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I've seen this pic before - Never ceases to amaze me! Another one I've seen is a jet (F-14?) going through the sound barrier- mist cloud and all- REALLY cool! I'd love to get that in poster-size? Anybody know which photo I'm speaking of? The Phantoms I worked on (F-4Es and RF-FCs) all had Martin-Baker 0/0 seats in them. I witnessed a double punch-out at 200' agl and fairly low speed - the aircraft was doing touch-and-gos so I imagine they were around 200+ mph? Pilot was fine, the GIB had a minor spine crunch but was walking around after landing. Last I knew the B-52 still has one or two downward-ejecting seats- Easy Does It
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Cool Val! Y'all can look for a tattoo of a flying eyeball - It's attached to my right arm- Either that or I'll be wearing a T-shirt from Danielsons' DZ --- I'll be there both Sat and at least part of Sunday. C-Ya There!!! Easy Does It
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Not sure how things look during the week - Best bet is to give a call 1-800-ET-CHUTE. I would guess things will be hopping more in the evenings, after work- Y'know? It'll be my beer jump out of a CASA, too! Easy Does It
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Well - Back to the original post - people now know better thatn to ask me about the weekend, my collection of Harley t-shirts is slowly being replaced by skydiving t-shirts - Actually, I still buy Harley t-shirts, too, and wear them to the DZ - I wear Skydiving t-shirts to work. You will talk to anyone about skydiving any chance you get. There's a joke- Q. How do you know there's a skydiver in the room? A. They'll tell you. Don't worry - you're one of us- You'll be fine! Easy Does It
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Heartland Boogie! At SkyKnights, East Troy WI. 2 CASAs, King Air, other stuff - www.skydiveskyknights.com Easy Does It
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Been there done that, bro! It'll be rough, but as has been mentioned before- You have a great excuse to be a total man-slut for at least six months- You can party and jump whenever you want, leave the seat up, watch TV all weekend if it's raining, etc, etc-- Hey- That doesn't sound so bad---- Oh Hell- It's starting to sound like FUN! Now where's MY cutaway handle-----? Seriously - We're all here - You've got one hell of a support group! Hang tough! C-Ya!!! Easy Does It
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Question: What might the most common cause of brakes coming unstowed in the first place? Easy Does It
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I'll go with you on that! My wedding band comes off if I'm not wearing gloves, and even if I am it's off anyway, just in case- And I wore my necklace in the air - once - and it flapped all over the place after if snuck out of my jumpsuit. But to each his own- Easy Does It
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200 jumps? Never heard of that one- I got one for my daughter, that matches mine, just 'cuz she thought it looked cool, and NONE of her friends know what it is- nor would they understand! I think it's really neat! I never wore anything but my wedding band until I started skydiving - not even a watch. I don't even own a working watch! Easy Does It
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We wear them to --- hehehehehe---- Keep the whuffos guessing-- They ususally just look at mine with a puzzled look on thier face, and I can tell they too scared to ask what it's about- I like it, in a subtly twisted sort of way- Easy Does It
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Myself, I went the S/L route, and overall the cost is about the same- One reason I chose Static was more jumps per buck, and if you do need to repeat a level, it's not as pricey. I did a total of 20 some-odd jumps and when I tallied it all up, it was about the same as an AFF progession, with a few extra jumps thrown in. I can't speak with any authority on AFF. What I might reccomend to anyone just starting is to download or buy a copy of the SIM and use it to review and reinforce what you learn at the DZ. My .02, for what it may be worth!! Easy Does It
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Congrats, Man! I remember when I made E-5 - I was walking on air for a while! Did you get the day off? More important, did you get a low line number? (I had to wait almost nine months to sew it on!) Congrats again!!! Easy Does It
