Remster 30 #26 July 18, 2005 You mean your plants dont really need chain blocks to be raised to the ceiling?Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #27 July 18, 2005 >You mean your plants dont really need chain blocks to be raised to the ceiling? Nope. And we really don't have ferns over the bed normally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #28 July 18, 2005 Deuce is at BillVon's and Bill and Amy are out. Remster and Karen are at BillVon's and Bill and Amy are out. Anyone seeing a pattern here? _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,588 #29 July 18, 2005 I'm starting to feel slighted. They never left ME alone in their house. But they did sleep late one morning -- does that count? Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #30 July 18, 2005 QuoteI'm starting to feel slighted. They never left ME alone in their house. But they did sleep late one morning -- does that count? Wendy W. So you did actually meet them? I was starting to wonder if Bill was a self made robot and Amy was his fembot. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #31 July 18, 2005 You could always go looking for the Lang Brewry stash..... I did really well I am down to just 4 bottles of Skydiver Blonde... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #32 July 18, 2005 >I did really well I am down to just 4 bottles of Skydiver Blonde... Best hang on to them - the Lang was sold a few days ago. It may survive in a different form, but with new owners. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #33 July 19, 2005 NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #34 July 19, 2005 QuoteNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooI second that and I've never even been there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #35 July 19, 2005 QuoteSo you did actually meet them? I was starting to wonder if Bill was a self made robot and Amy was his fembot. That would explain all the fancy electronic spare parts in the garage...Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #36 July 19, 2005 I'd just put a pair of 21" ape hangers on his BMW cruiser, chop the rear fender and take the front fender off.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #37 July 19, 2005 QuoteNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo It was sad to see The BillVon read that piece of mail. Janna's husband was talking to me Sunday about how Mad John married them in freefall as they jumped into that brewery. I think that's the same one. In the guest bedroom they had all these gun parts on this shelf. Really neato gizmos made out of really, really quality stainless steel and titanium and stuff. So I'm riding to Perris with Amy to her team's training day and I ask "Uh, was that a rifle bolt in the guest room?" and she says "No. That's a thingie I tried to put in somebodies femur during my orthopedic residency and it was the wrong size" That's just neat. BillVon is the very, very rare breed of cat to walk the walk. If everybody in the world had a house like theirs, we would save so much stuff we could just build another planet to move to it when this one gets boring. Having never lost my fascination with things cool, like wierd-looking gun parts that used to be in people's hips, you ask "Amy, what does that do? And she says "It gravity feeds the wash water to the roses." And yeah, Wendy, wandering into the backyard while Amy was off to pick up Bill and finding a climbing wall was even more cool than the battery bank thing that forces the electric company to buy power from the BillVon. "You a mountaineer?" "Yep" "Whatcher toughest climb" "Freeclimbed the Eastern side of the AB wall" "AB wall?" "You don't know what the AB wall is? The Amy-Bill wall. You f*cking poser!" I had a great weekend at Perris filming Pat McGowan with two teams, and learning from his amazing ability to teach. He is a really, really nice guy who has time for everybody, and is generous with his knowledge. My favorite quote from the whole weekend was as we were climbing to altitude in the Otter in 100-something heat was: "Why is the camera guy talking?" That and "When you are in that piece during rotation you have to be the jailhouse bitch, know what I mean?" The guy is a genius and watching him fly and esplain stuff will really help me with my teaching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #38 July 19, 2005 QuoteSo, what would you do if you were alone in BillVon's house? ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #39 July 19, 2005 Quote "Why is the camera guy talking?" Heh heh . . . trust me for 90% of all the time you spend on the plane with a 4-way team, there's just nothing to be said and nobody is going to be listening anyway. They are all in (or trying to be) in deep meditation and visualizing their skydive. The best thing you can do is not even be noticed. The only real exception is if you're the first group out and want to drop them hints as to where you are on the climb to altitude. A small sifting in your seat at 9,000 will signal "time to do gear checks" and at what you perceive to be 1 minute to jump run you might shift again to let people know to put up the back bench and take their positions. Pretty much, that's all anybody wants to hear from you if you're a camera guy shooting RW.