skydivingchad

For the record, he proposed to me a week later and I said 'yes', so I wasn't all THAT pissed off... or I just cooled off after a week. However I did spend all day working on a 'Happy Steak and BJ Day' card since Hallmark seemed to be all out of them, and never really did get to give it to him. Maybe I can recycle it for this year?? :-) Mrs. Chad Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

OK so here's my steak and BJ day story. My girlfriend at the time (now my wife) decided we should celebrate this great holiday. All the plans were made at least a week in advance. She was going to take me out to dinner then back home for the fun part. But me being the stupid guy that I can be decided to go out with the guys for a beer or 2 after work. I just skipped the beer and went straight for the screwdrivers, BIG MISTAKE!!!!! Needless to say my friend had to drive me home that night. Once I got home they really hit me and within minutes I was praying to the great and powerful porcelain god. I stayed there for hours. and my wife was NOT a happy woman. So this year with the greatest holiday again rolling around the calendar it is highly unlikely that we will be celebrating it all because I can be stupid sometimes. So the moral of this story is don't piss off your SO if you like a good slab of beef and a BJ. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Honestly, shoot both the .45 and the 9mm, and go with what suits you best. We have both. My husband prefers our Glock 9mm, but it just feels awkward in my hand somehow. I can hit what I'm aiming at but feel weird doing it. The .45 baby desert eagle just suits me better. Though when I'm out and about on the rare instances that I do carry, it is my .357 S&W Scandium revolver. Love that gun. The rounds weigh more than the handgun. I forget I'm carrying it. I have a .22 Ruger too, but that's just for shits and giggles, target shooting. I'm most accurate with that, but if I need to shoot a person/animal at 50 yards, I don't really need to shoot them at all. Jen (Mrs. Chad) Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

About 2 weeks ago that site had a picture of someone in a birdman suit but I couldn't find out where it came from. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

It sounds like your goals are almost too specific in nature, with such a narrow range of acceptability in your chest/waist/weight measurements. Everybody's body type is different, and there are certain genetic limitations as well. I agree with everyone else, do it slow. Be careful with this starving yourself thing, your body needs food to build muscle. Building muscle, even with minimal dieting, will increase your basal metabolism and burn the fat you want to get rid of. I am 5'3" and 3 years ago weighed 225. That sucked. I started tae bo. Lost 35 lbs. 8 months ago started going to the gym. So far have lost another 35 lbs, though the first 4 months I was actually gaining weight due to increased muscle mass. I do weights 3 days a week, about an hour. I regularly bench 3 sets of 15 reps of 110, could probably do at least double that if doing less reps. And I'm only a girl. Before and after I do weights, I do 20 mins of some form of cardio. Then 3 days a week I do an hour and a half of cardio. I take Sundays off. I have found that when things stop re arranging or I stop losing weight and plateau a bit, if I shuffle my workout around, do something even a little bit different, I'm off the plateau. My diet is to cut back on carbs for bfast and lunch. Dinner I eat pretty much whatever I want. No big macs or anything like that, but I don't starve myself either. I cut out coffee and drink tea, cut out snacking. Basically, it's a diet that I don't feel starved on, I don't have to use much mental energy to keep to, and has worked beautifully. I'm down 5 dress sizes. Be careful, be realistic, don't overdo it. Jen (Mrs. Chad( Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Ortho K is also an option, less invasive than lasik, as your eyes change, the ortho k can change with you, less risky than lasik, but also not perfect. It is really only good for those with a -3.00D of nearsightedness or less, there are limits to how much molding a cornea can safely take, so for someone with double that to try it would be too much. Definitely check all options before deciding on one. Personally I wear one day contacts, you can do anything with them, extremely safe, and will never damage the eye the way lasik can. They are the only lenses you can swim in and as another person posted, who cares if you lose or rip one when there are a zillion left in the box for you. Good luck with your decision. Jen Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Stacey, I'm an eye doc. First of all, you are NOT legallly blind. Legal blindness is 20/200 or worse vision in the better seeing eye WITH best possible contacts or glasses. This is a pet peeve of mine since my specialty is low vision rehab and my patients are truly legally blind. You have problems with night vision now... your night vision will be worse after lasik.. maybe not now, if you are young, but in the future. It decreases contrast sensitivity, increases glare, and increases dry eye. Everyone experiences this to varying degree. The older you get the more you will notice the effects. Lasik's goal is not 20/20 vision. Yes, a lot of people do see that post op, but the goal is actually 20/40 or better. Lasik is not a permanent procedure. Your eyes are a soft tissue of the body, so they change your entire life. Just like getting a facelift now won't prevent more wrinkles in the future, getting lasik now won't prevent your prescription from changing as the eye changes shape each year. You will be back in glasses/contacts eventually, bare minimum at the age of 40 when you need reading glasses. If you are looking for perfection, this isn't it. You are a skydiver, this puts you at increased risk just from the changes in elevation. The cornea of the eye has no blood supply of it's own. As a result, it heals very very very slowly, over the course of years. The flap procedure is very invasive, it won't heal fast. Any trauma to the eye in the next few years could be complicated by the fact you had lasik. My honest opinion (and keep in mind I could make a small fortune doing lasik workups and post op care) is that it is unethical to operate on a perfectly healthy pair of eyes knowing that there is a risk of never seeing a perfect 20/20 again. Many opthalmologists chose against performing this surgery for the same reason. It is a huge money maker, and that is too tempting for others to turn away. If you do decide to go for lasik, call several eye docs in you area, preferrably optometrists... we see the best and the worst of surgical care. Ask for recommendations in your area. Don't go looking for the $299 cheapo surgeons. Would you go to the cheapest cardiologist on the block for your triple bypass or the best? Don't cut corners with your eyes either, you only get one set of them. Be careful about the huge laser mills, they are almost as scary as the cheap places with how fast they send folks through and the care is often inadequate. Make sure that your pupils are measured in bright and dim light. If your pupils are fairly large, they will be bigger than the zone of surgery and you will experience truly debilitating glare at night, possibly even some during the day. Once you choose a surgeon based on referrals from area docs, interview the surgeon yourself. If you are not totally comfortable with the doc, find another one. Doctors are on your pay roll, not the other way around, it is up to you to hire/fire them. Take a good hard look at what your goals are, assess the risks, and decide what is best for you. For every good outcome, there are just as many negative outcomes. It isn't a perfect procedure. Do your own risk/benefit analysis and go from there. Jennifer Galbraith, OD, MS Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I'm with craichead, when Chad and I met I weight 35 lbs more and he weighed 10 or 15 lbs less than we do right now. So apparently sex makes me lose weight and him gain it. Hmmmmm. Sure makes one speculate. Mrs. Chad Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I finally had time to deal with cracking the code yesterday, so took copies of the code and both clues to work. It took me 15 mins or so to find the right quote for the first clue. Then another 30 mins or so to crack the code and apply it to the first. Honestly, I didn't think it was all that tough. Once you find a couple repeating words (our, in, ), everything else falls into place neatly. I've always loved these kind of logic games though. Mrs. Chad Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Is that all that you want? Ok well here is the answser............... Yeah right!!! So here's my question for you about the pictures on the web site. When I looked at the different pics that they have posted, the small color picture with just 2 lines of code around the border has 2 sizes of dots along with the dashes. The black and white picture is not all that clear. I cannot tell if the dots are the same or 2 different sizes. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Thanks for the info. I have no urge to do any high performance stuff yet. Thats all I am trying to do is to figure out the finer points of my canopy. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I've jumped my new rig 7 times so far. It's a Falcon 175 loaded at a little less than 1:1. My question is how far do you have to pull down on the front riser to really make it dive and turn? I just can't seem to get the performance I think I should have. Is it the canopy or am I not doing something the way I should, or am I just expecting too much? Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

All I can say is it would be pretty cool and expensive if it were true. I don't think the technology is that refined for freestanding robots yet. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I thought if a person doesn't have an A licence or better they are not allowed to jump with anyone else unless it's a coaching jump with an instructor? Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Mrs. Chad again here. All my co workers knew was that I didn't get anything for Christmas. They know I adore him and him me and asked what he got me for Christmas. All I said was 'nothing'. That was the extent of the conversation. When they started into Chad, I walked away. I don't go for that kind of thing either. The phone call was made without my knowledge (my number is posted at the front desk for all to see in case of emergency). Jen PS. I'm a tomboy and don't do jewelry. Diamonds get a man nowhere with me. Now Black & Decker or Craftsman, that is the way to my heart!! Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I'm Skydivingchad's wife. Before you folks fly off the handle at me, which a couple have, please read Chad's post again. I NEVER assumed he would get me anything for Christmas, I don't give a flying rat's ass about stuff. If I need something, I buy it. He chose not to buy anything because of financial constraints. I was fine with that, but I never agreed to do the same (we have separate bank accounts, something we both wanted from the start, easier on the household budget). I never expected a gift, and he knew that. However, this is our first married Christmas. I would have been happy with a backrub, with a cheezy card, with him offering to cook Christmas dinner, or one of a zillion other things that would cost absolutely nothing but still be special for us. I didn't even get a 'Merry Christmas' from him, you'd never know it was Christmas the way he acted. I'm not even mad at him, just really hurt that he didn't care enough to spend five minutes of his time to do anything to make our first Christmas together even remotely special. Though I have to admit, the Christmas of ought three will probably go down in our little personal relationship history :-) Jen Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

For 2 months now I have been telling my wife I was not getting her anything for x-mas. She had no problem with that until x-mas day. It came out that I should have at least gotten her a card or did something special. Why? I told her not to get me anything either but she did any ways. She started by saying she was only getting me a few gag gifts, $50 max then it turned out she spent $500 on me. So now she is mad at me and there is nothing I can do about it. A lady she works with even called the house and left a message to make me feel bad. ba-humbug Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Thanks alot for the muppets video link

Oh come on! Yeah it's cold and you will be numb by the time you need to pack again, but it's SKYDIVING As long as we have a blue sky and a plane to jump get out there and jump. That's where I'm going right now. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

My wife and I were just talking about that movie last night while we were remembering the first time I asked her for a BJ and she just started laughing at me. 2 days later she explained why she started laughing and then showed me the movie. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I get a bonus check every year at x-mas, after 4 years with the company it should be about $50. The boss also sends out a small gift to everyone for every holiday through out the year. Personally I would rather have the cash. The gifts are so cheesy the only thing I can use them for is target practice when I goto the gun range. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

I have copied dozens of LP's onto CD's for a friend of mine. I have an audio CD burner that is hooked up to my stereo along with the turntable. The one thing that he wanted was to actually hear the pops and cracks of the recording. As long as the LP is in good shape you get better sound from them versus a totally inhanced modern recording. Now a days a half decent CD burner will run $150- 200 Good luck with your project Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

No work today. but lots of crappy weather for the next 2 days so no jumping either. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

Both my brother and I have salt water aquariums and have moved them several times each (they're more picky than freshwater). Once I just shoved the freaking fish tank across the floor (advantage of hardwood flooring!!) Better idea is to get a siphon and a few of the big home depot buckets. You can then move your water in more manageable batches and fishies stay happy for the move, not having to adapt to new water or temperatures, etc. Jen (chad's wife) Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3

woooohoooo I got a 7 low score wins right? Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Pelt Head #3