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Everything posted by dfairleigh11
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Would this happen to be for a Sturgis boogie? I LOVE STUGIS! It rocks. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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The only white merlot I had was CRAP... ...but I'll drink a good white or red any day of the week. Antinori Chianti comes to mind
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Crown and Coke with a splash of lime juice. And by that I mean very little Coke. Tequila shots are good too. Only weenies use limes and salt "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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I just watched Shoot 'Em Up too... ...wow, what a shake-your-head bad movie, even if it did have it's entertaining moments. The gunfight in freefall was absolutely awful. I would have sped through it if I could have found the remote. I watched the TV movie Cutaway for the first time a couple months ago, and while there was some well done stuff, it was entertaining to see Stephen Baldwin's character doing head down at something like 17 jumps, and doing 8-way speed stars and CRW accuracy landings shortly thereafter
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YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH HAWKS!!!!!!! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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I second (or third or fourth or whatever) that. True, I haven't traveled much yet - fixing that this year - but having to get your ass crammed into a 182 frequently enough sure makes you appreciate a nice ride in a Caravan or Twin Otter. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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Yeah, I really like the new layout. Good stuff, Mike! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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I just love how she said she was "shocked" to find out she was pregnant... ...hmm, lemme think about that for a sec... ...you're a naive 16 year old screwing a naive 19 year old, what the hell do you think was gonna happen? That whole family is a bunch of trailer trash skanks. I'm not for abortion but this is one case she should consider it or at least put the kid up for adoption... ...give it a fighting chance, unlike Britney's kids. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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Absolutely LOVE my L&B Altitrack. Lots of people think it's just a normal analog alti - it's SO far from that. I prefer the analog style, but I wanted more info about my jumps without having to have a 2nd alti to record that info - this fills all my needs. In a previous review, I read that you can't do a neg. offset - first day out of the box I checked that and had no issues setting it. Tells you more about your jump then you'd ever need to know - max/min/avg speed, freefall time, exit & deployment altitude, and then after your jump you can replay the entire thing to see all the little details about your jump, like how much alt. you lose doing a full toggle 360 or a front riser dive. If you want an alti that reads like an analog and has a full computer, get an Altitrack!
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QuoteI went with a Altitrack for my wrist and a Optima for my audible. Both products have been fantastic. *** Same here, got an Altitrack and Optima. I love all the data that the Altitrack gives you post jump - min/max speed, deployment altitude, freefall time, exit altitude, ntm that you can replay the entire jump. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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Best Christmas Present EVER!
dfairleigh11 replied to dfairleigh11's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
"because of my experience level and the fact that I hadn't even experienced a cut away yet." I chopped a lineover on jump 23 on the Infinity single handle student rigs we had, and even though that's a low speed mal, I had rehearsed emergency procedures so many times on the ground that I had no trouble finding or pulling the handle - I just knew where it was when I needed to. I do realize I'm short on experience overall - but it was that chop that I figured that it didn't matter whether it was soft handles or D rings, just that I knew my procedures front to back and was prepared for the situation. Plus, smileys rock! And for comments... That depends on what I'm allowed to do with the hot girl "Beautiful rig and suit congratulations new gear is such a great feeling!" Thanks everybody, makes having new gear all the better! "We'll start the ass kissing with you" -
Best Christmas Present EVER!
