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  1. Santas reindeer were always in trouble flying below the FAA limit of 15,000ft. At least thats what im telling my 5 year old nephew.
  2. skipro101

    I.q. test

    How intelligent are you if you give up after 10 seconds.
  3. I will know in about a month whether or not its in my future. The skydiving will be much better than winter in ohio though
  4. I might be transfering to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach Florida. How far is the closest dropzone to daytona beach? Thanks
  5. skipro101

    job query???

    Commercial fishing in Alaska. After 2 years of experience, it is not ucommon to be making 100k for just a few months work. Of course, you have to live on a nasty diry boat and do hard labor day in, day out, working 24hr shifts, sleeping 6, then working 24 more. And, its one of the top 3 most dangerous proffessions in the world with many many deaths every season. But hey, its exciting :}
  6. I just bought one from Ralph at http://www.callralph.hatley.com/ He still has a bunch in stock in many different sizes.
  7. I will live to 2065 and then die of a horrible accident. ah well, by that time hell will have frozen over.
  8. Am I the only one who thinks that this may have been photoshoped?
  9. skipro101

    Rant

    Today I found out that even if I dont get at least a C- in calculus there is still a way I can take the next course next semester (it involves some trickery, but im up for that). Also, I fixed the turn signal cover. Also, the rigging loft called mirage in the afternoon about the problem, mirage made the toggels (they had to be red) and overnighted them. My rig is all put together and I will pick it up tomorrow! Still have a chem exam tomorrow and all my finals next week, but somehow I dont care :} I might be jumping this weekend!
  10. skipro101

