JohnMitchell
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Rub a lamp, Aladdin. Women like that don't need a man for anything. They tend to stay single and enjoy their lives.
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Who was that? It should be someone I know.
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Hmm, my spam blocker must have caught it. . .
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The brain is a muscle, not a bucket. . . The more you use it, the smarter you get. My education made me smarter, but it was hard work. Like Thomas Edison said, genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. And we can't forget that each of us is a product of our genes. No amount of schooling could make me an Einstein.
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It's not about skydiving? Jeez, that's nothing I'm looking to try. Hope the OP has fun with it.
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Very cool.
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This is all in the wrong thread, but funny as hell.
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Here ya go! http://skydiveelsinore.com/chicksrock/
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Those were great comics, weren't they?
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Well, just from the fact that you skydive and your tiny little picture shows you up on top of a giant wind turbine makes you really cool in my book. You really don't need that 46 yo loser but some how you think you can't do better or you think you can fix him. Yes, you can do better and it's not your job to fix that obvious piece of crap. Really, how do you women manage to go for such pompous A-holes? I wish I could get away with that kind of stuff. Sure you'll be sad and lonely a little, but remind yourself that's only temporary. Someone much better is out there waiting for you to give them a chance. You might even want to PM Shah269. I heard he's available and he's dying to cook breakfast for someone. Once again, I'd like to thank every woman who ever dumped me. It made meeting my wife possible.
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Our HOA doesn't have anything against snow sculptures . . . I think.
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Hi J Which guy, the Dr, The lawyer, or the HOA The shooter, of course. If you buy into a HOA, you need to go by the rules. Some of the problems start, though, when the rules are vague or open to interpretation. Or some people THINK they're open to interpretation. If you live out in the woods, fine, have junk cars in front of your house. But if you live in a nice neighborhood (whatever you define that as) do you really want to live next to a junkyard? Had a down-the-street neighbor ( and coworker) who had a junk VW bus by the side of his house, axles and guts hanging down, up on blocks. Next door were two beautiful houses on the market. Think the realtors had an uphill battle trying to sell those? Sure, it was in the HOA covenants not to do that, but someone has to actually knock on the door and say "Hey, could you roll that into the garage?" I don't have the best lawn in the neighborhood or immaculate flower beds, but I try to keep it somewhat respectable.
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F-U Noob. A good track is somewhat like planking in a hurricane. You are PUSHING on the air to make yourself fly, harder than most people ever do. After a long time off due to surgery, I did a solo max track from 13K. I stopped halfway down and shook the ache out of my shoulders. Those muscles, which I had rehabbed, were sore.
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That happens more often than most people would imagine, but not to the planes we're talking to. I knock on wood that I can end my career without some little VFR plane taking out on of the planes I'm working.
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Tracking Suit - Palms Up or Palms Down
JohnMitchell replied to LiborJanicek's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Palmonauti! Twin Otter load last week, my son and I were first out, well short of the DZ. Next guy out, 300 jump solo getting current after YEARS out of the sport. His wife was on the plane doing AFF. In the landing area he said "Wow, I looked down and saw where I was so I started tracking up the jump run line." I waited until back in the hangar to walk over and have a quiet talk with him. Told him it's better to land off than risk a mid air. I thought everyone had gotten the word already. -
It's a very crude airfoil, more of a high angle of attack vortex generator. But it does develop lift and has a certain L/D ratio.
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Tracking Suit - Palms Up or Palms Down
JohnMitchell replied to LiborJanicek's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I agree. IF, and it's a big IF, there is a minor, minor aerodynamic advantage with the palms up, I feel it's still a weaker position and less natural for a "palms down" belly flyer. It's easier to push on the air with your palms than press on the air with the backs of your hands. Most people need to work more on their legs and torsos during their track than trying some fancy hand flipping over thing. -
Sounds like a supreme superiority complex. That guy's a piece of crap.
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That can be a tough career from what I hear...I might know someone currently in the position if he wants to learn more about the job! He job shadowed me several times. One day, I had a perfect storm kind of thing conspire to make me about as busy as I've ever been in my career at the scope. He was right behind me, plugged in with his head set and watching. I got in top gear and worked thru the craziness and the traffic and finally straightened out the chaos that had hit my sector and even the scope next to me. After we got off the sector he said "Dad, that was cool!" The whole time I had been thinking that my kid was gonna watch me have an operational error (loss of separation between aircraft.)
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F-ing A! That's amazing. You couldn't do that stunt in Hollywood any better than that.
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Bingo.
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Yoda? You that is? Yes?
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That's what the second amendment is for.
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I love living in a country with freedom of religion, speech, etc. It's huge. But if the front door says "No Soliciting" or "Day Sleeper", don't come knocking. And don't get offended if no one wants to buy what you're selling.
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I'd probably make a habit of ringing your doorbell.