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Other!!!!! I only had 29 when I bought my setup, but with a 193 ft^2 main, loading around .9:1, it wasn't much of a transition!!!! I've talked to people who had like 10 jumps when they bought their own gear, just had to put it in the closet until they were cleared for it!! sds =========Shaun ==========

Now that i've thought it over for a sec, here's my $.02. I think it really depends on the person wearing it. Some people make it a complement to their style, some make it look like a cheap way to look cool. Maybe it just depends on how it is done , or the personality of the bearer. On a personal note, I think it fits who you are and the appearance you want to give yourself. But the same thing wouldn't fly for, oh say, any of the other gals at KSUPC. Interesting thread, i like.

I just realized that you actually had your toung pierced within the past month. Do you usually wear your toung jewlery out to the DZ? As for the rest, I can't comment, I'm so out of touch with the real world sometimes that it goes over my head. sds =========Shaun ==========

Hell, I sure will be at the WFFC, back to back with FReaks. August is going to rock! I got the hookup with a local rigger to fund the trip by packing tandems with him. I will see you all there!! sds =========Shaun ==========

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Look guys, this puppy can be broken down into several polls: -What is your first choice for an affordable rig? - First choice for Practical Rig - first choice for Customer Service - First Choice for Design and comfort and - first choice for Performance-oriented rig Seems that we are getting into an Apple-Orange kinda thing there. For myself, for what i want to be doing, for my jumping style, and for my budget, the best container for myself i believe is a Dolphin (with all the current mods). I know how the Sunrise rigging customer service is A++, but after working on a personal level with Mike Furry on updating my container, My business belongs to Altico. You forgot Dolphin in your Survey. sds =========Shaun ==========

Monkies? For Sale??? Wow, I used to have this pet chicken that I chocked all the time, but i eventually chocked him to death. I was looking for an affordable monkey to spank, but these guys are out of my league. sds =========Shaun ==========

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I'm not going to be a smart-ass and call you for beer, but how many people have called you already?? sds =========Shaun ==========

I understand that I should first contact the manufacturer for packing advice, and i already have, but I need some advice on packing my PD 7-cell, 193 ft^2. I really fear a line-over malfunction. Maybe i've just seen too many of them. I do everything i can to keep all my lines down the middle of the pack job, and I put the canopy into the bag very carefully. However, this weekend i saw something done on a tandem canopy that i've never really seen before. After it was flakes and all the groups collected, the packer put a rubber band stow around the brake, D, & C lines, just a simple loop, with a rubber band wrapped around twice, nothing complicated, but it ensured that a line-over would NOT develope. Is this an effective method to keep line groups collected on a sport canopy such as mine? ANY feedback would be greatly appreciated! sds Manhattan, KS edited because i can't spell or even write in complete sentences. =========Shaun ==========

I had one Crazy ass weekend. Numbers? 3:4:3 including, My first Night Jump (got called there) First Jump on a sit Suite ( there too) Got checked out for my B First jump on my rig after getting it back from getting freefly mods, and first jump on sunday morning "KansasSkydiver" and someone else pulled me into my first head-down, which i was unaware of the plan, great fun. THANKS GUYS! Didn't even go home, Just crashed at the DZ Saturday night and Sunday Night. Bonfire both nights. Burgers all day. Life is good, gentlemen.

Hey buddy, i'm younger than you are!! i'm only 18, and i started jumping about three days after my 18th bday, which was about 9 months ago!!! I like to pretend i'm older though, but it never works. sds

HEY HEY HEY!!!! THEY ARE BOOBIES!!! JUST LOOK REALLY HARD TIL YOUR EYES GO BLURRY, THERE THEY ARE!!! WHAMMM!!! sds

hahahahahahaha, you sure fooled me. I was like "BOOBIES" and you were like "MADE YOU LOOK" hahahahahahhahaha i hate you. You go to hell, you go to hell and you die. sds =========Shaun ==========

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Take it easy, make sure you will be jumping 15 years from now. sds

Quotehmmm unstable... I think you should send jump money to your fellow kstate students... especially those who are out of kansas right now *** oh yeah, right. send money to poor fellow kstaters who on the extream bad day HAVE to jump yet another 182 while the CASA is out for the day. sds =========Shaun ==========

My phyco ex used to always go and visit Israel each summer. I used to worry a lot, and in retrospect, she really shouldn't have gone. Now i'm like "Audios Babe, have fun!!!! Don't let the bed buggs bite (literally)" sds edited for: p.s. since i like you, i vote no =========Shaun ==========

last one, i promise --- What has 8 arms and 8 legs? 8 Pirates! i kill me =========Shaun ==========

A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. What happened, you look terrible!" "What do you mean?" the pirate replies, "I'm fine." The bartender says, "But what about that wooden leg? You didn't have that before." "Well," says the pirate, "We were in a battle at sea and a cannon ball hit my leg but the surgeon fixed me up, and I'm fine, really." "Yeah," says the bartender, "But what about that hook? Last time I saw you, you had both hands." "Well," says the pirate, "We were in another battle and we boarded the enemy ship. I was in a sword fight and my hand was cut off but the surgeon fixed me up with this hook, and I feel great, really." "Oh," says the bartender, "What about that eye patch? Last time you were in here you had both eyes." "Well," says the pirate, "One day when we were at sea, some birds were flying over the ship. I looked up, and one of them shat in my eye." "So?" replied the bartender, "what happened? You couldn't have lost an eye just from some bird shit!" "Well," says the pirate, "I really wasn't used to the hook yet." =========Shaun ==========

I remember in high scool i used to think it was cool to go around wiht an eyepatch and say retarded things like " Why didn't the pirate go visit his old decrepid mother - BECAUSE SHE LIVES TOO FAAAAARRRRRGHHHH AWAY" I really haven't grown much since then. sds =========Shaun ==========

Jerkface. I was fingering through the posts, saw your little whore there, and i was like "OH MY GOD I LOST TRACK OF TIME I NEED TO GET MY SHIT TOGETHER AND GET READY FOR ONE HELL OF A WEEKEND" then i was like, oh, damn. i'd better get ready for bed so i can get to work at 6 am. anyways, thanx for the emotional rollercoaster sds =========Shaun ==========

I too am in kind of the same situation as "newbie" here. I'm confused as to where I want to go (in skydiving ) next, and what i want to do to get there. Seems everyone i talk to has a different lesson plan in mind, and a different interpretation on what is an appropriate next step. Riggerrob and Dgskydive, seriously, i appreciate your way-good advice. It helped me clear things up in my own mind on what i'm going to do next. sds =========Shaun ==========

It's good stuff, you can buy it at most Mexican Resturants around here. They a scoop of ice cream, cover it in corn flakes and put it in a freezer at like -30F. Needs to be rock hard. Fry it REALLLY hot for 30 seconds or so, cover it in honey and whipped cream mmmmmmmmmmm, sds =========Shaun ==========

It would be kind of cool to have a pilot fly around 3000 while someone shoots the birds from the door. If only that wern't hideously illegal.............. sds =========Shaun ==========

Who ever thought up of the idea to Fry IceCream? Wow, we have IceCream here, as if it's not bad enough for you, what can we do to make it more fattening? Oh yes, lets find and ingeneous way to fry it!! i want some now. dammit sds =========Shaun ==========

anything learned? sds =========Shaun ==========