Zennie

A very touching and eloquent tribute, ddog. My deepest condolences to you and everybody else who knew and loved him. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

OMG. I'm speechless.... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

I've always been more than willing to give someone a second chance. It would depend on whether they were willing to end the fling and how confident I felt that they wouldn't do something like that again. If I'm not convinced that the other person will follow through on both counts, it's pull red handle time... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Because there are a lot of questions regarding how one goes about applying for a BASE number, Joy asked me to post the following letter that she wrote which outlines how to do so... ------------------------------------- Hello BASE Jumpers: Rick & I issue the original World BASE Numbers and Night BASE Numbers which were started by Carl and Jean Boenish in January 1981 when the first BASE # was earned. Carl always believed that BASE jumping would catch on, and he was right. Your BASE number is your link back to the beginning of our sport. To apply for a BASE Number, we need the following information: 1. Name and address, or a self-addressed envelope. Phone number is optional. 2. Name and/or location and altitude of each of the four objects. 3. Date of each object, especially the date and TIME of your qualifying jump. The time of your qualifying jump is important in case someone else in the world qualified on the same day. 4. Any descriptions of the jumps or jump stories will be appreciated and will remain strictly confidential. 5. On the subject of donations, we ask for $10 to issue a number to help cover our costs for postage and supplies, totally voluntary. If you want the plastic card with your number and qualifying date and Carl Boenish's signature embossed, there is a $5 fee. In respect for privacy of individuals and integrity of the BASE Numbers, we will not be issuing them by email. Our original BASE Constitution requires confidentiality. We will take the information about your jumps by email and lock in your qualifying date until we receive your letter. We wait thirty days after the date of your qualifying jump to issue your number and make sure the rest of the worlds mail has time to get here. KEEP HAVING FUN, ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL!!! Rick and Joy Harrison 7316 Houston Drive Hitchcock, TX 77563 USA Joy: joyhgc1@aol.com Rick: cliffleaper@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------- - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Give them a chance to end the relationship & fix any problems in the marriage through counselling. When they refuse, file for divorce. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Between Corey Taylor's two bands, I personally think Stone Sour is WAY better. But that's just me. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

3Y3 /\/\ 1337 8453 J\/mp00r!! p#33r m3!!!! - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

OK I originally ignored this thread because I don't consider myself a hottie, but since it's become a "post a picture of me" thread, and because the BASE contingent is woefully underrepresented, here ya go.... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

We should try to set up a time for the dz.commers to meet and share a beer or three. As far as the place goes, the Holiday Inn is where everything is happening, so we ought to try to set a time to meet in the bar. Briefing is at 8:00 PM on friday. How does sharing a few pre-briefing beverages starting around 6:00 PM on friday sound? - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

I know levin is going, & I'm sharing a room with riggersam, so the updated list is... alanab antipinkchrissy base698 base704 blair700 brits17 cajones djl floormonkey & Erik jmpnkramer kevin922 levin lewmonst mnischalke riggersam skypuppy skyrose7 stevebabin vid666 zennie - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Not to rain on your parade, but technically it's still not lgeal because the harness (i.e. the BASE rig) isn't TSO'd. Main reason I know is that I looked into doing the very same thing myself. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

So thaaaat's the way you're supposed to answer that. And here I've thought all these years that there *was* no correct answer... so I generally invoked the 5th. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Slayer - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

I have some pretty funny old BD video where this guy is past "two-one-thousand" before his feet even leave the Bridge. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Man, that looks like a good time. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Unless you BASE jump off it. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Woohooo!! Congrats! - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

I'd love to, unfortunately the closest I've ever come to that book was a copy on a picnic table in TF that was being loaned to another jumper. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Heh, now we can aerially deliver ourselves to the aerial delivery launch points. j/k - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

We call this the "virtual ground crew". I've done it several times myself, as has my mentor. Fortunately, none of us have had to implement "emergency procedures". - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

My g/f is British & I was asking her if she could think of some potential Es in the UK. She mentioned some certain famous cliffs as a possibility, which I had also thought of, but I've never heard of them being jumped. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Nice story Rodney. I was wondering if that sequence would work so far away from H-town. Another tip on razor wire... car floor mats work really well to cover that nasty s#%^ up. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Thanks! But remember, it's not the student, it's the teacher. Thanks for all of your instruction, encouragement & friendship over the past year. And similar thanks to all of you here on the boards... those I've had the privilege to meet and those who I look forward to meeting in the future (hopefully this coming Bridge Day ). I'm looking forward to many more years of flickin' with all of you! C'ya! - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

It must be something they're putting into the Texas water, because my girlfriend was riding my ass last night how I kept talking about that B but hadn't jumped it yet (not to mention 346 ) and needed to just go out do it. She then proceeded to kick me out of her apartment, under orders to jump the B and call her when I got down. We talked about this on the tower a bit, but you story just ices it... you and I have two of the coolest chicks on the face of the planet! OK, Faber's sounds pretty cool too. Sometimes we see something and overanalyze things so much that we don't just go out and do things. A swift kick in the ass every now & then is always helpful. So go get that sucker! - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Oh, OK. So you're taunting me with this one. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon