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I had it as a kid growing up. I was able to deal with it via music. When my mom was sick in the ICU and i spent 7 days and 7 night taking care of her...my brain burned out. I could no longer read. I started taking Stratara. Ok stuff. Works well. Gets me to normal. but it does have some rather not fun side effects that are not foo fun for us guys. 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 wind gusts were well over 30mph. I'm looking at jumping a 280 at a jump wight of 220 for a 0.75 ratio. So yes a nice steady 5mph head wind would to rather nicely. I can't tell you how big my smile will be on my face the moment my left leg leaves the strut. 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!

thanks Bry. Life has sucked major donkey dick lately and I can't wait to get back in the air. I took all of your advice and sat for a few days and watched people come in for landings and looked at videos. Sadly you swoopers make it look so easy while watching AFP students come down it just happens so fast at such a high angle! So I worked on getting my leg stronger and now i feel confident I can land a 5ft fall. Thank you so much for your help. Now to just find a non windy day

buy safety gear ASAP! newenough.com 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'm sure there have been some very good ones aimed at me but I just don't recall them. 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!

Story of my recent life brother. Bring up a nice feel good, "I can't wait to get back in the air" thread and i get flamed. I bet if I started a thread about puppies and ice cream some one would shit the bed. 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 was too windy so no jump But better safe then dead. I can't wait. I'm so jealous of you guys. You have no idea how luck you are to have the experience that you have and the time in the air. So to next week end

I was the only fat turd flying that particular canopy. And all of my landings were "hard" landings. But I have strong legs and thought that was "normal" it was only after the broken leg and watching other students land that i realized that perhaps hands all the way down to one knees didn't qualify as full flare rather....sweet mother of god there is no flare! As i'm told my instructor did take the rig out for one jump and he weighs a lot less then me and he had to PLF it. Either way the rig is not grounded and I'm told I may get a piece of it. As for the wind, maybe 10mph? give or take. Enough to be significant for a new guy but you older guys would be ok with it. And yes Mr. Germians class and book really helped me significantly in understanding of what went wrong and what I should look for in a properly trimmed canopy. Hey i didn't know any better because I was new and they didn't know any better because i was the only one jumping that rig. I suggest all DZ's regularly allow either a packer and or a rigger to jump every student canopy once per month to assure all is well. You'll get happier packers and riggers and all your student gear will be checked and verified. And every one will be happy. (argue that 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!

As you can see I only have 7 jumps thus far so I'm not sure if i can explain what happened. All I know is that I jumped the big old green rig about 6 of the 7 times and on jump #8 it broke me. Long story short it was a great opening parachute! Soft stable and always reliable. But she lost altitude rather quickly even for a 265 and the landings were always very hard and flare was accomplished by placing my hands down by my knees. I jumped an newer 260 which also opened rather softly but was able to float better. And in fact floated so well that the only time I jumped her I had an unintended swoop in that she came down and just wouldn't come down! and when she did it was a soft landing which I was not use to at all. As for the accident, it was rather windy and I really shouldn't have jumped but i was just too excited. So i jumped. Had a great opening but the winds were kind of high and i was hitting turbulence at about 800ft. And when I came in for my final I cam in kind of hot and when I went to flare, hands by my balls, I had nothing. so i sort of freaked and instead of having my feet together in PLF form I was doing a ginger bread man landing and my inner right foot hit the ground and SNAP. Long story short, 1) Feet and knees together on all questionable landings. 2) Trim and line lengths need to be checked on all student rigs by a trained professional. 3) shit just happens. I can't say enough about the guys and gals of my DZ and the doctor who roded my leg. and at first I actually thought it was a blessing in that it would save my marriage but....sadly it didn't. Hence why I really really want to jump to clear my head. 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 i can do jumping jacks and even run....though i hate running. And practiced PLFing off of some things. I'm nervous but I trust my instructor. I've spoke with the rigger and have kindly asked him to make sure that the gear is in proper shape. So this time I should have full flare capabilities. And yes, knees and toes together and be ready to PLF like my bones depend on it! 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 just scheduled my first jump, AFP, for this Saturday. It will be my first jump after i FURBARed my tib fib after an AFP jump went bad on landing. I'm looking forward to being happy again and hopefully a safe and soft landing. Please wish me luck 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've been called Shah since I was 0 days old. The 269 comes from the song Moon 269 by U2. Thus Shah269 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!

Yeah and this is why engineers live a long long long long time! And those who work for the federal government as engineers even longer! Why? We have a saying in these here parts. "If her eyebrows aren't connected and she's not wearing sweat pants! SHE'S HOT!" 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 vaguely recall something about 50 jumps a year....I'm not sure since I'm at work and the old papers are at home. But I've actually have had second thoughts riding the motorcycle. To and from work. Yeah the woman was nuts, yeah she hurt me and it will take a long long time for me to recover but no one should pay on a condo that's under water. Especially if their income is 1/10th of what they need. Yeah I'm that fracking stupid that i actually give a rats ass about my soon to be x wife in case i bight the big 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!

As I recall it was a term life insurance sufficient to cover the cost of the condo + outstanding student loans + other. So about $500k. I recall it may have included x number of jumps for $50 a month. But you also have to remember I did score off the charts when it came to the health readings. Add to it that i don't smoke and don't have any cancer in my immediate family and so I was able to get a low price. But that being said, my soon to be x wife wasn't exactly smart when she canceled the policy with out informing me. God forbid I died due to a motorcycle accident or......hell just a bad fall in the shower she would have been stuck with a $300k loan for a condo and she only makes $35k a year. 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 i don't "fly" so I'm hoping it won't set me back $3k a year. If it does well then I am screwed and skydiving will have to wait till I get my next bump in pay....ETA 2020. 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!

