skydivingchad

In person they look fantastic! Back in June my wife and I were in Yellowstone and what do I see pulling up while we were stopped for lunch....4 2005 Mustangs all different colors, 2 of them were GT's. These guys from Ford were out driving around the country testing these cars out, all sorts of sensors and computers hooked up to them inside and out. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Deep Thoughts I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it. I had amnesia once -- or twice. I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic. All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous. If the world was a logical place, men would ride horses sidesaddle. What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free? They told me I was gullible..... and I believed them. Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to edge his car onto a freeway. Two can live as cheaply as one, for half as long. Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone. What if there were no hypothetical questions? One nice thing about egotists: They don't talk about other people. When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail. A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries. What was the greatest thing before sliced bread? My weight is perfect for my height -- which varies. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity. How can there be self-help "groups"? Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"? The speed of time is one-second per second. Is it possible to be totally partial? Is Marx's tomb a communist plot? If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales? Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants off. It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one. Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken? Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

oops, my husband is logged in. Skydivingchad is my husband. I'm Peregrinerose, sorry for confusion Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I don't think that was really the case. It was a Thurs evening, I was the only student there. Maybe a total of 15-20 people there at all, 12 of them on my load. (my 2 coaches and a 9 way plus me). Jen Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I don't think so on this.... both coaches said that my canopy control was really good, even with the rig as it was. The landing issue was that I didn't trust myself even though I knew I was out of the line of sight of the radio guy. It was my own damn fault, jut not for control issues. I'm just really glad I was looking up at my chute and not looking down or when the chute opened I would have nailed that chest strap with my throat instead of it just hitting the side of my neck. I did, once on the ground when getting rigged up, it just felt too big. Then again in the plane I asked because I was concerned about the shoulder straps falling off my shoulders a little bit. Both times told it was normal. I didn't push it. Next time I will be far more assertive if something doesn't sit right in my noggin. Jen Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Math in bed?? Hell no!! I figured that out at work the next day And we definitely are not doing anything wrong! Mrs. Chad Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

So, half way through the festivities in bed, my wife and I wondered just how many gallons of sexual byproduct I produced after the last 18 months of being together. So, here's how... Assume 2 tablespoons per session (or 1 oz for non US residents) And there are 256 tablespoons per gallon. So figure out amount in your life, amount with a current partner (or amount with kittens, sheep, badgers, other animal of choice, or various blow up characters, or the ever popular hand), or average per year. Our total for 18 months is about 4 gallons. I AM THE MAN!!! Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Nope not this time. I really did beat her fair and square. But she wants a re-match and I want to have at least 1 day to enjoy the victory So I guess she will have to let me have a congratulatory romp in the hay Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Well guess what? While your working I will be having sex with my wife.... Sorry just had to rub that in too Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

After a year and a half of playing Trivial pursuit with my lovely and smart wife I finally won a game!!!!!

I sat around the DZ all day saturday and didn't get to jump (all the coaches were tied up). On sunday my wife was going to do her first AFF jump at Chambersburg and I just need to get my check dive for my A license. It was pretty overcast so I just sat around waiting for the weather to clear while she was training. My wife was getting pretty antsy wanting to get her jump over with. Finally a big hole opened up and you could see blue skies for the first time all day. With just enough people to get the King Air flying I did my check jump and got my A license

So do you think he will win again this year? I do. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I went through AFF training and then switched DZ's to a smaller more convienent static line DZ.( 10 min. drive vs. 90min) I was ablbe to stay current all winter long but now that the nice weather is here I lapsed on my currency, it has now been 3 months since my last jump. I was told by an instructor that I have to go back to my AFF DZ to get current again, at 4 times the cost of what I have been paying for a coaching jump now. Oh well Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

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Just a technical detail, but eyes are NOT used for cataract 'victims'. First, everyone past 50 has some degree of lens changes...early cataract. All a cataract is is a clouding of the natural lens of the eye. You pop out the cloudy lens and insert a silicone lens for the surgery when the vision is impacted. No human tissue is used for transplantation there. The only part of the eye that is used is the cornea. This is the front clear surface of the eye that covers the iris and pupil. A lot of eye diseases like keratoconus as well as eye trauma affect the cornea and make it opaque. That's where the donor cornea comes in. Jen aka Mrs. Chad. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I went to college with Amber. She was the same catty manipulative bubbleheadded sorority chick then as she is now. Get the feeling I didn't like her? :-) Mrs. Chad Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Practice, practice, practice. After I learned how to pack at the DZ I took my rig home and packed it again and again until I had no doubts that I could do it myself. I have only jumped my own rig about 10 times but have packed it about 30 times. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

