lippy

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  1. Congrats! I was somewhat dissapointed when I learned it wasn't a letter to Penthouse Forum, but the medical book is pretty cool too I got nuthin
  2. All we need is a ten and a 5-er, a car and a key and a sober dri-ver; B - EE - RR - U - N..... I got nuthin
  3. Funny, I'm doing just that! Great advice! (It's not Duff though, drinking Quilmes tonight) I got nuthin
  4. I stand corrected. I got nuthin
  5. Fixed it for 'ya. Don't mis-quote the J-man! I got nuthin
  6. With a 162-way, when does breakoff initiate? I got nuthin
  7. I certainly don't think he made it up or did it out of malice, but based on his reaction, I don't think he spent a lot of time thinking about it. Maybe he thought he saw something and made his move, I dunno I got nuthin
  8. I've never so much as been in California let alone Cal-City, but that video got me choked up. Have most of you guys found a new home? I got nuthin
  9. Front of the Skyvan as in behind the pilots. I was last out on a 19ish-way and he was a wingsuiter I got nuthin
  10. He says it was dangling, but I didn't see it or feel any tension on the MLW which would have sucked it out of the velcro. I checked the velcro back on the ground and it's strong enough that I think I'd feel the handle being extracted. Also, in the split second that passed between seeing where his hand was going and looking there myself, I didn't see a floating reserve handle. It was very little time for him to re-seat it and close the velcro. Maybe it's possible that I was distracted and my reserve handle was extracted, and then he put it back at lightning fast speeds, but I'm not conviced. I got nuthin
  11. At a boogie last month I was standing up in the front of the Skyvan getting ready to go. I'd just stood up and I see a hand go FLYING for my reserve handle. He said that the handle was dangling outside the MLW and he put it back in the velcro, but I didn't see or feel anything of the sort. So I kinda freaked on the guy in the plane, then on the ground talked a little calmer about not grabbing somebody's gear in the plane. If you see a problem, bring it to their attention before you start lunging at reserve handles. Later that day I was standing in the loading area and felt somebody touching my rig (A Reflex with the flaplette mod on the pop-top). I turned around and the guy tells me that he was tucking in a loose tab. The ONLY tab on my rig is the main tab and that thing is bullet-proof, so I reached up and touched the flaplette and sure enough, it was tucked in under the pop-top. I couldn't get the flaplette back out without taking the rig off and I decided that it wasn't going to adversly affect a reserve deployment if I needed one, so I just left it alone. Once back on the ground, I showed him the rig and what those flaps do/where they should be, and suggested that he talk to somebody before they start messing with their gear. I appreciate that there are eyes scanning for gear problems, but WTF? This happened twice in one day, with people I barely knew. Maybe I've been gone too long and etiquette has changed, but I NEVER touch somebody's rig without identifying myself, identifying the 'problem' and asking if they want me to fix it. I realize there are exceptions here, like students or between people who know each other well and trust each other, but would you just walk up to somebody at a boogie and start 'fixing' their shit? I got nuthin
  12. Nope, we are devoid of intelligence ... care to send a care package? I'd love to help, but as far as intelligence goes, I seem to be fresh out I got nuthin
  13. 'Cause all the smart people live in Georgia I got nuthin
  14. Quilmes, the beer of Argentina. It's about $1.60/litre and damn good beer. CHE! I got nuthin
  15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRhpkHX0WNU The opening scene of a family guy episode where Chris gets sucked into the milk section and is in an 80's music video I got nuthin
  16. Already warming up on the Spanish eh? Les deseo suerte manana! I got nuthin
  17. Dude, I know you said "Obviously use your eyes more than relying on hardware" but still worth saying that you should NEVER just listen for a beep before you decide to do something. Device dependency is stuupid. I got nuthin
  18. Thank God this thread's back, I've been needing an answer! How long has 'douchebag' been in use a derogatory term? Who started using it in that context, and why is it so fucking fun to say? I got nuthin
  19. Come By Chance, Newfoundland. I think it's pretty close to Balls Creek I got nuthin
  20. At Eloy for the Christmas Boogie, one of the super-cool packer chicks names Suzie played a song to the tune of 'Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be Cowboys' But Cowboys was replaced by Skydivers. It's a GREAT campfire song! "Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be skydivers Don't let them be bellyfliers, freefliers and such; they'll turn into beer-drinkin whinos and sluts Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be skydivers They'll never stay home, gone to the dropzone, doin that thing that they love!" I got nuthin
  21. That's a toughie...It depends on so many factors. What discipline you're practicing, how many jumps over how many years etc. But even when the 'newbie sign' gets removed from your forehead, you've still got a ton of shit to learn. Just remember: We all suck, we just gotta keep jumping and try to suck a little less each time I got nuthin
  22. I guess my secret about 'stuffing' is out I got nuthin
  23. lippy

    If you seek Amy

    I use that all the time with Latinos who don't speak English worth a shit but insist on trying with me at work. I've got no problems helping you with English over a beer after work, but when I've got a 1000 things to do aside from listen to some dumbass waddle through a four-word sentence...Well that guys's Sofa king we Todd dead I got nuthin
  24. I'm not really up on Canadian etiquette either, I haven't lived there in 5 years. I would really like to get back though. I got nuthin