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Dammitt!!! Don't talk to me about how tough your job is!!! Geez!!!! I work for this (un-named) lingerie company and let me tell you... working in quality control is HARD!! I mean I am solely responsible for making sure every panty and bra off the assembly line is made to perfection-fit of its specified size!!! Yeah, laugh... but I'm telling you on those 38+ DD days I go home and soak my hands in epsom salts for hours!! .. And those poor models have it worse than me!!!! I don't even get breaks!!! Try standing tall like that for eight hours and tell me you're not a 'little' sore at the end of the day! I wish I could say it sucked... I might not feel so stressed at the end of the day, but I can't. Anyway, I would be happy with even a nice lunch once in a while! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

You should send SkymonkeyOne a PM with that question. He has a rig set-up for his winsuit that is rather mild for his canopy skill level. I'm sure he has a good reason for it. I'm wondering myself actually? -only because why load the hell out of a sabre instead of getting something more modest like a bigger XF2 (or keeping your current stuff) since theres more than one new thing going on at a time? Did you lose weight or something? . . . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

This will be my first camera set-up and that being the case ... new helmet and box. My first choice was a midwarp and bone-head box. The helmet I have to get is the small and the box is the large. My concern is that I never paid really close attention to other peoples similar set-ups and now I am wondering if that set-up will be dangerous for snag points and gaps for lines and risers to catch on? Is there another helmet/box set-up anyone knows of or has been using that I could explore if my concerns about snag-points are realistic? any input would be appreciated ! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

Thanks Eric ! I was hoping somebody would acknowledge the 'forced absence' aspect. Absence makes the heart grow fonder... With the new season may come new ambition; if not, then, the sport will go on. Albeit including all the crap that goes along with it. Personally, I have no envy for the grind of doing 8-10+ tandems in a day!!! (At any dz!) . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

LOL! Well thanks J.P. as it is I just ordered the 330 on my Amex should be here Thurs/Fri... w/the 4.5 lens... I hope I didn't fuck it up! You're the best!! thanks again ...Now for a new helmet, d-box.... ugh!!!! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

What .5 lens is that? I was shopping for one and could only find a .45 37 thread so far. I can get a .2 and 2x; though I don't know if I'd have any use for a 2x. Admittedly, I am frustrated about what camera to get ie:120/330/110 albeit, very inclined to the 330 since the bluetooth seems to be going nowhere, like so many Sony marketing concepts! The 330 at least seems to have some extra quality built-in that isn't guised under some 'new fangled exclusive feature.' to justify its added expense. thanks -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!! btw: I'd love to go to Oregon (in July or August!) I'd buy gas and bait and beer... jumps, whatever, to go out for some big salmons!!! Damn! I'll even cook 'em, nobody has ever complained about my cooking!! I'm going vidiot this year so... ultra bonus! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

LMAO!!!! Are there a lot of ex-surfers now B.A.S.E.'ng; although not in Oregon? Sorry, Shhh... I aint tellin' nobody! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

Does SDO get a lot of loads up during the week? I think I'll investigate further into just flying-in to save time and avoid Mountains with the rv? Weird.... Never really thought about Oregon before as a trip? . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

Hows the jumping, besides the majesty of its landscape, are there really a lot of weather days? Say during July? . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

NOOOO WAYYY! un-real! Damn!!! sounding more tasty by the ssecond! Thats about WWFC time though... is that peak season for the Chinook? (Mid-August?) . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

... Besides B.A.S.E. The other night someone asked me if I've ever been to Oregon. My first reaction was, "why?" [would anyone want to go to Oregon] ... except to B.A.S.E. Still wondering... I check the USPA Members list first, the the DZ.Com Dropzones then finally just for shits&giggles the Oregon Dept of Tourisim website. Hmmmm? Fishing, whale-watching and kite flying aside... Skydive Oregon sounded kinda tasty, albeit quite a long trip w/the rv!!! Sounds like a cool adventure? . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

...Oh yeah, another comedian... or is that my faux pas? With regard to your 1st ammendment comment... Look Buddy! You should know by now some of us here take our humor very seriously!! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

To have a long and healthy career jumping, to always improve my skills and knowledge and to never be an incident because of ignorance; or for that matter any reason. To always be an ambassador of our sport that it may continue to thrive and develop. And to be forever current . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

hu-hu-hu...uhhhh she said, "laying pipe." . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

Thats exactly what I was hoping you would say!! Man! I was cringing!!! ...as I was Laughing my ASS OFF! Hoping there wasn't a clip of your leg getting snapped off!!!! -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

My boner, er I mean bonus is I get double time and a half for working X-mas day, and eve! My buddy called me on Tuesday to tell me about his $26,000 bonus check... after taxes but before tax return!!!! ha! I'm glad I don't have his problems!! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

LOL!!!! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

I tried sharing a smile with the guys here at work, they didn't seem interested. So I shared a fart and left the room smiling! -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

LMAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

woo-woo Betsy!!! ... I need a repack . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

Most interesting, the passionate the objective and the philosophical views on this subject! I often wondered in my first couple years I was jumping the very question.... Q: When could I say, "I'm a skydiver?" -Was it to make a jump-number milestone? -Time in the sport? -License / ratings? -titles, awards etc... I know this girl, with a dubious nick-name that might be considered a personal attack here. She started jumping back in the early seventies, and has always maintained close ties with the skydiving community, Geez, she lives a five minute walk from the dz. Works in the industry very often and is often called upon to be the jump dummy for tandem master re-certs. Which, are the only jumps she is permitted to do anymore. Anyway even though she holds a license, she is banned from skydiving at this particular dz, and probably any other dz that knows her. Why, one might inquire? So she doesn't kill herself or somebody else! Ya know, I don't know whether she would call herself a skydiver to tell the truth? Her passion for the sport is obvious to anyone. Her license was issued before many people on this site were even born. Her knowledge rivals any poo-bah here. So what would you call her Ron, Tree? Cause I am vexed actually. -I'm thinking, a very baaaad skydiver that's barred from jumping. That being the case albeit still a 'skydiver' but a very baaad one that is banned from jumping. So if then she a former jumper, is she still a, 'skydiver?' -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

18 years as a cop. 7 of those years as a detective. Vivid are the memories of all the lost & broken lives and widowed wives, etc.. so sadly due to alcohol abuse. Never could all the questions be answered. There are so many of those memories that a part of me wishes I could forget. So many questions that haunt my thoughts forever my dark moments. The Senlessness of the lost and detroyed lives and unanswered questions I fear may forever torment me. I'm so sorry for your loss and for your suffering. -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

I've got an expesive american-made (over-priced) Jackson that looks a lot better as a show piece than I can make it sound. But no doubt its finer acoustics make up for my many failings in being deserving of its potential! It sounds so much better sitting in the stand than in my hands!! LOL!! . -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!

I can't see smuggling paint-ball guns on a load for a multi-way paint-ball jump? But lets say it was possible... How do you set up a jump order for that? ie: "We have the guns, back the fuck up, and give us a looooong count or else you're all covered in paint!" "we're going out first... any objections?" Or better yet... "Don't come any closer... or else I'll jump!" -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!!