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I have got so many of those kind of stories... Stubborn as an ox but always laughing. Man that guy was funny! The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Then you will remember his laugh... ... and his frap hat... The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

This can't be true!! I am kind of hoping it's one of his jokes again. Fly free you mad man, Cathie, the girls and I are going to miss the mad scientist with an unforgettable laugh. I still can't believe it! poc Edited to add pic thanks to Jochen. This was on set last year. Again we're going to miss you crazy frenchman. Very few people I have met can say they have had fuller a life. The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

try here The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Even with a partial or total inversion you could land the thing right? .... It seemed very plausible to me until you posted.... The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Very cool, not boring at all. Thanks The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Also on a mac but can't open them. You probably have PS installed. Get PS! The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

I had to wicki that one; I had forgotten all about it but indeed it sounds a lot like me lately... scary! génial le lien!............. maintenant ta gueule Fish! The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Lattest addition. Got quite a collection of these clay ones building up. 1 week and 1/2 then I will be back up country. On my return I will be starting on the life size one. The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

There is an 'E' here that is a popular tourist attraction. One can get to the top via a cable car. There is sometimes quite a crowd when we jump it. I was doing a solo from there a while back and there was a little boy and his mom on the lookout directly above me. The boy must have been about 5 years old. As I leaped off, I heard him scream in distress: "nooooooooooo!!!!!!" I felt quite bad because the kid was really crying and I hope he felt better once he saw the canopy. My wife respects the fact that I jump, even encourages me to go jump when I am all depressed and stuff but she doesn't want the girls to watch me jump. She has never done a skydive, but she learnt to pack and used to pack with me at the dz. In the time I would pack 3 rigs, she would pack one, but her pack jobs were the neatest I have ever seen. She has cumulated enough technical knowledge on parachutes to be well aware of the dangers of BASE. She is also a nursing sister and deals with hectic injuries on a daily basis. About 2/3 of the way to my father in law's place, about 4 hours drive from home there is a bridge. I would consider it a crime to go over that bridge and not jump it. My wife is ok with taking a radio, no long faces and guilt trips when I get back up, but she just won't watch or let the girls watch. I sometimes think that the sooner you understand that we're all dying, the stronger it will make you and the harder you will fight. I suppose the answer is somewhere in between: It's ok for your kids to understand that accidents happen or that when it's your time to go it's your time to go, but just try and spare them the horror of watching you get hurt or even watching you go. Well, that's enough rambling and agreeing to disagree on what I agree with for a while; I am off to the big city to go make some money and hopefully get my 'B'... ...and nobody can rime like me yo poc The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Awesome! The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Speechless! The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Sure, I have had mixed feelings about that one. Look, a statue shouldn't have a major impact on the environment and bolting is something climbers do every day. There would be no threat to the animal and plant life really...... well ok, I am still thinking about it but I can assure you that if I do it I'm not going to drive a humvee and take a group of 50 to install the thing. The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

I feel this warrants another reply; The site is apparently private property. The water is a reserve in that crawfish and abalone fishing are forbidden. That doesn't stop the poachers though and early in the morning we spot quite a few of them from the top; in fact, they know us now... it gets quite freaky walking through there sometimes. The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

hey Will, Somebody sent me this link. Consider it my reply. I had seen some of the stuff but never knew who it was. you guys probably know all about him. ps: the link seems to work better in Safari for some reason. The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Big like me man The s\l anchor point sounds cool but imagine my distress if somebody finds a way to hurt themselves because of it... The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

gus: thanks dude! Istvan: That's the one and shot for the other link. Nick: Thanks also. I did most of my growing up in rural France. The Gothic Gargoyles have fascinated me and I have only recently started exploring that fascination. Another drawing; still influenced by a picture of a statue found on the net...... Until I find my own. With work coming up this project is going to be quite a long term thing I think but I'd really like to see it through. The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

You don't think but it's still a possibility. There is also a possibility that despite his experience he may have hurt someone on landing. Even if you don't think it would happen, the possibility still exists it may happen. The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Been trotting my mind for a while, not the tattoo artist thing, that also, but the Art Project. Read the megalomaniac crap or cut the crap and go straight to the asterisk* at the bottom of the crap. My buddy Jean-Marc Mouligné followed his dream of making a human catapult. On viewing the footage he sent me, I couldn't believe my eyes; one of the most powerful poetic statements I had ever witnessed. I thought: "I want to do something like that, something that shows that sort of poetry and gets everybody smiling." I think I am an artist. It's not because I do arty things like painting and drawing and stuff that I think I am an artist but in the way I live. I work hard but I can't hold a steady job because I get bored; which is probably why I have ended up in the movie industry where nothing lasts more than a season. My insurances bounce every month because I just don't keep enough dough on the account and every month I go through the same process of renewal. Once in a while I will do something cool but overall I am just totally unreliable. I don't ponder on the technical aspects of things as much as I do the spiritual. I get obsessed with things (like BASE or Gargoyles) and learn all I can about them. And on and on for 3 pages or so. I have been in to Gargoyles lately. Reading, drawing and sculpting. the first two are reposts of a gargoyle I made with my wife's clay. The second Gargoyle was made from a piece of driftwood found on the beach. *The Art Project Kind of like the couple that wraps buildings and monuments up all around the world. It's for the effect, the poetic statement. I want to make a life size gargoyle: steel frame, hollow, pigmented concrete finish. haul this thing up the mountain and place it and bolt it near the exit of my favorite cliff. That's the plan. Thoughts? The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

hehe true! Much better and shorter than the: "I'm gonna sue your ass!" The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

The 'tough guy' in me says they could have found a better name for it. I mean: Said very loud in a crowded place: "I fly a (Mojo; Troll; Fox; Black Jack), I like danger, yeah and I open beers with my teeth and stuff." Said very softly between teeth: "I fly a woopy....... and i'm ok." edit: Just kidding btw; man i am bored; new job on monday, woopy! The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

............. What is B to the A? (does asking that mean I am getting near my 'use by' date?) The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Sure! I think this schizo thing is a cover up. Here is the real problem (yes the truck was on the wrong side of the road......uhm... but it got distracted by somebody climbing on the rail....). moral of the story: Don't lie about your experience! The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Ok, see what you mean. If there is a difference in size, the bigger guy can only use one arm. How's that? The point is not the fight. The point is for Nick or whoever he is to get the rage out, it could be chess for all I care. The point is for him to be able to realize how ridiculous the situation is and be able to laugh about it once he has gotten rid of the rage. Like when a girl you really love dumps you (well I am married now so hopefully that's over); don't stay at home and get all depressed about it; go out and have a beer with your buddies. Whether one believes in God or not, the simple truth is that in the end there is nothing we will take with us. Wether people remember you for 100 000 years or whether you're a nobody, you both end up a small pile of dust, for the rest of time (and that's a long time). There's too little time sit sit and ponder over menial stuff. Justadude or whoever you are, go to Tom, have a chat, a fight, whatever you want, but be sure to have a beer afterwards because really, all this means absolutely nothing. The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen

Hmmm, depends on the point of view; Less (jumps, beer, etc...) is a bore The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen