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Yeah, that'll last... lol. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Granted, they were just using the statue removal issue as a backdrop of their propaganda, the issue of statues has been a hot one for a while. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I would never go to another DZ to work and not discuss exits with the resident TI and Vids as part of how they perform DZ ops. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Well, I think that just settles it. If the President would just post on Facebook that racism isn't allowed anymore then we could move on. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I hope they had their permits to land there!!! "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Well here's the question, do college private vs public have a say in who can use their facility for their speeches? The 1st Amendment doesn't say that you automatically have access to all grounds in the country. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

It's not her responsibility to stop people. The owner needs to call the police. Your friend's daughter needs to quit. Not standard at all, I've never heard of that and it's absolute bullshit. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

If they came to Richmond there would be full-blown gun battles. People in this city are armed and will start fights with those wanna-be tactical fat-boy KKK/Nazis who marched in Charlottesville. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Just as church is for the sinners even more than it's for the always-good, someone strong and honorable has a target-rich environment right now. I wish Kelly all the best, and figure if he quits, Trump may well appoint someone worse, and not care about the objections. That would be worse. Wendy P. Bannon and Miller are always squirming around his heals for a promotion. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

The idea of Anti-Facists is sound, the groups of 20-something-year olds who run around smashing store windows and punching people is not. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Keep you eye out for the type of aircraft we'll have. Our King-Air is still down and the focus is keeping tandems and students going in the 182. It will be back in time for our Boogie on the weekend of Sept 9th. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Perfect. I've made this point many times this weekend. They're protected by the full might of our law, police and military to make these statements just to walk into work on Monday morning to a pink slip. Good riddance. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

You mean like the left wing radicals after the election? Who knew? And THIS is exactly the wrong response to any of this. The counterpoint to someone murdering someone and severely injuring many others is NOT "The other side has radicals too." That notion effectively normalizes and attempts to excuse a level of violence that is entirely unacceptable in this country. Nazis, clan members and white nationalist are not welcome yet the President of this country has spoken against them in only the vaguest terms. You cannot fly a Nazi flag or Confederate banner AND fly the flag of the United States, they are mutually exclusive. The efforts these people make must be shut down and they must be shunned from society so their weakening voice finally ends. Their right to speak is protected, the ability of their words to become actions must be stopped. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

The mental gymnastics required become fairly astounding but it goes something like this: The book describing the works of god is true because although it was written by man, their hands were guided by God. The proof that God is able to guide the hands of man is written in the book of which he guided the hands to write and is supported by the faith in God described in the book. Never-mind that there is no historical or archaeological record of the person who is literally the most important human to ever inhabit the planet even though there are records of many major and minor people from that same time period. But, as they say, absence of proof is not proof of absence. I think that about sums it up. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Let's put this a little bit in perspective - I think that gets lost sometimes. That is the equivalent of someone today writing down the life and times of President Abraham Lincoln and the civil war - if we didn't have written language back then and nothing was ever written down about those times. Now how many of us would believe that I or anyone could write (accurately) about what was said during the Lincoln/Douglas debates? So what you're saying is that Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter is a documentary? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Re-read my post. "It was pretty bad then". Was it the right thing to do? No, but they went with what they felt they had to do. When you're dealing with motherfuckers going "BANZAI!!!" going suicide dive bombing in their planes, you realize what they're willing to do to kill you. Radical islamists aren't much different. You speak of this as if before the war we knew they were going to start using Kamikaze pilots. I was referring to the Japanese. Just to be clear. Their end goal was to kill you and if it meant they were going to die to do it, so be it. Now tell me a radical muslim who hates America isn't going to do the same thing, albeit a different method. You think putting muslims into internment camps will result in less extremism towards the United States? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Re-read my post. "It was pretty bad then". Was it the right thing to do? No, but they went with what they felt they had to do. When you're dealing with motherfuckers going "BANZAI!!!" going suicide dive bombing in their planes, you realize what they're willing to do to kill you. Radical islamists aren't much different. You speak of this as if before the war we knew they were going to start using Kamikaze pilots. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Admit it, you're just want to talk down about the wattsup website some more. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Confirmed, we're bringing in a Sky Van. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Cool. We're trying to line up a Tailgate for the weekend because our King-Air is down for an engine repair. We'll only have a 182 flying if not so you may want to try another weekend. Get on the FB Group page to follow info: https://www.facebook.com/groups/VirginiaSkydivingCenter/ "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

"She said in 2010 the city offered to refund her $30,000, but she declined, because on her tax bill the city lists the property as “vacant land, zoned residential,” valued at $257,000. “I would like the City of New York to pay me back the value of what the land is worth,” she said. “Not what they sold me for.”" because that's fair Interesting to see someone missing their own point that the original issue is in error. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Virginia Skydiving Center is 35 minutes South of Richmond and we fly a King Air that climbs like a rocket. Carol Clay organizes RW every weekend and we have a solid cast of free-flyers. Overnight social time is at our neighboring campground. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

To clarify for readers, locking stows typically are single stowed but it's still important to ensure that they are not loose because that's how you get an out of sequence opening that has a real danger of causing an injury. On the remaining stows always double stow with large bands, single with smaller. As Rob pointed out, PD put out a couple of videos specifically addressing the "Locking Stow Myth" and the real guidelines for selecting rubber band size and wrapping method. All stows should require 8-12 lbs to release. How you achieve that will depend on the line type, number of cells, location of the stow (by the cascades or further down), and rubber band size. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Agreed, people typically only single-stow their locking stows because there's enough tension there but it's important to know that the amount of tension is more important. Every once in while I'll see a bag where the canopy doesn't fill out the the bag and the side stows are a bit more loose, that's a recipe for an out-of-sequence and very hard opening. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

To clarify for readers, locking stows typically are single stowed but it's still important to ensure that they are not loose because that's how you get an out of sequence opening that has a real danger of causing an injury. On the remaining stows always double stow with large bands, single with smaller. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

And our Wag Du Jour: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/08/02/trump-gop-senators-to-introduce-bill-to-slash-legal-immigration-levels/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_pp-immigration-940am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.19fbd01a7e77 This attack on immigration is at the core of the Trump agenda. If they succeed it will have a huge effect on America's future. Starting by slashing GDP growth. Which has always been driven by expansion of the population. Let's face it, without immigration the population will stagnate. Like Japan. I'm taking the timing as another smokescreen to shield the smoke coming out of the dumpster fire we once called the Whitehouse. (The irony of Trump's recent comments about the Whitehouse do not escape me.) "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher