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Had C5 & 6 fused December '03. Absolutely no issues with using cadaver bone, although it's a bit weird when you think about it. My cousin, who's an orthopaedic surgeon, strongly encouraged it. He said most people have more issues with recovering from the harvest site than the actual fusion site. I also got opinions from about 6 different orthopaedic & neurosurgeons and got the same answer from all except one. Hey, if you come down to Zhills, you can be the 8th person to have C spine fusion and complete our in-house 8way team. PM me if you'd like all the gory details. Good luck!
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The grandparents were fine. I'm sure they were less than thrilled to see their grandson's foot in an unnatural position, but no therapy will be needed! I take that back. Physical therapy will be needed. As our Pip Redvers would say "Don't f*&k up at Zhills. We'll eat you." Don't worry, that rule applies to locals too! Edit to add: before people start really freaking out about how cruel we are at Zhills, the guy wasn't writhing around in pain and was surprisingly good-natured about it. We actually do know how to take care of these things!
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During the Christmas Boogie, a skydiver stopped by Zhills to visit his grandparents who live in the area and show off his new favorite pasttime. He parked Grandpa in a deck chair and Grandma in her wheelchair just past the beer line, told them what canopy to look for and ran off to get on a load. You know how it is when you've got a hundred jumps or so and your wuffo family and friends come to see the skyjumping. You just have to show them your mad skills, right? The skydiver decided to swoop the beerline, came in hot, and mowed over Grandpa and nearly knocked Grandma out of her wheelchair too. While he was waiting for the ambulance to come (since his foot was pointing in the wrong direction), a local organizer, who shall remain nameless (ok, here's a hint - his name starts with O and ends with N) walked up to him and demanded beer money. After all, the guy did technically bust the beer line. What say you? The guy was a good sport - he pulled out the money right then and there!
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My brother worked on South Park for three years. He hasn't been the same since. Matt & Trey's idea of what an office party should be like, well, let's just say that making sure the lawyer has lots of money for bail is a good preemptive move.
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Thanks, everyone, for your replies. Much appreciated!
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That's exactly the stuff I was looking at. I think they're called "Transition Featherweight" and I found them on www.mountaingear.com. How are they holding up to wear, washing, etc? Are you using them for jumping as well?
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I'm planning on using the Windstopper for a little skiing and a lot of cycling. I'm mostly concerned about getting really sweaty and then freezing afterwards if my base layers don't breath. Is this stuff light & tight? I've got some light & mid-weight Capilene and North Face Vaporwick stuff that I wear while jumping and they're ehhhh... One last thing - where do you find the best discounted stuff on line? www.Backcountrybargain.com seems to have the stuff that I like, but not the sizes.
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Are they all they're made out to be? At about $180 for just base layers, I'm hoping for some input from people who actively use them. Also, do you wear them while jumping too?
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Ooh! Ooh! Even this California nee Florida girl knows what being chav is all about! I spent a bit of time in the London office and got to meet a wide assortment of chavs, neds and the like. I wanna be Jordan!
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Still, I could have you begging for mercy in mere seconds by subjecting you to my incredibly bad French.
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Oooh. I like that sign! Arlo & I already like to amuse ourselves by slapping Bill around at the dz, and I had a lot of fun stomping all over cute, hapless French bankers back when I used to be gainfully employed. This could be fun!
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Wow - useful Latin! My brother had to take Latin in high school (those pesky Jesuits) and he learned how to say things like "Hail Caesar! We have bivouaked on the side of the mountain." This is waaay more practical..
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Cave diving - once. I quit scuba altogether. Not my can of Spam. Skiing - a couple of times. Occurred to me that they wouldn't find my body until the spring thaw. Bummer. Driving - a couple of times. I even had the cheesy life-flashing-before-my-eyes slo mo sequence and everything! Skydiving - not yet. But I've had several moments of "this is going to suck so bad."
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Dude, Arlo & I (aka The Seoul Sisters) could take down anyone. We've got mad tae kwon do skills and if that didn't work, we could just max out your credit cards and annoy you to death.
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Why would this make a difference?
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It's the lethal combination of NASCAR wannabes and really old people. Live here and you'll end up spending a lot of time shaking the shit out of your steering wheel. It's just one big out-of-body experience.
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Tsunami aid - US provides $35m, Japan $30m, UK $29m - France $136,000!?!?
lauras replied to Newbie's topic in Speakers Corner
looking for my cousins' husbands in Thailand. Thanks for caring. -
15 million won't buy dick. It's actually kind of pathetic.
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Tsunamis, monsoons, earthquakes, hurricanes and all other assorted natural disasters are truly magnificent in their scale and power. One can absolutely find the beauty in what Mother Nature can unleash upon us and it forces all of us to realize that we're merely tiny cogs in Nature's machine. However, as far as people's sympathies go, well: #1 - It happened to brown people. #2 - It happened to the wrong shade of brown people, so no, we won't see the might of the US military swinging into action there. #3 - There's no oil there. #4 - Most of them are Muslim, Hindu or at least don't subscribe to Christianity. I predict the US media will stop coverage, oh, in about 36 hours.
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Most Las Vegas hotels do not have mini-bars in the guest rooms. Why? To keep customers OUT of their rooms and IN the casino, restaurants, bars, etc. Nifty way to keep separating you from your money.
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Sorry Zhills - Oren has to drive my ass all over town today so I can buy last-minute stuff before my butt-crack-of-dawn flight to Korea. He'll be out in all his glory starting Tuesday morning. Be sure to have dancing girls ready to throw roses in his path.
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Heather & I even have the same munchkin inseam and weigh within a couple of lbs of each other at any given time. Only difference is that she's got way more in the boobie area and I've got more in the bootie. Also, if either one of us loses a shoe (it's been known to happen), we can wear each others too. Cute, no?
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Who knows what this "traditional Korean Alcoholic Beverage" is?
lauras replied to PhillyKev's topic in The Bonfire
I can't remember what it's called and it's 2:13am in Seoul so I can't call my Mom just now. Anyway, it's supposedly medicinal but it'll get you drunker than you've ever been before if you drink a lot of it. It's not worth it though - bringing it back up hurts like a mofo. Treat as you would Sambuca or something along those lines. Edit to add: I don't think it's just plain soju with all the herbal ingrediants listed. -
Are you on it with logging your jumps?
lauras replied to SkydiveNFlorida's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Tony Hathaway does that - one box per day. I think he said he's up to about 800 or so for the year, which is kinda slow for him, and 12,000ish total. His logbook entries look like: 12/01/04 12007 - TV (tandem video) 12008 - AV (AFF video) etc. He has STACKS of all his logbooks. It's pretty cool. Sadly, I rely on my ProTrack & JumpTrack software. I always know how many jumps I have, but I don't dump down as religiously as I should. 90% of my jumps are at one dz, and I know when I've travelled, so it's pretty easy for me to go back and update if I've gone somewhere else. -
Hey Ro! Try www,performancebike.com and look in the clothing section for the women's winter stuff. Road bike clothing runs REALLY small and they have loads of stuff that is windproof in the front but CoolMax in the back so you don't suffocate. The fit is very lean and not bulky at all since bike people like to be as streamlined as possible. The stuff's relatively expensive and you have to handwash everything, but you could just buy a road bike too or take up snowboarding and justify a shopping spree! -Laura (the good twin )