Billy

LOL!! Otay,, Not ta be whoarin around or anything,, but with 206 I figured I gotta,, just ta get back ta the first page!! So Clay,, ring a bell?? Jumped with an X-Golden Knight this Summer who know's these guys and the stories they tell bust my Cajones,, and scare the crap outta me!! But I also trusted them with my sweetys' first tandem and when old enough ta take my daughter on her first jump,, Crabtree Rocks!!

Thanks Prost,, 204 in almost a friggin year,,, man that's lame,,

How can ya tell how many posts ya've made?? not that I'm gonna whore myself ta get up a notch on the bedpost,, just curious,,,

Otay Wingster,, keep in touch,, and have fun in Fla!! Hey Clay I spoke today with my ol JM,, he remembers "Q" an told me several stories,, he saw him lose his finger when a ring on his lil finger caught on a truck leaving tendons an nerves dangling,, caught fire to his head trying ta light a diesel stove with white gas,, and sumthin about a big bug in his ear and a cat clinging to his chest in the middle a the night,,, sound like the same guy to ya??

I always make a point ta thank any vet/military I see,, I consider myself and friends fortunate to have been a lil young at the time of the Vietnam draft,, I remember when they did the "lotto" I would have been amoung the first ta go had I been a year or so older,, After Colledge I wanted ta be an AF pilot,, but had a DUI and they told me I couldn't,, but could be a co-pilot,, I was like,, F@ck you,, I can tellem where ta go but can't fly?!!? Many a my HS friends went military and either loved or hated it,, my JM's are all military,, my Dad was military,, again I feel fortunate ta never have witnessed first hand that fate,, and will always feel compasion and praise for those who have,,,

Maybe I should post a thread "Hay Asshole!!" and see if Wingnut replies?? Did I spell Hay wrong?? May would work for him then??,, maybe,,, how long is Survival school?? Hell half the folks I jump with are survival instructors,, maybe we could just snatch his ass and take him ta Canada!! he wouldn't be MIA would he?? Just "lost in the friggin woods"...we could drop him off on the way back,, wandering into a local tavern all disoriented just giving the cops his name, rank and USPA license #,,,,

Just watched this video,, put out by Jaguar Home Video and sumthin ta do with Declassified films,, was new at the local Vid store,, so if we have it in Spokane should be out there also,, had ta do with the developement of military ejection seats,, the final 10 mins was Joe Kittingers record jump,, lotsa of 1960 era film,, did ya know he had on 150lbs of long underware,, I know it's not a Norm Kent film but was interesting,, and you military folk probably seen alot of it in training films,, worth checkin out on a cold rainy Pacific Northwest kinda day....

You still coming to Fairchild for survival shit?? When?? Lookin at gettin folks from here together and heading up to Kamloops BC towards the end a May for a boogie there,, interested??

LOL!! Too much fun,,, and much better than the pict in Parachutist!!

It's Ok FFF,, Really,,, ya live long enough it can happen,, Congrats!! BEER!! As far as the topic goes,, I seen kids from the best family do bad,, and kids from the worst situations do really well,, count your blessings Sweety,, They will alway's need a loving family member and sounds like ya met that need!! BIG OL PAT ON THE BACK AND HUG!! (as I wipe a tear from my eye...) Kids,, the lil Fu*#ers!! Too bad they don't stay cute & cuddly,, Like Puppies and Kittens! Butt NO!! They have ta grow up and become teenagers,, puberty,, "like Whatever!!" Ohhh geeze,, I sound like my parents!! I do feel for this kids family,, I'm sure they are asking themselves the same questions,,,

OH NO!! Not that age think again,, Mentally?? Physically?? Or Years spent spinning around El Sol??

I know you folks have had bad weather,, like a lil snow an freezin ass temps,, couldn't jump,, stuck in the house cuz ya din't have 4WD,, kids were home cuz schoools closed,, butt I had ta pass this along anyway,, don't get pissed otay,, I'm already sorry!! Did you hear about the guy from Alabama who passed away and left his entire estate to his beloved widow? But she can't touch it 'til she's 14. How do you know when you're staying in a Kentucky hotel? When you call the front desk and say, "I gotta leak in my sink," and the front desk replies, "Go ahead." How can you tell if a Tennessee redneck is married? There is dried tobacco juice on both sides of his pickup truck. Did you hear that they have raised the minimum drinking age in West Virginia to 32? It seems they want to keep alcohol out of the high schools. What do they call a rerun of "Hee Haw" in Alabama? Documentaries. Where was the toothbrush invented? Mississippi. If it was invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teethbrush. A Georgia State trooper pulls over a pickup on I-75 and says to the driver, "Got any I.D.?" "Bout wut?" Did you hear about the $3 million Arkansas State Lottery? The winner gets $3 a year for a million years. Did you hear that the governor's mansion in Alabama burned down? Yep. Pert' near took out the whole damn trailer park. The library was a total loss, too. Both books -- poof! -- up in flames, and he hadn't even finished coloring one of them. A new law recently passed in West Virginia: When a couple gets divorced, they're STILL brother and sister.

Hay Harro,, Nice of ya ta offer ta show her around!! Aliala both have advantages & disadvantages for ya first jump,, tandem would be cheaper, with AFF youll be flying solo after the chute opens being talked down by a radio,, still about a mile up,, you would enjoy both,, whichever ya decide be sure ta get video of it!!

Any carbonated beverage gases will expand,, so we would have ta ban Soda,, and BEER,, like thats gonna happen!! So ya it's rude, and most are proud of the one's that water your eye's,, jus tell'm "Good Push" and "Now,, get the hell out!!

Congrats Dove!! I was wondering what you were sitting on in the add!! Nice smile!! Guy I work with is gonna be an EMS Supervisor there,, I'm jealous of both a ya's!! Enjoy!! And of Lummy and LilJumper!! Great place ta go skiing!! Been ta Snowbird, Deer Park, and Cat skiing near by,, AWEWSOME!! Hope ya'll can get together at some point and have BEER!!

Hay No shit!! If 80 y/o Women can climb Mt McKinley,, and 60+ y/o Blind men can Skydive,, and Picaboo Street can still race Downhill,, then it's all up ta you ain't it!!,, Otay Lil story,, last load on 1-1-02,, gettin late,, ATC says get out now,, 6000ft,, 3 jumpers hopnpop,, #1 is out,, #2 jumps,, #3 waits 5secs and jumps,, #2 is under canopy at 3k and see's #3 in FF,, good separation,, but blows by and is under canopy at 2K,,, gave me goosebumps ta see him that close in FF and under canopy 1000ft below me!! Sweet Dreams B

Thanks Frank,, Hope ta see ya there! Hay Sis,, what's not enough?? The sex or the jumps?? sounds like ya made major improvements in both!! I recall when we would post at the end a the weekend what our stats were?? Last week,, 2:3:0... although I do like all the diiferant categorgies proposed in this post,,,, B

Hay Frank,,,, What are the dates for the Kamloops Boogie?? May still try and get a group from Spokane ta come up,,,, me,, maybe 76 jumps last year,, considering the weather here thats not bad is it???

Lisa,, Excellant Article!! My original JM's still keeps tabs on me ( OK chew my ass when I open low etc..) and when a rig possibillity opened up I made sure they gave me an opinion on the set up before I bought it,, good ratio,, quality etc,, so I feel I have a safe rig for someone with only,, well 96 jumps now,, I can taste the PIE!! Congrats!! PS,, Read this in the paper one day,,, A 47 y/o man died from injuries he suffered after jumping from a 4 story building into the lake today,, the guys' last name... "Plopper".. alcohol was suspected to be involved....

Definately push for your A license!! I was in a similiar situation last year,, family in Tucson, Phoenix, and gonna visit for Christmas,, barely got the 20 in, tested and mailed in the app before leaving,, USPA,, the gal that does the licensing,, can't remember her name now but,, even tho she had a bad cold,, piles of shit everywhere,, a Friday afternoon right before Christmas,, dug through the mess till she found my app and then faxed a note to me letting the DZ's know that I was an A license holder on official USPA letterhead,, that and my log book was my ticket,, Eloy was intimidating to me with so few jumps,, but was worth the look and folks were friendly,, yea Coolidge ya might enjoy more,, smaller facility but Mike Mullins King Air would b treat for ya ta jump outta!! Good luck and Blue Skies!!

You all just made my day!! Friend of mine watched the Lost Praire 2001 Boogie video,, a scene where a raft dive goes back up into the CASA,, She asked me "How do they do that??

There are several tube jumps on it,, lot's of freeflyin, one skysurf, the blind jumper, the scattering of ashes, lotsa of bigways, a tribute to the lady jumpers including some of the bar jumps, the dude that broke his pelvis, several shots of our "Skydive West Plains" banner,, just a cool video all around...

Dove, OK now I have another reason ta look forward to Parachutist!! I feel your pain,, at work we've had a major % of folks divorce over the last couple years,, me included,, it's tough initially but it gets better,, glad ya have a new family ta support ya and doesn't sound like your gonna be alone at all,, if it's meant ta be be no problem,, if it ain't,, well it just ain't!!

Just watched my copy of the LP 2001 video by Rob Lowe et all,, it was great!! Good tunes, something for everyone,, even whuffo's, Seeing familiar faces and all,, just what I needed on a friggin cold freezin rainy day in the NW,, Hopin ta be there this Summer for the whole deal!! We did OK here on New Years Day,, Sun came out and we were able ta do some jumps,, after morning fog/snow and wind in town,, attached a pict of me just a bit excited,, been 2 months since the weather coop'ed!!

My Buddy on AFF # 7 had a total mal after pulling his main,, later it was decided the closing loop was probably too thick and binded up,, they changed them all after that,,, there all military JM's and said they used ta teach folks to hit the container in case things binded up,, it may have done so in his case,, anyway he pulled silver which knocked out the main,, 2 chutes out,,, jump # 7,, no tangles,, so he cut away the main and landed safely under the reserve,, glad your OK and hope it doesn't happen to me!!