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i guess i am not very cool...i still have my spectre 170, that i purchased at jump 15. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

lets kick the tires and lite the fires! gotta love that thing... and take about burning fuel! the 3 shuttle engines burn 1000lbs per second! ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

to me, nothing says "Hey, I am an idiot!" more than this baggy pants fad. I really wonder how the hell it developed..., who the hell woke up one day, put on thier overweight fathers pants, and thought..."Damn, this makes me look soooooo cool." f---ing idiots. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

this is one i came up with... "skydiving to me is like pressing 'CTRL-ALT-DEL' on your PC."

true story...back in college, for srping break, 14 of us pile into our cars and trucks and head down the baja in mexico. we took a boat, motorcycles, atv's, generator, welder, tons of bottled beer, microwave, (yes, a microwave)...just about everything but the kitchen sink, oh, and not one person brought a bottle opener. so, after a week of constant drinking on the beach, we had figured out how to open a beer with just about everything...we even opened 14 beers at once, using the tie down hooks on my old truck.

yep, i have one hanging on the wall in my bathroom from a guy on the streets of Los Angeles...very cool.

yes....great show. also, i like the episode about the P-47, my dad was a mechanic on this plane in WWII. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

any drink ordered at a bar followed by the words..."make it a virgin." ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

i grew up with four older sisters...yeap...been there, plenty of times. my favorite though was a few weeks ago...ran down to the corner store for my wife...box of tampons, bottle of vodka, and some asprin....shoulda seen the look on the checkers face. its all good. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

ok...i have the solution. birth control in our nations water supply system. now, to have a baby, you would need to go to your local post office to get the antidote...walk throught the door, show ID, and then take a very straight forward common sense test. with this system in place, i am confident that you will have the following reductions in pregnancy: 1. going to the post office: reduction of 25%, people are just stupid enough not to know where the post office is located. 2. common sense test: reduction of 75%, obvious result, based on todays society. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

i am wearing my cross keys shirt right now...loved that place...skyvan is cool! ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

skydive, or....shut the fuck up! ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

dont be intimidated. we (my wife and I ) actually wrote it into our vows, "not to deploy below 3500" (start of sequence). If there was a major problem, this certainly could be worked out in jump order...not forcing someone to deploy low. We often go out last, and pull higher, like students...just to avoid these poeple. but then again, we dont go to boggies, or large events...the idiot exposure factor is greatly increased at such events. An event organizer (or DZ) can add its own rules over and above the FARs and BSRs. The WFFC had a no deployment above 3k rule (some exceptions allowed, like CRW). exactly why when i stopped by there a few years ago...i did not jump. pulling at 3500 is my comfortable safe deployment altitude, and i will not go low for an extra 5 to 6 seconds of freefall. deploy at 3500, you have a few crucial extra seconds of decesion time before going ot reserve, which then can be out at a very safe altitude. but, this is just me. anyway, probably should not highjack this thread. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

dont be intimidated. we (my wife and I ) actually wrote it into our vows, "not to deploy below 3500" (start of sequence). If there was a major problem, this certainly could be worked out in jump order...not forcing someone to deploy low. We often go out last, and pull higher, like students...just to avoid these poeple. but then again, we dont go to boggies, or large events...the idiot exposure factor is greatly increased at such events. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

how long is the life of the batteries? funny though, how some people spend (lease) new 30K cars every several years or so. kind of the same econimics? ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

to insure clear sinuses, we take decongestents the day before. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

excellent! I personally feel that until one group or the other steps up a each DZ and says, "Hey, to avoid possible collisions, resulting in accidents, resulting in ban on certain manuvers, we (swoopers or non swoopers) will land over there, free and clear of your group" ...more DZs will ban HP landings, and more accidents will happen. So, to everyone out there, I (non swooper) am willing to (and already do) land further away...anyone else want to step up and get this party started? I love watching swooping, its awsome, and I hope it does not go away. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

very very good point. but, many many jumpers do NOT have good judgement...therefore, they must be told how to act (land their canopy) to avoid killing others. And my point would be "WHY ARE THEY JUMPERS?!" I agree with you. i am also a pilot, and i agree that instructors should weed out more jumpers, that should not be jumping. but then again, many pilots start out conservative...then, somewhere along the way, they get "inspired" to try dangerous or rather, aerobatic manuvers. if they are over non populated ground, and not around other airplanes, then, go for it. same with jumpers, no one on the ground, no one around in the air...then go for it. problem is, many hotshots are too damn lazy to walk back to a DZ area. they feel they are the hotshot, so they should land close, in amonst everyone. if we had "airspace" classifications for jumpers, it would be great. class HP for swooping high perfomance, class S for students, class G for general, no HP allowed. Separation, separation, separation. just like different runways at airports. I would respect a rule like that, just as I respect the different airspace ratings when flying my aircraft. but not all airports are big enough to have multiple runways, and when not allowed to fly there, I dont. simple as that. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

very very good point. but, many many jumpers do NOT have good judgement...therefore, they must be told how to act (land their canopy) to avoid killing others. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

only 300 jumps with helmets and recent tests (more own trouble hearing things) have shown reduction in my hearing. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

there is a new classification...called "light sport pilot" you are limited to certain types of planes, day flying, and certain airspace...but the one of FAAs goals was to make it more finacially realistic for some people to fly. then, you can always continue onwards and upwards. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

well, if you loved skydiving, you might like the type of "aircraft" i fly. and, 20k and its all paid for, and i keep it in my garage. my buddies are ex military, jets. the aviation world is tough, one had to re-enlist, the other flys nights at fed-ex. good luck ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

sounds like a "healthy" way to work out a disagreement. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

i jump with no helmet, except when flying camera. my choice, that some people dont agree with. i didnt where a helmet on my bike either until it was law. sorry, but i like the wind in my hair. and yes, i do have medical coverage so i will be paying for my injuries. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

Welcome to the club I call "The unimpressed." basically, the more you do, the more you will become unimpressed with braggers, liars, ordinary scared people. Dont get me wrong, this way of life is not for eveyone, thank god, and people are just fine as they are...i just dont feel like sitting there and talking about nothing with them...especially when the havent "been there" in life...know what i mean? ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?