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Go and pick up a can of Animal Stack or Animal Cuts - you can get the same "juice" but from a pill. For extra effect, wash down with a Red Bull or two...... _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

Chuck Norris has the World record for the fastest head down speed, most points in VRW, the fastest and longest swoop, and all in one jump from 1000' AGL. Chuck Norris does not need an AAD, RSL, or even a reserve. Chuck norris can pack 20 rigs in 5 seconds ANDS have sex with 10 women at the same time. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

This was my Christmas wish (yea, I know that sounds cheesey - so?) I started jumping at Quantum Leap in July of 05'. Having jumped at other DZ's it just has not been the same. Now I have my DZ back. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

I am a Soldier. I am going on my second deployment in March. I am not political. I could care less, really. I care more about serving and doing my job - saving lives. I don't have to agree or disagree with policy, I just follow orders. I think for myself, but find discussing skydiving much more stimulating than current politics. "I will at all times conduct myself so as to reflect credit upon myself, the Corps, and Military Service - regardless of the situation in which I find myself." NCO Creed _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

It is not the celibacy, but the environment. Think for a moment. A person who has a compulsion toward young boys is going to find that being a priest is a position of trust at the same time giving them access to potential victims. Preadators are going to look for places that provide them with victims. Celibacy has nothing to do with it. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

Napalm sticks to children....... _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

The DZO is really gonna be pissed...... _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

Give me grief for being a Soldier and going to Iraq? Well, pal - the government YOU voted for (or if you did not vote, bet you will next time!!!) sent us over there. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

I think he should be "cleansed by pain" then burned to death - slowly. I was in Iraq - for a year. He is a bastard, period. Personally, I am looking ofrward to watching the fucker die. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

^ I was wondering if my deployment to Iraq counted. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

I want to avoid any political stance or posture. I just want to share this. The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream. The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, And I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. "What are you doing?" I asked without fear, "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!" For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.. To the window that danced with a warm fire's light Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night." "It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, That separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me. My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December," Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers." My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam', And now it is my turn and so, here I am. I've not seen my own son in more than a while, But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red, white, and blue... an American flag. I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.. Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall." "So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright, Your family is waiting and I'll be all right." "But isn't there something I can do, at the least, "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast? It seems all too little for all that you've done, For being away from your wife and your son." Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, "Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, To stand your own watch, no matter how long. For when we come home, either standing or dead, To know you remember we fought and we bled. Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us." _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

She is a first responder/firefighter out here in Plato. I crashed the motorcycle. She scraped me off the side of the road. A week later she was on a medical call at my neighbors house. I was on percocet and limping on a sprained ankle (worst of my injuries) and went outside to see what was up. I saw her and asked if she was single. She replied that she was - so I asked her for her number. A small side note: It had been just shy of a month since the plane crash at Quantum - I had decided to take more initiative and risk, live life better, if you will. Anyway - - - - We talked on the phone a few times and ended up getting together for breakfast - just because I could not wait to see her. She hit it off with my doggies and drives a Dodge. We now live together and I am taking her to meet the rents in Tucson in December to get their blessing............ _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

Veterans Day has always been a proud holiday for me. Since I am now a Veteran, it has a more profound meaning for me. It is those that exercise their freedoms that I hope never really know the price that has been paid. "There are only two people that have offered to die for you, Jeasus Christ and the American Soldier." _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

Any man that inserts anything into his rectum/anus gets exactly what he deserves. I think he should have used a bigger charge......... _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

The Heroes are the ones that don't come back. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

I always felt that I was pledging loyalty to my country - not the government. Under God was open for anyones belief - regardless of denomination. It is about unity - not segregation...... _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

In the military we are getting the flu mist. One hit up either nostril. I grabbed the syringe and did it myself...... I highly recommend it. Much more pleasant than any shot....... _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

This may offend a few, but I really don't care... "If attaching a car battery to an Iraqi's nuts will save the life of just one American, I have only two things to say.....red is positive, black is negative." Iraqi should read insurgent, but that is the original quote. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

Saddam Hussein was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging for his role in a brutal crackdown nearly 25 years ago in Dujail. A five-member tribunal is meeting amid heavy security and sweeping curfews in Baghdad and elsewhere, as authorities brace for violent reactions. About time. I just hope this does not stir up too much shit for our Troops in Iraq...... _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

Quantum Leap is home to me. Work kept me from coming out, though - I wish I could have been there. I aterted with AFF there last year in July and honestly felt like I was 're-born'. It always felt like family at Quantum. Thanks for the post, Kelly. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

FUnny is in the ear of the hearer. Women bashing jokes on a blow job thread - that, you suave man, is in just plain bad taste. Do you jerk off with your pimp hand? I'll bet you sit on it before you spank your sea monkey so it feels like someone else is doing it........ _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

Kind of like asking a question on this board and getting the "ask your instructor" reply - or "come back after you have this many jumps" answer. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

I'm there. So will many of us from Quantum Leap. Gonna be cool to be jumping again. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

I lost 4 friends on the 29th of July at Quantum Leap. I missed out jumping that day because I had sent the rig in the week before for some work. It really sucks. It still affects me, and I know it affects everyone else that calles Quantum Leap home. I remember them often - especially when I jump and end the day with a beer with my friends. I am a Combat Medic and an Army Nurse. I have spent my time in Iraq, at the hospital in Baghdad. I have seen too much death already, and this has been really hard to get through. Best thing - I have my friends - and they have me. I get through because of them. I will not stop living. I accept that I dance with the Reaper. Those that dance are considered insane by those that cannot hear the music. _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever

Steve, Brother Man!!! You were there for my first jump, and through AFF to getting my license. I am so sorry that you suffered the injury but I am so glad you are alive today. I will come by the hospital and visit you again. Heal well, my friend. I look forward to you chewing me out for landing the wrong way again....or landing the taxiway.......... Blue Skies Steve (Hodgkins) _________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever