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Hey all, I'm planning a trip to the US later this year so i google searched for a map of the states and it gave it to me with all of them abbreviated. Feel like helping me out here? Please correct me if i have any of them wrong or if i've missed any Here goes: WA - ? OR - Oregon CA - California ID - Idaho UT - Utah AZ - Arizona MT - Montana WY - ? CO - Colorado NM - New Mexico ND - North Dakota SD - South Dakota NE - ? KS - ? OK - Oklahoma TX - Texas MN - ? IA - ? MO - ? AR - ? LA - ? WI - ? IL - Illinois TN - ? MS - ? MI - ? IN - ? KY - ? Al - ? OH - Ohio WV - ? ME - ? VT- ? NH - ? NY - New York MA - ? RI - ? CT - ? PA - Pensylvania NJ - New Jersey DE - ? MD - ? VA - ? NC - North Carolina SC - South Carolina GA - Georgia FL - Florida Thanks for your help! safe skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

My thoughts at pull time: Look at the horizon think stable ok, reach, pull and then pay attention and try to feel everything that happens afterward. once it's open i give a little whoop if it was a great skydive or chide myself if we were all over the place. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Dude, i can't believe you posted that pic! Ha ha ha. My worst was my old man and i at a friend's 21st. It was held in a conference room at our local Shark's Board offices (they're like nature conservation for sharks). And there was this big ol' replica of a sharks board boat outside on display complete with bushes shaped like waves. So at about two am my pops and i and a couple other fathers and sons decide it's time to go diving. Two hours later a group of worried wives/mothers found eight of us passed out in and around the boat, surrounded by empty beer cans and squashed bushes from when we'd flipped over the side of the boat like divers. What do you do with a bunch of drunken wannabe sailors?

He's also famous for burning BASE sites that other much humbler jumpers have kept secret for a long, long time... My best was on a video of him landing a wingsuit onto a crowded beach somewhere, schmering the landing, standing up and shouting: "The real man has arrived!" Ponce. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, nice T, nice. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

I 'spose you're right, when i lived in CT i didn't skydive, only surfed and that's where CT rocks - it's always offshore somewhere!!! The skydiving in JHB rocks, plus our planes are cooler safe skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

April 14 a holiday? Sweeeet! Weather sucks in JHB but i will be in durbs this wknd jumping over the North Coast! And hopoefully moving back to sunny CT sometime soon... blue skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Your post gave me goosebumps! Tell Kim to keep dreaming and keep doing Daizey! Good for her Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

When Homer goes in search of the Dalai Lama DL: You have three questions... HS: Are you really the Dalai Lama? DL: Yes HS: Really? DL: Yes HS: Really? DL: Yes...that's three questions, thank you, you may go... Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Joy Division. Sure it might not be all that original but it makes sense when ya think about what we do up there huh? Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

So at this year's superbowl you guys had BASE, breast, a streaker and to top it all off, football?? At last i see what all the hype is about!! safe skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

ROFL!!! Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

What i think about is going in and my parents get the results of my autopsy and right there is evidence of smoking weed just prior to jumping. It took me ages to explain how amazing this sport is, my reasons for doing it and just how safe it can be if done right. They know i smoke at home but would i smoke before a skydive? Never. safe skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Hey Taya, I think the realisation about just how ugly things could have gotten hit us after we opened safely and especially when we landed and discussed it. I've also realised that sometimes common sense needs to overrule the stoke of being in the plane knowing you're about to do a cool jump. Next time, and i'm glad there's going to be a next time, we'll think first. And in the mean time try to learn from the experience. Thanks for the advice