LMAO! That's better than the beer commercial with the woman opening the bottle under the bar where you can't see it Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

funny!!! Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

EVERY Doc I know will see patients regardless of financial need. We'll charge you a little less, or set up payment plans, or put you in touch with organizations who help defer costs of health care. There is always a way. There's not a doctor alive that would rather see you a human vegetable with mud for brains than do a free or discounted exam or help you out with payment plans or whatever. My neuro, when I didn't have insurance, only charged me $50 a visit. MRI maximum is about $1500, EEG somewhere along the lines of a couple hundred bucks. Most seizure meds have been around so long they are generic and cheap. LET YOUR DOC KNOW MONEY IS A CONCERN right from the start, it will help him work with you to get the care you need. At this point you are coming up with excuses on why not to go, get your fanny to a neurologist. Every day you wait is more damage done to your brain. Sorry to be so blunt, but sometimes people need to hear the truth this way to wake them up as to what they are doing to themselves. Please take care of yourself, I wouldn't be posting if I didn't give a flying rat's ass about your health. Jen (Mrs. Chad) Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Yep, I meant Lamactil. See, the thing about crappy doctor handwriting is that it's sole purpose is to disguise our crappy doctor spelling skills :-) Jen Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

This is Mrs. Chad. First, Epilepsy and seizure disorders are two different things. I have a seizure disorder, I do not have epilepsy. I also am a doc, eye doc, but specialize in working with blind people, so know what it means to pull a drivers' license away from someone, and also know what it means to have a drivers' license taken away from me. If she has already made the decision to not skydive because she feels that her seizures would make her unsafe to do so, what makes her think that driving is any safer to do while under the influence of seizures? At least temporarily, driving has to stop. Every seizure she has damages her brain. Brain tissue can not be grown back or brought back to life once it is affected. Every seizure sets up certain neurological patterns, these patterns make it more likely for future seizures to occur, and for those seizures to become progressively worse. Bottom line is sooner or later you'll be with a vegetable, not the person you care for now. She won't be able to work at all, much less drive herself to get there. This may not happen tomorrow, or next month, but over months to years, this is what can occur when seizures are going on uncontrolled. Most people who have seizures do have an 'aura' before hand that warns them, but during that aura, brain isn't quite firing on all thrusters normally either. Visual perception is off, judgement is off, even that is a dangerous time to drive. She will hurt/kill herself or someone else if she keeps driving like this. Seizures can be controlled by meds, there are a ton of meds out there, different meds for different seizure types, different parts of the brain. She will have to see a neurologist, get an electroencephalograph done which is usually done sleep deprived. It's easy, you just lay there with wires pasted to your head and close your eyes and vege out for a while. No big deal. She'll have an MRI to rule out any tumor or aneurism or other problem that is linked to the seizure disorder (they did find a brain lesion/tumor/scar thing that may be related to mine... scary as hell to know there's something in my head and not know what it is, but better to keep an eye on it every so often than drop dead and never know there was a fixable problem). After the workup, they'll give meds. Currently I'm on dilantin, but I'm switching over to a new one, Lamectil. I've also been on Carbatrol. They all work differently. All have different side effects. Mine have been virtually non existant, nothing I can't live with and better than having a seizure. I am switching because dilantin is teratogenic and I want kids someday. Lamectil isn't teratogenic. She needs help and needs it now. Honestly, I think you would be just as much at fault if she hurts herself or someone else while driving or if she progressively gets worse because you don't get professional medical care for her. Call an ambulance or take her to the ER, don't have sex with someone who can't talk or has transient blindness. If you truly care about her, get her the help that she needs instead of trying to do this yourself, take this seriously. Losing a license is a temporary pain in the ass. Losing yourself, your life, your brain, your health, that's permanent. Jen Galbraith OD, MS Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

All lenses, whether they bend light or not, have an optical center, where the vision is nice and crisp. If you look at a plano (non light bending lens) in glasses, it still has a tilt to it, and a curve, so the optics are best on the center. Now combine that with the polycarbonate material that safety glasses are usually made of. Poly is impact resistant, won't shatter, but it's actually a very slow moving liquid. Basically that means that the optics off optical center typically suck. Some people are very sensitive to this, others never notice the abberations. Those that do notice it tend to get eyestrain, headaches, or changes in visual perception. For folks not used to wearing glasses at all, the safety glasses do have a frame, the frame impedes part of your side vision, even if only a little bit, which challenges the brain's control of how the eyes are lined up and work together, which can also result in a headache. To solve the problem, get a close fitting safety glass to maximize side vision. Under ANSII codes, you can get safety lenses made of glass or other materials, but they tend to be very thick. It is an option, however. Also make sure that you get your eyes examined. There are a bazillion folks out there (precise numbers, of course) with 20/20 vision, but they are a little farsighted. So they are using the near vision focus to see far away. Then there's less near vision focus left when actually looking up close. Typically if you are wearing safety glasses, you are doing concentrated close work, which if there's a little uncorrected farsightedness can give a whopper of a headache as well. If you work in the lab making glasses, there's likely a friendly eye doc around who would give you an eye exam. My policy is to do exams for those who work with me for nothing, but that varies from doc to doc. Jen Galbraith OD, MS (aka Mrs. Chad) Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

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For the record, he proposed to me a week later and I said 'yes', so I wasn't all THAT pissed off... or I just cooled off after a week. However I did spend all day working on a 'Happy Steak and BJ Day' card since Hallmark seemed to be all out of them, and never really did get to give it to him. Maybe I can recycle it for this year?? :-) Mrs. Chad Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3