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You almost killed me!!I was drinking my coffee when I read your list. Yup, I inhaled it instead. Dang! coffee?? How can you not love/like coffee?? How can you not like/love brownies? I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

You don't want to rent the jump suit any longer than you have to. The AFFI will probably make you rent the jump suit. Then you end up smelling like AFF student. A piquant mixture of fear, urine, sweat and avgas that is unmistakable as the garish colors the jumpsuits usually are (So the entire load is aware that you're a student.) I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Durian. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Here let me get that clicky for you. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

If you're talking about that company that made that flight HUD thing Jeb was pitching, it wasn't really a HUD. You had to glance down and to the right to see the screen. It wasn't really an overlay. AFAIK google glass is essentially the same. You still have to take your attention away from what you're doing to use it. I'm looking for something more like Terminator-vision. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

So what you're saying is the police think you're a bisexual polygamist? I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

As the others have said, use the DZ gear for training and get your own once your training's done. Much easier that way. Your dropzone might have a gear guy who can help you find some deals. If it doesn't, you can still talk to packers, riggers, and other skydivers to get an idea of what you'll be looking for in a rig. If you buy online, make sure the seller will ship to your DZ's rigger for an inspection before you buy. This is standard practice for buying gear and if they're not willing to do it, I'd assume they're trying to put one over on you. Also make sure to get serial numbers on all the parts, which you can verify against the various stolen gear databases and with your rigger to make sure they didn't lie to you about any of them. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yeah, I reckon I put about $20K into my first year. Once you get all the gear and training out of the way, it doesn't cost as much, but it's still pretty pricey. I hope it works out for you! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Dunno what the big hurry was anyway. I've gotten 25 seconds of freefall in on a hop and pop. Admittedly ground speed was slow as hell that day and we were somewhere north of 8K by the time we got to the mid-field spot I wanted to get out over! Come back in a couple dozen jumps once your exits are stable and try again! Hop and pops are pretty nice once you get over being freaked out because you're jumping from the altitude you're used to pulling at from your training. I've been using them to practice my gainer exit and cleaning up my pattern lately. Mmm don't do 25 seconds of freefall though... Once your exits are stable you actually can deploy as quickly as you tried to if you want to. I do that from 12-13K on a regular basis. I'm a high pull fiend and seem to end up doing at least one a week in the summer. There's nothing quite like riding down after getting in the saddle by 12500 feet. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I've wanted some augmented reality skydiving goggles for a while now. If I could float my altitude and heading over my field of vision, I'd never actually have to look at my altimeter. That Flight Gear thing Jeb was pushing a while back falls way short. When I searched for augmented reality displays 10 years ago, I got about the same results as I do now -- a few companies experimenting with them and no one actually has a product. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Shh! Blah! Now EVERYONE will want one! _> I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

