FliegendeWolf

How you doin'? BTW, perhaps we should add Listening to Opera here! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Me? I'm holding down the fort in Southeastern Michigan. And hating it. Nothing but overcast skies all weekend. Fuckers...there should be a law against bad weather on a three-day weekend... A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Yesterday I received this beautiful handmade card from Pat and Bev Weir, Holly Kish's mother and stepfather. As it is addressed to all of us, I wanted to post it to make sure you all got a chance to see it. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Oooh oooh ... Schenkerian analysis of tonal music!! I hereby nominate myself as resident dz.com expert on Schenkerian analysis. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Wilson? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

I don't think this is a bad idea at all. I have done all of my jumps out of a Caravan except for my AFF VI, which I did out of a 182 and it is kind of complicated to get into position. One thing that's nice about floating exits in a Caravan is that you never really have to look down after you spot-you swing out and let go. In the 182, you have to look down to find the step, look down to find the strut to grab, and look down as you count off. It can be really easy for your head to mess with you about this - you are really completely outside of the plane for several seconds before you leap. The nice thing about all this, however, is that in that position your body is already presenting to the relative wind, so all you need to do is step back and arch - no turning or anything like that. At any rate, it could be a confidence booster to have an instructor walk you through the exit rather than having to figure it out on your own. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Ha! I've got you beat! I was a virgin birth. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Tristan und Isolde is hands down my favorite! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Ask the people who voted for option 2. I voted option 1.

OK, one of my guilty pleasures - I absolutely love Richard Wagner's operas. I just got finished listening to a compilation of orchestral music from The Ring and can't get enough (sure, the CDs of the complete operas would be better, but that's probably overload). Anyone else here a fan? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Four weeks since last jump Itching to fly this weekend Damn Michigan skies! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Well, I have the phone number of a good overweight hypnotist you could call. Do you want me to set up an appointment for you for tonight? All joking aside, that really sucks, Steve, but if Colorado's forecast looks anything like Michigan's you ain't gonna miss much. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

I always punched in: Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start And it worked fine for me A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

I can just see it now: You pick the lock to put the snacks back in and someone walks up and busts you for stealing! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Well, I think the excitement of the smoke and flames plus the excitement of getting to look at my Visa bill that much would be too much for my heart! I think I'll play it safe and keep skydiving as my expensive hobby. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Ass Frogger...Hmmm A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

When I walked into the hobby shop (actually, this place specializes in rocketry) last week, I was blown away by the amount of big stuff they had in there. The flagship of the collection was a kit with a cardboard tube about one foot in diameter and twelve feet tall. I asked the shopkeeper about the rocket and me told me it runs on N engines (like yourself, I didn't realize engines went that big-when I stopped launching a few years ago, I thought that E was the biggest engine...it's the biggest one that Estes makes, anyway). I asked him about N engines and he said that they are refillable, and that to fill the engine with enough propellant for one launch could easily run $600-$800! I spent the rest of the day flabbergasted by that... and I thought that $20 to 13K was expensive... A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Ouch... Care to expound? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

I've done plenty of surfing about rocketry lately, so I've seen a lot of clubs for high powered rocketry (one not too far from me, actually...I think I'll head on out for one of their launches). I wonder if I'm ready to move into that what with the cost (I'm still on student status looking for a rig) as well as the amount of space required to launch big rockets. Also, the other thing I like about the Estes kits are their nontraditional recovery systems, like this one. Do you get this sort of thing in high powered rocketry? BTW, what's the difference between Tripoli and NAR? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

I second the Tiramisu vote A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

I spent last week visiting my parents in Connecticut. While I was there, my mother gave me the ultimatum: either take my shit or it gets thrown out. So I spent a lot of time sorting through desk drawers and my closet. I threw out most of the stuff, but I found my old model rockets. I was so excited, and was ready to take them to the field and launch them. However, over the past 8 or 9 years, they all managed to get damaged-fins missing, body tubes squashed, etc. I thought-no problem-I can pick up a model kit or two and be ready to launch in no time. Then I looked at my launch system which was in shambles as well. The only things I had left (and I figure these are probably the best things to have left over) were engines, igniters, and wadding. So I trucked to the hobby shop and picked up another Estes starter set. I put the rockets together and launched them and had a great time, but I got the sense that the company has changed a great deal since the last time I interacted with them (which was sometime around 1996). In 1998, I guess they acquired Cox, so they began selling a lot of RC planes and the like, but it seems like they've really scaled back on their advanced rocketry kits while pushing starter sets and ready-to-fly rockets. Also, they used to have a quarterly newsletter that they sent to their customers including news and plans for non-stock rockets. I haven't been able to find this. Lastly, they used to sell directly to the customer, and it doesn't look like they do this with the exception of very few pieces of merchandise-mostly airplanes. Are there any model rocket enthusiasts here who have been active recently? Have you noticed a decline in Estes's customer relations? Are any of the other companies worth looking into? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

Well, that's good to hear.

Christ! Were any of those cars yours? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

In the words of Billy Joel, "The good old days weren't all that good; tomorrow's not as bad as it seems." A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

I'm not a beautiful woman, so I won't say "Clerks." A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All