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I find this hillarious.... considering it has lower taxes than 3 of the other new england states. I happen to live in the one with the highest, which is ironic for the smallest of them all Jen Arianna Frances

Thats what they need, engineers to identify finger tips Guess all that schooling is good for something Jen Arianna Frances

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ya I can only get away with that if I wiggle brownies in front of your face Sorry 'bout that Jen Arianna Frances

OMG - you're making me wanna puke you two Danm it girly - check your PMs and answer 'em Jen Arianna Frances

I dunno, I think anything by Jimmy eat world sux donkey balls Jen Arianna Frances

hehe - weekends on the Cape? lol Maybe if I wanted to pull all my hair out while fighting traffic Its great for folks that live out that way though. Jen Arianna Frances

hmmm... for some reason I thought it was on the cape... Jen Arianna Frances

Closest to Marstons Mills is probably Pepperell. Jen Arianna Frances

Yep, I set them off often but that could be because the metal in my body isn't encased in bone. Jen Arianna Frances

layout is all done! Just need to do a review to make sure everything is where it needs to be and next week it goes to the printer... ...finally... Jen Arianna Frances

haha - thanks, needed that reminder! tee hee Jen Arianna Frances

I got pictures of Jake with a pink pocketbook What'll you give me to keep 'em under wraps Jake? Jen Arianna Frances

LMAO! Isn't .89 : 1 enough for the cool stuff? I think Dave is right - I think just gotta get more aggressive with my flare and do it more completely. I'll let ya know how the video works out this weekend. Thanks all! Jen Arianna Frances

ya ya ya, technicalities Jen Arianna Frances

Its very common - hard to control something that you don 't realize your doing though. Get a mouth guard. I went to my dentist, paid $300 to get one. Then found out it was playing clarinet and saxophone that was the problem, not grinding my teeth. Good luck, Jen Arianna Frances

Out of those 40 jumps I've stood up 3 and crashed in about 20... not a good ratio I still have trouble sitting for a long time after busting my tailbone on a no flare 'landing'. I'm tired of being sore! It's still fun. But when I get people saying "You ok, that last landing looked kinda hard" I wanna turn to them and say "ya, it f'ing hurt too!". Its supposed to be fun, but not when it hurts I'm very scared I'm going to break something... Freefall is fun, its the landing part that sux Jen Arianna Frances

Hey Ed! Are you going to be able to tape it and perhaps get it digitized for all to see? I don't have TiVo and will be at work, but I really wanna see!! Jen Arianna Frances

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Thanks for the feedback everyone. I've already taken Scotts course while I was in DeLand in March (kinda sad actually, I should 'get it' now) but we didn't get to jump due to winds/rain. I get to try again when he comes up here in June. I think that having a consistent canopy (got my own gear 7 jumps ago) should help. I hope I just need to spend some more time thinking about landing before I get on the plane. I did stand up one yesterday - it was just that last one that stung. I think next weekend will be hop-n-pop weekend for me. Another thing will be to talk to my rigger as the brakes may be a bit long for me - and with no wind, well, I don't stand a chance Jen Arianna Frances

...coffee... Jen Arianna Frances

I've got a problem landing... *ok, I said it* How does one go about practicing this most effectively? I'm going to be bringing a camcorder with me next jumpable weekend and have someone video my landings for me. I can't seem to pinpoint one particular problem - it seems to be a chain of events, different everytime (flare uneven, flare too high/too low, turbulance issues etc.). I'll spend a little extra time going over setting up landing patterns with an instructor too. Up high I'll practice stalls and flares but what should I watch for and what should it feel like? Landing patterns... I did something stupid on my last jump. Very light and variable winds made setting up a pattern a little difficult and I ended up downwinding my landing - but this was because I thought at 500 ft. I needed to go cross wind and then 300 ft to go into the wind... despite being close to an obsticle and scaring a bunch of nice folks. I guess its one of those things I'll eventually get, right? (and should that be before or after I get hurt? ) Due to the fact there was little to no wind could I have just kept on my course without turning for cross wind etc.? Doing that would have put me where I had hoped to land... but that goes against what I was taught... I talked to someone briefly about these concerns and plan to go over it again with other folks next weekend. I think I'm thinking too much, but stepping out my head seems to be getting harder and harder... What have you done to practice landings? Jen Arianna Frances

Yep. I hope 'practice makes perfect' doesn't also mean 'pain is the best teacher' *rubs sore shoulder* Jen Arianna Frances

N: 5 : 1 N = nunyabizness 5 = bunch of 2 ways and 3 ways... 1 = one really sore shoulder from yet another terrible landing Jen Arianna Frances

bah.... its real l33+ if you can read it Jen Arianna Frances