Zenister

i always know life is fine when i happen to catch 11:11 during the week... cant be trying to look for it (doenst count if i see the clock at 11:03 and know its coming) but when i just happen to look at a clock and its 11:11 i know all is well.. if its 11:13 then i'm running late and need to speed up..(i missed it) if its 11:10 then i'm going to fast and need to slow down some (to early) 1:11 is close but less meaningful silly personal superstitions..

a qoute worked for me & my mother.. "life is not measured best by the number of breaths you take, but instead by the number of moments your breathe is taken away." ask them if they would rather you live 80 years of dull, flat existance, or 20 of full out enjoyment and experience? then you have to explain to them that life without skydiving IS dull and flat.. death comes for everyone, dont spend your life waiting for her... ***paraphrased from C&H "today for show and tell i've brought a snowflake in..each one beautiful and unique, unlike any other formed before or after, but when i bring it inside it becomes a simple drop of water..so while that analogy sinks in i'm leaving you drips for the outside" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

kind of like the great statistic i heard recently.. (might have been here) average # of deaths per year over the last 10 years due to lightning strikes? 70 quite a bit higher than your average number of fatalities due to skydiving.. i guess being outside in the rain is more dangerous.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

I'm trying to decide among Soft shoulders dangerous curves ahead and slippery when wet i think i would have to go with "do not wiss on the electric fence" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

yes but i still dont agree..you dont check for 3 min.. you check then you relax and focus on the dive, go over the exit, visualize the points etc.. then check your handles again right before jumprun, but you shouldnt usually have been moving around so much they could have been dislodged anyway... most commonly observed jump rituals. 9-10k gear (pins, rings, straps, handles)check 11-12 googles, helmets, exit count clarification.. etc 12-13 hand shakes, fingers, farts, jokes etc 13.5 door! ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

IME 9-10k is where most jumpers do 'final' gear checks..particularly teams who then focus on the diveflow for the next thousand feet..most check themselves and or have the person behind them do it, so there is very little "moving around" required ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

and she'd never know! 50M right..to easy.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Not thinlking with the big head there Zenman... lol got to look a little farther than the next horizion sometimes bigger payoffs ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

lol just had a pair of purple& black Da'kines that i sold for a jump ticket to a hottie learning to FF.. had a bit of a rip in the ass, but it wasnt all the way thru and the pink under fabric looks cute on her ass.

A few of them are wonderful. Amy got me in on Kashi bars and shakes! They fill me up, and they give me energy! They're also loaded with protein and fiber! Don't be dissing my bars... i'm not knocking energy bars, i love them, but it is MUCH harder to make each bar than it is to salt a slab of deer and carry it into the hills for a month or two.. Hmm...I'm still not sold on that one. ok find me another food that is as nutritious, has as many calories, is as easy to acquire, prepare and preserve by weight & volume as red meat. I say red meat because it certainly takes less time to kill a large moose than to catch an equal weight of fish for the same benefits. pretend we are going into the wasteland and you can only eat what you carry..now assuming we can carry equal amounts (and have the same calorie requirements) what food are you bringing? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

No need to ask...I heard the volitile screams all the way to Houser Rd! Well...thats NOT what she said....LOL. shakes head..wonders if he really wants to know... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

oh I never take any discussion like this personally, and completely agree far to many people don’t examine anything and disregard everything that might mean they should change.. I guess the point I’m most trying to make is that, as far an efficient foods red meat, beats out most every other food source for overall value. In both time & ease of preparation (none if circumstances really require it), size/weight per calorie value and the ability for the human body to function (and more than function, thrive in a stressful enviroment) soley on it as a single source, than meat. Sure we’ve come up with some wonderful energy bars/drinks etc to supplement and/or replace meat as a mainstay. However you really have to consider the vast industrial complex required to produce those foods in quantity, and then compare them to the simplicity of a man with a knife and a bit of salt… This is not to say there are not serious environmental issues that need to be addressed in relation to the way we as a culture mass produce our meat & dairy products in general.. I almost don’t want to get started on “lactose intolerant” sure some people have a real physical problem, however most have simply become unaccustomed to drinking it and seem to think they have an actual medical condition. If you don’t want to eat milk or cheese (life without cheese!?!? WTF?) that’s cool, but how many people were “lactose intolerant” 20 years ago when dairy was a staple of the diet?? edit: BTW i agree with Sunny.. you can eat mcdonalds once and a while and still be a vegetarian because what they serve isnt really meat..certainly not what i'm talking about when i say meat.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

