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I had 13 years in when I got retired two years ago due to injury. Did you lose all your "old" friends when you became a cop? Do you find excuses to flash your buzzer at people? Are all your war stories one's where you kick somebodies ass, hogtie them and haul them off to jail? If so, nobody outside law enforcement wants to be around you. I'm only just shedding the "cop eyes" that enabled me to be "made" by anybody who knew how to recognize a cop. Leave the ass-kicking stories and probably cause vehicle search stories at the shop. Tell the stories about the naked lady answering the door and getting the kitten out of the tree for the cute little girl while the firefighters finished their pancake breakfasts The only law enforcement on my DZ that I'm aware of is me, (I don't count-RETIRED), a jail deputy, and a city cop who jumps CRW. Our folks have to leave the property to get high anyhow, but nobody wants to be mad-dogged while their high. They also don't want to see you drive drunk off the DZ cause you've got a get out of jail free card. I worked with some flaming asshole cops. Guys who would identify everything they could write a citation for, and then "do a favor" and not write one. "You know, you can't have a beer out here on the sidewalk, that's in violation of OMC 21a, you know I could write you a ticket, but I won't heh-heh" "Your brake light is out, you know I could pull you over for that heh-heh" Skydive, dude! Listen to the Monkey man, this sport is all about skill and smiling. Make sure you don't compensate for any weakness in the air with your power on the ground. If I had a nickel for ever person who asked "Have you killed anyone?" What other profession has that as the icebreaker question? I miss two things about that job. Driving cop cars REALLY fast, and being dispatched to investigate wierd shit. "One Adam 12, see the wierd shit"

Mr. Limpet?

Sounds like good work on your part! Keep whoopin ass! When you hear more about the accident, let us know. Stay safe, Lisa! JP

That was nice!

Thanks. Only a hundred mile an hour range....

Christopher Robin

She said she's been lurking, but this is probably her first direct e-contact with Clay. BEER!

Bi-species threesome. Only Clay.....

Yikes Jack, thanks, I think. http://www.perriscam.com/pictures.htm I can't wait to see the formation pictures!

Former grim fat cop. Current lanky, goofy vidiot

Invest in a fullface so that you get proficient at RW before venturing over to the dark side Before I started wearing my camera all the time I used my aviator open face. I also wore a full balaklava when jumping in the winter.

Congratulations. That A license is no small accomplishment. Welcome!

Eloy, baby! Eloy!

Well, this one happened to our video concession owner Sunday. The switches are so durable and simple, it didn't occur to me to be ready to switch it out. I have the disconnect for my camera-to-helmet soldered up all permanent, but not on the other side to the tongue switch. I got the stuff from Radio Shack. I'm curious how many wires hook up to the lens of MarBrock's set up. Two? More? I know the old-timers carried VHS decks on their chests, and those ran cables to cameras on helmets, I borrowed a suit a while back that had the velcro attachments for that stuff. Good luck.

Bytch. http://www.perriscam.com/Images4/dsg33218.JPG Ooooh. Pink. http://www.perriscam.com/Images4/dsg33252.JPG

Dude. The Pope gets pissed when you do stacks at St. Marks. Pointing them out is just over the top.

My answer to my own question is my experience: 107 for a light pair and 127 for a heavy pair. I ask because I had my fastest pair Saturday and had a hell of a time staying with them at first, then figured it out and got about 15 great seconds before pull time. This came after struggling for the last couple of weeks to be floatey enough to stay up with a pair. I drank a couple of cases of "Whinekin". It helps that some of the tandem masters are patient. But the other camera flyers at my DZ have 4-6 thousand jumps, so when I ask them how they handled this stuff they just can't remember. "Back when I sucked....don't remember." "No Skydiving and no beer make David angry and sober"

Say you've got a short TM and a short passenger, and between them they are at the Gross Vehicle Weight for the gear. What's their max speed without the drogue? What's their max speed with the drogue? Thanks. JP

No catching that without the drogue. One of the Tandem Masters burst a sinus or something in freefall, goggles completely opaqued by the blood, streaming out of his nose. He's got a short, max-load male passenger that 's built like a 220 pound cannonball, and they're mach-ing. The best video flyer on staff is in a full stand with nothing out but his fingertips. Since the TM can't really see, he's in this slow turn, ugh.

I'll be there. Hopefully we'll do a little of everything, RW, FF, Hybrids, and CRW. It will all happen, because it will all be on video! Or film, or digital! You're fellow idiot with a master's JP

Yes. What Phree said. Or, for the cost of developing all that film, get a digital you could use to learn framing. JP

Hydrocortizone Inject behind your kneecap Loosen up for date!

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OK, I'll give this a try. The Communit bloc was "the main enemy" but unlike terrorists, they wore uniforms. The US fought proxy wars with the Soviets in Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan, but neither side ever put on civilian clothes to murder civilians of the other in anything approaching the 9/11 attack.