Cashmanimal

I watched you do that. Nice landing. I'm the guy that got crashed into on the tube dive. The new colors on my arm are coming along nicely. Yeah, geez, he just barely missed ME too! Looking at the clip, it seems you SHOULD have a hefty bruise It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

First of all, thanks to everyone for the tips and advice, it was all taken seriously and with a grain o salt. Doctor says while the sinus and ear infection would have been a source of concern 2 weeks ago, they are fading on their own. I got some light antibiotics for those. As for the bleeding, he says as a result of the medications i was taking and high wind speeds while skydiving, I blew a few blood vessels apart in my nose. He says (as did someone above me!) don't blow my nose or a couple days, use Afrin, and buy a humidifyer. The best part? STILL CLEARED FOR SKYDIVING, woo! He says if it doesn't hurt (which it didn't) that the antibiotics should clear me up by the weekend, and as long as I coat the inside of my nose with saline gel before each jump, I should be good as gold. Funny enough, I did ... it was also my first night swoop And for those in the market for a humidifier, go to Target... the children's ones are on sale. I originally wanted the frog, but ended up with the dragon. They are bigger than the Vick's humidifiers, and provide far more entertainment. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

San Jose State.... swung by to get an appointment, they gave me a stack of papers and said "maybe thursday." I think I'll grab a couple magazines and head to urgent care soon It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

In short, yes. I was taking Mucinex and the antihistamines, and had used Zicam (the nasal spray version) that morning. Since it never hurt, I wrote it off as a side effect of being all dry from the cold medications. The cold seemed like it was almost gone, I had actually planed on making that day my last on the cold stuff... Like I said, aside from blowing my nose, I feel completely normal. I don't even feel like I have the cold anymore (I am fully aware that this does not negate the possibility that i may have caused some damage) It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

-sigh- yeah, I figured that was the safest call.... this was my second weekend jumping with this cold. Aside from trouble clearing my ears, it really didn't bother me. Even when this happened, it didn't hurt... I just blew my nose, and it looked like a crime scene Speaking of the mid-freefall bleeding, that was my main concern for the rest of the day... I kept wondering why all the tandems I filmed looked unusually terrified It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

So I've had a cold for a couple weeks, but after a jump on saturday I blew my nose, and it was solid blood. It's only from my left nostril, and it hasn't stopped. At the time I was taking antihistamines, but have since stopped (not sure if that is a good or bad thing?-- seems like the corect decision). It's now been three days, and it's still pretty nasty. It's only from my left nostril, and it only comes out when I blow my nose, so it's not a 'normal' bloody nose situation. Normal, light green boogers come out of my right nostril (you know, how they're supposed to look when you're sick). Anyway, urgent care is a hard thing to work out as a college student, between classes and $$. If anybody has experience with this, I'd like some assistance in making the call. I took this picture just now, for the sake of helping convey the situation.... picture is probably SFW, but not safe for the easily grossed out. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Warranty is up on the flux capacitor. Seriously though, clean everything up. Make sure the water level in the battery isn't too low (can shorten your battery's life significantly). The penny/baking soda recommendations are fantastic; I've also used petroleum jelly with positive results-- on the car battery, too It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Haiku's are easy. But sometimes they don't make sense. Refrigerator. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I discovered this maneuver for myself a couple months ago. Absolutely indispensable. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Just don't forget how short the recovery arc is on the Katana. It will be significantly shorter than your Nav., so take this into consideration when setting up your pattern. I think I read somewhere that most 270's on Katanas are done from ~300ft, so I would just start at 250 to be sure you make it to the ground. Don't forget to punch your legs out as hard as you can with the deployment on your wingsuit, either. Be sure you are making the best use of all your forward momentum by using it to inflate your canopy. In fact, you should probably just pitch in more of a piked position, while trying to put your head between your knees. These all seem like good ideas. Good luck with the new gear! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

