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It's those damn TPS reports... I hope you don't mind I've saved that to my hd... Elvisio "still unemployed, still lovin' it" rodriguez

I'm with you. I have the radio airings on CD and after reading and re-reading the books, nothing else will do. I think it has to do with the fact that when we read a book we get to "tune" the story to our particular tastes and images and once we've done that nobody else's interpretation will do. Elvisio "Fenchurch was a nugget" Rodriguez

Thanks for the fast answer dude, 1826 puts me in the second group... Elvisio "man, the gf is PISSED" Rodriguez

Ugh... fell asleep at the switch, but I think I got through. WARNING: STUPID QUESTION FORTHCOMING: Is the system keeping track of inventory, i.e. does the server remember how many have registered? --> So if I have an invoice number is it safe to assume I have a slot? Thanks; Elvisio "finally got wings" Rodriguez

Good to see. I guess we'll be seeing a change to aircraft cable closing loops in the near future. Should help cut down on wear and replacement... Elvisio "no more itty bitty spectra fid" Rodriguez

Hey Wingnut: I have a couple fans who live and work at Shaw, PM me if you want me to try to get you in touch with them. I spent a year in Sumter. I love the weather, but I really don't mind sweating, things are pretty humid down there. Virtually no winter to speak of, which was my favorite part... year-round jumping. I never got on base, so I can't speak for what Shaw is like (other than that the skyjocks crank em up pretty fukkin EARLY). Sumter wasn't a BAD town, but it sure wasn't anything to write home about either. I was only there a year, and as that year passed I found myself roadtripping into Columbia and Charleston more and more to get a little culture. Shaw, like every other military base, has seen its share of cutbacks. This has trickled down into the town. Holler if you have any specific questions... Elvisio "wandering nomad" Rodriguez

Champu beat me to it. I had listed "crazy" as one of the songs on my "soundtrack to your life" on another thread and Zoter referred me to the movie: http://www.cajunchickens.com/files/2003yearend.wmv The version by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is at the end of the movie... pretty cool. Thanks Zoter! I think the original is truly badass. Elvisio "good stuff" Rodriguez

Of course the answer to this problem is to take her on a tandem and bring her to the altar yourself!!!! To answer the actual question posed by the thread: I would love to let my gf see the Convention so she could understand the vibe and why I get so excited every year (or every day of every year) but I know that over 10 days she'd get bored... and yea, for as much as I care about her I'd get bored trying to take care of her for ten days... and watching my behavior for all that time would suck too! Elvisio "counting down" Rodriguez

Liabililty? I think not having one at a workplace should be considered negligent, how's that for liability. They're getting cheap, they're easy to use, and it's FACT that they increase survival rates significantly over CPR only. Tell your employers I think they're asshats and ask them how they'll handle it when they need to say they're sorry to the children of the employee that collapses at work and wasn't saved because an AED wasn't onhand. edit to add: btw good job on the save! Elvisio "sometimes dollars and cents make no sense" Rodriguez

Done. Elvisio "not putting my pic on that site because there are certain questions I really don't want to know the answers to" Rodriguez

I vote other cuz it's really up to you. Mirage Systems has some great folks working for them and I'm sure you could get them to make you a new leg strap, but you'd have to mail the rig back to them, they'd need at least a LITTLE time to get the work done, they'd mail it back... it'd probably eat up a couple weekends. It's just a question if it's worth the increased wait. I'd sweat it more if it was on the container somewhere where people will see it all the time. But I've found that my crotch (rig on or off, for that matter) gets much less attention than I wish it did, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Elvisio "nice lookin' rig though' Rodriguez

My old dentist used nitrous on me a couple times and no problems! Nice and relaxing, didn't do much for the pain but you aren't as freaked out about what's going on. Every time I've used it, as soon as the little nose piece is pulled out, take a couple breaths, and you're right back to normal. Drive home, go to work, whatever... Elvisio "not much laughing but nice and mellow" Rodriguez

Twenty years from now: (flashback sequence...) Hey guys, check out this pic I found on an old 200 gig harddrive I found in the back of the closet: The date: June 2004 The rig: Javelin The main: Crossfire 2 The reserve: PD 176 The AAD: Cypres WOW, do you all remember when we used to feel safe jumping that stuff? Damn, what were we thinking? Look at all that tie dye! Apparently not much more fashion sense than common sense back then... (/flashback sequence) Elvisio "getting older every day" Rodriguez

Watch out, I'm gonna get a flaming for saying it, but: AC/DC. nuff said... Elvisio "ducking" Rodriguez

No worse than some regular, everyday landing areas I've dealt with in the past. BSA peeps UNITE! If the ship was moving into the wind, and you laid in a downwind swoop, you'd be SCA-REEEMING down that deck! Better catch that last arrest cable... I don't want to have a "life story" that people will want to read, I want to have a "life story" that conservative Bible-thumpers will want pulled from the shelves! Elvisio "packing my water flotation gear" Rodriguez

