ChrisL

That is a direct quote....implying to fight for his life would be selfish. End of story. You took my words out of context. Read the rest of the fucking words that it came with and try to interpret what it really meant. I can take chunks of words from the middle of your own tirade and make it looks like all kinds of shit. I said that he was a noble and unselfish man and that he took his own life to spare his loved ones what he perceived to be a long and painful time with an inevitable end. This was his reason. Not because he gave up or because he was afraid. Thats not who he was. That being his motive, I wish he had been more caring of himself and less caring of others. I wish he had not chosen to spare me the pain of his fight. He was thinking of others before himself. Thats how he was. I wished that in this case he had not put others needs before his own and had put himself first. Thats called being selfish and the word selfish in itself is not always bad. More selfish. Less interested in sparing others pain. Do you get it NOW??? It means that I wish my father had not killed himself. I'm sorry that you have to endure what you are living with, freefall. Nobody should have to go through that. There it is though and I guess everyone has to make their own choices as to how they will deal with it. I dont think you are dealing with yours very well. Nobody said a fucking thing about you own choices. Nobody implied that you should kill yourself or that you were selfish for fighting or that all people that have cancer should commit suicide. You were not a part of this nor did this have anything to do with you until you reached right into this thread that had nothing to do with you and proceeded to act like a horses ass. You are selfish, but it has nothing to do with your illness or your fight. You made someone elses pain the soapbox from which to spew your own vitriolic bitterness. Your disease has made you into a miserable bastard. Happily for you (and the people around you) though, there is treatment available for that. Get some counciling. __ My mighty steed

No. I'm not saying that at all and frankly I'm not sure how you arrived at that interpretation of my words. Unless its simply that you WANT to be offended by something. That may not be the case but thats certainly what it looks like. If that the case I would prefer that you find another thread in which to look for things that you can be offended by. This thread was for me to say goodbye to my father, not debate the right of wrong of his choice. __ My mighty steed

Freefall, I wish that my dad had chosen to stick around and fight for his life and I understand your feelings on the subject. Please dont take someone elses attempt to be supportive to me as a suggestion that you are anything other than what you are, which is a courageous fighter. Please also dont give up your fight. I do believe that my father did what he did, not because he was giving up or a quitter, but because he truely wanted to spare us the pain of watching him die slowly as he watched his mother and then his wife both die from cancer. He was noble, caring, and unselfish, and he was also the most courageous man I've ever known. I wish he had been more selfish and tried to fight for his life. I cant second guess his decision though. It was his to make and he made it decisively and we who are left need to try to understand what he did if we are going to be able to live with it and move on. You are both courageous. You have both chosen different ways to show your courage. Keep up the fight. __ My mighty steed

Those things are the core of who he was. Indeed, he was decorated for heroism for saving many lives in the South China Sea while under fire in heavy seas during his navy career. Then, as now, he thought more of others than he did for his own life. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I appreciate them all Chris __ My mighty steed

My dad made the biggest jump of all last night. He left this world by his own hand with his eyes open his head up. He watched his mother and then his wife die slowly from cancer and now, having been diagnosed with cancer himself, he made a choice to not have his loved ones watch him slowly waste away and die. He put all his affairs in order, made arrangements for his own cremation and burial, left a seperate letter for each of his children, went out on his deck with his gun and watched the sunset. He ended his life in the same way that he lived it. On his own terms. I have no words to describe how I feel today or to say how much I love him. He was my dad and I dont think I will ever stop missing him. I havent even started yet. Blue Skies Dad. __ My mighty steed

At Cross Keys, they leave the door open while taxiing, close it for takeoff and till we are over seatbelts off altitude, then open it again for a bit. This is on the Otter and Caravans. The skyvan door is closed from takeoff till till jumprun. The Porter door is closed from takeoff till jumprun. So it depends on the plane. In any case the door is always closed from takeoff till we are well off the ground.. __ My mighty steed

Hopefully we will be making that pre-second jump soon __ My mighty steed

Its a skin wig. I really have lots of hair. Really I do __ My mighty steed

I hate assholes. I hate 50 jump assholes and I hate 5000 jump assholes. It doesnt matter if their advice is good or bad cuz nobody is going to listen to them because they are an asshole. __ My mighty steed

This is the pre-second time I've replied to one of your posts. PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND PRE-SECOND __ My mighty steed

I dont buy beer for anything or anyone. Ever. Period __ My mighty steed

Above the Poconos Skydivers in Hazleton, PA C-182 and C-185. I also jump at Cross Keys but I always have MAJOR fun when I drive the extra hour to Hazleton and never regret that extra driving time. __ My mighty steed

Aaarrgghhh! A Trekkie! __ My mighty steed

Never jumped shortly after a thunderstorm passed by? In point of fact, lightning can strike from as far as 10 miles away Never heard of a jumper being struck though. I dont think there is enough mass to attract the current to a non-grounded object. I'd say that anything is possible but it highly improbable. __ My mighty steed

Congrats! Nice action shots of the pie too __ My mighty steed

Your office is lame dude I hate stupid, corporate, morale boosting, idiocy. __ My mighty steed

Ivan is gonna get you... __ My mighty steed

Jesus! Man you werent kidding were you? __ My mighty steed

Congrats! Today is my LAST day at my job. I have a week off and then start a new one on the 28th. I'm officially at work today but MAN am I ever fucking off __ My mighty steed

I have no special bond with either of my parents. __ My mighty steed

Didnt make any jumps till I was 24 years old but I always wanted to. Wished I was a bird and wanted to fly from my earliest memories. I never wondered why you would do such a thing. So the answer is no, I was never a whuffo. __ My mighty steed

For me the question would be decided on a financial basis. If money is not an issue then get that puppy assembled now and jump it this weekend then get the cypres installed next week. __ My mighty steed

Hahahahahahaah! shaahahahahahahahahah hahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!1 cant....breathe....... hAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! sorry. Havent weighed that little in 30 years when I was 10. __ My mighty steed

Must be time for another round of rectal probing..... That doesnt sound too bad.... __ My mighty steed

You must not have much faith in your friends in the intelligence industry. If they have already confirmed this, then why are you looking for confirmation? Dude, after reading some of the stuff on rense.com I'm very surprised that anyone would take anything found there seriously. __ My mighty steed