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Initial information is now available on the website. I am looking into hotel deals, car deals and such for people planning to attend. Stay Tuned: http://www.skydivecity.com/html/Z-Team200WayWorldRecordDivesMarch2007.htm TK Hayes Skydive City

also see http://www.kellicarter.com for more doggie pics TK

check out: www.pascopaws.com We have 5 Aussies and a Springer, Max, Tad, Spurr, Envy and Foster, the Springer is Julie I vote for Oz, Ozzie or Bowzer - all good daog names TK

Where do the small parachute rubber stamps I often see stamped on money come from? It is time for us to do the same with our $$ to show the locals the currency that goes through the place. TK

1-2 - Swoop du Jour swooping competition (not canopy swooping). 4 Way teams compete for in late-diver Swoop Meet. * One person on each team leaves the aircraft 3 seconds AFTER the 3 way and swoops to their slot. * Clock stops on the completed 4 Way Star. * Flatflyers, freeflyers, Competiton Suits, Camera Suits- Whatever. * CASH PRIZES for the fastest Swoop and the fastest team. * Each person on team gets a swoop round. * 4 jump tickets plus $20 registration covers the video slot. * Bring your team and cameraperson if you want. * Guaranteed $1000 purse to the fastest diver of the day. Team prize is being worked on for fastest team. TK http://www.skydivecity.com

but the fact of the matter is that the Energy and Commerce Committee ARE tlaking about the issue - they have a website, search House Energy and COmmecre Committee, then search there for Net Neutrality. Lots of discussion - some of it AGAINST making any rules for it. Would you rather that USPA wait for a bill that restricts skydiving to be in front of Congress before they act on it? Everyone please stop beating up n Move-On, they did not create the issue, they are simply pointing it out. It is a good petition. TK

If the petition is successful - then there may never be a bill to debate. Should we waste a bill (and our tax dollars) debating one? sign it, it's a good idea fer chrissake! TK

http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/?id=7481-5645165-.G6XHoU0mpSf_uPy0V80DA&t=1 If you get a chance to sign it, please do - the nut of it is that the larger internet providers want to have a say over what you can and cannot view on the internet, if you are subscribed through them. It would allow them to charge money for more exposure - effectively making the internet an advertising tool for revenue, instead of a free search and information tool I vote for voting against that (did you follow that?) from Moveon: use the link at the top and sign the petition, thanks TK

I thought the 'coming of the Lord' was supposed to be a good thing, not the disaster that you have appear to be predicting.... you religious types are so full of ...... TK

Schedule for the next few weeks: 7-8-9 - Flock and Dock 2.0 - WingSuits long weekend - 50-60 Wing Suit flyers will be here for the weekend to flock and fly. Coaching and training plus demos available. Contact morpheustech@earthlink.net FMI or notsane@hughesnet .com 7-16 - Easter Boogie at Z-Hills. Always the biggest Spring Boogie in the Country - vibes, food, fun, music and great skydives..... Hard Dock Cafe dinners every night. • 8-9 - Guy Wright onsite to organize. • 8 - Florida Canopy Piloting Association Round 3 at Z-Hills - see http://www.cpafl.org/ for details. • 8 - Saturday Night jumps, Mike Woods & his band will also be playing • 9 - High Altitude Load to 22,000'. B license required, 8am briefing, and immediate morning departure. ($60 jump ticket) • 9 - Wade Henry and his juggling show, Wade used to skydive back in Canada (a long time ago) before becoming a famous busker.... • 14-15-16 - Boxman will be here for the long weekend to organize everything from 20 ways and up. • 14 - Good Friday, High Altitude Jump(s), again B license requried, plan on first thing in the morning to jump. • 14 - Good Friday 4 Way Scrambles Meet, 4 tickets plus $20 to enter, video slot included and we have some great prizes to give out. • 14 - Air Guitar Competition, Tickets and Beer prizes. Organized by Tony Hathaway • 15 - Night jumps, band and the biggest party of the year. • 15 - John Price Band will play all night • 16 - Easter Sunday free pancake Breakfast, thanks to TK & Kelli • 16 - High Altitude Load to 22,000'. B license required, 8am briefing, and immediate morning departure. ($60 jump ticket) 19-23 - (Wed-Sun) - Guy Wright Organizing the Z-Team Big Ways again blskyguy@aol.com or www.guywright.com for more info Use our check-in at the website www.skydivecity.com to fill out waiver in advance and we can help expedite your arrival. thanks and see you there TK 800-888-JUMP http://www.skydivecity.com