Man, talk about an Oedipus complex... Elvisio "Shake-a-spear" Rodriguez

...huh? Dammit I was thinking about something before you started this thread...what was it again? Elvisio "sorry" Rodriguez

BWAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHA! I swear, I've said that to myself EVERY DAMN YEAR... And EVERY DAMN YEAR I stay up LATER than last year, drink MORE than last year, and jump LESS than last year. The evolution is nearly complete! Elvisio "kegs and eggs for breakfast" rodriguez

Clicky no worky for me? Has title that says "what kind of drunk are you" and just an empty page? EDIT: ah, clicky worky after all, just funky formatting on webpage... Philosophical Drunk? Wow, anyone who knows me understands how incredibly far off target THAT one is... Elvisio "apparently I'm a confused drunk" rodriguez

Heh, I'm unemployed and lovin' ALMOST everything about it... the one thing I don't like: Watching my bank account dwindle a little bit more every day... Elvisio "the WFFC is gonna hurt" Rodriguez

I've tried to get some interest going at my past couple of DZs, including the one that Darkwing is from. Hey JW, wazzup? Who's wanting to sponsor the system, Jack? Anyhow here's what I wanted to use: Go to www.marshallradio.com. They're a company that provides transmitters used by falconers. The transmitter is about the size of two bottlecaps stuck together (a unit of measure all skydivers are familiar with i'm sure) with about 6-8" of steel fishing line for an antenna. It runs off of hearing-aid type batteries and gets about 8 days of constant transmission. So, if you only jump on weekends, and turn off the transmitter every weekend after jumping, you'll have to change the batteries once a month. Best place to go with it would be sewing a pocket on the riser near the three ring (not too close) since the antenna is flexible and you need access to the transmitter to turn it on if the rig is packed. Cost for the transmitter: $120-200. The recievers cost $300-1500 depending on how many channels you want. The biggies have 100+ channels so every main canopy on the DZ can have it's own channel. You could get by with 10-15 channels too, just keep a list of who is on what channel and if somebody has a cutaway you need to do a little homework to make sure everybody elses' transmitters (who is at the DZ) are turned off while you find the missing one. They have attenuators (sp) installed, so you can get maximum reception when you're far away, then tune it down when you're closer to get close to the target. The guy says they can find a bird, at night, hiding in tall grass. Literally step on it if they're not paying attention. I think this would be a great system for a DZ to buy. Invest in a good receiver, and sell or lease the transmitters to the jumpers. When a jumper returns a transmitter, give them back "a deposit" to keep them happy, then turn around and sell that same transmitter to the next guy. The $1500 receiver would be a bit of a purchase, but it's paid off the first time you pull a canopy out of a hiding place you wouldn't have found otherwise. The biggest resistance I have found is the argument that "normally we find them anyhow" and nobody wants to spend the money until it's too late i.e. the main is already lost. I, for one, would love to see this system in place, and would definitely be installing one on my main. (p.s. would be tough to get them on freebags though. would be difficult to change batteries, and would probably void the tso on the system. Plus you're spending $200 to protect a $200 freebag, not as good a ROI as a $2000 canopy) Elvisio "spent hours last weekend looking for a buddy's main, never found it" Rodriguez

Not a bad remake... I'm always a fan of remakes. It's fun to hear somebody else's take on a song. TOO COOL: with all due respect to them I have NO idea who the cajun chickens are but I'm on their video! They have a couple seconds of footage from a Dirtball jump me and my buds did last year at the WFFC on that video! Small world I tell ya... Elvisio "cameras are everywhere" Rodriguez

The TOP SONG for my life is a two-way tie: Southern Cross by CSN(&Y). Old school for a 30yo, and really kinda slow, but a BADASS song; a song about a guy who maybe hasn't made all the right decisions, maybe hasn't had the world handed to him on a silver platter, but who still finds the world to be a place filled with indescribable beauty. Crazy by Seal -- I like the message, and although it's also a little mundane by the standards of the music I listen to today I really like the tune and it hit the charts at a really good time in my life... Other runner-ups: White Lightning by Def Leppard Headstrong by Trapt Plush by STP (another 'time of life' fav) Higher by Creed (i know i know, leave me alone) White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane and... What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong Elvisio "promise of the coming day" Rodriguez OR Elvisio "in a sky full of people only some want to fly, is that not crazy?" Rodriguez

Is it televised in the States? Like, on the sports channels? I don't have satellite.... Elvisio "always up for a little cultural interchange" Rodriguez

Don't worry, they won't be the first shy guy or know-it-all ever to make a first jump. If you're REALLY concerned, mebbe just give the instructor a quick "heads up". Instructors know how to handle different personality types, and if they feel that somebody isn't ready to jump they'll work with them until they ARE ready to jump, or (worst case) suggest that they maybe "sit this one out". Elvisio "I was the 'shy guy'" Rodriguez