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We were just talking about that today Are you a turtle ? "You bet your sweet ass I am Was the proper reply or a drink of the asker's choice was bought. How about 5th degree turtle with a pitcher of beer dumped down their funnel. Did you ever do a pyramid to the 5th layer in the" Bucket Bar" in Clinton MI north of now Skydive Tecumseh Mi and tear down all the ceiling tile when it callopsed. Only to find it back in place for the next nights fun with Mike Johnston doing his human flame thrower trick then tearing the ceiling tile again. Did anyone ever jump in Canada and play "Dead Ants" and be the last one to hit ground sitting back wards on a bar stool to then buy a round cuz your last to lie on your back like a Dead-Ant Waking up the next morning to wonder why you hurt all over. Did you ever streak the fire at Richmond with "Naked Wendy" leading 7 guys naked on her crutches. Did you ever see some one at Richmond sleeping outside on an air mattress with a cell phone by their head . then further down a guy doing it proper with 6 or 7 empty beer cans, with a silly grin and a ball buster hangover coming on.Did you ever see Sherry doing Cart-Wheels down a hallway at the Holiday Inn at Lima -Leap fest in a bikini to Murfs room . The mere fact her bra fell of on the second flip,no way in hell I would tell her . I loved her internally then and still would today if I only knew where.I am amazed I am still alive today after some of the traditions started back then.It's nice to see some people remember the stuff we did then but only heard about the next day. Hackey sack was bare foot with a silver dollar until we found The sheperds at Jesus time played it with a goats scrotum. Streaking was running towards traffic on a Sunday mornig with only "Frenchie jump boots" for one mile on an Inter-State Highway to count. I'll think more over night but sleep with a grin. DId you ever pass beer to a buddy in the next lane doing 85 and only one person in each car on an Interstate .

Didnt get the ears as weird until I realized it was the back of his head and the hoodie on back wards. They cut eye holes in them around here to make it easier to rob a convenience [party store in Michigan]. Flip up rob flip down and walk away.

As far as the car goes it sounds like you plan to sell it after you get it there. Do you plan on new or used? Will it be one they could get parts for? Or yourself in the middle of the trip spending a week waiting for a water pump or odd sized tires to come by bus etc.etc. It,s a thought to consider .If you buy a new cheap one under warranty ,does it transfer down there. What is a popular model there for a quicker sale. GM tried to sell Chevy Novas there without changing the name plate. Even after they were told Nova was slang for ASS-HOLE down there . Belligerence persisted and the lots were full of them.Hope this helped

My son has a 2000 Saturn and had a similar problem. After C-Clamping the rotors back to the retract position and reinstalling new oads and rotors. He had the same problem ,Then after many part stores one guy finally said "Did you deactivate the ABS?" He said "Take the negative terminal off off pump the brake to hard pedal. Then reattach the terminal". He said the ABS cant comprehend fluid going backwards during the full retraction.Its been working great ever since. Also above my comments a shop manual can be bought at AutoZone etc.etc for a specific procedure for your car.I was amazed that of the 10 parts sales people only one knew that fact. Maybe they only worked at K-Marts before . Hope this helps.

What ever you do dont ask Kevin[Kevlar] Mitchell formerly of the Marine City Michigan Para-Hawks to make you some. Anyone could take a package put it in the microwace hit the buttons, Perfect pop corn .Kevlar could do the exact same thing and produce "Cajun Popcorn" ,the smoking bag had to be taken outside.Immediately after anyone could push the same buttons perfect pop corn again. He had to go hide in shame at San Marcos Texas for years until they threw him out of there for stinking up the place.

Thanks for the great job on getting everything. Does anyone remember the song Luke sang when he found out that his mother died? I was the only one in the show laughing, others there didnt listen well and thought it might be spiritual. The only song with 2000 verses and new ones still being made up.It was"Plastic Jesus"."I dont care if it rains or freezes as long as I have my Plastic Jesus riding on the dashboard of my car." I can go fast and its not scary as long I got my "Virgin Mary". I always loved the Captain's Daughter washing the old Plymouth too. Thanks again for the help.

Does anyone know how to make a picture of Struther Martin in the movie Cool Hand Luke. Its the one where he is saying to the prisoners "What we have here is a failure to communicate" . Seems to me he was rocking on hie heels as he did it . "Luke" was held up by the guards just before he went in the box. I want to be able to transfer it to a confuser to print on an iron- on T-shirt transfer.Also if a direct quote from the script would be great.I can hunt and peck or play sloitare on this thing but my kids do great, so any help is appreciated.

