear view mirror while applying brakes if they have to slam the brakes on and have a bit of space in front of them to avoid being rear-ended. If you talk to survivors of collisions, the high person will invariably say that they were NOT looking where they were going and ran into someone. The strange logic that if you look more at where you have been means you are safer is poppycock. The time you spend doing that means less time looking where you are going. Next thing ya know, you are the high person crashing into the low person. In regards to the specific incident you refer to, it is my understanding that the low person was on his back until he turned face to earth to pull. According to the illogic of BR during track off, the low person should have seen the high person. That did not happen, even though the low person was on his back for an extended amount of time. However, if both people were looking where they were going, the high person could have seen the low person. I know from personal experience on many bigways, including more than 500 jumps of +100-ways, that the safer bet is to look where you are going, at nearest neighbors and avoid being over someone else. You do a wave-off and glance above as a precautionary measure. The primary collision avoidance is watching where you are going. A couple of years ago I saw a video of a freeflyer that back-tracked away from a formation (small one). As he turned face to earth he was on top of another person from the same load. They barely missed each other. Watch where you are going is the safer bet. . Amen! I always hear this barrel-roll BS from free-fliers.... Usually they nest it in w/ the idea of faster fall rates and peeling away from 'their' formation. "oh, yeah... just do a barrel roll and clear your airspace before you pitch..." Huh?!? So... I am counting on the 'ants in the pants' free-fliers who are yelling "Go! Go! Go!" when the green light comes on for an appropriate separation...?!? and they are doing a barrel-roll for their track off? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

I'm good hitme@spammail.com or send it to my PM and I'll do that too... "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

So should I expect to see a lot more tie-dye and large grippers when I visit Baldwin this season? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

That's rich. Did you buy two? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

That photo of your tattoo was.... nice. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

So I take it... you're not black? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Aluminum

I think you need to do something totally psycho... throw a party in his home while he's gone and trash it, bang as many of the available men as you want, get it all on video, have the video playing on his TV when he gets home... or you could be really cool about the whole thing, move on, and never speak to him again. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Here's some footage from "Jaws" off the north shore(?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz7NDw-YXGw&mode=related&search= "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Hey, just cause he has a 375 lb exit weight is no reason to... ...wonder if the DZO charges him 2 slots per jump... "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

I bet the Bishop sitting 500' away in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation has already sent over a fruit basket. Welcome Neighbor! Jesus Luvs ya! "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Isn't there a rabbit fence you should be working on? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

It's a ratio expression of : Pounds per 1 Sq Ft of canopy A standard beginner wingloading might be 1.0 (pounds):1 (sq ft) or lower 0.8:1. An acceptable experience based wingloading progression is usually 0.1:1 increases per 100 jumps. This is tough to do because canopies are sold in discrete sizes and skydiver exit weights are variable. Generally speaking you will always have the same exit weight so an increase in wingloading implies a decrease in canopy size. A skydiver who has an exit weight of 200 pounds might start out jumping a 200 sq ft or larger canopy for a wingloading of 1:1 or lower. As this skydiver gains experience (300+ skydives) they might transition to a 150 sq ft canopy for a 1.3:1 wingloading. By 500+ skydives they may be ready for a 135 sq ft canopy, etc etc. There is no requirement to increase wingloading. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken