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  1. SkydivingNurse
    I'm trying my best to give up the smokes , and I don't think I'd be drinking before jumping, I like having all my parts and pieces intact, and I think I'd be grounded if I had had anything to drink. Safety first, and my DZ is awesome with that. The only thing that seems to prevent them is Inderal, but that tends to kill any adrenaline production in the body. I used to take some before shooting pool in my league, ended up MVP of my team, but that sort of flat affect no enjoyment feel seems counterproductive to skydiving. Sometimes adrenaline can be a good thing. I've not had (knocking firmly on wood) any hard pulls, but a shot of the go juice seems like it would help. I think I may have to wait until this cycle is over, which sux, but I'd rather watch a vid and read the SIM than worry about something going wrong and being totally my fault.
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    I was just wondering, because I get them, usually my cycle for getting them is when the weather either changes from winter to summer or the reverse. If anyone does get them, does skydiving affect them? A cluster headache, btw, is like a migraine's not so nice cousin. Think migraine, magnify the pain level by about a billion, shorten the duration to a few hours, and get them up to three times a day for a few weeks to a month. Life sucks when I get them, and now that I'm going to be jumping again soon, I was wondering if it could affect me in the air. Thanks in advance for any help. http://www.clusterheadaches.com/newvisitors.html
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    1 milli-Helen: A chick hot enough to only launch one ship
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    I don't really regret getting the 8", the only other things I had at the time were a good pair of binoculars and a 60mm refractor, so the jump to that size was a considerable one. Also, the dob was pretty cheap. When I eventually get a better scope, I'm planning on going for one of the new Celestron goto scopes, something hopefully in the 12-14 inch range so I can start taking some serious astrophotography. The dob has been a load of fun, especially for planetary observations. Jupiter is incredible, Mars at it's closest approach was pretty darned cool, and I'll never forget my first good view of Saturn through it. It just sucks that it's such an expensive hobby. DaScope BestEyepieces
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    I have two, your basic Meade ETX-60AT, a nice little scope with GOTO and subpar optics; and a 8" Discovery dob. My telescopes are the only thing that make the winter bearable, some of the coolest sights come out in the winter months. Well, that and Great Lakes Christmas Ale . I've only ever tried a Messier Marathon once, and only bagged 20, but it was fun and I was talking to a cutie at the observatory. I'm looking into a solar filter for my dob to start observing sunspots. Hi. My name is Leonard, I am a geek, and I love it. (if it were me, I'd lean more toward the Celestron~computerized scopes are nice, but they can hamper your enjoyment of using star charts and becoming really familiar with the constellations and can find things without help~but that's just my $0.02)
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    I agree. I decided one day that I wanted to jump out of an airplane, I went, I did my FJC, got rained out and showed up two days later and did my first AFF. After my second jump I bought a full face helmet, which was a big investment considering the money I was spending on the jumps. A tandem would have been fun, but I somehow knew that I'd soon be hooked. No real need to tandem when I can pull my own chute, thanks.
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    I don't know that I would agree that skydivers are more prone to depression. There are some studies out there that indicate that people who thrive on the adrenaline have altered numbers of dopamine receptors in their brains. This won't make you depressed, but you will need a higher level of stimulation to feel the excitement. I'll try to find a link to post about it sometime.
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    I would. I'm a Registered Nurse, I spent six years in the US Navy, and I would go. Not as any sort of combatant. I would go to help heal people. I sort of dig the whole idea of me being a servant to the people. Do I get mad at the terrorists? Absolutely. Would I pull the trigger and shoot someone to save a friend? I honestly can't say, because I've never been in that position and have no idea how I would react. Would I do everything I could to save the life of a patient? Without hesitation. I would like to be compensated for the danger, though.
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    Even though I didn't jump today, I gotta say how much fun I had after the refresher course just hanging out and shooting the s$@t with everyone up there. Well, maybe not with Heidi, cause she stole all of my smokes you don't have to worry about buying me more, you can teach me what this kiss pass thing is that everyone talks about . Everyone up there, you guys are the best. Nuff' said.
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    In a word, no. Snopes.com
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    Perfect. I needed that today. Thanks, bro.
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    and so now we should kill them? We invaded for political reasons. It's not their fault that our invasion is going poorly. From their perspective, we invaded, destroyed their country, took over, started rebuilding it - and now we are arresting and torturing them by the hundreds. And we are still shelling their cities. How are we different than Hussein if we start slaughtering them for not loving us? I'm not saying that we should start, oh let's say, start gassing them the way the previous regime gassed the Kurds. I'm saying that we should find the terrorists and kill them. I don't care if they are cowering in a mosque, or a cave, or a spider hole under the dirt.
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    Speaking from a complete rookie point of view, my helmet (Z-1) keeps the wind off my face and lets me concentrate a little bit easier on what I'm doing.
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    I have to disagree. I think we should give the women and children a chance to leave the cities these animals are hiding in, flatten all of their "holy" cities, salt the ground so that nothing will ever grow there again, and hope that those barbarians learn a lesson. We have shed our blood to free the people of Iraq, why the hell aren't they handing these filthy subhumans over to us?
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    Think of some of the things I see at work 95 year old in one of my hospital beds and I have to do the skin assessment~instant shrinkage
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    I like to skydive (even though the numbers don't reflect just how much) and I'm a Registered Nurse~maybe not the most imaginative, but it fits. At work I'm "that crazy guy who wants to jump out of an airplane"
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    Fuck the Rodriguez Brothers! What's even cooler than looking at the pics, though, is seeing some of the things out there through your own telescope. I keep thinking about taking my Dobsonian to Skydive PA and setting it up after the day is done, a few cold adult beverages and some killer sights. And yes, as a matter of fact, I CAN see Uranus.
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    If that thing dislodges and goes into your lungs or brain, bad things will most likely happen. Ask your doc about something called a Greenfield Filter. It's basically a little mesh screen that's inserted into a vein to catch any dislodged blood clots. I'd have to say, no, don't jump until it's resolved.
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    It may not be considered a true malfunction, but I had line twists on my first and second jumps. It was scary for about a second or two until I remembered my training. Boo-ya.
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    Drug rehab
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    The new number two.
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    Wow, it's been a while since I've been on this site, but I should be back soon. I had a bit of an unfortunate accident and am now in the process of having some extensive dental work done (33 years old and I'm going to have freaking partial dentures top and bottom, yuk!) and have been out of action for quite a while. I had to miss Safety Day, which sux, and have been discovering the wonders of liquid nutrition, which sux even more. I'm hoping to be back in action soon, and hopefully better than ever with some brand new shiny white false teeth to smile at the ladies with . This isn't a request for vibes thread, just more of an update for all of my groupies, seeing as how I'm such a major factor in all things skydiving . Anyhoo, I miss you and love you all. Peace, my friends.
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    (in his best Johnny Cochrane voice) If it aint' a real tit, you must aqcuit!
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    It took me almost a half-hour to make my craptastic image (I suck at photoshop) That first pic is sweeeeet! I bow to your mad ps skillz.