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I will search a little more and see what I can find. I appreciate all the help and insight! :) We have til June to make a decision.

My sister is Kyle's Godmother and she has been saving $ towards his college education since he was born, not sure how much we have to work with, but she really was hoping/pushing for him to go to college there and stay with her. John the one college around here that I would love for him to attend would be Lewis U. But that is way out of our league. I figured going to the trade school would also help him to decide if he really wants this field and if he can handle it grades wise. Not saying he isin't smart but he isin't an A student. I think for what we would spend and what he would learn at AIM by the end of the 22 months he will be in a better place to see if going any further is what he wants.

I don't post here, please don't yell at me. I am chimming in because this subject came up and I need some real help. My son is starting college in fall. He is interested in Aeronautical engineering down the road. He went out last summer for a week and toured CU in boulder and was really excited. He came home and we started looking into how to send him there. We looked into tuition rates and fees and room and board. This site: http://www.colorado.edu/pba/budget/tuitionfees/tuitfee.HTML#fees Sorry I don't know how to make a clicky. I feel awful, I can't afford all this. And the worse part is he would be paying non-resident fees. I called and talked to an administrator and she said to establish residency he would have to: -live in his own place -have proof of his name on a lease -proof of monthly bills being paid by him. -min. of 12 mos The part that really made me upset was that he had to have his own bank account and have income from a job that equals the amount he needs to meet his monthly bills AND we could in no way transfer money to him to help him with the bills. So we tried to figure out if we could create a "trust fund" for him and deposit the money in there. If he has to get a full-time job to pay the expenses of his own place then he will not have time for classes or studying. Or he could skip school the 1st year and just do the job and establish residency and start the following year. My sister lives out there and maybe he can live with her but he can't establish residency, his name is not on the morgage. There is a Jr. college out there with an aviation field, but we are back to non-resident fees. Looking at the room and boarding fees added to tutition is unbelieveably high. We are leaning towards him going to AIM (Aviation Institute of maintance) doing the A&P/AMTE program there. He will get hid FAA cert. and also recieve his 2 year assco. degree. Then he can get a job in the field of aviation and have 2 years done if he decides to still pursue the engineering part. We filled out his FASA and he qualifies for nothing. I unfortunatly (well, lol I love him and I am happy but...) I married Mark and our combined income kills any chance of Kyle qualifying for anything real helpful. If I had stayed single it would have been finacially better for him to get grants. And yes, I AM now married and my finacial situation is better, but Mark is already still paying for his daughters (helping them) college loans, so I need to be the sole provider for my son. John you know Kyle, he is a hard worker. The kid has been cleaning garbage cans and toilets at the dz for 3 years now and I know he will continue working and helping to pay the expenses, but he can't do it alone. At AIM once he starts there they set him up employment right away. So he will have a job as soon as he starts school. The classes run mon-thurs and he will work fri-sat. It is not a "college" degree but it gives him a start without going into debt. He will come out in 22 mos with an FAA cert. for A&P/AMTE. He at least will have something to get a decent job and move on from there. Maybe you think I am a horrible person for not just sending him to CU and brunting the expense but I think the trade school is a good option for him. He has been helping the A&P for 2 summers now work on the planes and while his big interest is in design. The skills he will learn at AIM will be needed when he continues his education into engineering. Now my biggest problem is that the A&P is trading his help there for AFP classes ever since he did his 1st skydive last weekend Not really sure how I feel about that yet! lol eek, I guess I should have expected it when he has literally grown up at a dz. Sorry for the length and ramblings but if anyone can offer me any other information I haven't thought of that would be a great help! Holly

Farmer always took the time to help someone "get to know your gear". Spent many days with me as a friend and a great rigger. Blue skies sweetie, you will be missed.

Your too sweet John, Thank you! And thank you for being such a patient skydiving mentor for me it is greatly appreciated!

better shave my legs then

Happy Happy Birthday Sunshine!!! p.s. I like Skittles idea!, just don't forget to invite me!

and they continually prove that every day

who said i am complaining about my life? i'm complaining about paying for lowlifes getting a free ride through life at my expense. Just so we have an idea of the scope of this problem outside of the southwestern suburbs of Chicago where you apparently support a bunch of local worthless asshats, just how many of them are there nationwide, and how much of the 2008 federal budget goes to support lazy worthless lowlifes? (Compared to, say, supporting a worthless war started under false pretenses). ' who cares how much of the federal budget goes to the worthless, the question should be " does any money from the federal budget go to these worhtless lowlifes?" John what does the amount of money wasted have anything to do with it? is there a magical percentage or number of dollars you need to go over before it becomes a stupid waste of money?

i have alaways said that both sides voted for it and i have always thaught and still do think that the iraq war will show to be a good thing and i would rather have the fighting there than hear

Love your colors! Mine is 1 yr old, my 1st rig.....oops, I said that out loud. I know kinda girly....but I love it and yes, Mirage people are awesome! (me on the right)

"I spent the entire Memorial day weekend there with my daughter and thought she would be bored out of her mind. She had a great time and so did i." In fact, I believe your daughter spend the day sat. there with my daughter. Thank you! It was the 1st time she had a playmate! And the 1st time she wasn't bored either! disclaimer: if your daughter picked up any bad habits from my daughter that day..........blame her father!

owned by Andri weise - win win aviation - used to be at chicagoland last year was in georgia and at nationals - bought from a company in Fiji - was bought withpt-20 engines and was converted to 27's

i love you guys!

I'm jealous Val!! I have bad sinus's to I wanna cuddle with you 2

I am closely watching this post to to see what experienced jumpers say. When I ordered my rig I liked the pillow reserve handle also, but my instructor suggested the D ring because of my experience level and the fact that I hadn't even experienced a cut away yet. I'm glad I followed his advice, on jump # 70ish I had a high speed mal that went even worse by ending up on my back. I seriously don't even remember pulling handles. It was like slow motion, but they came out in perfect sequence and timely. Beautiful rig and suit congratulations new gear is such a great feeling!

I went through stages of "scared" since I started jumping. During AFF I wasn't really "scared" I was more nervous about getting my dive flow right and remembering everyhting I was soppose to do. During my AFF I started reading and watching any learning videos I could get a hold of and THEN I got scared! Realizing what can and probably will eventually go wrong during a skydive. Then I got scared almost every jump. My instructor told me something that has been the turning point for my for jumping. "Replace fear with knowlege". If you know with confidence what you need to do when stuff goes wrong, then you aren't as scared of it happening. I am nervous when I jump still, but I also have in my mind a plan. I have run through my mind every senerio I can think of and played it out in my head and what I need to do to fix it. Over and over again. That's not to say I will handle a mal. perfectly and never make a mistake, but at least I have thought enough about what works and what E.P. I should be trying when it happens. Now I spend my time to altitude reviewing in my mind my dive, do visual gear checks (3 point), practice touches of all handles in order several times, and a final pin check from trusted partner. The best I can do, then jump and enjoy! The more jumps you do close together the more confidence you feel and the easier it is to get over "door fear". Happy jumping!

racer's have a bad pilot chute hesitation if you don't use the velcro by the pin i had several bad hesitations until i was told what it was for - most of the other containers have velcro on the container that the bridle runs over and sticks to but most racer containers you have to pinch the bridle together very important with this design on the racer - ask your rigger about it

Got my A lic last year and wanted to visit different DZ's around the area! My fiance, a longtime skydiver, and friend of Bo's has been wanting to take me there all season! Finally got a break from home and spent a wonderful day jumping with everyone at Atmosphair! A beautiful sunset load 5-way and the smile is still plastered on my face today! Wondeful people, great instructors a truly awsome place to spend the day! Thank you to all at Atmosphair for making my day there so special!