Clownburner

I had an ex who had a green amazon parrot that had learned to drop food out of it's cage and call the dog (By name, no less). When the dog would arrive and bend over to get the food, the bird would jump down and peck it on the head until the dog ran away, after which the bird would make an evil laughing sound. I swear it's true. That bird was one mean mother f---er. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

It couldn't have landed in Tustin even if it wasn't closed. Tustin MCAS has no runway - it was a helicopter base. I used to work across the street from there and my window faced the base. You might have been thinking of El Toro MCAS, which is also closed, but housed a lot of jets (mostly F/A-18s IIRC)... Anyway, I think they were just looking for Gawain's house for some live-munitions training. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

At those prices, I'm wondering if you couldn't get the real thing cheaper. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I REALLY hate it when the voices in your head tell me to do bad things, so I understand. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I wish. The weather here is worse right now. But it's going to be hard to get time off again until either Lost Prarie or Rantoul. I'm leaning towards lost prarie but it'll be easier to get to Rantoul I think... 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Yes, even Dan BC said his back hurt when he got out.. Although he was doing about 3.5x the amount of tunnel time I was (he was in with multiple people and groups). Turning points turns out to be pretty difficult when you are going fast through multiple points and stuff like that! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Duh! I'm slow today I guess. Hypoxia from the tunnel. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Have you taken the NR-EMT Basic test yet? They may require that. It's not very hard if you've done the training to get your cert already... 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Cool! So where do we send the money for the DVD? 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I wasn't just belly flying, I was doing 4-way. Those guys make it look easy but man it's freaking HARD. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

120:4:1 120 minutes in the wind tunnel with some of the world's best coaches four actual skydives before the rain arrived one case of beer owed for the first jump in my new totally pimptastic helmet (one of the jumpers on the plain pointed at it and said "Dude, that is the cadillac fleetwood of skydiving helmets.") 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Have you ever seen a dog toy after a few good hours of having a dog chew on it, really hard? That's what I feel like right now. I'm sore in places I didn't know there were places. It's a side-effect of spending 2 hours in the wind tunnel over the last 5 days. The 4-way camp at Perris was weathered out, so we ended up only doing four jumps, but we made up the difference in tunnel time. I learned a tremendous amount. But ow. I'm really sore. On the bright side, I'm a much better skydiver now. At least I think so. Those of you who've jumped with me before won't even believe it's the same person. No more zero-point solos for me. I'm not going to the nationals or anything, but I think I've got a much better chance of geting a few points before falling out of the skydive. Special thanks to all the great coaches, especially the ones who had to put up with me - Shannon Pilcher, Andy Delk, and Christopher Irwin. Man, those guys make it look so easy. And yes, I know I suck for getting to go. Of course, this means no new canopy for a while, but my big slow triathlon does an outstanding job of keeping my jumpsuit clean. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

If sunshine's going to be there, I simply _HAVE_ to be. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

That's what I look like when I try to freefly. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

B.... Way B. But your canopy has too many cells. Join the 7-Cell posse, yo! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

At least this way, you can get the attention of rich people who, because they can afford the ticket, think the law doesn't apply to them. $200,000 will get anyone's attention, no matter how rich they are! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Well, I'm in there, but I don't see you... 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Telnet to port 53 isn't a reliable test; Telnet uses TCP, which is only used for zone-transfers in DNS and therefore is often blocked or filtered (like on my name server). Regular DNS lookups use UDP. To test that, you can use netcat, NMAP, DIG, or similar tools. However, that point is academic: The DNS servers (both primary and secondary) really aren't responding, and neither is anything anywhere close to them. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

PUSH THE BUTTON!!! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I'm really surprised no one's mentioned it before now. One of the best 'angry break up' albums of all time is Broken by Nine Inch Nails. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Leaving aside the religious debate of IF you should or shouldn't use swoop cords: My new jumpsuit has 'em, and I'm going to try 'em. Those of you who've jumped with me know I fall pretty darn fast, so maybe it'll help. The question is: What do I do with them, exactly? With my suit on and all-geared up, the swoop cords dangle 8 inches out the arms of my suit. I think they're too long and need to be tied back or trimmed or something, I'm not sure. Anyway, at the current length, if I grab them my arms aren't long enough to pull them taut. I know the theory is that you pull them tight and it blouses out the little armpit areas so you catch more air. Lovely. Do you straighten your arms to do that? Do you put 'em on your thumbs and twist your wrists? I can't quite figure out how they are supposed to work. Your input, as always, is appreciated. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I had to go back to work around 12:30. :-P 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

Lucky bum. In CA it's illegal to even possess 50Cal Ammo. Fascists. Soon they'll outlaw pointed sticks. "One day a mad scientist can't get ahold of a doomsday weapon, what's next? Tomorrow, it'll be the mad grad student!" 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

What a coinky-dink! I'll be out there too, and my butt will be in the Tunnel on Sat evening! I'll help you push the button!! With my 7CP T-Shirt on! REPRESENT!!! 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

I'm gonna be there.. who wants to jump with me? 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth