Milo

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  1. I'm way too cynical. I didn't realize this until I left the country. I grew up in the midwest, where any person asking for handouts was just too lazy to work. I spent a few months in Russia, where at first I looked right through the beggars without thinking about it. One morning I saw an 80 year old lady going through the dumpster outside my apartment, collecting my beer bottles from the night before for their 1/2 cent refund value. It was an eye opener for me. She had been abandoned by the system and was doing all she could just to survive. It is still hard, between the televangelists and Red Cross execs making $500k a year I am still cynical, but I am trying.
  2. If you weren't so obsessed with yogurt you would have realized she was flirting with you. She wasn't really talking about the yogurt she showed to her co-worker, she was trying to get her co-worker's opinion of YOU. They see yogurt every day, while you only make it to the 7-11 once every 5 to 18 days, depending on how much yogurt you decide to eat.
  3. I was looking at the Cypress2 on Paragear http://www.paragear.com/and read the following: The thing that caught my eye was the For some reason that number seems small to me. Is the skydiving community even smaller than I estimated? Between all the student rigs in the US, and all the skydivers who use them... I would not have been surprised if the number was several times that.
  4. I'm going to miss that, too.
  5. You are all over that game Zennie!
  6. Hey, http://www.stickfight.net/ is an interesting game with some fun chat. It was written by a college kid in Australia and is 100% free, it is entirely supported by user donations. No pop-ups or any ads. Watch out, it can be very addicting! My nickname there is milo, too. milo
  7. Milo

    Cutaway

    He's ready to learn to pack.
  8. Soldier survives 3,000 ft chute failure Fri Nov 1, 7:15 AM ET BELGRADE (Reuters) - A Yugoslav Army paratrooper has survived a drop from an altitude of 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) after both his parachutes malfunctioned, according to Belgrade daily Glas Javnosti. The paper said on Friday 40-year-old Dragan Curcic escaped with minor cuts and bruises after his main and spare parachutes first failed to open and then became tangled when they opened simultaneously during an exercise on Tuesday. "He went through the roof of an army building. Only God himself saved him from certain death," an eyewitness said. Curcic, with more than 3,000 jumps to his name, performed another parachute drop on Thursday, this time without problems. Another Yugoslav holds the record for surviving a fall from the greatest altitude without a parachute. Air hostess Vesna Vulovic plunged 33,330 feet into a snowbound forest in Czechoslovakia in 1972 when the airliner she was on exploded. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20021101/od_uk_nm/oukoe_yugoslavia_parachute
  9. Just fly it, Michelle. Talk to the folks at your DZ and see what they have to say, but don't stress out over it, the differences in flight characteristics for this change for you will not be as great as the variations in your own choices for every jump you have done so far. Trust your training and you will do fine. If you meet anyone at the DZ with a programmable calculator sticking out of their pocket, run like hell. Just Jump! Milo
  10. HASTINGS -- A deaf skydiver is accusing a Hastings company of discrimination because it refused to provide a sign-language interpreter for pre-jump training. http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news-0/102951302291120.xml
  11. Milo

