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You don't need a parachute to go skydiving. You need a parachute to go skydiving twice.

So who are the real ones? QAnon, Benny Hinn? I'd like to hear what they've got to say.

Who are all these invisible awake people? I've personally met just one person who honestly believes that jet aircraft are spraying us with chemicals, the earth if flat and the government is controlling us. And everyone knows she's a complete nutter and gives her a wide berth.

It was heading that way.

LED it is. Thanks.

Ok I'll give that a try, courtesy Google. I think (guessing) the supply is ok. It's just that the tubes flash for an hour without actually igniting. The incandescent lights in the other rooms light up pronto. I'm a bit dubious about led because I've heard they can catch fire. I'm thinking just go for normal incandescent bulbs?

Yeah it's looking that way. Fire hazard?

The tube just keeps flashing, and flashing, and flashing....

"rock" and "stars". Well there's an oxymoron.

After 30 years of being told "flourescent lighting will save you money", I finally admit defeat. I've pulled down my last flouro, and frankly I hope it burns in hell for eternity. So what's the problem... Flash, flash, flash, flash (fast forward 2 hours) flash, flash, flash... I've changed the starters, I've changed the tubes... Flash, flash, flash... I'm going back to incandescent bulbs.

Tomorrow's headlines "another farang 'jumps' off high rise balcony"

I'm worth more dead than alive and I'm still here. The misses told me she'd wheel me onto the highway if I was too much to handle, joking of course.

I saw them about 2 months ago. They're a tribute band now, absolutely nothing like the original. Edit. Actually they were backing up some other bands I can't remember offhand. Boom Crash Opera and the Bull sisters I think. They were very ordinary and easily outshone. "The greatest show on earth"? Nope. Double edit. John Brewster looked like he needed his nap, Rick was missing his walking frame, John's son on the bass didn't smile once and looked desperate. Gleeson looked like he was having a bit of fun, but that was about it. Their best song was their last one before getting off and letting the next band on.

Apparently this lot are the greatest show on earth, well according to them.

Yes, Brisbane offers AFF training. I have heard that good tunnel flyers generally make good skydivers, but not necessarily the other way around. If you have a zoo in the tunnel you can't track out of it. You're stuck in that tube at 200kph.

It looks like they have to be a skydiving coach to coach tunnel formation flying.

All the tunnel instructors in Brisbane are also skydiving instructors. I actually think it's a part of their licence requirements. Anyway, the state championships are in 6 weeks. Wish my kid well.

I haven't seen a slow suit since then nineties. Gawd that bloke in the slow suit on Koh Samui was all over the place. My 11 year old has better Bodyflight control than that. He's one of his short videos of one of his instructors. youtube.com/watch?v=sux1Kt7HUU4 Not sure if the link works.

Aha. Wow thanks. I'll look it up. I wonder if that is a military one. Wearing the old style baggy suit (and altimeter?).

And before anyone says "why don't you skydive like a real man ?????" I do. But that wasn't the question.

My first scuba lessons were indoors. I don't know anyone who was thrown into the North Sea without pool lessons.

https://youtu.be/TvZnIY7Xp-o

Just returned from 2 weeks of indoor skydiving in Brisbane, and a little visit to a local dropzone. Skydiving is tame compared to tunnel flying. Smashing your face into a glass tube over and over again at over 200kph compared to freefalling with basically nothing to hit, with 2 parachutes on your back and an automatic opening device. No wonder it is the newest addictive sport.

No-one could be that stupid, even by our standards.

Too obvious.