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you are weird... but not because your a guy that loves to cook btw... Andyman is a great cook!!! (from what I know/hear). There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

what's that suppose to mean? us German's don't have much of a sense of humor, so you have to explain yourself - please.

wet There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

I think that Buffay... a second cousin or something There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Sorry for making fun of names, but I got a laugh off it.... (from my co-worker) >Now that Uday & Qusay have been eliminated, a lot of the lesser-known >family members are coming to the attention of American authorities. > >Among the brothers: > >Sooflay ............the restauranteur >Guday...............the half-Australian brother >Huray...............the sports fanatic >Sashay..............the gay brother >Kuntay &Kintay.....the twins from the African mother >Sayhay..............the baseball player >Ojay................the stalker/murderer >Gulay...............the singer/entertainer >Ebay................the internet czar >Biliray.............the country music star >Ecksray.............the radiologist >Puray...............the blender factory owner >Regay...............the half-Jamaican brother >Tupay...............the one with bad hair > >Among the sisters: > >Lattay..............the coffee shop owner >Bufay...............the 300 pound sister >Dushay..............the clean sister >Phayray.............the zoo worker in the gorilla house >Sapheway............the grocery store owner >Ollay...............the half-mexican sister >Gudlay..............the prostitute > >And Finally: > >There is Oyvay .......... but the family doesn't like to talk about him >much There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

huh? Are you sure it was me? I never slept during the day and not much during the night. I was usually one of the first dz.commers to be jumping in the morning. So I am not sure what you are talking about oops... i'm so bad w/ names - wasn't you. sorry bad pointing finger, bad! There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Since I was a little girl about 5 yrs old, I wanted to jump off everything. houses, cliffs, antenna, school bldgs, anything. When we went hiking, my parents would tye a rope round my waiste cause I would climb over & hang off the safty bars. Once I stacked leaves about 4 ft high under my fav tree & jumped into them from almost 2 stories high in the tree... leaves DO NOT cushin landings (much)!! When I was about 10 I realized people ACTUALLY DID THAT STUFF, they really jumped from everything. it only took me 27 years to finally get here. I skydive, but am a BASE jumper in training. perhaps by the time i'm 30 i'll actually get to the place i've always belonged. launching myself off a fixed point, pilot chute in hand - YAHOO!! There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

hey, I was suppose to do a jump w/ you as well skydekker, but everytime i went by the tent you was SLEEPIN!! There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

sorry, no suggestions. other than do not buy the MTV yoga vid. it's ok, but VERY short & only gets about half the work out stretch then stops. kinda like almost reaching o. & haveing someone walk into the room. i took classes for a while & now do some stuff on my own. but i can't get enough of a stretch going to get into some of my fav positions. i wish there was a yoga section @ blockbuster or something so they could be tried before buying. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

I stopped by the tent a few times & met some lovely people. But I know there were a bunch more there. @ the beer tent I kept looking around wondering if the people I was seeing I might know from here. I met Riddler because I recognized his avitar.... I suggested before WFFC some kind of marker so people could know who we are. I have my own pic as my avitar for that reason. I could have stood right next to you SkymonkeyONE & never knew it was you. Just found out that one poster was @ the Muff Bros tent all week & I was @ the AFF tent right next to it - could have met him, but didn't know. I agree that mingling is the best way, but I asked about 10 people in casual conversation if they were on dz.com & got negative responses each time. What's a girl to do? There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Count me in on the L2 PARTY!!! Whoohooo, glad I learned to free fly recently - big way here we come. Now we know why Skymama got here special D license # Guess I killed too many kittens in my time- oh, well... i'll repent, but do it again - hehehe But it also says i'm Moderatly Violent (L7) & Fraudulent (L8)... so I may take some roadtrips, anyone care for a 'ride'? There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Seems like no matter where in Chicagoland I live it takes about an hour, esp since dzs are normally in BFE. My home, Chicagoland is about 40 min... Listening to yall, I feel bad for complaining about the 1hr 10min drive to visit Skydive Chicago last weekend; Or the 1.5 hrs to East Troy or to Millennium - all turbine - who knew living in Chicagoland area was the right place for skydiving. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Vallerina... welcome to the wonderful world of yoga!!! You're getting enough good advice in here so I'm not going to chime in - but it's a wonderful, wonderful exercise!! Oh the positions the body can do. Another version I like which involves some deeper stretching & a lot of balance is Vinyasa (sp?) - that's my fav - just don't really know the diff. between that & Ashtanga. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

