Kramer

I'd like to try to help her. Tell her to message (without quotes) "coryalbertson" if she still needs the help. (edit: nevermind...I didn't see you left her name...I'll message her) I know a thing or two about computers...you should get Ivan to help ya though! -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Haha...well good luck on your jump! It'll be the most amazing thing you've ever done in your life. (advice: Don't waste any energy worrying about the plane ride...if something goes wrong there, it's a freak accident that is out of your control...just sit back and relax, and focus on what you have to do on your jump...planes kick ass anyway). -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Thanks guys...your picture made me smile taln. I can't tell you how much that meant to me at a time like this...I needed that. You helped someone more than you'll ever know tonight, with a simple little gesture like that... -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Three days ago, my boss from my summer job died at the age of 47 in a car wreck. Today, I found out that my neighbor died of a heart attack at the Ball State football game. His name was Mike Bott. His son Adam and I are the same age, and we live three doors down from each other in the same dorm at Ball State. Mike was visiting his son, and planned on attending the game with him. Here is what I said about Mike in a local forum I frequent: This morning I woke up around 1:30 or 2:00. I was very interested in watching the Michigan vs. Ohio State game, but my roommate was still asleep, so I decided I'd give him another half hour or so. I walked down our hallway to use the restroom, as I was walking back, I noticed Adam Bott had the game on in his room, so I decided to stop in and watch it for a little bit before I went back to my room. Mike Bott was sitting in there watching the game with his son. They live right across the street from me in Warsaw, so I've known him for a long time. I had just woke up, and didn't have a shirt on or anything, so I just popped in, while watching a few plays had a brief conversation with him. I asked him if he was just hanging out for the day or what? (small talk), he said yes, and I think mentioned that they were just relaxing, and were probably going to go to the BSU game out at the stadium. I said something along the lines of "oh cool, well have a good one, see ya later", and took off back to my room. Now he's dead. It's really something else...I don't think I've ever known someone who died so soon after I interacted with them...not too sure what to say. I first came to know him when he was one of the assitant coaches on my 7th grade football team. This was about the same time I moved in across the street from him, so he would make small talk with me during practices and stuff, 'cause he had taken note that my family was moving in across the street. Since I've lived there, he would pay me to feed his dog every Christmas break while they were on vacation, I've had countless amounts of conversations while I'm outside getting the paper or running or mowing, and he's out there too. He was the kind of person that was very easy to respect. He commanded respect with his authoritative, yet respective tone. Always quick to ask you how you were doing. I can remember one time during the Hale-Bopp comet phenomenon, he would be outside at night watching it (he's a scientist), and I would go out there 'cause I'm into that sky-stuff...anyway, he would teach me all about astronomy and stuff while we were out there. I probably spent over an hour over the course of the month that comet was out there, just shooting the shit with him about life. Every night he was out there just watching that beautiful thing streak across the sky. He appreciated the beauty in this world, and took the time to learn and teach others about it. We'll miss ya Mike, thanks for letting us share a piece of your life with you. -Cory Albertson Throw vibes...this one hurts. He was a very admirable human being. The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Haha...I was just lettin ya know man, no hard feelings, go easy. You asked a question, and I figured you might want a more immediant answer, so I pointed you towards the other thread. So what are you going to do...shoot me for trying to help you out? -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

I can't tell if you're being sincere or sarcastic ...but we had a huge-ass thread going in the past few days on this subject, here. There ya'are. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Proud to say that I did it on my own. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

It's encouraging to know that drinking isn't a pre-req for skydiving. I'm not much of an alcohol guy. I have no problem showin up at the DZ with a case of beer for everyone else to enjoy...it's just not my bag of fun, that's all. I love skydiving. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Amen. Yeah, I wasn't terribly sure about the average death rate. I had heard 110,000 float around at the DZ before, so I threw it out there. I wasn't terribly worried about being 100% accurate on that number, 'cause the guy I was writing to probably doesn't care anyway. I more wanted to say what was in my heart, not my mind. Thanks for the correction though...now I know what's goin on. As for blahr, catfishhunter, and riggerrob, I have nothing but the upmost respect for you and your sobriety of 8 years...congratulations, that's nothing to take lightely. I need to get you guys to influence my uncle a bit. Blue skies, all. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Awesome Video! I especially like the ground-view tracking shot at the end. Worth the download.... -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

My name is Cory, and I am a college student who plays poker for skydiving money. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Radiohead-Fake Plastic Trees A good skydiving song for one of those moments when you are so overwhelmed by the beauty in this world, that it's hard to breath. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Dang! Nice. How many jumps did it take, and how long ago did you start? -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

