millertime24 8 #1 July 17, 2008 So I just ordered my new canopy from PD yesterday!!! Its a Sabre2 190 which, at this elevation (4200' msl), should be plenty zippy for me and still provide me with good flare and landings. Ill be loading this thing at about 1.1. The color scheme is the exact same as in the attached photo minus the PD logo and the fact that mines a Sabre2 and not a Spinletto. Im so stoked about this thing too bad you have to wait 10-12 weeks to get it. But it will be like Christmas when it gets here!!!Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #2 July 17, 2008 Im not fond of the sabre2 but i wont get into it and start a debate. Because at the end of the day, its all about looking cool and those are some sweeeeet colours 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CazmoDee 3 #3 July 17, 2008 I love my Sabre2. You're in for some good times. Congrats! I'm behind the bar at Sloppy Joe's....See ya in the Keys! Muff 4313 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poe62 0 #4 July 17, 2008 YAY! congrats! Have fun packing it. I let others do the dirty work with mine. ~Nikki http://www.facebook.com/poe62 Irgity Dirgity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #5 July 17, 2008 Quote YAY! congrats! Have fun packing it. I let others do the dirty work with mine. I might just bite the bullet and pay the packers for the first 50 jumps or so.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #6 July 17, 2008 The new 180 day repack cycle has pissed off the packers who want to cash in even though they dont pack reserves. So unfortunately brand new canopy packing prices have gone up.1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertimeunc 0 #7 July 17, 2008 Quote So I just ordered my new canopy from PD yesterday!!! Its a Sabre2 190 which, at this elevation (4200' msl), should be plenty zippy for me and still provide me with good flare and landings. Ill be loading this thing at about 1.1. The color scheme is the exact same as in the attached photo minus the PD logo and the fact that mines a Sabre2 and not a Silhouette. Im so stoked about this thing too bad you have to wait 10-12 weeks to get it. But it will be like Christmas when it gets here!!! Fixed it for ya. The best things in life are dangerous. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #8 July 17, 2008 Well thats kind of a pain in the ass. Ive packed brand-spankin'-new canopies before and jumped them it just take me like twice as long to do it. Oh well. Still Im not paying more than about 7ish bucks for a pack job. Its not THAT damn hard. On another note, I dont see what PACKERS are bitching about with the 120 day thing. Its not like they are master riggers or anything (well some are). I think if you can pack 3 rigs per hour at 7 bucks a rig then thats 21 bucks an hour non taxable. That isnt bad money. Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #9 July 17, 2008 I was joking, packers are still scum who get nothing 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #10 July 17, 2008 Quote Quote So I just ordered my new canopy from PD yesterday!!! Its a Sabre2 190 which, at this elevation (4200' msl), should be plenty zippy for me and still provide me with good flare and landings. Ill be loading this thing at about 1.1. The color scheme is the exact same as in the attached photo minus the PD logo and the fact that mines a Sabre2 and not a Silhouette. Im so stoked about this thing too bad you have to wait 10-12 weeks to get it. But it will be like Christmas when it gets here!!! Fixed it for ya. Your attention to detail never ceaces to amaze me. I guess thats why they let you fly the planes and let me shoot the x-rays.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #12 July 17, 2008 I'm a packer but I don't have a clue how I could make money on reserve pack jobs. How do you do that? I need more jumping money Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertimeunc 0 #13 July 17, 2008 It's easy, just undercut everyone's reserve re-pack prices (say, $35) and you'll have no shortage of business! Just ignore the minor detail that I don't have a rigger's ticket, nor do I know what I'm doing! The best things in life are dangerous. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #14 July 17, 2008 Hehe excellent idea! But actually for $35 I'd probably be able to make more money just packing mains on a good day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nutz 0 #15 July 17, 2008 Aint nobody gonna pay you $35.00 to pack a main - cheez. "Don't! Get! Eliminated!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #16 July 17, 2008 Lol no but a reserve pack job takes about an hour (or that's what my rigger told me) and I can pack easily 6 mains in that time and if I hurry I can do 9. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaTTT 2 #17 July 17, 2008 Quote I was joking, packers are still scum who get nothing And all this time I thought free jumps were something. "Even in a world where perfection is unattainable, there's still a difference between excellence and mediocrity." Gary73 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #18 July 17, 2008 Lol I'm not aware that I get free jumps. Why did nobody tell me before and where can I pick them up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #19 July 17, 2008 Quote21 bucks an hour non taxable. It isn't non-taxable. It's taxable income, and it's supposed to be declared on your income tax return. If you don't pay income tax on it, you're violating federal and state criminal law. I realize many people don't declare it, and that it's unlikely to be discovered. But that doesn't make it legal; it just makes it easy. I'm not moralizing; just giving the technical facts. Yeah, I know: Fuckin' lawyers - always the buzz-kill. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #20 July 17, 2008 So by that line of reasoning if I install a car sterio fo my friend and he gives me 100 bucks for doing it then I, by law, am required to claim that as taxable income?Ive seen MANY a jumper who have their one favored packer and will go to them every time and give them cash at the end of the day for services rendered. Unless I didnt have an actual job (with w-2's and the like) then hell no I wouldnt claim it. Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #21 July 17, 2008 Quote I'm a packer but I don't have a clue how I could make money on reserve pack jobs. How do you do that? I need more jumping money When they're not lookin' ya pull the reserve and sell it. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #22 July 17, 2008 Quote So by that line of reasoning if I install a car sterio fo my friend and he gives me 100 bucks for doing it then I, by law, am required to claim that as taxable income? It's not a "line of reasoning", it's a fact; and the technically correct answer is "Yes." Wages are taxable, tips are taxable, off-the-books income is taxable, other income is taxable - hell, technically even barter is taxable. Really, I'm not advocating or condemning anything; I'm just the messenger on what the legal status actually is. By all means, petition your Congressman to amend the Tax Code; I'll be right there cheering you on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,314 #23 July 17, 2008 All income from whatever source derived. Even relief of debt is a taxable event. For example; a home foreclosure. If you owe 200K on it and they sell it for 150K; you owe taxes on the 50K difference and you will receive a 1099-C. How cool is THAT?!?!?!? So, if you couldn't make the house payments, then surely you can make the tax payments, right? http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=174034,00.html Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #24 July 17, 2008 My point is cash exchanging hands "under the table" as it were is not easily tracable by the irs on small exchanges 100-200 bucks and happens all the time. So I retract my last statement and say while it is "taxable" it is not neccesarily taxed.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #25 July 17, 2008 Quote I'm a packer but I don't have a clue how I could make money on reserve pack jobs. How do you do that? I need more jumping money Arrange for a commission from your local rigger who raised his rates to accomodate the 180 day cycle. Thenn use your position as a packer to ensure he gets to see every rig at least every 120 days. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
