CanuckInUSA

Congrats on the jump. For some reason I had assumed that you were already jumping. But better late than never. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Are you referencing some ad that appears on this website that has a link to the video? or are you referencing someone who posted a URL to the video? If it's an ad you are referencing, I am afraid that is all your doing. If it's an ad, it's because you frequent certain sites that says you might be interested in this sort of material. Presently the ads I see here when I enter the DorkZone are ads for ParaGear, ads for GoPro cameras and some sort of HD, untethered camera ad (which I couldn't be bothered to click on). Now if you are referencing a URL that someone posted. WTF ... you are free to not click it, and if you did accidentally click it by mistake, you are free to close the page at any time. Nobody is forcing you to watch something you don't want to watch. I haven't seen the video, I have little desire to watch it. But I sure as heck do not think anyone other than myself should be deciding what I do and do not watch. Why the call for censorship? We're not children. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I guess you haven't paid close enough attention to the 2014 F1 season with it's massive regulation changes. The days of F1 engines screaming at 18,000 RPMs have forever gone the way of the DoDo birds. They've been limited to 12,000 RPMs but with the exception of the race starts, nobody is even running them remotely close to the limiter all because they all have to preserve fuel. At the current rate F1 is going, it won't be long before a Shifter Kart will be able to lap faster than an F1 car. Heck GP2 cars have pretty much the same lap times as the 2014 F1 cars. The sport has been neutered to appease the Greenies who never liked motorsports to begin with. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I made the comment because there is tons of carnage in the documentary. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Oh cool ... thanks for posting this URl. Now I've seen the intro and yes they did a good job introducing the sport. Of course my comments about whether or not the WHUFFOs understand why jumpers/swoopers take these risks remain and of course the WHUFFOs will never get it. Anyway I hope y'all get a chance to watch the documentary. Definitely a must see for those in the jumping community and I will be passing this URL on to some Canuckleheads (friends and family) now. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

One of my local TV stations aired a 90 minute documentary this weekend called "Sky Jumpers" which followed the PD Factory team on a few European mountain expeditions. The video footage of this documentary covered many years (it appears from about 2006 to 2013) and it showed some pretty graphic video footage like Shannon Pilcher's wire strike and nasty crash into the mountain side that followed. I missed the first couple of minutes of the documentary as I only discovered it was being aired by chance as I channel surfed. So I don't really know what happened in the opening minutes of the documentary. Was there a basic intro "This is swooping, it's not safe, but these guys you are about to watch are some of the most skilled canopy pilots in the world" intro? I don't know. As an ex-competitive swooper of course I enjoyed the documentary. But the documentary covered incident after incident of the many mistakes the team made and it was bizarre because we know these guys are highly skilled canopy pilots, but I am not so sure the WHUFFOs watching such a documentary would understand why jumpers/swoopers take the risks that they do. As I watched the documentary, they are interviewing JT and I am thinking was this produced before JT left us, do the WHUFFOs realize this guy is not with us anymore. But now I see this documentary was just released this summer, so it does deal with JT's death near the end of the show. Anyway has anyone else seen this? Definitely a good watch for those in the jumping community and of course if Ian Drennan sees this, he can chime in and give us his perspective since he actually lived it as one of the PD Factory team members outlined in the documentary. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Expensive burgers, that's what pilots buy. It's just an expression in the GA flying community. I know when I was flying, I never actually flew somewhere for a burger. That would involve leaving the airport and unless you had someone on the other end there to meet you, there was no way to leave the destination airport and the only thing you can buy at most GA destination airports (if you are lucky to be able to buy anything) is fuel and other aviation related products. Nope it's just an expression widely used in the GA aviation community and for me when I was flying in Colorado it cost more than my $100 burgers because of Colorado's elevation, and the need to rent a bigger airplane like a modern 172, a 182 or something like a Piper Dakota (I always liked flying that plane). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

That's a little messed up for sure. But keep this in mind. Perhaps when they reference piloting a small aircraft they are fixated on low time single engine land pilots versus crop dusters who have to be commercially rated, are not low time and are used to flying low to the ground. But still messed up. LOL Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