You want to do some research on the dropzone you're going to anyway, so why not? It's probably not a good idea to go halfway across the world with your rig without any idea what you're getting into. At a minimum I'd ask around here about a dropzone I was planning to travel to, and contact the dropzone by phone or E-Mail prior to planning my vacation there. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Barak Obama and Tom Hanks appeared in The Road We've Traveled. Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon appeared in Apollo 13. With a Bacon number of 2, of course he's going to show up everywhere! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Huh? Since when is a pastor's opinion on this important? The object is to seek wise counsel. I always recommend three sources if they are available. He might actually have some useful input on the subject. Leviticus 15 and all that. Ya'all gonna be bringing him a lot of turtledoves. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I'm all for not vaccinating! We haven't had a good die-off really since the black death! Shutting down the herd immunity and going back to most people dying before they're 40 will do wonders for the overpopulation problem! And think of how much it will save social security! Oh yeah, I'm also evil. Dunno if I mentioned it... I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I don't think we sell less than a 250 km chunk and it'll cost you at least 4 digits for that. As far as I know, no satellite provider in the USA can sell a resolution better than 50cm -- one pixel is half a meter. For your application, you may want to see if you can get some aerial imaging company to set you up with the area you're interested in. It'd probably cost less and they can sell higher resolutions. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Nerves maybe, or distractions. Do you go over your gear when everyone starts putting their helmets on, and do it the same way every time? Watch other skydivers, a lot of them check their handles and straps several times on the way up. When everyone's putting their helmets on you probably still have a minute or two to make sure you're in order. Check your handles, make sure all your gear is where it's supposed to be, make sure you're in order for the jump. I nearly forgot my altimeter once when someone asked me a question while I was getting my gear together. Boy would THAT have been embarrassing. Fortunately I realized it while we were getting on the trailer and was able to run back for it. Until you have the whole checklist firmly in your head, try not to allow others to distract you when you're gearing up and on the plane. For those few minutes until you have your feet back on the ground, nothing is so important as making sure your jump is safe, and that warrants your full attention. Especially, turn off the phone. Can't tell you why you turned low. Why did you turn low? Were there obstacles before then, did you lose altitude awareness? Would you have been better off not turning and doing a PLF on landing? It takes a while to get your pattern dialed in. Talk to an instructor or maybe see if you can find someone to give you some canopy coaching, if it's really giving you trouble. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Oh yeah, I've seen a lot of not-very-pretty exits from 5500, you know, that early on you haven't had a lot of opportunity to practice a stable exit on your own. Mine wasn't very pretty either, as I recall. It didn't take very many jumps for them to get stable. I saw one guy dive out with his ass to the relative wind, it's pretty easy to get tipped over if you do something like that. A few jumps after the hop and pop I wanted to get stable in a hurry because I wanted to do some flips in freefall and the plane was a bit low (8 grand to avoid clouds.) That was the first exit where I felt the relative wind grab hold of me and try to spin me toward the tail as I made my exit. I knew if I let it, I'd end up tumbling, which wasn't the kind of flip I wanted to do! So I just steered back into wind -- flew my exit, really for the first time, and came off the hill thinking "Oh! That's how that's really supposed to work!" Funnily enough, I feel like the coaches provided enough of a distraction that I wasn't able to give some elements of my skydives full consideration. Once I was left to my own devices, I was able to think about the aspects of my skydive that we'd been glossing over in order to achieve our objectives. Just keep at it! It'll click in no time! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Man drinks like that is gonna die. Best- Richard Eat right, exercise, die anyway. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I liked Left Hand's Fade to Black in seasons 2 and 3 (Smoked Porter and Smoked Chili Porter respectively.) Season 4 was a rye porter and quite possibly the nastiest thing I've ever put in my mouth (And I've tasted natto.) Horin Geikkan Sake is high on my list. Serve it cold and it's like drinking velvet. Fans of good vodka may appreciate it. It's not too expensive either. Pretty much any unfiltered wheat beer also works. I got one in Austria some years ago that was awesome. If I could get the wheat beer from Austria and the bratwurst from the Amtrack station in Chicago in one location, I'm pretty sure I could make a million dollars... I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Not a bloody chance Actually I've got a question: Do the people who build structures over there have as little sense as they do here? It's like they thought air conditioning was a fad and wouldn't catch on, so almost no homes have central AC, but some have the big ugly aftermarket ones in the wall. Ugh, don't get me started on that. When I moved to Colorado everyone told me you didn't need central air. Then that July it hit 8 million degrees. And every July since has been the same way! The wall unit I suffered with in Lafayette would pop the circuit breaker after about 20 minutes of running, too. When I moved, central air was at the top of my list. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I found Oregon to be fairly cool but I like to pump my own gas. I don't recall stopping at a gas station where there was much of a value add. At least back in the day they'd check your oil and squeegee your windows while the gas was pumping. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I don't see the point in going somewhere where the heat will turn my testicles into lumps of silly putty. I really don't want to see the cartoon when I peel them off my thigh :-P I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Wander by the dropzone and ask to borrow a rig so you can try some practice touches. If you can do them standing, see if they have something you can lay on so you can try them in the position you'd be in while in freefall. If your shoulder can't bear it, you may still be able to talk a rigger into making alternate arrangements for you. That may limit you to doing static line training, though (Not sure an AFF instructor would want to mess with your alternate arrangements.) Tunnel time should show you if you can hold an arch for a minute at a time. If you can do it in the tunnel for 2 minutes, you can do it in the sky for 1. All things altitude related get easier as you gain confidence in your gear and abilities. When that happens, you'd much rather be outside the plane than in. We all start out afraid of the door, we all get over that. How quickly it happens seems to vary by person. The pilot on a load I was with this weekend turned the light red to do another pass as we were getting out, and everyone just climbed back in, including the guy on the camera step. Climbing around on a flying plane like a freaking spider monkey is one of the cooler things you get to do in this sport (OK, so I'm easily amused.) I don't know about your kite, but I did tandem hang gliding lessons in the '90's and found flying a canopy to be a whole lot easier. Trying to move the mass of two people to get the glider to turn was a pretty big effort. I was honestly surprised the first time I pulled down on a toggle and the canopy just turned. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

The fashion-police want to confiscate your ninja boots and leather trench-coat though. It's for your own good I'm afraid. I'm SO having the leatherworker in downtown Longmont make me a matching leather jumpsuit for next winter! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?