a the risk of starting a flame war.. i was on a load and asked to do a 9k gear check and found a student (i think he had 20+ jumps but wasnt licensed yet) with his cypress off.. pointed it out to a TM who was also there (and was his JM on a few jumps during his progression apparently) and he asked the student a few questions about his dive etc..and said he was cool to go..so out he went..sometime after our ff group had already gone) which made sense to me..if the TM/JM was confident of the students ability/altitude awareness why not? because the BSR says so??? the BSRs provide great guidelines, but slavishly following any rule without regard to the situation "on the ground" never seems the best course either...if you have people in positions of responsibility TMs. ST&A's, DZO's.. shouldnt their judgment really be the deciding factor? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

but see with red meat thats just not completely true..It DOES lots for you. As much (or more from a single source) as any other single vegetarian diet item..yes you can get all that protein in other places, but not one single place. Pick another single food source that you can survive on as well (healthy fitness test standpoint) and for as long as having a herd of deer nearby.. cutting back on red meat would certainly help alot of people eat better, and live longer, however i would definitely wager there are other places in their diet where making changes would be far more effective and far less traumatic to what their body (and their tastes) have become accustomed to.. much of the "red meat is bad" stigma in the vegetarian circles comes from the fact mammals are cuter than poultry, so we shouldnt eat as many.. no that one cigarette is only harmful in addition to the other pollutants they ingest everyday..just as with the meat example its about your total intake, not about a single specific source of any “toxin”... the holistic approach to living… choosing not to smoke wont prolong your life much if you also chose to live next to a factory.. (or in LA) ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

No, it still has negative effects on your body even if it doesn't kill you or give you a heart attack. That's like saying smoking in moderation is okay. It's not. While you may not die of lung cancer from smoking in moderation, you are still harming your body. A person that eats fast food, red meat, smokes, drinks, eats Twinkies....a person that does all of that in moderation is not healthy. They are hurting their body. not true. The person doing all that may be doing each food type in moderation, but they are in excess of a number of substances contained in those foods that have been shown to have ill effects in large quantities again this is a matter of defining [I]moderate[/I] as it applies to the individual compounds in the foods not by grouping them.. if your body is capable of processing it without any long term ill effects you are not "harming" your body..any more than your "harming" yourself from any other normal digestion process. Even something as “evil” as smoking causes NO HARM if kept to levels that the lungs can accommodate & process Vegetarians are much more likely to get their protein from sources which do not contain the saturated fats and "toxins." You do realize that in larger amounts than the body is accustomed to deal with (ie can process effectively) both O2 and H20 are “toxins” Which is the key to any eating program, balancing what you ingest with your body’s ability to process it. Some things have lower/higher levels of “moderate” than others.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

it was definately one of the first movies of that type to go with the "geeks are cool" concept.. Rock Star, Scientist, inter-dimensional traveller...lol. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

that movie is camp classic... "where ever you go..there you are..." ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

not exactly a "failed" film... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

that may have been the best part of that movie....far to much relatively useless dialogue later on although the settings were gorgeous ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

not at all...i could eat one twinky a week (which is certainly moderate) an never have ANY ill health effects because of it.. i could consume one bottle of everclear a month just as easily (well except what i did while i was drinking it) EVERYTHING is fine in moderation just as EVERYTHING is bad for you in excess (even air & water..but maybe not skydiving) the issue is determining what defines excess and moderation for every single substance, for every individual. Its far easier to cross the line with some foods than others.. To claim that any vegetarian is significantly better off (ie More healthy) than an equally health conscious carnivore is ludicrous..they just eat different amounts of different foods..the majority of arguments made against any red meat as a part of healthy life style are just as much propaganda as the "meat and potatoes" speil from the cattlemen..and some times there is nothing better that a bleeding slab of seared flesh... Life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life… ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

