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Mail it to me (fonz at skysmurf dot nl) and I'll see what I can do. Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Has been mentioned. By me. But I agree: he's developed over the years and managed to increase his skills significantly. Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I see plenty of funny things on my screen, but definately not a Windows taskbar. Alphons (no F***ING way) And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Ehm... I think it was already agreed that Tom Cruise's character bounces during the opening credits... He'd have about 60 seconds of screentime, tops. I don't think that's enough to justify credting him as "starring". Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Can you imagine them in the wind? Now THAT would be a great freefall clip. Come on John Badham and/or Guy Manos... Get off your asses and give Angelina a call! Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Oh come on, not everything can be as ridiculous as Point Break... Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

LOL... Thanks. You just made my day. Alphons (Jack should most definately be in) And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I do think that the plot somehow should not involve drugs for a change... Alphons (that's getting old) And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Blue Side Up. Sorry, it's kind of an insiders' joke... To briefly explain: it refers to an actual situation where some jumpers were not happy at their DZ so they set up their own DZ on the same airport, right next to the previous one. Imagine the plot twists you could think up... Treachery and loyalty, secret love affairs, Cutaway meets The Godfather... and of course skydiving. It would be an action-packed emotional rollercoaster! Alphons (I think I might be getting carried away now) And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Thanks everyone for the pojnters! Like I said, I'm completely new to photography so the input is appreciated. For those who like to know: The camera is a Konica Minolta Dimage G530, which is a simple 5.0 Mp/3x digital toy. Both pictures were indeed taken around noon: I shot them at work during lunch breaks. I realize that there are probably better moments for this kind of photography. Photo 1 is one of my very first photos, so I had pretty much everything set to automagic, except perhaps for the focus, which was probably set to infinity. I realize that the car and other signs of civilization are disturbing factors, but as several people already pointed out I'm going to edit or cut those out. I had walked around for a while and the place from which I took this photo was pretty much the only point from which you could get a somewhat decent shot, so I figured: "Ah wel, I'll just PhotoShop that car out afterwards." Photo 2 was taken with the white-balance set to "cloudy" and exposure compensation to neutral. Probably should have used a yellow filter, but at that time I hadn't figured out how to do that yet. The photo does have a point of interest, it just wasn't captured very well: the dark passageway near the middle. It had a mysterious, eerie kind of look to it and really caught the eye. Unfortunately it didn't really turn out that way on the photo. I did remember to take a step back so that I got some of the grass on the foreground for added depth though. I have one more photo that I think might be interesting: http://www.skysmurf.nl/~fonz/tmp/photo05.jpg (warning: large pic) One might get tricked into thinking that I just pointed the camera towards the sky, but what you're really looking at is simply a reflection. The camera was pointed straight down at water. Okay, it's not spectacular. But I think it's funny. Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Johnny Depp Al Pacino Rose McGowan Jennifer Aniston Can't imagine those in a skydiving movie. Who I think could be cast: Hugh Jackman Jack Nickelson (as DZO, as cranky old rigger or perhaps as popsjumper ) Angelina Jolie Famke Jansen Pierce Brosnan By the way: I think I once read somewhere that Eli Thompson used to be an actor. Dunno if he was any good, but maybe it's an idea? Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Works for me... Do you want him to land on Katie? Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Okay... It's almost 5 AM here so I'm going to get me some Z's. But in the meantime I was wondering if anyone here is interested in landscape photography. Two of my more acceptable attempts can be found here (warning: they are big pics): http://www.skysmurf.nl/~fonz/tmp/photo01.jpg http://www.skysmurf.nl/~fonz/tmp/photo02.jpg I'm pretty much a photography noob so constructive comments are welcome. Nighty-night, Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I'm not gonna ask where or how you found that... Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Who needs Larsen & Brusgaard anymore... Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Somehow whenever Britney Spears is mentioned I can hear Amy Lee singing "Everybody's Fool" but maybe that's just me... Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Have you by any chance been listening to Gwen Stefani a wee bit too much lately? Alphons (bananas suck, no matter what she says) And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

If you can go to Perris, DO IT. It's a fantastic dropzone with some fantastic people. As for the licensing stuff, I'm from Holland but did AFF at Perris. When you get back to your Heimat, the organisation and/or instructors there should be able to assess the value of what you accomplished abroad and issue you licenses/permissions accordingly. It helps that many of the Perris staff are widely recognized skydivers and their name and/or signature can go a long way. Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DISCLAIMER: I've only chopped once so I don't know shit... The freebag landed in the peas and was easily picked up by an assistant instructor (who was also the manifest chick). I managed to hold on to the reserve handle and a fellow jumper walked me to where the main landed. I lost the cutaway handle but it was found the same day by a skygod after a tandem landing. But more to the point, I believe that following freebags and especially mains is just common courtesy. As long as you don't bring yourself into a difficult position by heading somewhere you really shouldn't be landing. Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The bars are closed here already. And the night clubs with the nekkid chicks cost a fortune better spent on jumps. Alphons (there are better AND cheaper ways to get nookie) And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Not to mention that she's dutch to boot Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

One can fuck oneself up allright, but that's another matter. Alphons (sorry, couldn't resist) [edit: you->one] And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Nah. Men like virgins but women like experienced men. It's been that way for ages. Alphons (it's kind of a contradictio in terminis, though) And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Think again. There are plenty of hardrock and metal fans here, myself included. Metallica, Iron Maiden, Sepultera, Pantera, AC/DC... They're not my favorites but I do like them. Hell, I even listen to Metal Church, go figure. In fact, when I was at Perris I met one of the Megadeth guys. The dude was a bit weird and didn't seem all that much interested in skydiving (which made me wonder how on earth he managed to end up at Perris that late in the first place) but he was nice and cool. I just think that for those kind of players it's harder to gain a virtuoso status because there's a lot of trash rock/metal out there and people might be quick to dismiss the entire hardrock/metal scene as trash and its guitarists as no-good, no-brain, noise-without-skill, drug-abusing morons. Which I don't think is justified, by the way. Kirk Hammett is definately good. So is James Hetfield. It's probably just harder for such guys to get recognized by the purists. But if the Metallica gang can earn the respect of the San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra, they can't be that bad. Alphons And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy