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can't get in to there or the normal pub. helllpppp! Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Good Call Mr. McLuhan - but I'd go one step further and suggest DZ.com is the drug for "us". Seriously, what about the Gulf War part II? CNN was not reporting "news", they were (are?) a propaganda machine. Seriously, what about the Prozac generation? Drugs that 'balance' us eliminate the feelings that, in some, inspire creativity. The Blues is all about pain and suffering. We'd have no rock 'n' roll at all without the blues from which it was all derived. Brave New world (Aldous Huxley) Farenheight 451 (RayBradbury) Animal Farm (George Orwell) Atlas Shrugged (&) The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand) All have helped form my ideas on the subject of free will and how one should treat his (or her) fellow man. I'm not "religious" but I do feel I'm "spiritual" Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

The world in and of its' self is an amazing piece of 'art'. Perhaps the most interesting dynamic to illustrate the point of "reality" is the old 'telephone game' where a circle of people are supposed to repeat "exactly" what is said to them. Does it ever get areoud the circle without an altered message? Nope, not that I've ever heard or read. I agree that there WOULD be a lot of good stuff created without drugs. If alcohol had never been 'discovered' (it's a drug, too) we'd never have had prohibition and a lot of bad things (think Capone) would never have occured. Things would just have been different, that's all. Who knows what that would have been. It DOES seem though that the 'creative' element are people who are more likely to experiment with altered states of perception - or are at least percieved to be such. Perhaps 'the masses' (we the consumers) live vicariously through those who dare to cross the line in pursuit of ??? I had the opportunity to listen to a multimedia lecture by Dr. Timothy Leary in the early 90's at university - for someone who was almost universally condemned by 'the Man' this guy had an amazing insight on what was gointg to happen to our world as a result of the computer revolution and the possibilities it brought. Never were 'drugs' discussed ... but opening one's mind to different points of view (thinking outsidethe box?) in order to create new things was. I can only imagine what must have posessed the uber-geek, Bill Gates, to think that DOS would eventually rule the world. Maybe some people don't need "help" to be creative. Finally, to really stir it up, what of Karl Marx' "Religion is the Opiate of the Masses" Is religion a an ancient 'drug' used by the aristocracy? as Marx suggests? All counterculture references aside, it is a nice treat to be a part of a philosophical discussion that does not involve boobies - not that I have ANY problem with boobies

Pink Floyd... the Doors... Janis...Marley-monn... Most jazz... all banned. The Beatles? Imagine a career with no Walrus? Elvis in the 'fat' years? damn near anythng that freeflyers listen to ...gone. What would today's kids listen to? Beethoven? Can't drug test a dead dude Dave and Sebazz, it's 'ya mon whatever mon ... (inhaling sound)' Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Hi Ryan! My story is unlikely ... - a cute blonde skychick landed 'out' at one of our sports car racing weekends and the rest is history. Sounds far fetched I know but it's true. I've been a racing driver since the very late 80's and our track uses part of the Left (decommissioned) runway of the Gimli airbase. The dorpzone uses the right runway and the spot is often over our track. So, to cut that part of the story short, I WHUFFO'd for over 10 years even though I was THAT close to a DZ. So Vicky 'drops in' to the swamp off turn 1 while I'm runnin the gate and we chat a bit. Hmmm, three weeks later I'm in the classroom sessions for my FJC. The rest is history. I've been jumping since September 1st 2001 and now have 135 plummets in a 6 month seasonal DZ. There's nothing I 'hate' about skydiving except that the addiction is even stronger than sports car racing. This of course also means I was TOTALLY off base when I thought I had found a better "deal" on my adrenaline fix - becasue instead of racing once a month I was jumping every weekend (didn;t miss even one). The loves are numerous: 1 - The people. Even on our tiny DZ we share an indescribable bond that you are now just realizing. It gets better. 2 - Pretending I'm a bird. from my FJC opnward I was hooked on canopy flight. I thought a Manta 288 loaded at 0.7:1 was great fun - it only gets better. Freefall was somethng I had yet to experience (s/l method) but I thik my most rewarding jump yet was my first 'real' jump - a hop n pop with no strings attached (well, jumpmaster holding p/c) 3- Scaring whuffos. Well, not really 'scaring' them but perpetuating the perception that I'm a bit of a whacko adrenaline junkie. After all, people thought sports car racing was'out there' but after I crossed the fence (literally, in my case) the deal was sealed for most of my freinds. Th neat correlary to this perception is that I have hurt myself (time lost) downhill skiing, mountain biking, working on my car, and lots of other 'non-radical' activities, but everybody forgets those incidents and asks me about skydiving injuries and what happens if my parachute fails and and and... People just don't know about our sport and it's fun to educate them - some have even threatened to join me when they too go crazy Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Well "I am the Egg Man" Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

I'm Dave Terrick. I'm a self employed mutual fund/insurance salesman. Since September 11, 2001 though, my heart has not been in the profession. Could be that the recession and peoples' skepticism of all things financial have gotten to me ... or it could be that I did my first jump on September 1st 2001 and haven't seen life in the same way since. Anybody got a position and a Green card for a 30-something with a few grey hairs, a CFP and a B.Comm that pays enough that I can buy some new gear? Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Here Here! Alton rocks! I often reply "Emeril's my hero" because everybody knows who he is now. But, because Good Eats gets right into the physiology of food I learn far more from Alton than Emeril. That's all good. Chairman Kaga must be on crack, but the showmanship is as amusing as the fortune teller lady who curls her nose and calls "...innnnteresting" when it looks like she'd rather barf. Jamie Oliver's simple style is good and I've learned some neat things but not as neat as Alton's lectures. It's interesting to note which chefs are NOT around anymore, too. And, catching a very early Emeril's Kitchen episode (not Emeril live) is quite interesting - until he developped his BAM! personality he was really quite boring. Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Hey Nacmac, are you referring to a kid's TV show with talking flowerpots from the late 60's - early 70's?? My brother in law is from the 'yuck' (U.K.) and I've heard some stories...flubba lubba lubba? Dave PS: Winnipeg is now the proud owner of TWO traffic circles ... something I believe may be unique in Canada. They're small (maybe 60 ft radius) single lane routers along a waterfront drive. To me, a sportscar racing nut, they're just my own private skidpad .. because there's never anyone around. Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Lovely Spam, ...wonderful Spammmmm,...SHADDUPPPPP (M.Python) Sorry Wendy I couldn't resist. Try www.adawrare.com among others. More will follow. "I DON'T LIKE SPAM" either Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Hey Michele, I thoutht quote was "I wish I had Jesse's Girl "(or mine? Could you stand a Canadian for a while???) My racer came to me with a Strong Stellar 160, PIA'd at 165. Talk about comfort, my ragged out F-111 210 flies as if it were about a 170- (190 ZP's are a DREAM under canopy and flare) - I think... but because I fly a Raven as a main there's little I can do to incite a chop (that's NOT a brag!!). I've flown 170's but the thought of setting one down a la Billvon in soneone's backyard is a bit of a stretch... Care for a Raven II (218) with about 800 jumps on original microlines as your reserve??? Neither would I... but as a main... well I'm "tough" and I trust my rigger Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Ben Ben Ben... ALWAYS carry a spare battery. If I didn't our plane would have been grounded on many days last fall (the alternator went and our AME was AWOL). Of course, I had to sacrafice the tunes in my trailer to get the loads up after refuelling ... sheesh the things we do for some fun!! Dave PS: any other car and a set of booster cables is all you need. Follow the manufacturer's destructions as far as jump starting .. some cars with computerized systems can be sensitive to voltage spikes. Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

you're not gonna start singing that old Nissan Micra jingle, are you Sebazz? Damn I wish I could be there. Maybe next time. Or, perhaps the SoCal'ers could bribe me to travel farther South on my next visit?? Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Aah, Andyman, another foodie in our midst? There's nothing quite like being introduced to the raw ingredients of your meal in nature rather than "inventing" them ... butter vs. margerine is my favorite example becvause so much of "our" generation learned that "butter is baaad, n'kaaay" but I refused to listen. It's not much more expensive and I can make it with what I squeeze out of a cow and what I dehydrate from salt water. Sure, if I pour a cup of it onto my popcorn it's not going to be much better for me than a plastic wrapped microwavobox of Orville's finest, but all these little choices DO end up making a difference. And, it leave more slack for the fun stuff, like beer. Even there, I only drink beer brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot of 1516 A.D., the Bavarian Law of Pure Beer . Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

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...because they have similar flight characteristics? (yes, I fly one). Seriously, I'm guessing you bid on al Alti- "III" - and III is in all the other links. Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Grey market 1970 BMW 2500 sedan. This became the 7 series eventually but would most likely be known to Americans as a "Bavaria". It belonged to a neighbor of my parents and I knew the history of the car... it was brought over by a German serviceman stationed here and it stayed. the car was "restored" but the Germans had yet to figure out rustproofing. By te time I bought it, the rear fenders were a bit preggers - but not so bad as to be visible at a distance. That car rocked! Four of us with full ski gear on top and trunk loaded did the climb between Calgary (almost prairie) and Banff (best skiing in the world)at over 100 mph . All the instruments were in metric (no problem) and German (slight problem ... just whathtelhell is a bremsen or fernlight or...). The turn signal stalk is on the RIGHT side of the wheel and the headlight dimmer on the left (seriously). Back then, eurospec cars were not burdened with emission controls. Different carbs, cams, distributor and exhaust made for a fairly wild 2.5 litre motor in a big sedan. If you wound it up the car went very well. I took my racing school in this car - the body roll made it feel as if it would tip over like a Ford Bronco, and the oil light would come on every time I braked hard at the end of the front stright with a corresponding huff of smoke. It just wouldn;t die. After it started eating my sportscar budget, I traded it for a 1982 Mazda RX-7 racing car. But that's another story. Dave PS: there is only one known photo of this BMW and I can;t find it Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

