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Bump bump bumpitty.... Elvisio "need more info" Rodriguez

my gut feeling is that it was a random act of prickishness; that they had no idea whose car it was... Hey, at least they didn't key the paint job, right? Elvisio "fuck 'em, fuck 'em right in the ear" Rodriguez

A while ago at the DZ we had a discussion about the cameras that bust people running red lights, and how they send you the ticket rather than pulling you over. The RUMOR at the DZ was that you would have to pay the fine, but that you wouldn't get any points on your record. The rationale behind the above statement was that while the tags could definitively identify your car, they couldn't say for SURE who was driving, thus no points on anyone's record. True or False? Live or Memorex? EDIT: I'm most interested in VA state law, if it makes a difference... Elvisio "runner of orange lights" Rodriguez

My driving pet peeves: 4.) Driving slow in the fast lane 3.) People who don't use turn signals 2.) People who don't know how a 4-way stop works and... 1.) People who slow down or GOD FORBID actually STOP on an interstate onramp... I've contemplated murder for this one. Elvisio "seeing red just thinking about it" Rodriguez

Does NASA buy a bottle for the riggers who pack the parachutes when they open? Don't they know rounds open HARD? When are they going to start jumping squares with control systems to they can a) fly the boosters back to the launch site, saving the Navy the trouble and b) swoop the landings? 156,000 feet, huh? Everyone is trying to figure out how to break Kittinger's record... well here you go. Pretty cheap too: just stow away in the booster's nose cone, hold your breath for a REALLY long time, hope your blood doesn't boil from the low pressure, and you'll be rewarded with a long-ass freefall and a 180,000 spaceball to play with on the way down! Elvisio "My tandems land like splashdown on no wind days" Rodriguez

First, to anyone who would question your act of going to the reserve in ANY situation, tell them to get fuckin' BENT. You are the pilot in command of that tandem, you are the one in the best position to make that call, end of discussion. As far as landing on the rears, that would probably be something I (speaking from my woefully low experience level of ~300 tandems) would evaluate on a case by case basis. If the canopy is flying straight and level, you'll have a little time to think about it (unlike highspeed malfies, where you want to have a decision made beforehand). Sounded like your student was heads-up, and built right. If I felt I could get some flare from the risers, and he could get his legs in position for a slider, then maybe I'd give it a shot. If the student was that pudgy lady you had later in the day, she was freakin' out, and couldn't get her legs up higher than her ankles, then maybe I'd go for Plan B. I too would love to hear from Mr. Booth and anyone with super-lotsa tandems (hell, for that matter, from any TI from any level of experience...) But it all comes back to my first statement: it's your call. I'll support you in whatever you would decide... Elvisio "that's my next student? Didn't you tell her 'one at a time'?" Rodriguez

Tough call. My gut feeling now is that if I watch, I won't feel good about it. And if I don't watch, I won't feel good about it. Yep, just a bundle of warm feelings about this one... Elvisio "want to watch the hockey" Rodriguez

I will include my favorite equation below. It is a repost, but it was originally posted four years ago so you can all bite my crank, I like the damn equations! We start with what our dads told us all, that getting a woman takes time and money, so: women = (money)(time) Then, as the boss from our first part-time job in highschool told us, time is money, so: time = money so substitution yields women = (money)^2 Now, EVERYBODY knows that money is the root of all evil, so: money = sqrt(evil) so, substituting into the previous equation: women = (sqrt(evil))^2 = evil PROVING THAT WOMEN ARE EVIL! Elvisio "this is a repost, this is only a repost; had this been an original post the signature you are now reading would have been preceded by something you didn't already know, we now return you to your regularly scheduled postwhoring" Rodriguez

Since when has USEFULNESS ever had a damn thing to do with how much time we spend here? Anyone? Elvisio "time sponge" Rodriguez

Step One: Drink beer faster Step Two: Discard useless coozie. Elvisio "coozie chucker" Rodriguez

hmmmmm..... believe it or not, you can find it on the net and play it still. No thanks. I'm going back to school in the fall and that game almost caused me to flunk out in freshman year LAST time. Damned if I'll let it do that to me again! Scorched earth was a MASSIVE time burner too. At least with that game you could destroy your friends' college careers as well! I still remember one of my budies scrolling through some arcane .txt message, white letters on the black screen with "|more" forever at the bottom of the screen, trying to explain to me what this "email" was and how it worked... Ah... those were the days. Elvisio "

