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Cereal and twinkie dispensary! top Jump more, post less!

Hey, I appreciate the referral! This falls under the "major reconstruction" category and requires some pretty extensive pre-operative diagnoses. I would suggest at least two opinions from different implantologists (oral surgsons or periodontists), and at least two restorative dentists (general dentists with extensive background in restoring implants or prosthodontists). I always tell patients that it will be a year in the making. Yes, we may get done sooner, but really a year is a good working time frame. Also, plan on spending lots of appointments with these people- so pick ones you like! PM if you have specific questions. thank you, come again top Jump more, post less!

You mean, no bag, one stow, lines in a pouch? Then, yes, every crw jump. top PS. Or do you mean, not paying your packer? Jump more, post less!

Many of #2 were at night! Awesome. Jump more, post less!

I'll just keep my business cards handy at the DZ. "Rebuilding smiles, after your teeth fell miles!" top, DDS Jump more, post less!

Many of these are posted on the USPA site, under members, safety, safety day, reports. (somebody else make a clicky thingy) It's pretty neat read! top Jump more, post less!

you must be old enough to buy beer/whiskey!

IMDB.com shows it in development for next year. top Jump more, post less!

There was a CRW guy that jumped up on an exit from a KA and hit the tail and died either from the tail strike or impact with no canopy out. There was the Jimmy Koontz collision with Dead Steve(??) in AZ that may have benefited from an AAD. . Both of those are maybes at best. The first case, it is unclear if the tailstrike killed him or impact. No way of telling, according to people knowledgeable in the incident. The second in AZ, they both landed under canopies that were entangled and damaged and probably were not at the threshold speed for an AAD to fire. Granted, if their reserves had come out, would the outcome have been any worse... no. I know from teammates on the jump, the collision was very violent, and could have caused the fatal injuries before they landed. In the earlier one mentioned where the AAD beat the guy to his reserve handle coming out of a wrap: how long from cutaway to AAD activation was it? It staggers my imagination that someone would cutaway, fall long enough to gain the speed necessary to activate your AAD, hesitate long enough to allow it to fire, then be amazed it beat them to the pull. In a wrap, I am more woried about my shit getting pulled for me, than me getting incapacitated. Covering handles, keeping lines away from snags, getting nylon off- all of that is way more important at the moment than not being able to get my reserve out. If you feel you are safer jumping with an AAD, then by all means feel free. But, I do not feel the added expense, maintenance, and risk of having one are worth it to me. After 21 years of hardcore CRW competition, an AAD has never added anything to any of my skydives. top Jump more, post less!

download "spybot search and destroy." run it a couple of times. that's a nasty little bugger that seems to be getting around a lot. top Jump more, post less!

And the Ken Oka Cup!!! same weekend, same place! top Jump more, post less!

I am not immune. I exit at a minimum of 6k for two-way CRW. I only get out if the plane is cut and configured properly. I wear a hard helmet. I jump with very experienced jumpers, and if I don't, then I control the situation. If I am doing CRW and have ended up doing 78mph at 750 feet, then I have cut away and should be getting a reserve out already or I am in such a tight spiral/wad that cutting my reserve loop is probably going to have no affect on the outcome. My reserve will be nicely contained along with all my appendages. I, too, was raised in the era of undependable AAD's, watching people get drug of planes at 13K by their reserves, open in the cessna when the pilot opened his window, fire when radios were used, etc. Trust me, I am more worried about the thousand other things that can happen to me in the plane, on exit, flying in competition mode for the two and a half minutes after exit, landing, and trying to walk back to the hanger while others try and kill me with their landings. Do we have an incident in the last 25 years where a crw jumper would have been saved by an AAD? top Jump more, post less!

I do CRW. I do not have $1000 burning a hole in my pocket. I once had one malfunction on my gear- the display was blinking, counting up and down, and I couldn't get it to shut off. top Jump more, post less!

Cuz I had $1000 burning a hole in my pocket. top Jump more, post less!

Hmmph! I had over a thousand crw jumps (comp 4-way sequential) before I had a cutaway from crw! Not that I didn't cause any.....! top Jump more, post less!

Nice! top Jump more, post less!

One week! Jump more, post less!

Didn't look like any transitions were low... Once the tri-by is built its very stable and looks like they could have taken it wherever they wanted. top Jump more, post less!

Can i get one to see what my dogs do all day on the porch? top Jump more, post less!

Show up with you gear, logbook, and a big smile! Volunteer to take the "back slot!" if you have to do a tandem

Fuckin' A! Jump more, post less!

"Holy shit! I think I actually see some of your brain leaking out!" top Jump more, post less!

There are a million reasons not to jump and any one of those may be your pet one right now. But for those of us that do.... we do so knowing the risks to ourselves and our loved ones. I have two kids that grew up watching me and their mother jump. One has done several tandems, the other can't wait (only 15). I have asked both about my jumping and they both agreed, they couldn't imagine me not jumping, it is who I am. (even after two of our close friends were killed last year jumping) The fear of dying should not keep you from living. top Jump more, post less!

I thouhgt I was in the wrong forum! top Jump more, post less!

One of my all-time favorites as well! The book is way better of course. Along with "Yeager." I think by the time those guys got to that stage in the game, their shit was wired pretty tight. I just couldn't see one of them panicking and going for the hatch early. At least they recovered the capsule! (recently) top Jump more, post less!