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QuoteMy baby del Sol was in a front end collision this morning with a Mazda Protege. The fuckin' lady in front of my SLAMMED on her brakes not to hit a fuckin' cat, and I didn't stop soon enough to avoid her. PLEASE people... Don't stop for an animal. Hit the fucking thing so you don't get hit... reply] Yeah, fuck those animals. Hell, why stop there. People, if you're driving down the street, and a small child runs into the road, AIM FOR THE HEAD. MUCH LESS LIKELY TO BLOW OUT A TIRE. Are you fucking kidding me? "Hit the fucking thing so you don't get hit?" It's been said here a few times. Back the fuck off the bumper and give yourself time to react. Hope you don't have a pet who one day is faced down by someone with your warped sense of right vs. wrong. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Scroll about half-way down... http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/tech_junkies__be_berry_afraid_nationalnews_todd_venezia.htm _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Hmm... my own personal fan..... If he screamed bloody murder as he was fanning you, would he be a raving fan? Sorry. Really am. Couldn't help it. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

I dunno... Maybe. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Just spit soda through my nose. Well done. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Spanish, Hebrew, and just enough Japanese to not make a fool out of myself. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

They basically clip the claw/paw down to the knuckle. It is unbelievably painful. If the cat ever gets loose, it will be killed immediately for inability to defend itself. PLEASE don't declaw. The dog and cat will learn to live together. Mine did. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Guys - as always, thanks so much for all the informative answers! Psyched to try them all out!! _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Dude, you have no idea. Hit me when you get to the area. I live right near there. Would love to meet up. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Is worse than a crack den. How I can walk in secure that I only want one little thing and walk out with a brand new studio strobe kit is beyond me. I mean, seriously. The place is evil. AND, I speak Hebrew. So it's not like they have some unseen power over me. God. It's sick. For skydiving comparison: imagine being set loose in a warehouse with every single type of rig, canopy, gear, and accessory you could ever imagine, all in one place. It's bad. Stay away. And of course, now I have to play with everything, so there goes any productivity for the afternoon. Sigh. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Seriously, people. Suck it up. It's 1,000 feet. We can't be uncomfortable for 1000 feet to make our safety a little more paramount? Jesus. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

About 4 or 5 jumps ago - in Sebastian: "First Head-down ever - with Amy. OMFG! 203 MILES PER HOUR HOLY SHIT!" A FREAKING MISSLE WE WERE! Or something to that effect. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Let's not forget Die Hard 3: "What's this got to do with MaClean?" "He threw my brother off a roof." "Hell, I didn't even know that Motherfucker then!" _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

In some of those photos, she kind of looks like she's posing/modelling... So, and it fits, "Catwalk!" _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

He's showing you that if you've got m-gps enabled, you can google-map anything from your phone in real time, which can come in real handy when you're lost, or on a cross country, or whatever.

You spend 3 hours ona flight from EWR to PBI with your head pressed to the window thinking, "That's an out, that's an out, that might be an out, that's not an out, that's an out..." _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/21686/Porn_plots_don_t_work_in_real_life.html Safe for work. Very funny. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

BLAAAAAAAAAT: REPOST HORN _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

You get introduced at the Bent Prop as "the guy who lives on the 30th floor in NYC - you know, the one whose apartment we could totally BASE." _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

OK... Was bored this morning, so was reading a bunch of the forum posts from 2002 onward. My God, what a time-sucker... Anyhow... Some questions that came to mind.... 1) Someone mentioned doing a high-altitude hop-and-pop and taking a camcorder up to videotape the views. Doable? If so, how would one store it? Jumpsuit? I suppose I could wear my cargo pants, and I have a Sony PC-1000, small enough to put in the leg pockets... I think this would also be awesome to do on a cross country... I'd think, if I put it away long before I was getting ready to do my landing checks, and such, that it wouldn't be dangerous. Would it? Obviously, at 111 jumps, I'm not sitting there wearing a camera-helmet and the like, but I'd think under canopy, it would be safe... At least for a few thousand feet... 2) Someone posted that they pulled low once and "could feel the cypres arming." Is that accurate? Could one feel the cypres arming? Say, during a snivel, right before opening? I can't imagine you'd feel it at terminal, would you? 3) Doing a cross country with a GPS - Could you simply, say, on a Garmin handheld, mark the DZ as a waypoint, get under canopy, turn it on, and follow it home? It seems so simple that I'd most likely fuck it up. 4) Was reading where someone was under canopy on a CC and pulled out his cell phone to call a friend just so he could say "Yeah, not much, just hanging around." My take, based on how much I fly commercially, is that at 10k feet, you'd be lucky to get one cell phone signal for a few seconds, let alone signals that would actually work for a while. Any smarter people than me to give this a thought? (It's also one of the bigger 9/11 conspiracy theories, that mobiles wouldn't work that high up, but I'm SO not getting into that.) 5) Rounds... They seem pretty exciting - as a still-relative newbie, how does one get their hands on jumping a round? I'd love to try it just for the sake of saying I did it. And for the photos. I'm sure I have a million more from reading, but those were the first ones to enter my mind. Thanks, y'all...

Found this in trivia and history... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=469880#469880 _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

I ALWAYS bring the girls! 'Shell Sigh... _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Just ordered Mexican. Mmm... Mexican. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Nice. Subtle, funny... Well done. Was thinking perhaps "Funny Girl." Heh. Actually, "Hitchhiker's Guide" is calling my name," but then, I could be pushed to either Midnight Run, or perhaps even something earlier - black and white... Maltest Falcoln, perhaps? _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Is there a language that lets me combine "You suck" and "Thank you" to form a single word? :D _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."