DavidB

Just wait until you get a colonoscopy! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Dehaveland Caribou. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

It was 1990! The Boogie that year was the first jump I'd made since the previous fall due to a work injury (smashed a finger pretty badly). There were 4 'Bou's there. I organized a 12-way tube & when it blow up, the gorilla on my right hand (the one I smashed) flung me aroundjust a bit! It was about 5 years before my shoulder was 100% again. Those Caribous were a blast! A bit on the noisy side, but fun! The only plane I jumped that was more fun was the C-130 in Quincey. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Joey D... "Let's go, let's move, let's jump, let's hop!" The sock ad? That one was hanging on the wall in the club house. He said the "smile" he wore in the ad was actually a grimace, due to spending so much time on his back with his legs raised. My favorite after-jump activity, besides the partying of course, was... BOWL PATROL!!!!!! Then there was the one 182 pilot, Charlie something I think, & his fireworks. Bottle-rocket wars in the bowl, shooting at junk in the woods... ahhh, the good old days. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Danny Doyle.... That's one of the names I've been racking my brain over trying to remember. I heard Danny would jump into the Herd boogie nude every year. One year, probably 85, a few guy were waiting for him... One guy ran by Danny just after he landed & grabbed his cut-away handle. The second guy, hot on the first's heels, grabbed his main. Paul Bick was one of them. Unfortunately (or fortunately if you think about it) I didn't get off student status until after the Herd boogie in 84. Then there was Mitch Littlefield's geodesic dome... party central after the wet t-shirt contest. Sucked when the township wouldn't let them torch a car any more. I think the last one was burned in 85, maybe 86. And here I thought a lot of beer was consumed at the DeLand Easter boogie! Imagine my shock when I decided to make a surprise Saturday appearance in '01 with my newly completed 68 Dart (attached below) & found the field deserted. On the way home, ran into a kid with skydiving stickers on his car. I got him to stop & we talked for a few minutes. He'd never heard of the Herd Boogie & had no idea where the club went. A quick on-line search showed they'd move north. Of course, more "Where are they now?" PS. I also won something at one Herd Boogie; a log book container/cover. edited to add attachment (DUH!) When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Well now, greeting from an X-Coastie. Did my time from '73-'77, was a snipe on an ocean going buoy tender (long since retired to South America) after MK school. Semper Paratus! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Thanx Nick! The next page isn't as good, but after that they got better. My first jump was signed by Dick Spates (D-6224) but it was actually his X-wife, Theresa, that put me out. (I did get to jump with her a few years later when I ran into her in Coolidge.) Dick did put me out my second jump The rest are signed by Wayne "Smitty" Smith (D-8715), Bob Young (D-3976), Billy Sokol (D-9098), & Lenny Luzak (C-16801). (edited to ask: Where are they today?) Here's page 2. Note my comment on the bottom/left! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Here's mine, about 10 years newer, & blue, but basically the same. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Just dug the old log book out of the closet & I was mistaken... The very last jump at Lakewood Skydiving Center was made on November 24, 1985. Seems like yesterday, yet so very long ago at the same time. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

September 3, 1994, a 9-way out of a twin Otter @ Herd Boogie. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Mimeograph ink! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Brush for the pin-stripes maybe...for the car itself ya gotta use a roller! Been done. http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&an=0&page=4#Post2331682 http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2655425&an=0&page=0#Post2655425 When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Hey, my first FB Boogie too! I remember that storm. A friend & I walked down one of the taxiways/runways until we were well away from the camping area/lights, set up my borrowed Canon TLB on a tri-pod & used a remote cable to open the shutter hoping for some lightening pics. One of the 3 or 4 we took wasn't too bad. Wow, was it DARK out there! The girl that hit her head, I watched that from the ground. My first, & last, time seeing someone go in. Sad... Heard about the low pull contest after the boogie, probably the next year at Quincy. Talk about bad timing... and bad spot! First jump one morning our group ended up on the Islander. Problem was, it had rained the night before & the door was left open on the plane so the (shag) carpet was wet. It was 13° at 13K, 80+ on the ground (at 8AM). Since I hit the base just a little hard during the jump, I landed out on the edge of the airport. One of the local kids wanted an autograph (remember doing that?), so as I was signing his book, he asked if it was cold "up there?" I touched his cheek (on his face you perverts!) with the back of my hand & the poor kid must have jumped 3 feet in the air! Who remembers the spaghetti on Thursday evening? When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Wonderful! That's priceless. Thanks for the laugh. THAT'S TRUE! Member of the "Lakewood Ghetto" We tried... BTW, Howard, thanx for the laugh. Haven't laughed at DeWolf in a long time! One of these days I've got to get a pic of one of the DD pieces of Herd Boogie memorabilia from the later 80's... the prophylactic. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

That's what I heard it called in Quincey in 1986; "Silver Bullet". Got a couple jumps out of it myself, & yea, you're correct, it was strange turning left on exit! Heard countless times that week: "But the door's on the wrong side!" "No, the door's on the right side!" BTW, there were SEVEN DC-3/C-47's on the flight-line that year. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Thanx! Probably not going to jump again, despite the occasional longing to. Been heavily involved in the old car thing. Playing with muscle-era Mopars has done a great job of keeping me broke & busy. I actually found this forum by searching for an old friend, Ricky (y'all know him as Rickster) Powell. Sure wish he was a member here so I could bust his chops some. Ahhh... the embarrassing stories I could tell about him! There was actually a time I had more jumps than him. One of these days I'll get ALL the Gus Wing pics scanned of our tube dive at DeLand during the '86 Easter Boogie. Yea, a slightly interesting story there! If only we had a forum here called "No shit, there I was..." just for us old farts to tell our storied/lies in. Guess I'll just have to spend some time in the History & Trivia forum, eh? When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

He went right up side the head of my favourite baby seal He went WHAP! With a lead-filled snow shoe An' he hit him on the nose 'n he hit him on fin 'n he . . . When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Been nosing around the site for a couple days & figured I'd sign up. Saw a few names I recognize. Geeze, it makes me feel old! Last jump was in 1994, but still get the urge to dust off the old gear & head down to Crosskeys. Made a few memorable jumps & boogies in the 10 years prior. Killed a few brain cells in the process! Miss the comraderie something awful! Almost cried when I drove past the Lakewood airport a few months ago & nearly didn't recognize the place. I'll still list it as my "home DZ" though, as that's where I made my first jump & spent three VERY memorable years, including being on the last legal load to jump there in November 1986 (attempted an 8-way from both C-182's, I docked! ). Hope to reestablish communication with some of the old crew from Lakewood. David Barletta C-18138 When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.