    e-bay

    I purchased 2 rigs on Ebay and got Great deals. I purchased a third but refused to send the money-order to a hotel in Florida where the front desk said no-one under that name was registered. Keep your eyes open, and be aware that you ARE taking a risk in buying, but I agree: some deals look too good to be true. Maybe they are, maybe they aren't (My first purchase, a rig with 500 jumps and a cypres for $1400, the seller threw in a Z1 and Factory Diver Camera helmet, Altimiter, gloves and weight vest, FOR FREE!!!!) The second rig I purchased, $2000, only had 20 jumps on it and it still smelled new when I recieved it. Ill buy from Ebay and sell elsewhere. milo
  12. I thought Chi Chi's was a restaurant?? Oh, Wait.... I get it!! milo
  13. Yes, my low # of jumps could have been a factor. I was specifically told that ONLY tandem jumping was allowed. I am glad you posted your experience, Playa Del Carmen is an awesome place to visit and I was very disappointed to think I might never get to jump there. What type of plane do they have, where is the dz, and what were the costs? (I went to an office just south of the main pier in a mall that advertised skydiving jumps, I realize now I was probably just talking to an agent or affiliate and not someone directly connected to the dz) milo
  14. I went there in January of '01 and was told the ONLY skydiving they allow in Playa was Tandems. Maybe not the same operation, but I don't imagine there could be too many DZs in Playa. (Playa Del Carmen is where the main ferry to Cozumel hits mainland Mexico) milo (edited for punctuation)
  15. That is freaking great! Can you send me a hi-res version so I can waste company dollars and print out a poster for my wall?
  16. Using computers seems to be the second most common thing shared by dz.commers.
  17. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, (SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE), INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL San Francisco (SatireWire.com) - A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public school is unconstitutional because it contains the phrase "under God," a decision that has infuriated politicians from both parties, and sent the United States on a desperate search for a new sponsor. While the U.S. Justice Department said it plans to appeal the ruling, officials are quietly speaking with several potential sponsors interested in having their brands associated with America, and are already test-marketing the phrases "One nation, under Wal-Mart," "One nation, under Windows XP," and "One nation, but 24,000 Starbucks." Until an agreement is reached, however, the U.S. will advertise by replacing the phrase "One nation, under God," with "One nation, (sponsorship opportunities available)." While the words "under God" were only added to the Pledge by Congress in 1954, God has been the title patron of the United States since its founding in 1776, and the God name adorns everything from U.S. currency to the phrase "So help me God" used to swear in judges and politicians. According to analysts, severing that 226-year relationship without an alternative is a mistake. "Over the years, the U.S. under God has been a great draw for the major players - Einstein, Solzhenitsyn, John Lennon," said government marketing analyst Gil Treacle. "Without God's brand recognition and infinite marketing powers, you risk losing the marquis names to competitors. Then the networks don't renew, the money dries up, the fans revolt, and the next thing you know, you're Argentina." But others defended the decision, saying it was wrong to force religion on anyone. "The phrase 'under God' clearly violates the separation of church and state," said McDonald's CEO Jack Greenberg. "However, there is nothing in the Constitution that separates chicken and state, which is why we're proposing, 'One nation, six chicken McNuggets and a medium Coke, all for $1.99.'" Europeans, meanwhile, seemed to be confused by the uproar. "I don't understand. I always thought it was 'One nation, we are God,'" said British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "Oh my, I've been worshipping them for nothing." Back in America, many questioned whether the United States really needs a patron, and instead suggested the Pledge should include verbiage that simply reflects America. So far, the leading contenders: ... "One nation, under indictment," ... "One nation, road under repair," ... "One nation, sure, but with cheerleaders!" ... "One nation, under yellow alert, please report any suspicious activity," ... "One nation, but kinda two if you count Canada." God, in various forms, currently sponsors most nations, with the exception of officially atheist China and Vietnam, and the Netherlands, which hasn't been told yet but is in for a nasty shock tomorrow. Copyright © 2002, SatireWire.
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  19. Hey, A friend of mine asked me for advice on buying a Macintosh G4 Powerstation for his niece, a Graphics Design student. I hate to see him drop $3k for a dual 1ghz machine when a 733 mhz or even a 500 or dual 500 mhz might be sufficient. The niece needs to run the latest versions of Illustrator and Photoshop. She'll need this machine for another 2.5 years, until she graduates. I am unfamiliar with Macintoshes, the last Apple machine I touched was a 2C in 1987. Would a 400, 500, or 733 mhz machine with a lot of ram be sufficient for this college student? Thanks! milo
  20. Atlanta Air Sportz Rocks!!! I spent a weekend there in January and had a great time. Mike, Kat, and Sandor are good people running one of the safest dzs I have seen. There is almost a square mile of area to land in and the views of the foothills in Tennesee are great. Best of all it is only an hour from Hartsfield International Airport, Delta's main hub. I have seen airfare specials on Delta's web page for round trip flights to Atlanta from almost anywhere for less than $100!! milo
  21. It seems the Russian authorities are a bit more accomodating to jumpers than US authorities. It looks like they installed an escalator for the jumpers! http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020604/168/1n6cv.html milo
  22. The BBC story is: [link]http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_2020000/2020889.stm[/link] "Two people plunged to their deaths after a freak mid-air collision when a skydiver smashed through the wing of a glider. " BSBD milo
  23. Milo

    I made a flub.

    Well, Chris, foot-in-mouth disease is something that affects many people who aren't afraid to open their mouths. I'm also curious what the thread was about, but if I never learn, I guess I'll live. You said your apologies, the offended people may still be offended, but it sounds like you realize your mistake. Lets move on. Milo
  24. Milo

    malfunction story

    And a very good post it is! Welcome to the forums, Tony milo
  25. Plus, if I get drunk and stubborn at the bonfire it would be nice to have a BIG friend to cover my back or gently tell me to shut the f*** up. milo