ladyskydiver

Prayers and vibes sent. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

I'm one of the hard openings that happened at Elsinore. I packed that rig. It wasn't a packer that did that one. I've used Grasshopper at Elsinore to pack for me before. When he has packed for me, I've had very sweet openings. Please don't be so quick to assume that the hard openings are always caused by packers. Sometimes we slam ourselves. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Thanks for posting this, Squeak!

- have and display one or more tattoos Yep - smoke and often require at least one cigarrette between loads Nope - have body piercings (ears don't count anymore) Only ears...but hey...they're double pierced...does that count? - can drink heavily in the evening and be on the first load the next morning 2 wine coolers and I'm buzzed. 4 and I'm toast. - are ectomorphic or, at least, fall on the ectomorphic side of mesomorphism where does hourglass figure fall, again? - have some kind of attitude (doesn't really matter what kind Everyone's got attitude...just matters what kind of attitude. - come across as a bit touched (and by touched, I mean crazy) Why would anyone want to be normal? - live a relatively non-materialistic lifestyle (money isn't good for much except jumps and beer!) Well...piano, motorcycle, new car - live in the present (can't really execute emergency procedures if you're daydreaming about the future, now, can you?) Nice size IRA, savings account (not much, but hey...I got one), will have a 401K when I get another job - screwed that one up - live from jump to jump (always thinking about that next fix) Nope...tons of things that I do and enjoy besides jumping. As much as I love it, my life does not revolve around it. - consider themselves good looking (the guys) and have skydiving SOs (the gals) that are good looking I consider myself to be average looking. - seem to actually live (!) at the drop zone Used to be 45 minutes away - now 1 1/2 hours away - can easily pack in 10 minutes or less (mostly, it appears, because their canopy is about the size of a trashbag) No way! Packing my Silhouette 170, it takes me about 10-15 minutes. - have a seemingly unending source of money (maybe something illegal going on here, like in that documentary CUTAWAY about that cop... what's his name... Stephen Baldwin or something) Nope, just had a really good job and would scrimp on stuff that didn't matter. Now...time in between jumps will get a bit longer. - (some) inexplicably live nomadic lifestyles (how high do you have to exit to actually reach the next DZ?) Have an apartment...no nomadic lifestyle here. Damn! I keep breaking sterotypes. Ah..well...gotta love it!!! Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Damn straight! Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Thank you! It was a pleasure meeting you as well. Don't worry about it if you do. I've got a black belt and can pretty much handle myself. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Still can't see the dolphins. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Congrats! Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=661847#661847 Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Sorry...not for me. Both of my mals - someone else had packed. They are the reason that I learned to pack although I hate it. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Happy Birthday! Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

My condolences. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Jump # 36 - line twists and started going horizontal Jump # 91 - ludicrous line twists - head was pinned down Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Happy Birthday! Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

I was switched over to BOC at jump # 8 - during warps. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Rosa....are you drunk, honey? Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Glad you made it ok. Good luck and have fun settling in.

Yeah...yeah...I've been kinda busy you know with moving, unpacking, flying to Vegas, unpacking....unpacking....God, I'm sick of unpacking. Profile is updated now. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Hi, Rosa! Yes, Rebecca is beautiful. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

I so hope you're just BS'ing here. Now, I'll agree - being stuck in traffic can suck! (And, I'm now living very close to LA so I can say that traffic sucks!!! And, yes, I've been to NY so you're traffic sucks as well.) And, everyone can have a bad day. But, let's be real here. Everyone of us have done things when looking back weren't the most intelligent decision as a child. And, at one time, you were that child and your mom was that mom. Instead of getting so pissy about it, why don't you become a big brother to a child and help teach them why they should/shouldn't do some of the things that you just got pissy about? Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

I've been packing for myself for awhile now. I've changed the way I pack due to my wonderfully hard opening. I have incorporated the modifications to my packing (Psycho) that you suggested and the openings since then have been wonderfully sweet and gentle. Thanks for the suggestions!! Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

You forgot the option of moved after 30. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

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Yep. Got them. Thanks! Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Good luck. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.