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Crap. 5 more years till school starts.

He could always try pulling his skirt up to hitch hike. Of course, the car repairs might be a better option.

Remster, Guys like you and Skreamer who do moose and sheep could be assumed to be into things like strap-ons, which are mainstream in comparison. You know Jenn's e-mail. After all, I had to block your "Remster's Moose Love Email Newsletter" from the server. The attachments you sent were hogging all our bandwidth. You damned unsolicited spammer!

Or is it?

Who wouldn't?

Yes, but who knows whether you will be able to stumble back there successfully or not.

They couldn't put it on the map, because they didn't know where you were staying, boobie boy!

Will you two get a room... or barn... or whatever...

Not even in a hotel, where a young boy of about 12 from America might stumble upon it and decide he needed some beers for the guilders his parents gave him? About 18 years ago? Hypothetically, of course. I was there a couple years ago, and just bought them at the store, as you suggest. Much more practical.

Exactly, where you can get beer out of vending machines. Not that I ever did that on a family trip when I was younger, mind you. I'm just speaking hypothetically.

Where is the beer?

I'd hardly call that article "Running Amuck". I was a journalist for a couple years. While not my personal style, I didn't see anything terribly wrong with the piece. Look at what happened to the asian guy at Los Alamos. He got dragged through the media as a "probable Chinese spy", only to get totally cleared after the furor died down. Roger got convicted in court. So, according to the law, he is guilty and it is public. He has nothing to bitch about, nor do we in his defense. While it certainly is old news, the easy way to avoid having it hauled out years later is not to do the deed in the first place. Look at the stuff the Enquirer and their ilk print. It is outright garbage, but they are like teflon when it comes to making libel or slander charges stick. If you want to try that based upon an article that was actually factual, forget it. I have personally wondered about some things at that DZ. I've never been there, nor have I heard anything specific, but the numbers are curious to me. If I looked at similar DZs, in terms of jump numbers, does it stand out? I don't know, because I haven't seen any data. But the anecdotal evidence makes me wonder, and I'm not subject to the same type of misinformation as a whuffo reporter. The fact that some people in the skydiving community itself question what is going on lends some validity to a member of the whuffo press asking the same question. In self-interest, there are things we can do to keep skydiving out from under the media microscope. First off, be safe! Minor accidents and such aren't "newsworthy". Second, keep it clean. If there are no links between skydivers and drugs, the press can't report them. Finally, watch out for each other. If you see someone being unsafe or just plain dumb, let them know, firmly if necessary. That applies to everyone, from A-license newbies to DZOs. If we are a bunch of happy, safe jumping fools, the press will basically leave us alone. We are our own biggest problem.

Scratch, so you mean Remster wears this one?

Remster, It is amazing what a Google search on "sheep costume" will bring up. But of course, you have that bookmarked, so you already know that....

Two pictures of Skreamer. One as a child, and one getting ready for bed.

Do they have the little integrated footsies... I mean.... Hoovsies?

I wear soft contacts. I've had contact lense issues on about 4 jumps. Each time, a lense came out and ended up stuck on the inside of my goggle. It can happen if the goggles aren't tight enough, or if they are too tight and end up distorted, leaving an air gap somewhere. How you fly and land with a contact out depends on your vision. I'm nearsighted, but not horribly so. I did a good bit of the canopy flight with the contact-less eye closed. It did not make a huge bit of difference up until final approach and flare time. The decrease of depth perception can play havoc with the timing of your flare. Be aware and go extra cautious. I use extended wear contacts, but I have also bought a box of 1-day disposables for trips to the DZ. That way, if I end up losing one, it is no big loss. I just pop open another set (or just the specific eye) and keep going. As for what to do if you can't see well in freefall... I noticed my vision go to crap because of a lost contact. On this particular jump, my goggles came pretty loose and away from my head some. So the eye that did have the contact got pretty useless also. I did an exaggerated wave off and pulled right then.

Navy blue Pro-Tec. I've mounted the bracket for my Pro-Track inside and it works great. I have a sticker like the attached file stuck on the back, so I can see behind me. Blue-banded Sky-Eyes goggles (or my backup Kroops).

Nah. It isn't like Scratch is trying muscle in on Skreamer's sheep action. That would really upset him.

I agree with Dave. They need to eat something and put some meat on. That said, the redhead is pretty cute and I'd volunteer to help her with her dietary supplements until she was up to proper weight.

Two pigs & two cats shagging? What is this, a British 4-way team?

Scratch, should we start wondering about you too?

I've got sad news for you.....

No shit... Where is our other resident expert, anyway? What a damned slacker!

I'm happy to say I'm not that familiar with sheep. I'll leave it to the experts.