chaoskitty

Only the fun ones. Dude...divorce her, do your own laundry, vacuum your own house, cook your own meals. Thousands of single/divorced guys do it every day. Yes, and his justification will be "she couldnt get the skid marks out of my underwear..."

Dont ask us... ask HER! I bet she doesn't even want to be treated like a goddess. She'd rather have your respect. You sound like great candidates for marriage counseling.

Yeah.. sounds like you're too good for me..

So...you guys are dating now that he's single? 'Fess up. Ohhh yeah.. I have a weakness for men who treat women like dog crap.. just can't help myself! (please read sarcasm in to that!!)

See.. thats why I just cant watch that stuff. I can barely watch ER. They've been big on burn victims lately. Gross.

My best friend's ex-husband had the exact same attitude and was a GD Sonofabitch to her, so she divorced his ass. Now they have 50/50 custody of the kids, and they both work. Hes not so much of a sonofabitch to her anymore now that he doesnt have any help taking care of the boys 3 or 4 days of the week in a row. He keeps trying to reconcile the marriage, but its too late now. Wouldnt it be nice if your wife had an adult to talk to at the end of the day? pity for her she just has you..

I think its a Stephen King book made in to a mini-series. I cant watch that scary stuf...

A bunch of stuff about Kristi Yamaguchi, and a shitload of press releases from a company I used to work for.

Ok everyone, Chris has an announcement. But he's making me post it.. The good news/bad news: Good news is the the PARTY is on for Saturday, no matter what the weather is doing or what plane(s) are flying (or not flying). The other good news is that if the weather holds, we will still be jumping. Is that cryptic enough for you? Everyone show up.. Kristi M. did not stay up all night pulling a boston pork butt for nothing!

Texas needs rain when it can get it. Remember a few years ago when Lake Travis was about half empty and the Guadalupe river was running about 50 cf/s? But I dont know why it just cant rain on M-F??! Forecast looks about the same for TN this weekend. Good thing the forecast is usually wrong!

From Jacksonville to Cedartown is about 400 miles.

Thats the weekend of the CASA boogie.. you'll have a great time! (I might be there too!)

I've seen those before. How could someone possible eat that?! "Yes, I'd like the two-dollar heart-attack please. And a Diet Coke." Fried Twinkies are gross. Theres a place here that serves them (in the south.. go figure). Took a bite out of pure curiosity once. Nasty. Good thing it came with ice cream

If you had a masters degree, you could always teach. I'm sure there are more options, but thats the only one I can think of that will allow you to earn a living in the field of womens studies.

I'm feeling the same way about my job. I'm a software analyst for a company that provides IT services to the health care industry. I like working on the software, but I dont like the health care industry. I spend about 4 hours per day talking to business office managers at hospitals.. either training them on how to use the software correctly, or troubleshooting issues that they have discovered. "Troubleshooting" usually means figuring out what the hell they did to screw this up so bad. 5% of the time, its an actual software bug. After working here for a year, I've discovered that I really dont like talking to people unless I'm going to have the satisfaction of closing a sale or some other "closure". I dont really get any satisfaction out of getting reports to print. I think the bottom line is that I'm not challenged AT ALL. Every other job I've had, I've advanced pretty quickly. I dont really see anywhere that I want to go here. I dont think going back to school is the answer for me. My undergrad is in MIS, and my masters will be too.. when I get around to it. But for now.. I think I need to find an industry that I like. I worked in Austin during the dot com boom in the late 90's. Loved it. But that era is over. Anyway, dont mean to hijack.. or make this about me. Just saying I feel your frustration. Its hard to justify giving up a good job with stable income just because you're bored to tears. I need at least a moderate stress level in order to function at a resourceful rate.

Update: If anyone is interested in demo'ing any Precision canopies this weekend, PM GroundZero so he doesn't have to bring the whole shelf. Bring that nitron 150 for me. Xaoskitty

I don't want to hurt any trees either! That happened months ago.. I've healed nicely, thanks. Ironically, it was the weekend one of my friends came in from out of town.. a big Navy guy.. so we told everyone I got a little too sassy with him.. .. (Ok thats only funny cause its not true..)

I have a similar story about jumping on a windy day (under a 210 F111).. a pine tree.. and a black eye. 2 weeks ago, I had line twists on 4 out of 6 jumps. (demo canopy in a container that was a little too big for it). Anyway, glad you didnt damage the RV.

Here ya go: http://www.skydivenm.net/ Theres also info in this thread , which you may find helpful.

Did you do a practice rear-riser flare to see if that was a landing option?

I've recently downsized from a 210 F111 to smaller zp sizes. The F111 was my first canopy and great for me to learn on. That canopy required a full flare. The zp canopies I've been jumping lately require staged flares. If I read your question correctly, I would NOT recommend doing a staged flare on your F111 to practice landing zp. I would continue to land your F111 in the manner which works on that canopy.. I dont really see how staging a flare on F111 and crash landing will help you land a totally different canopy. I had no problem feeling out the staged flare on zp canopies.

Hey Dougeee.. I'd have to agree with ya man.. TN Skydiving Center is a great place to call home. Its not where I did AFF, but thats because I was "under the influence" of another jumper and didnt know any better. I still like to jump at the DZ where I did AFF sometimes, but if I had stayed there I know I would have been exposed to a lot more drama and a lot less good information. You guys just took me "under your wing" (sorry for the pun), and turned me in to half-decent flier! Now get yer butt back out to the DZ before I pass you in jump numbers..

I'm in the same boat as at least 2 others: small dz.. you pack yourself, or you miss loads. I have a love/hate relationship with packing. I hate to do it, but I love it when I get a sweet opening, and I like knowing that I'm the only one responsible for my main pack job. IF I jumped at a dz where packers were readily available, I might use one on occasion if I wanted to take a break and relax in between jumps. But for the most part, I cant justify spending money on something that I can do myself. Oh and if I flew camera for tandems and needed to be ready to go quickly, I'd use a packer while I edited videos. But I dont jump at a big dz or fly camera.. so I pack!

Hey Doug.. stay out of that "stones river".. you've been through enough already! See ya soon!!

Wade started it!!