sdgregory

Yeah, I feel the frustration of not getting enough jumps, or not having anough money, or the weather being crappy on the days you are free to jump. We all do. Ask the folks with thousands of jumps and years in the sport how often they feel the frustration. The truth is, each jump makes you want to jump again. The more you do the more you want to do and you'll never be happy with the number of jumps you get so be happy with the jumps you get. How's that for reasoning? I have been in this sport physically only since Oct 2003 and I have 68 jumps and I see some of you have been in longer have less and some have been in less and have more. Take joy in the jumps you do get. Find contentment where you are and then when you get more it is just bonus. We all have to take the jumps we can. Each moment we do get to spend at 14500 is one moment we don't have to sepnd on the ground. And it is important to keep everything in perspective. As much as we would love it to be, skydiving is not the only thing in life. (Or so I keep trying to tell myself). I'll let you know if it is working.

Studied Aikido for 2 years. Wouldn't mind taking it up again. Actually, my son and I are throwing around the idea that we should take up Kung-Fu. Always wanted to take that. We can't seem to find a good place to take it in Columbus though.

um, I knew we should have told him sooner. At least he is not upset that he had to find out on his own.

I will send you a routing number and account number. Deposit in your account and wire the money to the one I send you in PM.

[announcer]And this is when things went TERRIBLY wrong! After jumping out of an airplane at 2,000ft and plummeting toward the earth for almost a minute, his parachute FAILED to deploy automatically as it was supposed to! He had to MANUALLY reach back, pull on a handle that very few skydivers know about on the bottom of his backpack, which released a round piece of fabric and OPENED HIS PARACHUTE! He was mere seconds from death! [/announcer] Mike HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! I had a jumped go exactly like that last week!

Count me in . . . but I think we should play with only two empty chambers.

If only it worked that way. "I propose locking this thread" "I second that." Put it to a vote. I vote yep. But, remember, this is no democracy. it is a Sangirocracy. Thank God. Cuz we'd all get mixed up in DZ.com politics and that would make this place no fun.

tis okay! Those sights did not come up when I did my search on google. Thanks.

Well I have been taken to the dark side and I feel like a freeflyer and I ain't getting no damn camera. Oh wait, I do not yet feel like a freeflyer, I feel like a freeflailer!

Worse, would an instructor risk the possibility of this happening to fellow skydivers? The only explanation I can come up with is this is fake or the accident was jumper error. dubbayab, If I am wrong here I apologize but you leave us with little but vagueness and specualtion. That does not breed trust.

Can someone direct me to a site where I can order this? I found several but could not translate the sites. And the only one I found in English said $75! That can't be USD could it?

I'm betting it is the freefly handle.

Great rationalization for B-day and Christmas presents. "Mom, Dad, I am not going to quit skydiving. If my safety matters to you that much. Buy me the best gear so that I am the safest I can be." Calling my folks now . . .

Actually its the seaweed I do not like. Just give me the meat and the rice and wasabi and maybe some veggies.

You dumb son of a bitch. Don't you know nobody WANTS to jump them anymore. Some sweet vid , man. Will I see you Saturday?

I am pretty boring by that test's standards, but thank God for that. A big fat 0. Answered no to all the questions.

You're not obseessed until the only bathroom material you have is "Parachutist" or "Skydiving". So there is hope for you. No, I'm lying. Your screwed.

I'm thinking it was done for a photo opp. At least I hope so. What does it say about the ilots of that was not staged?

You know. I never did acquire a taste for the octopus yet I do like squid. Weird.

I think the public is getting too involved in what a parent can and cannot do. This is getting rediculous. My kid, I'll decide. And for the record, we did not pierce our daughters' ears until they were old enough to decide for themselves, but had I decided to do it when they were infants (As my parents did for my sister) what business is it of anyone else's? What next?

California rolls suck. Give me the real stuff. Tuna, shrimp, slamon, sushi. Yum. Top it off with some warm Saki and its party time!

Damn! Thanks Gawain. I deleted it from my post because it came out like caca!

Hoorah! - Former 4thANGLICO Marine Death From Above Edited to delete the thing I made that came out crappy but Gawain fixed down below.

I'll admit. My curiosity is peaked! Out with it!

No kidding! I wiould order shoes to match my rig in a heartbeat!