We have Canadians across the Detroit River that come to jump with us. In proper Canadian it would have been $162.79 Canadian and a couple of two-fours and party EH. Do you understand "Do a Uey Eh" That means make a U-Turn and go back to the Government beer store and get more two-fours. If you ever wonder why Canadians always do it doggie style. It's so both can watch the hockey game eh.

Even with all the seats in and a person in the right seat as forward as possible it can be done easily. When you are close to your exit point have the pilot slow down as much as possible. Push the door open facing slightly aft put your left foot out on the wheel strut to help hold the door. then spread the door wide enough to pass your shoulders through and dive down. the door shuts itself and no ones the wiser.Its like driving home drunk, it doesnt count until you get caught.The FAA will fry the pilot and you just for examples.Notams arent thar hard to get.

That was pretty common in the Para-Plane cloud days. All we did was figure out as in your case how far down the left toggle came to fly straight. Lower the right toggle half the distance and retie. Raise the left toggle the other half and retie. The old sewing was front to back without the next seam back to front. then add the next cell. This progression made the far side from the start quite a bit different.If it opens on heading fine if not you have worse problems.It was not uncommon to see 4to5 inches difference when brake loops were together and toggles stretched out for a check.

I also worked for DJan and found the highest compliment you could get from a newer jumper was "I didnt know I could do that " When you tell them it was only because home DZ guys wouldnt let you. You can only get better by trying then was the time to do it.I am also allowed to organize at Richmond, another place to have fun and no stress.

I assume you know all the wings RED obvious Black obvious RED and BLack obvious Gold is for dead serious only Also can you pull a tampon out with your teeth and toss it over your shoulder. with out getting your ear wet?

Once at Tecumseh Mi A guy pulled in with a Corvette Cconvertible and a large German Shepard. He was told then to not let his dog on our side of the fence as it was a packing area. He could take his dog across the lot to the woods on the west side. He let his dog roam and eventually took a dump in the packing area. When asked why he did that he said "A dog has to do what a dog has to do" He then went to the manifest, Upon returning he found the drivers seat decorated with his dogs blessing. He screamed "Why did you people do that?" He got the reply "A jumper has to do what a jumper has to do" He then screamed "Who did this?" For a totally un rehearsed answer from 8 guys quite a bit bigger than him all said at once "I did" After scraping the doo-doo- out he drove off spinning his wheels "I am never coming back". Gee we already knew that and another unanmous grin.

I have many jumps from both Para-commanders. I am guessing its about 1965 as the red white and blue came out in 1964 .The few piggy-backs were also 1964 The Brits were still using aircraft altimeters My first PC had a Midwest Parachute "Shorty" sleeve not the long one shown for static deployment. Ah yes I remember those landings well, thank god for "Frenchies".

Alot depends on the type of malfunction, which goes forther. A line over might leave the canopies opposite side fairly inflated and can fly away possibly in a slow spiral turn etc Usually the free-bag will have the pilot chute holding it up to drift hopefully on the wind line. A bag lock will probably go thud close to the exit point. I was the Captain of a FART[ Free-Bag Aerial Recovery Team]for a while. That means Igot to fly around in low altitude circles while a few people looked out for it.As i said in previous posts try to get a bright colored PC and bag. If you are on the ground and see a cutaway move up to a stationary object {Tree or table etc} Its rhree fingers to the right of that barn etc. Have someone do the same for the main. Then you can return to the same place to show to the searchers. The only tough one is a total or an assumed one because your not looking for a main, because you see a reserve.While you are out looking for a main I have seen people step over cutaway and reserve handles. Not always from that incident, but still valuable

Seems to me that kind of flare is the kind SCUBA divers use, so you might start looking at a Dive Shop. I dont think its a good idea especially with the dry areas around the country. If you must get a few and try them during the day only if your over your DZ and the grass is green etc, Have some dummy that you promise to buy beer for stand out there and try to catch the sparks on his tongue. That would be better than a "HolyShit what have I done" on the jump.Remember you cant put one of those out until its burnt out.

