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Brains! Sorry, I couldn't resist. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

I forgot about Philip. After the Kate, Dan, and Tony show earlier this summer this should be FUN. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

Good question, Remster. Also why on the 30th? Wouldn't the weekend be a better time for stuff like this? -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

Jason, Obviously you guys were bored last night. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

OMG...do you need a hand there???? -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

And of course I have you to blame for my committment Lovin' ya, girl Eloy here we come. Oh, Bets, do I get to fly Craig's "6" this year, too??? Nice view -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

OOPs...I forgot that I couldn't get the server to take my post Monday night. They now believe it was a reaction to a medication they gave Eric that caused the setback Sunday. He was awake enough to write Monday and make his wishes known, and I believe they were going to take him back off the vent yesterday if all was well. I should get an update tonight and I'll let you know what I find out. Thanks for the warm thoughts and concern.

You are right Wendy, motivation is a good thing. You know Katiebear is over from Kuwait for a few and going to get to jump this weekend. I may even head up and watch with Raefordite since she is grounded with the broken foot. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

ME, damnit, but I like the prognosis of the PT chick over that of the Dr so I'm going to believe her. I'll be BAAAAACK -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

Both sent to your PM, but you have to give them hugs from me if you see them.

I lived through it thankfully. She took pity on me today but warned me Thursday would be tough. I have "homework" to do ...hey, I though I was the teacher. She did lots of supine (?) measures because that is where I have lost the most mobility, but she thinks she can get it good enough for me to jump again without too much pain. I have already take a vicoden (Phree, no laughing at me allowed) as the pressure was intense at one point and my muscle had a strange spasm which hurt like HEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Thanks for all the good thoughts. I was laying on the table thinking about everyone I want to jump with while she was torturing me so that helped lots. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

Good Southern {{{{{VIBES}}}}} Lummy. I wish you the best of luck in the interview. Just relax and be yourself. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

My appt is 3:30 our time Kate. I'm just getting nervous the closer it gets. It is a lot easier to tell someone to hang in there than it is to tell myself to suck it up and be strong. JP, I've never broken ANYTHING before this. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

In a few hours I'll be at my first session of physical therapy for my broken radial neck and bone chips from my encounter with Gypsy Rose out in Perris. Everyone has told me how bad it is going to hurt and how tough they are going to be about it, but how about some specifics of what is going to happen? Right now I am unable to rotate my arm palm up at all, unable to touch my face, and unable to straighten it fully (ie: flare). How bad is it going to be and what do you think about taking a Vicoden BEFORE I go? Oh, and wish me luck too. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

I work in a school...remember -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

Recreational drugs are illegal too, but that doesn't seem to stop people either. Happy Birthday, Moodyone -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

I'm looking into the future for when I finally get cleared to return to jumping from my accident and wonder what everyone's thoughts on upsizing my main would be. I jump a Spectre 135 that I load at about 1.04:1 right now. I'm considering moving up to a 150 Spectre until I get full strength in my arm based on the logic that I won't be coming in as fast thus the flare point should be easier for me to reach without further damaging my arm. Any intelligent thoughts on this would be appreciated. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

She SOBER dialed me last night. What fun is that? -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

Have a big {{{{{HUG}}}}} -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

I have close to 400 jumps on my Spectre. I don't roll the nose at all. Instead I pull it out slightly and sorta flake it out to catch air and then I only overlap the tail before I cocoon the canopy up for my S folds. I have to be very meticulious when doing this not to upset my lines but it does make for a slightly faster opening. I also try to pull a few hundred feet higher to compensate for the nice slow opening. I would suggest trying only one thing at a time to speed up your openings. That way when you figure out what works with your baby you'll know how to reproduce it. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

Anyone at Perris can point them out to you or ask at manifest and they will gladly help you. I believe they have several people organizing every weekend because I jumped with Mike Muscat and Cary Peck both in the same day. FUN -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

It is not work safe according to the block they have on our server so that may be the problem with others too. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

I've even been invited to go with the gang to the Mayors place, and met the mayor. Nice guy and a great place to hang out. Of course the company wasn't bad either. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

Years ago when I was a flight attendant we made an emergency landing on a 727 because it appeared our landing gear wouldn't retract. I'm sitting on the jumpseat in the rear of the plane listening to the gear cycle thinking WTF? We turn around and let the airport do a visual but they were unable to tell if the gear was locking down or not so we dump fuel and prepare for an emergency landing. The pilot lands quite hard for some reason and immediately tells us NOT to evacuate. Seems the $0.39 bulb had quit working for the landing gear indicator light. I also got bumped from a CASA flight at a boogie and was watching it take off when it suddenly reappeared minus one of it's props. Seems at about 1000 ft the prop flew by the open tailgate of the plane. Quite a few scared skydivers, but nobody was hurt. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

I have to say that Perris is a great place. I've been there twice in my short jumping career, but I can honestly say I have met and made so many friends there. I am not a sky goddess or even anything close to one nor am I a young skychick. I have never had a problem finding people to jump with out there. Once you get on with one of the load organizers they generally count on you for continued loads so all you have to do is speak to one once and be nice. That said if you want friends you need to be a friend. Even shy people have friends. As for the price of jump tickets I think 20 is about average at my home DZ (skydive ATL) but they do discounts once in awhile. All we have is a King Air, no bunkhouse, and it is almost 2 hours from my house. Look at everything Perris has to offer and compare that. If you are still not happy then go jump somewhere else, but don't bash Melanie and Diane and Ben for keeping their family business alive and running. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.