ArcAngel0223

Hey everyone, I'm preparing to head out to Skydive Hollister to fly video and possibly get my tandem rating. Was just curious what ya'lls thoughts and experiences were? Good? bad? Ugly? If you worked there were you paid on time? Any info would be appreciated, and feel free to email me [email protected] if you'd rather not post publicly. Blue Skies my friends, Jourdan

Quit deceiving people with false thread titles. Wow am I the first person ever on DZ.com to do that!? holy shit, what the fuck do I win?! p.s. blow me. Everyone else, thank you for your input.

The first pic is with the helmet and flashlight, you'll see the light on my left side very dim compared to the flash, the 2nd pic is myself holding the camera on the helmet, which now doesn' tlook so bad.

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Ok well now that I have your attention, I'm just looking for some general feedback. I've recently bought a sky System's Nvertigo helmet, and a TRV 27 w hich I plan using as a top mount with a bonehead TRV box. However, as I put the helmet on and just placed the camera on top of it to get a general feel of what it will look like, I'm a lil disconcerted, it looks like the camera is pointing at an all out down angle, and I will hafta tilt the helmet all the way back to get it to be at a semi- normal angle. I talked to Linda at bonehead and she suggested that I tape a flashlight to the top of it, and see what kind of angle I'm looking at.. well with the helmet in the position of comfort the light shined me directly in the chest... and she suggested sliding/shimming up to a half inch of wedge underneath it.... So my general question to you folks, is what do I do?

I've seen that before, big siberian husky *my favorite kind of dogs* 94F windows rolled up, and it gets very humid up here in Indiana.. luckily enough I had just stepped off the engine at a Fire, getting ready to make entry into the building, when I noticed the car this dog was in was parked right in front of our hydrant that we were going to use for our supply line.. hehe well since parking in front of a hydrant is a federal offense, I just popped out both the front windows, the dog got air and we got water, and his owners couldn't say shit either

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I wouldn't even try... all the "retail establishments" your talking about would counter with an argument of being in violation of the first amendment(right to free speech), if you were lucky enough to get a temporary restriction placed on them, after a long drawn out legal battle they would reinstate their policy and continue on with business as normal, then they would pry sue you for restitution of their sales and retail crowd lost during the debacle.... p.s. Am I a lawyer? No, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.. literally!

Hooah and rock on Weaver... I must say I see and respect your viewpoint, and it sounds deadly accurate to what was described to me by a friend in the 1st Cav.. he felt a sense of pride in his unit and felt that there was a lot of god that was done during their fight in Najaf, and I'm sure he will after he comes out of Fallujah (hasn't been online in days, I assume thats where he's headed) I know I'm a more or less an average idealistic 19 year old who's positive he's always right and on top of the world.. and I know war isn't all its cracked up to be, but I just see infantry, or combat engineer, or even Ranger, wherever I go or end up, the perfect job for me, because I have always wanted to be in the military, and I have never thought about anything outside the Bravo series, maybe that this may be the one great conflict in my generation that I can say "yes, I was there"... although it does not stop there..just having a sense of self satisfaction, and doing something honorable that I can be proud of, yet make buddies I would die for and get all the other perks or drawbacks of military life I've been to college, and I've worked for a living in a job that I never said I would sink down to (factory work)... So I guess we'll see what happens

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I like the way you put that.. I never really saw it like that.. but I'm think I'm gonna like the groundpoundin stuff a whole lot more... Dave, got any certain state, area, PD in mind?

Dave you kinda strike me as the guy who would really excel in the military.. never thought about joinin?

yea, not used to typing so much.. kinda cluttered eh?

I need opinions... I have a fork in the road that requires a decision by tomorrow... August 26th I joined the United States Army. I'm a Parachute Rigger who will work with the Special Forces Basically I'm a Senior rigger who travels around with SF dudes, I deploy when the deploy I hafta make 3 jumps a month (under a round canopy) to keep my qualifications current. The reason I chose Parachute Rigger and not a combat related MOS (Infantry, Combat Engineer, Ranger!!) was because my mother is having a tough time right now with her father being terminally ill via stomach cancer ( he's not supposed to make it past thanksgiving now) and I just thought doing something non combat related would make it ease his mind in a time of healing... which is no longer an issue I chose Parachute Rigger because I thought it was something that I could get into and would have fun with. But I had a buddy just return from Advanced Individual Training for 21B (Combat Engineer).. and I absolutely loved what I heard about the job ... "If its not American, we blow it up." ... "If it is American, we dismantle it, and blow it up later"... "No no your right, Engineers defuse bombs, but with C4, if you find a carbomb in Iraq, you will blow it in place with C4".. The 21B school is only 5 weeks compared to 92R's 11 weeks, which would completely eat up my summer and prevent me from jumping at all.. even though if I get deployed to Iraq it won't matter... But I'm going to find myself deployed to the sandbox no matter what I do.. and I believe that I should be in a job that I will enjoy while I am there... I talked to my parents about this decision and my dad flipped out and called this war "the current vietnam of my time and why do you want to go fight for someone who doesn't matter" and my mom agreed with him, but said "you hafta do whats going to make you happy" Then they reinforced everything they said with claiming that I change my mind too much and that I should ride out my current contract... But I don't want to be a Rigger, I don't want to be a support pogue, I want to be a Soldier, I want to be Hooah, and I want to be in a job where I can be proud of what I do... I mean I can be a Airborne Combat Engineer or Infantryman, and get a guarentee to Italy and serve wtih the 173rd Airborne who deploys to Afghanistan in '05.. the possibilities are just endless Well thats basically everything in a nutshell.. I joined the Army and took a certain contract that would keep me out of direct combat for my mother and to ease the mind of my grandfather... my grandfathers passing is soon to come and my mother just wants me to be happy.. my request for a job change be in tomorrow because it must be requested 60 days within my shipdate.. So I could be a Parachute Rigger that does maintenance packs all day and watches others jump squares from 25K.. or I can be a combat engineer where the enlistment bonus is better, the scenery changes, and they let me play with EXPLOSIVES My question: What would you do? Post edited to be more damn coherent!

ooh man I'd hafta say Kramer.. sunshine knows what I'm talking about, when he freeflies with no helmet his red hair makes it look like he's got a head of flame!! And don't get me started when he goes head down either!.... wait.. oh yeah kramer can't go head down... wait.. shit neither can I P.S. I am totally heterosexual