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Damn!! Circumstances?

Cancer.

He's been fighting it for a couple of years. Had surgery, which didn't get it all. Underwent chemo treatments, which made him weak, and some of his hair fall out. You could tell something wasn't right,
because he didn't look good, and while he used to jump repeatedly all day long, it got to where he only had the strength to make one or two. But he wouldn't talk about it, at least not with me. Then he quit jumping altogether about a year ago.

He had bought a plot of land out in the country upon which he was looking forward to building his retirement home. He spent many weekend days clearing the land, cutting trees and running 'em through a wood chipper, while dropping by Skydive Houston to make a few jumps.

He loved to go off on long hiking trips for vacation, a passion which I shared with him, and we would often spend a lot of time talking about the neat places we've been in the outdoors.





Hi John,
The last two words of your post say it all!!! (Damn!! Circumstances??) 'Lost my Peggy to pancreatic 7 years ago..... 'Still crawling out of the hole from that one!!...
I'd like to leave you and everyone with a few thoughts I picked up ..along the way.....

Death changes everything. Time changes nothing. I still miss the sound of your voice, the wisdom of your advice, the stories of your life and just being in your presence. So, no, time changes nothing. I still miss you just as much today as I did the day you died. I just miss you.
-lessonslearnedinlife.com-


-Grief-
Grief never ends........ But it Changes. It's a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith.........it is the price of Love.
-unknown-

Oh how well I have come to know the depth of these two verses since that fateful day....23NOV2010...............

skybill-out

Bob_Church

He had to be euthanized. This leaves two females, both related, and in-vitro but it doesn't sound encouraging.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/20/worlds-last-male-northern-white-rhino-has-died/

Hi Bob!!!
At first i thought you were talking about a Yankee "Republican In Name Only" from among the"northern state's???????"
(Really, this is not a joke!!)
GOT GUNZ...........OUTLAW!!!!!!,
Audentes, Fortuna, Juvat,
III%,
skybill-out

Yup!! We pointed at each other laughing!! And said,"(HAHA!) I think I know you?? ...Take your clothes off!!!" ...........and on the south side of "OB" (Ocean Beach) there was "Garbage Beach" where because of its' difficulty to get to was also "Swim suits Optional!!" It was just down the road from the "Del Mar Estates!!!" ,,,,,Play on Gypsys...Play on!!!!!
skybill

Hey Bob!!!!
Thanks!! I needed that Laugh!!!!!!!! 'Good Timing !!!
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Rocking-M

Just want to let y'all know. Doug Iverson is alive and well.
Still a wild man just doesn't jump anymore.

OMG!!! IVER DIVER!! If you see him tell him "HI!!" from BILL DELI!! We had some "Bitchn' times on dives at Ghoulidge and Perris!!!"
BSBD

BillyVance

******Nice work.

I still have the Lincoln penny I found years ago with a hole through it, right by Lincoln's ear.

Hi Billy,
I believe the "Hole" is about 90* off!! The face of Abe on the coin is a profile.... Ol' J.W. shot him 'directly in back of the head" so although the hole is cool... it's off a bit!!

This was from right before 08NOV2016.......
"BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!" FBI Finds J.W. Booth "Extremely careless in the discharge of firearms!!!!"
-Stephen Green- @ "Vodka Pundit"

Another piece of trivia for ya'..... ol' Abe was the "First" President of the United States of America to be "EMBALMED!!!!!!!!!!" All the previous went down in the dirt..."Natural!!"

BSBD,
skybill-out

Yeah well if my recollection is right, the bullet went in behind his ear. Not dead center in the back of the head.

Hi Billy,
Ya' Got a good point there!!! Either way, Linc. is dead!!! 'Back of the Head, side of the head, at an obtuse angle...who the frig cares??? He's dead...However,,,, the sayin's go... the old Black people of the SOUTH usedta' say,"If ol' JohnWilkes hadn'dta' ....Ol' Abe had it all figgured' out!!"...(Quote ..the Late Brother Dave Gardner!!!!) Go figure!!?????
BSBD,
GOT GUNZ........OUTLAW!!!!,
III%,
skybill-out

BillyVance

Nice work.

I still have the Lincoln penny I found years ago with a hole through it, right by Lincoln's ear.

Hi Billy,
I believe the "Hole" is about 90* off!! The face of Abe on the coin is a profile.... Ol' J.W. shot him 'directly in back of the head" so although the hole is cool... it's off a bit!!

This was from right before 08NOV2016.......
"BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!" FBI Finds J.W. Booth "Extremely careless in the discharge of firearms!!!!"
-Stephen Green- @ "Vodka Pundit"

Another piece of trivia for ya'..... ol' Abe was the "First" President of the United States of America to be "EMBALMED!!!!!!!!!!" All the previous went down in the dirt..."Natural!!"

BSBD,
skybill-out

Hey "frog!!!!!!!,"
Great "NS" story!!! "Teddy Bear And Flowers!!!" Good stuff!! At Least.... all's well that ends well and thank GOD for "WHISKEY!!!!"
BSBD,
skybill-out

Hi Nigel!!,
well here goes.................
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQfB4z0vMBY

'heard the song a few times on the radio, but until I saw the vid.....Like "WOW man!!" 'Been out in those parts, I could only imagine, and if you scroll down thru the posts ..i ask, WHO IS SHE????? Inquiring minds want to know!! Also I came across the song about the time of our last "FLOOD" here in La. back in AUG....I found all my lost friends except for one LADY!!! I was so concerned , me and her friends could not find her!!! This song hit me as a song about her...... fortunately she is OK and all is well!! But for a while..it was touch and go......Thank you "Cajun Navy!!!!!!!"
Blue skies
PS on the vid my posts are by my google real name "Arpad Deli!!" now you know!!

promise5

Lol I thought I already included a pic. Oops!!
It's on my side ,by my hip bone.
Billy!! No!! Lol She collected elephants.
Loved them for their dedication to family.

Hi Promise!!!,
COOL TAT!!!!! Me being the right in the middle of being a "GEMINI" with my "Dual personality" If I got a "TAT" I'd probably change my mind 5 minutes later!!!!!! That's OK ,,,Over the years I have acquired a few neat "Scars!!!" ......Remember ..."Broken Bones Heal, Chicks dig 'SCARS,' pain is only temporary and Glory is Forever!!!!!"
BLUE SKIES!!!,

Natty'!!! Take the prize money, all bets are off....YOU WIN!!!!! This post is over!!!!
Blue skies!!!!

Fly On PAT!!!!! 'Was but a kid growing into Jr. High during the decade...Yes what phrase..."The seldom 50's" Here you post this less than a month before you leave us...... But you "Torqued My Memory!!!" of the first time I ever saw a "Live" Parachute Jump!!!!! It was spring of 1951 (I was just about to turn 6 years old)and the "Cole Brothers Air Show" came to out airport with Screaming, smoke blowing, twisting and looping, LOUD STEARMAN Bi-PLANES!!!! Wing Walkers and "PARACHUTE JUMPS!!!" There were several ,,,,"AND" ...one guy had "A MALFUNCTION!!!" He tossed out his Chest Reserve...and I watched in awe as he descended over us and landed behind the parking apron where we were and right before he landed by the fuel dump, the announcer blared over the loud speaker,"Hey Joe..'You alright???" I was looking straight at him , about 200 or so feet up , he cupped his hands over his mouth and yelled "YEAH!!!" then he landed!!!!!! Thanks PAT for re kindling that memory for me!!!!!.......Fly on Brother....Say Hi to Scotty, Kevin, Gary, Dirty Ed and all!!!