How true. I've talked one friend into making an SL jump...she did, said she loved it, and has never been back since. I'm working on a few more friends right now, trying to get them to go the tandem route. I want my best friend to try it, and I think he may..but I feel bad for him, 'cause he's never even been in a plane before..that'd be one helluva plane ride for him. Nervous about the plane-ride, and the skydive...poor kid. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Let me say that I'm not a huge fan of alcohol. I have nothing against those who drink it (pretty much everyone reading this.. ), it's just not for me. I have alcoholism in my family, and for me, I see a lot more cons than pros to drinking. That being said, I mentioned that I'm not the biggest fan of alcohol in another messageboard I frequent. I said that it's not worth risking my life on. Someone on the messageboard replied to me saying "well, if you're so worry about dying, then why do you skydive?" Here is my reply to that person, thought you'd like to read (I exaggerated a couple of the details, etc...to help prove my point) : I know you probably didn't want this big/thorough of a reply, but this is an answer I care passionately about, so you're getting my finest. You have posed a question I was pretty sure would come eventually: If I'm against drinking alcohol, because it could kill me, then why would I want to jump out of a plane too? Firstly, let me dawn you with some statistics to brush aside the common stereotypes of skydiving: One in every 110,000 skydives, the participant dies. That's basically like winning the lottery. Almost all of the people who die from skydiving die because they did something stupid, not because "they're chute didn't open". In order to die because your "chute didn't open", you would have to have something go wrong with your main chute, cutaway to your reserve chute, and have that not open. The odds of a chute just "not opening" altogether are about 1 in 50,000. So you would have to hit 1 in 50,000 two times before you found yourself in a helpless position. Most people die in skydiving because they do something stupid such as turn too low (if you make any drastic turns under 200 feet, you parachute will spin you into the ground at a very high rate of speed...most of the people who make these mistakes are hot-heads probably trying to show off). Basically, if you don't do anything dumb, it is nearly impossible to die from skydiving based on pure accident. You probably have a better chance dying while playing basketball because of a heart attack, than you do while skydiving. ____ Now, with all that being said, let me answer your question more from my heart than my mind: If I were to ever die skydiving, I would consider myself one of the luckiest people alive today. To me, there is no better way to go, than to do it while you were doing something you love. You'll be remembered by it forever. Let's take a look at how much fun each activity is. Skydiving: *You get the sensation of flying...most people think it's just falling, but in reality, you can travel up to two miles horizonally during a 60 second freefall. *You get to live before you die. The highlight of some people's lives is sadly something like "watching the Giants win the 1942 pennant" or "marrying my wife". That's great if that's your thing, but I'd rather die being able to say that the highlight of my life was skydiving. When I'm hanging up there under a parachute...it's like I'm closer to heaven, it's hard to explain. *Your life is never the same after you do something like skydive. Everything you will ever do for the rest of your life will seem like a piece of cake...if you can jump out of a plane, then you can walk up and talk to this girl, etc, etc, etc. It increases your self-confidence by an incredible sum. Elanor Roosevelt once said, "we gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot." I could go on forever there, but you get the point. Alcohol: *It makes you partially lose control of yourself, and your actions. Which to some, is a nice sensation...I'm a control freak, so it's not a sensation for me. *It might help you get laid by someone who would not normally have sex with you. *You might have a really good time at a party, and make a lot of drinking buddies. *You might wake up the next morning and not remember anything of the "fun" you had the night before. *You might get arrested for public intoxication, contributing to a minor's intoxication, driving while under the influence of alcohol, or public disturbance. *You might become dependant on alcohol and lose your job, family, and friends. (I've watched it happen to my uncle). *You might decide to drive your car in your clouded state, and kill a family of four on their way to church early Sunday morning. *You might decide to do something that you would not have done if you were sober, then have the regret of your actions to live with. *You might decide to drive your car in your clouded state, and kill yourself. To me, comparing with drinking alcohol with skydiving is bogus. If you told me right this second that I will die at the age of 25 while skydiving, I wouldn't flinch a muscle...if it's my time to go, then what better way could I go? If you were to tell me right this second that I will die at the age of 25 because a drunk driver will hit me in a head-on collision...I'd probably cry myself to sleep tonight...that's not how I want to die. There is a saying, "All people who live, die. But, not all people who die have lived." Have people who died from alcohol poisening or liver cancer really lived life? People who die while skydiving understand the beauty and wonder of this world more than any other group of people. A skydiver once said, "we who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet." -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Man, don't be nervous. I did it...and if I can do it, then so can you, and anyone else. Just arch, reach, pull...bam...canopy. You'll love it. It feels good to land knowing that you pulled your own chute without the assistance of the rope. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

So, he's a hypocrite? Considering his media based documentary also seems to try to imply that gun murders are commonplace. I'll conceed that one...you're probably right. The more something is talked about, the more people remember it, and the more it's in people's head. Human nature... -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

It was K-Mart, fyi. I think Moore would contest that the main problem with gun violence in America isn't whether or not you can buy bullets at K-Mart, but rather the media's byast coverage of gun-crimes. He really sounds like a Libertarian more than a Democrat half the time. Libertarian's sorta believe that if you ignore an issue by not pushing it into mainstream society, it won't be a problem. They think that if there weren't so damn many anti-drug commercials, then drugs wouldn't be such a problem in the US. Moore is kind of like that in the sense that if the media didn't talk about gun-murders so much, it wouldn't be as big of an occurance. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Wow...I really liked reading that, it made me feel good. I hope I'm that cool ...uh... 71 years from now! -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

QuoteIvan, I'm sure this has been posted before, but I'm too lazy to go look. Quote That was probably the funniest part of the whole thing for me. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

This is very true...I did say "might cause..." though. I definetly see where you're coming from though. Emergency procedures over a Cypres check anyday. (of course doing both is the best option). -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry for your loss, man. He looks like he was a great guy...he's in a better place now with unlimited flying time. Catch ya on the otherside Dave... -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Good rec, just downloaded it. Made me think of skydivin too... -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

bill...hilarious. Still laughing... -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!

Nice find goose. It's sad that this movie has enough exagerrated truths, and lies...that we have to sift through all the bullshit to try to figure out what we should believe or not. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!