Deuce

No. No. No. Lumster. Pain compliance is nonviolent. I have stated this multiple times while under oath. The subject, Mr. Sebazz, here have some more beer Seb, will move away from the pain. We'll start with a demonstration of of torque values in the wrist-to-shoulder combination. This is an "elongated rear-wrist lock", Seb, reach towards me with your right hand like you're going to shake it. No, really...

Wouldn't that be cool! Great big Hindenburg*-sized motherf*cker with a floater bar all the way around a football field sized gondola. Drop a linked 200 way round! If you build it, I will come! (spelling correct) *Hindenburg's first name was Paul Von, no relation to Bill Von

Not so fast. Deuce puts the Seb in a rear-wrist lock and then puts the cuffs on. He's got a dusty old box full of nickel plated stuff that makes a strange noise when it's moved around. "Those tire chains or something" asks the rock-n-roll ballerina. "or something" replies the Deuceman. "Hold my beer, I want to show you something" "None of you have a video camera running, right?"

[reply"I didn't spend 6 years in evil medical school to be called Mr." Can't we just hurry up and use up all the oil so we can move onto hydrogen? That hydrogen powered DC-3 would produce enough water to keep the swooping pond at Perris full! I want to jump out of a Zeppelin.

Phree I agree with just about everything you said, but the peer pressure seems to be to load way up as soon as you can. It's like we're teaching people to ride motorcycles, they get to where they can ride a sedate 125cc street bike through the DMV cone test, and then they go buy a GSXR 1100. I think its hard to ride that 125 when it seems like everybody is on a GSX or an R1.

I'd reply, but I haven't encountered any open minds on the political threads. Electronic arguments are silly. But what the heck, our form of government REQUIRES that civilians send the military into war. We don't let the military decide where and what they get to fight. Civilian control of the military, it's in there, look it up.

OK, use your connections to get her admitted to Boston College in exchange for room, board, and a nightly application of Nathan sweat. Yeah, that's the ticket!

Wrong on the first point, right on the second, methinks. Never underestimate the pettiness capacity of people. They will dog you about it to your face and behind your back. But you should always do the right thing, and screw anybody else's opinion. Do YOU think you're a loser for moving back in? You can never be too edumacated. For whatever reason, those sheep skins (easy, Clay) get you to job interviews where you then get to sell yourself to an employer. It's a bitch, but without them you just can't get into that interview room. When I was forced-retired from lar enforcement I had no, NO, salable skills. But I had gotted my Master's at night school thinking I might be a manager someday (contact high from handling too much crack, no doubt). Anyhow, lots of used cops are driving the golf ball retriever at the driving range, or taking dirty pictures of divorcing couples, but I was able to get this lousy-but-well-paying job that keeps me in the sky on weekends. My advice? Move home, buckle down, take a huge classload and get both your BA and MA at the same time. List out the classes you have to take and start knocking them down. You'll only be at home to sleep, so you're parents won't be an issue, and you'll lose most of your friends cause you won't be available to party. But your DZ friends will be there, and you have a great way to relieve stress with jumping. So, when you come to the fork in the road, take it! YB. JP

Oh, I got way too many guns, just not enough ways to create scenarious where I can make use of one Hmm, I think my "boy" gun would be the Browning lever 45-70. Pretty sure I could get two with one shot Boys. Shopping. Ugh.

Scobe, my first canopy was my current Spectre 170. Dressed for winter skydiving I'm 215 out the door, about 180 nekkid. It was too much canopy for me. After those student canopies, I think we have navigator 280's or something, when I came in for final I felt like I was jumping off a car on the freeway! The over ground speed took about 10 landings to get used to. I've got about 250 jumps on that canopy now, and I just ordered another Spectre, a 150. I think that's gonna be it for me. I'll make you a good deal on my 170 when my new one gets here, if you're interested, but that won't be until about November.

Dude, until your post I did not even conceive of the "frIEnd" snatching the rig BACK at the last moment and shouting "NEENER!" Sick, man, sick.

Pfft. A 21, 30, or 36 maybe. Mouseguns....

You need rest and fresh air. At 14K.

Bill talked about this when he put up a list of things somebody should be able to do on their current canopy before they downsize. (I think it was BillV) At 50 jumps, including AFF, that has not happened. Up,down hills, cross, downwind, accuracy, braked, braked turn, rear riser landing, etc, etc. When I learned how to fly small planes the instructors talked about "flying ahead of the plane", the idea is to be in front of the plane and it's problems, not in it, and certainly not behind it. Once things start to get complicated on an approach, and the new canopy pilot starts to "get behind the plane" a cascade of bad decisions is likely to lead to injury or worse. There's a guy at my DZ who has about 100 jumps, and is on a Sabre II 150 that has his complete attention on a straight in final. I hope, really, that he gets the necessary experience through a lot of small problems before a big problem comes along that hurts him. Check the threads for that checklist of things you should be able to do before downsizing. Ask your buddy how many of them he's done.

Oh man. What do you do when the boys come around? What AM I gonna do when mine are teenagers

Uh, Quade, you go first. I'm skeered, Pa.

THE SHERIFF IS Uh, NEAR!

A bad what? Bad piece of fish, yes. Bad carton of milk, yes. Bad (uh, gesture of affection)? No such thing.

Phree, I don't think I ever thanked you for advising me that the lanc port on my 110 might be the culprit for my cameye not working. I think you were the one who put me on to that, and you were right. I was lucky, I had paid through the nose and got the thing at Costco, but the upside is they took it back for a full refund no questions asked. I've got a 120 now, and I tell you, I baby that lanc connection. Pushing the D-box over that plug is what wore the thing out, I'm guessing, so I modified stuff a bit to take the stress off that plug. Anyhow, thanks, and kudos for the long distance diagnostics.

Wasn't he the engineer on that old science fiction tv show. I kinna git it fixed in taime sar!

Yeah, have him wear stuff he doesn't mind those paramedics cutting up with scissors. A good paramedic with a new pair of scissors is like going to Benihana to watch the guy cook. MAN DOWN! Sniiiipppppp! Man naked. Just that fast.

It's not so bad in here. We have Play Station AND Monopoly.... OMG Clay, you've been doin the nasty with "the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world". That's not how he's supposed to take them away!

Jraf even tho this may have been said in jest, that type of inference will not be tolerated in these forums. I am neither a greenie nor HH but will tell you as a member of this community, you may want to reconsider such inferences in the future. As a rabid supporter of the B-squared, I'm offended too. I don't know why, but if BB says so, I am. Deuce: AKA John Patrick Kelly II. Kids, don't make me come back there....

Yeah, I think Clay's been taken over by pod-people. There's a thread about getting sucked out of a 727 that was just a ripe target, and he gave some thoughtful response. WTF?

The gap-toothed smiles of a couple of sweaty little six year old girls drawing with big chalk on the driveway. My first freefall kiss. Knowing where the bottom is. And knowing I'm not there.