Yes, I can't wait actually. I just don't want to leave this world and cause any one financial harm god forbid such a thing were to happen. I don't smoke, drink more than a 6 pack a week and I'm in good shape. I think it won't be a big deal. Shah 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 not yet. The paper work has not been finalized and her name is still on the mortgage. Sadly for some dumb reason due to IT's inability to stop fucking with out computers, the search function does not seem to wish to work from work. I guess I'll call Allstate. 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!

My soon to be x wife wasn't thinking but she killed off our life insurance...her name is still on the mortgage.....so now I have to get life insurance that covers skydiving accidents. I only really realistically think I'll be able to afford 50-100 jumper per year. Any suggestions and how much do you pay? FYI, I don't smoke and an in very good shape. Than you Shah 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!

woo hoo! you go!

To those that didn't spend huge sums of money on your weddings, congrats. Like I said me and wife #1 did not either. It was great! That morning her and I went for a walk and picked up some wild flowers, her dress was something she had laying around, we were married in at the justice of the peace with a few of her family and friends and we had coffee and cake. I loved it because I loved her. I had this silly idea in my little brain that we would last forever because there was nothing i wouldn't do for her. For shutting down a US embassy for not giving her a visa to.....paying for her education and forgoing my vacations so she could go to see her parents every year. And well all good things do come to an end and I'm actually kind of scared. I do wish to get married again but if the next one is anything like the average chicken head women who morph into a gay version of Hitler.......no thank you! And $8k for a ring! HA! Like I said for that price I can get two long legged flat bellied perky boobied amazing assed hotties from eastern Europe. Or something that complains much much much less. So to those that pulled it off, you are my hero's! May you have long and happy partnerships! 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've given this much thought regarding $8k. Two mail order Eastern European long legged flat bellied perky bobied amazing assed hottie brides. Why two? Well why not?

http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-the-top-10-reasons-women-watch-porn/ Recently, it was revealed that 17 members of the SEC were downloading large quantities of porn at work while the nation’s economy was going down the toilet. The real shocker? While many who heard the story assumed—unthinkingly—all of those SEC employees were men, at least one of them was a woman. “The female accountant tried to access online pornography from her office laptop nearly 1,800 times in two weeks,” Forbes reports. “She also had 600 sexually explicit images saved on her hard drive.” And that, my friends, is a lot of porn. The lessons to be learned? 1. Don’t download porn at work. 2. Women watch porn, too. Previously, we gave you the top 10 reasons men watch porn. Now, we present to you the top 10 reasons women watch porn. 1. Curiosity. A girlfriend of mine calls this the “freak show factor.” Personally, I think there is something about pornography that is a bit like a freak show. I mean, people look kind of weird naked and doing it. We’ve come a long way, baby, but there is a degree to which watching porn is still a taboo for women, and that can be its own turn-on. 2. To Get Off. Women and men may be from different planets, but they are both prone to the occasional masturbation session, and it is for that express purpose porn was designed. Generally, I believe women are more likely to choose mental fantasies over visual aids, but there are many women who are as visual as men and men who are as fantasy-oriented as women. 3. Learn New Moves. We can’t all be Stormy Daniels, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have sex like porn stars if we aspire to do so. Whether we’re bored with the current state of our sex lives, looking to bust out a new move on a special occasion, or have yet to perfect the fine art of fellatio, porn can, uh, come in, er, handy as an, um, “educational tool.” 4. Comparison Shopping. People are always yapping about how competitive men are. I have yet to meet a man who is as quietly competitive as a woman. Because a fair amount of us can’t quite make up our minds whether or not to love the body Mother Nature gave us, sometimes we watch porn to compare ourselves to other women. When the competition is surgically enhanced, that challenge can get a little tricky. But women also watch porn to compare their sexual partners to other men. Do they measure up? Depends. 5. Ogle Guys. You know what there isn’t enough of in this world? Shirtless, bottomless, and shirtless and bottomless men. Seriously! Naked chicks? Everywhere you look. If we can’t get to the beach, we might have to visit HotNudeDudes.com, stat. 6. Kill Time. Why does one of my female coworkers watch porn? “To kill time before you can start a DVR’d, hour-long episode of a TV show without having to watch any commercials.” She is nothing if not efficient. 7. Get in the Mood. Several women I spoke with about their personal porn usage used the term “jump start.” If she’s getting ready to go out on a big date, or if her partner is on the way over for a roll in the hay, women use adult movies to get their motor runnin’. It’s like foreplay. Except you’re having sex with the internet instead of another human being. 8. It’s His. Probably, this one should be higher up on the list. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the second most common reason women watch porn. Suffice to say, many women who stumble upon their man’s porn collection may have taken a peek at it. Or, you know, spent the next several hours watching it. In some cases, someone else’s porn can tell you a lot about them. 9. Explore Secret Fantasies. If a woman isn’t comfortable sharing her sexual fantasies, she may turn to porn to experience them vicariously. It could be something as simple as spanking, yet she may feel awkward telling her square-as-a-peg husband that she wants to play naughty. Porn never judges. 10. Penises. Newsflash: Penises are weird. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again. We don’t have them. We will never totally understand them. Porn is a penis show. 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 my bad. But what do you guys think of continuous consistent feed back to the student so as to develop their own monologue? I know as a student I would like it and will be asking for it this season. 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'm relating what I would like to hear while in the air to what i was told while on the race track for the very first time. A simple "your doing good" every 30 seconds or so really does give the n00b a good warm and fuzzy feeling. Maybe you guys don't remember or are super macho but it's scary up there the first few times. And being scared is not always a good thing. 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!