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I like mine just a little bit trimmed....like my gf here..... NSFW

Nuclear Medicine/Positron Emission Tomography for going on 13 years now.

New update...still don't have my suit! If the company made me a new one right now, I may get 2 or 3 jumps out of it by the end of skydiving season. On a side note: An Aleut Eskimo near the Bering Sea was found hunting baby seals in his new traditional Tie-Dye Eskimo garb......

Clay, It is funny. Except for the cost of the FF suit. New update: I got ahold of the Eskimo that handles the mail for Platinum, Alaska. He said that there is no such native in the village with the name of G.Pete. Do you think he is protecting his partner's new whale hunting outfit?????

The company already said they wrote down the right address with the exception of the zip code. They got the zip code wrong by 1 digit. It was marked Wasilla, with Platinum's zip code. Unbelievable. Hence, my avatar name....

So here's the scoop. I ordered a custom FF suit. SPent about 500 bucks on it! Supposed to be shipped in 12 days. This was July 10. I paid for Express service. I needed this suit for a memorial jump back in Ohio. It got to be about the 26th of July. Called and asked where the suit is. They say it will be August 2nd. ABSOLUTELY no later than that. No big deal. I leave for Ohio on August 3rd. Aug 3, still no suit. They tell me Aug 7th at the absolute latest. Well, its already too late for the Memorial jump. I get home today to Alaska. Still no suit. Call the company and they told me they delivered it to me on the 7th. Impossible. No notice on the door. No package on my doorstep. They told me they delivered it to Platinum,Alaska. The only problem is that I live in Wasilla, Alaska ! They said an Eskimo by the name of G. Pete signed for the suit. I do a little research. Platinum is an Eskimo village of 41 people on the edge of the Bering Sea! They have no phone service, so I can't get ahold of Mr. Pete. The FF suit company tells me no big deal. They'll just send UPS back out to retrieve the suit and have it to me by Friday. I don't think he understands that the only way to get the suit back is to fly 700 miles into the Alaskan bush, land on some little airstrip in an Eskimo village, and have the UPS driver track down Mr. Pete. Then he can ask for it back, but my guess is that they already have turned it into tie-dye fishing lures ! or maybe even decorated it with Beaver fur and beads for their annual potlatch or Eskimo games. Worst case scenario is that they make me a new suit. I should have it by the middle of Sept. Perfect. Alaska skydiving closes 2 weeks later ! My question is why did they deliver it to Platinum instead of Wasilla? Is there really a West Stratford Court in a village of 41 people and 12 houses? And why was it allowed to go to mr. G.Pete when his name is nothing like mine??? And common sense would tell somebody that there is no dropzone in Platinum,Alaska..... a village of 3 dozen Eskimos! I'm so pissed its not even funny. Well, I guess it could be.

I have lived your life for a week. Actually....4 years. And boy did I have fun doing it!

Sorry Moderator, My panties were in a wad. It really hurts when my testicles get wound up in my thong. Johnny

Our involvement in the MIDDLE EAST is not what brought on the hatred to the West. My young Grue, apparently you've been listening to your college professors a little too much. Listen to somebody with "real world" experience for once. Europe is not neck deep in Middle East affairs and they are paying the price as well. Denmark found that out a coupla years ago when VanGogh (the author) was assassinated by Muslisms because he wrote a book that didn't jibe with the beliefs of Muslims. Look at France, perhaps THE biggest supporters of the Middle East economically and in culture. You saw what happened to them back in October/November. How many cars were burned? 15,000 (close to that). France tried telling the world its because of an employment policy. When is the last time you saw somebody in any of our states go out and torch the town because of an unpopular "employment policy"? What about the Austrailian resort town blown up a couple of years ago? What did those tourists that got their shit blown to the wind do to deserve that? There are major differences. We go after terrorists and have collateral damage. The terrorists go after civilian targets and its just a bonus if the U.S. military gets hit at the same time. Why does everybody boohoo about the terrorists? When your family gets blown to the sky while shopping or eating lunch and minding their own business, I suppose you will have a different tune. THe only reason Radical Islam is here is to destroy the infidels at any cost. It doesn't matter if we pulled everybody back into the u.s. and we became isolationists. They will not stop until we are dead. And the answer is "yes, I do have REAL WORLD experience". My college was the world. It wasn't some small town in Iowa where a professor tells his class how bad the United States is. If he/she hates it so much, leave. Back to the subject at hand. It is a pain in the ass going through the airports as I have posted just 1 week ago. But if they are telling us to leave everything in the basket, I will have to suffer that inconvenience like everybody else. I would rather make it to my destination rather than blow up over British Columbia. I too am a firm believer in profiling. You shouldn't strip search granny while you let 3 Muslim men walk on board an aircraft because you don't want to offend them. Political correctness is the American downfall. I speak my mind. Nobody ever has to second guess me because I tell you right up front what my opinion is. Your opinion may not coincide with mine, but we can respectfully disagree.

The reason I waited so long to make my flight: We arrived 2 hours early for the flight. 1 hour in line for the NWA counter. 1/2 hour in the security line. And then 10 minutes trying to "nicely" explain what was in the container. Like I said, They Refused me to even look at the xray monitor to help them explain what was in it. I understand all of you thinking I was a dick to them. I understand they were doing their job. BUT...when they gave me 4 completely unacceptable choices i was pissed. I was still respectful, but pissed. SO yes, I was there early to check in. Turns out that day, the airport was busy as hell. Actually that is REALLY early for Ted Stevens. Ted Stevens is about 1/100 the size of your normal big city airports. I could walk from one end to the other in about 10 minutes.

