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world wide poll: do instructors overload their reserves
livendive replied to darnknit's topic in Instructors
My bad. I guess an overloaded reserve incident shouldn't actually be mentioned in this thread. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) -
After which she makes sounds like a dolphin, right? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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world wide poll: do instructors overload their reserves
livendive replied to darnknit's topic in Instructors
There was one that did involve overloading in Colorado in '99. A Raven I with a placarded max exit weight of 185 and an actual exit weight of 285. Terminal reserve deployment at ~9000 MSL broke a couple lines and resulted in a fatally hard landing. Please read my post again, including the section in bold. Please read my post again, including the section in bold. I specifically said that it *did* involve overloading because I knew it fell outside the bounds of what you were asking, but it also seemed related enough to post. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) -
They don't have an actual IQ requirement. They just require members to be in the top two percent of the population, as judged by any of several tests they'll consider for admission purposes, (including one of their own design). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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I was a member for one year. My personal experience with them included the realization that my being willing to pay for another year of membership should be grounds for automatically excluding me from that membership...i.e. it'd be dumb. Some people seem to enjoy their local chapter's activities, but I'm definitely not one of them. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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world wide poll: do instructors overload their reserves
livendive replied to darnknit's topic in Instructors
There was one that did involve overloading in Colorado in '99. A Raven I with a placarded max exit weight of 185 and an actual exit weight of 285. Terminal reserve deployment at ~9000 MSL broke a couple lines and resulted in a fatally hard landing. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) -
No, never!!! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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I was gonna say "who doesn't?!" but realized that might be misinterpreted! So I'll just say that it is a very, very nice ass. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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The very first 10-15 seconds. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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All while I was in a ridiculously boring meeting about administrative tools for project management. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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I hope this was some sort of rescue situation due to a problem with the mother, and that nobody intentionally removed a pup from it's mother and siblings at 5 weeks. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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How bout another???? Well, it isn't in April, so you can participate...and I'm definitely in. Got a client to entertain that night? And lookie there, luck is with us - it falls on a Friday this year... oh wait, that pretty much sucks for you Mr. Tandem instructor!!! Don't be trying to wuss out on me now! I already said I'm in...and a Friday night is better than a Tuesday! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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I dated this gal for a short while who was in vet school. She'd previously gone for her MBA and had quit just a little shy of it. She expected to graduate with about 130,000 in student loans. One night she told me she was ready to start the next phase of her life. She wanted to get married, have kids, and be a stay at home mom. I asked her why she didn't drop out of school right then if she didn't plan on putting that debt to good use, and she had no real answer. She wasn't on the pill. I quit seeing her IMMEDIATELY. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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How bout another???? Well, it isn't in April, so you can participate...and I'm definitely in. Got a client to entertain that night? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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Well, I got married soon after turning 19, but we separated at 20 and the divorce was final just after turning 21...so I don't think that one counts. In the 16 years since that divorce, I've wavered back & forth on whether I ever want to marry again. Like Jay, I don't have a problem with the concept of lifelong committment without the state's blessing. As I get older though, I notice there are some benefits to marriage that I'd probably want to give to someone to whom I was committed for life. So at 37 I guess I've reached a point where yeah, if everything was perfect, I'd marry ONE (and only one) more time. Actually, I reached this point a few years ago...lived with a gal who'd already promised she'd say yes if I asked, and I did get her dad's permission, but I never popped the question because it just didn't feel quite right. Considering how things turned out, that's a good thing. Anyhow, like someone else said, it does seem that the longer I wait the less appealing my options are, but I don't think that substantially affects me. I mean, I've already decided I'll only marry if the relationship seems perfect, and I'm pretty sure that filters out a LOT more of the potential women than age and life does. The only way I think age really affects me is on the children front. I'm not opposed to getting married again, and the door's not completely shut on having another kid. But my first marriage took place just because she was pregnant and I don't want that to happen again. So in order for this to work, I'd have to meet the right woman, get to know her well enough to believe she's the right woman, propose and go though an engagement/wedding, conceive a child, and survive the pregnancy phase. If I met the gal today, decided after only one year that she was the right one, had a three month engagement, and she got pregnant on our wedding night, the baby would be born when I'm 39. That would have me putting up with teenage BS while in my 50s, and paying for college right when I'm trying to make balloon payments to my retirement fund. If I don't get into that relationship today, it takes longer than a year to feel comfortable with a decision to marry, the engagement is longer than 3 months, or it takes some time to conceive, well the picture just gets worse. This isn't really covering whether I would marry a woman, but there are still a lot of women out there who want to have a child (or two!) with a spouse, and I guess my thoughts on the subject make me less than desirable to them. That's the only way I see age playing a factor in whether I ever marry again. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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Does her school district still have corporal punishment? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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I was 1200 miles away, and I (vaguely) remember that night! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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Remember, I bite! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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God I wish I'd been deaf some nights when my daughter was a newborn! Congrats Billy & Flo!
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I thought it was Lawrence. I thought it was Oswald. Can I have Beauford for two hundred alex? You dorks. I was already signing posts in this thread as Herbert! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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Man I should have seen that one coming, as I tell people "Lighten up Francis!" all the time. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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Skydivers over San Francisco Bay right now?!?!
livendive replied to flyinghonu's topic in The Bonfire
You?! I don't believe it for a second. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) -
You know, there's a fix for that. My name does not match my birth certificate...I decided to change my name in first grade. Actually, I don't see the problem with "Stacey", but then now that I've grown up I don't really have a problem with my birth name either. Still, the few of you on here who know my real name better keep your mouths and keyboards shut. I'm bigger than any of you. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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Next time I'm up at your place, I'll make it for you. Everyone who has tried it, has been converted. And I'm not talking about a courtesy bite or two. I'm talkin' second helpings. And besides, I don't do lutefisk. Well I'll try it, but you should know that I don't like sweet potatoes either, so the dish is starting off with two strikes against it. I'm actually not a picky eater. The list of foods I don't like is quite short. It'd be perfect if they all went into one recipe and nothing else, then that'd be the only food I'd avoid. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)