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Oh, and mine when you're visiting San Marcos, April -- I live a little more than an hour away from the dz though. Skydiving is for cool people only

Yeah, me too. I just couldn't do it. Fuck John Stuart Mill, at least in this situation. Skydiving is for cool people only

Remember: it's humps (or whatever):jumps:beer Otherwise I get confused and don't know if, for instance, Nathan jumped 5 times or got laid 5 times. My personal numbers are 0:0:0.... Skydiving is for cool people only

Do tell! Really, do tell. I'm bored.

That would be a Yumpie. Yuppie means Young Urban Professional. Let us defer to www.m-w.com: Main Entry: yup·pie Pronunciation: 'y&-pE Function: noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: probably from young urban professional + -ie Date: 1982 : a young college-educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city Skydiving is for cool people only

I've actually been thinking about offering to compile this, but I'm not sure exactly how it would work. I was thinking either links to threads, or just swiping text from posts by people who know what they're doing. HH? Whatcha think? Skydiving is for cool people only

Here ya go: www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=90399;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread Skydiving is for cool people only

Diet Coke. It is to weep. Skydiving is for cool people only

I've always been told an F-111 main canopy gets funky above a 1:1 or so loading. I jump a PD 170 at .9ish, and I was under the impression it wasn't a good idea to load it much higher than that. So then why is it OK (or common, anyway) to load reserves, which are almost exclusively constructed of F-111 fabric, at much higher loadings? Is it because they're essentially brand-new canopies with at most, a few jumps on them? Skydiving is for cool people only

If I were into performance art, I would wrap myself in a black bag and writhe slowly around on the floor to a background of classical music in a minor key to express my feelings about the weather. Oh well, I'm only missing a jump or two at the most since I have to FUCKING WORK TONIGHT. Shit, where's that black bag. Skydiving is for cool people only

Drew's ads in the personals are a Reason To Go On™. Skydiving is for cool people only

I'll grant you poetic license. For me: OK, now what? Skydiving is for cool people only

Yeah, but you know what pisses ME off? When a mutual friend suggests to your significant other that you're cheating on him, when she has nothing to base that suggestion on except her own paranoia. Someone better be damn sure he or she has his facts straight before spreading rumors like that. It's a serious accusation. Skydiving is for cool people only

Welcome to the Xander Zone! Woo woo! I like guys who think it's funny to be referred to as "Pookie." That about sums it up. Skydiving is for cool people only

And women love guys who refer to them as "ladies." I'm telling you, swagger up to a table fulla chicks at a bar and say, "Well hello, ladies!" They'll get into a cat fight over you. Swear. Skydiving is for cool people only

Police say pet helped to solve murder Detective: Bird collected DNA while fighting off owner's killers 09/04/2002 By TIM WYATT / The Dallas Morning News "Bird" loved Kevin Butler so much that he died trying to fend off his owner's killers. The 18-inch white-crested cockatoo couldn't save Mr. Butler, but police say Bird helped solve his brutal Christmas Eve slaying. DNA found on the bloody beak of the dead cockatoo provided the key evidence to put a suspect at the murder scene of Mr. Butler, 48, in Pleasant Grove, a Dallas police detective testified Tuesday at an examining trial. A day before a Dallas grand jury decides whether Johnny Serna, 22, and Daniel Torres, 30, should be tried for capital murder, Detective Brent Mauldin told a judge that Bird "came to his owner's rescue by diving and pecking at Torres" during a violent struggle in Mr. Butler's living room. "The bird attacked him, and he stabbed at him with a fork," Detective Mauldin testified. The bird flew to the kitchen but carried a sample of the killer's blood, he said. "So he forked the bird?" prosecutor George West asked. "Yes," Detective Mauldin answered. Police took the bodies of Mr. Butler and Bird to the Dallas County medical examiner's office. Tests found that Mr. Butler had been bound, beaten and stabbed multiple times. The cockatoo was missing a leg and died from a stab wound to the back. Mr. Serna and Mr. Torres denied any involvement in the crime until test results came back in July with a DNA match of evidence collected from Bird's beak and a sample taken from Mr. Torres months earlier. Faced with the evidence, the detective testified, Mr. Serna confessed that his half brother slashed Mr. Butler's throat while he searched the house for valuables. Police said the slaying was the result of a long-running feud between Mr. Serna and Mr. Butler because Mr. Serna had altered a check Mr. Butler gave him to pay for an aboveground pool liner. Mr. Serna is being held in the Dallas County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail; Mr. Torres is being held in lieu of $750,000 bail. Mr. Butler's body was discovered in his living room by a friend who went to his house after Mr. Butler failed to show up for Christmas dinner. His truck and a videocassette recorder were stolen, along with about $1,200 in cash, according to police reports. Mr. Butler's truck was found a few days later. Detective Mauldin told Judge Jim Pruitt that an analysis on more forensic evidence collected from Mr. Butler's truck had not been completed. Mr. Serna's DNA samples did not match any of the samples collected, nor were his fingerprints found in Mr. Butler's home in the 3300 block of Etta Drive, near Scyene Road and Prairie Creek Road. Mr. Serna and Mr. Torres live in the block behind Mr. Butler's house. Mr. Butler got the cockatoo from a friend two years ago and named him after former NBA great Larry Bird, Mr. West said. Tests on the bird did not determine his age. Cockatoos are large members of the parrot family known for being intelligent, affectionate and having boisterous personalities. Mr. West said the bond between Mr. Butler and Bird was obvious. "Bird died valiantly," Mr. West said. "There were feathers scattered through the house, and he put up a fight, no doubt about that. "Kevin's family and co-workers have told me that you just didn't mess with Kevin while that bird was around." Skydiving is for cool people only

Hmm. Thanks for the link. I'm still inclined to think that the seizure paranoia associated with Wellbutrin is not entirely justified (from my own research when I was prescribed the drug). This is from www.wellbutrin-side-effects.com: ... Burroughs-Wellcome scrambled to save its multimillion-dollar investment in Wellbutrin, and came up with a new slow-release (SR) formulation, now the standard prescription. Wellbutrin-SR caused seizures in only 0.1 percent of users, comparable to the seizure risk of Prozac and Paxil, and lower than the risk associated with Zoloft (0.2 percent), Luvox (0.2 percent) and Celexa (0.3 percent), according to the 2000 edition of the standard drug reference "Drug Facts and Comparisons." But the damage had been done. Wellbutrin was a seizure-tainted drug. Today, a dozen years after its release, with no evidence of unusually high seizure risk, "Drug Facts and Comparisons" still includes a warning about its seizure risk. But there is no such warning for Zoloft, Luvox and Celexa, all of which cause seizures at a higher rate. You can find support for any point of view on the Net.... Skydiving is for cool people only

Get a Toyota. They run forever even if you're a pathetic loser who forgets to do even the most basic maintenance. Not that I would know first hand or anything. Skydiving is for cool people only

Got a source? It's my understanding that this is outdated information, based on some incidents that turned out not to be caused by the meds at all. Hey Ted -- how's that Adderall working out for you? And yes, blondeflyer, go to the doctor. Random fainting is bad. Skydiving is for cool people only

5 great days with Eric:2:1 Beer is for making my first CReW dock. Less scary than taking a dock, I found out. Whee! The only complaint I have about Skydive Temple is that the DZO locks up the bathrooms way too early. WAY too early. Otherwise, it's a great little DZ. We spent the rest of the week tubing, zooing, cooking, eating, River Walking, Love Boat watching, sleeping, engaging in parrot combat, and all kinds of fun things.

Skydive Temple = cool, too. Eric (PhreeZone) and I managed to drag our asses out to Skydive Temple (about 2 hours away from my pad) at around 3 p.m. on Sunday -- three hours later than I'd told Wendy we'd be there. I had e-mailed her a few weeks ago and shamelessly begged for some CReW coaching. Anyhow, she and the rest of the Temple posse were cool as hell, and I learned more about flying during my two jumps with Wendy than I have in 100 jumps on my own. Eric did some schweet three-ways with some of the other dawgs out there. Then we worshipped at the temple of the No Cheap Beer High Priestess. A very good day. Some highlights: *Riding the 182 up to 14.5K *When I almost walked straight into the prop of a landing plane (Hi, my name is Stephen Baldwin, and I'm playing a big dumb whuffo in "Cutaway") *Eric's swoop over the heads of some Temple regulars during the hit 'n chug *My getting very drunk and threatening to beat everyone up (I don't actually remember this part) *(Drunkenly) watching the video of Wendy getting that huge line burn on the back of her knee And other stuff. It was lots of fun! Thanks again, Wendy and crew. (Heeyuck, get it, "crew"?!) Skydiving is for cool people only

hart to type from dwon here on teh florr Skydiving is for cool people only

Lazy? Heh. To me, it's more work to hold it. Ignorant? It's hard to look at most of the load busily putting their helmets on and not wonder why they're doing it.... However, sometimes I do forget to put it on, and I do appreciate reminders if you see me clutching it and staring blankly into space. Skydiving is for cool people only

If I wanted drama, I'd go see a play. Christ I hate working on Friday nights. Skydiving is for cool people only

There are many comments I would like to offer, but I forgot them all as soon as I thought of them (ADD). Let's see what I saved on the clipboard.... Oh! That reminded me of a Kids in the Hall sketch. Monologue by Bruce. Funny. Poignant. Disgusting. www.kithfan.org/work/transcripts/four/sandwich.html Skydiving is for cool people only