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Ummm....yea....I remember that night.....you kept showing your ass to a couple people in the bar.... I remember one of those people was some crazy cat lady.. Mike

Congrats dude! It's definitely a milestone! I still remember my first solo....every minute of it. It was in a 1946 Piper J3 Cub with a 65hp Continental and no electrical system. This was in 1995. From a 1200' grass runway. Oh, the good 'ole days. Now I just drive the damn bus from point A to point B with a bunch of whiny ass bastards in the back. I prefer flying helicopters over airplanes these days...airplane jobs generally just suck. Mike

My last letter of resignation was straight and to the point. It was addressed to my boss, and said: I hate working for you. You suck. FUCK YOU! I quit. No shit. That company sucked...and the boss was even worse. Mike

For those of you that have no clue who I am.....move on to the next thread!

Nice job, dude. I'll be looking for the full story next time I fly into BJC and run into you there. Mike

Holy shit....I have been out of the sport for a while now due to an injury, and was recently trying to get in touch with Chris....when I found this post. I have read through all the replies, but I still can't believe it. Chris was the one that hooked me up with my first x-braced canopy, and helped me learn to fly it effectively. He volunteered his time, jumps, and even HIS CANOPY to help me. Chris and I made a few wingsuit jumps together, too... I'm sure this is quite a blast from the past for all of you, and I'm sorry if it brings up bad memories....but this is the first I knew of this. RIP Chris...BSBD, dude. Mike

Stacy-Palooza, eh? Hmmmm.....I'm stuck working on the 22nd....but off on the 23rd....maybe I'll have to come over that weekend....and bring the "blender"... This time I'll have an RV to put it in! What's going on that weekend? I may not get a chance to read the forums for several days...so PM it to me or I'll probably miss it.. Mike

I have not been "allowed" to donate blood for many years due to some of my past and present travel locations....I even tried at the DZ about 6 months ago(ZHills had the Red Cross bus come out), but they told me the same thing. Supposedly I have to wait 6 to 18 months(depending on the country in question) before donating. Mike

Hey, I remember that guy from Mardi Gras....he said he was gonna be spending some time at Lake Wales, but I haven't seen him around.....was looking forward to somebody to freefly with during the week... I don't remember his name, though... In my defense, I was pretty drunk each night when I saw him around the campfire... Mike

I've always had problems with my Linksys and Bellsouth DSL.......I have an HP laptop....but Renee didn't have any problem with using my router with her laptop/wireless card.. If you have an HP or Compaq(same company basically), that's probably the problem. Mike

You need to talk to a mechanic that is familiar with the electrical system in that specific aircraft. Don't fuck with it until you have. Mike

A Pirate Looks at 40....it's the first song I ever saw him perform in person...and it's been the first song he's performed a couple of times since then that I've seen him perform. Occasionally he shows up at Orlando Citywalk and plays at Margaritaville unannounced....fortunately, I have a bit of insight as to when that could be... Mike

I could never call YOU a dork.......well, not to your face, anyways... I can't stand that show. I've seen it a couple times, and am just amazed that people can stomach watching it any more than that. Oh well, to each his(her) own! Then again, I spent the past few days in Canada.....so my opinions have been severely fucked up and it doesn't matter what I think... Nice avatar! What were ya dressed up for? And what's the new toy Clay mentions you buying for Chuck? Mike

Tell Greg I said congrats! Maybe he can give me some pointers to help me improve my distance! Mike

Yep! Mike

Sorry man, I was never that desperate(stupid?). I put my rig in a gear bag, which I wear on my back. Mike

I know which one Clay liked..... THIS ONE! Mike

I don't really understand how that would happen. The wings should just be trailing behind you, as they would when you unzip them after deployment. Did you have your thumbs through the loops, but the wing unzipped? Not an issue when you have your legs and arms zipped up...you can compensate for just about anything with that much wing.. I don't see the logic here. With the wings attached at one point(the body), they will just flap behind you(or, I guess I should say, 180 degrees from the relative wind). The leg wing could be an issue...but exiting with feet and knees together should eliminate that problem....wing is trapped between your legs. I do have the LQRS on mine, and I know that if I ever don't have time to unzip everything, it would take 2 seconds to pull all three cutaway handles on the suit. Depends on how bad the situation is. If I feel that staying in the airplane is not survivable, I'm taking my chances outside...but that's a different topic. Is this now an ultimatum? Does everybody HAVE to choose one? How about neither? I check my legstraps AND keep my suit zipped up. I check my legstraps differently than you do. I probably do a lot of things skydiving related different than you do. Does it make either better or worse? No. I have a procedure that I follow every jump - whether wearing a wingsuit or not - that ensures that both legstraps and chest strap are properly routed and secure. It has become engrained - just like practicing my cutaway procedures after donning the rig and as we near jumprun. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean I'm saying you're wrong, or that you don't know what you're doing....it simply means I disagree with you, and will not be following your specific procedure in this case. Mike Edited to add: One of the reasons I don't zip everything up after boarding is that getting up from a sitting position if I must exit quickly isn't that easy with it all zipped up and sitting on the floor. If I need to move quickly, I want nothing restricting my movement.

Ok, I know this subject has been covered....and I searched for and read about half of the threads I found on the subject...but most of them are fairly old. I'm looking for a 480 line color bullet cam. For those that have purchased them fairly recently, where did you buy it from? How much? Good experience with them? Breakaway cables? Also, I've seen lots of different lenses for them. Based on what I can tell, most people using them seem to feel that 2.3mm or so is pretty close to a .45 lens on a camcorder, right? I'm planning to use it primarily on my helmet, but also will be getting a wider lens to use it for some other things...such as on the foot for deployment sequence...which lens is recommended for that? I'm assuming I'll go with just the widest I can get for that. Thanks! Mike

One word.....PULL! Mike

It's ok...I understand...just don't ask me to do any CReW with ya... Mike

I'm thinking you may want to change the way you phrased that.... Mike

Hey, I warned everybody... Mike

Plus the little punk can outswoop most of us! Mike