It will be a sad day if the government bureaucrats ever gain control of Mountaineering. Years ago I was already into some Rock Climbing and decided to do something more ambitious than just a hike up an easy 14er. I did a guided Mountaineering weekend trip in the CO San Juan mountain range. Both the guides we hired were experienced climbers (one of them didn't like the crowds of Everest and instead had successfully climbed K2). Some of slopes they took us up and down on was not at the level of difficulty of a K2, Eiger or Everest climb. But it was still an eye opener for me doing some Mountaineering climbing up and down couloirs using ice picks and crampons. My guides were responsible for choosing what routes we took, but I was still responsible for my own actions in terms of "Did I have a sure foot, before I took that next step". While my guides were experienced Mountaineers, even guides can make mistakes. At one point of the trip near the summit of one of the mountains we scaled, we got caught in a wicked whiteout blizzard. My guides ended up taking us down the wrong valley. By the time the weather cleared up and the guides realized the group was not where we should have been, the sun was already setting, I was tired and almost out of water and things all of a sudden didn't look as a rosy as they were earlier in the day. We had no choice, dead men stay on mountains waiting to die. So we began the long slog to get back to where we needed to be. The sun had set, I was beginning to lose my strength and wondering would I get off this mountain or would this be my end. Soon after this one of the guides caught up to me, and he gave me a pill. To this day I do not know what he gave me, but 30 minutes later I felt like superman and we all made it safely off the mountain. I did not sleep for 2 days (no shit, I did not sleep for 2 days once I got home). Mountaineering is not safe. There are aspects of the sport that can kill even the most experienced climbers. But successful Mountaineering does rely on education, does rely on experience, does rely on good judgement and does rely on people climbing with other people they can trust. Let's let the Mountaineers regulate themselves by making sure people people are aware to not climbing alone, be educated and be prepared. Let's keep government out of the sport. Government has a way of screwing everything up they touch. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Here are some links to the "fun" offroad stuff I have been doing lately: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/bigmoe/P1012970_zpsf6ed0af9.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/bigmoe/P1012971_zpsd185a90c.jpg and some more links of the others peeps I have been offroading with: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/Boltobye/Aug%2010th%20Jeep%20Offroad%20fun/20140810_15373_edit_1407814195639.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/bigmoe/P1012936_zps5bd389ff.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/bigmoe/P1012956_zps3398b76b.jpg http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0353.jpg http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/Boltobye/Aug%2010th%20Jeep%20Offroad%20fun/20140810_15494_edit_1407814260747.jpg and sometimes people get into trouble. But it's all part of the fun and that's why you don't wheel alone. You wheel with others so that if you get into trouble, there is someone out there who can help you. You're really not trying if you never get stuck. There is no perfect Jeep: http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0351.jpg http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0350.jpg http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/Boltobye/Aug%2010th%20Jeep%20Offroad%20fun/20140810_14164_edit_1407814113465.jpg http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/Boltobye/Aug%2010th%20Jeep%20Offroad%20fun/IMG_0742.jpg and sometimes you need more than one hand to help you. Sometimes you need to act as an anchor to help the person who is helping the original guy who got stuck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt2DegbOrvM PS: the pickup truck in this last video was abandoned when we came across it. It does not show it in this video, but that truck was good and stuck. The front tow hook was completely bent when the owners of the vehicle tried to dislodge their truck from the mud. Now who knows if they were using the proper winching techniques. We weren't there. We thought about trying to recover the pickup truck when we first encountered it. But the whole area was extremely slick, and we were challenged enough recovering our own guy's Jeep and we figured a really big unit would be required to recover that truck. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Good control for such a big bike and yes a big man. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

What no quad? or motocross bike? Slacker ... haha ... you almost have everything else. You just need a quad or a motocross bike to add to your collection. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Twitter is for Twits. Don't do it. Don't become a Twit. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

