BlindBrick

Yeah...fucking mind-blowing. Can we get this man a pulitzer award? You're right. What was I thinking? He is talented Dude, take the sedative of your choice then go to www.merriamwebster.com. Next enter the words "Comedy" and "Satire" and carefully read the defintiions. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

The procedure used depends on whether or not you've been fooling around with his wife/girlfriend. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I have a science of sport performance class that I'd like to gather some data from a jump for. I figure I can bum a Pro-track or Neptune for distnace and speed data, but I'd really like to get some info on acceleration and G loading. Unfortunatley my college doesn't have any instrumentation that they think might be of use to me. So, i was wondeirng if anybody had some ideas for some improvised gear. It doesn't need to be super-accurate, but I would like to be at least in the ballpark.

It's a lot like getting the freebag to go into the reserve tray cleanly. If you try to do all of one side first, it's going to give you troubles; however, if you alternate doing a little bit to each one, it works fine.

Huh? When the Columbia disintegrated, they pulled fiberglass wings panels off the Enterprise to run impact tests on. The published reports indicated that the Enterprise panels suffered the same type of catastrophic failure despite the fact that they were fiberglass and were significantly stronger than the Columbia's carbon-fiber panels. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I got my ticket in about 1976, 3 letters. A friend of mine got his about two years ago, also 3 letters. March 2002 got me T1C -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Not me, other than a visit to the FSDO after my 20 repacks, I had no contact with the guys. The local FSDO didn't have a pre-approved list of seal numbers and that's where every thing got totally off track. That caused everyone that went through the class I did to have problems. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

They do now -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

For me it was 51 weeks and two days. It was this experience that taught me that it is never a good thing when the FAA classes your file as "Under Reconstruction". -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I just got my new rig fitted out and would like a helmet but am just about tapped out financially. I was at my local Zumiez the other day and they have last season's Protec halfshells on sale for $20. I was considering buying one as a temporary thing until I can afford to get actual skydiving helmet. My question is how good are these for skydiving? -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Yeah, but since there are some blood types that exclude a man from being the fater, you'd be hard pressed to get a judge to order a DNA test. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Well I will be able to afford it in about three weeks when the rest of my finanical aid is disbursed. That's why this is a loan. I know some would say just wait until three weeks, but I plan to have done 20-30 jumps by then so I'd rather not gamble for that many jumps. I don't need an AAD to jump, but given that I'm now a dad, I'd rather hedge my bets. And again, I hear the obvious reply of "Well then don't jump", but the thing is that I need to jump to be able to cope with being a thousand miles away from my son. These past fews weeks I've been keeping myself going by listening to my son on the phone and knowing that the various components for my rig were on their way to me. I honestly don't know if I could go another three weeks without jumping. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Don't fret bro, once they see that us anvils are the secret ingredient to a kick-ass hybrid, we suddenly become tres popular with the skychicks. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I've always tried ot be up front with her. Recently I've made ot very clear that I finish up in December and will then move back home to be closer to my son. I alos pointed out that I was giving up an Ivy League grad school to be closer to my son, and she knows that until my son came along, that that getting into that school was the most important thing in my life. Iam hoping that gives her a sense of perspective and makes her realize that I am serious about not being in a serious relationship. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Ok, I guess I was feeling guilty for being rude. OTOH, I've repeatedly told her that 1. I hate long phone conversations. Generally, if it can't be said over the phone to me in under ten minutes, you need to find some other form of communication. And 2. From the very start I have always told her that this could never be more than a sexual friendship. Even now, that we are hanging around more, I've made it clear that I do not want anything serious. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Nope. Closest I've come to that is an ex-fiance. Which is sort of why this girl and I ran into trouble the first time. She got majorly wiggy and posessive when I went back home in April for the birth of my son. And it just went downhill from there. And I tried to break it off, but good god this woman couldn't take a hint. At one point she said "I think you care more about skydiving than me!" I looked her square in the eye and told her "I do." and she still didn't get the hint. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I used have a "best friends with benefits" setup going with this chick. She got a bit batty and getting very posessive, so I cooled stuff off. She offered to float me the money I needed to get an AAD. So, we've kind of drifted back together here lately. Yeah, I know there's a hook buried somewhere in this bait, but is is so hard to ignore a willing "sponsor". Anyway, she calls me up on the phone tonight to chat. After about twnety mintues I get bored so I flip on the computer and log on to the palce I am getting the AAD from. I then proceed to get her credit card info and order myself an AAD. At this point I feel a little obligated to let her talk on, but even if I didn't have ADHD, long phone calls are not my thing. Next thing I know I am surfing dz.com and find a link to a website full of "camel toes". So as I type this, I am looking at camels toes and just inserting a grunt or two into the phone whenever her vocal inflection leads me to think she is asking a question. Does this make me an asshole? "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

WTF, speak for yourself. To paraphrase John Wick, All the Light Side ever made me want to do was kill my dad and screw my sister!

I've experience with PD's and Precision's soft links. I personally prefer the Precision links because of the brass rings. The ring seems to be a bit more secure than PD's tab and it's a heck of a lot easier to tack down. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

And I can tell you from personal expereince there's no sicker feeling than watching your cutaway main raisers tangle in the reserve's cascades and thinking "well fuck, I just killed myself." Even the feeling of elation when the situation miracalously cleared itself was not enough to compensate. Which reminds me. For those of you that find yourself in a two-out bi-plane for the very first time, don't make the mistake I did. The trailing canopy is going to be buffetting around a bit. That doesn't mean it's going unstable and about to send you into a downplane, rather it's just the result of the rear canopy flying in the wake of the leading canopy. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Many, many studies in psychology and physiology will disagree with you. We are currently studying this kind of stuff in my Science of Peak Sport Performance class and visualization is an enhancement rather than a substitue in high-stress physical situations. Don't get me wrong, Visualization helps, but in a high-stress situation, the odds, and RL experience, say that you will revert to what you've trained, ie throwing out the main. Now if you had a training altimeter and repeatedly reached for silver when you were way low, that might be a different story. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

IF you go to Skydive the Rockies, it's $17 in the Caravan if you pay cash. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

think I found it. The Poles just got a TC for the M28 Skytruck which is based off the An-28. Thanks for the info. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

The larger door on the Otter makes it a lot easier to launch bigger formations. Either way though, it will be a blast! -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I remember seeign a news blurb a few months back that the FAA had finally approved a soviet aircfraft for regular use inthe US. Does anybody remember which one it was? All I remember was that ti was built by a former sattelite coutnry and was a 8 place tailgater. I'd appreciate any info as I'm curious if this would be a feasible jumpship. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."