Pat is Gone!! 'Scotty the other day and now Pat!!! If'n yer' "Old School" yer' probably lookin' over yer' shoulder for that Boney character in that robe !!! Who will be #3????? Someone suggested Bob Hoover was but he don't Skydive!!!

Scotty gone....and from complications from dental surgery???
Blue skies Scotty where ever you are!!
Still hard to believe yer' gone!!'
BSBD,
III%,
skybill-out

patworks

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 Larry Yohn Killed

:Black Death,
: Old friend and long-time Perris Valley skydiver-instructor was killed :today on a demo jump in Pomona Calif. I do not know any details.
: Larry was a bon vivant (& a 1-leg jumper) who taught school and was an :avid reader. He lost his leg in India riding a motor scooter several :decades ago.
: Larry had/has my respect.
:Blue Skies,

Hi Pat and all,
Yes Larry was quite a guy!! "I remember when!!" ..I was by the Target at Perris and looking up someone opening from a load had a Mal and lo and behold everyone expected but it was a ROUND RESERVE!! and Larry under it!! He manipulated the control lines to his satisfaction and made a descent into the "PEA GRAVEL!!" Too bad it wasn't an accuracy meet........Happiness is having a malfunction, cutting away to your 26' Conical Round reserve , coming in for a "DEAD CENTER" and refusing the "Re-jump" during a meet My Darling!! That would be Larry!!!!

Hi JC,
Something I learned a long, long time ago in a Galaxy Far, Far away,"Admit to Nothing, Deny EVERYTHING!!!!" and never let down your Guard!!! ( From Our late, great president Ronald Reagan!!!) I too had an asshole at work that tried to "Start Shit!!" He ended up suing me for "Assaulting him, Stalking him and Making threatening Phone calls to him!!!! (break, Break have to go fix a fresh drink!!).....None of it worked because I got a Good lawyer,,,yes it cost me some bucks but in the end it's funny......you see, his claims were really funny...he claimed to be "A MAN" but acted like a "PUSSY!!" If I "assaulted him, why didn't he just 'BEAT MY ASS OR GET HIS BEAT BY ME LIKE A MAN????" So in the process of getting suied, I had no clue and was quite wierded out by all this, my Lady (soon to be my wife) was concerned and wondered and asked if before she and I met was (HE AND I LOVERS!!???) 'Good thing I wasn't drinkin' a beer at the time because I'd a 'PUKED!!!!!" (GOT THAT?? and there's more!!) So we go on and "HE" decides he has to add more fuel to the fire and comes up with more charges (Occurring at the DZ!!) and My Lawyer is about to blow his stack now!!!!, after declaring that this new evidence is going to cost me BIG DOLLARS, as he (my Lawyer) walks by me to his secretary, with the papers in his hand he stops, looks at me in the eye and yells,"IS HE GAY???????...IS HE IN LOVE WITH YOU?????" Well Boyz and Girlz I gotta say "I can not Care less about someone being GAY!!!!!" But I had a great deal of trouble trying to fathom why he had this much attraction to me.....trust me I m not "Beautiful!!" Well as it turned out he was busted on several "Time lines" that showed that he was really off Base among other things ......well, I had a Good Lawyer, think I said that, I never went up in front of a Judge, Never had any "Judgement against me" after our deposition party "His Lawyer" told him that he didn't have a case and bailed on him!!! "He" ended up crawling to "MY LAWYER" and BEGGED OFF!! What a pathetic loser!! I could have carried on but "Revenge is Bittersweet, but, if you just sit back relax and watch, Karma can be pure Entertainment!!!!!" After all this Mr. Matcho Man was no longer Matcho!! his alegations and accusations only showed him to be the ball-less wonder contrary to his belief that he really is.He never showed his face at the DZ again after that...Case Closed, The Bar is OPEN!!!!

