jceman

Hoo-rah! Cangratulations, Emmie. Welcome to the big playground.

I have four grandchildren (14 to 1 year old). Why would I spread a nasty lie like that? Of course there is!

Myth! Oft repeated urban legend. It Has never been true, such a law was never enacted in the Sunshine State -- we have enough other even more ridiculous laws. (Q-tips able to renew their drivers licenses by mail for 12 freakin' years with not so much as a vision screen...!) If they call it "Tourist Season", why can't we shoot 'em?

Who's running the tractor?

I wasn't going to comment on this, especially since the search has come to its unfortunate end, but you, zinger, have obviously never been to Deland, or anywhere else in Florida. Let me clue you in -- we have two types or terrain here, developed land (homes/golf courses, etc.) on which it would be easy to search in any light conditions/weather; the second is palmettoscrub/swamp. In the second it can be impossible to see someone 6 feet away, if you can make any progress through the swamp and keep from getting cut to shreds by sharp leaves. Keeping your bearings is nigh impossible as well. What do you want, 20 people wandering in impassable terrain, getting lost and injured? Suspending the search until first light(which, by the way was after 7a.m. today) was the safest thing for the searchers to do. I'm sure they didn't want to stop, they had to.

Soft or rigid gas perms? Do they fit good and tight? The key thing with either is to keep your eyes moist. A drop in each eye before you jump, well-fitted goggles, and you will do fine. If you do have soft lenses (which tend to come out in freefall easier than RGPs) don't panic, most times it will be stuck to the inside of your goggle lens. If this does happen, take your drops on board and moisten before putting your goggles on -- problem solved 99.9% of the time.

Bill, That is the reason my "triple check" is not just the standard dummy grab and pull of each handle; the first time I do the two hands on each, the second, I walk my right hand down from my riser covers to the cutaway handle, then walk the left down to my reserve rip cord, then I walk my right hand up my main lift web to the cutaway and finally walk the left hand up the main liftweb up to my reserve rip cord. I feel this way I will be prepared to get to the handles whereever they may be. Several times I have had an AFF instructor tap me on the shoulder and say thanks for the demo for his student.

Chuck, Glad you got through this -- I have a friend who did the same thing, but his canopy was spun up! I have watched the video several times and have shivers run up my spine -- it's bad enough seeing the initial spin, but seeing the horizon accelerate on the last portion is really scary. At one point, while he is still struggling with his zipper, you can see the loop off his thumb just like you mentioned. His reserve ride wasn't very long, either. Scary shit. Guess we need reminders to be constantly aware and be sure of our emergency procedures, especially with extraordinary equipment.

I am somewhat similar -- I hate to get up in the AM, but I do some of my best, most productive work early in the day! (When I have work, been gainfully unemployed since 19 June 2001 -- dang tech market...) Had a cow-orker that warned everyone not to even greet me in the morning until I greeted them, lest they face the wrath of "Mt. St. Ceman".

0:1:1 Nothing out of the ordinary on the skydive, case is due to being called to task for my swoop of the deck at Deland.

Sounds like the weapons used in "Footfall"

How many times and in how many places are we going to see this old joke? My God, the humanity!

Like you needed any more evidence?

Found on Netscapes News Site LONDON (Reuters) - Drink up that beer -- another will soon be whisked to the table thanks to a hi-tech pint glass that tells bar staff when it needs refilling. Developed by a Japanese electronics company, the intelligent glass is fitted with a radio-frequency coil in its base and emits a signal to a receiver set in the table when it's empty, New Scientist magazine reported Thursday. The iGlassware system works by coating each glass with a clear, conducting material, enabling it to measure exactly how much liquid has been sipped or guzzled. When empty, the glass sends an electronic cry for more beer from the table to waiters equipped with hand-held computers on frequencies similar to those used by mobile phones. A team from the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories working in Cambridge, Massachusetts has made the first prototypes, but may find it hard to sell the idea to Britons. "It sounds like a fun idea, but I don't think it would work in our pubs," said a spokesman for J.D. Wetherspoon, which runs over 500 pubs in Britain. "The tradition in Britain is to get up and go to the bar for a round of drinks, not to have a waiter bring beers to the table, no matter how quickly," he said.

Beck's Oktoberfest Beck's Dark Guiness Budweiser -- the real stuff from the Czech Republic, not the recycled clydesdale urine from Anheuser-Busch Lowenbrau Hell Lowenbrau Dunkel

My GOD! You mean we have to choose between them? Doesn't seem quite right somehow.

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Even more fun to make up a batch of blackpowder, take the deck off carefully, make compartments in the hull with extra plastic, pour in the powder (filling at least one compartment with just sulphur), then regluing the deck. Long burning fuse(s) in the stack(s), launch down the river and observe the carnage. Of course if you didn't want to go through all that "trouble", just launch the ships and use slingshots to launch M80s and Cherry Bombs at 'em!

Ya needed to see his other instruction post for those with WIN 98.

No, it wasn't me. Honestly. We were looking up and saying "WTF they get out there for?"

How about the 9 (or was it 12) person tube that took position on the ramp of the CASA and had the biggest guy fall off the ramp, pulling the entire group out 2 miles short?

Well, I am secure in my masculinity and don't have a problem so here 'tis bro -- HUG

Well, I am secure in my masculinity and don't have a problem so here 'tis bro -- HUG

The short answer is -- Yes. Either way works. When Lynn and I were in demo mode, we would just contact the manufacturer. The usual deal is you get it for 1 or two weekends and pay for shipping back. Some sizes are harder to get, but with the sizes you mentioned, there should not be too much of a problem with waiting lists. Another route is to hit the big boogies. WFFC is a great place to try anything. Look for manufacturers or reps at large boogies near you.

The short answer is -- Yes. Either way works. When Lynn and I were in demo mode, we would just contact the manufacturer. The usual deal is you get it for 1 or two weekends and pay for shipping back. Some sizes are harder to get, but with the sizes you mentioned, there should not be too much of a problem with waiting lists. Another route is to hit the big boogies. WFFC is a great place to try anything. Look for manufacturers or reps at large boogies near you.