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So you're saying that if I told you I loved you . . . And this is where the old married Catholic guys gets that Forest Gump look and say's "Uh, OK...." Seriously, if you get three warnings and do it a fourth time, and don't see a problem, it's time for a whoopin. Since we don't generally knock people down and kick them out into the street, we put them in jail. Jail is unpleasant under the very best of circumstances and people tend to modify their behavior to avoid experiencing it again. If it dawns on anyone that there's a concrete chance that they will go to jail, and that threat modifies their behaviour, great! So Keith, will you settle for a high five?

Yes. Yes indeed, Q-bie Wan. I must have one. There's a neat little turbojet engine out there....But even though the weight has got to be less than 250 pounds, the horsepower would necessitate having a private pilot license even with a piston motor.... If it had gear, do you think it would be landable? What is it's stall speed? Ooh. It's just cooladelic. Totally.

Hey, like I said, you gotta love enough to spank.

Good luck. The lawyer might be able to help you, you may just do better throwing yourself on the mercy of the court. Generally Judges don't care about why you were speeding, just that you understand that speeding is dangerous to yourself and others. If you can believably tell the Judge you understand that what you did was wrong, and are contrite, you may get mercy. If you are defensive, and attempt to justify the number of offenses you have been caught for, you may get some jail time to get you to take your speeding seriously. If you ever had to dig a newborn, but dead baby out from under a dashboard, you wouldn't talk any nonsense about speeding not being any big deal. Inattention to your speed is usually an indicator of general inattention while driving to things like lights and signs. One trick I will share. At the last possibly date, get an extension, and request the soonest date after the extension. Occasionally the court doesn't notify the police department in a timely fashion, or the officer is on a scheduled vacation and will miss the court date. That will result in the case being dismissed (in California anyway). Slow the fuck down. Ya gotta love enough to spank. JP

Oooh. I am muy interesado! JP

I use the Kenko for tandems and filming RW. It's a nice compromise of low profile and sharpness. The Sony .6 is sharper, but bigger.

Here's mine, Jim. I'm driving down, I'll be there Fri-Sunday, My wife and kids are flying in on Monday, and we're doing New Years in Sedona, checking out the Grand Canyon and heading home together. (Oh, Thank you B-squared for the suggestion!

BA Poli Sci, MPA (Masters Public Administration) I went to college after High School cause everybody else was. Stayed there until they put a funny hat on me and told me I was done. Got a job with the Sheriff's Department cause it paid pretty good (Bartending actually paid better) and had benefits. Got my MPA at night so I would be "qualified" to be a police administrator. Couple years later, WHAMMO, I get paid NOT to be a cop and don't have a job. I dust off that sheepskin, convince myself it has meaning, and convince the County it qualifies me to run one of their divisions. The silly things do open doors. They are good for that, anyway. So if your situation suddenly changes,having that diploma can help. St. Mary's and USF have pretty good degree programs for professionals, you should check that out. It's worth doing just to be able to say "yeah" when somebody asks you if you have a degree.

Hey, if I didn't have a pro-track, I wouldn't know that I went 205 yesterday with my buddy Jim in a very nice, stable linked head down. The pro-track is worth the extra bucks. Oh, and I dropped mine from 14K, found it a week later out in the pasture, and it works fine. Very tough stuff!

Tandem Masters rock. I've been shooting tandem video for a while and I just got over how amazing and complex that setup looks in freefall. The giant rig, handles everywhere, drogue vibrating like mad, TM flying thier body like mad to compensate for the screaming epileptic siezure clamped onto their belly. Oh, man. And then there's the landings. "I SAID GETCHER LEGS UP!" They are incredibly fun to shoot. I've seen half a dozen tandem cutaways (I haven't video'd any). The most recent one the student knew what had happened, and went back up within the hour to do it again.

We give em two songs, one for the way up, and one we play from exit to landing. I'm fond of the Top Gun soundtrack, but I'm dating myself. We also let them use their own Cd's if they want.

Up with Sebazz! Even though he sucks!

Nothing better than swimming in a warm lake with fish kissing your toes. Oh, Sebazz is the fish. Ew.

You're on! Probably in the spring, but maybe as a side-trip of the Perris Labor Day Invasion.

That's great! What a nice thing to do, Freaksister! You've got a nice fat Karma balance. I really think having the same jumpsuit every time will improve your flying skills. Congrats! JP

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the DZ.com academy for the wonderful experience of being a post whore, meeting DZ.commers at strange places and jumping with them. Sangiro will never buy beer in my presence. The only regret I have is that I earned this prestigious status at home. As a new Pooh-bah I will attempt to earn all further elevations of status on equipment not owned by me. Cheers to all. I will jump the holy shit out of all in my presence at Eloy THIS MONTH. I will be packing spandex, a speedo, and a nig container that I will fill with noggery very publicly. B-squared said something about a middle aged guy in hip boots in a river with a fly rod or something, but all I got is chest waders. I'm not bringing those. Thank you and good night! JP D 25597

Dude, just work for the weekend. Provide a good life for your family and skydive. We're the richest people in human history. Enjoy it. JP

Hooey! Come squeeze out of the KingAir door with me in Byron. We'll go wine tasting! (in the event of a weather out, or shooting) (Wait. Go target shooting at a range, not wine tasting because of a shooting at the airport) I'll be at Eloy 26-30. Going?

3500. Good practice for an aircraft failure. Fun too. No. No BASE. My balls retract at the thought. How BASE guys and gals get their balls on aircraft at airports amazes me.

Ah, Rifleman, you will get the THREE other flyers in a 4 way! I did a great sunset 6 way tonight and I've got all five other flyers in it when we turned the two three way closed accordions. I was in the center of one of the accordions looked a little left, Big Tom, a little right there's John, as we close I got Mad John, Carol, and Alan. It is the absolute bomb diggity shit for inside work. Absolute. You could probably use it for tandems if you could stay right on top of the pair the entire time, but I use a .5 for that. Between my .5 and the .3 I get good stuff almost every time. If you're in doubt, buy it. JP

Dude, I'm old, conservative, and methodical and last week I downsized, got very happy about how sporty my new canopy flew and almost critically injured myself. Skydiving is a very picky mistress. This sport has made me the happiest I've been my whole life, but yes, it has the ability to take my life away. You don't get even a single moment of bad decision making in this sport. "Whoops" can mean dead or crippled. Make no mistake, I will teach both my daughters to skydive when they are old enough, but I only hope I raise them to have better decision making ability than I do. The gear can kill you, but it can't murder you. It usually takes you to murder you in skydiving nowadays. Usually.

A helmet that is comfortable and secure (more secure than comfortable,but Ithink they can be both) And a Sony mini DV camera. First you have to spend about $3600 after getting your A on jump experience before strapping that bad boy on. I consolidated and sold my old expensive hobbies. I now do mostly video jumps, either tandems and AFF or pick-up work for folks who want video and/or stills. AFF = $1300, 200 jumps = $3600, video/stills setup = $3000, camera suit = $350, new rig with cypres = $4000, 50 more jumps beggin folks to buy your crappy video while you develop skills = $900. I see about $13 grand. You might be able to do it for 10 if your savvy. I get a check (a little one, usually) to skydive now. It was worth it for me. Good luck! JP

I can remember this one, we did it Friday for Jason's 100th. Here's to Jason, He's got class, Here's to Jason HE'S A HORSES ASS! Him, him, f*ck him!

Dude, huge mistakes leave marks on the ground

It's a long way, to Janurary, it's a long way, by far....! I'll be there at the end of Decepter...HICK!