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  1. Yep, sold a few meself, and TLML and I have been jumping them for 6-7 years now and never a lick of a problem. Now I'm not saying that someone won't have a problem, but I truly believe that there is no pandemic problem with FT-50s. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  2. I am not a Marine, but I am proud to say my father is. Even though he left this plane in 1981, he remains one of my heroes. Happy Birthday. Semper Fi.
  3. [replyJack, that may be a distinct possibility. Besides, Missy has been meaning to get the Barney Rig back to you since she has her own rig now. I've been wanting to get together with you and TLML soon anyway so that gives us the perfect excuse.
  4. Come on down, my purple bro.
  5. Dozens of friends seen at the Hog Flop:1:0 We went to Palatka mainly to see the people, but to get a jump or two in; got the jump in with no wind and decided to spend the rest of the day chatting/schmoozing and we had a great day. I have never seen so many people at Palatka; we got there at 1100 and had to park way back by the woods. It was shocking. Shocking, I say. Almost all of the people we expected to be there were there along with more than a couple we didn't expect. It was good to see old friends, dz.commers and otherwise. I spent the last half hour speaking with one of the last people I expected to see in little ole Palatker -- Bob Sinclair. A most enjoyable time, indeed. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  6. Send a PM to kryos here on dz.com. That is Rita, though she has not posted in almost a year, I see that she has loged on today, so she will get your mesage (if she hasn't seen this thread already). Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  7. Just a SWAG here, but if you hit the "Mark All Read" button, it will do just that, whether you have read all the posts/threads. Then when you go to the thread, it takes you to the first new post in that thread just like it's supposed to. If you haven't marked all as read, then I don't know WTF is going on, but if I was a betting man ... Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  8. jceman

    wffc 2006

    Do try to pay attention. One of the most frequently mentioned things in the surveys they rec'd was that so many schools start in the first week of August and people like Skymama can't attend. I think someone mentioned it in this thread, but it is featured prominently in the "WFFC Survey" thread. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  9. Of course not, there is a minimum wage after all. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  10. jceman

    I LOVE Kelly Ripa!

    Just let me know when your birthday is so I can mark it on my calendar. Of course you can have a picture of Kelly on your nightstand, she's much cuter than I am! Hmmm ... Kelly? Andrea? Cuter? Forget cute. Cute is puppies. Cute is kittens. Kelly or Andrea? Andrea. QED Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  11. Yes Your sense of "humor" has been weighed and found lacking. Please go away now. And stay away.
  12. Me too. I found this pic today. We were LMAO at the thought of me jumping the canopy I'm holding... Damnit Lisa! I've told you folks it's not nice to make an old man cry ... Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  13. You forgot one little, minor (some might say inconsequential) thing: This ain't no democracy! That is all. We return you now to your regular post whoring. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  14. Yea, but their noses are about a foot and a half above the water when they are on shore, so does that make Britton Hill 346.5 feet above sea level? Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  15. Apparently, you're not familiar with what Pro-Track calls "deployment"; unless Arthur's unit is different than mine and TLML's, the altitude given is the point at which his canopy was fully opened. I have my Pro-Track screaming at me all the way through opening sequence, including the times I have to use my rear risers to open the end cells of my Safire (2 out of 3 jumps). If you think about it, it could not be any other way -- how the fork could an altimeter know when you've started your deployment sequence? All it can sense is when you have stopped falling at free fall speed -- for lack of a better term, this is called "deployment" altitude. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  16. [rant] FOR THE FIFTIETH TIME -- THIS IS NOT TRUE! There is not now, nor has there ever been such a law on the books in the State of Florida. Just because you read in on the internet, it must be true? [/rant] There are a lot of stupid laws on the books here, but htis is not one of them. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  17. TLML and I second and third that emotion! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  18. We have an even called "Florida Jets" here at the Flagler Airport each February. These things are absolutely awesome! They have custom jobs, military and civilian scale jets and whatnot. The real mid-blowing ones are those with on-board starters -- seeing a jet spool up, do control checks, taxi and fly off with iss pilot on the other side of the runway is very weird. Oh, before anyone asks, yes they did have this event when there was an active DZ at the airport. You can be sure we kept well clear of their side of the airport as a 40 pound jet screaming through your canopy (or your person) at 250 mph could ruin one's whole day! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  19. So. Do. I. *sigh* EDIT: Did I really misspell JFTC in the subject line? Why yes! Yes you did. That's KO, though, we understood meant you what. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  20. Well in this case, not only the pilot, but the plane owner and DZO. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  21. Clouds were in the way, duh. What that poster said -- we were bugging the pilot to take us on a H&P as we got tired of waiting for the weather to clear -- as we reached 1600 we realized he was setting up for jump run. As we got over the center of the dz, he growled "you wanted to do a hop and pop -- THIS is a hop and pop. Now get outta my plane." Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  22. Leeann Womack's "I May Hate Myself In The Morning, But I'm Gonna Love You Tonight". Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  23. And why would that be beer? It wasn't my time being in a skydiving mag. I was in the Australian version of Parachutist a few months back Ah, but the word first does not apply in this case; as you see in the Beer Rules as subscribed to by the No Cheap Beer Foundation, this particular offense has no limitations. Of course, you do not have to abide by this ruling, as described in this quote from the rules: Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  24. That will be beer. Good beer only need be applied. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?
  25. If'n it weren't for all the "Gwyeth Paltrow"s plastered all over those pics, I'd swear that was our own PLFExpert! Not that I've seen Carrie's boobies in all their glory, but she is a dead ringer for GP, only prettier. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?