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My house isn't in there, but I've found my parents house before. Here's a picture of our DZ (landing area circled in green). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

She decides to take some pictures before she gets dressed and post them to dropzone.com while waiting for the load to land. Meanwhile, hookkitt stops messing around with his camera and dives after the funnelling 3-way... "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Bush was in my hometown last week, touting his environmental "achievements". One feather in his hat (according to him), is how he streamlined the environmental assessment process. Of course the way he did that was by removing the public comment period from the process and exempting several NFS actions from injunctive relief lawsuits. Environmentally, Bush is completely whacked. Anyone who thinks his ideas on air pollution will work need look no farther than Houston, which passed Los Angeles in 1999 as the city with the worst air quality. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

...already taking off her clothes. As he reaches up to hit the zoom button on his sidemount, the others exit... "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Canopy: FX-99 Wingload: ~2.4:1 Experience: 900ish jumps Cost: Tough to quantify as it caused the 2nd of 3 surgeries, but appr. $36,000 including subsequent surgery that likely wouldn't have been necessary without this one. Downtime: Off & on for 2 years What happened: Was showing off after having just taken a friend on his first tandem. He raced around our landing area on his crotch rocket to show me how fast he could go down here (as opposed to the drogue fall we'd just experienced.) I said "that's nothing, watch this", and went up to do a hop & pop. Did a 270 right hook, realized I was too high, so did a front riser "sashay" to take the dive lower. Got too low, stabbed the toggles to plane out & picked my feet/legs up. My butt hit the ground (not that hard) & momentarily unloaded the canopy, causing it to tip a bit. I came off the ground & reloaded the canopy & would have had a decent swoop left, but the tipping caused my left hand to touch the ground at somewhere around 50 mph, and my shoulder dislocated. Slid it out w/ no bruises or anything, got the shoulder back into socket, but as this was about 9 months after my first surgery for dislocations, I ended up tearing back through the repair & compression fracturing my humerus from the force of the dislocation. Had to get a bone block harvested from my pelvis bolted in on my shoulder to prevent future dislocations. Lesson learned: I knew better. In all my previous hooks, if I was too high, I'd just accept it & try again next jump. This time, despite knowing better, I was trying to show off and it bit me. Won't happen again. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

True, that's why I said "marginally related", since the two coverages were packaged together. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I haven't talked to the underwriters, I'm just going by what the agents have told me. However, marginally related, I had a friend lose her main/freebag/handles once, and State Farm renter's insurance (the same policy) did pay her replacement cost (new, list price), minus the $250 deductible. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

My favorite part is What a crock. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

"Beef...it's what's for dinner" And yes, it WAS delicious. Living in a smallish town, I don't get good cuts like this very often, so I had to take a picture.

I think it took me about a year, maybe a little more, mostly due to money. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

How do you mean? Like ASC's methods of "advertising"? Like SLV's characterization of upjumpers as reckless yahoo's? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The simple answer for many/most of us is something we're already doing. The liability portion of your homeowner's/renter's insurance is probably in the 100-500 thousand dollar range and should cover any 3rd party situations you find yourself in. If you rent and don't have the insurance, get it...it's like 10 bucks a month for $30,000 property/$100,000 liability through State Farm. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You do realize, I hope, how good you have it at Lodi? Their $100 tandems are by far the best price of any DZ in the country, and their up-jumper tickets are probably the best regular-priced lifts too (at $15). Word is they've got a second Otter on the way too. Enjoy! Next time you're there, give Kathy at manifest a big hug from Dave Todak.

I am a Bothersome Istari Elven names: Maegampaion (masculine) Maegampa (unisex) Hobbit name: Balbo Bunce from Woody End Dwarven name: Ibun Redteeth Orkish name: Bagzag the Bad-Moon "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Prelude (to) Ecstasy? It works better than "Monte Carlo Oxycodone"! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Iliac crest? That's where they harvested bone for my shoulder, and yes it did hurt worse than the shoulder afterwards. I posted a picture of the bruising/staples here. They're not all that remarkable until you consider there was nothing wrong with my hip!

There are no "USPA approved" DZ's. There are just some DZ's that pay to be members (no approval involved) and some that don't. Having checked your profile, I can tell you that you are going to a GREAT dropzone. They will keep your safety in mind while you are learning, and will give you good advice when you graduate AFF. That will likely include not letting you immediately do a 2-way with someone else who's only a week into their training themself, but I'm sure they'll hook you up with something fun to do to celebrate (safely). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Yeah...this!! And you're posting in the "NOT a hottie" thread??! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I don't have a middle name. Blues, Dave (NMN) Todak Editted to add: Hey...this post made me a middle-nameless "Old Hand". "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Me too. When we've got a problem/disagreement related to our daughter, we go out to a bar, shoot some pool, and talk it through. I hated her when we were going through the divorce, and said some vicious enough things to prompt a similar response, but we got over that in less than a year and have been parenting as a friendly team ever since (13 years or so.) Before my daughter was in school, I got a house 2 blocks from my ex, and every morning one of us would walk her over to the other's house. When her mom was having trouble with her, she still got the "wait till your father gets here" treatment, and we'd occasionally do "family" outings together. I've since moved about 120 miles away for work, but the lines of communication have remained open, which is a damn good thing now that she's going through all the teenager stuff. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

That would certainly include me, as I'm so ugly I once looked out a window and got arrested for mooning! Anyhow, this thread didn't exist when I posted there, so I just included a disclaimer with my pics (in that thread) that I'm not a hottie. If I could go back and delete that post, I'd repost it here.

My job (environmental compliance & hazardous waste management) is usually ridiculously boring, but it does have its moments...every couple of years. ;-) My previous job as a commercial fisherman was almost never boring, and was often a little TOO interesting. Dangerous work, that's for sure. Before that I was a painter. That sucked. Before that was the Navy. 90% boring, 10% exciting. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

My daughter turned 15 last month, and has been bugging her mother and I for a tongue piercing for 6 months. I wish you people would stop with the insinuation, but it's like looking over as you pass a car wreck...I keep reading. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Sexy covers WAY too much territory to explain in one post, and varies primarily by mood. It can range from the lightest brush of a hand across your back while passing behind you, to the desperate clawing of your back in the heat of a moment, and everywhere in between. In fact, it might be easier to define sexy by what it's not. OK, maybe not. Fundamentally though, it's a function of timing, attitude, and maybe even desire (I'm not sure on that part). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Percocet = oxycodone + acetaminophen Vicodin = hydrocodone + acetaminophen Oxycontin = time-release oxycodone ("straight") Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)