headoverheels
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BWAHAHAHA! The Dutchman makes a funny! So, he knows both Netherlands and nether-regions?
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Isn't Nads some sort of hair removal product. I think I saw an infomercial.
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Wax. Learn to enjoy the pain.
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Search back, and you'll find the info.
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Yeah, what Squeak said. Done right, you'll be talking about your time in Korea for the rest of your life, and it won't be bad.
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I agree with Mary. I've gone hiking and biking with new prospects. It gives you a chance to chat, to flirt, and to do some mutually enjoyable activity. Go see Fred the Diving Pig! Edit: Oops, I guess it was Ralph, not Fred, and he's retired. Still a destination idea.
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More likely he did the "hind-lick" maneuver at home.
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I've been hearing HHFH, I think since the 70's. What I heard about the origin, was that at the Z-Hills 8-way Turkey meet, someone bounced. The next morning, another team came up and said that they would like to sing him a hymn. They then did the HHFH. His teammates reported said "he woulda liked that."
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I'm a Rhino too, but somehow they know I just turned 50. Old Fool Rhino Banga
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I think that Tandems get about $5 added if they use credit. I alway write a check for blocks, or pay cash for singles, so I don't know about that. -
The other Ravens (II, III, IV) are larger, and were used as both mains and reserves. I jumped a Raven III for 900 jumps at a w/l of about 0.67:1. My present reserve is a MicroRaven, loaded at about 1.18:1. 1.1 is not a "light" w/l on these F-111 canopies. It's probably a good size for a reserve, and too small for a Raven main. Ravens have a reputation of stalling quite abruptly when heavily loaded (over maybe 1.3?), but I haven't jumped them at that loading.
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Despite being a "conversation starter" and not having three prospective employers actually make negative comments, I would strongly suggest removing skydiving from your resume, and not mentioning in your interview. Plenty of time later to let them know how wonderful you are away from work as well. Many people would just have a nagging feeling that you might not be around to finish a project, might make the group insurance go up, or whatever. I would also fix minor mistakes, such as the missing apostrophe in "Children's," and would not capitalize "building." Unless they are some sort of software package and not just the words, I would not capitalize "Application and Database" either, and maybe not capitalize a few other words. I agree with Nightingale that your Objective paragraphs should be swapped. You've done a nice job of showing actions in your work experience. "Contributed to" sounds a bit weak, but you have a lot to go with it.
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As Mason Williams put it: How 'bout them dog kickers, ain't they crumbs? Kickin' them doggies in their buns. Kickin' them Afghans. Kickin' them mutts. Kickin' them puppies poor little butts.
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Im sick of this ride that they call life and I wanna get off
headoverheels replied to kai2k1's topic in The Bonfire
Yep, nothin' better than gettin' off -
Hey Pete, Any word on boogie fee, and what's included?
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Was your daddy a meat burglar?
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Nothing required for 6 months. When it's been 9 years, you don't want to be hearing "well, you used to do sweet things for me, like our 6 month anniversary." My GF was miffed that I didn't care to go out to celebrate 6 months from when we met. It's just a day. OTOH, you should be doing a lot for her on a pretty much continuous basis.
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So, you are saying that UV resistance is really no big deal, unless you pack outside and leave your gear laying in the sun. For the 3 minutes or so my lines get exposed to sunlight on a typical jump, it would take ~14,000 jumps to get the equivalent of a 3 month exposure. Even at 15 minutes per jump, packing outside, that's nearly 3000 jumps to lose half of the strength.
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Mine was named Sydney.
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Go see some stuff and do some things you can't do at home. I stopped taking my rig on business/vacation more than 20 years ago, unless it is a mostly skydive vacation. A day or two in DC, the same in NYC, a couple in Philly, some time hiking or at the beach. If you must jump, CrossKeys is pretty darn nice. It's the only one I've been to back there, so I'm sure some locals can provide more DZ info.
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This make no sense, as the canopy doesn't "know" that it is drifting with the wind. One thing certainly changes with wind, and that is one's perception of the correct place to start the turn, and how steep to turn. If one did the same carve as on a no wind day, they would find themselves blowing down wind. They might mistakenly think they need to give more input to turn at their standard rate, but might actually be turning/diving much steeper. Another possibility is a sudden gust or lull in the wind, or turbulence from trees or buildings. It could also be wind shear, where you had more wind at the higher altitude, and less in the last couple of hundred feet. Do I understand correctly that you were using rear risers to make the carve? From your comment about "getting off the rears" it seems so.
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How many jumps before you purchased your own rig?
headoverheels replied to Skylark's topic in Safety and Training
Jump 8, so I can't vote in your poll. When you're hooked, you're hooked. -
Glad I took that day to search eBay for "parachute." I usually don't use that search word -- too many irrelevant hits. I'm glad the rig is making it's way home. Gary
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This ad says they have someone for me..
headoverheels replied to catfishhunter's topic in The Bonfire
She does have her nice "points" (*)(*) but she has a facial expression like a fish. -
I say that you buy that nice kid a graduation present. This one is pretty close to you: http://www.trade-a-plane.com/unprotected/cgi-bin/specsheets.pl?viewphotos.x=&specnum=24681