DownWind

0:0:0 Hope to get the jumps and beer figures up next weekend after my new rig is complete. Keeping fingers crossed for good weather.

See this link. Not sure how to make a clicky. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=957614;#957614

I love to travel. Try to make at least two trips a year both domestically and internationally. I enjoy spending extended amount of time in foreign countries. To me you are able to understand the culture better after having lived and worked there.

All I can say is that we were required to wear black suits, any more than that and we could have a national incident.

fake all the way

Very nice Rebecca, showing great style/

I have to vote for Arnold. He is not only a kick a@@ actor but he is now a Govenor.

Just finished. Seems her main did not open, she attempted 3 times. Reserve was deployed, but she put herself into a spin by only pulling down one toggle. She exited the airplane on a two way. Hit the ground doing 80mph put her in a coma. After recovery she did a tandem. Pretty good story, she actually mentioned that her accident was not indicative of the sport.

1. Whats your name? Jim 2. How old are you? 32 3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Just got the bug one day. 4. Are you single or taken? Married? Single 5. Do you have kids? No 6. What do you drive? Subaru Outback Ducati Elefant 7. Have you ever done a kisspass? No 8. Where do you live? Michigan - Detroit Metro 9. Do you have any pets? Calin - 4yr old Shiba Inu 10. How many jumps do you have? 36 11. What color eyes do you have? Blue 12. What is your nationality? American Nationality with Irish/English heritage. 13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? No 14. Favorite Movie? Fight CLub 15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Work, hang out with wuffo friends, bicycling. 16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No 17. If not... do you want to? Yes 18. Do you have siblings? 1 brother 19. Where do you want to travel to the most? SE Asia 20. What's your favorite color? Blue 21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? San Jose to ski at Lake Tahoe.

Here and I thought you killed your first kitten. Sorry for the hijack. Congratulations on the first solo though!!!

Are you sure about that??? Why is it that newbies look toward others on DZ.com to fix their issues... If posting...isnt that big of an issue...why wouldnt we make the talk back posts a nonissue??? Same reason McDonalds should not be sued for people getting fat. We are responsible for our own well being and that includes soliciting advice from those we may not very well. The human brain has a great filter that should be used.

Gin and tonic seems to enable me to post a bit more than my newbie status allows....let the PWing continue.

I don't know many men that would be capable of this....

Jumping is seperate from the forums....if someone thinks a poster with many posts is an expert jumper, they should consider talking to the experienced jumpers at their DZ

to pick up her magnum....

I for one don't have a lot of posts.....this post may just give you post whore status if it continues...

and you won't believe where it is.....

a case of not skydiving nearly enough......

Just remined me that I need to get my taxes done to get the "hopeful look" refund......left the kick your ass piece just because post figures have no bearing in life.

--------------------------------------------- Beer!!!

My Shiba Inu, Calin, eats just about anything. I thought is was hilarious when she ate a grape.

Heading down to Techumseh in the morning as a participant after I pick up Countryscrub. Even the cripple needs a little safety training.

1. Chasing Amy 2. Fight Club 3. Matrix 4. Memento 5. Pulp Fiction

mibster99 My original handle is from grad school. The program was called MIBS and we were therefore mibsters, 99 is year of graduation. I know this is lame. DownWind This was given to me by the Techumseh gang down at Skydive South Beach over Christmas for having landed down wind two consecutive days in a row. First time I landed off the DZ in a plowed sugar cane field. I was more concerned with location than wind direction. Learning experience. The second down wind was on the DZ the next day. Wind direction shifted 180 while we were in the air and I was oblivious of the change. ended up landing on the unused E/W runway. Both of the above DW landings were made with a borrowed rig, which I ended up purchasing. The first one got the rig a bit dirty, the second put a hole in the reserve flap (did not functionally impact the rig). I hope I don't live up to my nickname this year! The Wanderer Graciously bestowed upon me in high school by my buddies who astutely noticed that I would generally just wander away to return later with everyone wondering where I was.

Just curious where the nuthouse is. I am flying into San Jose tomorrow afternoon for some skiing at tahoe. Might could stop by to meet the west coast skydivers.