My 2 door 2013 Jeep Wrangler JK Rubicon has officially been unleashed. She is definitely no longer a stock vehicle. Here is a picture I took of her two nights ago before she underwent her major life altering transformation. http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0325.jpg The first mods I did to her was to add a fire extinguisher and some grab handles. But that was minor stuff. But now she has embarked on her new life in "Project: Rubicon Unleashed" as a serious off road play thing crawling over boulders and occasionally crawling over all those pesky Prius and Smart cars who take offense to me thinking "driving is not just about basic transportation, you can have a lot of fun driving". My 2013 Rubicon is now sporting a 3" Stage 1.5 Lift kit from Synergy and she is running Fox 2.0 shocks (or dampers for the Brits who may be reading this). She is also sporting 17" Fuel Throttle wheels and 35" Cooper ST MAXX tires. Here are some more pictures of my unleashed Rubicon: http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0340.jpg http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0342.jpg http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0332.jpg http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0335.jpg http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0334.jpg http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0336.jpg http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad200/993C2/IMG_0337.jpg In the not too distant future I will be adding front and rear AEV steel bumpers (they are taking forever to arrive) and the front bumper will be equipped with a WARN 9.5 CTI-S winch. But another mod I need to do in the not too distant future will be to replace the plastic side steps currently installed on the Jeep and replace it with proper rock sliders. I am presently leaning towards using the TeraFlex rock sliders because they are made of aluminum, they are supposed to be pretty strong, they will not rust and they do act as a step (though now that my Jeep is lifted, I will need an additional step not attached to the Jeep to step up to the step so that my mother who visits once a year can get in and out of my Rubi ... haha). I will need will to add a CB radio and some auxiliary lights. Oh and other possible mods will be to add more skid plates, and to replace the differential plates. The sky is now the limit in terms of what mods I have opened myself up to. But I have some debts I need to address, and I need to be smart with my mods to prioritize wants versus needs. Tomorrow I test my Unleashed Rubicon for the first time on the Waiparous Falls run and hopefully on Monday I will test her out again at McLean Creek Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Correct, it was on this day that the Austrian-Hungarian empire declared war on Serbia and it just snowballed from there. Yes Britain and France were much more involved, but don't forget your Canadian history mate. Canada punched above it's weight sending a large contingent of soldiers to the war. Of course people were naive on all sides of this war, the way it was portrayed that it was going to be a quick and heroic war. In 1964, the BBC produced a series of documentaries about the war. Here is the YouTube entry point into this 26 part documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHm7fNDDY9Y http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_War_%28documentary%29 I watched it a few years ago and it definitely takes a time commitment to get through all 26 episodes. But it has to be the most exhaustive and detailed account (at least from the British point of view) of the war ever produced. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

July 28th, 1914 ... does this date mean anything to you? I've sat on the side line all day wondering if anyone would say anything about the significance of the 100 year anniversary of this date. But nada, nothing. Lest we Forget? The day when an isolated crisis turned into a global conflict. Judging from the lack of coverage from the consensus mainstream media, it appears that many have forgotten. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Facebook is good for establishing/maintaining some sort of connection with family, friends and colleagues. But it is totally annoying with the daily "Look what I did today" bombardments. I am sure someone's dog is happy that they took it for a walk today, but I could care less about such trivial matters. Plus you likely wouldn't want to see pictures of my feet. I don't think they are bad or particularly ugly feet. But they are just feet. There is nothing special about them except to say they still work. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Interesting that you chose only to go back 70 years and not 100 years and more. Because German history is influenced by a lot of events dating back more than just the last 70 years. Did they neglect to teach you that in school or were you just not paying attention? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