dfairleigh11 replied to dfairleigh11's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Sorry, I just can't help myself, I'm SO damn stoked to finally have it here!!!! So here's my one time a year I am blatantly bragging. Less than two weeks until Christmas... ...best present EVER! Mirage G4 M5 (With SMILEYS) Spectre 210 (Matching colors) PR193 (NOT matching colors -
A week and a couple days... ...we had unbelievable weather up here (cold as hell, but sunny and clear, light winds), but I HAD A FUCKING COLD!!!! So I got to sit and watch all day. At least being at the DZ watching students land is entertaining... ...especially the one that took a swim in the lake, and watching THREE people land out in the span of about 2 hours! Brand new rig is here Thursday... ...glad it wasn't here earlier, I might have been tempted to do something stupid and jump with stuffed sinuses. Already buying beer... ...soon as there's another good day, it'll be 1) First jump on new main, 2) First jump on new container, 3) First jump with new jumpsuit, and 4) First jump with new Optima. HOORAY BEEEEEERRR! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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I've been writing a letter to be read at my memorial service... ...I got the idea after going to many of the memorials for our 10 on 430A, and after reading about the BASE death camp in Twin Falls... ...seems like a good idea to me, to try and explain why I loved jumping, and how it made my life SO much more alive, and also to include instructions on what to do with whatever's left. People who know you can describe you to a point, but it's only us that can describe ourselves exactly as we see ourselves and our world. So if I burn in someday, donate whatever is still usable to somebody else who can use it, incinerate the rest, sunset ash jump me, and then get DRUNK, tell funny stories, and get back to life jumping as best as you can. There. Off the box again... "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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There are some sweet shots in this issue. And I owe beer from this issue, my name managed to finally make it into the new A license list, first time in Parachutist
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Hey, at least the weather was okay for jumping Friday (and is looking good this weekend too)... ...best sunset I've seen in a long time, even though the clouds meant we only got 11k. Cold as hell on the hands, but nothing that a few beers at Fred's didn't fix
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Graduated AFP! with broken altimeter
dfairleigh11 replied to sovietskee's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Hmm... ...let's be creative: 1st case: First jump in two months 2nd case: First jump with a broken altimeter 3rd case: First jump from a 182 4th case: First jump with rig #13 5th case?: First time having your instructor tell you to pull?? There.. ...5 cases. Make everyone happy and get some chips or pretzels to go with the beer -
The only reason to wear ass pads is to keep your ass warm on the lift Bottom line here is to get your ass out there and keep doing it - you'll get better eventually. If you don't... ...pick another sport. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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Speed is your friend. The board is much less controllable when you've got no speed. And Tequila. And Advil. Go big or go home! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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1. Family. 1a. My A license, courtesty of some good instruction from Jordan and Neil and a little luck. 2. When I get them soon, my brand spankin new rig and jumpsuit - and the rest of my gear I've already got. 3. That cancer didn't kill me, and I didn't kill myself falling out doors and off steps at high altitudes. 4. Good friends, good food, good booze, and great memories of falling very fast watching accelerated sunsets. 5. Wonderful memories of the 10 friends that won't be with us when we celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's, or when the weather clears up enough to get some good jumping in again. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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BEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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This is like a comprehensive list of the stuff we used to do when we'd skip school Except go on the underground tour, lived here for 20 years and never done it. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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Wild Turkey or the Mark for me... ...but I don't drink much Bourbon - gives me hangovers. Crown Royal Special Reserve for me any night. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
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I doubt there's any one thing that cures depression - there are undoubtedly happily married people that still suffer from it, obviously as well as people from all other walks of life. I personally started jumping at a low point in life - just permanently broke things off with the girl I'd been with for 7+ years (yeah, yeah, SAVE IT ), had just been diagnosed with melanoma (cancer, thankfully it hadn't spread yet and all got removed with 1 surgery, and somewhere I heard chicks dig scars) and lots of other stuff - the first few jumps didn't do anything but make me frustrated, but once I got to the "I sorta get this" stage (around 15sec delays), I realized just how much being in the air improved my outlook on life - I sometimes refer to jumping as freefall therapy - and when I wasn't jumping I wanted to be in the air, because it made me feel ALIVE - the rest of the world doesn't matter when you see the views we see in freefall and under canopy. It just makes life... ...more alive. But if it's supposed to be a "cure" for depression, it'd probably be cheaper to see a shrink and buy a girlfriend . I suppose when skydiving stops making me feel that way it'll be time to go to Twin Falls and fall off a bridge. And after that maybe an antenna in Holland, and then a cliff in Norway, and then a building in Australia. Okay, I ban myself from the soap box for now. Bubye! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"