jtval

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SD Kansas is nice 206 DZ. Landing area is long but narrow for students. Not a problem for experienced that I have seen. Make sure you go to their site and input your numbers and wing into the calculator. Jen won't make any exceptions to her WL limits.

Thanks for the info. I meet her requirements.

LuckyMcSwervy

I work in Trenton, right next to Hamilton. Friday nights on 295 to Cross Keys SUCKS BALLS. Especially where it merges with 42.
I live right outside of Atlantic City. You're in a good location for exploring so many places. AC, Philadelphia, NYC.

See you at CK!

Lucky and Rookie,

Is hamilton a decent area to live or should I look elsewhere?
I'm goig to be stationed as McGuire AFB. I'd like to be centrally located. I prefer not to drive more than 15-20 miles to and from work each day.
I thought I saw a DZ about 27 miles from Mcguire. (farmingville?) Is it any good? CK is def close enough...However, I may not be jumping until I acclimate to the humidity. I was there in july 2010...it sucked. IT was like 99* and 300%humidity.
Hows the outdoors activities over there?
Hiking, climbing, runing paths, biking etc?

This may give you some ideas .


Stay safe. No reason to die if the fires is coming with too much force.

Some of you may have remembered This post about moving to South carolina.


Things changed I am moving to NJ next month.
I hope to hit a few dz's on the way out. Does anyone know anything about
Skydive Kansas
Fly Free (missouri)
Jerrys circus(indiana)

I hope to drive through and stop in for a jump at these DZ's.

Does anyone know anything about hamilton NJ or the surrounding area?

This is relatively a short notice move. I don't know that I know anyone out in Joisey, yet.

DEFINITELY NOT loking forward to humidity, again.

My house was about 1-2 miles from being burned. Luckily, (for me; not so much anyone else) the winds shifted and took the fire back the way it came.

I was on standby to evac.
Still about 1/4 mile from evac zone.
winds shifted again for a small time.

But, I THINK my area is safe.
I'm Moving To NJ in less than a month.
I put off getting a property manager until I know that I have a house to rent.

I'll sign the paper tomorrow.
What a crazy time.
Get this:

SOME people who lost their homes are the same people who lost their homes in LAST YEARS fires. Two homes in two years? I would not have a sense of humor after that.

I dont know how many but I asked my neighbor "Man, do you think any of those ppl are the same from last year?'
He knows someone who is in that situation.

1969912

Anyone know?

Its the protoype tool that performed the first circumcision.

ayevee8toryear

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-187832/EU-countries-banned-GM-free.html

What can be said for the integrity of these 'scientists', and the media for failing to inform the masses of this?

Most people are completely unaware of GMO's let alone any of the effects they are having in their lives.

The line will probably be crossed at some stage that will prompt mass awareness, but it may be too late at that stage.

HAs it been pointed out that this article is over a decade old.

lawrocket

Credentials? Ventura was a governor.

I'm also interested in the Stern angle. I'm a HUGE fan of Stern and I remember when he ran for NY Governor. I think he stood an actual chance and could have won it. Yes, he dropped out - and for good reason - because he had to disclose his finances. This included his salary and other information, which his contract forbid him from disclosing.

BABA BOOEY!!!

You cant be that "huge" of a Stern fan if you dont recall the interview where he "agreed" to run with Jesse.
Jesse goes on talk about his latest publicity tour and they , as usual, get into politics. Jesse was dead serious about his bid (according to my ear) and Howard went on a fantasic explaination of what that would be like. I.E. humoring Jesse.
Jesse must have thrown Sterns name because he know howard will talk about it once the news reaches him.

Mac Hine


Back on topic. Jesse is entertaining. Much like the crazy old hobo at the corner is. But, this lawsuit was filed well before Kyle was murdered. They spoke about it on Howards show. If he believes there is defamation why shouldn't he continue to address it?

airtwardo

Did you guys know...

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Actually I ordered it last night to make life easier on Capt. Mom...see I've been Skydiving coming up on 39 years, she was wondering if I'd ever thought about how long I would continue in the sport ~ the manual on this things says 20 more years!