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #40 July 19, 2005 QuoteQuote "Why is the camera guy talking?" Heh heh . . . trust me for 90% of all the time you spend on the plane with a 4-way team, there's just nothing to be said and nobody is going to be listening anyway. They are all in (or trying to be) in deep meditation and visualizing their skydive. The best thing you can do is not even be noticed. Dude, I really missed you. When the Shark or the Gypsy or the Nomad or the Vagabond or whatever they call it started up after a shut down we taxied down to the other end and the pilot was going to do a run up. One of the other team's members started to close the door. Being attentive to all the wierd local customs of dropzones that will get you yelled at and looked upon as a retard, I had earlier noticed that they leave the door open during the run up when it's hot. I said "leave it open, he's going to do a run up" Either that or I mentioned the green light was on or the red one and man, everybody started flinging poo at me. Those Perris Primates can fling some serious poo when you motivate them. My Confrontational Aspect tends to induce poo-flingage from the most docile of local jumpers. It's like every individual DZ pre-exit handshake. You do the Byron one at Perris and people think "Oh, crap, it's the gay guy from San Francisco, what the hell was THAT!" No one got hurt and on the jumps that Pat was on, I didn't bust any points, and jumping different teams counts is HARD. Fun time. If you hear of anybody who needs a 4 way flier, drop me a PM. I heard you are going to coordinate the multimedia this year. Should be cool. Edit. I KNOW! I vagabond jump a lot! They do some CRW thing at 12.5. I'm back there, put the seat up, make the belts all quiet cause that's polite, the light turns red and I don't say anything or make eye-contact with any of the Silverbacks. The light turns red and and I remain still and make no noticeably aggressive postures and don't attract the attention of the troupe. Well, the folks get out and the light remains red and I start to climb out and the hair-pulling and poo-flinging commences big-time. It was really cool. Like one of those old Samsonite commercials. The red light goes out and I go passive and they stop flinging poo. Many are actually laughing. At laughing, not with. A bit later, the lights do the same thing, I climb out this time, they get out too and "Wheeee!" we do some 4-way. None of that has anything to do with the BillVon Eco-mountain climbing house, other than they let me shower off the poo and let me drink their beer. As well Amy should have. Amy flings poo, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #41 July 19, 2005 i would have to see if he "Automatically" signs in on DZ.COMI'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
laurie 0 #42 July 19, 2005 Hey Deuce!! Sorry I didn't get to make a jump with you while you were here...I would have protected you from the "poo flingage"...lmao Ok, I probably would have joined in... It was great to see you!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #43 July 19, 2005 I think I remember a picture of some type of go cart looking thing that BV has. You should have taken that for a ride through the neighborhood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #44 July 19, 2005 QuoteI think I remember a picture of some type of go cart looking thing that BV has. You should have taken that for a ride through the neighborhood. You mean the Prius? Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #45 July 19, 2005 >trust me for 90% of all the time you spend on the plane with a >4-way team, there's just nothing to be said . . . You want to tell Don? He didn't get the memo yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #46 July 19, 2005 If given access to Castle Von Novak, I'd have to play with his moon laser. AKA, the Alan Parson's Project.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #47 July 19, 2005 >If given access to Castle Von Novak, I'd have to play with his moon laser. Only if you give me ONE MILLION DOLLARS. And I doubt the laser would be the first thing to catch your attention. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #48 July 19, 2005 QuoteQuoteI think I remember a picture of some type of go cart looking thing that BV has. You should have taken that for a ride through the neighborhood. You mean the Prius? Dude! The Prius freaking Hauls Ass! Yeah, it may get 100 mpg if you drove it like a normal person, but Amy is like Ms. NASCAR and with the batteries and the gas engine and the electrical stuff all humming that thing ROCKS. It's got a dashboard like the Enterprise, too. It's a car with Bluetooth and WiFi and GPS and chaff and flare launchers and everything. More stuff than the Mach 5. 100 mph getting 40 mpg dowloading porn. That car is cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #49 July 19, 2005 No Can Do. In the pond that recycles the heavy metals from his experiments that the clam beds detox he has a killer whale/shark hybrid. He does genetic experimentation as a side thing, I guess. Anyhow, he mounted the laser on the sharks head. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #50 July 19, 2005 QuoteOnly if you give me ONE MILLION DOLLARS. And I doubt the laser would be the first thing to catch your attention. Well, that's just my diversion while I steal access into the dungeon to get ideas for furnishing my own fully-stocked dungeon.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
