devildog

There are about 30k USPA members in the US. About 30 people die each year. Using dissimilar numbers can not bring good results. The "safer than driving" has been beat to death.... I think it is false, personally. But if you want to do a search it will provide my and others opinions on the topic. Except not everyone that jumps is a USPA member and not every member makes only 1 jump a year. If you want a rough idea (rough, not taking in any sort of factors other than jump #s) you just take total deaths each year, divide it by total jumps each year, and that's your chance to die per jump -- roughly. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Say what? Gallup and Rasmussen have Romney over Obama by like 5 points. That CO group that is pretty damn accurate for however many elections (80s I think?) is pretty sure Romney will sweep it. Even RCP has the electoral collage steadily gaining ground and Romney now out ahead. I think the 3rd debate was tied, more or less, but that's not what Obama needed to save his reelection. Just tying, Romney showed he was on par with Obama when it came to foreign policy, so the election goes back to, "It's the economy, stupid." You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Pugil sticks, a USMC favorite, is nothing but rifle/bayonet training. I never wanted to be in a situation where I heard, "fix bayonets" but it was there. I know there was at least 1 instance in Iraq where a large group was ordered to fix and charge, and before that, I think it was back in the Falkland war where a Brit platoon was given the order to charge (after running out of ammo) with bayonets fixed. I'd have to ask my cousin the details of that last one since he did some joint work with the sgt major (I think) that was there at the time. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

They're probably not getting any weapon legally. And even if all weapons were made illegal, they'll still get them one way or another. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

with a C&R, there's a plethora of autos you can buy. Just because they're 50+ years old, doesn't mean they can't spray with the best of them :) You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

"*GOPRO CAMERA NOT INCLUDED" Little fine print in the pic. I think I'll pass. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Nah, I accept that that's how things work. In any field, in fact. Whenever you start a new job, for example, perhaps you receive training on the official and proper way to do things, but then when you get into it you see that in reality everything would grind to a halt if people followed the rules. That's not how things work (in my experience), and running with your analogy, some employers are crap/dangerous and you need to leave. On your list specifically: "No time for formal gear checks, hurry up and get your fucking kit on - someone will eye it over for you in the pen." What DZ won't let you do / give you grief over a full gear check on your own rig before you put it on? Either your manifesting when you aren't ready (which I can see them being annoyed at if the next load is in 2 mins) or this isn't right. "Want to check the spot? Fuck that, we've got 14 people behind you so hurry up and get out." Are you taking 10 mins to check the spot? Or are they literally saying if the light turns green you just jump like a lemming? If they are forcing the latter, well, see above. If you are being slow for whatever reason, maybe you should let someone else do the spot until you're comfortable and quick. "Wind's picking up a bit, feeling nervous? Don't be a pussy, you're on the manifest so get on the plane. " No DZ should ever force / pressure you into jumping for whatever reason. On winds especially, you don't want to be under canopy and wishing you were on the ground. It's not a good feeling. "Decide to cut away? No matter what, you didn't need to." This can contribute to people fighting with a bad main for the rest of their life. Why do you want to be around a dz that does this? There's a difference between a DZO being perturbed at someone chopping because toggles were stuck, and say, someone chopping over a bunch of broken lines, stepthrough, etc. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Kroops make some awesome goggles for cheaper than $20. Cant go wrong with a Benny either, especially for the price. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Raise you all megyn kelly You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Why are democrats so ignorant about the planet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMrxC-qEHb8 /broadbrush You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Where are you jumping and might I suggest finding a new dz? You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

http://www.uspa.org/SIM/Read/Section5/tabid/168/Default.aspx#969 Bolding mine. I don't see any reason to deviate from one of those two You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

well, if there's one thing you have with a pilot chute in tow, is lots of time to deal with it /sarcasm. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Season? What season? God, I love Florida :) You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

boys think the chute makes the man You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

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Congrats :) You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

For the longest time I always thought these guys sending these out were morons. Turns out, they're pretty clever. The letters are purposefully written to be *that* awful to weed out as many false positive replies as they can. (nice reply btw ) You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Earlier this year, at my DZ a dozen or so little old ladies in their 70s and 80s came out and all jumped (tandem). I can't see 50 being "too" old at all :) You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

My .02 on a small part: "Worry" about your gear, but make sure it's a healthy worry. And by that I mean, worry about it enough so you are checking for problems, maintenance, routing, etc. You'll find that far, far, more problems, injuries, and deaths are caused by people not caring (worrying) about their gear than those who despite good maintenance and checking, still have a total failure no one could have seen coming. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

luls... You can tax them into extinction and it wouldn't matter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY8LKII_MNA Or the written version: http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2011/03/feed-your-family-on-10-billion-a-day.html Anyone thinking that the answer is simply to raise taxes has no idea what's going on. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

You write that like it might be the same person! It's amazing what a well placed comma can do! It's the difference in helping Jack, off his horse and helping jack off his horse. That's more of a capitalization issue. "Can you help Jack off the horse?" vs "Can you help jack off the horse?" A good comma would be like, "Let's eat, Grampa!" and "Let's eat Grampa!" You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

You probably didnt even know it, but I'm a fiddle player too. And if you care to take a dare I'll just make a bet with you. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

I think the academic history alone shows that to be a stupid statement. Unlike the former guy, who was clearly a legacy admit at Yale, Obama proved his intellectual chops. . So lets see his transcripts. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

Biggest single jump in a month since 1983... yeah, nothing suspicious there at all You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.