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"What's for dinner tonight, dear?", she asked. "How about some One-Eyed Trouser Trout, M'love?", he replied. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

0:0:0 Us olde pharts has to rest up for Rantoul... Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

To your undying gratitude, I'm sure. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Congratulations, Michele! I'm so happy for you. It's nice to see good things happen for good folks. I'll likely have to borrow someone's mag at Rantoul, as I am sure ours will not arrive before Tuesday. If no, I;ll have something to look forward to when we get back. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Please! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Both of us 55/46 Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Someone's been feeding you BS and you've been taking it. It is far from that in Montgomery, Aladamnbama, and you don't get any more Deep South than that; the law there is so lax that it is easy to divorce and if the couple agree to a financial settlement, the judge will just rubber stamp it. If it is blatantly obvious that one of the partners is getting the shaft, he may ask for clarification/explanation, but "you agreed, you live with it" is the rule. I think the phobia comes from one simple fact -- too many people are too lazy to put the effort into anything to make it work, let it be a commitment to another person or an idea. Stability is not a big feature of our society today; the "forever" has left the workplace and the home. It takes an effort to make something worthwhile; it takes just as much effort to keep something worthwhile. Sometimes you even have to take something apart to fix it, that's what I had to do 12 years ago. But I'm no expert, so don't listen to me. If you want to pick my worthless brain, some see me at Rantoul. Just don't bother me on Sunday, we'll be too busy celebrating our 35th anniversary. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Goodto hear. Now we just need to see it. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Pardon me, but YEEFUCKINGHA! Let's keep the good vibes, etc. coming, though folk. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Good on ya, Tami. Can't wait to see you two next week. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Dude, take a chill pill -- you're getting WAY too regimented for WFFC. Yes it will be cool to get a dz.com record, but that's not what the convention is about and we have some definite ideas of how to go about it, but... Like I stated earlier in this thread, there will be a signup sheet at the tent, we'll try to design the jump after 1800 on Sunday and gather for attempts at 1000 on Monday. Lets not go putting pressure on people, that is most assuredly not what WFFC is all about. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Nope. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

What about Mary (flyangel)? Id say she qualifies, and she's got WFFC wrapped around her little, um, er, never mind..... She's already put in for the jump. If she wants to be the LO, that's cool. Guess we'll just let all the dz.com LOs fight it out amongst themselves. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

I suppose I should say something here and can think of many smartass comments, but all I will say now is that CA's loss is most assuredly FL's gain. Welcome aboard, Lisa. And thank you to Kate and Tony. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Good Idea, Erk. Any volunteers? Anyone? Beuhler? Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Jack, I'll be arriving Sunday around 1pm but I'll give you the rest of the day for practice if you want. OK, how about we start a tad early on Monday? The rest can get organized while we get one in, though I do think it may be a good idea to do one base practice on Sunday too if we have the slots figured out. We'll have to figure out the size of the base and its shape once we know how big we're shooting for. I'll try to get things organized over the weekend and get with the LO(s) to plan it out. There will be a signup sheet in the dropzone.com tent and signups will be taken through Sunday around 1800. If you know you will be there on Monday and want in but can't make it by then, PM me, Kris, or skybytch with your name and experience. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

A couple people have PM'd me wondering if I wanted to do the LO. I think I will have to pass on this since I believe that someone else could due a better and safer job than myself. I'll help with the cat herding that seems to go with organzing bigways at a boogie, and will be willing to do practice jumps with all those that want to be in the base so we can work on fall rates. Not sure why the Casa or Skyvan wouldn't be a good idea? We could do a one plane shot with an attempt at breaking the record. Unless we have enough people with experience in a trail plane? Does a Monday (the 4th) attempt sound like a plan? Start around 10am or so? Moday sounds good to me. We can organize/gather names, etc. over the weekend at the tent. Team Lightspeed will meet over the weekend and maybe practice a couple exits as we need to get back fully into RW mode from our usual hybrid/freeflying modes. I vote for team LO by BillVon/Amy/DJan(Mustard on the forums) and would like one of them to help with Team Lightspeed base practice (come to think of it, that might be a good slot for Scotty). We'll certainly have the talent there to set a good mark. There have been some rumblings that all dz.com records have to be from one plane, but here's one vote that says once we get it... Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

We'll keep on sending those good healing vibes from FL. Hang in their Eric, keep on fightin' bro. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

C'mon Jon, gots to make 'em clicky. Go here to see how. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Open on date/time. Team Lightspeed will be setting the base -- it will be fast. If you want to try out for Team Lightspeed, that is you're built like a fireplug and fall like a lead-lined safe, see me or Kris and we will practice a couple times before the attempts. To paraphrase DJan last year, if we don't have a base, we don't have a chance! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

There is little or no true xenophobia here on dropzone.com. Yes there are xenophobic threads and some real hard feelings resulting from the "heat of the moment" type things, but in reality, most of these posts are really along the lines of sibling rivalry. Skydivers tend to eat their young and have a lot of infighting but when the excrement impacts the rotational air movement device, we pull together in a manner that can take one's breath away. We are a large dysfunctional family; we have the odd eccentric aunt or uncle and we'll talk bad about her/him, but let someone outside of the family say what we say and they will learn something about solidarity. In other words, chill out and don't try to read too much into anything, especially on the Talk Back forum. Here humor and exaggeration are simply devices used to take the piss on one another. To summarize, fuck you if you can't take a joke! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Hmmmm....good thing I have a 95 Dolphin....my pin seems to be fine. Yeah I have a 97 mirage.. whew :) Kevin and JT -- the date your rig was made means squat! Look at your reserve ripcord handle; there is a date/year stamped into it. THAT is what is important; it is the only proof of when the ripcord was assembled. Like Lisa stated earlier, her rig was assembled a week or two before the dates stated in the SB, but with month/year only stamped, it had t be tested. Even though my Mirage has a date manufactured of 10 May 00, the only proof that my rig didn't fall under the SB was the date on the handle -- what if I had had a cutaway and lost my reserve ripcord? Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

I wouldn't say lesbian as much as I would say extremely butch. BTW, next time, remember to take the Marlboro out of your mouth before telling me to fuck off. Now, now, Chris. Gotta give J. Foxworthy a cyber $ for that one; a slight rephrase does not negate plagiarism. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Happy Birthday Chris. Enjoy your day, but not too much -- gotta save some of that there nig noggery for Rantoul! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

Just watching it. Good job on the jump and on the interview; you make a good representative for our sport. Welcome and thank you. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?