JoeyRamone

Out of 350 jumps i packed my chute one time, to pass the test. I never wanted to do it, pay a packer.

Man that is the Donalds bird in the sky...

The keys rock for kids, I would check outwww.ventureout.org you can rent a place for 750 a week, the is a gated park with bike rentals, a kids and adult pool and a store. You are 23 miles from Key West. You can hit the beaches in Key West, the butterfly museum, etc. The nice thing about venture out is you are right on the ocean, the kids can fish and swim all day long or you can go to Key West. Fly into Miami and rent a van and drive the 3 hours to cudjo key, it is a great drive. PM me if you like I can give you a call and dial you in, we go every year. Big Pine key in the Key above Cudjo key. I agree the lower keys are much better then the upper keys. Tim

Prayers...

You could have a pinched nerve in the neck area too...Get a good massage if you can...

Check out Skydivechicagos location in Mexico, right on the ocean, the place rocks. www.skydivechicago.com

Good One....

Congrats, that must be a great feeling for your Mom...Give her a big high 5....

Hit the bong...

Skydiving is a business for all DZ'S. They need to spread the word and recruit people to jump, you need to keep the doors open, business 101 get more customers. I think it is a great idea, so what if people get hurt, that happens in every other sport...

Go to Mexico, Skydive Chicago will be set up again from December 15th on. Go to www.skydivechicago.com for details... Ixtapa 2004/5 Update Skydive Chicago has again secured the permits to open Skydive Ixtapa. The staff is heading out December 12, 2004 and are expecting to be jumping by the 16th. We will have one otter there full time and and second on call for our larger events. Everyone is welcome to visit us anytime during our stay. We are hosting a Skydive Ixtapa boogie the 5-12 of Feburary 2005. SDC has teamed up with Ticket Express Travel agency to put together ‘packages’ which will include (for Chicago travlers) direct airfare to Ixtapa, seven nights at the Radission resort hotel and transportation to/from the Ixtapa airport. The price is still being worked out but expect to pay something under $2000 USD for two people. If you decide to book your own travel I advise you not to travel though Mexico City. If possible try to book a direct flight this will save you a lot of headache. There are lots of hotels in Ixtapa, there is everthing from Club Med to Best Western. Shop around on the internet to find the best deals. www.ixtapa.com Due to the higher fuel prices SDC is offering jumps at $22 per slot which includes the ride to the airport. If you pre-buy 15 jumps before Decemeber 12, 2004 SDC will give you a package rate of $300USD. Additional jumps may be purchased onsite. We will accept CC (visa, Mastercard, Discover) USD, Pesos. We will not accept checks even if you take your checks here at SDC. Remember, you need to have at least 50 skydives and water training to jump in Ixtapa. Water gear is required for those without a D-license. Water gear can be purchased through Para-Concepts before you leave or in Ixtapa. Contact Betsy to purchase your water gear. If you have any question about travel please contact Christine Breit If you have more questions please contact Rook Hope to see you all there!

Thanks Brian...Sorry for the loss, I do remember her...

Great Video......

ANyone have a picture of her?

Sorry for the loss Chris and to all the SDC folks. I do not know if i new her or not, but either way prayers will be sent out asap. Blue skies. Tim

Hey is that the place where all the gold is burried?

Well Brian, If you are on a train that gets blowen to all hell you might be glad that Chicago is doing something about terriorist. If you do not like it then drive to work. Better safe then sorry. They check the trains i take from CHicago to Aurora all the time, it is part of life. Sometime we forget how well we have it here in America. Be grateful we have this kick ass country to live in,we can walk the streets anytime day or night we do not have to dodge gun fire or bombs going off all day long like many other places..

The place he/she took the afp class should be shut down forever.

Dam...well said.....

They set the stage for the punk movement. Just a great band. Congrats on the marriage to Chris....

LOS ANGELES - Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones" that influenced a generation of rockers, has died. He was 55. AP Photo Ramone, who had been fighting a five-year battle with prostate cancer, died in his sleep Wednesday afternoon at his Los Angeles home surrounded by friends and family, said the band's longtime artistic director Arturo Vega. "He was the guy with a strategy. He was the guy who not only looked after the band's interest but he also was their defender," Vega said in a telephone interview from New York. Ramone, whose birth name is John Cummings, had been hospitalized in June at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Johnny Ramone was one of the original members of the struggling Ramones, whose hit songs "I wanna be sedated" and "Blitzkrieg Bop," among others, earned them an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Johnny Ramone co-founded "The Ramones" in 1974 in New York along with singer Joey Ramone, bassist DeeDee Ramone and drummer Tommy Ramone, who is the only surviving member of the original band. All four band members had different last names, but took the common name Ramone. Joey Ramone, whose real name is Jeff Hyman, died in 2001 of lymphatic cancer. Dee Dee Ramone, whose real name is Douglas Colvin, died from a drug overdose in 2002. Clad in leather jackets and long black mops of hair, the group started out in legendary New York clubs like CBGB and Max's Kansas City, where they blasted their rapid-fire songs. Since its debut album in 1976, the band struggled for commercial success, but they left a formidable imprint on the rock genre. Though they never had a Top 40 song, the Ramones influenced scores of followers, including bands such as Green Day and Nirvana. Even Bruce Springsteen (news) was moved. After seeing the Ramones in Asbury Park, N.J., Springsteen wrote "Hungry Heart" for the band. His manager, however, swayed him to keep the song for himself and it became a hit single. The band had encounters with other big names, including producer Phil Spector, who collaborated with the band in 1980. During the session, the late bassist Dee Dee Ramone said Spector pulled a gun on the band. "The Ramones had it rough," said Vega, who's worked with the band for 30 years. "The band almost had to be protected from people who were taking advantage of them. There was never any money made." Johnny Ramone changed that by demanding more money for performances, but still kept a close watch on the band's budget; Vega recalled how Johnny Ramone would insist that the band drive nonstop between Boston and New York for shows instead of spending the night in a hotel. In addition to his financial conservatism, the guitarist was politically conservative — the late Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) was Ramone's favorite president, Vega said. Fans have remained loyal to the Ramones, and the Ramones over the years have been loyal to their fans. In 1979, while shooting scenes for the film "Rock 'n' Roll High School," the Ramones — ignoring the director's order — played a concert-length session for fans who had paid to be extras, Vega said. "The Ramones never ever lost their image, their aura of being the ultimate underdog, the voice of the angry young man," Vega said. A tribute concert and cancer research fund-raiser was held Sunday in Los Angeles to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary. It featured performances from Los Angeles punk band X, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Henry Rollins (news) and others. Along with his wife, Linda Cummings, Johnny Ramone was surrounded at his death by friends, including Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder (news), singer Rob Zombie and others. Other friends who gathered at his Los Angeles home included Lisa Marie Presley (news), Pete Yorn (news), Vincent Gallo (news) and Talia Shire. He is survived by his wife and his mother, Estelle Cummings. He will be cremated during a private ceremony. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20040916/ap_on_en_mu/obit_ramone&printer=1

Call Dr Phil Please.

She was hit with the ugly stick.....

CONGRATS CHRIS....

You just do not know when to say when do you? Dam drop it by now would you please. This was a post about a friend and legend who died. This post was not ment to be all about you and your opinions. Thanks Tim The Obit: September 1, 2004 Indian Larry, Motorcycle Builder and Stunt Rider, Dies at 55 By WOLFGANG SAXON Larry Desmedt, a New York-based custom motorcycle builder and biker better known nationally as Indian Larry, died on Monday in Charlotte, N.C., of injuries he suffered doing a stunt on Saturday at an appearance there. He was 55 and lived in the East Village. His death was announced by Timothy White, a photographer and friend. He said Mr. Desmedt had gone to Charlotte for the filming of a new segment in a series shown on the Discovery Channel, "The Great Biker Build-Off." Indian Larry, who had his workshop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was a legend among biking enthusiasts and other custom builders. He regarded his craft as a form of art and, Mr. White said, got his nickname from the classic brand of a motorcycle he rode years ago. He had gone to Charlotte for the shooting on Saturday of an episode of "Biker Build-Off," in which he has successfully competed with other riders of custom-made two-wheelers. The accident happened afterward in a parking lot, with a crowd of thousands watching. Mr. White said Indian Larry, wearing a protective suit but not a helmet, was standing on his bike as he went down the parking lot in a crowd-pleasing routine and may have been blinded by the sun; he fell and hit his head. He died early Monday at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Larry Desmedt was born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. His wife, Bambi, and Mr. White described him as a lone wolf, who was a familiar figure to fans across the country but never joined a motorcycle gang. He was known among bikers as a metal sculptor and highly skilled mechanic. His first motorbike was a 1939 Harley Knucklehead he bought for $200 when he was a teenager, he said in a Rolling Stone interview. Within hours, he had taken it apart, and it took him nine months to put it back together. Later he went to California to apprentice himself to one of his heroes, the hot rod builder Ed (Big Daddy) Roth. He spent a wild youth and was a frequent subject of his friend the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who was attracted to his "crash and burn" way of life. But in 1991 he decided to become "the best chopper builder in the world,'' according to a autobiography scheduled for publication by Crown in 2005, and devoted himself to becoming what he called a motorcycle artist. His most famous motorcycle, called Grease Monkey, was named Easy Rider magazine's chopper of the year. Besides his wife, a performer billed as Bambi the Mermaid of Coney Island, Mr. Desmedt leaves his mother, Dorothy Desmedt, and a sister, Tina Wells, both of Middletown, N.Y. It was not a particularly dangerous maneuver he performed on Saturday, Bambi Desmedt said. "It was showing off, his way of blowing off steam after the bigger stunts," she added, "winding down."