lol i've got an ASI (additional skill identifier) in PowerPoint.. not a real one but i was doing SOOOO many PPs for work my Col had a certificate made just for S&G's. Its one of the only certificates i still put up on my office walls.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

practice practice practice..."hurry up and wait" is the next game you learn, right after "simon says" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

True, but you may want to keep in mind that not everybody works in an innovation field.... The IT industry is notorious for having people dress in any way they possibly can. The undertaking business for instance, does like people to dress in a certain fashion. Same goes for those in the medical field. IN the same line many people in a business environment will have to adhere to some sort of dress code. Such is life. ALL feilds are innovation..the static mindset makes people think that they arent.. and some places it makes sense..military (for obvious reasons although some of the dress restrictions are arbitary and meaningless, left over artifacts) Medical..ease of identifying coworkers and staff as well as simplicity of clean up.. Undertaking (lol good example) because of the overt sensitvity and social issues..dont really want your undertaker in torn jeans and a "Disturbed" or "Live Undead" tshirt even though i know one who dresses like that when not at work, or at work where you dont see him. but the "business" environment is totally arbitrary..Far to many bad judgments are/have been made on the type/cost of your suit, shoes, watch and your tie than the information and background your company and its employees actually provides..and i think people are starting to see thru the superficial affectations that a business puts out for credibility and actually looking and records and accomplishments.. even in sales..i've annoyed at least one stereo sales man by picking the brain of the 16 year old that was just browsing...he knew far more about how the components interacted and what kinds of speakers/ cables combos & configurations would sound best than the drone in the white shirt and tie who was having a hardtime spelling Hi-Fi without quoting the sales literature i'd already read.

it is and has...just lots of dinosaurs that need to die before things will really change..a great many companies have figured out that "appearance" (meaning the drone uniform) has nothing to do with professionalism or productivity. lots of old school (and ex military officers) are having issues adjusting..but i just saw a retired Col try threaten to fire a software guru last month because he didnt like his haircut (none) or his manner of dress.. (shorts & loud shirt) it was really neat to be in the 'after' meeting.. "uh sir you might want to change your approach to james..he wont listen if you yell, and he just wont show up (or will show up and bitch) if you make this an issue....and your deadline cant afford that..." innovation does not come from those who fit into cookie cutter molds... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

so you are of the opinion then that the USPA should be for "skydivers who dont like taking risks or anyone taking risks around them"? the USPA need to take into account that its members (or a good portion of them at least) WANT to be able to risk their lives under HP canopies without arbitrary jump number restrictions..promote education (offer discounts to DZs that have Canopy control courses, offer discounted jump tickets to jumpers who takes them..etc) without continuing the trend to 'legistate risk" out of everyones lives.. if the waivers are ignored now then why are you advocating MORE USELESS pieces of paper??? why dont people understand that there are obviously individuals out there that feel the risks are perfectly acceptible?? even with a high % chance of death? why cant we let "the people whos stuff your using to to it" ie : the DZOs & ST&A'sdecide what risks they let their jumpers (and source of income dead jumpers dont buy jump tickets) take is too much?? why the push for over reaching control?? why not develop a program that ENCOURAGES DZs to provide canopy control classes for those who wish them? seems like all the manufacturers would also be interested in encouraging a program that would help them sell canopies too. (price discounts for those with canopy 'ratings'?? I think there are lots more methods that should be used to encourage canopy knowledge BEFORE we step in and start making abitrary regulations.. those who dont can continue to pound in..eventually the message will get out, and for those who stilll miss it..oh well....IGNORANCE IS PAINFUL ..didnt you read your waiver??? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.