MrFreefall383

Feeling better as of today, and tried to limit myself to 6 hours of sleep to better simulate conditions in Basic and AST. Did a somewhat short workout this morning, only an hour long. 300 flutterkicks, 200 arm/leg lifts, and 100 "birds". Will probably do more later, because my abs still need more work. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Perfect day for me. That's a fun one. I wake up at 5, do a serious workout, then go on duty, deploy and save some people from a sinking sailboat, come back, go off duty after exhausting my maximum total flight hours, go jump from an Otter, do a nice easy belly flight with a soft opening and touchdown, then go blast off Osama bin Laden's paper face at the shooting range with a Sig 229, come home, go right out for a drive on a twisty mountain road, have a nice dinner waiting for me, fuck my hot wife, and sleep a full 8 hours. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Was feeling really tired last night, wasn't sure I'd be waking up at 5 this morning, so I went to bed at about 10:30, asleep by 11. My mind said no to waking up at 5, but my body said "Fuck you," and woke up bright and early at 5:01 without an alarm, couldn't sleep anymore, so I got up and did 200 situps, 200 pushups, and 200 flutterkicks. Feeling a little better than I have been the last few days, but I still won't be fully recovered at least until tomorrow or the day after. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Still been sick, but I'm going to hit it hard tomorrow, it'll probably help the recovery process. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Agreed about it being good TV. Gets back to the days when shows were actually meant to keep you hooked because of plot and character development. As for Ryan, that's a possibility. And I thought that whole thing between them was over in S1 as well. It pisses me off that Col. Ryan is such a moron. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

He's got thousands of jumps as the field leader of a politically invisible team of super-soldiers. And yes, he used to be the President until he was booted out of office by another senator who took over the office, and was killed. Then the VP had the former Prez assassinated too. So he was a senator, President, former President, and then died, and now he's the leader of a team of super-soldiers. And yes, it looks like Grey gets seriously injured. Don't know if he's going to make it. My guess is no, because I felt like there was some counter-development to his character in the latest episode. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

That's my problem now. All that leftover candy from a less-active-than-usual Halloween is dragging me further into the pit that is laziness and a cold. I still don't feel like the cold is overcoming me, so this cold remedy seems to be working, but at this rate it'll be next Monday before I work out again. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

I was diagnosed a while ago with AS, although I can't really say it impedes on my lifestyle very often. I'm slowly learning to just put myself out there, even if it ends in embarassment, because that's perfectly normal. As for life on the DZ, I just tried to hang around with a packer, ask random questions, or hang around with an instructor and ask other random questions. At some point, you find someone who has the same problem you're wondering about, and you start talking about it, one thing leads to another, and you're jump buddies. Since I haven't been back due to lack of funding, I can't say how I'd really handle it as a non-student now, but I'd say just pick a random person, comment on their gear, and even if you look like an idiot, at least you engaged them, and maybe they'll give you a couple pointers, and you can get your foot in the door for a few more jump buddies. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Good work, thanks for the update! Keep it up! I haven't worked out in a couple days because I've started to feel sick again. Living in a household of cold-prone people doesn't help, so I got a quick cold remedy, and I should be better by tomorrow, then back to the pool immediately. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

I don't care, you still started it. Why? Because I said so. And by the way, that's an even funkier image, a 24-year-old Chinese guy giving head to a deceased canine. Come to think about it, I think that would qualify as necro-beastiality. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Feeling fat happens when you're on layover. Just take that first step, do a simple workout, succeed at it, and then keep succeeding, because it'll feel good. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Exactly! See what you started? "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Scary image, a 24-year-old Chinese guy giving head to Turtlespeed's dog. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

True, same here. Luckily, that's almost never going to happen with these jackasses. They may get drunk, but they'll never drive, and they'll always find themselves out with at least one other person who is sober and able to drive home. They may be a bunch of idiots, and maybe that's why we're all still friends, but they are exceptionally controlled drinkers... except this time. LOL "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

The benefit for me is that I know my friends aren't stupid enough to drive drunk. Actually, this is a group of people I've known since just prior to high school, and they're some of the few people in our HS graduating class who actually wouldn't drive drunk. How I managed to get a group of friends so relatively responsible is beyond me, because I'm an idiot. Anyway, if I had chosen not to drive his drunk ass around, he would've just kept drinking at home until he was tired of it, may have thrown up a few times, and gone to work the next day like nothing had ever happened. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Indeed. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Nice one. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Thanks for the advice. Will consider an interior detailing if the smell comes back. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Actually, just cleaned it this morning since it happened last night. Got what I thought was the necessary cleaning, for about $45 total, and they did a shitty job, so I went back and demanded to know where the miscommunication was, and they did what they were really supposed to do. Once the shampoo dries and the mats dry, I'm going to give it another sweep, but it looks good as new. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Shit, at least I got 42k out of it before someone spewed inside it. But it's already had a windshield replaced, clutch replaced, and a rear-end collision. It's accident prone. I'm not, but it is. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Actually, he helped clean some of it when we pulled over at a rest stop, but started throwing up again a few minutes later. I cleaned up the rest, and he offered to pay for all cleaning charges for it, as it's his fault. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

It's a first for me, so I'm pissed as all fuck. Tried to be a good friend about it, made a bunch of jokes, made sure to keep him conscious and reasonably coherent, but I'm about ready to beat his fucking face in. Stupid bastard had half a bottle of tequila before getting in my car for the drive to a camping store to get supplies for next weekend's backpacking trip. He kept saying he was fine, then passed out for a while. Woke up, looked shitty as hell, his cheeks puffed out and he reached for the window button and hit the lock instead. I noticed as he was reaching, and "Oh fuck, too late." He blew chunks all over the inside of the car, and I spent almost an hour cleaning it out by hand with a couple paper towels from a nearby rest stop. Still going to have to go to the local car wash today to clean it out further. I don't know what god I pissed off to deserve this. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

Part of a snow myths episode, let me look for it. Should post an edit in a few minutes. If not, shoot me a PM. OK, so I can't find a link to the episode, or a link to a clip for that segment, and it doesn't seem to be airing as a re-run anytime soon. It's Episode 82 though, Snow Special, and let me describe the most important part of the story for you. Basically, they were testing the myth that it was better to drive in reverse on snow than driving in a forward gear. With a FWD car, there seemed to be more towing force in reverse than forward. When they tested it though, it was very difficult to control on a closed cone course in forward gears, took out a bunch of cones, and even harder to control in reverse. So reverse is simply out of the question, it's impossible to control in most circumstances. As for forward gears, the best the average (or even better-than-average) driver can accomplish is a J-turn, which is basically a 180-degree change of direction due to loss of traction in the rear wheels. Unfortunately, keeping the tires constantly at the right level of loss of traction with a FWD is impossible, because the power of the car's engine is NOT, and I repeat NOT at your disposal. It's plausible with an AWD, very much possible with a RWD, but impossible with a FWD. Unless the prosecutor can find a way to break the rules of automotive physics, you should be fine. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

I really am a machine. Third morning in a row that the pain actually made me swim faster than I had the previous session. There must be a limit to this phenomenon, though I have not yet found it. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

I like when buildings go boom. That's a broad statement though. I like when buildings go boom by planned demolition. Don't wanna sound like a terrorist. "If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche