shermanator 4 #1 August 29, 2007 obviously.. when seeing there is a new post. But, I can't stand when someone says.. I was there, I saw what happened, what you just said is wrong.. "but I won't tell you any information at this time" Anyone besides me dislike that. grrr.CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #2 August 29, 2007 Quoteobviously.. when seeing there is a new post. But, I can't stand when someone says.. I was there, I saw what happened, what you just said is wrong.. "but I won't tell you any information at this time" Anyone besides me dislike that. grrr. In a sense, I agree with you, but if it's said as "I can't say because the investigation is still ongoing" that's another matter.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #3 August 29, 2007 nope no problwem for me at all, I'd prefer to know WHAT happened when it is found out. Not someones version of what they think they saw.You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #4 August 29, 2007 The whole forum is annoying. The whole "what can we learn from it" thing is a joke. It's simply a forum for people to argue and slam on people for what they did wrong. I hardly ever read it anymore. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micduran 0 #5 August 29, 2007 I check it only to see if someone I know has been hurt or died. RARELY do I actually read the thread. Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phillbo 11 #6 August 29, 2007 I check to make sure it's not me they are talking about .... i'll clarify once the investigation is complete. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shermanator 4 #7 August 29, 2007 QuoteThe whole forum is annoying. The whole "what can we learn from it" thing is a joke. It's simply a forum for people to argue and slam on people for what they did wrong. I hardly ever read it anymore. true, but I have pulled learning information out of it. if not directly, I pulled it out of the bickering, and the assumptions of possible scenarios of what could of happened.CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PrairieDoug 0 #8 August 29, 2007 QuoteThe whole "what can we learn from it" thing is a joke. It's simply a forum for people to argue and slam on people for what they did wrong. Yup, sometimes the discussions of a particular incident will get off track like that. But for me the benefits of the incident forum far outweigh the negatives. Seeing the multitude of things that can happen helps keep me vigilant and has directly influenced my response to at least one potential problem. As I was deciding how to respond to a low-speed mal a couple of years ago, some incident reports about people spending the rest of their lives unsuccessfully trying to fix problems flashed through my mind and I promptly cut away. I probably would've done the same thing anyway, but that knowledge helped get me to the right choice sooner, Just my 2 cents. Doug Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #9 August 29, 2007 I agree with Doug. I'd much rather learn from someone else's mistakes than my own. However, if I do something worthy of posting in the incidents forum, should I be lucky enough to survive, you can bet I'll be the first to post the incident. If I do something stupid, then I probably deserve for people to slam me for what I did wrong. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #10 August 29, 2007 Quote obviously.. when seeing there is a new post. But, I can't stand when someone says.. I was there, I saw what happened, what you just said is wrong.. "but I won't tell you any information at this time" Anyone besides me dislike that. grrr. Oh! This has got to be a RePost! there's never a cop around when you need one."Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #11 August 29, 2007 incidents happen. its a SPORT. remember, its not a sport if you cant die in it. so fuck ballet-dancing..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #12 August 30, 2007 QuoteThe whole forum is annoying. The whole "what can we learn from it" thing is a joke. It's simply a forum for people to argue and slam on people for what they did wrong. I hardly ever read it anymore. I think it should be renamed "the sports page", but yeah, I read it. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 80 #13 August 30, 2007 Quote The whole "what can we learn from it" thing is a joke. Agreed. Most people who read the Incidents do it for the same reason that people rubberneck at a motor car accident scene - morbid curiousity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #14 August 30, 2007 QuoteQuote The whole "what can we learn from it" thing is a joke. Agreed. Most people who read the Incidents do it for the same reason that people rubberneck at a motor car accident scene - morbid curiousity. No, actually it isn't. The cynics who think they're too hip to learn anything are a real drag though. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #15 August 30, 2007 I read them. You can learn stuff there. You can get food for thought there. You can learn how to deal with families and friends of the primary subject. You can also get a picture of what the general skydiving population is thinking and doing right, wrong or indifferent. You can, just like most other threads, see just how hard-headed some people can actually be.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hexadecimal 0 #16 August 30, 2007 Why would anyone want to give you any information? I'll always do my best to make sure incidents I see never make it to this forum. Leave investigating incidents to people who know what they're talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
