GeekStreak

Well it looks like you found something(y) to keep you occupied on your day off!!

Man oh man. That shit hurts! I never broke mine, but I banged it pretty hard once when I wiped-out in a MX race. Hurt for weeks and weeks. Even now if I hit it on something it smarts pretty good. My uncle DID brake his many many years ago and still can't spend lotsa time on his butt... he deserves eternal pain though. The bastard broke my skateboard instead of whacking my dad for talking him into riding the thing in the first place!! Let it heal properly! 1111, GeekStreak

Wingnut, U R 1 BRAVE DUDE! What would you have done? Land it Chop it Land as far off as possible, fix it, and swear it must have been an optical illusion. 1111, GeekStreak

A police officer pulls a guy over for speeding and has the following exchange: Officer: May I see your driver's license? Driver: I don't have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI. Officer: May I see the owner's card for this vehicle? Driver: It's not my car. I stole it. Officer: The car is stolen? Driver: That's right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owner's card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there. Officer: There's a gun in the glove box? Driver: Yes sir. That's where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk. Officer: There's a BODY in the TRUNK?!?!? Driver: Yes, sir. Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation: Captain: Sir, can I see your license? Driver: Sure. Here it is. It was valid. Captain: Who's car is this? Driver: It's mine, officer. Here's the owner' card. The driver owned the car. Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if there's a gun in it? Driver: Yes, sir, but there's no gun in it. Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box. Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said there's a body in it. Driver: No problem. Trunk is opened; no body. Captain: I don't understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didn't have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk. Driver: Really? Ain't that something? And I'll bet the lying sonuvabitch told you I was speeding, too... 1111, GeekStreak

We do! That's why we still like ya anyway! 1111, GeekStreak

Win NT definitly does NOT support DirectX. I tried on my machine at home (WIN NTS 4) with no luck. Tried it from work (WIN 2k Pro) and it works fine. Upgrade to WIN 2k . 1111, GeekStreak

Sorry Mouth. I'm taken! 1111, GeekStreak

If you learned the way I did, aim with your elbow. 1111, GeekStreak

Get some help, Dude! 1111, GeekStreak BTW: Sex is fun! Edited by GeekStreak on 7/3/01 11:33 AM.

Well, for one I would suggest that you stop doing that . Follow your dreams! Go make a jump and come back here and tell us all about it! 1111, GeekStreak

Viking, My feeling is that you'll find out when you get there. I've only made 2 SL jumps, but... I rode up in the door seat both times. The first time it scared the doodle outa me when that door came open. The ground was, at once, sooo far away and yet sooo close. Climbing out on the strut was pretty scarry the first time! The second time I was fine and climbed out without hesitation.

I must be failing at my attempts to read every post. Where did you decide to move to??? 1111, GeekStreak

Um, beer?

HH, Yer gonna love England! The men over their don't know how to treat their ladies or something! I was eaten alive on both visits! I don't think I'd survive 2 years there . Don't forget to try every bloody one of their never-ending variety of frosty beverages too... beer lover's paradise! 1111, GeekStreak

That is so cool! Congratulations! 1111, GeekStreak

Tuesdays With Morrie? 1111, GeekStreak

I too have wondered about this, even before I began jumping. When I saw the Bird Man suit I flipped! Then I thought how it sucked. All you can do is "glide". Then I thought about why it was made the way it is and realized that cloth is really the only safe thing to make it out of... as a suit, that is. Don't get me wrong, I'm not downing it. It's definitely the pinnacle of human flight! So I said to myself, "Self, what if you thought of it as something other than a suit?". The surface area required to flare is much greater than a human, even a "webbed human" as is the case with the Bird Man suit. I suppose you would need about as much area as your current canopy. Since a rigid frame or "bones" would be required to extend your surface area (like a bird's wing), add even more surface area to compensate for the weight. So here we are with this giant wing. You can't exit the plane with your wings sticking out so it must be retractible. You'll also need a way to flare, and having a way to chop it might be nice too. It would be safer mounted on one's chest, but since a wing uses the top surface to create lift, your body would be in the way. What you wind up with is basically an articulated pair of hang-glider wings strapped to your back. There are so many safety issues here and I don't have the knowledge to cinsider all of them, but that's what I was thinking

OMG!! You must really like this guy. You probably shaved your legs too, eh??!! 1111, GeekStreak

I'm in Maryland. I jump at Skydive Orange in Virginia. I have to warn you though, I'm still a student. SL student at that. I'll be at the DZ the weekend of the freefly boogie July 13-15. That weekend I'll be making my third jump... first, um, I mean not-second practice throw. Woohoo!!

Sounds good to me!

Yes, like jumping!!

a.k.a. How to keep a geek in suspense... 1111, GeekStreak

You have a date with a skydiver? Do tell.... 1111, GeekStreak

You won't get any trash here. She runs a cleaning business