wildcard451

Dude that has got to be the single DUMBEST statement made on these boards EVER and there's some seriously dumb shit posted here... Well done that man It's not too often that I agree with Squeak, but yeah, that has to rank up there with the most idiotic statements I have ever read on here.

This one is gonna be fun and it stinks that I am not gonna be able to go to it

People don't have to go in a huge amount of debt to have a nice wedding. The women can still have her day and still has a lot of details to take care of and doesn't have to spend a lot of money. I think our wedding cost about $2000 when it was all said and done. It was a very nice wedding at a pretty country chapel. It also had two kegs of Shiner free for the taking. Awesome. I wish you'd teach classes. And the shiner makes it perfect. However, when I see some of these extravagant events it boggles my mind. If she comes from old school money and her parents wanna foot the bill...then live it up by all means. Story time: I was a groomsman once where the mother of the bride used the wedding as a status symbol. The groom was a fraternity bro of mine. -Church: 17th century landmark with no indoor plumbing and once the congregation sat down, the pew backs were too high to see the wedding party. -Obligatory country club reception. - Bride's mother invited an extra 50 guests from out of town to the rehearsal dinner/reception without informing the groom's mother first --- she the proceeded to say, in front of the guests, "what's the matter dear, can't you afford it?" - The bride/groom family had to sit together in one pewbox - hence dubbed the "Penalty Box" - The groomsmen were getting drunk with the flasks we were given for groomsmen gifts off in another box, and started sharing with the bridesmaids when they found us out. - When the bride's mother kept bragging on how much she was spending, even the bride was so pissed at this point of the reception that our table started ordering the most expensive champagne, liquor, etc available at the open bar. Added a cool $5k to the bill. After all, we were just helping her improve her story at that point. They divorced 2 years later when she cheated on him. Oh well. Makes for a good story and memory.

Amen brother! Save the money pay down your debts invest in sex furniture buy jump tickets for your friends travel the world! I agree. Taking on that much debt into a relationship just to have a princess day is financially irresponsible. /blows my mind some of the weddings I have been to

How YOU doin?

....I can't find any critique. Well said. A priest, the two of you on a beach at sunset. Come back. Throw a hell of a party. Game Over.

The text wall attacks again!

IN PRISON: You get ass-raped by another man ... Nevermind, any day at work is better than that.

Greatest game show ever.

And I thought I was a dick.

Firefly 3-piece with top, pants, and c-wing camera jacket. $450. That was 5.5 years ago. Suit still looks damned good, except has cordura ass/lower legs now after sliding across gravel.

This is the stupidest post I have ever read. Agreed.

Did anyone ever do anything with this website? They relaunched in 7/09 with quite a bite more stringent requirements.

That wasn't my question. Don't try to politicize it. I was curious as to what the operational costs of this event were. No more, no less.

Just out of curiosity....what kind of $$$ does an operation like this cost to put on? I can't imagine having 2 planes of that size is a cheap bill for the taxpayers to foot....

Also, when you get to that point, you will need to make your own bite switch by splicing a premade one with a proprietary nikon shutter release.

Next time someone at your DZ bounces, go to the morgue with the body and console the guy's family. Tell them how you don't care about death because you're such a badass. I'm sure they'll appreciate your point of view. Or you can just grow the fuck up and realize it's not all about you. Usually washing someone else's blood out of your jumpsuit is enough to set the reality in...

So do we.

There's another thread where typical DZ.comers bash a 100 jump guy with a GoPro who ditched his helmet before cutaway, yet he is all ok and well and nobody else was hurt as well.. This can be an exactly same analogy, because next time this guy can pull his friends RESERVE handle on exit instead of a cutaway, now that would make for a "fun" video wouldn't it? As I pointed out in another thread, it's all about jump numbers here, if you're below 200, you're gonna be bashed no matter what you do, above that and you're in the cool zone.. Sangi, I do get where you are going with this, ad I am not in complete disagreement. However... The difference? The guy with 3600 jumps knows what he did wrong. Doesn't mean that he didn't screw up, or can't screw up. I bet he'll be more careful now after possibly getting a little complacent about harness grips on exit. The GoPro / Helmet cutaway thread is a perfect example though of not knowing what you don't know. It has to do with experience. It has to do with a demonstrated attitude. I'll leave discussion of that event over there though. There are people with over 1000 jumps that I am scared to be in the air with, both freefall and under canopy. there are some very wise and cool-headed 50 jump people that I love to fly with. The reason people get so uptight here is not wanting to see others make the same mistakes they did and happened to get away with. The tone is often harsh, as are the consequences.

I don't think he meant a rough description, but how it was mounted on the helmet in question here. The mounts are tougher than they look. After taking a fairly rough tumble on landing a few months back I thought for sure it would have snapped but everything was in perfect working order.

No, from a learning point you are correct. You really do need to watch where you take harness grips on exit, from 25 jumps to 25000 jumps. Also, you need to be cognizant of where people are grabbing you on exit. That being said, and it being an obvious lesson from this video - the look on his buddy's face is one for the record books. It's funny cause everyone is ok. Had he been hurt at all, I bet you would find people singing a different tune.

Nice. Always nice to run into assholes here. I forgot, jumpers with over 1000 jumps are sky gods, better than everyone else, and always do the right thing. What a fucking dick...... There is a difference between being an asshole and telling it how it is. You can't seem to figure it out. /Monkey is an ass //doesn't mean he doesn't have valid points ///this is not a sport for hand-holding, kumbaya-singing, candy-coated lessions. ////Feelings heal faster than femurs.

After he tells you to look before you grab harness grips on exit..... ...you continue to laugh like a fucking hyena. That's the most classic look on his face that one could ask for...

damnit, I have always wanted this book. Now this thread is gonna make me break down and buy it.

0 : 9 : 4 3 practice jumps 6 comp jumps at Palatka 4 goose eggs in the scoring box... Learned a ton though.