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Sure ... how's this? Hi, Jenn. I know where you skydive, Jenn, and I know what color canopy you have. I get off watching you ... having fun with my your kids, hiking, camping, rock climbing, warmer wheather then NY, 80's music, dancing, drinking, and trying new things, and rolling in the dirt on landings

Ratzinger ... wasn't he the guy who played Cliff, the Mailman, on CHEERS?

Mine is sneakier than yours! Mine's clever ... stealthy ... hard to spot ... but I can tell when they are out there watching my every move ... yeah ... that's it ... I can sense it, even though nobody else can. But who could blame them for wanting to do that, after all?

Yep ... that's why I added "authentic" to the title.

Perfect! Guaranteed no erection with that one!

You can join my online church, then. I'm actually an ordained minister (no sh**!). My church believes very strongly in an almighty power, but we aren't nit-picky about how you personally define your own morality, your denomination, etc.

Fishbone's "Lyin'-Ass Bitch" ... but I'd like to see someone try!

I just had to replace my mailbox and the post that it once sat upon ... before a truck ran a poor lady off the road. Anyway, I found the directions for installing the post to be interesting. Part of it said, "Using a sledgehammer, gently drive the post ...."

Darling Nikki (by the artist formerly known as "That Little Faggy-Looking Guy with the Incredible Ego") might be a contender.

Damn! I vote for this one!! When you gonna throw a dinner party for all of us??

How many of you who were in the sport fairly early on remember people whom you then (and still do)considered to be authentic Sky Gods? For me, these were the men & women who probably would have thought it silly for others to think of them that way. They didn't put themselves above the newcomer, or even the "wuffo". They were in it for the joy of skydiving within them, rather than the joy of themselves within skydiving. I have a few on my own list, but I want to list two of them now: Gunnery Sgt. Davis, USMC - "Gunny" Davis was my Boy Scout troop leader at Camp Lejeune in the late 1950s. I don't think I ever heard his first name. He was always "Gunny Davis". He was in RECON and was the first person I ever met who jumped for sport. He passed the 100-jump level while I knew him, and modestly said that wasn't anything ... there were some guys that he knew with more than 200 jumps. Gunny Davis took our troop from Lejeune to Ft, Bragg on a field trip. He'd arranged for the Army demo team (summer of 1959? ... slightly pre-Golden Knights, I think) to make a demo just for us. We were lined up, seated, on the edge of a grassy part of a runway. There was a fabric "X" laid out several feet in front of us. It was windy. I remember that their parachutes were the familiar OD color, and that the announcer for the jump said that they were special, because they could be steered. The guy closest to hitting the "X" landed immediately in front of me, missing the target by 9 yards, and missing crunching a few scouts by 3 or 4 feet. I remember the sound of his boots slamming into the ground, and the way that he rolled to distribute the shock. It was the coolest thing that I'd ever seen, and I was so grateful to Gunny for doing that for us. I sure wish I knew what happened to him, so I could thank him for my first introduction to skydiving. Hank Henry - Hank was also a Marine, but I met him in his off-duty hours. I never really got to know him, but he made a definite impression on me in the few brief meetings and while watching him. King's Dominion theme park, near Richmond VA, used to have daily performances by Barnstormer's Airshows in the 1970s (and perhaps into the '80s). Steve Hoffman owned that operation, if I recall correctly. Hoffman hired acro pilots to fly his Steerman airplanes for the shows, and there were also skydivers and wing walkers. The skydivers would jump into the main entrance of the theme park -- something that I'm sure the lawyers and insurance guys were responsible for stopping. Hank was one of the skydivers (I think that Jimmy Davis did that for awhile, too ... wonder who else around here might have?). He also did a wing-walking routine, including hanging from the leading edge of the lower wing by his knees. He dismissed any comments about that being an incredible performance, saying that it was the sort of thing that *any* Marine would be able to easily do. Anyone else ever meet either of these guys? How about your own recollections of authentic early Sky Gods?

Ok, MDB, how's this for a transition? Hmmm ... give you the article ... I know what the correct answer should be, but there are so many ways to use "article", such as in parts of speech. Would you settle for a dangling participle ...?

"A gay young lad named Moon, Took a lesbian up to his room, For the rest of the night, All they did was fight, O'er who'd do what, with which, unto whom!" That was told to me by a guy (now gone on) who was world famous in aviation for decades, but who liked jokes, poetry, and the English language.

Was that an FSF1? There was a smokejumper canopy by that designation that I got to jump a couple of times. It was docile, but turned pretty well for a round canopy at the time. Don't remember at the moment what they called them, but it had little pockets around the skirt -- to catch a little air if it went into the water, if I was told correctly.

Stand by! I just had a great telephone talk with Dan Abbott. In the course of the conversation I told him about this forum, and he's planning to join us.

Sure glad that I like a micro called Wild Goose!

That's not new, Weegegirl!

Although I've never done it, it sounds like maybe playing close-range paintball -- your boss as one team, vs. everyone else -- would be in order. God, but I hate employers who think that retreats and kiddie-camp activities build better workers. Tell him to just hand out raises.

I learned that you either want to wear a helmet when playing lacrosse with your kids, or at least try not to catch the ball with your face.

When I took the GRE, the computer wasn't that subtle about it. The verbal section would fire out... lugubrious : doleful :: a. banal : insipid b. tractable : recalcitrant c. pensive : vacuous d. profligate : miserly e. tangible : illusory and I'd think about it for a bit, but not being quite sure what lugubrious means, I was going to have to guess, so I pick b... then the computer thinks about my answer and comes back with... The cow says... a. woof b. quack c. oink d. moo e. meow This is about the funniest posting I've seen in Bonfire! Sorry I didn't see it sooner!

Freebird

Wow! I'd have to add my name to this one, too! "Wuffo you throw that perfectly good skei at whatever it is you throw it ... at?"

54% - I guess that means that I do everything half-assholed.

Gee ... you say that like it might be a BAD thing!

If you REALLY liked us, you'd show us your ... oh, never mind.