"by the power of Grayskull invested in me, I Have The POWER!!!!" Heman And the Cat one... "Thunder Thunder....THUNDER CATS" Thundercats - hoooo!!! whoohooo 2 of my favs, also Transformers & the Jetson's i wanna watch those again!! I want my flying car & I want it now!! There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

I agree Wendy. Kinda a 'why bother' attitude. Sure, health is one reason to get fit, but it's so internal - unless a real effort is made so you actually look fit - the results not as instantly gratifying. You can't wear a sign stating that 'you may think i'm big but here's my before pic' - doesn't work. People are beautiful no matter what their size, but sometimes the most wonderful people are overlooked because of it. I wish I could skip from my size down to a 6 or 8 - it's the between that's the hardest work & the least rewarding. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

hey hey Riddler... didn't see you after that one jump 'together'. Yah, I didn't land on the Football field 3 times either - i mean really nice perfectly mowed green slice of grass. Very friendly locals stopped by to let us know that there was a game on sunday. I thougth about goin for my demo rating a bit early. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

um, go fly a kite? There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Bill, thanks for the offer, would love to get to MN sometime & now there's a reason. Skydiving is like having family in every state - I LOVE IT. You just may see me up there sometime. And it's true it does come back around. I don't know if I'm w/ my current s/o because he offered to video & jump w/ me or because he's such a super duper great guy - well, prob option 1 happened because of option 2, so both... but I digress. As a new skydiver, I would like to thank all you that take time & have honest good fun in the air w/ the newbies. Now that I sit solidly, I love going up w/ a coach helping a new freeflier - it's fun learn to control my own fall rate & try to catch up to them as the backslide. There is an oppertunity to learn everywhere, you just have to be willing to look. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

reserve out of date forgot, now it is too late oh, what to do now There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

not gonna jinx myself... There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Allouette (sp?) - great fun, huh? There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

{prayers} (vibes) [healing thoughts] you certainly do need to stay strong for your mom - get rest!! mom's always are worrying for their children, ease her mind by staying healthy. Sucks when good people get knocked down. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

This society is an odd one. It is correct that a majority of Americans are overweight & should loose some excess fat for health reasons. However, we constantly have the media throwing pictures like this in our face. I'd love to have that woman's current ass - however, shed that "excess 10 lbs" & I think she'd be too thin. In HS I fought to be thin, modeling only allows 18 g of fat & under 1100 calories/ day. I'd eat 1 candy bar & then veggies - once a week splurging on a burger or the like (but no candy that day). I don't remember being hungry, but that's prob how I survived it. Currently I'm not 'fat' however I often feel obese & want to hide under big huge clothes but get yelled at for mentioning how I'm feeling; so I've resigned to saying I'm pleasantly rounded. I can eat what I want when I want & don't really have to work @ it. However, I do fit in that 'should lose 15+ lbs' category along w/ a large % of our population. Just have to decide what to sacrifice, good/great tasty food or looking what the media considers fantastic. [shrug] guess if i could pick one & stick w/ it - life'd be much more pleasurable. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Great advice!! Rehmwa - I wish more experienced teams would do this. I can only imagine how much I'd learn on such a dive & certainly it must benefit the experienced divers as well. Thank you everyone for continually bumping up these posts!! There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Actually, Skymama, my dz runs the AFF tent & the guy that owns the Cingular bldg was doing AFF all week long - very cool!! There was also a guy that last jumped in the late 60's as well as a coupla other old timers that hadn't jumped since squares came out or anything other than SL in the Army years ago. It was really cool to see their enjoyment & how the instructors had to meld their teaching style to each student. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)