jackwallace

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  1. I took my mom back in the 70's. She loved it. 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. You might try making a couple tandem jumps to practice canopy control. PLF, PLF, PLF, PLF 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. You say older car. Older as in carburetor? Most cars you can buy enough vacuum line to replace all the lines for a lot less than taking it to someone. Don't forget the hose to the power brake reservoir and heater box. If that doesn't fix it, you get some starting fluid and start spraying it around the intake manifold. Any change in the idle indicates a leak. 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. Define a drop zone. Where I took off? Where I landed? A bunch of people renting a plane and jumping for a weekend? 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. We'll have our man look at it and get back to you. 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. First get a baseball bat and beat the hell out of the top of the tail gate. Might as well get it over with. Then look at the hitch where the ball is on the frame through a hole in the bed. Lets you use the thing at a truck when you aren't towing. http://www.carid.com/draw-tite/hide-a-goose-wide-head-7500-vl-30000-gtw-mpn-9464.html?gclid=CL2q75SE98YCFc4WHwodubwB2g 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. What's the big deal. Forty years ago I was on a 10 man team at Zhills. Had less than 100 jumps and so did most of the team. Or the people on the other 110 teams. AND no helmets, AAD's, tunnel time, RSL's or any sense at all. Only killed the weak ones. 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. Somebody must need to buy a new boat. We've been fighting a proposal in Glenwood for years to pave the median of a beautiful old road for a bike trail. Nobody wants it. The locals, the bikers. The public meetings have to have cops, because people are so against it. Watch out for all the tricks. They show you three choices and ask which one is best. Just keep telling them to stay out. I worked in alligator alley forty years ago building bridges. What a hell hole. You'd have to be nuts to ride a bike through there. 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. I was teaching a German team how to do 10 man speed stars out of a DC 3. The base guy was like an NFL lineman. When he stood in the door the plane got dark. I was behind him as pin. I would give them Ready in German, so everyone would tighten up the line then Rouse/go. I said ready and that guy stood straight up with my foot under his. Broke two bones. I was talking a student down some years ago. Guy landed fine, but lost his balance and fell backward. Broke both bones in his arm. By the time I got to him his two instructors were there, with the strangest looking grins on their faces. He was suppose to leave for Iraq in two days. 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. Rent. Try before you buy. You wouldn't buy a car or a pair of pants before you tried them would you? Not just the canopy but the harness/container. I've seen people with rigs that they fuss with constantly because the thing wasn't comfortable. 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. When I've been "let go" its usually a half hour before the day is over. So when I've gut I tell them a half hour before I go out the door. Never regretted it. 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. Highland Fish camp. If I'd have found that place when I came here, I'd have never bought my house. 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. Best aerobatic duet I ever saw was a French husband and wife team. As soon as wheels got off the ground one rolled over on top of the other. Did the whole act like that. I looked at the planes after the act one day and they had scratches where the canopies rubbed together. I stood there a long time trying to figure out how they got that close without whacking props. 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. I did. One day I set up a swoop and happen to have a candy cane in my mouth. Just as I got max life off the swoop, I bit into the cane and got the sweet spot. Happy now? 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. Friend of mine was a stewardess (she was not a flight attendant, she didn't clean bathroom). She told the people they had to put the child seat in the over head compartment. When she did the pre takeoff seat belt check, no kid on their laps. Where's the kid? In the over head compartment, strapped in the car seat. 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. Why don't you want to be afraid? People hunt for fear. Scary movies, bungee jumping, tandem, roller coasters. Enjoy it. It will go away and there is no way to get it back. 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. So, when are bison burgers on the menu? Never. A waste of good meat. Shoulder roast!!! 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. Me too. Use to drive by it almost every weekend. I thought they got rid of the herd? How's the space ship? 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. I got 006 sitting in the attic 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. every mini system reserve i've seen is one pin and can be either center or side pull because of the rotating cone. i've never seen a piglet reserve. Yep that's the one. I had one of those at the Nats in the 70's. One of the Knights came over to me and mentioned that it had a "reputation". I lifted up the pin flap so he could see the jesus string I had attached. He then showed me the teams- same string. Those containers stayed closed "cone lock" even after you pull the pin. A Piglet reserve is/was a 18' conical. Could have been a tri-conical, I'm old. It was the companion to the Piglet main. I jumped the Piglet reserve a few times and it was well behaved. I have a lot of jumps on a Tri-con reserse. I would not recommend it unless you're a little nuts. It tended to go inside out. Doing a lot of damage in the process. 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. What about a Piglet reserve. Can you get them anymore? Is that mini system reserve container the one pin deal? That can be used either side or center pull? 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. Tommy wasn't the announcer. I think the guy's name was Colonel Tom Parker, but it was the 70's so who knows. Rollard or Jimmy D should. 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. I'll hold your beer and watch your girl. Or maybe its the other way. 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. Well here's how I see it: Our hero and his wife (after speaking to their lawyer) were out for a leisure drive in the mountains when this long haired, bearded, dirty biker, flipped them off and make obscene gestures to his wife. In fear of their lives they sped past him (they saw something that looked like a thermal nuclear device in his hand) and escaped. Putting several vehicles behind them they had to pull over. In shock. All of a sudden the Mad Max of Co pulls up and once again tries to attack them. They speed off to safely. 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. Best advice is to take your money and run away. Get out while you can. Take up something sane like being a roadie for ICP. You will ruin your life. All you will care about is weather, airplanes and how long to the next load. Thursdays will make your skin crawl cause its not Saturday. You will look at everything in terms of how many jumps would that be? New clothes? Nope could spend it jumoing. New car? Used or better yet just live at the DZ. Save the money for jumping. Boy friend, mothers funeral, NOPE. Weathers good, got to go jump. RUN< RUN I TELL YA. 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