Or from a house? Or with a mouse? Elvisio "sam I am" Rodriguez

Because I don't have to. I've been going non-stop for a few weeks now (literally) and today I've decided to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And, so far, have managed to live up to that decision quite well. It makes me wonder, when the Fathers of our country were penning the documents of our freedom, did they think I'd be celebrating my liberty by eating waffles and coffee at 3:30 in the afternoon, watching bad movies? Elvisio "let freedom ring" Rodriguez

Buy your damn ! Congrats in advance, dude... Elvisio "not there yet" Rodriguez

Even sooner if she ever gets the chance to meet me. Elvisio "seeminly a bit batty myself" Rodriguez P.S. just to keep things on-topic: religions are like farts: yours is fine but everybody else's stinks.

I sure as shit don't read Playboy. But I must admit I spend a hell of a lot of time LOOKING at Playboy! Elvisio "fuck the articles" Rodriguez

Does that include Katie Holmes? Elvisio "damn she's a hottie" Rodriguez

I think the safest way to learn to bowl is by "tandem bowling". This is a system whereby you, after a very brief training session, are strapped to an experienced bowler. This experienced bowler then guides you through your first line every step of the way. With tandem bowling you get all the thrills of bowling, but have somebody right there to help you get through any tough situations that may arise, such as the 7/10 split. Elvisio "make that spare, baby" Rodriguez

Give me one of those things and a windy day at WFFC and I'll show you how to get SIX bored skydivers on it! Elvisio "it's better than portapotty-stuffing" rodriguez

INSIDE, INSIDE, INSIDE... The inaccuracy you'll find between inside and outside your helmet is insiginficant. You don't worry about your Cypres being exposed to open air, do you? I lost a ProTrack to riser slap, and another to a cracked LCD screen. MUCH to L&B's credit, they provided me with free replacements (ROCK ON L&B). Having it inside the protec will protect it from both riser slap and the occasional drop, and will make it easier to hear, as mentioned above... Elvisio "been there done that have sweatstains on the T-shirt" Rodriguez

Not much to add to the list, other than to say that it's awfully topical since I got to use my PD176 for the first time today! Spinner... oh well. Great flying reserve, great flare. My third reserve save, first time I saved myself... I DEFINITELY took time for a couple practice flares up high (well, relatively speaking) and had a standup landing in the peas. Sorry for the useless post, off to buy beer... Elvisio "self-rigger" rodriguez

Briefings vary from DZ to DZ and even instructor to instructor. Different airplanes, different DZ politics, different instructor preferences... it all makes for a different briefing just about anywhere you go. I've worked as TI at three different dropzones, with three very different briefings... Elvisio "scream if you're having fun" Rodriguez

If you want a jumping gf, easier to find a woman and get her jumping rather than find somebody who's jumping and make her your gf... in other words, import! Elvisio "when you date a skydiving woman, you don't break up, you lose your turn" Rodriguez

I LOVE summer. I'm a fan of everything that goes on during summer, but the thing that I miss most during winter is... smells. Smells of all kinds: good smells, bad smells. During winter, when you walk around outside all you get is that "cold" smell that you know is there but can never really put your finger on. I cry a little bit whenever I smell it for the first time every fall. But when spring and summer arrive, everything just starts smelling better. One of my favorite smells is MUD, because up north that's the first thing you smell in the spring. -mown grass -trees and shrubs around the house finally blooming -cookouts -even the smell of pure FUNK from my jumpsuit (cuz it means I'm jumping a LOT) -the smell of sunscreen (one of my favorites) They all just mean that my favorite time of year is here! Elvisio "how does he smell? Terrible!" Rodriguez

I have a buddy (who shall remain nameless to avoid the claws of the IRS auditors reading these forums, the conspiracy theories are true, I tell you!) who embroiders his company's name on the side of his rigs, then writes off the WHOLE rig. As far as I know, he hasn't been called on it... yet. Elvisio "undecided about the fair tax movement" Rodriguez