wildblue

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  1. phhht... just don't order anything that's on backorder. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  2. hey mm No one is worried about people making money, they're worried about people getting greedy and wanting to make more and more... and changing rules and using power to make themselves more money. As DZOs, they're trying to make themselves money, but as BOD members, they're supposed to be serving the best intrest of us, the jumpers. As for the stories you heard, they're probably mostly true. Ask Roger about them sometime, he'll probably tell you all about it. I've heard he even cracks jokes about all his un-logged flying time. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  3. Where's Tantrum Terry when you need him?! hehehe... (kidding.. KIDDING.. please Terry, don't start posting here) Come on now, Roger isn't in it for just the money (made any and every way possible) ... he does it so he can take all the cute girls on their AFP jumps too. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  4. SkyKat does rock. Same sorta thing happened to me when I order my new Mirage from them, it was missing the hip rings! I had ordered them, but either they screwed up when they put the order to Mirage, or Mirage screwed up (don't know which one, I think they screwed it up when they sent the order to mirage) Tony told me to jump it (and try not to rough it up too much) and they put in another order for the right one. Good people, I'll order from them again. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  5. eh, I dunno... I don't like the idea of giving them a blank check. If they told us specifically what they were going to do/change I'd be happier about it. But the way it is now, they're not getting mine. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  6. .1 fixed a lot of the major stuff that was missing/broken. It may not be totally ready, but it's still way cool I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  7. I was putting together a video that women and small children might see, so I edited the word "fuck" out of a song. I thought of you, Ms Radloff, and knew you'd be proud. I thought I had done the world a service by choosing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" as the music. Who would have known that the word "fuck" was buried in the song. I always thought more of Mr Denver, I never dreamt in a million years that he, of all good people, would have the word "fuck" in one of his songs. But, rest easy, I fixed it. Instead of saying "Fucked around" the song in the video now goes "Dekcuf around" I knew you'd be proud, and happy to know you are making a difference in us vulgar skydivers. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  8. Just to clear up a few things: I pretty much agree with everything Kris said except - you can get a Mac from the factory with a Geforce3! And prost - I had a Mac 7200 running LinuxPPC. It ran pretty good! Macs for the most part are engineered better, they just seem to screw everything up once in awhile, and have a hard time getting back into the market.BTW - I am not part of the Mac religion, I just know a few people that are, so I keep up with the stuff. If I had a wad of cash to blow, I'd probably get one. OSX is just too cool. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  9. Damn... where can I make the kind of mad cash he does? If the spelling ability of a 3rd grader can make you 6 figures somewhere, sign me up!! Maybe he slings a little rock on the side.... hmmm... I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  10. Macs have always done video editing, graphics, and sound better than PCs. And as far as "everything else" - You can get Microsoft Office for the Mac, and just about any other major software title. Mac doesn't have the games that are out there for the PC, but that is rapidly changing. Apple's new slogan should be "This isn't your father's Mac" - a lot has changed with them over the last few years. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  11. Do you need some more help? I'll work for gear! I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  12. Hey, zippy, I wasn't talking about you and your situation now was I? I was talking about this particular situation as it applies to me. And no, it's not something she wants otherwise I doubt she'd be telling me about it. So the rest of your incoherent thoughts don't apply. Therefore, since you should hopefully now realize that none of it was directed at you, I wasn't attacking you (although you took it all a little personally... hit a nerve?) And evidently you do have time for my "school girl bitchy whining" .. you did reply to this twice. I'm sure most other people saw it as a humerous "stupid people suck" rant, as it was meant. Wal-Mart is having a sale on senses of humor... you should go check them out. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  13. hey chickenhead - it's not breaking, her choice to what? get harassed by horny little fuckers that can't catch a hint with both hands? And I wasn't bitching about my life, I was just pissing and moaning about stupid people... it's called a bored rant. Christ... develope a sense of humor, or I can just include you in my next "Stupid People Rant" I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  14. I blame it on lack of altitude. Well that, and the world is full of stupid people (so meet me at the mission at midnight, we'll divy up there) I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  15. ... when you get penalized for being an existing customer? I mean, I've given this wireless company money for the past couple years, and my phone breaks. Ok, so I have to go buy a new one, but now I have to pay a $30 "Upgrade fee" ... wtf?! Are you serious? Of course, that's better than it was yesterday. Yesterday the moron I talked to at the store said I couldn't even get the $70 off like everyone else could, "that's for new activations only" Turns out he's a moron, and doesn't know what he's talking about. I can get the 70 off (just have to pay 30) It also pisses me off when someone asks you to fix something, and then starts fucking with it while you're right in the middle of fixing it. Do these idiots take their car to the mechanic, let him get it on the left, then hop in and try to drive away? I told you I'd call when you could use it again, don't use it again until I call! Another thing that seriously torques me is these little maggots who have absolutely no respect for anyone else and/or the relationship they may be in. I think ass-bags that persistently and repetitively pursue someone who they know is happily involved should have their nut sack (or clitoris - whichever is appropiate) removed with a rusty pair of pliers and a un-lubricated chainsaw shoved up their ass sideways. And why can't people learn to drive? You'd think, after numerous years of there being an accident at the exact same location at almost the exact same time of day, at least 2 days a week, people should get the hint that "Hey, maybe I should't drive like a complete fool just to get to work 3 seconds sooner.. hell.. I don't even really like work. Maybe I'll drive really slow and in the right lane" A fella can dream, can't he? And is it that hard to make another pot of coffee when you take the last cup? (or even close to the last cup) I mean, all you have to do is dump out the old stuff, put in a filter, open a little pre-measured bag of coffee, dump it in and push a button. Feeble minded lazy fokkers. Winter pisses me off too. K... I think I'm done. Have a happy turkey day (or tufurkey, if you're fruity like that) I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  16. The ballon story is real, the JATO assisted rocket car is fake.... sorta. There's actually a guy who wrote a pretty long detailed account of where he thinks the myth started from. It's based in truth, or so he claims. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  17. What's wrong with her? I haven't touched my Tippman all summer!! Now that it's winter, I might break it back out... I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  18. ah.. ok.. so the pc might have got in his burble, forgot to cock it, just seemed like a long time... whatever.. went low and got jumpy (for good reason) Not sure how you break a raven loaded like that. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  19. Did he have a bag lock? or a container lock? I don't see how you could have a closing loop so tight the pin wouldn't come out. And since he broke the reserve, I'm assuming he was overloading it. Ravens are pretty tough. Any info on reserve size & exit weight? I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  20. wildblue

