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lemme make that 300002. does this make me a post whore too? namaste, motherfucker.

its an old gypsy curse: may you get what you ask for. friday 13th thru sunday. be there or lose hair. namaste, motherfucker.

don't exactly know what i am up to making this post, but here are a couple of photos mike mcgowan made on ela's last jump, and one of my first real sit. until the end of time. namaste, motherfucker.

fwiw, i think they are primarily swabbing for ordinance. namaste, motherfucker.

yeah, the talon you have on the board in perris. i am just starting to realize what a small world skydivers live in. the question was, now that i see you and you see me, do you think that harness will fit without crampin the package? otherwise, it is exactly what i am looking for. any velcro? Guitar Center was right there at covina and azusa, since has moved across the street, i worked there. fret house is downtown covina. also worked at gards music house which is closer to you. my old man was a contractor and since we didn't own a house, we just followed him. i guess i got it into my blood and now have no problem picking up and moving, but have kinda settled down the last 10 years or so. it generally takes 4 or 5 years for me to get completely fed up with one place but this time i think i am about ready to go. namaste, motherfucker.

covina, huh? there are worse places. i spent about 4 years at covina & hollenbeck. p.s. are you going to get back to me on that rig? namaste, motherfucker.

amen. where are you from?!?! how do you answer that question when you don't have a hometown? i feel like i came out ok, but there are a few things that i know i can never share with most people that have roots. this is as accurate a chronological map as i have in my noggin. returns are left in just for entertainment sake. born san gabriel,california rosemead, california tucson, arizona muncie, indiana redkey, indiana charlotte, michigan brownsville, kentucky ?? blank spot salt lake city, utah sandy, utah promontory point, utah tremonton, utah - computer programmer lahaina, hawaii - pineapple picker norwalk, california - pertec board swapper rosemead, california sylmar, california - cable dog tucson, arizona - cable dog humbolt, tennessee - gas station attendant covina, california - guitar salesman hollywood, california - guitar player las vegas, nevada - wannabe rockstar - cab driver, really phoenix, arizona - rock star - cab driver brownsville, kentucky - recovering rock star - forklift driver bowling green kentucky - die caster - network admin - software engineer dallas, texas - software engineer spicewood, texas - bum buena park, california - network admin - software engineer - CTO phoenix, arizona - bitpusher clearwater beach, florida - lazy mofo phoenix, arizona - bitpusher - skydiver ??? seattle is next, i think. namaste, motherfucker.

Fight Club namaste, motherfucker.

went topless a coupla jumps around noon on monday. i have to admit it is a bit nipply on the way up. how did rich's bday party turn out? namaste, motherfucker.

no badly feeling allowed. and i am not gone yet, still sitting at the puters in bombshelter. told the mistress of the bar to cut me off at 4 though, so i am nursing a little. call me, we can chat as i try to hit the road. namaste, motherfucker.

sunset sit fly with the santa hat on was #59. no cutaways since #36. that's 20 days without seeing the business end of a reserve! i get some water training and i will be b in time for the new years night dive! woohoo. seriously, i want to thank everyone for all of the support and care both here on the boards and out there on the ground. it has made all of the difference. blue skies, see you in eloy. Sky namaste, motherfucker.

4:17:1 nailed 4 sits in a row. can get into it but can't do anything yet, except fall out of it. jumped elsinore friday, got one ride to the top, the rest of the day was hopnpops. ended up at perris the rest of the weekend, hooked up with sudz, lt, viking and keskeie for a tracking dive then broke my own landspeed record in getting drunk and showing my ass ending up in the bunkhouse. what a great roadtrip, now back to the grindstone until saturday. oops, forgot the caseobeer. landed on the runway at elsinore. you guys should paint that thing black! namaste, motherfucker.

9 guinness in a couple hours will definitely give me a reason to stay in the bunkhouse. the only problem is waking up monday morning at pvs. hmmm, drive back to phoenix and work or get in the plane...???? namaste, motherfucker.

define drunk. namaste, motherfucker.

It's ok, Nancy. This is an important question. I am placing no blame anywhere for anything. Just asking a question. Blue Skies and Big Smiles. p.s. you should use the spell checker namaste, motherfucker.

OK OK OK OK! I feel the love. A few hours with a rigger is next. Trust me, I intend to be around long enough to be able to give advice. I know I screwed up in more than one way. I lived, this time, and learnded a lesson. I think the reason I posted is to keep me honest with me. does that make sense? Blue Skies, Sky namaste, motherfucker.

I need to know where to get stats on the failure / save rates of the various AAD's. Anyone can point me? namaste, motherfucker.

This is revised poll, please vote again namaste, motherfucker.

If an A license holder rents a canopy and container, it would disturb you if they were not supervised? I guess i expected some unconstructive criticism, but geeze guys... As for the advice given, it is taken. The circumstances leading to this jump contributed to my lessened awareness and unwillingness to seek help with something. My parents were on the ground watching this happen. I felt stupid, then i felt guilty. There have been too many tragedies lately and i do not intend to add to them. Thanks for the advice. I conclude that indeed i did reverse the risere before spreading everything. The next hookup and pack will be with a rigger watching. namaste, motherfucker.

Noted. Filed. Tattooed. namaste, motherfucker.

err... not troll, just newbie with enthusiasm. namaste, motherfucker.

No, i mean as a rule. What I want to hear is something like this: In general terms and conditions, It is the responsibility of an AFF instructor to watch the student until canopy is coming off the back. Am I over-simplifying? namaste, motherfucker.

How would I move a thread? I don't know how to do this. What would really be valuable to me is to know WHAT exactly i did wrong. was it either of the two possibilities I mentioned in the original post? This would be my 3rd cutaway in 36 jumps. number 1 was due to a shredded canopy. number 2 was due to violent line twist that i was unable to stop. when i cutaway i am told that i was ejected sideways, not falling down. number 3 was entirely my fault. namaste, motherfucker.

I made a jump sunday and it was the first time i was handed a canopy seperate from the container. I attached the risers before pulling the lines from the daisychain and spreading the canopy. I then extedended the lines and proceeded to propack the canopy. I felt good about the pack job, but there was something sitting in the back of my head saying check again. so i did, and it looked fine. opening was soft but i was in what seemed to be a gentle turn after full deployment, with the pilot chute streaming in front of me. Got brakes off and found myself under a perfectly good canopy that was flying in reverse. Yelled at my camera man that i was going to cut, did so then went for my reserve handle. I have been flying student rigs that are too small for me, so the ring has been high on my belly so it took what seemed like too long to move my hands down. but all ended well. The question is what did i miss on hookup. did i have the risers twisted on themselves? or did i simply put the risers on the wrong shoulders because i didnt have the nose up during hookup. I would like to learn something from this human malfunction. namaste, motherfucker.

Is there a written or unwritten consensus as to when an AFF instructor should take eyes off the AFF student? namaste, motherfucker.