SublimeBreeze 0 #1 October 18, 2003 Today I was working on a clients computer and I noticed something by his desk. This friendly little note that was on a Calendar. I looked at it very curiously noticed the parachutes and read on. I think the client thought I was high because I laughed so hard. Then I thought who would put out something like this. Im not a pro... not even a super regular but ive got my A and I know that this is the biggest pile of bullshit Ive ever seen. Its not fake, I promise! Well, Let me know what you guys think Peace Sean Sean Sean In Thailand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MyOwnWay 0 #2 October 18, 2003 hmmm. . . . interesting. sounds like bullshit to me_________________________________________ all good things are wild and free - Henry David Thoreau Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SublimeBreeze 0 #3 October 18, 2003 Now thinking about it, Wouldn't it overload the canopy and kill both skydivers? Sean Sean In Thailand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #4 October 18, 2003 Quote Now thinking about it, Wouldn't it overload the canopy and kill both skydivers? http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=703940#703940 Already been discussed Jeanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aero04 0 #5 October 18, 2003 Yep, I'll call bullshit on that one. QuoteNow thinking about it, Wouldn't it overload the canopy and kill both skydivers? Overload the canopy? Probably would if you assume one could hold on during deployment. A canopy can only withstand a certain amount of weight on opening. However, kill both? Probably not since it is almost impossible to hang on during deployment. edit Amazon, you got to the link before I did Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kramer 0 #6 October 18, 2003 Quotehmmm. . . . interesting. sounds like bullshit to me Audible Laughter there. Nice work. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyAnt 0 #7 October 18, 2003 They could have 2-way competitions like that where the survivors of each heat go to the next round. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #8 October 18, 2003 LMAO When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #9 October 18, 2003 I'm sure most people are already aware of this, but that calendar is part of a successful line of products known as "Worst Case Scenario" books. They have all sorts of crazy stuff in there, like how to survive shark attacks, how to wrestle free from an alligator, perform a tracheotomy and escape from being buried in an avalanche, just to name a few. I'm wondering if it wasn't just a bunch of college kids who just sat down and mode most of this stuff up...although, I'm still going to carry a pole when I'm traveling in quicksand country. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #10 October 18, 2003 Looks like it should be called "How to do a Mr.Bill"!! Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #11 October 18, 2003 me thinks more like an extreme " Mr. Bill" at terminal. I've done a couple and it's hard to hold on deploying out the doorI hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerry81 10 #12 October 18, 2003 Hey, look, I think the guy hanging has a Javelin. Although they forgot to draw the the ball of shit that should be trailing behind him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #13 October 18, 2003 I don't think its a Jav, since the flaps don't seem to be open and flapping in the wind... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #14 October 18, 2003 Joe Jennings was the consultant on that event accourding to the book Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themitchyone 0 #15 October 18, 2003 I remember reading that survival tip before I started skydiving. Now, it seems preposterous. Hmmmmm, makes me rethink the one about how to survive falling in a cesspool. "If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girl's sports such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing." - Homer Simpson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #16 October 18, 2003 looks like both skydivers makes some nice stands... lucky both of them has a reserve,lets just hope that the guy whith broken arms(after deployment) has a Cypress aswelland a nice big reserve that flies and lands itself nice and soft.. Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firediver 0 #17 October 19, 2003 QuoteI'm sure most people are already aware of this, but that calendar is part of a successful line of products known as "Worst Case Scenario" books. On September 12, 2001 I saw that book laying in what was once World Trade Building 5....I'm thinking they didn't cover all the worst case scenarios.... Although maybe we should all practice landing using only one hand on a toggle, ya know, just in case we're all wrong... Skydiving isn't scary;...but clowns...CLOWNS are scary! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
