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Wow. I didn't realize the main engine nozzle things could articulate that much. Matt
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Yes! See the link at the top of this thread. Windows media player is giving me the best image. Matt
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ooooohh... the access arm thingy is moving...
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Too much freakin' math required here... Just wake me when they're actually going to do it. Matt
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and that's ok, I sleep at night and I work all day! Matt
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I've always imagined watching a night launch from a boat would be incredibly beautiful. Maybe someday...
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If I understand correctly, at least another 30 minutes. Matt
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Just said they're going on a "scheduled 45 minute hold." Damn teases. Matt
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In all seriousness, ear plugs are a very good idea here. Matt
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Never?!! Be careful. Start small. Find an experienced mentor if at all possible. Don't be like me and give yourself permanent hearing damage and a few burn scars. Matt
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Coulda sworn they just were talking about the "KFC altimeter." And here I thought the colonel just made greasy chicken. Now they're talking about "throttle buckets." Matt
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Society and Skydiving Related Injuries
MF42 replied to scaryshari's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
It's better in that some random whuffo sees riding a bike as a "normal" activity, so I don't have to listen to any preaching about the suicidal tendencies that I must have because I skydive. Matt -
Situation Normal: All Fucked Up Matt
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Society and Skydiving Related Injuries
MF42 replied to scaryshari's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
So I'm not the only one lying to whuffos! My back is still healing from a compression fracture. I tell whuffos it was a motorcycle accident. It's none of their damn business anyway. Of course I tell the truth to all the medical people helping me. I was surprised at the lack of censure from nurses and doctors; they mostly just listen, nod, and advise me to be more careful in the future. -
Classic episode of WKRP in Cincinatti: "Turkeys are hitting the ground like bags of wet cement! Oh, the humanity!" Matt
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missed: 4 3 2 5 5 I'm a worse speller than I thought. Matt
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I think you just made up a bunch of cool sounding jargon in order to impress some chicks.
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Back when I had a SO... "pretty girl" Matt
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Probably won't find any at Hastings, but there was a long-running TV show called Mystery Science Theater 3000 that was based on the love/hate relationship we have with cheesy movies. If you ever have the opportunity, you have to watch that show. Intelligent comedy at it's finest. Netflix has a couple dozen MST3K episodes that I'm currently working my way through.
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The only words I remember on the plane for my tandem.
MF42 replied to shaiziel's topic in The Bonfire
My IAD instructor led us in a pre-jump chant: "Eat! Fuck! Skydive!!! The basics of life." -
Back in school, several classmates were from out of state and kept referring to the local "hillbillies" and their strange habits. I educated them, "This is Oklahoma. We have no hills, therefore we have no hillbillies. That person was undoubtedly either a redneck or just your basic poor white trash."
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So the moral of the story... When people around you are whining, be like the farmer. Kill 'em all.
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Kids can really get into toilet humor. I think it's sad that so many adults have convinced themselves that they should never enjoy it too.
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Yeah, catching fireflies to watch tem glow and then releasing them is an innocent thing to do. Sure, if you squished them or something, that wouldn't be such a cool thing to do. But I'm just gently catching and releasing.
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See, now you went and made me miss my old apartment, back in my hometown of Nowhere, OK. I loved my fire escape. I could stand out there and watch all the traffic and funny people, the clouds, sunrises. It was a perfect soap box from which to address the masses. (They usually didn't listen.) I could sit outside in the shade, sipping iced tea, reading a good book, looking for anybody I knew to be strolling down Main Street. Perfect vantage point for parades or whatever other official festival was going on. Good view of this beautifully restored old theater, built in the twenties with the elaborately decorative architecture of the time. When the wind was blowing the right direction I could fly a kite out there if I kept the string short so the kite couldn't fall into traffic. Easy access to the roof for various tomfoolery.