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A few more I picked along the way- "Do unto others - then split!" "Do unto others before they do unto you." And one I saw on a t-shirt. The shirt had a picture of a white rabbit, with a raging woody. The rabbit had a sign - The said "f*ck it, before it f*cks you" LIVE BRAVELY!!! C-Ya 'all! Easy Does It
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Plain and simple--- LIVE BRAVELY! Easy Does It
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Dude - IT CAN BE DONE BY YOU!!!! A pack a day for a year=New Rig - Stick the four bucks in a jar every day and buy yourself a new rig next summer! I quit three years ago lasy May, and the first 7 days were the worst, but after it's all out of your system YOU WILL FEEL GREAT! It's the best thing in the world!!! I can even drink beers without getting the urge to light up- The longer you run the easier it gets! Trust me on that! Go For It, My friend!!! Easy Does It
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Skydiving is good for you - So is Beer! My doctor even sez so! Crappy jobs are not good for you, so it's great you are getting out! Good luck and have fun with your Level IV, and may I reccomend you follow up with Level V as soon as possible! Chews!!! Easy Does It
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I know some single male skydivers with damn good jobs up here! I may one of them someday! Easy Does It
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Well, she's planning on buying a keg, to celebrate at the DZ, and I 'm hoping a few people will put a jump or two on my account, that would be cool-(very cool!) Easy Does It
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Nudity in the kitchen sounds like alot of fun- How many POPS members are out there with less than 100 jumps? Another suggestion I got was new speakers for my truck, but that sounded kinda lame for a 40th-- Easy Does It
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Ok here's the poop - I'll be turning 40 in a couple weeks- (september 3rd) The wife asks me what I want- (she knew it would be skydiving related) Choices - New helmet - Bonehead Mindwarp Pro-Track - (I alrady have a Dytter) New Jumpsuit - RW type from ZuteSute- What to do? Decisions descisions--- Any suggestions? Thanx in advance!! -Lenny! Easy Does It
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I started out with a Dytter, telling myself when I got the $$$ up I would buy a ProTrack and have two audibles plus a logger - Well, I still just have the Dytter to provide me with a friendly reminder - and I forget to log at the end of the day - Depends on what you wnat and what you can afford- Easy Does It
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yeah, so, like when does this whole thing become affordable again?
Dumpster replied to Newbie's topic in The Bonfire
mmmmmm - affordable? Let's see - I'm lucky enough to have an understanding wife, I sell scrap metal and take odd jobs to pay for my habit, but I'm careful with the odd stuff 'cuz it can't interfere with weekends - Haven't resorted to packing yet, and things are slow enough at the DZ I probably wouldn't make much anyway- Haven't considered selling body parts or fluids yet - (not that anyone would want them in the first place - Good news is I'll be finished paying support on 1 of 3 kids in three years, that will pay for about 3-4 jumps a week, so I figure when all three are paid off (11 years from now) I'll have lots of jump money but will be into my 50's - so as long as my body holds out It'll be good- But when I tell whuffos it only costs about 15-20 bones a jump they say "that's not bad--" If I were single? I'd live at the DZ in a VW microbus, eating Ramen, and any girlie action would be whatever the Great Spirits sent my way- I would be DZ trash to the max, man! Easy Does It -
3.(number of hours spent humping a jackhammer - busting up concrete where my shed used to be-) 0:0 Wonderful weekend weather - Worked on the humble homestead all weekend, went riding wioth thw misses Sat nite, we went up to the DZ for the club meeting, then back home- (nice 2 hours on a great warm evening!) Can't wait for the Heartland Boogie next weekend- I'll be at the DZ all weekend and jumping my ass off- WOO HOO! Easy Does It
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Enjoy # 100! I trust you'll perhaps have #101 or 102 in your logbook even! - I still have 30 to go til I meet the 100 mark, hopefully Labor Day Weekend? I'm looking foward to that milestone myself! Enjoy the weekend, Bro! LEt us know how it all went! Blue Skies, and Cold Beer! Easy Does It
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You will absolutely love having your own gear- I too jump a Spectre and while I haven't really jumped much of anything else, I really like it! "later!! -Lenny Easy Does It