COOL... how much property? Looks pleasantly spacious. Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Hey Peter! I don't remember you talking a bout a baglock Saurday night and it wasn;t even drunk outside I'd agree with those who sugest you had a slow opening and not a baglock. That said, on jump #20 I had what I'd call baglock after a pilot chute in tow of about 5 seconds. that was a 20 second delay and I chopped it - only to see a partially inflated canopy float away from me, slider up. If you were jumping the cruiselite you may have had a similar opening. The most important thing is that you followed your training including the 5 count - check thousand - as did I. In good time you will develop your own sense of the deployment sequence and instinctively know when something is wrong and what you options are. Right now it's best to do as you did ... and if at 'check ,000" it'not open ... ... ... well you can join the Reserve Riders club (and buy another Bubba) C ya in the sky this weekend Dave PS: a great example of this learning process is the "1,000 ft snivel" I had out of Brians Sabre on my last jump. We broke off at just below 4,000 and I turned, tracked, and pulled as normal - about 2500 ft. I felt the bag come off my back and saw just a bit of parachute above the slider dancing to the left and right 3 or 4 times . I was about to yank on the rear risers to get this thing open NOW when the slider came down .... but the story's not over yet. After opening the chute compressed (front to back) twice and only then did it stabilize and leave me happily hanging. My altitude ....? 1600 ft . A hundred jumps ago that main would have been chopped long before then. Hell, as it was, I was running real close to chopchop time ... Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

Thanks for the vibes Sebazz! After all is said and done I'll survive - I'd rather you send HH an offering rather than me.... I'm tough and I'll figure a way to get through this. As is, I'm gonna be sniveling a rig for a bit because anything less than a full drive toggle-whip landing hurts. Of course, geting into the habit of toggle whipping to avoid a little hurt could also turn into a BIG hurt so it might be a blessing in disguise that my car turned on me just now. ...know anyone with a 190 class ZP sitting in the closet unused and unwanted? DAve Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

the best one ... 89 civic Si... the new ones are no faster and a hell of a lot more money. Of course, if I was wrench impaired, owning a car with a kajillion miles would not be an option.. Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

$#%#$%^#$%$ @#$#@$#@ $#%#% !! So I've known that things were getting a bit loose in the front end but I didn't think it would be so bad. I knew I was up for a left upper ball joint but the "replacable style" I bought several seasons ago are no longer available - so a trip to Honda for a complete upper control arm was the cure. Maybe the OEM parts will last longer than three years! So I pulled the wheel off to find that, sometime in the last two weeks, I also puked an outer CV boot. Fine... those are cheap enough - but that axle is only a year and a half old ... again aftermarket replacement parts. Never again. Now for the piece of resistance ( I daren't use the correct "French" on this list) the pull to the left is still there. Investigations reveal at minimum an inner tie rod assembly and a Honda-only bushing are needed. So far I'm up to about 15 jumps in parts alone. (Good thing I can turn a wrenchbetter than I can turn points ) Since things are tight right now that's about what I had hoped to spend on jumps in the month of May. ...and I need a new main. Since I've destroyed another slider my rigger has grounded my gear until he fixes it. That didn't happen for opening weekend so he lent me a student Cruiselite. It opened, flew, and flared far better than my identically sized Raven! I was also loaned a Sabre 210 (1:1) and found the openings pleasantly soft , the performance stunning and the flare unbelievable. Do I sound bitter and dispondant about my chances of jumping much in the near future? ...sure does to me. Not only was I teased with 'good' gear, my car ate any chances of my hurting myself under tired gear for at least a month. Waaaaaaaaaaaa Anybody feel like sending me good vibes? Ideas for how not to go crazy until I get my tax refund? Please???? Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

I dunno Andrea but I bet it's not great. When I was down in San Fran in early March I wandered up Haight St. from Market ... hoping to make it all the way to Ashbury. About 1/3 of the way there (top of the hill) things did not look so good. "Drug Free Zone" signs suggested a bit of a rough neighborhood. One side of the street held beautifully restored 1900 houses and the other side held "project" houses. Then I heard the nice black lady (yet larger than she of the video) start yellin' in to me what sounded like a kinda slang. She was yelling at her kids who must have been about 10 or so. Apparently they had not come DIRECTLY home from school. she took off her belt and started violently whipping them across the backside ...wailing and crying as they ran home fleeing her. Nice, eh? I kept walking, now very uneasy. the neighborhood grew seedier and very shortly I noticed EVERYBODY was looking at me ... nobody else was white and, um, let's say they all didn't look like the college types... That was MY culture lesson for the year... I bet those in the 'hood didn't think any more of that fight than the fight I saw. Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

hehe ... waaay better than the original.... andI'm afraid to say tht I remember the original Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)