skydiver30960

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  1. New thread so I don't hijack the one about the dude getting new ink. I've been thinking about getting inked and am finally settling down on a design but then last night I'm watching Discovery channel (my only source of education nowadays) and they showed a dude getting BRANDED. It was the first I'd ever seen of this. It looked pretty cool, just like tattooing but instead of a needle they used one of those cauterizing (sp) tools they use in surgery. The result is raised scar tissue that is just a couple shades off from your regular skin color. Plus, it's raised to you can feel it as well as see it. Seemed pretty cool... I've never seen this on anyone at the DZ or boogies, but that may be just because it's a bit harder to see since the color isn't so noticeable. Has anyone ever had it done or know someone who has? Feedback? Elvisio
  2. The place I started jumping didn't have running water... the only thing we had was a two-hole outhouse, and a single portajohn. Didn't bother me none, but tended to put funny looks on the lady tandem students' faces.
  3. ...and the pitcher isn't even giving the catcher a reach-around. What a bastard!
  4. If you look closely it looks like they're both male cigarette packs... in that case that's definitely NOT how cigarettes are made!
  5. If there's anything I've learned from the threads I've seen posted here, it's to have no shame. SO... In the spirit of the earlier "do you shave the nether-regions" from a couple days ago (shave the boys and trim everything else, btw), should I shave my upper body (chest, back and arms)? Info that might be necessary: I'm sorta built, not total hardbody, but not a couch potato either. I'm not grizzly bear hairy, just sorta hairy on the arms, back, and chest. The thing is it's kinda long and whispy. When the wind blows strong my arms look like a field of grain swaying in the breeze. It bugs the hell out of me and I want to shave it. The girlfriend sez not to because it looks stupid when it's growing back in. Part of me sez to do what the girlfriend wants because her opinion matters most in these matters (NOT all matters, though) but this smells like a "lover's lie" if you know what i mean. So what do I do? Elvisio "rattlin' my can of Foamy" Rodriguez
  6. I don't know about you guys but we make PLENTY of "natural gas" at our DZ! All that beer and Mexican food isn't just going to go away unnoticed, you know. And the stuff WILL burn, don't even pretend like there's a single person on this forum who hasn't lost some short curlys in that experiment. What we REALLY need is a way to harness the foulness that we release into the cabin of our jumpships and somehow funnel that into some sort of afterburner for the engines. We'd get to jump altitude in a fraction of the time, Jet A usage per load would plummet, along with jump ticket prices. Elvisio "no shame in it as long as you're claiming it" Rodriguez
  7. Remember, In the face of all accusation, In the face of all evidence, In the face of all conviction, DENY, DENY, DENY. Elvisio "works for me" Rodriguez
  8. I am holding a check from a guy in the town I used to live in who just bought my old 1972 Chevy RV. Ran great, but looked like something out of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. I kid you not: it makes this one on Ebay look like a GEM. I bought it as a fixer-upper, but then realized that it needed more help than I could EVER give it. But, after a year, it actually sold... Yee haw! Well, it's SEP now.
  9. Kramer gets the Kewpie doll! Good song, but the rest of the CD was a bit disappointing (in my very humble opinion). So skip buying the disk and stick to downloading the single.
  10. Lots and lots and lots of really good beer...
  11. skydiver30960

    Boobies

    Good stuff. It's like the spooky portrait hanging in the haunted mansion: no matter where I move in the room, they're always looking at me!
  12. hop n pop hop n chop hop n swoop A year ago I moved from a piston-only DZ (max exit altitude 9500 agl) to a turbine-only DZ. The extra altitude has done wonders for my freeflying and tandem jumps are way cooler, but there is definitely a part of me that misses the hop n pops. Short ride to altitude (a blessing when you're packed four deep in a 180) and Yeehaa! Take ten seconds, throw it out and enjoy the empty landing pattern. Plus there were still jumps to be had when that 5,000 scud slipped in. The point is: enjoy 'em just like you would any other jump. HAVE FUN! Elvisio "any ride to altitude" Rodriguez
  13. The trick for me was a personal service loan. I hated being (further) in debt, but the rates were pretty good and my monthly payment was something like $60 a month. Compare that to the cost per jump for rental gear and I only needed to make a few jumps a month to reach a breakeven point. I was making WAY more jumps a month than I needed to make it worthwhile. Meantime you're building equity in your rig just like a house or car. AND, you're jumping gear that fits you and is always ready to jump when you are instead of getting snaked by another student or newbie jumper. A good help is getting someone (family member, probably) to cosign on the loan. Then pay it off as fast as you can (reasonably). I'm guessing loan rates are still pretty low... Elvisio "debt is the American way" Rodriguez
  14. It seems we've gotten off on a bit of a sub-thread here, but just my two cents: if my backside is under a reserve, priority #1 is saving the aforementioned backside. Get to the ground safe (at the DZ where you always land instead of in some field that you've never landed in and might have hidden hazards) and let your buddies worry about getting good line-of-sight on your gear, either from the air or from the ground. Once you're down safe, then you can worry about the main and freebag. From a time perspective, you'll replace a main canopy or freebag in much less time than it takes to get the cast off. From a money perspective, you'll replace a main canopy or freebag for much less money than the bill from the emergency room. Elvisio