Ditto, My rig is a big boy rig. If I put it in the gear bag, it definitely is outside of the "legal" carry on limit. I also understand if they want to make me unpack it, they have that right. The bad thing is that I was nice and courteous and they still gave me a shitty time. They looked at their own policy manual while I was standing there and agreed that they were legal to carry on, but only after I popped the reserve. Obviously, I wasn't going to let that happen. I wouldn't have made it in town on Friday, and had the memorial jump today if I did that. I explained in detail what everything was on the rig, and in the rig. They kept talking about something that concerned them inside the rig. When I asked to look at the xray monitor and explain to them what they may be looking at, their reply was "absolutey not". From their description, I explained it was the spring for the reserve . They said to take it out so they could look at it. When I said I couldn't, that is when they gave me my 4 choices. I still think it would've been great at that time to pop the spring in the guy's gut. The guy was a little weasel. I could tell he had some kind of a power trip going on. I used to work in law enforcement and remember people like that all the time. What a shame.

This happened 2 days ago at Anchorage airport leaving for Cleveland to visit family. Anyway, we check in at the counter, get our boarding passes, etc... we get in a looooonnnng line for security pass thru (xray machines,etc.). After about 1/2 wait in line, finally get to the xray machine. I am of course carrying my rig because of all the other times that the cargo handlers beat it to shit (Last time I found foot prints all over my gear bag). I put the bag on the conveyer belt for the xray. Next thing I know, they are calling over their supervisor. He asks me what is in the bag. I tell him "a parachute". He says that there is something that looks like wires in the bag. I tell him it is probably my parachute lines. He runs the bag thru the xray again. He comes up to me and asks me to unpack my parachute. I of course decline. He wants my reserve out. He gets his supervisor who proceeds on telling me I have 4 choices. 1) unpack the reserve so they can inspect it. They would of course give me time to repack it. I explain to him that I'm not a rigger, it would take hours to repack it if i was, and my flight leaves in 20 minutes. 2)He told me to take it back out to check in with the airline as checked baggage. Mind you I don't have a gear bag. My flight leaves in 20 minutes, and they couldn't guarantee that it would be on the flight. 3) He told me to check it in to lost and found and come back in 2 weeks and "hope" that it was still there. I don't need to explain to him that that is nuts! 4) He told me to take the rig home, miss my flight and we'll call it even. Of course none of these choices was reasonable. The only one I could do was to run out to the airlines and hopefully I could make it through the 1/2 hour security line in time for my 20 minute flight. Mind you...my gf was waiting at the gate for me. She had no idea what was going on. I run to the gate, told NWA what was going on. Of course, she proceeds with giving me a hard time about time constraints, nothing to pack the rig in, etc. Thank GOD at that time the head of the TSA at Ted Stevens Int'l walks up. He tells her to check it, and he would personally walk it to the plane. I thank him and run to the security line. Its every bit as long as it was. I'm waiting in line and they start paging me overhead for my flight. About this time the TSA supervisor came to me and walked me straight to the beginning of the line. He tells me good luck. I end up making my plane, but barely. All of this even after I told them that the TSA allows carry-on rigs. They had to look through their books, etc. before they gave me my 4 choices. Does anybody else have this kind of story? Should I have taken it to the room, put the rig on, and turned my back to the TSA supervisor (not the one who helped me in the end), and pulled my reserve handle? I would have missed my flight, but it would have been worth it. Anybody else with this kind of situation? Thanks, Johnny

Hey, Nice place you are at. FUN ! Do me a favor and tell Aaron that John from Alaska (Home DZ: CLeveland) says "hello". Been awhile since I've talked with him. Blues, John Christian

I had a patient several years ago with the name of "Dick Stiffy". He actually went by Dick, not Richard. I've also had a Harold Ball (Harry), Harry Bush, and Harry Boner. I loved walking out to the patient waiting room and calling out the name "Harry Bush, I'm looking for Harry Bush". That always got a chuckle out of the other patients.

If you make it to the Wasilla/Anchorage area, give me a call. I'll PM you with my phone.

1988; Parris Island, South Carolina

can anybody PM me Dove's email? She asked me a couple years ago about a career choice she was making, and I offered her some advice. Not long after, she disappeared. Does anybody know her career path??? Blue SKies and Semper Fi's JC

whatever happened to DOVE?? I haven't seen her on here in what....1 or 2 years?

I simply don't understand why you would want to spend the money when I've been here for you the WHOLE time!!!!! Johnny

The exit was from an Otter out of Kapowsin. Exit altitude was 13,500 feet. Our group opened at 6500 just to take in the view. You don't actually land "on" the glacier. You land in the silt bed between 2 glaciers (the Knik Glacier and Colony Glacier) along side a Glacial lake (Lake George). Very surreal.The place is a crossing point for wildlife in the Chugach Mtn range. Bears, moose, and wolves are frequent visitors to the area around the makeshift DZ, although, this year I didn't see any. I still think this jump rivals any jump that you can do for uniqueness, scenery, etc... I'm sure the people that made this jump will testify to that. Blue Skies, and Semper Fi's.

cool. I'll try that. Thanks. I'm used to Alaska weather.

oooops. Just opened up the curtains. It is a nasty lookin' day in San Diego. Guess I'll have to work on getting to a DZ on Tuesday. Bummer

Heck, I'd even do Perris today. Guess I'll have to fork out that 100 bucks for a rental. Bummer. I know, I should have planned this earlier, but I didn't know what kind of free time I'd have with the convention going on. Thanks, John

Hey, I'm in town for a coupla days (San Diego) at the Omni Hotel. Looking for a ride to a local DZ for the day (Sunday?). Anybody live in San Diego heading that way? I'd pay for fuel. Thanks, Blue Skies, John Omni Hotel, Room 1601.

This is from a previous post of mine. My GF and I hit a nude beach in Tampa 3 years ago.