TheBachelor

I saw one of these up close (touched it) at March AFB. It's damn impressive. There is a writeup about the various things, but the thing I remember most is about the fuel tanks (as posted earlier). The tanks leak until they heat up and expand. If you think about how long that plane has been around, it's especially impressive. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

Mel - I don't think you can ever convince certain people about the sport. My ex-fiancee' couldn't/wouldn't understand. I even bought her a tandem (she hated it). After all of this time, I think it's a lost cause. Maybe she saw your "stoner glasses" on DZ.com and thought skydiving made you look that way.

Mine's also stingy with the novacaine. My root canal wasn't as bad as expected, though. I've still got a full bottle of tylenol-3.. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

82 -- Living alone didn't help, I'm sure. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

I do understand what you mean, but we're not all like that: - have and display one or more tattoos None. - smoke and often require at least one cigarrette between loads Never Smoked - have body piercings (ears don't count anymore) No holes in body other that what god gave me. - can drink heavily in the evening and be on the first load the next morning I'm a lightweight - are ectomorphic or, at least, fall on the ectomorphic side of mesomorphism I'm closer to the mesomorph. - have some kind of attitude (doesn't really matter what kind Yes, my attitude is "let's have fun!" - come across as a bit touched (and by touched, I mean crazy) No comment - live a relatively non-materialistic lifestyle (money isn't good for much except jumps and beer!) I own a Porsche and a house with a paid-off mortgage. - live in the present (can't really execute emergency procedures if you're daydreaming about the future, now, can you?) My future is planned and secure. - live from jump to jump (always thinking about that next fix) I agree... - consider themselves good looking (the guys) and have skydiving SOs (the gals) that are good looking I don't think I'm so good looking, but my non-skydiving SO is. - seem to actually live (!) at the drop zone 85 Mile drive each way (once a week at most). - can easily pack in 10 minutes or less (mostly, it appears, because their canopy is about the size of a trashbag) Hate packing -- takes at least 20 minutes - have a seemingly unending source of money (maybe something illegal going on here, like in that documentary CUTAWAY about that cop... what's his name... Stephen Baldwin or something) Yes, I have a REAL JOB. - (some) inexplicably live nomadic lifestyles (how high do you have to exit to actually reach the next DZ?) Nope There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

I used one of the disposables on one jump, and didn't drop it. I don't remember if I took pictures with both hands on the camera or not. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

I hope this is overturned so we can just get this over with. If not, we'll sit and talk about it until sometime next year when all of the voting sites are in compliance. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

Check out Diamond Talk at www.diamondtalk.com. There is a ton of good information there. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

I just installed it yesterday, and it's blocked 54 so far. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

I moved 1600 miles away from Minnesota 3 weeks after high school, and I've never moved back. I noticed at my 10-year reunion that a high percentage of the people still lived in the state. It was good for me to go, although everyone's situation is unique. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

Skydiving was something I always wanted to do ONCE. I finally made my first jump and I was hooked. 700+ jumps later, and I'm just as hooked as when I started. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

I used to stretch the 120 days by a week or two, but now that they have a computer at manifest, I don't want to risk it. It's too long of a drive to the DZ. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

I can't comment on Firefly's freefly suit, but I do have an RW suit from them (they don't make them anymore). Since they were close, I went to their shop to be fitted. Any problems I've had since I got the suit have been handled quickly, and without charge. I'd highly recommend them. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

Let me guess, your nickname is "Lucky". There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

The only bad thing is it is that much more painful when you have to work on someone else's computer that only had dial-up. DSL rocks. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

Yep, Davis has vetoed this bill twice, but now that he needs every vote he can get in the recall, he's signing it. What scum. Another of the latest suck-ups by Davis was to let the indians name their people to 2 of the 5 positions on the board that regulates indian gaming. Do you think there's any coincidence that the indians have given Davis MILLIONS? No, me neither. What a scumbag. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

I didn't think much about it before I started. The more I've done it, the safer I think it is (as far as fatalities go anyway). There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

Tennis shoes. Had someone on my load yesterday that decided to jump with no shoes. He landed out because of high winds, and was having a miserable time walking through the sticks and crap on the way back. That'll probably be the last time he does that. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

I'm sure you'll get varying opinions on this. Some people say if you're low and won't be able to get back up, track away early and get far away. On the other hand, if I'm in that formation, I know that person is low, and I'd rather know where he is (near us) so I can keep an eye on him. I agree with the statement of pulling at the minimum altitude, definitely not higher, as he did. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

Before I had a full-face, I had one come out in freefall. It stuck in the corner of my goggles, and I found it about 8 hours later (my vision isn't so bad, so I didn't know it was gone until I went to take it out). There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

It's your life. If you're not comfortable with everything about the situation, ride it down. On the other hand, when I was a newbie I made a jump once that I shouldn't have, just because everyone else was jumping. Fortunately, my underwear was the only thing that sustained any damage on that jump. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

Michele - I'll be at Elsinore on Sunday. Maybe you could do a public reading...

AMEN to that... Then again, it would be even better if Britney, Christina, and me were doing some 3-day tongue wrestling... There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

None. YET. Still looking for a couple of ladies for a 3-way...

S&W 9MM, in case someone breaks in to steal my skydiving gear. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...