Havin' it & not use it is like throwing money away honey!

Not sure which brand you bought but, make sure you're up-to-date with the service bulletins.

l_ek0

Newbie here curious about what to expect at dropzone parties and after hours at the dropzone. Any comments or insights welcome, especially about skydive dallas. I'm also curious to know how welcome newbies are at these things.

Same thing you'd expect at any other party:

To be treated like an equal until some drunken asshole gets out of line.

Then, you can either:
1- ignore it and find the jumpers that are NOT assholes.
2- Start a fight (which means you belong with the crowd youre standing with)
3- ignore it and find the jumpers that are NOt assholes. and take it up with the dipshit when you're both sober.

But, Bring beer, a fun attitude and a light heart. You'll be fine.
I think you'll find out pretty quickly that some people just like to hear themselves talk (Kinda like Im doing now)
Some just want to be heard and others will keep you interested in the things they say because they're sincere about whatever they talk about.

Its the same as any other party. we just start off talking about a different subject.

JohnMitchell

I guess I'd have to change my screen name to Smith and Wesson.

I'd have to change mine to ticklepiss.

It would take a long time to achieve the end goal but, at least it'd be a nice send off.

phreeloader

and if they could hold it for 13,000ft would it cause them to build up so much forward speed that it would kill or injure the squirrel on landing

This is an instance where base jumping would come before skydiving since, well, the squirrel is already BASE'ing.

but, you, humans have to give it more of a challenge. start with a 400+ft bridge. then take it to a higher cliff. and a higher one etc...see it the splat effect is reached from a fjord.
If not....SKYDIVE with it. LOL it would jsut be so hard to keep track of it, without a gps system on it.

cbrown1311

Trunk has a write up on the gethypoxic website explaining everything you need to know about GP3 Black issues and updates. Just follow that and you will fix all the issues the current update addresses, and he even gives some tips to address issues that the update does not.

...Aaaand, I'm off to check it out. Thanks!

ruffner

Her tits; her choice. Besides she can get new ones.

I agree with this...
However, I find it odd that she says hers kids" can see her scars and the rest is all mommy."

Um, I find her extremely attractive but, I find that showing her kids her tits a bit odd....


It's a bit odd that i want her to adopt me.

Are you having GoPro (black) issues? I spoke with a rep(Jeremy) today who told me the automatic update isn't loading correctly. You have to do it manually. This update (24april 2013) is supposed to address the problems with locking up, short cycle videos (mine would stop after 7 seconds) and some others issues. I literally just got off the phone with him and mine seems to be working. Here:s what you need to do. A MANUAL upload of the latest update. go to the GO PRO website for software updates and click through. When it tells you to plug your camera in:DON'T. Continue like you did with the previous update. Then drag the 4 files to your SD card. disconnect form the computer and power on. Your upload will cycle through a few times. When you're done you SHOULD have a GoPro that works as advertised.

Trunk and others may have better intel on this subject but for the last 3 minutes my camera has been working. However, the real test will be in the sky...
If you've had issues and this DOES or DOES NOT fix your problem PLEASE add your story.

I've been going through this since I bought my camera in january. I bought this $500 marvel and took it on 3 jumps before it locked up on me. (locked up on the 4th jump) I took it 10 more times and got 6 videos to work. I contacted the company and they VERY PROMPTLY replied and swapped my old camera out. I received the replacement and messed with it for about 6 days before I installed the new update.

Before I installed the update, It still randomly locked up and had Wi-Fi issues.(I reformatted my card a bunch of times etc)

After the update, It locked up once and had wi-fi issues.
I replied asking for a refund. I got a PHONE CALL (seriously; excellent customer service) about 3 minutes later.
Jeremy, from Go Pro, explained the issue with the new update. He then, though unnecessary, walked me through the manual install of the NEW update.

All SEEMS to be working. I HOPE THIS FIXES this issue and I hope this can alleviate your problem. I'll update when I can.