Hi Jerry, and all,
I am sad. Like you said, Tony was one of the "Good Guys!!" And...a Good Friend.
Blue skies,

Don't know what mine was......I was a PR-3 on the USS Princeton LPH-5 and we were parked at pier E in LGB when the numbers made the papers. I found the "daily page" in the tinbenders shop and was lookin' up everybody's number for a laugh!!
Reminds me...when I was in bootcamp, a couple of guys got their "Greetings from the President of the United States" To those who don't know, that's how yer' "Draft Notice" started!! That was a laugh too!!

Wayne is Gone! Now the flood of memories of jumping in AZ at Gholidge!! Fly on Buddy!!!

Hi John,
I think the Mandatory Retirement Age for TI's should be not an "age' but when the TI can no longer do 16 oz. curls ...with either hand!!
I'm not a "TI" but all this BS about mandatory retirement ages not just for TI's is so much krap!! how about a mandatory retirement age for "Golf!! Hahahahahaha! I've heard "Anti's" espouse Mandatory retirement ages for old people who drive cars, fly airplanes, shoot guns and a bunch of other stuff!! Bunko bucko!!
I'm 70 ..will be 71 in June and I still "WORK," drive cars, shoot guns, drink beer, skydive (when I can afford it) and......as the old sayin' goes about why I still jump......because I haven't found a good reason to quit!!

Hi Sam,
BTW if someone signs your log with 4 or less digets for the license number, its OK...... some of us started jumping and got our licenses a Long, Long time ago in a Galaxy Far, Far away!!!!

Hi Promise and all,
Back in my "CA" daze there were a few!! I was at work in Santa Ana down by Warner and Harbor when the "Whittier" quake hit!! Called my neighbor Sam, he had gotten cattapulted outa bed!! When I got to my apartment, there were 2 to 3 foot tears in the walls at the door jams!! i had 3 bottles of whiskey that were on the top shelf of the cabinet that were then residing on the counter...."UN BROKEN!!" Go figure that one out?? Oh Yes, before I left for work, my cat, Fartsarelli" was totally freaked out!! I made him go outside anyway...when I came home, he finally showed up and ran straight to the dirty linen closet and hung out there for the rest of the day!! BTW Downtown Whittier was never the same!! All the old "Brick" buildings were now "Rubble!!"
That was only "one" quake!!"

Back a few pages were all, actually through out, posts about whuffo comments... Back in '65 my girlfriend's mom was asking me about jumping and how long we could "Fall!!" i explained that from 7500 feet we could fall for 30 seconds till pull alt. but the clicher was telling her that from 12.500 feet we could fall for a whole minute.....60 seconds!!!'' Her reply,"Oh My!!, How can you hold your breath that long?????"
"Kitchey Koo you Bastards!!!!"...from an od Rob Crumb Zap Comix!!

Hi Jerry, Sandy and all!!,
Love this thread!! God Almighty "Dangerous??" Hell, we lived thru 'em all!! how could they have been "Dangerous? Oh well, when yer' lookin' the reaper in the eye at 400 feet I guess that's Dangerous!! But!><<<BSBD,

SCR-2034, SCS-680

III%,
Deli-out

Hi All,
I sadly post the passing of "Herb Graves" of the SE Louisiana Skydiving Community!! Herb was "Just a kid" when he showed up at Hammond Airport Louisiana back in about 1965 as I recall!! Leon and Prissie Riche were running the "Program" at the time, I think Ben Seal, Jr. was still around but that's another story!! Herb went on to become a Rigger and Pilot and developed a Skydiver rig he called the "Herbie Hog!!!" Anybody got one in their "collection???" Anyway, Herb is dead!! Do some diggin' and you'll find out the details....I don't want to go into them here!!
I remember Herb from a long time ago!! He was definitely interested in "Aviation!!"....A lot like me when I was a kid!! Just like Herb,....I and I'm sure still he still loves airplanes, parachutes and "thiings' Flyin'!!"
Fly On Herb, the Star up there is waiting for you!!!
Blue skies!!!!