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You can join USPA and vote for any Regional Director as well as National Directors. "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

Your profile shows you've been jumping for 3 years. Did you vote in the last election? "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

QuoteDoes my opinion count?Quote Yes. But all others only if they take the ACTION of voting in the next election. "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. I think anyone who posts on this or any other thread complaining about the USPA board should indicate in the post whether or not they voted in the last election. For myself, yes I voted. I also in the past have gone through the process of getting signatures of 10% of the people in my region in order to run for election and served a term on the Board as a Regional Director. What have each of the others who are posting done to try to change things? Don't whine about things...DO something about things. BSBD Harry L "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

I am because I have people like you in my life! Blue Skies! Harry "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

Remember that flying for "The Airlines" is not the only way to go. Depending on the life style you want, explore everything from flight instructing to corporate. For example, there's a real flight instructor shortage right now, and CFI's in this area (L.A.) are making some pretty big bucks working the schedules they want! "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

I hear that it came out both ends. I didn't get close enough to investigate. "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

You mean when Mike got overly medicated and went out into the desert and tried to make love to a cactus, or when the sound of canopies opening woke D. Ray up in his sleeping bag, all covered in warm liquid, and he looked up to see his team mates canopies and thought "I just went in?" "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

Fastest 8 way star. Supposedly had to have an SCR #. Very often, someone would get the SCR the morning of the meet by getting thrown out base and caught by 7 others. Bill Newell was there to hand out #'s. It was a complete scrambles, often you wound up with 2 jumpers who just got their SCR's that way on the same team. Real Combat RW. At the '76 Scrambles, 2 jumpers on one team took the "Get in or go in" too seriously. They didn't get in and... That night we built a 76 person nude ground star dancing around a bunch of road flares. Sort of looked like a scene from a National Geographic expedition to a remote tribe in the jungle. "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

Elsinore SCRambles "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

I finally got my average down to less than one jump per day last year! If all I wanted to do was skydive, I'd stay home! BSBD Harry "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

Helping me on the computer "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

My next door neighbor, who got me interested in aviation when I was a real young kid, was shot down and captured in 1966. I think he was the third off the plane when it landed at Clark. Memories...... BSBD. Harry L "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

I resent that remark! "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

"Growing Old" is inevitable, "Growing Up" is optional.' COB of the Bank to Harry: "Harry, has the thought of growing up ever crossed your mind?" Harry: "Crossed and kept going!" "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

They used to do the west coast one in late sept., which would have made me eligible, but they decided on the first weekend in April against my pleading. When I turned 21 I thought the days of my friends telling me I wasn't old enough to play with them were over! Blue Skies! Harry "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question." "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

If people would spend as much effort learning to fly canopies as they do to fly their bodies in free fall we'd have a lot fewer injuries. The video debrief will be as important on canopy control as it is in freefall control. You may see that you weren't doing what you thought you were doing! Good luck! Harry "Harry, whey did you land all they way out there? Nobody else landed out there?" "Your statement answered your question" "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

You mean like the '76 Elsinore SCRambles when we had 75 naked people dancing around the road flares and were desperate to get the 76th (for the bicentennial) so someone took the diaper off a baby and held it up as he jumped over the road flares? Or the Boogies at the whorehouse in Beatty that have been discussed in other threads here? Or ....? "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

You might just call Manifest and see if they'll accept a shipment for you if you can schedule it to arrive after you're there. As much as people have trashed UPS, you could get in touch with a local UPS store and have it shipped to you c/o that store. They'll require ID for you to pick it up. Hope you get it worked out. "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question" Don't forget to tip Tim at the end of the day after he picks you up "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

Last year it was about 30 fatalities. There has not been a 30% decrease in jumps over the last year. "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

That was Lodi on a Borrowed rig. "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

I guess there was more than one. I was thinking of Perris. Any others? "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

As in a pencil? "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

"There's a note in my van" Let this one be on the board for a while and see if anyone remembers who said it. HInt: "This is skydiving. You don't lose your girlfriend, you just lose your turn." BSBD "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."

There are many companies that don't like to do business with gov't agencies, because of the problems encountered in getting the invoice to the person who has the authority to approve the payment. Usually it's a case of not verifying where the invoice has to go before providing the service. Back in the 70's when Nixon had his CA White House @ San Clemente, Firestone sold the White House some tires for his limo. I was the credit manager for the SoCal stores, and kept getting the run around trying to find where the invoice should go so it would get paid and I didn't have to carry it as past due. Finally, I drove from L.A. to San Clemente and up to the Secret Service Gate. I handed the agent a carbon copy of the invoice and said "I'm here to repo the tires from the deadbeat, and I'll be calling the reporters if there's any trouble." I didn't get invited in for coffee, but after about a half hour a Secret Service agent got on the phone found the right person. The next day a check showed up. "Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question."