PalmettoTiger
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Half-naked!? Cute, too!? Drat. Nevermind. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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I was stoked about getting yet another refund, until I remembered that last year, Jack + Shit = my total income. So whatever I paid in taxes, I got it all back in my original federal refund. But, on the bright side, I got my state refund back today - a whopping $73!! Might not sound like much, but that's 3 jumps if I rent goggles, helmet, altimeter, and jumpsuit (none of which I have at the moment). ...or I could use the money to buy the first 3 used and jump in baggy clothes! Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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I didn't get the letter myself, I get a call from the recruiters every four months or so and tell them over and over that I'm medically unfit. Maybe that finally made its way into my file. Anyhoo, back to my point: Cyber brought this up about a month ago here. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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where are cypress's made and the best price
PalmettoTiger replied to reno120's topic in Gear and Rigging
I don't know about their website now, but six weeks ago when I was scouring the internet for the best gear deals, SkyKat was the only place I could get a Cypres with a completed 4-year check for less than $700. It was listed on their website, so at that time they were still keeping a pretty good copy of their inventory online. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here* -
That VX 46 is just incredible. I didn't really realize how small the canopy actually was until I saw the picture of Jim Slaton kiting it in the June Parachutist. Then I realized that my current canopy is more than twice as large as my dormitory single last semester (single: 112 ft², canopy: 230 ft²) while that VX 46 is less than half the size of that room!!! For every square foot of canopy that Luigi Cani has, I have 5! I also did some rough estimations and figured that the VX 46 is about the same size as a king-sized bedspread!! Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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Is this at all related to the blurb in Skydiving that X-Keys now has some wingsuits to play with? Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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"Hey dude, if you're really nervous about jumping, I'll go first so you can see what it's like! ... ... ... OH, what a space cadet I am !!" Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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Wow, Zen, you just put up the 20,000th post on the new forums!!! You deserve a beer, or a pie, or something!! Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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No doubt. "Normal" is a setting on your washing machine and nothing more. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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Zennie said: I have a thing for --No, I can't say it! TOO EASY! Must... resist... lame... jokes.... Yeah and if any of you say "too late" you're guilty too!!! Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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New landing gear for a King Air: boatload of money New props for a King Air: boatload of money Labor costs for installing both: yet more boatloads of money One welder with 25 minutes and an acetylene torch: Priceless. There are some things that competent jump pilots can keep you from buying. For everything else, there's industrial tools and a a six-pack of Courage & Creativity. Blues, squares, PTiger PS Yes, I realize that riggerrob is pointing out that Perris has nothing but Super Twin Otters. I was just struck by the image of some frustrated DZO having his King Air landing gear welded into the down position. *insert witty sig here*
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Severe Ground Poisoning usually requires an immediate dose of altitude.
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WAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHOHOHOHOHEEEHEEHEEHEEhicHEEHEEHOHOHOHOHOhic Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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OK. Just Fuc* him. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here* Edited by PalmettoTiger on 6/4/01 07:51 PM.
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Yeah, we do that too. Now for the mandatory self-serving anecdote: one of my AFF jumps, can't remember which, was a load with no tandems - which was unusual for a midday load. So one person said "Make way for the tandems!" and everyone gleefully roared back "Fuc* the tandems!" Gee, I didn't realize they were so well-loved. Then of course someone noticed that I was taking up 2 extra slots (video and instructor) so they had to "Make way for the AFF student!" and then "Fuc* the AFF student!" Fortunately someone yelled out "Make way for the farm animals!" and everyone shut up. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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Ditto on that. When I first saw this I immediately thought "Photoshop!" But there are some amazing camera flyers out there, so it may happen. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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You just have to hang around enough. I didn't hear it until I was on a load with a girl doing her first skydive and her first airplane ride. (Personally, I think she was fuck*ng crazy.) We gave her the "Her, Her" as takeoff run started and she laughed, but as soon as we were 6 feet off the ground she started muttering "Oh my god, oh my god" over and over. I could only smirk (all-knowing AFF V student that I was at the time) and think "Honey, if you think the view from out a window at 10 feet is scary, you ain't seen nothin' yet!!" This was in SC, by the way, so it's not a West Coast only thing. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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If you've given up on getting him to skydive, then screw him - screw his girlfriend. But if you want to get him to jump still, then take them, be very courteous about it, and don't mention skydiving. And keep your hands off his girlfriend. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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I stayed up late Friday night doing nothing, got up late Saturday and put off all my pre-jump chores until 10 pm, at which point I bagged them completely and stayed up late ICQing friends. Got up late Sunday, did nothing until 3 pm when I attempted to start the chores, and finally finished 2/3rds of them at 9 pm. With lots of naps and breaks in between tasks, of course. Oh yeah - now that I've paid tuition for summerschool, I have to wait one more week before I have enough money to purchase a rig, and of course renting defeats the purpose of saving money until I've got my own gear. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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The quickest and most surefire way to make a small fortune in skydiving is to start with a large one. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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Er, sorry, didn't mean to imply that the post was irrelevant, just that it should have been cross-posted to errors and bug reports too. Carry on!! Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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Stop? STOP!? I'm going to keep jumping 'til they nail my coffin shut! ...the trick is to jump in such a way that the quadruple digits come long before the nails. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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I don't know of any small programs that will play DivX-encoded movies. Sorry... Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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Heheheee wingnut - I can just imagine some smartass motorist reaching out to pull your reserve handle while you're streaking down the autobahn. Now THAT would be a beer offense to end all beer offenses!! Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*
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Geek, you need the DivX codecs. If you're using Windows Media Player 7 or better, go to Almighty Dan's Narcissism Emporium, download all the files in the directory, then double-click Register DivX. It doesn't actually register your name somewhere on someone's database, it just registers the codecs on your computer. Blues, squares, PTiger *insert witty sig here*