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Guy put on a tunnel event in Raeford that I attended, at the beginning of June. It made a confirmed "tunnel rat" of me. Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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No shit, there I was, yesterday, talking to Jim Hooper, Jerry Bird, Scotty Carbone, Ski and Donna, and Ron Schott. My head started to hurt trying to add up how many years of skydiving they collectively represented. Hoop was just passing through and stopped by to see who was around. Where's a camera when you need one. Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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So this guy dies suddenly, and arrives unexpectedly at the pearly gates, only to be told he can't enter since he wasn't on the list. He has to go to hell. When he arrives, Satan tells him he can have his choice of any eternal punishment, since he's arrived due to a clerical error. The guy looks in various rooms at various tortures, and finally sees a large group of people, standing around drinking coffee, standing shoulder deep in crap. He says "I love coffee, and a good conversation, and I'm sure I can get used to the smell after a few thousand years. I'll take this one." He grabs a cup of coffee, and heads toward the nearest group of people, and just then a huge ogre steps into the room, cracks a huge whip, and roars, "Alright, coffee break's over, BACK ON YER HEADS" Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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According to Jack Horkheimer, it's Venus and Jupiter. Wish I could see it, but I live NW of Tampa (light pollution). Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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PDQ Bach, the youngest of JS Bach's 20-odd children, and the oddest, while performing a concerto for violin and hardart, broke the G string on his violin. Well known for the particularly fine quality of the wigs he chose to wear during performances, he was able to restring the instrument with a strand of hair. This gave rise to the reference "Bach's hair on a G string". Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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If by any chance you find yourself in the Clearwater area, Tio Pepe is great. Off topic: Why does the French word for food get used for every ethnic food reference? Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Try a new bit in your router - maybe a 3/8 inch ogee Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Years ago, at a dropzone (that starts with Z) far-far away, I watched a guy put on his jumpsuit and rig, and start walking toward the plane. He stopped suddenly, then started dancing around, yanking his rig and jumpsuit back off, and speaking in tongues! Turned out he had laid his jumpsuit on a fire ant hill and the little buggers climbed in and waited for him. Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Anyone remember a semi-obscure film Starring Elliot Gould called Little Murders? He was a photographer who won awards for taking photos of dog crap. Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Was this in Tampa? Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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If it was in fact his first offence, does he owe beer? Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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"Very important safety briefing...DON'T F%*KING DIE!" Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Tub Hockey - ping pong ball in the bathtub. Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Hoop, that's gotta be the best description of a radial startup I've ever read! Don't forget Dick Giarusso's voice over the P.A. reminding us to pick up our trash and keep the DZ clean (a la Woodstock) and Scotty warning everyone not to trust the brown acid. (I think he wanted it all for himself). Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Christmas Boogie @ Z-Hills - Who's Going?
HimHim replied to tkhayes's topic in Events & Places to Jump
You are off by three days, or three years. Dec. 24 will be a Friday in 2010, and this Friday will be Dec. 21. Welcome to FL and "The Hills" either way. Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at." -
As long as it is not poorly freed when freely poured. (Now that's pure silliness) Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Somebody send this to Mythbusters Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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I had a VHS transferred to DVD (disk thingy) by a guy whose video production studio is on my street. He charges $25, plus $10 per additional copy. Look in your yellow pages under video. Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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This week - very busy with big-ways (160+) involving multi-plane (8 otters) formations. Next week will lead up to Easter Boogie, which is the traditional "end" of the busy winter season. Activity will wind down after that, to a point in a few week where only one plane will be needed most of the time. (I am 31 years into a "visit" to Z-Hills, and don't expect to be leaving any time soon.) Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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I've had this for years. Heard a back specialist on Nat. Pub. Radio who said "Pain does not equal damage. Even though it hurts, walking is just about the best thing you can do for it." I'm now a believer. Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Haggis (goes down better with lots of scotch) Also kangaroo Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Mr. Jones, I regret that I am unable (for reasons of personal financial difficulties) to accede to your kind request. However, I believe fortune has bestowed on us a most fortuitous alternative. My grandmother, whose failing health is the reason for my selling the car, also has a vehicle which she wishes to sell, and can no longer use. It is in unusually good condition, having been used only to go back and forth to the market, and to church. Although its value is more than $5400.00, the convenience to me of disposing of both vehicles, and to you, of not having to wait for the $5400.00 (which I would not be able to produce otherwise) would more than make up for the difference in value. You would, of course, be free to sell the car, probably for quite a bit more than the handling charges and other expences. I am eagerly awaiting your reply. Sincerely, blah, blah, yadda, yadda. Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Hey, no worries...the rest of us on that jump should have gone naked too! I thought it was great. My first was at a Cessna DZ. We taxied out to the end of the runway before removing our jumpsuits (nothing underneath). After takeoff we decided to throw the 4 jumpsuits out over the peas, from about 1000 ft. The people on the ground thought someone had fallen out and frapped, and we landed amidst ambulences and fire engines. ( Yes...naked! ) Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Were you around for the "after the boogie" high-jinks at Z-hills ('79 I think) when a freak windstorm overnight backed one of the DC3 s up the hill and left it in the space between the mainfest and the pea gravel pit? Years later I "flashed-back" when I saw the movie Close Encounters. In the early part of the movie, a flight of "lost" WWII planes re-appear in the desert in Mexico. The look on the faces of the investigators, one of whom vaguely resembles Jim Hooper, was just perfect! Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."
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Lou (and Ruth) Howell are living on Key Largo. Lou is finishing up a career as a pilot for Eagle Air - formerly American Eagle. I think he has about a year and a half left before mandatory retirement. They are avid SCUBA divers and "fisher-persons", and have a great little house on a canal, with a boat tied up in back, about a 15 minute run to Molasses Reef. Lou is working his way up the ladder as a boat captain with a dive operation, probably as his "retirement carreer." Sundance: (chuckling) "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what yer good at."