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I'll be there Saturday for Jan Meyer's intermediate loads. We'll definitely have a beer afterwards! Sam

I'll be there Saturday for Jan Meyer's intermediate loads. We'll definitely have a beer! Sam

Anyone here planning on attending the Byron Boys Boogie this weekend in Byron, California? I will drive my motorhome out there after work Friday evening and would enjoy drinking beer with some DZ.com skydivers. Let me know. Sam

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Viking, That post is priceless.

...none other than the former Commander in Chief Bill Clinton. That alone was enough to give me an erection but I realized I had relieved them of their duty. Bill reassured me there was life after having your testicles removed, at least in Hillary's case there was. My heart jumped and breathing got quick when he pulled from his pants the biggest, darkest, Cuban cigar I had ever seen. Terror and pleasure collided in me when he said...

Yes it is an old editorial and I just found out. Here is a link with more information. http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/schools/rta/ccf/news/unique/american.html

This is making the email circuit but thought it would be appreciated here. THE UNITED STATES This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing. America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record: "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars! into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon -! not once, but several times - and safely home again. You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here. When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those." Stand proud, America!

This should be like Big Brother so we can vote some people off. Snowflake has my support as Head of Household, so don't leave the family.

I heard there is a bridge in Idaho that is legal to jump all year.

I was just another jumper for a while then I brought my daughter to the dz. Now I'm known as being Sierrah's dad. When I show up everyone's like "Hey, Sam." When she shows up her friends are wildly screaming "Sierrah!!!!" The little shit has more friends than me. The caring attitude at the dz is what keeps me jumping.

I wanted a bigger dick tattooed on mine but the guy said it wouldn't fit, so I opted for a thorny band around my right ankle.

I use these little black rubber bands, see? They are tough as hell and when they break you can't saw them off which is a bitch. Everyone warns me of bag lock but so far so good. I do make sure the bag closing bands are put nicely around the line loops.

Friday night - pick daughter up at airport :), drive rv to Hollister, drink beer Saturday - jump in the beautiful California weather all day, drink beer Sunday - repeat Saturday with more gusto Monday - drive rv back to Redwood City, relax for a couple of hours, take daughter to airport :(, return home, drink beer Tuesday - go to work, come home, drink beer ...

I vote to revoke the membership, seize the assets, burn the house...okay we'll just stick with revoking the membership for now, but watch yourself mister.

"it's this family attitude and support" I found a new dz because the one I was jumping at excluded me from their little cliche. It was a fine place, but when the jumping was over no one talked to me and I was sitting right there! So I pointed my car in a different direction and found a dz where people enjoyed meeting you and wanted to jump. It's definitely not all about the jumping or airplanes.

Hey Sangiro, I'm not sure how far you are through your personal messages but I am still interested in being Pubmaster. Are you still looking for one? Sam

Is there a Wednesday night pub?

All right, everyone in the mob, let's burn the place down!! Anyone on the boards here to defend SLV? (crickets can be heard thru the eire silence)

Glad you made the report. I don't consider it dz bashing if you are just stating the facts about the business. It is apparent the guy is a jerk. Maybe I will call every Saturday morning and say I have two tandems for him and I would like to jump too... Sam USPA skydiver

Glad I read this thread at lunch. I was laughing so hard two people stopped by to see what I was doing. Freaksister, Get on Southwest Airlines and come jumping with some of your California friends!! Travelling to jump, what could be better? Sam

How about doing one AFF after you do your first hop 'n pop (3 second delay)? Then go back to the delay progression having had some supervised freefall experience. Either way just keep going!! Sam

Seems like a video guy wearing a camera helmet for takeoff is asking for a broken neck in the event of a crash. I appreciate the ones that secure the helmet with the seatbelt though. When I jumped at Eloy at the last New Year's Boogie it seemed most were had seatbelts and helmets on until 1000'. Compliance seems to be related to how clearly the dz expects you to abide by the rules. Skydive Arizona seems to lead the way in published procedures and explanations, excellent resource. Sam

I have a Kodak DC280 with a 64MB card and love it. Check out www.dcresource.com for more good info. Sam

Tonight I fly out of Oakland, CA for a weekend in Seattle. Tomorrow I will be jumping at Skydive Snohomish which is really close to Seattle. Check out their web site for more detailed info. http://www.letsgoskydiving.com/ I can give you a report after my visit. Sam