Deuce

"It's sunny and perfect in Eloy, Jake, wish you were here! Skyvan load 32 is loading and Otter load 20 just took off. Did my first biplane jump this morning and I'm looking forward to videoing a balloon jump this afternoon! No time to talk, got more jumping to do!" Ah. The Betsy Boogie. Nothing better.

Cool! "We're cutting away just now to our man in the field, Jake Conrad, reporting from Skydive City. Jake?"

Just PM her. With all of that repaving, resignaging, and upcoolerating that they are doing, I bet she isn't getting much postwhoring done. And HEY! Everybody must skydive with me so that everybody gets in the boogie video!

Well then, lucky me! I have had the pleasure of spending much quality time with both of them, and agree with you completely! The list goes on and on, but I'm really looking forward to the Holiday Boogie to spend time with them, and Betsy, and the BillDammit's and the Krusi's, and, and, and.... lots of people in skydiving who have gone out of their way to be kind to me. Even Mathias, who introduced me to his parents as "an old guy who is a new skydiver". omfamna jag

Ugh. Why do these always smell like "Who's is bigger"? I carry concealed, a concealed pistol that I will only introduce to the world when I need to kill somebody. Until then, I hope it will be a horrendous surprise. (Several different .45 caliber pistols, if you have to know)

Kindness is a purposeful thing. A loving thing. A caring thing. An act of kindness. An act of kindness. Think of one. And tell us about it. For me? Most often it is an expression of genuine caring. A moment of eye contact and a hug. I suggest all the readers of this think about their individual moments of eye contact and subsequent hugs. Especially think about how many people care about you, about your situation, and express that concern with a glance. What you do is more important than what you think, but the eyes are the windows to the soul. So look. And do. Something.

Talk like that just makes me horny. Look. We need to use up the cheep oil so we move on to the next thing. Just like we did with wood, and then coal. I am all about $75 a barrel oil. Give me a Dakota that generates 300 horspower on hydrogen fuel cells! It will only happen when its economically viable. Just like home solar! It is now economically feasible, I'd do it right now, but my pool solar cells are in the way. I should compare which would save me more, photovoltaic or the water heat. Money pressure heals all. Sorry about the polar bears, but I displaced mice with my house too. People impact their environment.

STFU, over. Dude, when you talk about putting on the hurt, you are talking like laser designators and stuff. Who TF are you going to put the hurt on this weekend?

Very, very cool.

Happy birthday, monkey!

Trust me, the cops would rather be drinking coffee and playing their gameboys than finding ways to violate people's rights. People call the cops on each other. In busy cities the cops hardly ever get the chance to self-initiate an investigation, cause they've got 10 calls stacked as soon as they go in-service. The only other way to end up talking with the popo is if you do something to attract their attention. The case of somebody truly going about their business, in daylight, getting hassled by the cops is just about nil.

Ugh. Old Tubes lyric. From the song "What do you want from life" That probably doesn't make things much clearer, but it was the best album cover ever.

Well, I'll share a story with you. Cop pulls a guy over. Guy is really too drunk to drive but is just down the street from his house. Cop allows guy to drive home, watches him do so, on promise from guy that he's done for the night. Guy goes into his house, answers his phone, gets invited to great party, gets back in car and subsequently kills innocent people with car. Cop is held liable for the drunk driving because it would not have happened if he arrested the guy in the first place. Cops now have no discretion in arresting people for driving while drinking until they have proven sobriety via a field sobriety test, field breathalyzer, or regalah breathalizah. Cop shows up at house where a couple is reported to be arguing. Walks up, hears people yelling, knocks on door, man and woman open door together, explain that they are having money trouble, and they are all argued out. Cop pulls each aside individually they both admit to having gotten out of hand, she slapped her husband and he grabbed her by arms and yelled in her face. Both assure the cop it's OK, it's over. They settle down and have a drink, recommence their hostilities and eventually end up beating each other with bottles and knives. Cop is held liable for not taking both of them on the first contact when they admitted physical violence. In CA this is a real biotch, usually both parties show some kind of injury and spousal battery is a shall take felony. Cop has no discretion. Do a seach of the California Penal Code for the word "shall". It means it doesn't matter what other extenuating circumstances existed. When was the last time a group of young people were out, wondering where the cool bar was supposed to be and somebody suggested "Let's call the police!" People call the cops when they have failed each other, either in trust, or mediation. The people don't trust cops as mediators, so they mostly detain folks so the lawyers can do the mediation. Most cops don't whine about the public's support. Every day the know they are needed to solve other people's problems for them. Like parents dealing with their teenage children that they live in fear of. "Johnny, clean your room or I'll call the police!"

What you really want is a baby's arm holding an apple.

Oh, yeah, Monkey-style!

The Scottish Martial Art:

Chris helped me celebrate my new SkyMonkeyness last New Year's Eve at Eloy. What a loss.

Fireworks are the dogs bollocks. (I probably mispelled bollocks)

Home DZ: No home dropzone entered. License Org: uspa Number of Jumps: 650 Disciplines of Choice: Freeflying Freeflying Photographer: Yes You don't come from anywhere. You're just throwing rocks from the darkness. What goes around, comes around. Edit: This is a first! You got me curious! You are a troll! Remember your "Should I sue" thread where you reported your wife broke her back? Gosh, all those folks really felt bad for you, too. 65 jumps a year is pretty low for an instructor to stay current.

You should go right after the site operator, Sangiro. That would be fun to watch.

Having read the thread, why not be up front enough to just post "Tandem Instructor Errs- picture attached!" I'm guessing some line twists during the opening? Maybe a minor spin up that had the passenger careening around a bit? Hasn't happened to me, but that's what I'd guess happened. The system I jump will support the passenger/student with only one of the shoulder attachment points connected. Dude, it's a tandem, not a roller coaster ride. You got some personal gripe with that tandem master?

I believe that should read Captain Katie Blue Naw. It should be like a neato breakfast cereal: Kaptain Katie. Like Captain Crunch, but cooler, and with boobs.

I liked that one of the wet crack. This is a wierd one I took last time I was up there a couple weeks ago.

Sort of like how the rich are just like me and you, Will, but have more money?

Well, there's this one... The Gatorz look great in this one too..