WFFC

I'm leaving Friday morning for IL again. I'll try to drive it up tomorrow (Wed) night or Thursday. My Samurai is at the DZ too...Big shame I can't jump it this weekend. But, hopefully the interview goes well on Monday and I won't have to be unemployed too long...

Thank you Ma'am, may I have another?

I had Direct TV at my last two places. Really liked it. Install was free, just watch Best Buy for deals. The two room system was 99$. When I moved, they sent me a new dish and installed for free again. Only cost to me the second times was @ 13$ for shipping on the dish. Monthly cost was @ 45$ but I don't recall the package I had. I setup dish at work. The only major difference was the customer service when I had to call in for something. My vote goes to Direct TV.

I'll be about 17 hours closer...

Just a note: Be aware that I did get threatened with a ticket by driving my golf cart down the road. Oops. The officer gave me a brief speech and asked me not to do it again, then sent me on my way... ----- ~~~Michael

The other half of the company I work for was in 2 World Trade. Because news reports were sketchy, I had called my counterpart in NY to see if she knew what was going on. I have a TV hanging above my desk and was watching the live news feed and relaying what I was seeing. The rest of the conversation went like this: Me "Oh shit!" NY "What?" 2nd plane crashing in to 2 World Trade is shown on TV. Me "I think you need to go." NY "I think I need to go too." Me "Be safe and call when you are." NY "OK" 3 hours later, I received calls from people I knew in NY, all of them safe. It took 3 days to track all of our NY office people down, but everyone was physically OK... Even with everything that happened, the I.T. group pulled together and we were able to function as a company again in about 12 hours. Some people have left, others have stayed. the NY group has a much closer attachment to eachother now and things that they grabbed off their desks, like palms or pages, before heading out of the tower. They get emotionally upset when the device quits working and a new one is recommended.

Well, I'm now in possession of several bags of clothes, my rig with an out of date reserve ($40 and a case of Heinekein will fix that tomorrow night), one camera helmet, both my still cameras and my video camera. Currently on a borrowed puter, but I've ordered a new one and it's somewhere between Memphis and Denver right now. Pre second Birdman jump on Saturday and my new Samurai has been confirmed as enroute as well. Have a couple job interviews setup for the 17th & 18th in Illinois and my last day at the current job will be April 9th based on my current timetable. Things are starting to look up!!! Thinking on my way out of town, I'm gonna stop by the house and take my garbage can.

Just don't come to Colorado...We, unfortunately, fully understand Texan's and Californians too well. That's why I hide everytime it snows. The Texan's think they're invincible in their 4x4's and SUV's and the Californians have never seen snow so they drive slower and more erratic than my g-ma. **disclaimer-This generic rant does not necessarily reflect the driving abilities of all Texans and Californians in Colorado. Others are worse... ----- ~~~Michael

That one was done by Steve Henderson - I've got it on Freefall.com as well. ----- ~~~Michael

152 - Bandit Jump 172 182 205 - Non Turbo with No less that Mr. Mike Mullins behind the wheel. I've got it on video too!!! 206 Caravan Grand Caravan King Air King Air - Mullins Twotter Super Otter Porter Sky Van Casa C-130 Pitts T-6 Texan Balloons - 2 place to 10 place Bell 412 Enstrom helicopter DC3 DC4 ----- ~~~Michael

Kinda~ It came in a plain black wrapper with MSF DEMO in sharpie ink on the disk. It's good...Very good...

You'll see...

Tami-I hope you ordered the DVD... ----- ~~~Michael

Oh yes...btw, going to try to meet up with the first family when they fly through in April... ----- ~~~Michael

Haven't moved back to IL yet, otherwise i might take you up on it... ----- ~~~Michael

Not sure...Will have to watch again...Were you in the shopping carts? ----- ~~~Michael

Grant has a ton that he hasn't even gotten through yet. Will get them when I do...

Awesome News: I'm in it... ----- ~~~Michael

Definately agree...btw, your vid is now up on the webcam/video page... Anyone else have one they want up? ----- ~~~Michael

Now the funny thing about that jump, even though it was sanctioned by Bernice, none of the people involved with the jump were regular WFFC staffers. We borrowed the tandem rig from a DZO friend and grabbed another friend from another DZ to shoot the video. All in all it was fun. Just need a new video now...

How many times did you two watch it? Got it once through just the video on Friday night, 3 times including extras on Saturday and 4 times today so I can say that's it's been thoroughly tested.

Pssst...I've got the demo DVD in my hot little hands...Will post review later...

Lemme call Don. Not sure what they're flying though. Would need something with an airstair, but anything is possible, I've got some tin snips. There is a Hooters or two in Chambana just down the road. Lemme look into this...

Sushi & a nice shower at Bill and Michelle's before the convention starts? Maybe a few demos. Hmmm...BERNICE!!! btw, will be looking for a sushi place in Chambana that we could take off to one night. I'll owe you since you're standing me up on my offer to treat tomorrow night with the rest of the group. Next month will be in Boulder @ Sushi Zanmai on the 28th...

That's not early. I'll be there the weekend before... Want to make sure my area is well marked...