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Yeah ... He definitely isn't going to be taking Dr. Drew's place anytime soon. I miss that thread! It was a disaster someone has to bring it back to life. I found a few guys and gals who are jumping 1:1 and are flying straight forward left had runs. Watching the video and seeing their POV is really for me a great way of seeing what things "should" look like. As for the packing, sadly there aren't any good videos out YET. But I had a very good instructor and I took good notes so I think...key workd here in think...that I'm doing a good job. I've had friends come over who have more experience than I and so far it looks as if I'm on track. And let's face it it's easier to practice packing if you are not in a hurry to catch the next ride up. Remember you guys with thousand of jumps, material controll for you is second nature, for n

Low jump number here so I'm sorry I cant say much. I've spotted and well I can do that. I can get to the door and lift it...I can do that. It's all about the flight up. Yeah I feel the tension I feel the stress. And since I'm usually the only fun jumper I can relate to how the tandems feel. I've actually held a hand of a tandem and told them all will be well. Or have told them to breathe they are turning blue. That really helps. Breathing. Focusing on having a great flight. And looking around smiling and trying to find your Zen. And I know this sounds dumb, but for me....it's like kissing a girl you have a crush on. That tension, that anticipation and then woooooshhhhh....life is goooood! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

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if the stars line up just right...and pigs fly.....who knows. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Is he investing? How much? There is talk....lots of unusual talk...I have no clue what the hell is going on. I'm on my day off due to the snow and I have fielded 5 phone calls from friends and friends of friends. I may have to call up skyventure soon because there are questions I have no answers for....such as power consumption and how fast can it be built and license fees! This is very nutty! Does any one have any good videos with music of indoor skydiving. Mostly what I've seen has been SHIT! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

It's one thing to get one video...it's another to get one video and a few pictures....but there are a few videos here and they are all looking rather funky. If I had to say if there were a question I would have to say that the up close video video was a little nutty....the people sounded a little too calm for just what happened. The old lady "Oh we have those back home...." WTF? I mean OK maybe she is some sort of dumb ass but if any of us were to see a ball of light 200m off our nose and then have it shoot straight up....I don't think any of us would use those words. As for the airspace over that country, it's tight! What ever this was or is or could have been it was either very good or very fake. Any word of if it's real or fake? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

