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Um, why?

Yikes! Are there sharp edges on those coils when separated? Could a ripcord pin shoulder get hung up on one?

Fixed!

Otter jump planes have one of two types of seating. 1) benches down each side of the walls where you'll be sitting side to side with others, all facing the middle, touching each other on the sides, and the center aisle is full of everyone's legs. 2) Two rows of foam "benches" running down the inside, one on the left and one on the right, and everyone straddles the bench facing the rear, one leg in the center, one leg against the wall, and you'll be touching each other front to rear, where "rear" means the parachute rig of the guy in front of you. It is tight. Skydivers are used to it. New guys maybe not. You'll have to judge for yourself how bad it is for you. Time to altitude runs 15 to 25 minutes depending upon how powerful the engines are that the plane has installed on it, and how high they climb for jump run. Oh, and there might be 5 minutes on the ground from boarding to taxiing to the end of the runway for takeoff. Best month? Depends on the weather where you are. Summers are hot and sweaty in some places. Winters are too frigid in others. Spring and Fall are usually best, temperature wise.

Look at the chart in the back of the Para-Gear catalog. "Small" should not be your primary selection criteria. And at that size, the differences are going to be rather minor - just a few cubic inches. So, pick something that you can handle safely, and don't worry about those few cubic inches.

I wasn't there so I don't know what kind of tone the comment was made in. But in the context of a debate about the economy and unemployment, he could have been simply pointing out that you have more freedom of choice than others. That would not necessarily be a criticism of your lifestyle, just simply pointing out that people who are married with kids are more tied down than you are, and may not have the same freedom of choices. And to take the opposite of your argument - therefore you should not judge their situation based upon your own perspective. It's not about labeling each other good or bad - just pointing out the differences.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10068945/Dubai-style-island-off-coast-of-Barcelona-provokes-dismay.html

The subject of downsizing on canopies is a legitimate Safety & Training topic. They're not talking about what they had for dinner or what movie they saw. I sure hope my spelling was suitable for you.

Um, not always. Lots of women get pregnant while on birth control - it's not a sure-fire guarantee. And if you're talking about abortion, they should not be faulted for choosing not to abort. So sometimes you end up with children, even though you didn't intend to, and because you did the right thing by stepping up to take responsibility by not aborting them. Birth control effectiveness: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/...ness-chart-22710.htm

That's not what I get out of it. I think he's happy with his life, with having a wife and kids, and finds it so fulfilling that he can't understand why everyone doesn't want the same. To each his own.

I'd like an executive summary, please, in plain English.

So, have any of the packers unexpectedly failed to show up for work a few days in a row?

3) Never try and stoke the bonfire by throwing in a gallon of Jet-A fuel.

A lotto winner like that ought to be able to set up an interest bearing account which would provide free beer every weekend in perpetuity. Just sayin...

Agreed! So I guess the next milestone is 5 million. Heck, YOU alone have almost 1% of those 4,444,444 posts!

They seem like a pretty normal cross-section of society to me: http://www.ohiolottery.com/Winners/See-Stories This kind of reaction seems to be just another kind of snobbery, where non-lotto players feel they're superior to lotto players. Just like some beer drinkers insist that their brand is superior to what others drink. The odds of winning for the players are certainly much better than the odds of the non-players, which are zip! It's a free country, and if it's worth it to them, then they don't deserve to be criticized for it.

Quote: "hit another skydiver in freefall at nearly 120 mph" No, not likely. Misleading statement. The guy he hit might have been doing 120, but for him to hit that guy with a closing speed of 120, he would have had to be in a 240 mph dive. Not likely on a normal group skydive. And if he had, consequences would have been far more severe.

I think you divided at the end when you should have multiplied. A pack tray that is 12 x 6 is 72 sq. inches. So a one-inch thick layer of fabric on top of that would be 72 cubic inches. But the 29 cubic inches in question is only 40% of 72 cubic inches. So the layer of space that 29 cubic inches would occupy is only 40% of that one inch layer, or .4 inches thick. And .4 inches is a layer only about three-eighths of an inch thick. I don't think there's many of us whose pack trays are so tight that we couldn't stuff another 3/8" layer of fabric in there. You betcha!