Royd

Oh yea, one more indicator. I saw the cessna, which had been landing east to west, circle the field. I wondered why he did it. I wasn't over the runway and I was a thousand ft. above him. Now I know. Just one more tool in the box!

Our official dropzone area is narrow and long and if the wind is out of the north or south we wll be landing crosswind. No problem. The wind today was out of the southwest so we were landing to the west. While three of us were in the plane the wind shifted to due west. On my track, I ended up due east of the dz, about 1500 ft out. Of course, the single wind blade was invisible to me and the wind sock was over a half a mile away. I must have been in La La land. The other two jumpers, who were below me saw the situation and headed downwind. I held upwind until I knew my elevation was right and headed in. I was at about 150' when the other two landed and I realized how much ground I am covering. Oh, shit. After a good flair and plane out I was still traveling at about 15 mph. I wound up with one slightly swollen right ankle and a dirty rig. What did I do wrong? I did not consciously do a wind check under canopy after opening. There is a power plant 3 miles to the north and I could have simply looked at the steam from the smoke stacks. This is Florida and huge Cumulus clouds can change the wind direction in a minute. This is probably what happened. I did not follow the other jumpers in. What I did right was after I realized the situation I did not try to turn into the wind.

I'd say, probably no more than in the state of Florida. You guys are an island and we are a penninsula, and the sea breeze is going to dissapate it quickly.

What's funny is that their savior, Al Franken, couldn't even hold his own with the help of govt. funding.

I saw an interview of him with Kate Snow on ABC yesterday. I think the man must have gotten botox in his face. He's always looked like one of those wooden dummies, but his face didn't move at all. Pretty creepy!

You have missed out on one of life's greatest joys. Even today, with all of the fancy gear, I am transported to my childhood every time I climb aboard.

Mine was a used three speed English Racer that my dad bought for my 6th BD. It was very cool! I had to ride it through the frame for a little while, until I grew into it.

Death is an angel.

Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dangerous idiot with diminished mental capacity" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just think how much more intelligent Party Boy would have been if he had not been frying brain cells on Cocaine during his college years and his subsequent "service" in the National Guard. I remember when the Golden Flow program started... I also remember the repercussions of being caught with illicit substances in the urinalysis...Party Boy did not bother to show up for the last year of his "service" since he did not take that flight physical.. that would also have forced him to provide a sample of his cocaine laced urine...and with his family connections.. never had any repercussions for his actions.. You say he has some bad administration skills.. for such a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard he sure has made some "interesting" business blunders... in his rather unstellar carreer. So it's all because of the cocaine. Why not a little condemnation of one of the major drugs that causes brain cell death? I believe that it flows pretty freely around Washington. Take a listen to Ted,I can't swim, Kennedy. He is a blathering idiot, by your standard.

Unless, of course, it's a vow to Allah and your Muslim brethern to persue Jihad, regardless of the cost.

Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't these people have anything better to do? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reducing the effects of human development on the environment should be the primary focus of every country. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, you can't fool Mother Nature. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The industrial expense, effort and pollution put into creating and sustaining a supply of pills that will keep a bunch of cattle from farting and burping will far outweigh the amount of pollution put out by the cattle. It's all a big joke to keep people busy and employed who really don't want to find a real job.

I believe that's what the thread was about, not his divinity or his message.

Many people regard him with suspicion simply because of the claims he made.

So all of traffic problems on those California freeways just solve themselves, and all of those wildfires just put themselves out?

Is that as I choose for myself, or as others choose for me?

I, for one, as a single, white man over 50, totally agree.

He was a nappy haired, big nosed, dark skinned Jew, and he could kick your ass if he took a mind to.

To say that our country is broken is to imply that at some point in the past things were nearly perfect. Why the hell didn't we just leave things alone?

Where does that kind of hate come from?

Don't these people have anything better to do? Remember, you can't fool Mother Nature.

Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- but honestly i hate michael moore. i think he should die. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We don't claim to be the party of warm, fuzzy, love and compassion, while we are spewing hate and vitriol out of the other side of our mouths.

You need to walk gently along the edge for a while. There's a hell of an undertow out there, and you really can't see it. Just click on forums at the top of the page and it will describe all of the forums.

Why does the fact that some large groups' way of life is completely incompatible with ours make people uncomfortable?? Why avoid calling it as you see it at all costs? I can see it now... we'll be negotiated to death by someone who just can't see the forest... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chamberlain didn't see it the same way Churchill did.

Deafening silence... I just thought this needed a bump. Maybe some who disagree every time this is brought up? Where are you? I'm betting the reply, if any, is something like, "That PROPAGANDA from that RAG is not worth responding to..." Just my bet though, it might change a mind....... nahhhhhh! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If this man is speaking the truth, and I have no doubt that he is, it pretty well shuts down the lefts' argument of them hating us because we are the bad guys.

But hey, if it wins you the Nobel Peace Prize you must have done something right.