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Espresso, condensed milk and Jose Cuervo Cinnamon Tequila work pretty well. I'm going to try that with Gentleman Jack on of these days, too. Edit: Quote Fail Hi "N-Q!!" The "Ta' quill ya'" is another option!!! Any way ya' fix it, you are in for a "Ride!!!" 'Reminds me of the feeling ya' get after a great dive, ya' just let go of the pilot chute, you are a little "high Speed" and the canopy opening is one of those "Mr. Toad's Wild Rides!!!" but it "Opens!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Promise, Give up Coffee????...To an old Sailor??? To someone from S/E Louisiana??? , and You! Have never had one of my Cappuccino's !!! Make up your Espresso Carafe and sand by!! Besides Frothing up some Milk,....add a jigger of Kaluah or another coffee liquor, a jigger of Irish Creme (Your Brand), a jigger of "Dark Rum," a half jigger of Amaretto or the like... Froth that up in a 12 oz Beer Mug and pour the whole carafe in the mix!!! You can top it off with some whipped cream, cinnamon and ..."ENJOY!!! I have named it ..."The Black Death Cocktail!!!!" COFFEE!!!! The Elixer of life!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Wendy, Blue Skies to Bill!! That Star up there has just got one slot Bigger! He is among friends!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Paul, Yup, they bit off a good chunk on that move!!!! This could get nasty in a heartbeat!! As I have read in recollections past, Lexington/Concord Bridge had a similar beginning!! Story goes it was not discernible from which side,"The Shot heard around the World" was fired!! It does not matter anymore. We are up to our ass in alligators now and it's too late to try to drain the swamp!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Promise, I mean, like, you Skydive!!!!........Does T.S.??? ... NO! At least not now. maybe she will get her "Groove," show up at a local DZ one day and get her "Kneze -n-da-breeze!!" Until she does, she's just another "Whuffo!!!" PS Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot does all this have to do with Taylor Swift??? Only thing that comes to mind is pictures of her with those "Bright "Orange"/Red Lips!!!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Not "big ways" just a coupe of 6-way, 8-way's or the like with Don and hang out at the Bomb shelter....You know the drill!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

OMG!!!!! Steve was a Good friend, an Old Friend, a Great Friend!! What year was it?? I have to set the "Way Back" oh yes I think it was '83, the Scare-Us-Valley 6 way meet, we were Pandemonium!! Steve, Dave Weaver (who got us together), Me, Wayne Jason, Tim Ryan and Fred (4-way)Kahl!! Time and dives ....Fly By! I remember he usedta' call his big 7-cell main "The Tuna Boat!!!" 'Remember doing AFF with "New 'D'" and Steve would film....when we cut the student loose, Steve would go butt down and get under us instructors and we would dive on him!!! Got some great fotos from then!!!!! And now OMG Steve is gone from us!!! Fly on Buddy!!!! That Star up there just got one bigger.......say Hi to Gary, Kevin, Dirty Ed and the rest of the Guys up there!!! Blue skies!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi cv, 'Don't care how ya' cut it, the cops were bad shots and one of the cops was pursuing the woman the shot guy was involved with......latest info to come out. Go figure??? Got Gunz.....OUTLAW!!!!, III% SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Boyz and Gurlz....... South (Swamp, Gators', Crawfish Cajuns' and other creatures of unrecognized origin) Louisiana!! There was "Issues" between the Cops and the "Shot!!" The kid was "Co-lateral" Damage!! 'Got the cops n a heap of deep Swamp water for not being more accurate with their shot placement!! Not unlikely as they don't go to the range but once a year and only put 20 or so rounds "down range" and only have to hit the "Side of the Barn!!!!"........from "Inside!!" Geez Louise!!!, I go to the "Range" at least twice a month, put at least 100 to 150 rounds, "down Range" and I like to make it interesting!! The Concealed Carry Class only has to shoot at a Max of 15 feet.....closest I shoot is "Forty Five Feet!!!!" Got that and I generally keep all my rounds within 5 to 7 inches of Dead Center all 360 degrees!! I'll take one or two targets out to the 60 foot mark just for drill also. Thess cop guys are Bad Shots!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Just noticed on page 89 of the new oct '15 issue of Parachutist a piece about the death of Stan Brown, 08 MAY 2015 at his Denver home. That "Eternal Star" just got one slot bigger. Fly on Stan!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

I don't believe that applies to people who are not "fanatical" about jumping I skydive sometimes - not as often as I would like, but then it's not my main hobby.