If you fast forward through some of the love scenes with Jean-Pierre and what's her name, Grand Prix is a great movie. One of the best motorsports movies ever made even even though it's an oldie. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Nice ride. The GTRs are bad ass. My only issue with them is that they kind of, sort of drive themselves. But they are still a bad ass machine that offers a lot of bang for the buck. Have you tracked it? If not, you should. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I own three drives (only two are street legal) and all three drives are basically toys with one of them filling the role as my winter daily driver. 1) I used to own a stock 1999 Jeep Wrangler Sport edition, but it recently died on me and a little over a month ago I replaced it with a used 2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon edition. It is presently stock, but the stock Rubis are still incredible offroad machines and I am heading down the slippery slopes soon to make it even more offroad capable. I will be installing a 3" lift (big for a 2 door) and 35" tires. Here is a URL which shows a picture of my Jeep when it was still on the dealers lot. 2013 Jeep Wrangler 2 Door Rubicon edition In about 2-3 weeks once my 35" tires/wheels arrive and the 3" lift is installed, I can post an updated picture of my new toy. 2) I've had toy #2 now for a little over five years. It is a 1997 Porsche 993 C2, the last year of the air cooled 911 engines. It's only a medium speed Porsche, but it was a fantastic car to learn on at my local race track when I had a race track to play on and it is plenty fast for the public roads. Of course since I have race track experience I know there is no way I can drive this car on the public roads like it can be driven on the track, so aside from taking corners at some pretty zippy speeds, I behave myself on the public roads. But here is a YouTube video of me pushing the 911 at my limit close the the car's limit on my local race track before it closed a few years ago. Porsche 993 Track Day at Race City Speedway 3) Toy #3 is a Rotax DD2 Kart which I raced last summer. So far I have not raced it this summer, because the club I race with is in the middle of building a new track. But this thing is like a mini Formula Car. The Kart weighs 200 lbs and produces about 32 HP and I can pull close to 3Gs in the high speed sweepers. Here are some pictures of my Kart. Rotax DD2 - Side View Rotax DD2 - Front View Rotax DD2 - Rear View Rotax DD2 - Cockpit View Fun stuff ... PS: BTW nice truck. I like girls and their trucks. But I like girls and their Jeeps even more. hint hint ... haha ... but I still like girls with trucks. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Don't look at it as if you are getting out. Look at it like you are on some sort of break. Even if you sell your gear, look at it as you are waiting for the right moment to upgrade to more modern gear. I am not active in the sport at all which to those who knew me when I was active would be total sacrilege. I used to live, eat and breath jumping. It was all I could think about. However I got to the point where all I wanted to do was to swoop, where all I did was swoop. I wanted to compete on the PST and I actually made it there. You didn't see my name at the top of the standings, but I was still good enough to be allowed to compete on the PST. But the problem for myself was that I moved back to Alberta, where snow is on the ground for a good 7 months of the year. Yes I can jump here, there is a really good fun jumper friendly DZ with a Caravan. But it's close to a 4 hour drive and it was impossible for me to stay current with my competitive swooping. So to avoid being an accident waiting to happen, I sold my pocket rocket JVX 87 canopy. I appear to have retired from the competitive swoop scene. But I don't view myself as someone who has retired from jumping. Do I miss being in the air? Yes I do. But there is more to life than jumping and I have found numerous other activities which keep me happy. I just spent this last Saturday and Sunday offroading my 2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a group of other Jeep Junkies and I am buzzy about the interesting trails and great scenery from the mountains just west of Calgary. Not as good as Moab or the Rubicon Trail in the Sierra Nevada mountains (I could only imagine how good our offroading would be here in Western Canada if Banff and Kananaskis were opened to off roading), but my local trails are still good stuff. Oh and by the way the Jeepers are great people, at least my local crew. There really isn't all these huge egos we see in some other sports. There is one or two Junkies with some really big builds. But there are super friendly and helpful to the Newbies. Hard to explain, except to say it's a Jeep thing. Anyway don't look at it like you are getting out. That's a depressing view. Look at some other way. It's better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Jealous? I could give a rats ass about your possessions, or anyone else's possessions. I just find it amusing when a wealthy person constantly whines about other wealthy people and tells them they are destroying the planet while ignoring the big fat carbon footprint they themselves are leaving. Progressive arrogance and hypocrisy at its finest strikes again. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Of course this is an over the top shake your head type of thing these guys are doing. I can understand their desire to protest, but there are better ways to protest. But doesn't the OP of this thread own and operate a big ass pickup truck to pull their big ass boat they have bragged about having? I could care less that the OP needs a pickup truck to haul their big ass boat with. But I do find it ironic that they would be complaining about other pickup truck owners when they themselves drive a pickup truck. Or did they trade their pickup truck in and now tow that big ass boat of theirs in a Smart car, assuming they could even get their big ass into a Smart car. LOL PS: most people around where I live who don't use their turn signals tend to be the recently arrived immigrants who learned how to drive from other recently arrived immigrants, who learned how to drive from other recently arrived immigrants, who got their license from a Cracker Jack box. Use of your turn signals are common courtesy towards all the other drivers on the road. But relying on a blinking turn signal is just dumb. If you rear end someone because they turned without signalling, it is still your fault, and don't ever rely on a driver actually turning while their lights are blinking. Far too many people are simply not paying close enough attention while they drive. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I was always under the impression that Eagles fans were the most abusive and most likely to get into fights. But that is only an impression I have. I have never set foot in Philadelphia (Cross Keys is the closest I have been to that city) so of course I have not actually been to an Eagles game. You know what I don't get? I don't get this thread. If someone is not interested in the World Cup, then keep it to yourself. I have only watched a small portion of the tournament so far mainly because I have had other things I need to do. But as the tournament progresses into the knock out rounds I will watch some more games ... if ... I am interested in the teams. I don't care what sport it is. If I am interested in the teams in a given match I will watch every play as if the outcome of one play will effect the entire game. It does not matter if it is Soccer, American Football, Hockey, Rugby, Baseball or Basketball. But if I am not interested in the teams, I could care less about the game. But I surely won't criticize the game. Soccer, American Football, Hockey, Rugby, Baseball and Basketball all have their pros and cons and all of these sports require tons of skill to play at the elite level. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over