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When shooting a tandem video on a bright sunny day my angle is more up and I get a lot of sky. I try to position as much as possible so the sun is in the face for lots of shots but at high noon I get a darkening of the face a bit. Other times get a bit of "Halo" around them like the chip is oversaturated right at the contrat line, not that bad but I notice it and it bugs me. Is there any recomond filter to add to the video camera?? A Polarizer?? Just curious as I am just trying to get a bit more pop in colors that seem to be washed out in bright sun in addition to wanting to equalize the object coompared to the sky background. Dont see the contrast as much on a RW jump as I am shooting down with the dimmer background of the ground compared to the sky. If there is a filter that works on the top question should it also be here or should I take it off for the RW jumps vs Tandem jumps. I dont shoot a ton of vid as I am usually doing the tandem but have been doing more at the DZ out of needs to fill for the customers. Just want to give a good quality image to the editor to work with...... Thanks in advance Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

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Is teh plane there on Friday afternoon or starting Sat???? Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

"Loaded Baked Potato, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm" When I am at a restraunt I always ask what they consider a loaded baked potato. Often I hear "Butter and Sour cream" WTF!!!! That is a damn near naked potato. Turtle noted the MINIMUM of what a GOOD LOADED potato should be! God Bless ya Man!! Scott C. My diet sucks now that I am thinking about baked potato variations!! "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

The Tmpo is a TSO'ed reserve, even one from 1994 As long as you are within the noted/tested limits and your rigger is not saying there is a problem with the reserve, then your probably OK and not over loading the reserve. That said I have no idea what you weigh out the door and what you like to do. The newer reserves are reinforced differently and are stronger now. This is helpfull given the huge increase in non-belly flying. The PD-R and the Smart are nice reserves as was previously noted. If your within the limits of the Tempo, your in good shape. If your over 1.0 and do a lot of headdown and freeflying you might want to consider a newer design for a reserve that is designed to meet some of the higher possible demands you flying weight and jumping stypoe might need... Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Larry, I forgot to ask, with the big remodel, is the gate still there to swoop????? Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

That was farging funny!!

Now that the new Fla voting machines have been designed and approved there should be no more "Hanging Chads" to argue over!! Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Thought it was funny since its so true!! Did a quick search and did not find it. If somebody calls it a repost then what the hell, its still funny. How to Shower Like a Woman 1. Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks. 2. Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If you see husband along the way,cover up any exposed areas. 3. Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups. 4. Get in the shower. Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wide loofah, and pumice stone. 5. Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins. 6. Wash your hair again to make sure it's clean. 7. Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner enhanced with natural avocado oil. Leave on hair for 15 minutes. 8. Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until red. 9. Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash. 10. Rinse conditioner off hair. 11. Shave armpits and legs 12. Turn off shower 13. Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mold spots with Tilex. 14. Get out of shower. Dry with towel the size of a small country. Wrap hair in super absorbent towel. 15. Check entire body for zits, tweeze hairs. 16. Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head. 17. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas. How To Shower Like a Man 1. Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile. 2. Walk naked to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way, shake wiener at her making the 'woo-woo' sound. 3. Look at your manly physique in the mirror. Admire the size of your wiener and scratch your ass. 4. Get in the shower. 5. Wash your face 6. Wash your armpits 7. Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off. 8. Make fart noises (real or artificial) and laugh at how loud they sound in the shower. 9. Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area. 10. Wash your butt, leaving those coarse butt hairs stuck on the soap. 11. Shampoo your hair. 12. Make a Shampoo Mohawk. 13. Pee. 14. Rinse off and get out of shower. 15. Partially dry off. Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of tub the whole time. 16. Admire wiener size in mirror again. 17. Leave shower curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on. 18. Return to bedroom with towel around your waist. If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake wiener at her and make the 'woo-woo' sound again. 19. Throw wet towel on floor "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