Yup, at times. But the better question is did it have a battery? Jerry Baumchen Thank you Jerry!!!!! Fortunately I wasn't taking a swig of my 'Cuba' Libre'' at the moment otherwise it would have been all over the screen!!!! Thank God Us Old People are still around to keep every one "Grounded" if I may digress!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Pete!!!!, 'Yuppers!!, You got it!! Somewhere's back down the line I recall an article by an aerospace Engineer-Test Pilot who said something to that effect!! As I recall!!....He said, (I'm sure with a bit of tongue in cheek!!) "A Piper Cub is the 'Safest' Plane in the world.. it can just 'Barely Kill You!!!'" ....same guy also said...."'Never' fly the 'A Model' of 'ANYTHING!!!!!!!'" Geezlouise!!! How many times have us Skydivers jumped on the "Latest new 'HOT SETUP'" thinkin' it was the coolest thing since sliced bread only to be "A Model Test Jumpers!!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

And it was only tied down at the wing tips. That allows enough slack to let it get a jump on you. His memorial is on 12 Sep 15 at the Willamina, OR Community Center @ 11 AM. Jerry Baumchen Hi Jerry, 'Just got to thinkin', "famous last words!!" When tryin' to "Hand Prop" an airplane and the booger is balking at your efforts, the person doin' the 'Prop Pullin' to the Joker in the cockpit pushin the peddles and workin the handles "says!!,""THROTTLE CRACKED!!!!!"............. Hate ta' say it, "BUT!!" "Been There, Done That 'AND' Got the T-Shirt!" May God Bless Ted!!! Except for the Grace Of Fortune go All Of Us "Aviator's!!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

And it was only tied down at the wing tips. That allows enough slack to let it get a jump on you. His memorial is on 12 Sep 15 at the Willamina, OR Community Center @ 11 AM. Jerry Baumchen Hi Jerry, Let that be a lesson to "All of US!!!!!!" 'Note my "PR-A School" quote!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

At a Truck stop in Terre Haute IN on my first run with my training engineer from Schneider Specialized (Big Glass!!) Trucking!! Everyone was "Glued" to the TV!!! we were watching the first Tower on fire (Live Feed) and then the second plane crashed into the second Tower!!! Since then.... the "Don't Tread On Me" red and white striped "Jack" with the snake on it is Flown on the Bow of "ALL" United States Ships .....as authorized by the CNO!!!! "Got That!!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Where were "YOU!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi SS, And "More Info" sheds "More light" on the incident.... "Tie downs but "No Chocks!!" And....It's just a Funky little ol' "Air Coupe!!!" What did they have, a 65 or 85hp Continental engine?? Airknocker Champs, Luscombes, Cubs and "Air Coupes!!" As I recall most Aircoupes had electric starters as I don't recall propping one....(Wouldn't need to unless ya' had a dead battery!) Back when....Spring-early summer of 1967 I was in PR-A School (NAVY) at NAS Lakehurst, NJ. I recall one day in some class PR-1 Rose made the statement,"For every Safety Rule we have on the Flight Deck, you can find a 'Dead Man!!'" Well we just got a new one, If you're gonna' "Hand Prop" an Airplane, make sure the Chocks are in place AND....The Tie Downs are "Taught!!!!!" 'Only met Ted once ...we were at the Reno Air Races, some time in the 90's...We were at Clyde Blenco's "Skydive Instead" loft on the airport also there was George Galloway...Watched the races, drank Beer, had a good time.... to think that was somewhere around 20 years ago!! Time flies when yer havin' Fun!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Loumie' Try this!!!!!......Driving down "Hane Stretch," several miles, straight road, pine trees on each side, and "I have to PEEE!!!" So I pull over and stop, put the truck into "PARK!!!" ( or so I thought) got out started to take care of business ....AND>>>>the truck starts to roll!!! I dive in, and "Complete" putting the shifter into Park which I should have done in the "First Place!!!!!" "Tore My Right Deltoid Arm Muscle" "Big Time" 'Had lots of trouble picking stuff up that weighed more than a couple of lbs.!! Ran to Kate Grieser our resident Physical Therapist and she said, "You tore your right deltoid muscle!!" But not all the way!! (That was the GOOD news) Bad news was that if I didn't tear it the rest of the way (surgery) it would take a long time to heal! It Did!!!!!!!! Got out of the Jumping Groove, then My wife got sick , more problems, the deltoid was in Nov. of 2006, finally about 8.5 years later I'm Back In The Air 23MAY2015!! I posted my "I'm Back" post on hist & trivia. You are looking at one "Happy Camper!!!!!!" Muscle grew back, looks a bit "Deformed" but "It Works" still have to "work out " with it but I can still toss a plot chute and hang in the door!!! Have to tell ya' those 8.5 years sucked, but now they are behind me!!! I'm back in the sky where I Belong with all my friends!!! Check this out, 16AUG at www.goldcoastskydivers.com me, in the purple, gold and green "Mr. Mardi Gras!!" Pauli, on camera, Sam in Blue and Grey and Aleshia in Grey and Red......The "Chinese 'T'" Dive ..Chinese T>zig-zag>oppos. str. stps.>spinner>open accord> top!! They were all under 200 jump jumpers, Good fun!!! When yoou look down fromm the door when Pauli takes grips on me and sam, that's Gold Coast down there...15'000 feet away Hooooboy!! Type into your browser http://youtu.be/PGKI1Su8Cdy Anybody out there "remember" this dive???? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi pch, When ya' live yer life with yer butt hangin' out in the breeze 24/7/365 like people like Ted, sooner or later the "Reaper" will find his "Sweet Spot" and take it for all the "Misses" that he cussed himself out for being too fast or slo on the "Swing!!!!!!!!!" Got that yet??? Most of us are just "Weekend Warriors!!!" Ted was "Full Time!!" all his Life!! 'Reaper was always there, but "He missed!!!" That's all anyone could ask for!! I think about some of my old "Sky Buds!" "Dirty Ed," "Pat Swoveln," "Kevin Donley," just to name a few "THAT" "Died In Their SLEEP!!" 'Reaper had lots of chances on them......but missed!! I've "Hand Propped" a lot of airplanes in my time going back to before I started Skydiiving when I was in the Civil Air Patrol as a Cadet back in the early 1960's at Hammond Airport Louisiana "Before" the "Skydivers" showed up.....then I got "Rurant!!!!" The rest is "History!!" PS Tie down the tail and/or chocks may have (No an AAD Would NOT have done any Good!!) prevented this fatality!! No an RSL would not have helped either!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi 'zulu, ......'Thanks.....for..the memories!!!... 'Have a few faded photos, a pair of raggy cutoff's that somehow survived at the bottom of my dresser drawer and a bunch of "memories!!!" 'Have to dig into the ol' Beer case box of old Log Books and find that "time slot".... 'Ya got me goin'!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Nattie, Now let's see, first off you are a "Girl" "AND" a "Skydiver!!" 100-to-1 odds he's a "Whuffo!!!!" You ought to know the drill by now!!!! You young pup Girl Skydivers should know by now the only "Hook-up" serious or even casual if it's going to have any "Umph!!" is going to have to be with "Another Skydiver!!!!!" 'Been around the sport for 50+ years now and have seen"EVERY EPISODE!!!" of,"As the Prop Turns!!!" Yours is "CLASSIC!!!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi "Westy!!," 'Been a couple of years now since my last post to ya'. Time flies!! 'Get yer kneez in da Breeze!! Wuffs will always be wuffs!! Most of the time the negative and caustic comments are because of jealousy derived from "You Doing what their own insecurities keep them from doing!!" They're not happy till you're not happy .....like "Them!" 'Had some major "Down Time" since '06 when I tore my right deltoid. It got better but other issues came up. "Finally!," Got back in the air 23MAY!! after 8.5 yrs on the deck!! That was #3848...'am up to #3852!!...... go to < http://youtu.be/PGKI1Su8CdY > Me, "Mr. Mardi Gras in the Purple, Green and Gold, Pauli on camera, Sam in grey and blue and Aleshia in Red and Grey 4-way "Chinese T (exit) 15K over Gold Coast! > zig-zag>oppos. str.stps.>spinner>open accord> top! Fun dive!! Fortunately I don't have any "nut Cases' in my immediate surroundings tryin' to drag me down!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi "33 zulu!!," That was "C.O.D.'s" team shirt Jerry and Pat Swovelin, Mitch miller and Jim (The Admirel's son)Salzer!!!! Had one in the archive, "think I gave it to the late "Red Beard' before I left Ca some years ago. A classic!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi JW, Great way to get an extra $5 outa' your customer's pocketbook!!! "Oh" I've heard the lies!!!! "You're gonna die if I don't replace your loop!!!!!" Yeah, right! After a year or so, maybe.....It takes at while for one to "Stretch" into shape... I have a new one now and I'm going to have to pop the rig and shorten the loop so the PC spring doesn't cock in the pack!! Unless there's frays around the pin it's probably good!! Then again, how's your closing technique?? I've seen some "Ham Fisted" riggers "Pop" 3 closing loops on one rig before they got it "Closed!!!" Go figure??........I have a great idea!!!! Lets go back to "Metal Cones and Grommets!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out