fallfast69 3 #26 April 22, 2009 Although entertaining, It wasn't up to nippleboy standards.Could someone post the link to the classic posts from the rec. Those are so damn funnyJon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nipp1e_boy 2 #27 April 23, 2009 QuoteI was hoping stupid people were no longer in the sport. Obviously I was wrong No kidding. I see so many of them around me (not just at the dropzone) its no surprise some of them learned to skydive. Nipple Boy A-19820"Safety First! Fun Forever!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nipp1e_boy 2 #28 April 23, 2009 QuoteDude - you just don't get it. I'm telling you what you need to do and you are not going for it. The problem was an AAD and everything else that worked too well. Think of this case as being cut by a surgically sharp knife. Some argue that a sharp knife is a safe knife. HOGWASH! Knives should be engineered to cut only what we want them to cut. Your AAD is like coffee - sure, you want it to be hot unless it spills on your snatch! The coffee is too hot. Foreseeable - an AAD will activate. The rig manufacturer can foresee this. Why is the rig not designed to absorb some opening shock from a terminal reserve opening? How about the reserve? Should there not be a reefing system to allow for at least 1 of snivel to gradually slow down a terminal opening and prevent recoverable injury? I myself have always thought that bungee cords should be the lines (except for brake lines, which should be high-tension carbon fiber - sure, it's a bitch to pack, but don't learn safety by accident) in the event of a line dump or other slammer opening. Furthermore, the leg straps should be composed of an energy absorbent substance. Finally, all AAD's should be designed to be manually activated. In 2004 I sent a cease and desist letter to Airtec and FXC demanding that there be a manual component to its automatic activation. While neither responded, I showed a jumper at Elsinore what I wrote. She was obviously on payroll, as she told me to go fuck myself and I have not jumped since for fear of being a Hilder reenactment. "Lawrocket cratered our peas. Fuck - at least he can spot!" This has been a crusade of mine for years. Ever Hal Jalyekakic cratered in under a two-out downplane ("squashing that budderfly") I have shouted loudly about the need to keep control of AAD's to allow them to be manually fired. At first I thought you were serious, but I cant say for sure anymore. Like I said before I have nothing against the harness or reserve manufacturer. And suing the DZO is out of the question. He is an ass but they all are to some extent. If you are a lawyer and can still contribute something useful please advice on whether this is worth pursuing. Nipple Boy A-19820"Safety First! Fun Forever!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nipp1e_boy 2 #29 April 23, 2009 QuoteYou guys are funny. Yet another unusual and entertaining story from nipp1e_boy. :thumbup !!! Thanks! Until the next installment It may be unusual and entertaining to you but I am in real pain here. Yes my stories may seem a bit out there but I started jumping in an environmnent that is very different than what the yuppie jumpers of the 90s and the last few years are used to. All I hope to do by posting my experiences is to share with newer jumpers and hopefully encourage them to be safety consious like me. Nipple Boy A-19820"Safety First! Fun Forever!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #30 April 23, 2009 QuoteQuoteYou guys are funny. Yet another unusual and entertaining story from nipp1e_boy. :thumbup !!! Thanks! Until the next installment It may be unusual and entertaining to you but I am in real pain here. Yes my stories may seem a bit out there but I started jumping in an environmnent that is very different than what the yuppie jumpers of the 90s and the last few years are used to. All I hope to do by posting my experiences is to share with newer jumpers and hopefully encourage them to be safety consious like me. Nipple Boy A-19820 I understand your concern and us yuppie jumpers that started in 1990 exactly really appreciate it. I live 20 minutes from Berkeley so it's more like hippie than yuppie... wait I grew up in Montana so I think that's sheep fu... fa.. um, Oh nuts, it's definitely sheep something but I forget what exactly. Thank you again.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
