riggerrob 643 #1 March 7, 2003 Hee! Hee! The first snow of the year - in Pitt Meadows - arrived just in time the Canadian Sports Parachuting Association's Annual General Meeting. Hee! Hee! And delegates thought they were coming to sunny Vancouver! Hah! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #2 March 7, 2003 Ha! It was minus 50 celsius this morning in Saskatoon with the wind chill. (-58f) For anybody from the rest of Canada Pitt will seem almost tropical.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #3 March 7, 2003 ha-ha, can't wait for doogie to come home... he'll be just livid! he's been talking about jumping out there for a couple of months now."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #4 March 7, 2003 Quote Hee! Hee! The first snow of the year - in Pitt Meadows - arrived just in time the Canadian Sports Parachuting Association's Annual General Meeting. Hee! Hee! And delegates thought they were coming to sunny Vancouver! Hah! the little dusting we got you call snow?? I drove into richmond airport at 7 a.m. and saw 3 flakes in Van....ahh, Sat./Sun. should be fine (speedstars???) Smiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dterrick 0 #5 March 8, 2003 Quote Ha! It was minus 50 celsius this morning in Saskatoon with the wind chill. (-58f) For anybody from the rest of Canada Pitt will seem almost tropical. -- No, The Bay Area San Fransisco seems tropical. It's 6:15 ayem and I'm out the door to Hollister to do 18k jumps on USPA safety day. Beers for DZ, a/c, jumping in foreign country. Damn I'm not looking forward to my return to WinnipegDave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #6 March 8, 2003 Dave, Stay down south for a few more days if you can...this cold is going to last until next Wednesday...and then the forecast is for plus 12...a swing of 50 degrees celsius! We might have to fire up the old Cessna for a couple of loads if that comes to pass.hey, enjoy those high altitude dives!!Blue skies and -38,-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #7 March 8, 2003 It's snowing here in Victoria this saturday morning ... oh well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #8 March 9, 2003 Sunday morning after the AGM snow still carpets the ground, but now it is raining heavily. Some much for the plans about a Board of Directors freefall formation! Unfortunately I was too busy packing reserves to sit through boring meetings. Fortunately the AGM banquet turned into a pretty good party! CSPA's new President (Pierre-what's-his-name-from Quebec) and Vice-President (Brian-what's-his-name-from-Manitoba) were introduced. Speeches were blessedly brief and they handed out stacks of awards including the Glenn Masterson Memorial Trophy for "jumping since dirt runways were invented" to Dr. Tony Mercer who has served on more CSPA committees than most of us can spell. Past President Mary Watson and her husband Ken were both honoured along with past Coaching Committee chair Dr. Tom Pfeiffer and Joe Ablitt who has served on the competition committee for longer than anyone can remember. Numerous awards for long-time CSPA membershiop, thousands of jumps and too many hours of freefall were awarded to various smiling attendees.. By the time they pinned all my awards on me, I looked like a Russian general, with tiny gold pins for a total of: 15 years, 36 hours of freefall and 4,000 jumps. Procrastination on paperwork finally paid off! Hee! Hee! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #9 March 9, 2003 Rob,Congratulations on the milestone awards. I'm glad to see Tony recognized in such a significant manner ... very well deserved.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanEHdian 0 #10 March 9, 2003 QuoteCSPA's new President (Pierre-what's-his-name-from Quebec) and Vice-President (Brian-what's-his-name-from-Manitoba) were introduced. Pierre Carpentier??? CanEHdian (edit = and yes, congrats to all of the recognized Canucks for their achievements!)Time's flying, and so am I... (69-way, 108-way and 138/142-way Freefly World Records) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #11 March 11, 2003 Congrats on your achievement's, Rob! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