a great story and scenario to learn from - it happens all too often and the moment between life and death can be a second and shit-ass luck. I have always said, "if pilot's flew airplanes the way we fly parachutes, they would take their license away for life..." we are learning canopy control and finally starting to teach it, now we need the next step of patterns, priorities and right-of-way and it needs to be taught and in some cases enforced, especially in smaller and tight landing areas. A good example for those who are reluctant to ask for help with canopy stuff for fear of being labelled as a 'canopy geek' or inexperienced. No one wants to look bad so I alwayys reassure them that we do not teach these skills because you are lacking - we teach these skills because someday some idiot is going to cut you off at 50' and you will need to know how to react, rather than just yank a toggle. TK

I also use other ways to find company direct phone numbers by searching www.bbb.org (Better Business Bureau) They often have CEO and corporate Office numbers and contacts. No better way to get good service that to call the CEO's office when you have had trouble with their support lines. www.networksolutions.com has a link to the WHOIS database and you can look up the web domain 'owners', which sometimes have corporate head office contact info as well. Everyone agrees that they do not like talking to machines, yet every company is still going in that direction. I make it a point to complain about inefficient robots when I do get to a human and ask that they give that fdbk to their supervisors.....

we do about 275 AFF Level 1's each year, and about 80 Level 7's, so about 1 in 3 finish. We are starting a newer tracking system using ACT software to try and follow-up with those that drop out and try to keep them coming out to play before they too uncurrent

then definitely it must have been self-defense.....

You're a heretic I KNOW you're a heretic So I am going to torture you until you confess to being a heretic Then I am going to execute you for being a heretic For the good of your soul of course

Saw them in Massey Hall in Toronto in 1983, the best $6 I ever spent and I have permanent hearign damage in my right ear too.....

an Afgani snitch told someone in Iraq that a guy in Afghanistan told him...... well that sure sews it up for me - let's invade!! If there was anything to this - Bush would be holding it up and waving it around given that he is 36% in the polls right now. my guess it is worthabout the weight of the paper it was written on.

no one is having a bad day - just pointing out the stuff that floats around and no one bothers to ask "I wonder if this is real or just bullshit..."? taken to the extreme, this junk gets people riled up about all kinds of things, starts wars, protests, and gets people killed.. People need to stop and think - but few do.

get a sigma and have to deal with a company that will not deliver parts on time, will hang you if you make a mistake and does everything they can to cover their own ass instead of looking out for their instructors and reps out there. Go with Strong and get timely service, great products, innovation and new ideas implemented when you ask for them and all-around great service.

not a bad idea - I just had a premture deployment at 7000' yesterday due to a floaty ripcord on the Strong - touch and tuck, does not hurt

My Kelli is preety cool. Burned before - both of us had to work on a lot of things - I have never been happier than right now we still have disagreements, but she is doing what she wants, and I enjoy what I do, and no matter what - we love each other. TK

you can also use a red wine base for the gravy instead of screech - had some last winter when my folks were down - flippers are kinda hard to find down here in Florida

Seal flippers are a Newfoundland delicacy, FLipper pie we call it and I can even get you the recipe. yummee. We argued this same arguement year after year, I am not going to re-write the same posts over and over again, you can link it here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=1513243;page=1;mh=-1;;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC and here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1514169#1514169 and that's the reality of the seal hunt - WE KILL ANIMALS FOR FOOD millions of them every day get used to it TK

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I do not totally disagree, but our efforts could also be argued to have strengthened the wills of many of those communist regimes and helped the effort take a more firm hold in some parts of the world. All empires fall, Rome, the USSR, The British, and eventually, us. Leave it the frig alone, its not for us to decide who runs what country - see my original post and thread(s)