Very funny but i meant other than the obvious. After we landed we spoke to the other jumpers on the load and no one experienced what we did. In hindsight a go-around would have been the best option. But i'll admit the thought didn't occur to either of us. Thanks for the advice. safe skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Hey all, I was wondering if some of the experienced jumpers can offer some advice for a potentially dangerous situation that ocurred to myself and a jump partner on Saturday. Around 5pm we climb in the Porter for the second last load of the day. A 2 way FS, a 4 way FS, a solo flat flier and myself and a friend on a 2 way freefly. It's summer here and afternoon clouds/thunderstorms are common so we notice the thick cloud at various altitudes on our way to the top. We get to 11 grand, the door opens and the 2 way exits (they went out first because one of the guys flys a small canopy and likes to be in front of the traffic pattern). The four way takes extra long in the door because one of the girls was a little confused as to which side she should take her grips on. We were giving a ten count and they took at least a 20 count. My partner and i look at each other knowing the spot is gonna be bad, but they eventually they exit and the solo follows a ten count after. By now the plane has flown into thick, thick cloud and it's bucking up and down when Pears and i get ready to go. We perform an unlinked sit exit into the cloud and stay within six feet of each other but the cloud is so thick already i can hardly see him. We fall for a bit, maintaining levels and then his feet pop and he goes a little high, i can now just see his siloutte a little above me. I see him pop into a stand to get down me and then he's gone in the cloud. Dissapeared. I wait a bit longer hoping i'll see him again and then have to put my alti right in front of my face to see it and it reads about 6. Now I know the last time i saw him he was above me so i try to maintain a constant fall rate and hope this cloud ends before break off. I come out of the cloud as my 4500 dytter goes. Now what? I don't know where he is so where should i track? I go flat, swing a quick 360 deg turn to have a look for him, don't see him so i pick a spot that i think is away from him and aim on getting there as fast as possible. I come out of my track, wave off, pitch and i'm in the saddle at 3 grand. I notice Pears' canopy opening below me. Luckily we'd tracked off along the lines of a V and there was actually some nice vert and horiz separation. Now all we had to do was fly back from a seriously deep spot. We both landed just off the DZ and had a short walk back. Comments? Is there a better way to handle this kind of situation? I mean I've fallen through cloud on jumps before but never for 5500 feet! Any advice is appreciated! safe skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Saw this on my home DZ: Fear tastes like chicken. safe skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Hey John, I'll vouch for Lorelie. She rocks. I pm'd you about my classifieds transaction with her. peace PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Thanks Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

I saw a guy at one of our local DZ's who was working on a BASE-specific wingsuit. He was jumping a prototype with batons on the ends of the wings. He would hold these in his hands to increase the surface area of the wing. Whether it helped increase flight time or not i have no idea... safe skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Let me start this off by saying that obviously the Drop Zone thing plays a huge role, i wouldn't go if i couldn't skydive. Aside from that as far as i'm concerned, you should look at it as a new experience, especially if you're young and single (relocating a family is a traumatic experience.) A good friend of mine spent four months there late last year and had an absolute blast. He reckons the city itself is unbelievable, the people are friendly, there are some amazing sights and sounds and it's seriously first world (coming from South Africa our eyes light up like pinball machines when we see reliable public transport systems, etc ) For more info check out this address: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/loc-asi.htm Maybe someone else can make it clicky? AS for the salary thing, get in touch with someone over there and find out what living expenses are like and then get your company to adjust you upwards from there. It could be cool to spend a year in a foreign place and if you hate you could always come home having lost nothing... Life's about experiences

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QuoteI've heard that the question,"so what do you do for a living?" is solely an American thing. If this is true, as an American, this is what I am ashamed of most. Don't be ashamed. I've heard people ask that question in my own country many times...mostly when you meet someone new...it's a way to break the ice and make conversation... I'm an Advertising Copywriter. Basically I make people buy things they don't need. Could be worse though, i could be a lawyer safe ones PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky

Some friends and I have a special hour we like to call "Beer-o-clock". Usually round 11am on non-DZ wknds.

pm'd you my details incase you need a contact in Johannesburg, although i'm sure you have many already safe skies PJ Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky