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  1. So what did they have to do? Set it to bottom or top altitude then push go button when they started the dive? U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  2. Wait until you get a para glider. They are terrified to go past half brakes. And they always hang on the toggles. So they have no forward speed and turn slower than my ma drives her car. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  3. I use to be the radio guy. Had a brain surgeon that took 17 jumps to get a decent landing. 43 jumps and still on level 2. Student from central america. I wrote escarda and delechay, (spelling) on my hands so I could tell her in spanish. After three jumps this engineer tells us she gets confused in spanish. but does great in english. Malysian guy. Every load I would stand in front of him before he went up and say: left, stop, right stop, flair stop and move his arms up and down for him until he got it. They there's: Left turn, no the other left. Its just a big video game. Always remember the not so good students make you the most money as long as they keep jumping. The critique of my first jump was: You walked back! Wanna do it again? I actually had hitchhiked back. Couldn't find the arrow. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  4. What!? No pictures!? There are probably a million of them. As everyone of those girls walked, strutted, giggled around the sun dial the click or shutters was deafening. There's a bunch more to the story, but its a there I was deal. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  5. Reminds me of the old joke. Priest, Minister, Rabbi fishing in a boat. Minister says he"s thirsty. Gets out of the boat walks to shore. Get a drink comes back. Rabbi has to go to the bathroom. Gets out of the boat walks to shore, comes back, gets in the boat. Priest is hungry. Gets out of the boat disappears under the water. Rabbi turns to the Minister "think we should have told him where the rocks are?" U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  6. I'm waiting for a call so thought I'd tell this one, not scary, but funny. We would do a demo every summer for the Catholic church that one of the guys uncle was the priest. They had a Canaveral thing, so we did a beer and pizza demo. That's what you'd get paid. The church was in a piece of land right next to General Mitchell field in Milwaukee. This particular year the FAA said no when we filled the NOTAM. We told the Father we couldn't come. He told the congregation. In Milwaukee they have aldermen. Neighborhood politicians. Garbage not picked up call the alderman, snow not plowed call the alderman. THey get it done, or they're the ex-alderman. SOOOO the congregation calls the alderman. Next thing we know we are down at the city board meeting, with the airport management and the FAA. We get introduced. As ex service members, Viet vets, the whole nine yards. The aldermen ask the FAA why all of a sudden we can't do what we've been doing for years. FAA gives some bull reason: disrupt air tarffic, dangerous, standard stuff. We get asked what time we are jumping by the alderman. They confer and confer with the airport manager. There decision: CLOSE THE AIRPORT FOR AN HOUR. Holy crap. The FAA guy almost has a heart attack. We jump up and tell them no, no we need about 2 minutes. FAA guy all of a sudden is REEEEAL nice. Sure no problem. So we made the jump. The feds even let an airliner vector over to watch us. DAT's how they get things done in the midwest. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  7. You mean this Dick Drost? Sparky http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/NudistHallofShame/Drost.html Yeah that looks like him. We did the dive in the 70's. I figured the guy was dead by now. He had juvenile MD and wasn't suppose to make it to 21. His folks were vitamin freaks, kept him alive. He spent his time sitting in front of TV. He noticed some commercials were cut off before they finished. He started writing letters to companies selling the info, so they got their monies worth. He got rich. In the nudist camp they had a building where people sat and stared at TV's all day, watching the commercials. He ran a bunch of those fake "nudist contests" that were stripper shows. Girl there told me that if she won a contest it upped her worth a bunch at the clubs. He also had a truckers resturant nest to the interstate that had topless waitresses. Big deal back then. I shook the guys hand when we set up the demo and it was like he had no bones in his body. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  8. Me, Donna Huminsky, Lou Jecker, and Jim Baron. Jumped into Dick Drost's Naked City, Indiana. The naked city nationals or something like that. 50 naked ladies pranceing around the sun dial. 10000 google eyed freaks watching the show. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  9. Basler conversiom U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  10. My 9 year old left and hitch hiked home. I asked him why. No snacks. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  11. There were a couple bars near the DZ we use to crash wedding at, saturday nights after jumping. We were sitting in this small back room where there was an open tap. Through the door comes this very pregnant bride. She looked like a parade float with all that white poofy bribe stuff. She sits down at the table, looks around: "I looking for a better deal." U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  12. We had to run Kendas as spec tires on our race go kart. I think the Kendas have a lot of plastic in them. Makes them last, but the more they heat cycle the harder they get. They also took a lot of weight to balance. I hardly ever balanced the Dunlops we ran and they stayed more consistent over their life. We had the same thing with Brigdestones and Chen Shens, made in China. Be careful in the rain. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  13. It is against the law to sky dive in any US National Park. You can rock climb, but if you've never done it, there are much safer places to learn. Moab Utah is excellent place to learn. There is also a DZ there that you could make a tandem. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  14. Is it hot to the touch? Do you have even a mild fever" Any swelling? These are signs of infection. Yes it hurts. It will for a year. That's your bodies way of reminding you not to do that again. Put ice on it. Elevate it. Don't lock your knee. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  15. Also try a boat place. They use a heavy grade of the stuff. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  16. The museum at the lake front around 4PM they close the wings for the night. Check to see which festival is at the Summerfest grounds. They have one almost every weekend. The third ward is a couple block from the Harley museum. Mader's if you want good german food. Sprecker's brewery for good root beer and beer. East Troy DZ. If you want a little real Milw: http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/business/arts.html And: http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/100morethings.html Go visit my ma. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  17. jackwallace

    Tires

    My Jeep has three different tires on it, four if you count the spare. The two in the rear match, because I have Detroit locker. The ones in front don't match the rears or each other. They are all the same size, different tread and manufacture. I tear them up off road on a regular basis. The spare is 10 years old and doesn't match any of them. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  18. Go run this http://www.paavonurmimarathon.com/ I don't think the 100 milers in CO are as hard. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  19. X2 on beer rules Throw in SCR, SCS, NNFB, IGLOT. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  20. Chicken. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  21. You get to wear cool T shirts. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  22. People smoking everywhere. Dumping garbage in the ocean and great lakes. Dumping oil on dirt roads. Gym class in school. Ground stars. Streaking, strolling and rockets. Shortage of dope so people smoked anything: banana peels, crap they picked by the railroad tracks. 6 people crammed in a VW smoking so you didn't waste any. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  23. See you guys are all thinking AD. You need to think BC. The REAL early days, Icarus, Daedalus. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  24. HEAD, WHO SAID HEAD? U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  25. Send it to my mother she can shrink stainless steel. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316