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  1. Buy used!!! You can find good deals on older used bikes. Skills learned on any smaller bike are worth the investmet. The first thing you need to learn if you plan on surviving is road awareness. You need to see and be aware of everything around you. This is a lesson best learned on a smaller bike that can get you out of trouble quicker than it can get you into it..... Blue skies and twisted highways! Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  2. Agreed! But you'd have to give him a half a point bonus for originality? Or, so the OP can understand... Arg greed! Bethcu gotta givem halfsees fer stylezz? Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  3. Look!! There, under the bridge. Did you see it? Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  4. I'm working on the cutaway. I made some jumps with it. I now have requests to build several more. I've been working with Berge to redesign the mold to do three things... - more space for larger batteries - more clearance for Hype Eye plug - recut the camera box so I can open the CX-100 viewer to shoot ground footage. - I built it as a two piece mold. One piece for the camera mount and one piece for the camera box. During testing, it occurred to me that there's a better way to build it. I've redesigned it as a one piece outer shell with the camera mount built inside this shell. This will eliminate the outer seam between the mount and the box eliminating yet another small snag point. Cutaways are a good idea, but the goal is to minimize the risk of ever getting into a cutaway situation. Ultimately, I'm trying to create a working man’s camera helmet that is great for shooting tandems. I'd thought about molding a one piece shell which includes the helmet, but, that's a little over my head. Hey Cookie, I've seen the parts you (and other manufactures) produce. Very nice stuff. What material do you use for vacuum bagging and what can I use for the pump? The Video camera sits on a pin (thru the tri-pod mount) surrounded by foam in the box and can be easily removed - just lift it out. The still camera mount is held in place by the same pin. It just slides out and can be removed to jump only video. No fancy mounting hardware required! And, different still cameras can easily be attached. The new mold was just finished. I'll be pulling new parts on Monday. Updated pics to follow I’m still looking for input and constructive criticism??? Bring it on. And, thanks for all the help so far. Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  5. Personally, I think I's should follow each student out the door, open nearby, top dock them and fly their sorry asses to the ground. At the right moment, let go of their canopies and yell flair.
  6. Some of the old timers from up north might remember Randy Iverson. He weighed in at over 305lbs. before shoes and rig. Have you ever docked on an over sized balloon suit? The funiest thing in the world was watching him sell his older gear to newbs.... "Oh yeah! It fits you like a glove. You don't want it to tight and besides, you'll grow into it." Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  7. Give him this address... C.O. FBI J. Edgar Hoover Building 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001 Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  8. Hey Billy, After watching a surgon sew two fingers back onto my left hand, I went out and lobbied to replace all the School Districts table saws with "Saw Stop" table saws. They are very expensive, but they work very well. Extreamly cool technology; play the video on the right... http://www.sawstop.com/?gclid=CLL7lL2bnaECFQchDQod1SbIxw Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  9. We got 2% over 2 years on our previous contract and then saw our out of pocket health insurance costs triple. That may be understandable given the state of the economy and such... However Bill, indirectly I work for the government, and I belong to a union. While I’d like to think that I work hard for my money, I can only partially take offense to your comments. So, I will! My union fought hard to get me this meaningless raise. But it’s a damn sight better than the stick in the eye we’d have gotten without a strong union. That being said, I see people (very few thankfully) standing around leaning on shovels bitching about how little they make. Maybe "Union Persecution" should be replaced with "Dead Weight Executions"? Just a thought…… Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  10. Be carefull, not all finishes are keen to polishing/rubbing compounds. Find out how it was finished before using anything to shine it up. If you're not sure, find an areaa that is not critical or one that is hidden like a door jam, etc. Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  11. May be, but its not deceptive. BULLSHIT!! I remember when area dropzones worked together, not against each other. Charactor and honesty can not be barganed or rationalized. Period! Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  12. is anyone having this issue with Camera Helmets? Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  13. O.K. sports fans... On the east side of the Oshkosh Airport, there's a turbine conversion place that has SEVERAL really nice DC-3 and C-47 shells just sitting there. Also, there were some that appeared to be complete aircraft. I showed them to my son last month along with some old stories of jumping these birds. Any way, is it possible that a turbine converted C-47/DC-3 is in our future? I'm just wishful thinking out loud. Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  14. From their website http://www.cookiecomposites.com/shop/helmets/index.htm Email: info@cookiecomposites.com Internet: www.cookiecomposites.com Location: 1/27 Brewer Street, Clontarf, QLD 4019 AUSTRALIA Mail: Po Box 3199 Clontarf. QLD 4019 AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 (0)7 3284 1952 Facsimile: +61 (0)7 3284 1969 Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  15. All the above... sold out!! Most say they will not have any until at best next month. Dilemma???? Anybody have any suggestions? Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  16. Hypoxic Hype Eye D Pro... Nobody has any in stock, and all the dealers say they won't have any until the first of the month... what's up?? Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  17. Recent point at hand... http://www.herald-journal.com/archives/2009/stories/winsted-airport-skydiving.html http://www.herald-journal.com/archives/2009/stories/winsted-airport-skydiving-johnson.html http://www.hjblogs.com/winsted-council-approves-skydiving-agreement/ Nicely done Joe!! See you at the grand opening. Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  18. What is PD's mindset on their WL'ing charts? To keep you alive long enough to buy another canopy from them$$ Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  19. Yup! Me tool Standard weight Cloud with a strap on the nose! Stack it, strap it, two stows and throw it in. I got great openings (although brisk) every time. Sold it to Proz who got slapped a couple times and put it in a bag. Of course, that was the 70's. I don't think I'd try it with a ZP Eliptical?? Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  20. But what you want is a not so flexible MAN!! Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  21. I don't think this is that type of forum. Boris73... please move that to the Sick and Twisted thread! I was a gymnast in my younger days, I could do them in both directions. Can I post some 30 year old pics? These days, I only do splits (among other things) in my dreams.
  22. The Wisconsin Boogie has been great! CRW talent from all around the place, good coaching/training, great people. According to a recent e-mail the goal is to build the state record to 36. I haven't heard about a date yet, I think their looking for a bigger plane. I'm sure it'll be posted here when they nail down the details.
  23. Hi Pete, That's the plane we jumped out of the time Hernick tracked thru the middle of a five way round. I think you were on that load. It was the NCC Boogie I believe. I can check my jump logs, in those days I acually logged my jumps. OP.... See you in Baldwin in June! Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  24. The part in the upper right corner was easy to to understand....... Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."
  25. My employer did the same thing a year ago, asking employees to limit our beer consumption before lunch. School districts can be such prudes! Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky."