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2 : 4 : 1 Jumped with Stacie, hence the beer, first time I ever jumped with a poster to DZ.com. Watched Skymama try to steal her away to the dark side. Bad Skymama, bad girl. No beer for you. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Saw trailers for the next Vin Diesel movie. "Triple X" or something like that. Looks like base jumping out of a car going off a bridge and some skysurfing. Gotta be there. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Depending how far south you are, you may want to consider a nice NASCAR poster. Personnal favorites include: "Dale Earnhart, Jr: Even Jeff Gordon's Grandmother wants him to win", or perhaps, "Rusty Wallace: There's a reason he's No. 2". All kidding aside, D-boy, how about some specifics. How many hours to construct, what kind of powerplant, how well did it go together,... flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Personal record: Three bird strikes in one week. One in my car. One of the other ones was classic; I had to maneuver four times before I finally hit it. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Gotta think bigger than that;"I won the lottery". If that works, I can buy all the fake pictures of DZ.com women molesting me that I want. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Had something similar happen in January. The excess loop of my brake line wrapped around the tab of my slink, which was exposed out of my riser. I unstowed my brake and when I pulled down, I, in essence, locked the loop around the tab. I opted to not cutaway, and landed rear risers. Getting the slink tacked is a great idea. Congrats on learning, thanks for passing it along, and hope others read this. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Oooooh, get in trouble in Ohio. Do I smell a huge bout of cow-tipping coming up? Stay High Pull Low Sleep with your Rigger's Wife and for godsakes, Have Fun! flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

I think Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own troops, so does that mean his horse has three legs in the air? Actually, I have heard No. 17 before and have been told it is not correct. I can neither confirm nor deny its accuracy. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Actually the worst thing that could happen is to drop the ball a little higher than your foot, if you know what I mean. Slappie, you're one of the few people worth reading on here. Don't force me to start reading some of these other hacks. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Jonas Grumby flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Seriously, get your butt out there. I have been to more DZ's in the past year than I care to (or can) count. They are all pretty similar. Take your rig with packing card to manifest, your USPA card, your logbook and about 100 bucks. They will love to see you. Get your DZ brief. Sit and watch a couple of loads (where and how they load, where they land, the wind direction, general layout) and then get on one. You won't be sorry. What's the worst that could happen? They could ask you to front float on an Otter your first load. Go jump for all those people who don't have access to an Otter. It's your duty! flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Ain't it the truth. When I went from a Saber to a Stiletto and couldn't believe how much lower I had to start the turn. My first gauge was literally tree-top level. Recently went from the Stiletto to a Vengeance. Right now it appears the height to start the hook is about the same. The riser pressure is, I believe, as high on the Vengeance as the Stiletto. Really have to hold on tight to do a 360, and have only done it up high. Nothing for a landing yet. Tried a slow, carving 180 last week, and felt like the riser was getting ripped out of my hand. But damn it is fun. Rock on!

marry him, have him die a horrible, horrible death shortly thereafter (I'm thinking packing mishap), and then you get to keep all the money. You gotta be postive, Mama, or nothing good will ever happen to you. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Thank you for helping my self esteem. I now feel like I can take on the world. Lumpy DoodahHead "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

BMW Z8 Engine: 4.9L 8 Cylinder 394 hp Transmission: 6 speed Manual OD Seats: 2 0 to 60 mph: 4.5 seconds Was going to say Boxster, but I can only imagine how quickly you people would jump on that one. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Nice jump suit. You freefliers. You come up with the craziest stuff. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

I thought I was the only one who saw that, especially the naff part. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Heard an interview on the radio with a recent graduate. They asked him what he learned in college. His reply, "I learned it was better to pay a $25 charge to bounce a check, than to pay the $50 late fee to register." The kid has MBA potential written all over himself. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

..."I think you are a hell of a lot smarter than I". So do we. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

If you have it, Post, post, post, post, post,post!! flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

A farmer had five female pigs and as times were hard, he decided to take them to the county fair and sell them. While at the fair, he met another farmer who owned five male pigs. After talking a bit, they decided to mate the pigs and split everything 50/50. As the farmers lived sixty miles from one another they agreed to meet halfway and find a field in which to mate their pigs. The first morning the farmer with the female pigs got up at 5 am, loaded the pigs into the family station wagon, and drove the thirty miles. While the pigs were mating he asked the other farmer, "How will I know if they're pregnant?" The other farmer replied, "Tomorrow morning, if they're in the grass grazing, then they're pregnant. If they're in the mud, then they're not." The next morning they were rolling in the mud, so the farmer called the other farmer, hosed his pigs off; loaded them into the family station wagon again and drove off to try again. The following morning, it was mud again !! This continued for a week until one morning the farmer was so tired he couldn't get out of bed. He called out to his wife, "Honey, please look outside and tell me if the pigs are in the mud or in the field." "Well, neither," yelled his wife. "They're all in the station wagon, and one of them's honking the horn!" flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

This one time, at Spaceland... flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

You sound like my kind of woman. Don't know how they knew, but I'm Paddington the Well Endowed Bear. Go figure. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

Monkeychuck, I resent that deeply. Please take back that part about "fringe". If you're not a full blown jezabell or whoremonger, you're not trying in my book. Back to the real problem. We still have that really good plan we drew up to take care of AirAnn's aging nemesis that we never used. I say we inflict it on whoever is doing the tongue wagging...as long as it isn't me. If it is, let's be big people and let bygones be bygones. flyhi "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."

This is neither the time nor the place for such things. Apparently, from what I'm reading, the time and place for them is any Sunday morning in a Catholic Church in Boston. Arthur, King of the Brits "To understand Mankind, you must look at its two root words; Mank and Ind."