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  1. Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  2. hhhhhhhmmmmmmm 1800skyshit.com - wonder if that's taken??????? Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  3. I did www.1800skyrider.com Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  4. One of my favorite websites in the world www.ehowa.com runs a fundraiser every year to bring as many junior military personnel home for the holidays as they can. I have donated every year and would encourage others to look at this too. www.lbeh.org/ Please don't turn this into an war/anti-war thread, if you don't want to help, move on, but if you can spare the cost of one jump to help some of our troops get home for the holidays please throw Ernie a few bucks. Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  5. sid

    Fear Factor - NOW!

    okay, I'm not ashamed to say I watch Fear Factor. The triumph of human will, the downfall of the bloated egos, mainly the T & A, but 2 dumb bunnies on tonights show just stole the whole show. I'm pretty sure they said they were best friends and met in a plastic surgeon's office. Well, the one that looked like an extra from the "Plastics" scene in Escape from L.A (great movie) backed out of 2 stunts without even trying them, WOW! Rogan voted her "Worst contestant EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It was almost embarrassing to watch (just almost) Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  6. Jump Shack's reporting for duty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  7. see! I went and agreed with Chuck again! This is becoming a dangerous trend Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  8. I just "rediscovered" Family with Roger Chapman - MAN what a voice, bought a box set off ebay and he rocks Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  9. Quite simply (and I quote Chuck Blue which doesn't happen often ) Ouragon Suits are the new Gold Standard. Nancy is simply amazing as a person, designer and seamstress. The wait WILL be worth it Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  10. DAMN! and I spent all night working on www.1800skyrider.com Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  11. Do you think I went too far with what's up there now, or did I change it "just enough" (I'd really like to leave it there long enough for Tim Eason to see it) Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  12. but - just supposing - someone were to register 1800skyrider.com - and everyone who has a concern about them links to it, and I link back, couldn't we google bomb it at least enough to make a dent in the ratings? Oops - did I say I, my bad! Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  13. Lee - that was a really good idea, shame that skyrider.com was already taken. (1800skyrider.com wasn't though) - watch this space!!!!!!! Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  14. you can always make the table 100% but the problem is if the site is loaded with graphics, and mine always seem to be, it can be very unpredictable how they present themselves. This one www.emcon2004-bombay.org didn't come out too bad, but most of the ones I do now, like www.thepinkmafia.com I cheat and left justify everything. Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  15. Dave - I just finished a site for someone and optimized it for 1024*768. We put a feedback form on the site and were inundated with people using 800*600 resolution bitching about the scrollbars. Granted this site was aimed at a demographic likely to have older hardware/software configurations but I had to change the whole site, left justify it and leave a wide margin to the right. Luckily, when I work on third party sites now I get everything in writing, so the client paid for the re-write, but OY! What a pain. You'll be suprised how many people still use 800 * 600 Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  16. they also advertise $165 tandems, as a previous poster stated, yet - you try and buy one for that price! In their first year of operation we started accepting their vouchers at a dz I worked at, luckily we didn't take many. However, they were paying us $175 for each one we accepted! Wait, all we would have to do is buy 100 vouchers from them at $165, redeem them for $175 and we've made a grand without doing the tandems, DOH! So I got somebody to call them, and sure enough a tandem was $165, but with the gear rental and first jump course it was ACTUALLY more like $245. This is called bait and switch and is illegal in every state as far as I know. As Tim alluded, the basic business plan is sound, there are other companies out there that resell certificates and do it very well, what they don't do is steal from fellow skydivers (whatever way you slice it Tim, what they did with your website was just fucking theft). What they don't do is advertise one price then load it with extras without which you can't possibly do the tandem. Stop looking at what they founded their business model on, and look at what they are actually doing. Stealing peoples websites, stealing copyrighted images, lying to the public, bait and switch advertising and I'll just bet their feet stink and they don't love Jeebus! Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  17. I just saw a clip of this on the news, is the video posted on the 'net yet? it is so funny!!!!!!!!!!!! (and yet strangely tragic ) NOT! Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  18. sid

    Dead Like Me?

    I was cruising through Best Buy on Saturday evening and saw the dvd set of season one of Dead Like Me. It looked interesting, so I took a chance and bought the set. Holy Crap! This is brilliant! How did this show slip under my radar before? It is funny, intelligent and incredibly well written and acted. It was a crappy weather Sunday so I watched the whole season in one day. It was awesome!!!!!!! Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  19. I loaned Emho the DVD of Linkin Park live in Texas, practically had to stage a SWAT raid to get it back! I also got a bunch of Linkin Park .trk files for my mixman software program, expect them to appear on the next Sid Rock album! Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  20. I thought it was awesome too Chris. The cd comes out late November, already have my copy pre-ordered Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  21. There's a lot of info here that you can print out http://www.packingparachutes.com/packing_course/html/packing_index.htm Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  22. Origami's about my limit these days Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  23. They'll be the ones with the really big heads and the really really small... oh nevermind Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  24. WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!! Art's doing it again! I missed the last one Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?
  25. If this is your first real boogie, here's a couple of tips; 1: If you see a big 'ole guy with a cute dog that skydives (the guy and the dog) stay clear of him, when he offers you "candy" it's not real candy!!!!! 2: You'll be much safer hanging around Don, Marty and I, we'll take good care of you, why just last night I bought a load of beads for the after jumping celebrations 3: Be safe! Have fun! And check out the Jump Shack crew, we'll hook y'up with a t-shirt (no strings attached (the rest was humor, apart from the bit about the big guy! ) Pete Draper, Just because my life plan is written on the back of a Hooter's Napkin, it's still a life plan.... right?