The professor liked it, said it was even viable to build one in China! Go figure! And a few of my friends are giggling about the idea of building one in NJ City HA! Go figure! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Here is one a friend told me on our way to China. His friend, worked for Chase for 40 year. His retirement was worth well over $3mill. No joke money! The guy worked from 7am to 7pm. Had two kids. The wife worked. They had a nice house....the usual gig. 15 years in the girl suddenly finds god...or something like that....cuts the poor bastard off when it comes to sex and affection. Wants him to quit his job and bla bla bla. This goes on for 6 months to a year. Accuses the SOB of having an affair with his admin....asks for a divorce and puts a restraining order on the guy. Takes him for HALF of his retirement and 70% of his income + the home and limited visitation. The judge thought that was the right thing to do. So here is a guy in his 50's living on 30% of his income living in a one bedroom appartment kicking himesle for not having that little contract and hoping beyond hope that his X gets hit by a bus! Why the guy hasn't put a bullet in his brain is beyond me. One of the dumb ass engineers I know, married a human whale. Told her not to worry about work and to take it easy....so she did....she too found god 5 years in. Asked for a divorce. Took the dumb fuck for $50k. GET A CONTRACT! DON'T BE A DUMB ASS! How good would it feel when she has some sort of short circuit and cuts you off and wants to take half of what is yours to be able to pull out a piece of paper she signed and you signed and to say with a big fat shit eating grin on your face. "Suck on this! Take your shit and get the hell out of my house!" Look I'm sorry guys, it's not like "how it use to be". 70% of all divorces are started by the chick. And I assure you a good 50% of them have no clue why they did it in the first place but they would rather burn in hell than admit it! GET A CONTRACT! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I'd rather have a clean canvas to work with. Well no duuuuhh! Name one guy who came out of a divorce better off than when he went in...maybe that last guy who married Madona! Hell I, having no kids, having paid for her education am eating $10k worth of legal and bank fees! Immagine if I had kids and my property was worth soemthing! You girls have us guys by the balls when it comes to a divorce. This little contract is the onlything any man has to pretect him and his assets if and when a young lady has what best could be described as "change of plans" Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Don't kid yourself, these little contracts hold their own in court. In theory you can have it that no matter how things go no one will take any of your shit! And as a guy that's a good thing. I can't tell you the number horror stories I've been told! Everything from "The bitch didn't work for 5 years, no kids, no nothing and I still had to pay her fat ass $50k" to my personal favorite "She put me on a sex diet, then accused me of cheating, then took the kids, the house and 50% of my 401k and 50% of my income." The system for a lack of a better word is designed to screw your average guy. Other than this legal contract a man has nothing to defend himself when it comes to a divorce! Just shy of catching her with her boy toy on film she has all of the power in a divorce. The best thing I ever did in my married life was not to have kids AND I got lucky in that my condo is underwater by $30k. So when I told her to go pound sand.....she really had to do it! Or I could have told her "Ok le's sell this condo and you can eat $15k in losses!" If you are a man, and you have any money or think you will make any money or intend to ever own any property or may find property and intend to hold on to it, I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU WRITE ONE OF THESE UP! A simple, "We leave with what we brought into this union" should be sufficient. But I would suggest you go into further detail indicating what property is yours and yours alone. Be it house, car or retirement funds. Furthermore include language that covers things such as her employment and providing "significant assistance" when it comes to paying bills and don't be a pussy about including things such as sex and adultery and kids. 2 years ago, if you had asked me I would have given you a Zen answer about how the universe will provide if you and your partner love and respect one another.....that was then and this is now! Don't be a dumb ass! Protect your ass! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

(.)(.) HA! oops my bad! http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Anthony%20fellows&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi dude you are all over goooooogle! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Sorry to go on a tangent here, but.... I always find it weird when couples know how many times per week they have sex, though many do. Is it some sort of regularly scheduled thing, like going to the gym? YES! If I'm ever dumb enough to do it again I will have a prenput and in said prenup there will be a fixed number. 3 times per week sounds good to me! Why? Simple! You women are a little bat shit crazy when it comes to sex. You either turn it off...or use it as a weapon. Seen it happen to many people I know. She has one dumb idea to get back at the guy because he forgot one thing and before you know it....he's pissed and she's pissed. And she has no idea why she cut off the poor SOB in the first place but she will be dead long before she says she is sorry. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Well that's what the freaking MBA program is all about and looking forward to spring. Kind of hard when you are stuck in a condo you bought together and you can't unload it due to it being slightly under water! But eh.....what can you do? I guess the theories are right. 1-5 years. New job, new house and new friends. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Pick up Brian Germains book. If there is a canopy class take it. Drink lots of milk, eat well, do what the doctor tells you. And well.....if you can get on a bigger canopy it probably wouldn't hurt? But just "feel it". If it all looks good and feels good, get back in the air. And don't worry it will all come back to you fast! Good luck, I hope you recover 100000% and have many soft safe landings. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

China is no different. All aircraft are either military or commercial. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

flashpipe Bro 3 weeks! WTF is wrong with her! I mean really! That's inexcusable. I'm sorry about the kids. The best thing I ever did was not have kids. Everyone and their brother wanted my x and I to have kids. All this BS about "you two are so perfect for each other and would make great parents....." HA! I may be out $10k in legal fees but thank god I don't have to worry about paying for the kids or having to deal with that trauma! But I'll be honest with you, after this....I'm never having kids. I use to joke about it before and thinking ok one day maybe....but now after this? After all the time, i don't care too much about the money, i invested? All the effort and the things I did to have this person in my life. And then the subsequent investment in assisting her with her education....I would have to be bat shit crazy to even consider having kids with anyone. How do you trust anyone? Hell mate do you think you will? I know I wont. As I told a friend on my recent trip to Asia, "I trust a ragged out rented parachute more than I currently trust any woman I have ever met." Is it wrong to think that way? I think so. But the risks....man that's just way too high. It was bad in the sense that some people on here know me only from this context. But oh well.. If a hand-full of people think I'm a complete twat I can live with that!!! LaughLaugh Join the club We should start a club, "The Flying Twats" TFT's for short! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

No, it's just you. Well from those numbers a good 2/3rd of us are doing it wrong. Shit and I've been doing the date three thing! I should have gone for ass on date one! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Interesting to see that 1/3 of women who meet dates online have sex on the first date. I think I'm doing it wrong Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

The worst thing is you don't see it coming... Yeah...I know no one will believe it but...like I said one day we are planning a trip to New Orleans and the next I get a text. As for the green card, she was Finnish...green cards are not that hard to get from Finland. And very few people leave Finland. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

7.5 years almost to the day. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Please correct me if I am wrong. The larger the number of cells, to a limit, the thinner the airfoil and thus faster and more efficient. As I understand, this has to do with the number of ribs allowing for designers to better shape the wing and provide vertical and lateral rigidity. And as such it can be "assumed" a 7 cell has a thicker cord and thus has a slower ground speed when compared to a ubiquitous 9 cell. But what it provided is lower ground speed it also gives up in glide in that a 7 cell "sinks" at a significantly greater rate than a 9 cell. Thus spotting becomes more important. Further more with this loss of forward velocity the ability to plane out, ie flare is slightly diminished. However due to a thicker cord the 7 cell is significantly more stable at lower speeds. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

SMART ASS! You know Wendy these things don't come with an incident report you know. It's not like the FAA where after the accident some dude shows up and gives a press conference. All I know is what I know, and sadly that isn't much. And "our" friends are no help either. The resounding response to the news was "You two! But we had plans for this month, spring, what ever, with you guys! YOU TWO!" And though the divorce was with out any screaming I'm not in any position to send her an email asking "So how much of an asshole am i and can you please in a million words provide me an accident report as to how much of an asshole you think I am." I think divorce for a guy is different for a girl. As a guy I had my nose down and my shoulder up pushing and working hard to make ends meet. Maybe that was it? Nothing is more unsexy and unattractive than someone turning themselves into a door mat for another person. Teaches me right? Next girl will have to pay for her own dam education, her own dam clothes and make her own freaking food and fold her own fracking clothes. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Thus the question at hand "Who am I?" No worries......I'll figure it out, I'll survive. Shame recovery from divorce isn't as easy as recovery from a broken bone. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

That's why I envy any one who met their current or future at some Starbucks or some party and had no issues with being with each other. The amount of hell her and I had to go through with the US embassy was amazing. I had lawyers telling me point blank it would never work and on her part the US embassy was telling her all kinds of not so nice things about "Those Iranians". It was 2 months of hell for her and I but we did it. If you know any foreigners, preferably near easterners ask them how much fun it is to "work" with the US embassy. After they are done cursing and calling all those who work in the embassy core a bunch of dogs.....have them really tell you how they feel. You know I wish in a sick way there was more trauma, it's as if I've been cut in two via a Katana blade it's a ghost injury. And now to figure out who the hell I am. Well sorry I brought every one down on this Sunday. Thanks for the help. I guess i just need some air beneath my feet. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

IanHarrop I guess you are right. I based my identity on being someones husband and trying to be a good one. I think the next time around, if i ever take that risk ever again, I think sadly I will have to be significantly colder and more guarded to prevent my identity to be over run by the relationship. It was nice though, while it lasted. That blind faith and unquestioned trust in someone. Not going to do that again, if i do ever figure out who the hell I am, I'm not going to give it up ever again. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!