Zenister

i'll never understand why society has ingrained this shameful attitude about nudity that makes people worry about it so... but it does nothing good for anyone and particularly bad things for some of the lovely moments of vision i've been lucky enough to stumble into on occasion.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

and here's a joke.. how many chauffeurs does it take to kill a princess?? 1 and a fifth.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

crushed by an elephant while in the midst of a gut wrenching orgasm delivered by three redheaded virgins specially trained in the erotic arts... if i cant go that way i'm not dying! free jump to the first person who can cite the (slightly modified) reference. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

so i guess its just me that believes accuracy is more than being able to make 30 course corrections on final approach in order to hit your target?? final is final... if you cant judge your approach properly without taking up 4-5 times the width of your canopy after you've turned off the base leg maybe the slow boats without basic skill should be exiled back to the student area?? the main should be reserved for those who have learned how to fly consistent patterns...no matter how fast or slow your canopy flies.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

hardly... 'Pasqual's wager' assumes there are only two possible choices.. it is logically and mathematically flawed... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

DAMN! i thought i'd avoided that.....ohhh your soo gonna pay... ps.. that is Kara (kava) hiding behind the burger... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

i was a beta for the wing commander games... one day while driving to class a bird flew across my vision... i SWEAR a red target box tracked it as it passed... while in the army i spent ALLOT of time tracking radar targets... one night while drunk everytime i closed my eyes all i could see were target indicators and resolutions scales... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

no worries, none of me either.. but then that was the point... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

damn didnt know that... but it does explain allot about the way we argue.. foil, sabre or epee? whoops... forgot i agree about the fork.. but seems Tom is letting him cool off first.. THEN the forking.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Theory actually it doesnt even reach that level of refinement... by the strict scientific method it barely qualifies as a hypothesis... MUCH less validity than a theory... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

mine are easy... same as the toast i made on new years.. "may you make more jumps with more people in the new year than you did in the last" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

check with the AZTC...as well as the Flight Club... LOTS of great canopy coaches about... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Same here in OZ not much different in many circles in the US... the local variant in our test lab is "step away from the crackpipe" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

meanwhile these are some of the people that consider themselves "safe canopy pilots" because they never do more than a 90 deg turn, yet their accuracy in traffic still sucks and they will yell at you if you have to avoid them because "i was low man i have right of way" .... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

chest strap, but primarily because i try to go through the same ritual everytime i gear up... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

I don't know... I'm guessing it has something to do with icecream??? Yes, ice cream. That must be it. rotflmao..... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

ja I'm doing 10-12 hour days this week in the lab so i can hopefully headout thursday night... what are the lodging options? decent places to pitch a tent? or is better to get a room some place? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

they may not the be largest, but it is a pic of three of my favorite things.... NSFW... and off to work i go.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Mt Baker WA.... particularly some of the back country.....i shouldnt be giving them the props as some of the owners are complete asshats, but i wish i had the skills to try.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

you say that like its a bad thing.... oh wait... your married... never mind.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

i can funnel anything (and make it look like someone else did it too) ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

no we completely understand. the difference is some of us recognize that the primary difference between a 'cult' and a 'religion' is how much influence the 'extreme element' was able to exert it in its early stages... the catholic church could easily be classified as a cult (even by your definition)... particularly in the middle ages perhaps you've heard of the term "auto da fe" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

bravado and BS, often stated (or unorigininal if you prefer) but no matter how many jumps you have...his statement is completely accurate.. you are in the process of dying the instant you get out of the aircraft until the moment you do something positive to change that outcome. No other sport in existence can claim that.. (not even russian roulette, if you want to call that a sport) no matter how alive skydiving makes you feel, if you do nothing (and have no electronic device to act in your stead) after you exit the aircraft, you are DEAD. period. everyone that is involved in this sport should understand that they are taking ultimate responsibility for their fate everytime they leave an aircraft. This is reflected in the care you take in your training, gear, situational awareness, packjob, canopy and approach choices.. etc... but in the end you make the decision, you take the action..... get out of the plane. or stay inside... pull or do not..... do. or do not... there are few things in life that are that black and white, where the line of division is so finely drawn... and few things (IME) that illustrate exacty what it means to be really alive, aware and complete in each moment, as it occurs...and that (for me) is worth all the risk....every single time.. training, awareness and preparation (proper gear etc) are what allow you to have this experience 'safely', again and again... but never, ever fool yourself and pretend that death isnt near and waiting for those who do not respect the inherent danger in the sport, or those unlucky enough to have the chain of circumstance stacked against them in that instance..... another 'unoriginal thought' but equally true in skydiving.. "you can do everything right, and still die". but it is soooooooo absolutely worth it.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

hmmm well how about i pay people who know how to cook instead..... works well and there are never any dishes to clean ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

you know during the xmas boogie it occured to me there were no less than 4 'skydiving' teachers (female i wasnt counting males) wandering around the dropzone... 5 once Lew showed up for a day.... pretty good odds... and usually its engineers you cant swing a dead cat without hitting at eloy.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.