That was the jump plane used in the last Teen-aged Mutant Turtles. If you know how to axcess it . Seemed like a nice onough but slow by super otter standards. Dale Maddox from Skydive Tecumseh said he got to jump one while over there.Again OK but not fast.

i liked the betting scenes . With the Hansons the other guys were betting their hotel room would be full of hot young ladies. I dont recall the amount but when they opened the door the boys were playing slot cars. My favorite was watching "Bowling for Dollars". One bet was the bowler would say "Hi to all the guys at work then to his family" No No said another "He looks like a nice family guy, He wiil say Hi to his family then Hi ti the guys at work. The first guy won. Paul Newman and the bet on the next bar customer would a women wearing a red dress. He won as it was his ex-wife looking for alimony.All in all a great sleeper that grew on you as it wenr on

Two young nuns were finishing dinner, when one says " I want to go to the book store, would you come with me?". The other one say "Yes but we have to ask Mother Superior first as we are in downtown Chicago and its getting dark soon. Mother Superior says" Yes but you have to walk west 5 blocks then 3 blocks north then back East 4 blocks as it is the only safe way". They start walking and one" Says we could cut off 8 blocks if we go up this alley." The other one say s" Mother Superior said we can only go the way she told us". The first one says" We are Gods chosen people and he will protect us. Who do you believe in God or Mother Superior". The other says "Your right lets go up the alley".By now its dark and two guys come out from the shadows and rape them . After they leave one nun still lying on her back looks over to the other one and says"How are we going to explain to Mother Superior about us getting raped twice?" The other one says "but you were only raped once"".Arent we going to come back the same way" was her reply

"I don't care what they say about you, I think you're alright!" I always liked " I dont care what they say about you,I am not saying their wrong, I just dont care" Also "Your not as dumb as you look but real real close"

I suggest you buy used, with caution.You state an interest for free flying be sure its converted to freefly compatible.You can get a smaller canopy rig than student status for X$'s jump it alot then sell it for the same price. The same with Helmet wait until your sure of everything then get better stuff. About 100 or so jumps you will define your interests. Then get the pretty stuff. I have seen to many jumpers hurt themselves getting over their head and sacrafice a new rig trying beyond their ability. A new scuff on an old rig is hardly seen. A new scuff mark on a new rig just totaled the resale value that has already dropped since jump one like a new car. Dont let Stevie Wonder pick your colors if you plan to sell shortly.When Skydiving is the best thing thats ever happened to you then express yourself. Hope this helped

Actually as I recall they were using the double-keel Paradactyl. We sat on the bar curb in Saline,MI in the rain waiting for it to open. We found out Julie Newmar was jumping on a sports show 5 hours from then . She was Catwoman from TV Batman . She jumped one for the sports show.Then the long drive home and lived to tell.

Just to add a few to your list You still speed going to the DZ with your windshield wipers going full tilt, hoping for a hole to jump through. You get mad at your wife when she wants to talk about your 4 year olds college fund the day your Skydiving or Parachutists arrives Your father in law says at a family outing,"To shitty to jump? Eh" To which you reply "To shitty for golfing too,Eh Lets get a beer" I always liked"That new TV would cost 16 jumps.the old one isnt that bad just no sound and wiggly linesi" She is going to be mad if I make a jump ,but she cant get any madder if I make 2or3. She already cut me off three weeks ago and didnt tell me until last night. Your boss wants you to work a Sunday because one of his pets couldnt. You can reply "Boy did you pick a bad day I get my perfect attendence pin at ST. Mattress then {You already saw the weather report CAVU} He will take 3 steps and realises you put one over on him but wont admit it.SKYDIVE

Last summer I took an 80 year old women on her tandem. My oldest prior to her was 88 bringing our combined ages to 151. The 80 year old had her whole family sit through her instructions and all agreed "Go fir it" She was the only one I ever took that went to the plane with her walker. I told her family were to put it on the field and we would land next to it. After a little struggle getting her up the steps and seated off we went. The jump went great and we indeed landed next to her walker. She got her walker back and made her own way back to the video room to watch herself. After that the rest of the tandem-master came out with the usual "I could have done that but I had to change the goldfishes water" "I had to rearrange my sock drawer" I was proud but dont think for one second I didnt have a million thoughts going through my head. I got a $40 tip that didnt last long. First with a walker First big tip First time I landed an 80 year old facing West. First ime I landed an 80 year old at 3:00 pm facing west.You know the rest. but all after sundown.

There is an actual " Procrastinators Club" with the club motto "Not Now Later" The secretary hasnt gotten around to type up the minutes of the first meeting in 1957. You might get your membership card back in a year or two or three. They had a project to go to Philadelphia in1976 to complain about the crack in the "Liberty Bell" 200 years after it was made. They came out with their predictions. "That a grade B western movie star would become President of the USA". To bad Reagen was already in office 3 years by then.