Snowbird

There are plenty on webshots; I found at least 30 good pics there, and there are many many more decent ones. My screen saver is loaded with 'em.

Thanks all, I needed a lift! 'Bad Day Brian is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers out of Louisiana and performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Anytime you think you have had a bad day at the office, remember this guy. Hi, Sue, Just another note from your bottom dwelling brother. Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's not so bad after all. Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job. This time of year the water is quite cool, even with a wetsuit. So what we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of shit sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temp. It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose which is taped to the air hose. Now this sounds like a damn good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints. What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working is, I take the hose and stuff it down the back of my neck. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's like working in a Jacuzzi. Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my ass started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. Within a few seconds my ass started to burn. I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened. The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. This is even worse than the poison ivy you once had under a cast. Now I had that hose down my back. I don't have any hair on my back, so the jellyfish couldn't get stuck to my back. My ass crack was not as fortunate. When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into my ass. I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator. His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with 5 other divers, were laughing hysterically. Needless to say, I aborted the dive. It totaled 35 minutes before I could come to the surface for my chamber dry decompression. I got to the surface wearing nothing but my brass helmet. My suit and gear were tied to the bell. When I got on board the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to shove it "up my ass" when I get in the chamber. The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't shit for two days because my asshole was swollen shut. Anyway, the next time you have a bad day at the office, think of me. Think about how much worse your day would be if you were to shove a jellyfish up your ass. I hope you have no bad days at the office. But if you do, I hope this will make it more tolerable.'

I so want to! Depends on my progress; I've only done five jumps and as I understand it, a boogie is not the place to do student jumps. But it's only 1 1/2 hours away, so I'll do my best to be ready. If I do, I'll watch for you! No one soars too high, who soars on his own wings

Congrats! I'm so jealous.....

'It was a quiet afternoon in the small town of Canora, Saskatchewan, but that peace was about to be broken..." I was born in the prairie town of Canora. The only noteable thing about the event was that when my dad got the phone call, he burnt the burgers at the drive-in restaurant he owned. I live in Vernon, British Columbia. The best thing about Vernon is that I live only 4 1/2 minutes from the dropzone, 20 minutes from an awesome ski hill and 10 minutes from two lakes! Now all I need are my own rig, a ski pass, and a boat. My first 5 jumps were at Okanagan Skydive, in September '01. I imagine most of my jumps will be there, since there aren't many skydiving options around here. Tina

I'm itching for freefall! (she says with a silly smile on her face) The canopy ride is awesome all on its own, but my vivid imagination already has me doing freefall. The best thing is that, before my FJC, I was imagining what it would be like and the real thing was Even Better! So freefall... wow. Wow. We're in the same boat, waiting on the whim of mother nature so that we can snub her Law of Gravity. With luck, the weather will warm up by late March, and by then I'll have the cash to do PFF. Be well! 'No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.' - William Blake

I'd say 'stonezone.com' of those choices. But I like annna's 'OHSHIT.com'. Then again, 'bloodontherockszone.com' fits too.

I will definitely be hanging around! And now I have a goal; my A license in time for the boogie in Kamloops. Thanks for the welcome and encouragement. I'm aching for warm weather!

For keeping me excited! I've been lurking for awhile now and I'm feeling guilty, so this is just to say hi. I made five static line jumps last fall and Simply Can't Wait to go all out in the spring. Coming here is keeping me pumped while I wait. I want to hold on to that heart racing, stomach churning, unable-to-keep-the-smile-off-my-face feeling, and the posts here do it! Thanks.