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You've got a GREAT laugh ( ). Damn. Those all look like boobies to me now....

Nathan, we gotta get you a video helmet.

ARGH! So true! I will never be able to just "look nice" ever again. Now any compliment is caged with the same three words "...for his age". Not a bad skydiver (insert here) Rides the motorcycle pretty good (insert here) The ( ) used to always contain "for a fat guy" Runs pretty fast (insert here) Quick fielder (insert here) Nathan's are all followed by (for a post whore)

Buncha liars! I get away with murder now compared to when I was obese. The only reason I'm not obese anymore is a chronic pain condition. Hey fatty! Eat a doughnut! People are casually mean to the obese and the ugly. And they are unapologetic about it. Sometimes it's not so much that people are mean, it's that people aren't as nice as they are to fit people. Hell, fat people are even rude to other fat people. People do this all the time " I may be fat/bald/flat-chested/pockmarked/freckly, but THAT PERSON is WAY fatter/balder/flatter/pockeder/frecklier than ME" Not everybody, but most folks. I try to toss my first impression until I've talked with somebody. I was talking to Cornholio about this on Saturday. I'll type about stuff I would not talk about, so you folks probably will be surprised when you meet me. If you were going off about whatever, I'd listen to you and learn about you, but I wouldn't argue with somebody and try to change their opinion if they had their minds made up. I figure Clay won't be connected at the rectum with a goat when I meet him, so he probably won't surprise me too much. My first impression of Michele? Michele, you are the first DZ.commer that hugged me.

Kah-chink! See you in Eloy! JP

OHMIGOD they killed Kenny! Cornholio is supposed to ask me to put the phone under by butt at this point.....

Yeah, that's a good ending to a shitty story. As a former fat guy I gotta agree with you. On airliners the people are cargo. If you are bigger cargo you gotta pay more freight. You don't have to be mean about it, but it's true.

I haven't jumped there, but I think it's a 182 DZ. I recall a really fun freeflyer who jumps there and at Byron and Davis. I think it's the Napa airport, but I don't really know. I'm guessing you weren't a Deputy? Seriously, check out Davis if your going to be out this weekend, it's their boogie and it should really be a fantastic blowout. They are opening thier bar! PARRRRRRTY!

I was very focused and frustrated by my old job, and then I lost it. I spent about two years pretty lost, and then I found skydiving, or it found me. Now I'm frustrated by my current job, but I don't really care, cause I'm focused on skydiving and I have more fun in everything I do. I've met super great people, and because of Sangiro, I have skydiving aquaintances around the world! How cool Oh, and I lost a hundred pounds in there, and I keep it off because getting new gear would be prohibitive, and skydivers are merciless when you can't get into your jumpsuit.

I think Santa Rosa is the only thing closer, and it's worth the extra couple of minutes to get to Davis for the turbines. I can't think of anything further north.....

I jump all day Saturdays unless there's something we gotta do as a family. Sundays are reserved for Church and family stuff. She's done a couple tandems, one with me, likes the people, they like her. It's all good.

OK my turn to ride your leg. I saw the picture for the first time today. Wow. I've done formations out of two King Airs, and I thought that was pretty freaking cool. I would have loved to have seen the boob bombing in person. Plane after plane dropping enthusiastic boobs attached to excited women. Congratulations. Very, very cool.

Happy birthday!

I just love that. "Jesus helped me win". How come nobody ever says "Jesus kicked my ass!" When was the last time a quarterback BLAMED Jesus. "Well, yeah Brent. I took three steps back, the pocket collapsed and that 400 pound defensive lineman, in the arms of Jesus, sacked me and broke my back. Jesus doesn't want me to play football ever again". Man, Jesus HATES me today!

I know better. I do. I grew up in a house full of women and I live in one now. But it's early and I'm on the other coast, so I may be safe. Color to match the majority color of your roots. If your roots are really dark, and you use a lighter red, and you're coloring to cover grey, you can end up looking like a calico cat between refreshes. Auburn maybe? That's a darker red, right? Just expose that belly button more. Then the fellas won't remember what color your hair is!

I initially set my gear up for 4 way, and ended up changing everything for tandems. You look down on 4 way, and you look up at tandems when shooting on your belly. 4 way teams fall pretty fast, light tandem pairs fall really, really slow. With tandems you get paid a decent rate to video people having the most fun they've ever had, with 4 way you have very competitive individuals who are on a tight budget. So, I enjoy shooting RW, but I get paid to shoot tandems. I got a bigger winged suit (Tony D wing) and angled all my cameras up so that I can see smiley faces hanging under Vector tandem rigs. My point is that 4 way camera and tandem camera are quite different animals. With 4 way you stay close and still, with tandems you can get creative and zoomy. Top mount Sony's are bigger, so are less expensive (generally) Good luck.

All the riggers at Byron are OK. Clay, Vic, Marty. Vic does my reserve repacks. I think my buddy Tim Parthemore is still rigging. He's out of Hollister.

I'm blown away. Thanks Clay. OH, ICK. Clay is just sucking your butt because he wants to both see and touch the rack at Eloy. I'm proud of the fella, cause laying ground work this early shows good strategic thinking, but PLEASE. Some subtlety. PFFT. Blah. hooey. JP

This will be the almost-second time I've jumped at Eloy. So B-squared, if you crew the balloon jumps, do you get to jump from 1000 feet higher when all the ballast jumps out? Need some help?

OK AggieD, why? My picture of a buddy just like this one was a guy who went through PLC with me. His name was Hans Weber. He was a very promising Officer of Marines and he died in a troop transport rollover in Germany. He was the all time champion of nogiveup. I hadn't thought of him in a while, thanks for reminding me. I've got lots of heroes, mostly their just people who get it right when the shit hits the fan. Sorry Muenkel. Uh, back to our continuing coverage of BOOBIES!

Congratulations on that! Full time skydiving in your near future?

Hmmm. Too early in the week, I'll let you know.

Wow. You've got cows that make beer!?

Dang! Lummy, you were out on Sunday? Me and the Corndawg were there Saturday. Lemme know next time! JP