ETA-Jeremy's name

ntrprnr

People who tell me "Oh, so now that your daughter is born, you're obviously going to quit skydiving, right?"

You should SEE some of the Facebook wars I'm having. Of course, I'm mostly having them because I'm terrible at ignoring people online, but still...

Sorry. Had to vent. I'll go back now to rarely posting, but reading everything. :)

-Peter

PS: And hi.

Seems to me like you'd be safer jumping. She looks like a cannibal to me. Run for your...nose!!

(adorable picture though.)

jtval

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Nope. I generally copy and reformat each time I download into a descriptive folder and just kill non-used files within there. Also remember you can sort by date so the numbering doesn't help me out a bunch. Another note, after a few months, you'll find that setting your date is very very important!

Oh yes. I found that out with my gopro 1.

Date and time definitely make it easier.

It sucks that if you have to reset it every time you have to take the battery out. (but, it sucks that I HAVE TO take the battery out so often to "unlock" the damn thing...Luckily Gopro is going to replace my HD3 Black.)

Just got a new unit (they replaced it for free)
Hopefully, I won't have any other issues.

the first time I recorded it only recorded for 12 seconds. I reformatted. recorded again. the first video worked for 2 minutes the second stopped after 9 seconds. I RE-REFORMATTED and now it seems to work...until it doesn't. I assume it may the be card and less likely the battery.

Bravo to the family that did not join the lawsuit!

Wonder which family and what their reasoning was.

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I make a pretty damned good curry, so when I'm out of ideas or time, I make that for guests... It's easy to adapt the flavours and the hotness...

What is your favourite or default meal for guests?

Depends on the "level" of guest.

Generally, If its a date I go through more tedious prep.
If its a bunch of friends coming over for a bbq etc. I go for quantity.

Menu changes with the date. Watch she may like doesn't mean every date will like that.

so, I generally have a good idea and try to make so damn good food for each occasion.

Surveillance has been happening for decades.
the Camera ARE already in place.

Look at any red light/intersection/convenient store/bank etc...

then look around at everyone else. theyre ALWAYS taking pictures. I swear, the gov't could trace my everystep to about 1/4 mile if they wanted to.


Credit/debit card sales
Facebook.youtube. DZ.com is even archived now.


surveilliance IS here.

If you saying that they will have someone monitor these camera every day/moment i dont think its a viable option but, its one way to create jobs.

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Nope. I generally copy and reformat each time I download into a descriptive folder and just kill non-used files within there. Also remember you can sort by date so the numbering doesn't help me out a bunch. Another note, after a few months, you'll find that setting your date is very very important!

Oh yes. I found that out with my gopro 1.

Date and time definitely make it easier.

It sucks that if you have to reset it every time you have to take the battery out. (but, it sucks that I HAVE TO take the battery out so often to "unlock" the damn thing...Luckily Gopro is going to replace my HD3 Black.)

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Is anyone using the Gopro to film a freefly or freestyle comp?

Haven't seen anyone yet.... wonder why.
Anyone know why everyone seems to be using SonyCX's?

Thanks for you input!

For US nationals, this year (2012) I used three cameras. 2 CX's and one gopro2. The go pro footage was used for all 11 rounds except one.

in 2009 Nationals, Go Pros were not allowed. due to (IIRC) time coding. I was surprised when I saw almost ALL Freefliers using GoPro.

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This is the business owner's right to ask this, but sad that he would choose to do so.

Would he also ask all the women to cover up? Ban pork products from the DZ for the duration?

I, too, would reconsider spending money there.

Perris had the qatar military at the same time the US military (2 branches) were jumping.

Perris would not serve pork products to accomodate the qatari military.
I was pissed and sarcastic and vocal.

It's the owners (who I admire) choice to make money...but, It was a lame decision.
It'll be one that I talk about everytime I see this topic come up.

She's going to need a lot of chapstick.

whore

Trained them myself

But, this time I was supposed to leave and I wanted to put them in a training program so I didn't have to start from zero again.

Normally, I leave them with friends and they completely mess up the training.