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and what might this consists of? new gear? canopy? maybe a new camera? good deal bro! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

only one wellbore, the rest "super tankers" --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Yoshi: Kewel!

+- 25 pounds. i weighed mine in at 18 pounds. but figure 25 pounds when calculating wing loading. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Tom: doesn't "CrazyThomas" have a bet with someone that he could stay away from blinc for a month? i think he just lost! busted........ --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

yes, it should be this way. theoretically this is the reason behind the inception of the S&TA, but generally for all intents and purposes they are jumping camera, or doing AFF jumps. i have had a sky diver come up to me once while landing, i was doing a straight in landing under my Cobalt i aimed for right in between 2 other "formation" sky divers that were busy shooting the bull instead of gathering up their gear, and the "formation organizer" asked me to not land like that there that if i wanted to come in like that, to do it by the swoop pond. now, i wasn't being unsafe. what are the rules of the landing area? get your gear gathered up, and move from the area as quickly as possible. but often times, the "formation" sky divers are busy "high fiving" each other, and tend to still be on the landing area even though they are the first out, and the first to land, why is that? not bashing "formation" sky diving, but "give me a break" at the same drop zone maybe two months earlier, the pic was coming in for landing on the grass runway by the swoop pond, which just happened to be where i had landed, i was told to "move off of the grass runway, and not stop to bar-b-que" i was taken before the S&TA by this pic, and when confronted by the situation i simply stated that the rules are the same for the pic as they are for sky divers, the low man has the right of way. again, in this situation i wasn't being unsafe (the winds were strong out of the south that day) i was trying to get my canopy under control when he was coming in for landing, this did not stop his final approach. so i guess i was "fair game?" all of this said "where do we start, and where do we end?" personally i think i am very safe, in my profession i am required to be, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and i am just as safe at the drop zone, but i have seen a bunch of folks who are not, i never say anything to them, i just avoid them alltogether. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

the 4 X 4 was actually concieved and built as early as the 1930's. if i'm not misstaken (and i could be) let's just say you probably wouldn't want to kiss the person who invented the 4 X 4. it was called the "schwimmer wagon" first a military vehichle later to be immortalized and refined by many to follow. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

"Cool Hand Luke" one of the better films i've seen. Strother Martin --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

no offense, but here we go again. check with skymonkey! take care, be safe. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i actually hate to se it happen. i'm sure ol' wyubya will try to be the "world's policeman" and go over there and f**k something up. they're actually just trying to make a decent wage. over here in the middle east, (south america as well) there are varying pay scales, we deal with a diverse draw of cultures, and countries on which to draw our personal. so if your from let's say spain, and your particular job would draw for example: $5000.000 USD per month, you'd draw maybe 1/2 of that in spain, or cairo, jordan or any other small country. i don't think it's right, but the cost of what these people call "living" in these countries is really cheap, but they have no cars, maybe less than 1/8 own automobiles, they choose instead to use taxis, or bicycles, cars are a "luxery" they can't afford. just my 1 riyals worth! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

18 years in the U.S.M.C. (and never enlisted) my old man was in the military. i was up every morning at 05:00 hours trying my best to be a "squared away individual" and being addressed as "mister" by my dad as he was checking out my "quarters" he stayed in 22 years, and retired. but he was a marine until the day he died. (lung cancer...ciggarettes) i was born in san diego california, orange county general hospital while the "old man" was stationed at camp pendleton. he was perhaps the meanest sob i've ever met, or maybe i deserved it, i'll never know for sure. one thing i do know, he could drink a LOT. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

See Here big american automobiles, and energy sources have been hot topics lately, it's just starting. this ol' texas boy may be near, or on a coastline near you...soon! but on a serious note, observe how dependant 3rd world countries are economically on oil export dollars. by the way, right now, there are 3 super tankers (one sunk) leaking oil, and gasoline into our offshore waters, so next time we want to blame the "drilling department" STOP. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

this is interesting reading. but if you want to read (in my opinion) one of the most profound, and provacative books, go to revelations. i've read the book of revelations at least 7 times, and it trips me out every time, it's like reading it for the first time, every time. the 7 seals is most intriguing. and bear in mind, this phrophet is seeing a virtual slide show from god, and writing down his recounts of the "vision" i wonder how the book would read, if let's say O. Henry wrote it? yeah, i know, he couldn't have...he wasn't born yet, but it would have been kewel to see how he would've translated it. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Clint Eastwood A.K.A. Bill E. Bad Ass (billy 4 short) --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Lauren BaCall To Bogie. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Michelle: Congrats!

generally most sky divers will avoid loads with such careless sky divers. i have seen a few chastized, they usaully get mad and leave for the day. at boogies if you are unsafe, you will be asked to leave. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

doesn't this qualify her to write for us? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i have been blessed, i have quite a few really great friends!

yoshi: that's a healthy wing for 350+ ain't it bro? be careful, be safe. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

boy, you been drinking and posting again? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

exactly 55. ordered my gear before getting off of student status. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

wouldn't ya have to catch it first? whadduya wanna eat or f**k? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

would you care to expound on "funny?" i believe if you were a bit more descriptive, and provide the age, # of jumps the canopy has, the more helpful others can be. take care, be safe. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

hop-n-pops from altitude. do it all up high, then bring it down....slowly. 3 second delays from altitude will give you all the time in the world to do anything you want to do on the way down. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"