greybeard

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly........... I'll be the Ugly, for obvious reasons, youa'll work out the Good and the Bad. John Dillinger said that he always thought of himself as a good person! Richard Nixon was convinced that he 'was not a crook'. Checkers was a really cute little doggie. Kent State was a 'mistake'. No shit! To topic: Trae's complaints are valid and all too pervasive in our world. It seems to be 'the nature of the beast', that egos and personal preferences will invade the best and worst of our activities. It was great to witness that nobody took any cheap shots or attacked Trae personally. Constructive concern was the response. Bravo to those responses. And bravo to Trae for staying on topic without lashing out at individuals. Can I take a few (years) step back and speculate on the creation of the BMI? The idea as I interpreted it, was to introduce wingsuit flight into the mainstream skydiving community, in a semi-controlled environment, which would hopefully negate unnecessary accidents and fatalities, thus promoting wingsuit flight into the mainstream. Given this premise, who can deny a job exceptionally well done. In the eyes of USPA and the skydiving community at large, wingsuiters have taken an unprecedented, forward thinking position to promote safety and to integrate a new aspect to our sport. To Trae's topic, Again, the prospective wingsuiter is seeing alot more than we might all care to acknowledge. The politics or social crap is all too obvious to the outsider looking in. They are skydivers after all, and have seen enough of the ego bullshit to know what to avoid. Case in point........at Eloy at the holiday boogie, I saw at least ten wingsuit pilots from previous boogies, who never put their suits on or even approached me in my suit to chat. How many w/s flights were posted at the Eloy boogie? Why. Four new birds at a ten day boogie, biggest flock I saw, five, mostly threes. Four local wingsuiters made zero appearances. Perhaps we all need to sit back and look ahead. Monkeyone's response above is the definitive one. He either plagiarized Dan B.C. or great minds do indeed travel on the same path. (chuck, I love you for your mind, you are as ugly as i, suck a shot off of your babe for me). TomAiello and Bodypilot1, thanks for superior thought and insight. Fly forwards, Mark

I don't know you, but I'm too scared to ever jump with you. Where did this fear of god come from? Your little voices may be telling you things that are not apparent to most everyone else. Please relax, try decaf. I'm not agnostic, I'm antagonistic.

Damn if I didn't get "pixxied" my own self this afternoon. You might've thought I'd see it coming, but noooooooo.......'stupid is as stupid does'. The best thing is, I LIKED IT! (hint), Turn around Bets, I'm puckered up! *

Getting Burke'd is one thing..... you got caught doing something unsafe. Getting 'Betsy'd' or 'BB'd', you are just caught being stupid. Ask Betsy a really dumb question, like "will you pack for me", or, "can you delay the next plane while I pack", or, "I had a bad spot, can I get my jump ticket refunded", .......... She'll just smile that little 'pixxie smile' and show you her dog tag. You've been "BB'd". Have fun!

The story with the Cajun Drill Sargent is my personal favorite. I cannot remember one bit of the story.....only that my gut was so sore the next day, I could not arch or track for shite. I could barely eat, felt like my jaw was wired shut. The stories are painful, I tell you! Tequila should be administered beforehand. *

Close JP.... Its more a case of pity... See you next week Deucypoo!

I'm lobbying for more seminar time from Scott. Perfect time seams to be in conjunction with the high alt debrief tues dec 27. Enough votes at that time should cajole the man to expound on his book at least! Let's all start planning to press Scott into service. Keep it a secret! Suprise, suprise!

I watched my first two be born and delivered the third one myself, been diagnosed with cancer and given 24 months (1975), watched Nixon get reelected and pardoned, .......... Roller coasters, no! Oh yeah, read a bunch of the "I'm Christian and proud of it thread" scarry shit there.

imagine...............

I seem to recall that a few years back, pieces of ieght launched out of Perris and ATC ALB called the pilot and initiated action against him for jetising from a/c. The para gear actualy showed a blip. Anyone recall the particulars of this?

Well my ring finger on my right hand is about 12mm lomger than the index. On my left, its only about 6mm longer. Guess I'm able to service super sexy and semi sexy gals, eh?

Lier. Important or accecptable?

read skymamma's post and eliminate all the gals responding .

Yes, I was once an ordainded catholic priest, so..... Life goes on, doesn't it. What would you do with a guy who is used to wearing lace and frill.

1997, sheeze. Yesteryear. Get your cute little butt into the kitchen. You got some eggs to fry. And yea, you look good in high heels, keep them on.

Your early hour p.m. leads me to believe that if tied and gagged you would struggle to get up and make me breakfast before the sun rose. Hashed brown? Have I pegged ya, your turn.

The human condition. If I were 'King', everyone else would be decent and forgiving.

Do you think christian kittens would be proud, are Liberial kittens mad, are neocon kittens hidding? What is a possom?

Has this become an issue?

There is definitely a very fine line. A very serious fine line. Speak out, beyond a point on the line, be subject to intense scrutiny. Perhaps subject to improper actions against you. However, a responsible society must protect itself at some given point on this line. The courage to stand this line, and the wisdom to define it, is what this 'Great American Experiment' is all about.

Everyone agrees with you Hooknswoop.... This is the greatest country and civilization yet to grow from our species. I haven't been shot yet! Arrested, yeah. I have been subjected to several very strange and surreal predicaments, totaly unwarranted for any other reason than public and private dissent. Drop the 'blinders' and be aware of your total surroundings. Not paranoid, just aware. And try to be more understanding of the leasons current history has taught some. Think, pause..... Think some more.

Look at the pics posted in the crw forum. Those formations are just too perfect to have not been created by some intel greater than man! HEH,HEH,he?

Gentelmen, I fear your respective age is showing. Not a soul here, whom had 'personal emotional investment' in the social activities of the 1960's, could be expected to niavely accept todays political scene as OK by any standards. "VE Get Too Soon, OLDT, and Too Late SMART"!

geez, this is a lot more fun than thos stuffy ole mensa meetings and boring Socrotees' saturdays.