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Heck ya. Fridays are great. This weekend is going to be awesome. I'm jumping as much as the weather permits and I'm going to look at some cosmetic enhancements for my bike. I love Fridays. 7 hours and 17 minutes until freedom, but whose counting? "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Thanks. The Stars and Stripes one is mine. Cannondale did it in honor of 911. My roomie owns the Saeco one. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

I asked before I even thought about it. She said as long as I had a square, stable, steerable canopy above my head, was in my playground, and had altitude it was ok. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Here are some random pictures with my new camera. Me under canopy Me riding shottie My road bicycles My dog Post some of your random pics. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Nice! What are you doing for your vacation? "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

A few things: -If I did crash at that point, lets be honest the chances of me surviving are slim, and I know that. Whatever my insurance wouldn't cover I would and could. -When you ride a track (and yes I have ridden them) you don't get to go by yourself. Most track days are open track days. This means the track has multiple people on it. I have no idea the skill level of these other riders. If you want to see some big wrecks go to an open track day and watch a few of the crazy guys out there during the first few hours. No thanks. -What brought up the insurance things? You can apply that to a thousand different scenarios? In my best rehmwa voice (I know I haven't met you so you don't need to tell me I don't know what you sound like) "What if someone gets hurt doing base? If insurance doesn't pay (and shouldn't in this case), and our jumper buddy can't afford medical treatment out of pocket, who foots the bill just so they can get some irrational jollies?" I mean come on. This could be applied to smokers who got cancer and couldn't afford the treatment and several other things. -I'm the last person to think I'm delusional about my skills. I know what I can do and I know what I can't do. The latter being more important that the prior. For instance I can barely ride a wheelie. I've never bothered to attempt them in the past, but now I'm practicing in an empty parking lot. Call me Winslow. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Fly- Thanks for the reason in your statements. I have a few things to write and then off to bed. 1st. lawrocket and I worked our stuff out via pm. I can understand where his anger comes from. 2nd. I don't encourage people to go out and do this. I'm not a cooler person for being able to ride fast or anything along those lines. 3rd. For those who don't know the situation where I rode at a higher speed you shouldn't judge. Since my conditions haven't been read by some I will give them here. We have a stretch of 1.8 miles which is a straight away, no hills, no curves, no houses. We (about 8 of us) split up into 2 groups. We have radios at each end. When no cars are coming 1 person will hit it from point A to point B. Only 1 person at a time. WE AREN'T RACING EACH OTHER. The rider stays on their side of the road. We have a marker when 1/2 mile remains until we get to the other riders. At that point we start our breaking procedure. If we see a car come onto the straight at any point we slow down to normal speeds. We also have an off duty EMT on site. People stepping out onto the road isn't possible given the location. If anyone is going to get hurt it's the rider and we all know this. We are all experienced riders. In town we never do crazy stunts as it isn't the place. Nor do we ever ride fast 2 up. I feel for lawrocket during this time. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Sorry to hear about your loss. I'm not going to sit here and tell you what we were doing was a cool thing or anything along those lines, but for us it is a rush. However we were on a road which it traveled very seldom. It is about a 2 mile straight with no hills. We had bikers on each side with radios and an off duty EMT on site. We even had shut down points so we wouldn't approach the other side too fast. All of us are experienced riders with proper safety gear on. We ride to have fun and we accept the consequences of our actions. When we ride around cars we abide the normal laws and don't do stupid stuff. Again I'm sorry for your loss. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Awesome, your probably one of the people who cut right in front of me during rush hour, on your cell phone without a care in the world. A lot of riders and yes I'm included rev the engine at the light. Why? Because we like the sound. I'm not trying to show off or anything along those lines. I do it when people are next to me and when people aren't next to me. I think you mean a Gold Wing. No meaning to rip on you or anything just some of your comments hit a nerve. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

I'm more of a sports bike fan, but you gotta love the sound of those Harleys and they are some of the sweetest looking bikes on the road. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1682880;#1682880 I own a 2005 Yamaha R1. I have about 4000 miles on it. Last weekend I opened it up to 148 and it had plenty left, but I didn't. It was awesome. We had a few bikes on each end of the straight watching for cars. Ride safe. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

All the laughing was in good fun. Heck even I was laughing at myself, but they did come up and offer assistance on several occasions. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Rookie jumper so remember that when reading my post. According to the SIM you need to have 25 jumps in order to get your A license. http://www.uspa.org/publications/SIM/2005SIM/section3.htm Scroll down to Section E. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

2:1 Awesome weekend. My face is starting to hurt from all the smiling. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

After being grounded the last two weekends because of weather conditions I was able to get back in the air and it was a blast. On Saturday I showed up early to learn more about packing. I'm sure several people got a chuckle watching me. After the dirt dive we went up. This was my harness release jump. The jump went well, but I was having a few problems with stability. Canopy was fun and the landing was good. I still did a PLF, I probably could have stood it up but I just didn't feel comfortable. The 2nd jump was a blast. I got stable really quick, was released, and did several 90 degree turns, and maintained good stability. It was awesome so far this jump was the most fun out of the jumps. On Sunday I had to wait around for the wind to die down, but I didn't mind a bit. I brought some steaks out and grilled for the staff. Finally around 5 I got to go up. I did a few 360 turns and it was a blast. I was suppose to work on forward movement, but I was just having too much fun staying stable. Next weekend is forward movement and backloops. I can't wait. Thanks a lot Jen for all the help. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Heather- I know what you are going through. I just finished college a little while ago, and I didn't take time off. What I did do was take an easier schedule with fewer hours for a year. At that time not going to school was not an option for me because I knew that if I started making money, I would end up spending it, and before too long I would be in debt which would slow or completely stop me from returning to school. After the light year I was able to refocus and then I finished up with 2 degrees. My advice is stick in school. My parents didn't need a degree to get a job, but now a days (not in all but in a lot of places) you need one just to get an interview. Best of luck with your decision. PS: I've had two employers since I graduated college. Neither of them asked me what my GPA was and I didn't list it on my resume. Don't worry about the grades too much. Most employers want to see that you stuck with something for 4, 5, or 6 years. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

I just got back from lunch. I went and picked up my new camera. I'll now be posting pics all the time. 1 hour 53 minutes remaining. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

OMG you're still in school? That sucks. Where at? "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

That's the worst. What I hate even worse is when you go with your SO and get "So are you guys next?" 3 hours 17 minutes, that includes the 30 minute lunch I'm going to take which will turn into an hour. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Going up to San Antonio would be great right now. Especially if you are there when the Spurs win a game in the playoffs (if they win another one). I was in Boston during the World Series and it was awesome. We were out at the bars during a game and the place was nuts. Dave I envy you. One day I hope to have a job that I love going to. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

I've only got 4.5 more hours of work

Watch were that spatula goes! "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

Crap I forgot about that. I think I had my directions all goofy. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

My SO is doing an internship in California this summer. I'm heading out there in a few weeks to visit. She is planning one day and I'm planning one day, but we aren't telling each other what we are doing. For my day I'm planning on heading over to the Catalina Islands and going scuba diving and then enjoying a nice dinner and hanging out to watch the sunset. Have any of you been to the Catalina Islands? Scuba dived there? Is it worth it? Thanks "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

I'm open for suggestions of actual cameras. I want an ultracompact camera with good shots. I'm a snap and shoot guy. The manual options are probably cool, but most likely I will never use them. I'll probably never print an image bigger than 5 x 7. Always open for ideas. If I have to spend some extra cash to get the better quality that is fine. If I had to put a budget on the camera alone I would say between $300-$400. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."