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Lewis, Who else from the club is coming up? Make sure they are registered dz.com users if they want to be in the record. After we crush the Spaceland record, maybe we'll just try some non-official big-ways with anyone that wants to join in. Justin

Lemme see.... 64 ft. diameter, so, 32x32xPI = 3,216 sq. feet. Justin

Clay, Didn't you know that Lisa is going to make those the standard canopy recommendation? Just pray there isn't any wind when you jump. Justin

Hey Wildblue, I never said it was her! If she took it that way, so be it. It's okay. We've PMed about it. Justin

Yeah, because that is one of the other guys. Lord only knows where the woman is. Even with that canopy, I still wonder what the wingloading was.

Somewhere in here there is a woman, but all you can see are the nice folks helping her gather her canopy. I'm not naming names. Justin

I'm not sure why your daughter is smiling, buy saying "BOOBIES" instead of "cheese" would work for your son and Merrick.

Nope. Didn't say that at all. He'll have to buy for losing, and me for winning. I know it is tough to grasp when you have a head of lettuce for a brain, Clay, but do your best.

Emma, Sadly, I think your little island is a rain magnet. Justin

Wingnut, You just might break it next weekend. But at least we'll have the opportunity to put those Spaceland folks in their place first. How many people do you have lined up for your attempt? Justin

Remster, Some of us are going to warm up with small-ways before 11:00. Besides, we don't anticipate it taking too long to break their record. Justin

You all are witnesses. Augie Doggie... I mean, AggieDave and I have a case of beer riding on whether or not the dropzone.com 8-way record set at Spaceland will get broken this weekend. The brave, heroic, snow-lovin' skydivers at the Cross Keys FreezeFest will be gunning for the record. I guess we'll both have to buy beer this weekend. Him for the bet, and me for "First dropzone.com bigway record held". (I hope!) Okay, FreezeFest record breakers, let me remind you all again: We'll meet Saturday at 11:00am, outside the Long Delay Cafe. We will CRUSH the Spaceland record.

Done. Case of beer says it will. Okay, FreezeFest record breakers, let me remind you all again: We'll meet Saturday at 11:00am, outside the Long Delay Cafe. We will CRUSH the Spaceland record.

Clay, Seeing as you weren't even a part of the Spaceland record anyway, why don't you just shut yer yap hole. AggieDave tossed out some nonsense, and I called him on it. We'll see if he comes back like a man or not.

You willing to bet beer on that? Justin

Skybadiver, Is Henry on dropzone.com? If not, fix that! I have no idea how many people will show up, or how many of them will be eligable to participate. The only requirement for the record attempt itself is that all members be users on dropzone.com. No minimum jump number per se. We'll do our best to work with what we've got as long as we can keep it safe. Meet at 11:00am Saturday outside the Long Delay Cafe! The weather is looking clear, so be there! Justin

Mike, Ease up. High Times is a reliable bastion of journalistic integrity. They check all their sources for accuracy and validity. Just like the National Enquirer. Didn't you learn anything in DINFOS? Justin

Way to go, Jessica! One of the few times where quitters win.

That sounds like it could belong in the gear forum in a thread on Cypres and RSLs.

I agree with you, Zennie. And much of the knowledge (and therefore value) of any company rests with the employees. With good companies, there is a careful process of retaining that knowledge through personnel turnover. People train their successors and management actually knows how the "grunts" of the business do their work so they can lead by example and get new employees productive. Enron would need a wholesale turnover to remove the "bad apples" and restore some minimal confidence, but then nobody would be left who knew anything about the business. Tough dilemma. As you said, what would be left to resurrect? Justin

I understand about the long haul, but I'd watch out for investing in companies that may simply never recover. Never is a really, really long time. Part of any company is reputation. I'd have to say that Enron's reputation is worse than Johnson & Johnson's was in the midst of the Tylenol scare. Whether they are officially convicted or not, who wants to do business with a bunch of crooks? Not to mention, after all the financial shenanigans are taken away, what ongoing operations at Enron are worth keeping or partnering with? As for Kmart, things are different. No scandals, accounting fraud or document shredding, but maybe just a dying company. Sometimes companies can get so far behind in their strategy and operational implementation that they make a gradual slide into complete irrelevance. I used to work for a company called Hechinger. They were a home improvement chain. They existed long before Home Depot and Lowes, and were once a Wall Street darling. But they couldn't adapt, largely due to incompetant management. End result: bankruptcy and complete liquidation. Sometimes you can catch a good company fallen on hard times and make a bundle on the recovery. Many, many other times, you can buy up some shares, then use them for wallpaper when they become worthless. Of course, you should do as you want, but my money wouldn't end up in either Kmart or Enron. For me, the risk far outweighs my estimate of their chances of success. Good luck. Justin PS I'm not trying to be insulting in any way. I've learned some of this through personal mistakes. I have some shares I'll sell you... cheap!

Why? I'm still on-topic (logo apparel) for once! Admittedly, if I had all that written on a condom I could wear, it would only be readable in a microfiche reader.

Nope. I want a link to my profile page: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forums/showprofile.pl?Cat=&User=jfields&Number=82189&Board=forumtalkback&what=showflat&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&part=1&vc=1 Justin

Ummm.... okay. It sounds like a good plan to me. Are you going to wear yours when you are packing? That should enable lots of viewing opportunities. Justin

The logo would have to be pretty darned small, because those things don't have much surface area. I can see guys getting slapped for staring at womens' crotches trying to read a logo the size of a postage stamp. Justin