    UK Death

    any information other than the ever popular "...after his canopy failed to open..." ? I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  21. XP might be pretty, but 2000 outperforms it. Now where did I put my OS X disk.... I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  22. haha! haven't seen AA around in awhile. thanks for the laugh. Parody is the sincerest form of flattery. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  23. Hey guys.. I've always seen the DZ in question do an excellent job keeping track of people, even during the busy season where they're dropping Casa loads. The staff and most of the jumpers both do a great looking out for each other. I have no idea how this incident happened. I'm disappointed with those there that day to be honest. I've never seen something like this happen there. I'll chaulk it up to a freak occurrence, be glad Lew's ok, and assume it won't happen again. 99.9% of the time isn't good enough in this sport. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  24. http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa091498.htm?terms=altoids Kinda old, but funny. And first hand comment? (We haven't had a sex thread in awhile, thought I'd help out) I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag
  25. wildblue

    Spotting

    On the Casa, I'll blindly follow the pilot. Green light = go. I trust our Casa captains enough that he's going to give us a good spot. I will start looking on the red light for traffic and whatnot, and to make sure we're lined up well. They've never failed me yet. The only time that does fail, is when you're near the end of the load, and the first group took too long, or there's a lot of small groups, or people are putting too much time in-between. You kinda get a sense of that, and when it's your turn, you look down to make sure it hasn't gotten too long - or you tap someone in the group ahead of you that you trust, and say "Hey, look down when you guys get up there, I think we're gonna be way out" Usually works. The other plane I'm usually leaving is a Westwind. When the pilot calls door, I lean out and start looking. Then he'll usually say "Go when you're ready" which means "We're close, but I can't see down, you look out, see if we need a course correction (we usually don't) and leave at the proper time" "Go when you'r ready" is just a lot easier to say. I think it's funny as hell when people leave right after "Door!" flyhi - I'm guessing at the Casa boogie, there were a lot of people who hadn't jumped a Casa before. Those things are hauling a** on jumprun, and you don't need to the ton of time most people are used to putting between groups. The last time I was in our Casa, I remember seeing a sign on the wall that had wind speeds and time you should put between groups for each - because people have a habit of putting too much time between them. I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a bag