    Rant

    Let me start by saying if you dont want to hear about my sad day, turn back now. Okay, so I start off the morning going to the doctors office to get my vaccinations renewed (i am a EMT/fireman) and after I drove there I realizezd that I forgot my papers that needed to be signed by the doctor. I drove all the way back home (35 min drive) and got the papers and drove all the way back. Now, I am late for my appointment, which means I have to wait extra long before my name is even called. My appointment was at 8am, it is now 9:30. So the appointment goes uneventfull and I get my vaccination. Its now 11AM. I am supposed to pick up my brand new rig (it was being put together over the weekend). So I call and find out that A) mirage shipped it with the wrong rings. They shipped big rings and mini risers and made the container for mini rings. And, since the risers are red, I cant just have some that are in stock overnighted, they have to custom make them. Which means more waiting. B) I find out that mirage made another mistake by, instead of printing a date of manufacter, printed the serial number again. So there is no DOM on the container. Which probably means I will have to send the whole thing back. Which means more waiting. So, and this point im well..dissapointed. But it gets worse...oh does it get worse. Im driving to school and am late for a test so I am speeding. Guess what? I got a ticket. 64 in a 55. Its like "damn, you have to do this today? I mean, you should have seen me yesterday when I was going 75 in a 55.. ARG So this makes me even later for the test, I only have 20 min to complete a 60 min test. (a math test at that). And its worth 150 points out of 550 for our grade. at this point I think things cant get any worse oh...but they do! When I walk back to my car, I find that somehow my front left turnsignal light is busted out. I cant image how someone could have hit it while parking because of the way I was parked...so I must have either ran into something or someone smashed it out. Think it cant get any worse? As I go for my keys I realize that in the rush to get to the test on time, I have left them on the seaT! sO noW I AM LOCKED OUT OF MY TRUCK AND I HAVE TOGET TO WORK IN 30 freaking min! So, not having my cell phone, I go on a search for a coat hanger. After about 25 min of searching I finally find one in one of the University buldiings so I take it. As im raming this thing blidnly into the side of my door, the black strip of plastic about 1in wide and as long as the door pops off and falls to the floor. (this is after about 5 min of ramming the coat hanger in there). Think it cant get any worse? THINK AGAIN! 3..count them...3 cop cars come surrounding me with their lights on and they get out with their hands on their guns (still in their holsters) and ask me to take my hand out of my pocket. I cant freaking believe it! Someone called the freaking cops on me! Its broad daylight, im in the middle of the parking lot with people walking by all the time and someone thinks that im steeling a shitty ford ranger in that environment??? wtf! He said that had several stolen cars in the last week and are on alert for this kind of activity. after checking me out and seeing that it is in fact my car, he notices the busted out turnsignal. After I promise that I will fix it he agrees to not give me a ticket. Think thats all that happened? Ha! I go to work and get yelled at and told that the boss needs someone to cut back hours starting after christmas, and that Im just the guy for that. So, starting Jan1st, I will be working 8hrs/week. I CANT LIVE ON 8HOURS PER FREAKING WEEK! So i drive home, eat, and decide to go to Napa auto parts and try to get this dang thing fixed before I get a ticket. Of course I get their 5 min after they close and evene though they are inside, they wont help. THEN... FREAKING THEN...as im driving home.. I FREAKING RUN OUT OF GaS. wtf did I do wrong JESUS? WTF DID I DO WRONG? SOMEONE CUT OFF MY HEAD AND SCREW MY EYE SOCKETS. DAMN PS>.AND while i Was tYping this crap, MY thumb grazed the touch pad on my laptop and highlighted a paragraph and as I typed the next letters it erased the entire paragraph. JUST SHOOT ME
  11. 20 min from canton air sports and 40 min from Aerohio. not to bad.
  12. http://www.kankada.com/i_nec_skydiver.html have fun :}. somehow though, its missing something.
  13. When I was like 11 or so, my dad bought a "lazer disc player"... you know the big huge cd's as big as records? Well, it came with a demo disk that had windsurfing, extreme skiing, kayaking, and of course...skydiving and base jumping. Ever since I saw that I have wanted to skydive. This past summer, I drove to my local dz, and 10 min after walking into the hanger, before I even did a single jump or anything...I purchased the A license package. 5 months and 7 grand later, here I am. PS..my new mirage was put together over the weekend Im going tomorrow morning to pick it up at Aerohio!..ill be sure to post pics! Yeehaw!
  14. Politely tell your instructor that although you might not need one, skydiving is about fun, and to have fun you need to be reasonably confortable. And to do this you want to wear an altimeter. If he still insists that you not wear one, find someone else.
  15. I dunno, "do you wear you are helmet?" Im sorry, but damn.
  16. I am an athiest too. I can celebrate what ever the F I want. If I feel like spinning a dradle and lighting a freaking maneora (spelling?) then I will. I cant imagine why you would think one wouldnt be allowed to celebrate christmas. Who is going to stop me? God? lol
  17. With the girl im dating now.... At the end of our date (she asked me out so she picked everywhere we went) we went to McDonalds'. I really dont like their food but she loves it so I kept my mouth shut. When it came time to order I insisted on buying for her. She finaly gave in and ordered. I then ordered mine and realized that they didnt take credit card. She ended up paying for all of it. Must not have phased her to bad since we have gone out 3 or 4 times since.
  18. oh yea, I guess I should mention that my first 2 years were 100% paid for.
  19. I was a physics major. I just switched today. I changed it to geophysics. I am a junoir and lost a few classes, but thats okay. I know that college is right for me, I need a technical degree to get into UPT for the air national guard (pilot training). And, I want to study snow hydrology (avalanches), so the geophysics works better than pure physics. I guess what im saying is that there was no way that I wasnt going to college and i am 100% sure I made the right choice. I only have 1.5 years left!!!
  20. Lady bugs having a subjective perspective spiders! Dolls!
  21. If you can, find a pair of Spring downhill racing gloves (downhill skiing). They are expensive (try 80 dollars and up). However, they are extremely dexterous (sp) yet warm. ...truely the best set-up out there I believe. Also, if your thin gloves are not warm enough, put a heatpack on the back of your hand (make sure you can still grip shit though...it might make the glove too tight.