iluvtofly

Where's your friend ID? (Just discovered that both people have to have each other's ID's in order to race. Ex. You would have to register my friend ID AND I would have to register your friend ID before you and I could race each other. ) Mine is 1246-9601-6475. I registered the 2 people in this thread who posted their friend id's. So if you folks wanna race sometime feel free to register mine.

You've gotta give that kid so much credit. I can't skateboard at all and I've got 2 eyes that work. And the fact that he can't even see at least some light or shadows makes it even more amazing. This kid it truly and inspiration to not let anything stop you from doing what you wanna do.

So I went out this morning and picked up my copy of Wii Fit that I had reserved. I just got done spending a little over an hour playing it and DAMN...I'm really impressed. It does actually give you a pretty decent work out. It's not going to be the only thing I use to lose the 30 to 40 pounds that I want to right now. But I think that if I use both it and the gym it will help alot. It'll also be great to have because my gym isn't always open when I'm available to work out. This is my plan. Try to do at least 1 a day (gym or Wii Fit) if not both. Once I lose the weight that I want to, drop the gym membership and just use the Wii fit on a daily basis to keep at the weight I am at. I know this is going to be a long battle for me because I'm not counting on dieting to help me at all (food has always been one of my greatest downfalls and I have pretty much no self control when it comes to that). Did anyone else pick up a Wii Fit today? If so what do you think? The only thing I didn't like about it was that after it got my weight and figured out my BMI it made my Mii character fat. (I know that's how I really look but denial is great )

Well I am going to skyfest.

What if you have no spouse or significant other?

yes...please inform us boogie virgins how to act.

Exactly....how is a woman liking guy-on-guy any different than a guy liking girl-on-girl?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/features/article725364.ece

A little bit but not much...but it's hard to slow down that much when you're as big as i am.

Never said this was the BEST option. But it is A option. What I didn't originally post was that my original answer was to indeed follow the cable down to the reserve handle. But my rigger then gave me the scenario that for one reason or another I was unable to find the handle (say the ball on the end of cable came off and the handle itself disapeared). What would I do then. I came up with the RSL answer. He was just happy that I even thought of that cause it means that I have at least some understanding of how my gear works. This thread is not about the best solution to the question itself. But whether or not pulling on the RSL would release the reserve or not.

HOORAY...someone else who thinks like my rigger and I. Yes, going down the cable house to your reserve cable would work. But after I said that he gave me the scenario that I still was unable to find my reserve handle and had to do something else. That was my answer. Pull the rsl. He got a gigantic grin on his face and said I was one of the few people to even think of doing that.

Yes that is one option. But my question is would that or would that not work with pulling on the rsl.

Here is a great question my rigger asked me one day that really got me thinking.... Say for some reason your pilot chute is unreachable (i.e. the hackey is shoved so far into the pouch you can't get it out). At the same time your reserve handle became dislodged and with all the wind you are unable to find it. What do you do? Since asking this question in another thread I've gotten in an argument with someone about RSL's. The answer I gave to my rigger, the answer that he said was right and what he was looking for was to pull on your RSL (making sure you pull up on the velcro because pulling down would be damn near impossible) until the pin in your reserve popped. I have since gotten in an argument that that is not how rsl's work. The person is saying that if the riser itself is not pulling on the rsl then it won't work. But my theory is how is disconnecting the rsl and pulling on it with your hand any different then a riser pulling on it? Or is my rigger with 30+ years experience wrong?

1. Going to skyfest and finishing out the process of maxing out my credit card. 2. Going to skyfest and finally getting to meet a whole lot of people from dz.com. 3. Going to skyfest and actually having people to jump with.

You have absotlutly no idea how excited i'm getting for skyfest. I may actually have people to jump with. It's very rare I actually get to jump with someone at my dz. Everyone is either doing work jumps or those who don't do work jumps won't jump with me because they can't keep up. (BTW...I think I'm a shoe in to because an anvil sister ). The only thing I'm worried about is not having a jumpsuit to wear. I may have one that's horribly oversized but I guess it'll have to do.

or you could just post it on here.

DAMN IT!!! WHY THE F@#$ DID YOU TELL ME THAT??? I've been doing my damndest not to buy those despite just how badly I want them. After hearing this I might not be able to say no anymore. I don't like you anymore.

I have a solo which is similar except it doesn't have all the fancy stuff that a ProTrack has. But, if I understand it correctly unless you have swoop alarms on your audible you will not hear it while under canopy. It's pretty much just a warning to say "Hey dipshit, open now or you're screwed."

Are their any peices of your equipment that you don't know what they are or how they work? If so ask someone. What if you're in an emergency situation and something isn't working right? You need to know how everything works if you're going to be forced to improvise in the middle of the air. Here is a great question my rigger asked me one day that really got me thinking.... Say for some reason your pilot chute is unreachable (i.e. the hackey is shoved so far into the pouch you can't get it out). At the same time your reserve handle became dislodged and with all the wind you are unable to find it. What do you do?

I thought the party didn't start till I got there?

Hooray for you Roo!!!!

Boys boys boys...no fighting of my boobies. There's plenty to go around.

This is one of the first pictures I have of my new kitties. Aren't they cute. Please vote for them at http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/View.aspx?ciid=1149405

Actually I just got out of the shower...how could I be on the comp and in the shower at the same time?

What do you do when you get in the shower and just as you get all rinsed off ready for the soap you realized "I have to pee like there's no tomorrow!!!!" The main issue with running to the toilet is that you're going to get everything absolutely soaked. I'm just curious.