Can quality skydiving helmets cost so little?

Has anyone seen these helmets at www.skydivinghelmets.com They look great with a price to match.

You know, if you'd acknowledged that it's your company in your post, I wouldn't mind.

However, the format you chose is deceptive. Who wants to do business with someone that engages in deceptive practices?

Given the recent cross-posting to wacko ng's, bringing wuffo nut jobs into our skydiving newsgroup, is it really a big deal?

However, I agree with you.

Michael D-6139

It's an unmoderated group. I can't do anything about most of it beyond clicking 'mark thread read' or adding to my killfile.

However, when it's a business, I can vote with my wallet. I encourage others to do so as well.

There is no relationship between the two kinds of posts.

Cross-posting is a usenet tool and tradition. Advertising is not.

are cross-posting wackos?

Likewise.

I agree that the two types of posts are different. But i also see CRW mikes point on this one. I came in today and had to check which damn group i was in! I dont mind crossposting on relevant topics but can someone explain why i found a thread on some kind of mad religious stuff of over a 100 posts?? Why here? Cross posting is one thing, Packing up and moving in a entire virtual communitity is another. I feel as if i was sitting chatting at the local campfire and a load of pilots whome nobody knows, arrive in , takes all the best seats, steal all the beer and starts talking about themselves! I will and have spent hours going through posts where snuffy and JK, tom B and Rhonda and Chewie, me , jimbo etc all chat back and forward about nothing very interesting - and thats ok because i know these people and even if theres no nuggests of huge information that might save my life, i know the history, backgrounds, and attitudes of the people involved and i enjoy reading it - have a look at the thread about the taliban etc - theres hundreds of messages from people i have never heard of, basically telling each other that they are c*nts! - Rhonda, thats far beyond 'the tradition of usenet'

How long are they going to be here? and when are they moving home????

Deceptive or no, how can one tell the quality of an item of safety equipment from its looks? I would be more concerned about its construction, materials, and mechanical design than on the 'silver metallic patterned' trim around the face opening.

I'm not sure what the 'mad religious stuff' is but the discussion of why our government 'allowed' or 'condoned' or even 'participated in' the events of 9/11 needed to be nipped in the bud.

They're talking to Treetop.

The thread about the Taliban properly belongs in a different newsgroup altogether. There's nothing about the Taliban that relates to skydiving.

That being said, it wasn't such a bad thing. Noise is part of the social dynamics of a group and it gives people the oppportunity to learn more about each other. On the other hand, and this is a biggie, we went from that to loon theories about 9/11 and the war. In addition, there was reference to TWA 800. As a very wise journalist I know says, 'You have to keep at these conspiracy guys, otherwise they can actually gain a foothold and do a disservice to the public.'

Well, not really. Check out soc.men and AUK, for only one example. On usenet, cross-posting is boundless.

When everyone is smart enough to trim the headers, and stop responding to the cross-posts.

Geez. What an ignorant response, Chris. I hope you put more thought into your helmet design than you put into that post. However, a brief perusal of your website would seem to indicate that you haven't.

[snip]

Doesn't that kinda depend upon whether there is a fire or not?

And it is quite interesting that many of these 'fathers' voted for and passed the Aliens and Sedition acts so it isn't exactly clear they like most speech at all, especially unpopular speech.