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Clark has implied that gun ownership is primarily a local issue. He also believes that assault weapons should be banned for the general public, stating, "people who like assault weapons they should join the United States Army, we have them." (CNN's Crossfire, 06/25/03) ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

We gave a buy at our dz grief about his canopy selection until he decided he was going to do an intentional downwinder to prove to all of us that he could land it regardless of the conditions and shut us up once and for all. This does not immediately sound like a bad plan, but the wind was HONKING. We all told him that he might be better off showing us that we were idiots on a little less windy day. He kind of halfway agreed, and I thought the issue was postponed until another day. Then, at about 1500 feet, I notice him below me setting up his downwinder at the edge of the landing area. Now he had my full attention. When he turned off his base leg well away from the landing area, I saw that the wind had picked up even more. He looked like Mario Andretti with Attilla the Hun after him. He comes hauling in between the hanger and the campfire area, passes the peas, and starts his flare about two-thirds of the way across the landing area. To his credit, he did everything as close to perfect as could be done. Scrubbed off a ton of horizontal speed a couple of feet above the ground, left himself a little lift to do some foot dragging, and appeared to get enough speed scrubbed off to run it out. If he was Jesse Owens. I'm at about 800 feet now, circling the carnage, when I see this roostertail of cut grass behind him turn into step....step....step.... SPLAT. The magnitude of the faceplant has not been seen since the Big Bellyflop Contest of 1962. I shit you not there was a big dustcloud when he hit on his chest, and there was grass flying from his outstretched hands all the way over the top of his canopy as what turned out to be the last 20 mph or so of his ground speed got absorbed by his chest. I felt a little sick until I saw him pop up and brush himself off. When we got back to the hangar, I felt so guilty for causing it that I really didn't say anything. But true to form, he came over and gave me a big "I told you so" (because he was not dead) and pointed out that while he was tempted to turn a few degrees off the wind line, he had decided that doing the absolute max downwinder was not really going to wind up being all that much worse. The moral to this story is, if you are going to practice your crosswinders and downwinders, make sure to announce them so that everyone will watch. I have a perfect still picture in my head of the moment he went over forward, sending a cloud of dust and grass behind him, and it is one of my most treasured skydiving memories. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

Compared to the way you look with your old rig, a new rig is bound to be an improvement. I have seen lots of girls essentially vandalize themselves at the boobie factory. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

Southern vibes ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

I'll send up a couple from Tennessee. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

Why manual at infinity? Typically your subject will be closer than that. Set it at the hyperfocal distance of whatever focal length / aperture you want to use. Stop down for max depth of field. Even stopped down, the hyperfocal distance will always be closer than infinity. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

Rebel 300D is probably a better choice. More flexible. Not sure what has happened to the price of the G5 since the 300D came out, but at release, I think the prices were similar. Unless a G5 has dropped a bundh I would get the DSLR. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

I have one. It is fine. For tandems, you could save lots of money by getting a cheaper body, since you won't be able to use most of its features anyway. Just get a cheap SLR with aperture priority, stop it down, set the lens to the hyperfocal distance and tape it there, and choose film speed based on light level. Ta da. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

I have jumped a 195 and a 205 (I think - maybe 206). Judy - what was the red plane from Arkansas? Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

NOICE! ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

I have been. My return flight on Northwest was canceled, and they booked me on United. Northwest paid for the one-way ticket via ACH, so I got an SSS code on my boarding card. It was a huge pain in the ass. I felt that my privacy was invaded when they went through all my stuff. Had not the roll of film in one of my cameras already been rewound, they would have exposed it (good that Canons keep the exposed film in the cartridge). They even went through the contents of my wallet. I was unamused. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>her name is heather and she is GirlFallDown's old roommate...who ironically dated a good friend of mine from school for awhile...small world we live in

Q. What should you do if you see your ex-husband rolling around in pain on the ground? A. Shoot him again. Q. How can you tell when a man is well-hung? A. When you can just barely slip your finger in between his neck and the noose. Q. Why do little boys whine? A. Because they're practicing to be men. Q. How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb? A. One - he just holds it up there and waits for the world to revolve around him. Or, Three - one to screw in the bulb, and two to listen to him brag about the screwing part. Q. What do you call a handcuffed man? A. Trustworthy. Q. What does it mean when a man is in your bed gasping for breath and calling your name? A. You didn't hold the pillow down long enough. Q. Why does it take 100,000,000 sperm to fertilize one egg? A. Because not one!!! will stop and ask directions. Q. Why do female black widow spiders kill their males after mating? A. To stop the snoring before it starts. Q: Why do men whistle when they're sitting on the toilet? A: Because it helps them remember which end they need to wipe. Q: What is the difference between men and women... A: A woman wants one man to satisfy her every need. A man wants every woman to satisfy his one need. Q: How does a man keep his youth? A: By giving her money, furs and diamonds. Q: How do you keep your husband from reading your e-mail? A: Rename the mail folder to "instruction manuals" ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>Brent! Your from Tennessee???

>>Beauduke is going to meet me at the Mullins Halloween Boogie.. even if he doesnt know it yet.

I like my Hornet a lot. PM me if you have specific questions. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>Hell if you are going to go to school use the time to learn not bullshit here.

I've been doing that at work today, too. Between going outside to smoke and post-whoring, it's a wonder I get my job done. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

Thanks, man. I used to live in Nashville, and reading about your Nashville adventures was fun for me. Thanks for sharing. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>to name a few: phree, stacy, skymama, vanillaskygirl, sunnyd, sunshine, juan, pablito, tb99, wrongway, freeflier, diver, rem, gator, viking, goddess, cody, bb, mel, allisonjr, sneaky, bbkid, base813, faber, yoshi, freeflier, zeemax, djl, deuce, muenkel, skyrose, shotgun, zennie, canuck, aggies, lizzieb, katie, ivan, rebecca, cassie, skydivenflorida

Wow. Pooh-Bah in 5 months. That has to be some kind of record. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>But it's pretty silly to take this isolated incident and make it the justification for gun control.

Mine was this nugget of genius on October 19, 2001: >>cyanide pill - 11 letters

>>Do you think it makes sense to drive by the people throwing tomatoes four times, to intentionally see if they will do it again? Does that make it justified as self defense when they do?

>>Remember, an armed society is a polite society. Think that guy would have fired into the corn if he knew the tomato throwers had AK-47's?