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  2. Let me correct one thing. Turns out these scoundrels did pay their aircraft leases, but only after threat of lawsuit and weeks to literally months after the fact. Chew on that for a bit.

    Additionally, for those who think you know me and where I am from, let me give you an update. I retired 5 months ago and have since moved on. My loyalties are definitely elsewhere.

    As for you Kool-aide drinkers at Start Skydiving. Wake up already--you are making the diehards at Jonestown seem rational.

    BN

  4. What would you think about a DZ that wildly exaggerated their jump numbers (Tandems, Loads, Funjumpers, Video, Total Slots) on a weekly basis in their mass media releases? Personally, I would seriously question their overall integrity--if they are lying about their jump numbers, what important things are they lying about as well? I bet these are the same type of scoundrels that would:
    a) Not pay their federal taxes
    b) Not pay for their aircraft leases
    c) Leave an unpaid $60,000 electric/phone bill at the previous airport they were parasites at, when they ran off in the middle of the night
    d) Think nothing of stealing a rival DZ's email listing for their own use

    I would definitely not grace their operation with my money or talents. Just sayin'

    BN

  8. Hi, All

    About a month ago I returned from the World Parachuting Championships for Style and Accuracy. In case you did not hear, the US Women's Team brought home the silver medal (sort of) for Overall Country--a very solid performance for us. However, the meet itself and some other circumstances were less than ideal. I wrote and sent a letter to the USPA Leadership (attached) describing our less-than-qualified team leader and here is the response I received from them.









    Yep, the big nothing! No "thanks, we'll check into this" or "Hey, WTF?" Not one peep. Sooo, I suggest you draw your own conclusions and keep this in mind the next time they come up for election.

    Lastly, I have yet to receive our actual Silver Medal or the $400 still owed to me (see letter). :(

    Rhonda K. Reichel
    2010 US Women's Style and Accuracy Team

  11. Although this poll is for the guys, I'll have to weigh in on it. Many guys say they want a strong, independent woman. But when it comes right down to it, most guys marry frumpy, overweight, wallflower-type women because their own fragile ego/self-image cannot handle a woman who is any more than that. It's like guys drooling over that shiny Corvette and end up buying a mini-van or a station wagon. Maybe deep down inside they just realize that the Corvette is waaaay too much car for them.

    Sad, really. :(

    BN

  15. Okay, time for me to 'fess up. Let's start by saying don't try this at home, kids. Mr Jim, SGC DZO and chief pilot and a co-pilot were on their way to Cincinnati to support a demo jump down there and offered everyone at the DZ a free fly-away jump from about 9000 feet. There were 10 of us and since I planned on doing some style training I positioned myself to be the last out of the plane. As we were on our way up to jump altitude, I thought to myself that it might get a little cold in the airplane with that big jump door open, sooo, why don't I close it on the way out? So, that's what I attempted to do. After everyone else jumped out, I slid the door about 1/3 of the way down and eased myself under the door. I grabbed the float bar with my right hand making sure that I had one foot directly under the door so if it slid shut, it wouldn't hit hard and damage the door. As luck would have it my hand slipped off the float bar and the door slid down the rest of the way catching my foot and preventing my departure. So there I am surfing the breeze, banging my head on the under side of the Otter and thinking "it's a long way to Cincinnati and this is a stupid way to die!" I tried yanking my foot out, but it was caught pretty tightly. I then realized that the camera step was right next to me, so I grabbed it trying to get a better angle on the door when suddenly my foot slips out from under the door and I fall away free. Woo-hoo! I did a full style set and opened a bit high to make it back to the DZ. I did a nice standup landing in the middle of the pea pit and walked into the packing area like nothing out of the ordinary happened. Turns out Mr Jim saw the whole thing and had the co-pilot take the plane while he ran back and opened the door a few inches releasing me. I didn't get hurt in the process, just ended up with a huge bruise on the back of my right leg. When people asked me how I hurt myself, I just told them that I got my foot caught in a door.:S

    Yeah, kinda dumb. For you SGC types, yes, I am the official winner of the 2007 Findleson Award.

    BN

  16. Trivia for the trivial mind

    INTERESTING GEOGRAPHY

    Alaska
    More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.
    Amazon
    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's
    oxygen supply. The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean
    that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can
    dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is
    greater than the next eight largest rivers in
    the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United
    States.
    Antarctica
    Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by
    any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This
    ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the
    world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a
    desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches
    Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is
    the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than
    the Gobi desert.
    Brazil
    Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.
    Canada
    Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village.'
    Chicago
    Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
    Detroit
    Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation
    M-1, named so because it was the first paved road anywhere.
    Damascus, Syria
    Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years
    before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously
    inhabited city in existence.
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two
    continents.
    Los Angeles
    Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la
    Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its
    size: L.A.
    New York City
    The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians
    of the 1930's who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or
    city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The
    Big Apple. There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin,
    Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more
    Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.
    Ohio
    There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is manmade.
    Pitcairn Island
    The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in
    Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.
    Rome
    The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was
    Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
    Siberia
    Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.
    S.M.O.M.
    The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the
    Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the
    city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001
    has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a
    sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.
    Sahara Desert
    In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which
    did not receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the
    driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross
    Island. There has been no rainfall there for two million years.
    Spain
    Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    St. Paul, Minnesota, was originally called Pig's Eye after a
    man named Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant who set up the first business there.
    Roads
    Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A.: 1%, in Canad! a: 75%
    Texas
    The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as
    deep as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.
    United States
    The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in
    every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as
    airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
    Waterfalls
    The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela
    drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.
    I have always said you should learn something new every day.
    Unfortunately, most of us are at that age where what we learn today, we
    forget tomorrow. But, give it a shot anyway!............

  20. I'll be making some training jumps tonight. If you want to join me, be at SGC just after 5PM and feel the love or the wind in your face. Whichever.

    BN