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…in the dark. cavete terrae.

Aaaaaaand now I'm hungry. Don't happen to live in Brisbane by chance, do you? Melbs! Come on down and freeze! cavete terrae.

Any of the following depending on how complex I feel like going: Pizza (from scratch, other than killing the animals for meat myself). Style varies by mood, sometimes thin crust, sometimes chicago style, etc. Pan-seared teriyaki salmon, with wasabi oven glaze, served with coconut rice. Beef tenderloin with bleu cheese sauce and garlic mashed potatoes Three-cheese toasted ravioli in rose sauce, with grilled chorizo & prawns (this one takes all frickin' day and I have to REALLY like the people to go through the effort) and about 87 diff mexican dishes :) cavete terrae.

In soviet russia, bill booth has own you. cavete terrae.

It also sucks when you are 6'2", but have a strange torso:legs proportion with the legs of a 6'4" person. I'm cursed in a different way: I'm 6'3" but TallGuy and I have the same MLW on our rigs. Duck legs! cavete terrae.

Depends on the flight. I frequently fly transpacific, and if I can't fly business for that I typically go for the 2nd or 3rd to last row, port side aisle seat in the centre 4-block. The reason for this is because most people don't want to sit in the very back of the plane, and it increases my chance of being able to stake a whole row to myself, lay down across 4 and sleep for 8 hours of the flight, only leaving 6-7 hours of hating life. Short flights, whatever as long as it's an aisle. The closer to the front the better, but I'm not too fussed. cavete terrae.

I was a youngin', I was only 22 I think. Ended up on this shithole of a site a couple years prior when I was doing research before i manned up and tried it cavete terrae.

I see it all the time - Jumpers that do not have insurance, but always manage to have new gear and go to lots of boogies. Then they get hurt and claim they could not have afforded insurance. Well... that is just crap. They made a choice to have new gear and go to boogies instead of having insurance. Skydiving is an expensive sport, it is also a risky sport. You should consider health care as part of the cost of being involved in the sport. My wife has/can sell insurance. When she needed insurance, she was able to find it. When people claim they can't afford insurance she has found them insurance for 200-300/mth. They don't actually get it, they prefer to make 8-10 more jumps a month or drink beer. I freely admit that the insurance situation may have/probably has changed substantially since I moved out of the US 6.5 years ago, but at that point I was paying $80/mo for insurance (for a male, 25, single, no kids). It didn't cover checkups. It didn't cover glasses. It didn't cover day to day shit. It covered me fucking myself up in ways I couldn't afford to fix myself. I didn't call Progressive when my car needed an oil change, I wasn't going to call my health insurance company when I needed my blood pressure checked. cavete terrae.

You know there's been a significant disturbance in the force when I post in a thread these days, instead of just lurking. cavete terrae.

it's still a hell of a lot higher than in California, I've noticed over the years. cavete terrae.

Did it harden your arteries?? Surprisingly, it's not that bad for me. I've been doing calorie/nutrition tracking, and it was more than acceptable for yesterday's dinner :) Hell, the worst thing on it was the cheese. cavete terrae.

delicious, delicious roadkill. cavete terrae.

It picked my dinner for me! UTAH! GET ME TWO! http://i.imgur.com/bpUSRl0.jpg Of course, I had to make 'em, Keanu wouldn't go get 'em for me. …and for those of you sad, pathetic fools who don't know what I'm talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsas7JI4quw cavete terrae.

Little bit of the balloon funtimes in this vid :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj4KnQhfnrs cavete terrae.

Ended up going Saturday, will post video soon. Sitting in airport in Sydney, haven't had time to edit yet :) and yes, fucking freezing. cavete terrae.

Jump will be Friday at 0630, we've got three slots left. PM me if interested! cavete terrae.

Ok have left message for balloon operator, will advise. cavete terrae.

sorry I disappeared, my internet availability was sporadic until today. Anyone have a person to contact? cavete terrae.

cmon, fuckers! cavete terrae.

You… are a monster! cavete terrae.

Very very fond memories of the one I got to attend, I'm very sad that I'll be missing it! cavete terrae.

Basically imagine lots and lots of carebear nanny state rules, and you have skydiving in Australia. I don't even bother jumping here any more, it's too expensive and restrictive. That having been said, I don't recall any actual regulation on canopy progression since I last went through the regs. On the bright side, depending on the DZ you might be allowed to jump through cloud. I call BULLSHIT, ya big poof, Tell me how our regs prohibited you from having fun skydives on a regular basis? 1200 jumps in OZ all of them great fun, some of them broke rules. Grue is just a big poof now, Melbourne living has turned him into a bleeding butthole Come to Picton at Xmas Grue Ill buy you a few jumps (they are pricey) and I will guarantee you have a great fun time.

WRONG. baby wipes, in the fridge! cavete terrae.

God cavete terrae.

Basically imagine lots and lots of carebear nanny state rules, and you have skydiving in Australia. I don't even bother jumping here any more, it's too expensive and restrictive. That having been said, I don't recall any actual regulation on canopy progression since I last went through the regs. On the bright side, depending on the DZ you might be allowed to jump through cloud. cavete terrae.