If your looking at a Sabre you might want to consider the Sabre2. The taper makes it a great canopy to fly. You can do a whole lot more with the "2" then you can with the Sabre. Bonus is you get nicer openings and take a small bit of worry out of the equation compared to a stiletto. With the number of jumps you have posted I probably would still suggest that you stay away from eliptical just now. Most people whether they realize it or not, dont even come close to the flight potential of their current canopy. I would guess your in the same catageory considering probably 90%+ are as well. You dont need to go smaller or eliptical to get more speed or longer swoops espically if your not already flying the canopy to the MAX!! Ask your trusted people at the DZ if they think your pushing the canopy to its limits and I would guess that your not. Hell I put over 800 jumps on a Sabre 170 and learned a hell of a lot while taking some of the eliptical or small canopy risk out of the equation. It is not always going smaller or changing the planform that you need to do to learn more and get better! Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Add "sdctlc" to the list. I should be at the bar mid evening Friday the 30th and ready to jump for Sat and Sun! I will have to make it sort of a belated B-day evening for me as my B-day is the 29th!! Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Geeze people calm down, I just had a question. I was not bashing him or anything I just did not understand, hense the question. I have seen people get scared of somethig for different reasons. End result is that I am glad he is OK, his gear is fixed and that is is getting out to the DZ again! Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

What ya paying to someone to take it off your hands???? Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

SNOHOMISH TO DAVENPORT VIA US-2 Summary: 238.3 miles (4 hours, 54 minutes) Cost: $12.00 UNLESS YOU DRIVE A BIG RED GAS HOG THEN ADD A "0" ON THE 12!! It is amazing what information Microsoft Streets will bring up for one of its own...... Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

First off, I am glad to hear your recovered/recovering. My question is as to why you would have gear fear for a plane crash. Is it just the thought of having the harness cut apart and then put back together or is it something else?? I am just curious as I have seen gear fear from people when something happens with the gear in an incident. Not saying that having it cut apart is not an incident but I am curious if that is it or if it was related to the plane crash?? Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

I jsut saw a really funny T-mobile comerical. A tandem and 2 other skydivers stuck in trees all arguing over who should call for help... Anybody seen it?? Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

O- is the universal donor blood type because it has no A, B, or Rh antigens, and, therefore, won't cause a transfusion reaction in anyone. With your O+ you can donate to anyone that has the rh antigen in their blood. A bonus is that you can receive any "O" blood since your rh + Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Here is a picture that was taken by Dave Hoyt at Davenport WA (near Spokane) over Memorial weekend. The jump was to practice for the base group for the upcomming Srat Idaho Boogie and record attempt comming up at the end of June... Clicky I was out of town and not there but thought the Pic was OUTSTANDING!! The colors are much sharper but I had to scale it down some and it does not have the same "pop" the higher res pic does. Hope Dave gets as nice and colorfull pic of the Idaho attempt in a few weeks. I might be tempted to buy one if he does! Dave does a nice job! pics Anyway, just thought it was an outstanding pic with the colors and the angle. Thought I would share.. Scott C. edit: helps to add pic I guess "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5182959/ Bummer.. Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Gonna rub one out, so to speak.... The violence we have in the world today. cant we all just get along??? Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

For him or against him in political thinking it matters not at a time like this. He was one of the greatest US presidents and leaders this country has seen. I will continue to watch all of the proceedings for his memorial and funeral with a heavy heart and many memories of growing up knowing of him as President Reagan. Anybody who is an American that is not moved watching this, I have to just shake my head. If I could I would hop a flight just to walk through the rotunda in the capital and pay my respects to the man and to the office he stoood for.. God Bless and God Speed to President Reagan. Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Blue Skies Skydiving in Bremmerton WA is having a Coach course this weekend, June 12-13th. Weather should be great based on the forcast. If you need additional information or want to get working towards your rating, even with the short notice, call the DZ ffor more information: (360) 674-7106 or Toll Free from Washington and Oregon 1-866-522-JUMP(5867) http://www.blueskies-skydiving.com/ Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Larry, Looking forward to it later this month! Also when did ya do all the "Upgrades"??? Either way have a good weekend with the Caravan in a few days. I cant make it this weekend but I will be thinking about ya'all having fun... Be carefull if DickHead shows up, you just cant trust him, he is "sneaky" Ya planning on destroying a car in the field this year?? Either from airborn attack or with that big ass cannon again?? Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Why do you have that link?? Something you want to tell the group?? Scott C. "He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"