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Merry Christmas, beeeyatch! (and all you other great folks, too!) And hell, Be Good?! I'll be BETTER! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

In the "suspense/mystery" category, I love the Dave Robicheaux detective novels by James Lee Burke. He's one of the most vivid writers around, and the series definitely hits the dark side of New Orleans and southern Louisiana. And if she likes them, I think there are about 13 in the series... There is a little sex in them, but nothing super graphic. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

I get carded all the time, too... Except it's to see if I'm eligible for the Senior Discount. Hey, they probably card you just to check out your address...you should flash them to distract them so they can't remember and stalk you later! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Thanks for the replies, guys. I'm actually in pretty good shape for my size (I can touch my palms flat, too, and no, I don't do it around other skydivers ), and of course, we still DO make exceptions. I'm pretty comfortable taking people up to the max TSO suspended weight of the reserve. I just find it kind of ironic that we post restrictions on tandem students, but we can be comfortable and accomplished skydivers at the same size. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Reading the "DZ scale" thread made me wonder about this one. My home DZ recently switched from a "220 max, $1 a pound over that" policy to a "$1 a pound over 200, 220 max, no exceptions" policy. I weighed myself this morning: 224. I'm overweght, but according to the last bodyfat measurement testing I did with the bio-electrical impedance testing, my lean body mass is 189 lbs. I'm fat, but I'm still a pretty good skydiver...I freefly, I can track like a motherfucker, I can decently swoop my 1.9 loaded Vengenace 135. I got a call a little while ago asking if I could work this weekend, and I almost told them no, I'm over the weight limit. How many of you folks are over your DZ's weight limit? Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Wow, that's quite a rant from someone who's exactly HALF my age. Dude, you sound like my dad! Are you trying to get an early AARP membership or something? Seriously, I disagree with a lot of this stuff, but some of them make sense. For instance: - I wear sunblock all the time when I'm outside now...I'd prefer not to have half my nose carved off from melanoma, so that's one "pussification" I'm definitely high on. - I wear a helmet when I ride my bike now. There are a lot more cars (and marginally qualified drivers) out there now, I want to maximize my survival odds. - The video games sucked back then. As for the whole guns/testoterone thing, I handle my penis a lot more than my gun, I wonder what that does to my testosterone level? Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Seems like the answers are pretty clear, but just one more... I recently took a friend's daughter who was 4'11" and 92 pounds, we had absolutely no problems using a Sigma harness. Just to make sure I had the chest strap adjusted right, I actually hung her in the harness to see where it ended up when she was upright, no problem. Your friend should be fine... Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

My ex-wife was five years older, and that didn't work out too well, so I've pretty much stuck to younger since then (like for the last 23 years). Of course, this thread is just beggin' for Skydivexxl's former sig line: "Was she "what's your major" young, or "show me on the dolly where the bad man touched you" young?" Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Happy Birthday, Tim! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Just two comments... If that's a no wind day, you need to rinse the starch outta that wind sock. And I flare by myself, every time, every size student. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Looking at the prop...engine started... Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Sorry, didn't read the article...the girl in the diet ad next to it was too hot, I had to check her out instead...

Gotta go with Micro on this one. I love Amy Lee's voice, and (at least for me) it's rare that I actually like every track on a recording anymore. I love Rolling Stone's music reviews this issue...they called "Snow White Queen" "the creepiest song on a record full of them".

One of my most memorable shows ever was Peter Gabriel at the Paramount Theater in Oakland in 1979 (right after his second solo album came out). Unbelievable performances, and one of the most artistic and well-rendered sets of effects I've ever seen (the whole stage was plexiglass lit from above AND below, with some very cool laser and lighting effects). Shit, now I want to go home and listen to all my old Gabriel and Genesis records, but I don't have a record player anymore. Damn technology! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Wow.

Oh shit, Vinnie finally came up with a thread for me to make my first post in SC! Paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke from, I think, "The Fountains of Paradise": It's obvious that no one who campaigns for a political office should be allowed to have it. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

I'm also otherwise occupied that day, but: Happy Belated Birthday, ya fuckin' old fart! AND, PM Sent. Mike (and Lynn) Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Bullfrog. Best Sunblock EVER! SPF 25 to 50, and you have to wash that shit off at night, but it keeps your head from frying. (I hate hats, and I'm REALLY bald, not this pussy "shaving it off cuz it looks cool" stuff) Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Mine was 6'7", 250. And I'm the short stocky type TM, too (5'10", 220), so that was one FAST skydive. The landing was a bit brisk (a low-wind day at Skydive Monterey Bay, with the sand-pit of a landing area), but no bruises or tweaks.

Congratulations, Matt! Good luck and many, many years of happiness to you both!

After the stuff that usually gets heated up in a convenience store microwave, the urine-filled fake penis is probably a step up, flavor-wise. [Insert simultaneous puking/heartburn emoticon here] Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Happy Birthday Dude! We need to get Andy to have another Hef challenge at the Nut! Have a good one, and please oh please, keep your sexiness contained...just like you and all the rest did on Speedo day. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

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You have no idea... But at least I don't have to bring her chocolate just to get an audience! *ducks quickly* Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

That would require a completely separate post to define all the "Goodness" involved, so I didn't include it here. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash