ChasingBlueSky

Almost didn't recognize you at WFFC this year because of how much you lost! BTW - are you still averaging two chops a weekend? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

ah....missed the 5 years part of that. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Congrats and good luck - but I had the same thought as Flygator....12 tamdems at $100 a piece? Wouldn't you have finished AFF with the money you spent on extra tandems? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Good Boxman form! However, your boy is gonna be backsliding, maybe teach him Mantis now? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

wow, gotta love the new job - they gave me friday off this week, just when Rook decided to do a last minute $10/jump offer for the same day at SDC!!!! so, what are you doing on friday? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

can they tighten down their leg straps so they don't end up over their grippers? or is that a new cheater grip? I left the magazine at work today - but have been told to look for all the gaffers tape over one of the helmets _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Yes they did. Similarly the British leadership at the time were also out of touch with the population of the colonies. David Interesting side note here - I was talking to a High School student yesterday about possibly attending the college I work at. He expressed that he felt the education system was out of touch with the world, esp with history classes. His concern was that most colleges do not have a GenEd history class besides "western civiliation." He said "with the way the world is today, maybe we would have a better understanding of whats happening over there if they taught more about the middle east and asia history." Nice to see the younger generation still cares. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Seriously? Not possible? NOBODY talking with GWB thought there would be any resistance? It's not as if it's unprecidented. The freekin' French did it in WWII! These guys must be the worst chess players -- ever. Hmmm...isn't that what a group of colonials did in the 1700s? I think you should be able to go back and look at some of my war related posts on here - I believe I mentioned that as one of my concerns during GW's relection campaign, oops, I meant Gulf War 2. And I have no military background. When ever one of the warmongers were touting how easy this would be, my only retort would be "let's see what happens in 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, etc" I bet this doesn't go as easy for them as we believe. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Hmmm . That is an idea I have yet to try! Thanks! I am new to the world of booking travel - grew up flying under "dependant stand-by" on a major airline and never paid more than $20 one way thanks to the old-man's job. All the other times I have traveled, someone else has done the leg work (ie, job, travel agent, school). _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Someone please explain to me why a one way ticket on ATA costs more than a round trip ticket to the same airport, and one of the flights is the same? Also, the same round trip flight is about $40 more on Expedia.com, than if you go to the ATA webpage. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

The only thing the UN needs to do is let GW speak out loud or let him implement his foreign policy if they want us to look bad. As a reminder - 63% of Iranians support turning their country into a democratic state. It's the good ol boys (aka the iranian GOP) in the religious right that are mucking it up for everyone else. Let the Iranians fight this one out on their own - it won't be long before a full coup or civil war happens there. But then again, a new year is almost upon us, just means its time for a new war. Hmmm...Syria, Korea, Britian, Iran, ooops.... :) See, if we keep dropping bombs, making everyone else's country a whole lot worse so we have to send in more troops, and keep letting out troops die, then GW can validate why we have such large military budgets and nothing left over for education or social security. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

so, i'm here with just a few others. where did ya'll go? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Not too bad - I list in on page 8 of 679....2/27/01. I lurked in the early days and mostly read the site for news updates back then. Didn't start actively posting until my back injury had me grounded this past winter. Before that I was over on that rec.sky mess. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I'm am Admissions Rep for a Cullinary School (just started, and its a great job). Anyone looking to become a chef and i will help them out. Free lunch every day (for me at least)! Before that - sales/recruitment for the last 4 years in the IT world, before that I was an IT contractor working in both NT and AIX, and before that I was in the media for 7 years. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

damn, and I was thinking of stopping by the crackhouse the weekend of the 13th! guess that gives you time to organize another bikini jump, huh arlo? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

oops, sorry, hard to keep up with new rules _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Once again Chris, Thank you for keeping an eye on all of this and a database for it. As for the USPA, I often find the decisions and policies they pass to be more of a reaction, instead of a pro-active measure. I'm not sure who is more to blame for this, the USAP BOD, the members that fight most changes the USPA proposes, or the members that refuse to help out by voting or doing a proxy. My question to you - shouldn't the first line of defense on this be the pilot in command? True, there are a vast amount of PIC jump pilots that are trying to gain extra hours and lack the training to recognize all the problems a plane may have. However, you and I both know there are pilots out there that get into an airplane they know is unsafe to fly, but do it anyway. If those pilots continue to do so, shouldn't they be blacklisted? Maybe the threat of losing their jobs would force them to be more safety cautious (even thou possible loss of life is not motivation enough)? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Try this. http://www.tv4.se/lattjo/kojan/bilbanan.asp I think I just found my new favorite waste of time! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Check out page 81 - yup, that's Albondiga Rodriguez (aka HeatherB) at the bottom of the open according on the Wings ad (purple jumpsuit, white helmet). If I am not mistaken, that is her first appearance in this publication! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I got that coming home from Chicago. I wondered what it was all about... Hmm, that's interesting. I know my girlfriend didn't have any trouble at Midway or Tampa this weekend. She said they just stopped it long enough to look at her rig for a few extra seconds, nothing else. I hope I have the same luck when I travel with my rig twice in September. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Don't forget to check out the WINGS ad on page 81. Yup, that is our own HeatherB at the bottom of the open accordian with the white helmet and the purple jumpsuit! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

ok, gonna have to see what she warned about - thats news to me _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Guess I should have searched - I was in training all week, no real access outside of a few minutes to check on the web while I was there. BTW - whats up with hotels charging 50cents/minute for local calls? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/ Trailer for Revolutions - however, I can't tell if this is exactly the same one from the end of the credits of Reloaded, some stuff looks news. Don't care what you say about the second film, I'll still see this one opening night. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

PM me then I'm always willing to help someone out in a new career _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....