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Yep, I noticed at least three. I was trying to figure out if the capewells were shot-and-a-halfs, or if they were single shots. My guess is the former. I'd also bet that at least half of the canopies were Stratostars.

Look in your local Yellow Pages and see if there's an Asian food store anywhere within driving distance. You'll probably find a huge selection there. I don't drink coffee anymore. I usually drink green tea, but often drink black. I have a very suspicious-looking collection of baggies filled with leafy stuff in my desk at work. They're all different kinds of teas. Jasmine's very good. Now and then I like a toasted rice black tea that I've found. A friend sent me some white tea that's excellent--but too expensive for me to buy often. (Some teas can cost hundreds of dollars per cup!)

Mine's a R/W/B, and it's either a '64 or '65. I'll have to look.

Where'd you get it? If it's the same one that I had, I can explain how it got to be "The Pink Panther." Even if it's not the same one, the same thing might have happened. Cash was short among university students. Not too many people that I jumped with could go out and buy "custom made" rigs with pretty colors, but we wanted to individualize our stuff anyway. I had the idea to tie-dye my all-white cheap-o canopy...in the bathtub...using Ritz fabric dye from the grocery store. The plan was to tie off parts of it, dye some red, then tie off other parts and dye them blue. A few parts would be left white. The first problem was that the tying-off procedure didn't work as I'd hoped. The dye seeped underneath and the whole canopy was exposed to the dye. Ok...Plan B...dye the whole thing red. The next problem was that the red Ritz dye didn't take too well on the fabic...added more...same thing. I think that the directions said something about putting vinegar into the mix, but I wasn't keen on adding even a dilute acid to something that a canopy was going to soak in...didn't do that. After three soakings and dryings, the best that I could get from the effort was a pink canopy. I did, however, have a red and white old enamel bathtub (lots of Clorox and scrubbing got rid of that). I jumped the rig for awhile, then it became a student rig when I bought a used PC.

Damn! How'd I survive jumping mine without ever having a manual?

How about people who have only jumped rounds?

I used to carry my rig on a motorcycle all the time. The trick is to put it into a gear bag first, have a zipper on the gear bag that's strong and can be (and is) locked closed, then wrap the gear bag in bungee cords to fasten it to the bike.

Any idea what number they are up to with the SCR? Mine's 4820, and I always thought that was a high number.

He moved it after it opened. I haven't seen it done for a long time though. If I recall, it helped when shooting accuracy....Steve1 "Slinging" a belly-wart reserve indeed made it easier to match foot with disc.

Don't know, but the one that I used to jump (and still have) must have been one of the first. It's a 1965 RW&B.

God, Gimp, at least blur the N numbers before you post these things!

A yugoslavian girl I have a crush on wrote this to me in an email... I wonder what the heck??? Godspeed (safe and fast return), Nicholas. I'm pregnant with your child.

Yep ... when the move to develop gear that would pack up small was afoot, one of the affordable approaches to make a small main was the Sport 24 -- a 24' flat-circular with the crown lines stripped out for less bulk and a 4-line release.

Go to Walmart ... get a two-pack ... and also get a sharpie pen. Mark one pair "M-T" and the other pair "W-Th". You should be at the DZ on weekends, so don't wear any Fri-Sun.

You SURE you went all the way through law school?? That used to be something they stripped away in the first semester. Compassion went next, and respect for anything but cash was gone by second year. The kids these days ....!

Me ... the male ... hands down! She's great at certain pies, cakes and brownies, and has learned to cook a few things that I've taught her to cook, but if there's not a recipe, she's lost. It's like knowing how to play an instrument by ear or having to have sheet music. Most of those women who were taught to cook were given books or recipes. Most men were given a joint to smoke and a mostly-empty cupboard. One egg of suspicious freshness, part of a jar of Tang, a half-empty box of Bisquick (weevils sifted out, optional), several packets of sugar from take-out coffee overages, and milk that's a little too funky to drink ... who else but a guy would try to turn that into a rather tasty orange cake, I ask you?

Hesitated to post this, but ... For several years I made a very good living as a professional clown. It paid for lots of skydives, flying time, and airplanes. I found that a very few adults were truly afraid of clowns. I helped one woman get over her fear by very slowly putting on makeup and letting her copy what I was doing while we looked into the same mirror. I also found that some women are ... ahem ... very sexually aroused by clowns. One might say that they enjoyed having one "poke fun" at them. At about ages 2-4, many kids are uncertain about anything that appears be alive, but abnormal-looking in any way. Not many are naturally afraid of clowns, but they can easily be made that way. Usually it's when their own parents try to force them to get too close (worse yet, try to push the kid forward while saying, "It's ok ... he won't BITE YOU!"), or some dumbass in a clown suit feels as if he or she can swarm the kid and get them over their fear (never works ... never will).

Damn!! I'm a hermaphrodite!! I scored a 0 on the test. Got all of the compare-the-shapes thing correct, and nearly all of the eyes correct. I also found out that I'm supposedly left handed, according to how I fold my hands together, but have always (far as I can remember) done things right-handed ... except for juggling, water skiing, and surfing (goofy-foot). What have I learned from this? Well, my left hand is definitely more female than my right, so I guess my masturbation technique needs to be adjusted. I should also become an engineer or scientist ... maybe one who dresses in drag.

9 out of 10 ... even surprised me. The only picture that I recognized was Son of Sam.

How do you "improperly use" a condom, for the luvvagod? I'm sure that someone can manage, and I've know lots of folks who should wear them as hats, but really!

Are films of the second one available today?

I love it when someone chooses accuracy over fluffing up the "death-defying daredevil" stuff. I think that it makes the story even better to have it fully factual. No matter how you slice it, it was definitely way outside the envelope.

Local radio said that New Jersey is soliciting ideas for a new state slogan. Some of those that have been sent in follow. Any ideas for others? "You got a PROBLEM wit' dat?!" "How ya dooin'?" "Most of our state officials have not been indicted."

Anyone ever had one of these just go bug-f*** on them? Very odd ... the public annex is fine, but the password-protected area lost all visible content that was there, and instead a bunch of 0-Byte files appeared with random numbers and characters for names. Properties shows that the amount of content that's there is still pretty much correct for the space that had been taken up before.

Technically, I have one, but it's probably the smallest tat around. It's a dot on my hand from a loooong time ago.