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Ah, but at least the velcro dude took out the guy who used to get the dot snaps dirty so you couldn't pry them apart without losing teeth :ph34r:. Man, I used to curse Joe Dot (inventor of the dot snap).

Wendy W.
There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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Ah, but at least the velcro dude took out the guy who used to get the dot snaps dirty so you couldn't pry them apart without losing teeth :ph34r:. Man, I used to curse Joe Dot (inventor of the dot snap).

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You always look for the BRIGHT side Wendy!B|

That guy wasn't really 'taken out'...

he just started sneaking around breaking rubber bands instead!:)











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Maybe we can teach each other CRW



Are you trying to molest me to Nylon Sodomy?! >:( Try Mike The Cofounder, he will teach you. I'm not into N.S. However, if you spread your risers wide enough, I can fly between your lines in my wingsuit. :P

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he just started sneaking around breaking rubber bands instead!



You have broken rubberbands also? It seems every few jumps I pack my rig just fine and some SOB comes up after I am done, opens my main flaps, pulls out my bag and breaks a few! I find them broken when I am packing the next time....I think he is trying to kill me by causing a mal.
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It seems every few jumps I pack my rig just fine and some SOB comes up after I am done, opens my main flaps, pulls out my bag and breaks a few! I find them broken when I am packing the next time....I think he is trying to kill me by causing a mal.

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THAT'S the guy!!:o

Ron...I'm so glad I'm not the only one!:)



I was just telling the FAA guy about 'broken rubbers'
and the danger to skydivers...


HE THREW ME OUT!![:/]



"The Horror...........The Horror";)











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You have broken rubberbands also? It seems every few jumps I pack my rig just fine and some SOB comes up after I am done, opens my main flaps, pulls out my bag and breaks a few! I find them broken when I am packing the next time....I think he is trying to kill me by causing a mal.



Dude, just figure out what is wrong with you that he breaks your rubberbands, and move to another DZ. :D

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Dude, just figure out what is wrong with you that he breaks your rubberbands, and move to another DZ



It seems I am on a "Mal Bingo" Card and he has my name.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

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It seems I am on a "Mal Bingo" Card and he has my name.

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Welcome to the club, bro. This certifies that you're as dangerous skydiver as I am.



#1. Im not on any list that I know of.
#2. It just means I am a bad packer...Thats not new information.

We did have a guy that we did have a Mal pool on. An Instructor here was put into a pool, if he went over the 100 jumps the pool covered he got the money. He won.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

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Guess I must be on the Mal Bingo card big time... I've won (or is it lost) 4 times already... Someone was out to get me since AFF 3 apparently! Only 2 have resulted in reserve rides, but still... BINGO!

FGF #???
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Dude, you had 4 mals in 123 jumps... :o I'd say you're a dangerous skydiver. Some people have thousands of jumps and zero, nil, nada malfunctions. :P



I would say he needs a new canopy.;)
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Yea, well, shit happens... Most people consider me to be pretty safe, and I have no problems with people listing me at a DZ or not wanting to jump with me "cuz I'm dangerous".

FGF #???
I miss the sky...
There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.

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Yea, well, shit happens...



The fact that shit happens to you about 100x more often than to others, speaks for itself. [:/]



People must be tampering with his equipment because he's so unsafe. ;)
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

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Yea, well, shit happens...



The fact that shit happens to you about 100x more often than to others, speaks for itself. [:/]


...as does the fact that he dealt with it appropriately, without pointing fingers at other people.:|

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Malfunctions happen... I have been able to figure out what caused all of mine, and I have taken steps to fix those things. They are not horrible end of the world events that lable someone as a bad skydiver.. You chop, pull reserve, land, pay $$ for rigger to repack, and get back up.. NO BIG DEAL. Atleast I listen to what others said, and fixed my issues.

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123 is higher than 119. he has 123 jumps and 119 posts.:S

When are you going to admit it?

j


Psssttt... He was post #119... He does have more posts than jumps. As I do...:)

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123 is higher than 119. he has 123 jumps and 119 posts.:S

When are you going to admit it?

j


Psssttt... He was post #119... He does have more posts than jumps. As I do...:)



So, I haven't noticed that changes they made over the last year in the profiles. I guess I'm just unsafe.:( I should be in a dead pool.:D
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You chop, pull reserve, land, pay $$ for rigger to repack, and get back up.. NO BIG DEAL.



I'm glad you learned that small things (like half-collapsed slider) may cause "NO BIG DEAL". Chop, pull, land, pay, repeat. ;)



How would you miss (and I suck at packing, even after 9 years), a 1/2 collapsed slider when you are quartering it?
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