StreetScooby

I've enjoyed reading this. Keep us posted on your progress. We are all engines of karma

Having been a professional software developer for a long time, and in the business of making money from that software, I think you've got the right concept in your business model. You may need to tweak some things, but keeping a steady cash flow is essential to your business. The idea of charging a one time fee, then hoping to get maintenance charges from people, simply does not work in the real world. Your customer service will need to be tight. In addition, you might consider value added services, such as remote database maintenance, backups, etc. This will help "justify" the continuing payments on the customers part. If a customer wants tweaks, charge them by the hour for the development and testing time. We are all engines of karma

Yep. They won't even give you an exemption, either. They figure, "If he's skydiving, what ELSE is he doing?" We are all engines of karma

If you have a 1MM policy, and you're paying this, your jump rates have doubled. We are all engines of karma

I don't get it... We are all engines of karma

Good luck. Let us know how this works out. The best quote I could get was $2 per $1K. That jump premium is almost as much as I spend jumping. We are all engines of karma

I believe that's similar to a popular Ranch phrase - Dirt Cheap, ..."Hey newbie, I've got some gear for you, Dirt Cheap". That phrase also has many other uses. We are all engines of karma

Absolutely get a hot dog from a vendor. My favorite vendor is on Broad street (downtown) right in front of the Borders book store, and across the street from that famous church down there (...don't remember the name). It's very close to NYSE. We are all engines of karma

Very good article in the Wall Street Journal today on this matter. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008645 They don't use the phrase "protected person". They use the phrase "lawful combatant". Which one is right here? We are all engines of karma

Very good stuff! We are all engines of karma

Tremendous input guys! Thanks very much! We are all engines of karma

Well, I've just spent the better part of a day reading this thread. Really good. Thought I'd add my .02 I was jumping at a Cessna drop zone in the middle of sheep country. Was doing 4 way with some good guys. We only got 10K, so we tended to forget the words and hum it. This one jump I borrowed gear. This gear had a pug, while I was used to a throw out. On top of it, I had mangled my right pinky and ring finger two days before this jump, so they really weren't working well. And, it was cold. We break, I track, and start to dump around 2K. No worries. I get the pug, pull it, and it pops right out of my hand and is flapping in the breeze. I grab, almost get it, then it pops out again. Rinse, repeat. One of the voices in my head says, "better check the altitude", so I look down. The ground was right there, and sheep were moving out of the way. I didn't even look for silver, just gunned it. Thank goodness it worked out. Quickly reached for the toggles and landed. Everybody thought I had died. DZO kicked me off for the rest of the weekend. We are all engines of karma

I did a post peak jump once at a deep south drop zone. Big clouds all the way to altitude (I was sitting next to the door). Most beautiful rainbows I've ever seen. We are all engines of karma

I suffer from insomnia also. It was very bad several years back. Got stuck on Ambien, and just broke that habit last October. Now, I drink a glass of Woodbridge Merlot to put me to sleep. It'll give me 3-4 hours. When I wake up, I drink another glass. Works reasonably well, though there are times where I'll only get 2-3 hours for a couple nights running. I hate that feeling of a "spike between my eyes" during those days. We are all engines of karma

I'm to the point now where my next computer is definitely going to be a Mac. Cannot stand XP anymore. We are all engines of karma

Thanks for all the continued input. We're looking to head up that way from the Ranch in August. Is it big enough to turn pieces in? We are all engines of karma

My wife, who is English, used to donate blood religously. No, she's under a 10 year ban (or something like that) due to fear of Mad Cow disease. We are all engines of karma

AHCK!!! We are all engines of karma

That rings a bell. We are all engines of karma

I remember doing some coached dives with Craig Buxton in Deland during the summer of 1991. With video, I paid $15 + ( $15 + 2 * $15 ) + ( $15 + 1 * $15 ) = $90 / jump Best money I've ever spent in the sport. We are all engines of karma

LOL! You're a funny guy, and this has been fun. We are all engines of karma

So, which word is it? Is this just one of those "Just Say No" things? Does Slappie say No? Do you respect him when he says that? We are all engines of karma

Does that preclude buying them TVs and showing them Baywatch? We are all engines of karma

I don't know what I would have our troops do. It just seems like our troops are incredibly burdened with semantics, while our enemies aren't. We're not playing on a level field, and it's by choice. Someday, we might not be that good. We are all engines of karma

Good luck! We are all engines of karma