Your tax dollars at work

[RedBull 0]

There's a holiday party going on here in the office -- it's been impossible to get any work done for the last hour and a half. Earlier there was talking, milling around, praying, eating and even babies here. Now they're having a rather loud gift exchange. These Pentagon/Air Force employees are engaged in this silliness on your dime, and mine.
I'm a contractor and I work by the hour. I can either 1) lie on my invoice about my work hours, or 2) be honest and then send a bill to Jesus for my lost time. (I know he has the money; I've seen the Vatican)
Ya think he'd pay up?
I am amused by the simplicity of this game. Bring me your finest meats and cheeses.

[freeflir29 0]

That's one thing I do miss about the Air Force. Coming up with new excuses to throw a Kegger at the shop on Friday/Holiday afternoons. Oh......and jumping beer onto the DZ........"Carb Heat On....Carb Heat On.....Carb Heat On..."-Phil Polstra Clay

[SpeedRacer 1]

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and jumping beer onto the DZ........

Please explain how you did this?
Speed Racer
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork from my lunch?!
-WC Fields

[freeflir29 0]

"Please explain how you did this?"
1 Large green ruck sack.
2 cases almost frozen beer.
1 T-10 parachute system with MIRPS reserve
1 dumbass Air Force guy willing to jump out of a C-130 with only a T-10 between him and certain death.
Put 2 cases beer into ruck. Strap ruck to parachute system via single point release harness. Exit aircraft. Use slack in lowering line to try and cushion beers impact with the earth. Hold on to your ass for impact immediately following ruck/beer. If you aren't completely crippled by T-10 crash open beer and drink until unable to feel pain from PLF. "Carb Heat On....Carb Heat On.....Carb Heat On..."-Phil Polstra Clay

[jfields 0]

Whiner. T-10s aren't that bad. Still, the beer after landing wouldn't hurt..... Justin
My Homepage

[freeflir29 0]

"Whiner. T-10s aren't that bad"
How much do you weigh? Without equipment. At 195 lbs before I even put the rig on.....I came down like a rock. We had several people in my last unit that outweighed me by 75-80Lbs. I felt really sorry for them. Plus, they were WAY over the 365 lbs max for the static line with equipment. On a light equipment day I usually came in around 340-350 lbs. It's no wonder they have broken static line accidents every so often.
"Carb Heat On....Carb Heat On.....Carb Heat On..."-Phil Polstra Clay

[wingnut 0]

all i have to say is this..... look at my posts and at chuck blues posts.... that is your tax dollars at work right there... as i write this on my payed vacation i feel content knowing that it is your and my tax dollars letting me write these posts......lol .... and ask me how often i have posted from work????? oh never i swear!!!!!
clay,
please tell me that kind of thing still goes on!!!!!!! i'l volunteer to jump the beer!!!!! i'll use my sport rig with the beer tied to my legstraps!!!!!!

"up my noooossseee"- wingnut, at first euro dz.com boogie

[jfields 0]

Clay, I've gone out of 130s and 141s with an exit weight over 320 on T-10s. You just need to know how to fall. Do you need remedial PLF training? I'm sure Slappie could teach you.
Justin
My Homepage

[freeflir29 0]

"please tell me that kind of thing still goes on!!!!!!"
It depends on who you are.....where you work....and how big your cajones are. Most of the time it's sort of a "Don't tell the adult supervision" type thing...."Carb Heat On....Carb Heat On.....Carb Heat On..."-Phil Polstra Clay

[freeflir29 0]

"Do you need remedial PLF training?"
Nahhh...I PLF very well. Otherwise I wouldn't have gone 72 jumps with no more serious injury than cuts (landed in concertina wire on Luzon), scrapes, some twisted knees, and one light concussion. (Landed backwards on Holland falling like a rock. One of those jumps in the dark where you hear your ruck hit like a brick.....Ahhhhh this is gonna hurt) I do recall one or two really soft landings. One I flew that T-10 perfectly. Just missed a dirt taxi way on Luzon by 3 ft. Caught the thermal coming off it and stood up the landing. The other was on the tundra in Alaska. I spent the last 100 Ft turning...looking for the wind. It was 180 deg off from altitude. I thought I was gonna pound because I had the right toggle down and didn't let it up until about 20 ft. I was very suprised that it set me down ever so softly. Of course, the matress like tundra helped too. So, all the landings weren't bad.....just most of them. I'll take my PD anyday!!!! "Carb Heat On....Carb Heat On.....Carb Heat On..."-Phil Polstra Clay

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

You "killers" are slaying me!
Chuckie
My webpage HERE

[freeflir29 0]

"killers"
Hey...I prefer the term "6 Beer hero"
"Carb Heat On....Carb Heat On.....Carb Heat On..."-Phil Polstra Clay

[Aviatrr 0]

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You just need to know how to fall.

I've seen Clay land....trust me, he knows how to fall......not gracefully, but he knows how to fall..
Mike

[freeflir29 0]

"not gracefully, but he knows how to fall.. "
Yeah......draggin a toe!!!!!
"Carb Heat On....Carb Heat On.....Carb Heat On..."-Phil Polstra Clay