iluvtofly

Happy Birthday Ian.

It was strictly a safety regulation thing for why he had to get rid of the beard.

Growing up my Dad had a beard. He eventually had to shave it because of regulations at his job. But now he has a new job and has the beard again. They don't bother me in the least. Unless it's a scratchy one and I'm trying to kiss person with said scratchy beard.

Just went through that a little over a month ago. The thing that really sucked for me was that I was only moving about a mile down the road. Packing felt absolutly pointless since it wasn't going that far at all.

Congratualtions Pat!!! [Beer] [Beer] [Beer]

What exactly happened to your hand?

Thank you. I've heard the term but for some reason I couldn't put that and the accronym together.

OK...so maybe I'm an idiot. I've heard the term skygod many times before but I've never heard of DGIT. From this thread I've gotten the idea of what it means but what does it stand for exactly?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/20/dean-kamens-robotic-prosthetic-arm-gets-detailed-on-video/ I can't wait to see what they come up with next.

Thanks you two. I needed a good laugh today.

Just got next weeks schedule. Looks like I'll be down there sometime Wednesday afternoon. Depending on how tired I am (since I'll be leaving at 7am after working the midnight shift and it's an 8 to 9 hour drive for me) I may or may not start jumping right away. Even if I don't start jumping immediately I'm sure I'll be able to find something to do. After all, there's a whole list of dz.commers that I gotta meet.

It's really funny...with my job I'm around the elderly alot. 98% are in nursing homes (which by the way I have vowed that if I live long enough that I have to be put in a nursing home I'm just going to shoot myself in the head instead )...but it's funny just how many of them tell me, "Do yourself a favor, don't get old!"

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down. 2. Page yourself over the intercom. Do NOT disguise your voice. 3. Everytime someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that. 4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "In". 5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffine addictions, switch to espresso. 6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "For sexual favors". 7. Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy". 8. Don't use any punctuation. 9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk. 10. Order a diet water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face. 11. Specify that your drive-through order is "To Go". 12. Sing along at the opera. 14. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme. 15. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day. 16. Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Bottom. 17. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I WON! I WON!". 18. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "Run for your lives! They're Loose!" 19. Tell your children over dinner, "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go." 20. And the final way to keep a healthy level of insanity...send this to someone to make them smile. It's called...therapy.

I did sign up for the Thurs canopy course but I'm a little worried about it interfering with the Thurs evening balloon jump I bought. Hopefully I'll get the work schedule for the beginning of the week that I want so I can come down early and maybe switch to the Wed canopy course so that I have no worries. Just have to wait till the morning to get my schedule and see. Keep your fingers crossed.

Just got my Parachutist today and got to read it. I loved it.

So where do I sign up to get my SCR???

I don't have the landing plan itself but this weekend I got to see Tim Pendalino who helped set up the landing patterns. He put alot of fears to rest in my head. I believe the landing areas are broken down to an area for people with 500 jumps and then an area for swoopers. I also know they are going to be strict about ABSOLUTLY NO ONE at any time flying through the swooping area. Since there are going to be people there doing 540s and crazy shit like that unless you are swooping you are at no point allowed to even cross the swooping area no matter how high you are. I was told that everything is going to be a left hand pattern. From my understanding they are going to be very strict about the landing patterns and who lands where. To me it looked extremely well organized and planned out. My biggest fear was how many people are going to be in the air at once. I come from a dz where the biggest thing we jump out of is a porter. But after talking to Tim I felt must more comfortable.

OK...I think since it was my thread that brought this topic back to life I deserve to know the story.

So Skyfest is just a week away. I'm so excited that I should be sleeping right now but I can't stop thinking about Skyfest. I've been trying to figure out just how to pack for it though. Obviously all my skydiving stuff, tent, sleeping bag, clothes...but what am I missing? What is the weather supposed to be like down there? How cold is it getting at night (I'm sleeping in a tent, this is important)? I'm one of those people who overpacks for everything but still manages to always forget to bring something. Please help.

I doubt that. Because once the kid gets injured the parents will sue the makers of the ATV for making a product that is not safe and then they'll sue the city for the land they were riding on being too bumpy and unsafe.

I would love to do a PMS dive with you.

What are the chances of getting video/pictures of jumps? I have absolutly NO pictures of videos of me except for when I did my first tandem 6 years ago. I would love to get as much video/freefall pics as possible.

I feel your pain. Went to college for 4 years, got my bachelors spent a summer working several jobs in the field and decided that i hated what I had my degree in. Now I'm working a job that I absolutely love but it pays jack shit and I'm getting my loans deffered while I take care of some other financial stuff. But hey...at least I finally found a job that I love.

Yes...you must own a Wii to be able to play Wii fit. To squeak....considering the store is a 45 minute drive away I drove.

I knew it was gonna be that way that's why I reserved it. Any video game with this much hype almost has to be reserved if you don't want to have to wait several months after it comes out to get it. Although I'm betting you could possibly find it on ebay though you may have to pay a pretty penny for it.