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I drowned in a pool as a kid. I was dead. Fortunately I was pulled from the water and revived just in time. Take my world for it, drowning is anything but peaceful. Try freezing to death instead. __ My mighty steed

+1 and the dentist drill __ My mighty steed

I do listen. They all say exactly the things I did. I learned from them. I heard what they said. They all urge caution and patience in downsizing. Do I really need 2000 jumps to repeat that information? You think the fact that I have less than 500 jumps means its not appropriate for me to urge caution to someone with only 23 jumps thats gone from a 280 to a 170 in his first 20 jumps? Will it be more appropriate for me to repeat that same exact information after I do 120 more jumps? I'll have > 500 then so I guess so. __ My mighty steed

Rules get broken without our consent sometimes. Thats where the problem comes in. You cant always be certain things will go the way you expect them to or that you will always be able to make the nice, safe, easy moves that you want. Actually you can be certain that eventually something unexpected will happen, and how will you handle things when that happens? Thats the rub __ My mighty steed

I went from a Pilot 188 to a Pilot 168 and saw a big change in how much altitude it loses in turns. Dont find that out for yourself while you are low. Do some hard 180's and 360's while up real high and make sure your airspace is clear. Check your alt before and after each turn. Find out exactly how much you lose in those turns and remember it. check out BillVons downsizing checklist. __ My mighty steed

Is 160 your exit weight or your weight without gear? I ask because if that's your weight without gear, then your exit weight puts you in the "advanced" wing loading area for the Pulse 170 23 jumps is a little (a lot) soon for that 1.1 wing loading... I'm not the last guy that will tell you that (hopefully) __ My mighty steed

I'm sure there are other skydiving operations that have weekday hours you could get to... __ My mighty steed

she did great :) __ My mighty steed

Your head is only slightly bigger than mine and I wear a Benny. It fits great and is very comfortable. __ My mighty steed

If you do, use kubuntu. I'm not a huge fan of KDE desktop, but gnome went right into the shitter with gnome3 Going directly from Windows to Gnome3 will surely cause you to decide to leave Linux alone. FYI, I'm posting this from a Fedora desktop using gnome 2, but I run Kubuntu on another machine. I used to vastly prefer gnome over KDE, but Gnome3 just ruined itself. __ My mighty steed

We used to have a skyvan at Cross Keys but its been gone for a few years. I loved that airplane! Jumped a CASA a few times at the last WFFC. Loved that one too

I've been using paypal for years and never had a single problem. Is your opinion based on any direct negative experience? __ My mighty steed

+1 __ My mighty steed

I must have that car __ My mighty steed

Give the guy a break. Its not like he jumped from 4000 ft or something.

Perhaps you missed this part....Unfortunately, the Stratos capsule sustained damage on landing, potentially delaying the third and final Stratos jump, planned for 120,000 feet to break Joe Kittinger’s historic mark of 102,800 feet, set in 1960. I didnt miss it.. It says "potentially"

It was a drogue-less freefall. In fact, it set a new altitude record (96,640 ft) for drogeless freefall. the previous record was set by Eugene Andreev at 80,380 ft Kittingers 102,000 ft jump used a drogue Till next month when he does the main record breaking jump from 125,000 ft. which will of course push the ceiling even higher. __ My mighty steed

96,640 ft The "big" jump from 125,000 ft happens in a few weeks... Incidentally, he did set a record yesterday. Highest jump without a drogue. __ My mighty steed

Thats fucking awesome :) The HD rig needs some pipes though ;) __ My mighty steed

Sub 10's were done in the 80's......no problem. This is from 2002 I believe. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22259954@N02/5099847839/ Sparky I wasnt being serious. Just making fun of the mystical awe that surrounded the unattainable sub-10 in the movie __ My mighty steed

I drew the design, and my ink guy put it on me BSBD __ My mighty steed

no way they can do sub-10... ...unless they go no-lift __ My mighty steed

Yikes! I've been a huge fan of vagina's my whole life, but not because they are aesthetically pleasing. Taken out of context and lacking sexual arousal, both genders genitals are not pleasing to look at. They dont call it "bumping uglies" for nothing, Bleah! People actually do this?!? I wouldnt walk around with a replica of my cock on a necklace __ My mighty steed

She was also gay, as acknowledged in her obituary. she preferred to keep that private while she was alive. Incredible woman. My sister wanted to marry her

My sons are 18 and 20 years old, so both old enough. Neither of them seem to have even the slightest interest even though I've told them if they wanted to try it their first jump is on me. I dont try to convince them though. Some folks just dont want to jump and thats OK