katiebear21

Congratulations! Ok, now that that's out of the way, BRING ON THE BEER!!!

All those jumps AND a full-time job? JT - you're my hero!
When did you become Mighty Mouse?

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1 - C License Card received in the mail!

Literally just burst out laughing!!! Co-workers worried about me now!

Looks like you're going for non-domesticated animals but I'm still going to have to vote for horses! They're absolutely beautiful creatures full of personality and spirit!!!

You've got to be a salesman with those statistics! Max - you've got WAY too much times on your hands! Shut up and jump!!!

Hey Sky... you might want to cross-post in one of the other forums. No luck on the canopy manufacturer pages???

Dude - that would totally suck to land on!!!

Welcome back!!! If you're ever in North Carolina look me up! We'll funnel something!

I'm just picturing the story you just told and I know I shouldn't be laughing but damn that's right out of a Murphy cartoon!

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I haven't seen it~ Give me a summary!

George Strait plays a singer named "Dusty" who gets fed up and returns home, falls in love with a chic named "Harley", drama occurs, happy ending.

Can't give away too much! The music is good, the storyline is good, but overall - the acting is a bit weak. Harley rocks!

Never said I wasn't willing to do what it takes!

We can all say "we knew you when..." Trying to call you now... you better be drunk!

Edited to say tried to call but couldn't get a line out! Damn - wanted to leave a perverted message on your cell!

Ok - so it's my turn to start a useless thread. Yes the acting is bad and yes it's slightly cheezy but PURE COUNTRY is one of the best movies ever!
Thoughts?

Safe travels...
Thanks, Kevin for organizing everything that you did!

Thanks!!! Love your handle!!!

Could you really see a laser working on mine???

And all this time I thought that was you! Same mistake I made with Scott Campos!

Mine sucks... I will wait to vote until I can find my favorite!
(Edited) Ok - now it doesn't suck! Isn't that the cutest dog ever? That's Billy Bob Blue hanging out in my new (to me) ride!

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Nice pics.....I'm surprise Jraf hasn't had some dumbass comment about these......

Yeah, I was looking for some pics like this that some of my friends downrange sent to post to that earlier thread. Couldn't really pull them off my secret computer though!

Right on...

Good one Jess!

As for my tatt... no picture here. Chuckie's got one on my computer at home from when I was in Tampa... I'll try to take another one here.

Basically it's a cross with some funky art and eyes. Was supposed to be soft, mysterious, "pretty", and it ended up with sharp lines. Pretty gothic looking. It's in the dead center of my back between the shoulder blades and is about 5 inches wide.

I wish my tattoo looked as good as his... any ideas how I can fix/cover the big peice of crap I have on my back??? Any good coverup ideas???

That's a great question - thanks for asking! I'm fairly new too and some things you don't think about. I agree with some of the more experienced jumpers that say you should always be prepared. Makes me think!!!

Wendy - you kill me girl!!! Neked skydivers!!!

I have to agree with you! What's fun about waking up at the butt-crack of dawn to sit around geared up for hours waiting for a plane that will probably break?

Another story... We had a CASA come down to Bragg from CSS up in Louisburg, NC for a Saturday Proficiency Jump and I got lucky enough to get on the first pass so I could get home and get on with my day... yeah right. After being put out at 1500 ft at about 15 knot winds, and a bad spot by the JM I spent the next few hours trying to get out of a tree! The funny thing is we were jumping MC1-1's so I thought I was going to be able to steer that puppy!

The fun part is hanging out with all the other jumpers and NOT being in the office!!!

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Nah!!!, what I've heard is that those guys were fed up with all the 'Fart bags' on every load.

Speaking of farts, what is it about people at 8,000 feet???

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What happened.. did some rigger get carried away with all the stitching for pack closure.. or is she just too light to break it open

Not a problem I ever had...

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Not a problem I thought I'd ever have either... Details: night jump, 3rd pass, me as the Asst JM right door. Handed off my static line after exiting about 10 jumpers over Luzon, headed out the door, and the next thing you know I'm hanging upside down from my HPT lowering line. I wasn't jumping my M1950 wpns case so my lowering line (brand new) was exposed on the left side. I had just exchanged it that morning because the Hook/Pile tape was getting raggedy on mine and it must have come out of the stow a little bit during all the shuffle.

Anyway, safety saw my static line stay in the corner of the trail edge of the door instead of rising to the top and then saw the green, pulled out his JM knife and cut it.

Chute opened, no problem, even "lowered" my gear which actually just fell to the ground because my lowering line was cut, and landed about 20 feet from the edge of the DZ! Damn that was a long walk back!!!

So, I said screw that military crap and started skydiving!!!