NickDG

>>NickDG i think you are a abject failure.....thanks for your rambling about the good ole days and your nice little trip down memory lane. Your commitment to holding on to the past is admirable but futile.

You're on, Sweetie . . . NickD

>>wheres the pics!?

>>Have a good one my brother!

Happy B-Day SkyBastard . . . All I can do besides that is promise the name SkyBastard will be in my head for the rest of the day! Cheers, NickD

>>check upstream, in this list of posts...

They are now thinking he fell out at some point . . . Hope not! Maybe he's hiding out somewhere thinking he was in trouble. (Been doing that all my life). NickD

It doesn't look like he's in there . . . Where's Falcon! NickD

Touchdown! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NickD

Nobody is laughing . . . A helicopter isn't going to get anywhere near it because of the rotor wash. He's a 500-feet now. Come on Falcon, pull it out, Bro! NickD

The little boy's name is "Falcon!" The CRW suggestion sounds like the best way so far! Hey, Jaybird, you packed? NickD

They are talking about the best course of action - there is no course of action I can think of . . . I'd imagine as the helium cools with nightfall it should come down. NickD

Don't worry, I'll bet it makes sky news tonight! NickD

That's the view from the moving helicopter making it look like it's hauling ass. It's just going with whatever wind speed there is. NickD

Six year old boy in flight with homemade balloon. They are saying "hot air" but it looks more like Helium. Unbelievable! NickD

Thanks everybody!!! NickD

>>Found a couple of old 'Readers'

We spend millions of dollars to land a Space Shuttle. The Russians use good spotting, a pack job, and a freshly plowed field. . . NickD

The problem with internet betting is sometimes I Google the line and don't realize I'm looking at last year's game. So I'm down with Guido for $50 on 1-3 Miami . . . NickD

And this brings up another point . . . Some of you may well remember when "The BASE Zone" was part of this board. Then they moved it across the street to B.A.S.E. Jumper.com. (BTW, I'm only including the periods in BASE to avoid that super annoying link that appears when you write BASE jumper.) Can we please stop that! And I thought that move was stupid as the whole point of the BASE Zone was to help skydivers who were thinking about getting into BASE. And that was for the good of both sports. And now B.A.S.E.Jumper.com is falling out of favor and everyone is running back to the old BASE Board at BLinc. The whole thing reminds me of a demo I did one time at an airport I used to work at during an airshow. (I was an aircraft mechanic in those days.) The hangar where we usually partied in was cordoned off from the Airshow rubes with a big sign that said, "Private Party!" And there, fenced off behind that hideous sign, sat all my usual airport friends. And I thought how smug and ridiculous they all look sitting there. And worse, on BLinc, they added a private forum for known B.A.S.E. jumpers only. I got the invite and looked in. (There are some other local private sites like this. They tend to be regional and really do help with local logistics you need to keep quiet) But on the private BLinc board it's only the blather of little boys when no one else is looking. Total pathetic BS. So yes, you can have your little private party. Or you can take the advice of Janis Joplin who taught us all. "It's all the same thing, man!" So I say, bring the BASE Zone back to DZ.com . . . NickD

>>It was a trip i will remember for the rest of my life ...

>>"Come on Nick - everyone knows that BASE was invented by a certain brand of 'soft' drink

Jason, You are more than welcome to come bunk out at my house in So Cal for a little while. You know change of scene and all that. If you'd like I'll start you B.A.S.E. jumping. That way you'll spend half your time being scared out of your wits, and the rest, after you meet my BASE buddies, thinking you're the sanest one in the bunch. Seriously, Brother, you just hang on good and tight. When I'm down I always remember a passage from the book "Diary of Anne Frank". It goes something like this: “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart." NickD

Don't pay extra for the deluxe beer glass . . . And stagger out later leaving it on the table . . . NickD

"The One Thing You Learn - Is You Never Learn!" By NickD