The Ding A Ling in Hollister is delicious, but prepare to deal with the repercussions... they often come 2-3 hours after eating it, and most likely while on the ride to altitude. Also, the Cafe in Belen, New Mexico is always delicious and full of old-timers chattin' it up. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Thank you... Canon 40D, Peleng 8mm/Sigma 15mm It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Nobody has mentioned Flight Control yet?.... Also, +1 on remote. I have speakers hooked up around my house to the WiFi, and I can be anywhere in the house and change the music, which is playing in every room of the house. Priceless for parties. Tic-Tac-Toe.... perfect time killer, especially if you happen to be taking a dump. I had others that were nice for occassional use, such as Air Sharing. Avoid this: http://www.digitaldexterity.net/iPhuck.jpg Been a few days now, and while the break from phone calls and such is nice... I still feel like I'm missing a vital part of me It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Working similar angles, Sigma 15mm And for lack of it being said yet, I think everybody here is correct. The student should be the center of attention, they should get bonus items second. I find myself wanting to echo my freelance photography in my skydiving photography. My natural tendency is to want to include the entire story, with emphasis on one point of it. This usually leads to lots of wide angles and panoramas. For example, instead of greating a great photo of a flower, I'd want a great photo of the flower, the ground it was in, and the person watering it... I'd then create the emphasis through DOF. The 8mm foot-dock photos do that for me... somebody went skydiving, they were attached to one guy, and another guy was filming it (how many whuffo's think the videos are taken from the airplane??). Also, i love including the drogue, because most people also wonder what the hell is attached to the TM and going out of frame... Besides, if we all shot in the same style, this thread would have been worthless 30 pages ago It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I understand what you are saying and I think the basic idea of composing the student as the center of attention is ofcourse very noble. On the other hand I would much rather have these 8mm pics of my 1st tandem then the average Full_auto_with_kit_lens and staying on the same spot through out the whole dive. These are much more unique IMO and I do think that the photographer is also part of the dive as much as the TM is. No particular reason to always strictly refrain from appearing in the photo. +1, and I would like to add that taking into consideration that the average tandem skydive yields ~100 photos (Digital is amazing), it's very easy to include the straight-on, smile, look the same as every other tandem photo crop of shots as well. If there's time and opportunity to include some unique angles as well as artistic license, I think the tandem is getting more than what they paid for! Just last weekend I filmed a girl that had done 3 previous tandems, and she bought the video/stills afterward because she said the entertainment value of the "unique flying" made it worth it. She said she enjoyed watching the docks and us enjoying ourselves far more than the video guy that parked himself in front of her for 45 seconds. I acknowledge that this is not always the case, but you can usually feel that out before the jump. Or just plain ask (what i usually do). It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Kinda curious who exactly paid for these shots? You? The tandem Instructor? I hope so, cause you guys are featured more prominently than the student. Look at the photos. Your eyes are drawn to the interaction between the TI and the videot. The student is secondary. I never understood why camera people put themselves in front of the camera except for vanity. Which is fine,...on your own dime. This was a spec, rarely do those who pay for Cessna jumps also pay for video/stills up front, so I use these times to refine some flying and play with new toys, and many times they buy the video after. Both of those people pictured ended up purchasing the entire video/stills package based on the stills alone, which I showed them on the van ride back to the hangar (LCD screen on the video went out a couple weeks ago ). It's more of an atmonauti jump than head-down... Cessna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk0FBO5qWCk Fast forward to 3:20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H204fIPYuK8 Otter(This video was more about the opening at the end):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ockJjS8SImo It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Did you get the Peleng or the Sigma? Peleng... Actually took the time to bid and win an ebay auction, $300 It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

It's ironic that I too have pulled the ol' drop-n-try-to-catch-it-with-your-feet many, many times with this phone. I have also given it multiple drops that i thought would crack the screen for sure, but it held up nicely with its rubber case. The ironic part being that a slothy roll off the couch is what broke it. BUT..... GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE! Apple acknowledged my good standing as a customer, and more importantly, a returning customer. The Apple representative basically walked me into getting a new phone. "What exactly happened to the phone, sir? Dropping it is not considered normal use, which would not prompt us to give any price breaks." That was basically my cue to pull the "I don't really know what happened, I might have leaned on a counter or railing. I just pulled it out of my pocket and it was cracked." New (not refurb, not repaired) phone will be in the mail as soon as they receive mine. THANK YOU APPLE

Ha! Unfortunately no, otherwise i would have held the phone a little lower to show how well spaced the three check-mark shelves are... gotta love Ikea. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

The 8mm came in the mail. Christmas in April. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I hope that said store is not just a cell phone store?... By this, I would be referring to the Apple store. Two Cinema displays, a G5, two MacBook Pro's, numerous external hard drives, phones, and repairs to keep the previously owned machines running... It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Being the person who took every measure to not break my iPhone, you can imagine how incredibly pissed and heartbroken I am that I cracked my screen last night. Didn't drop it, didn't drop anything on it, didn't even throw it or do anything fun. I heard it ringing, and reached for my pants that I had recently taken off for comfort reasons while I napped on my couch. Couldn't find my phone, so I figured it might have slid under the couch... I slide off the couch to look under and grab it, and the second my knee hit the ground, I heard the "pop" of my screen exploding... turns out, it WAS in my pants (which I had kneeled on because I have the knees of a 90 year old man). ssssssiiiiiigggggggghhhhhh............ please let the thousands of dollars I spend in that store every year be cause for them to at least discount the $250 repair It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I had just set my Canon 40D on the ground to play with my new lens (8mm Peleng, fun stuff) when it happened. I watched it jiggle across the floor for a second before I realized what was happening It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Funny, I activated my Chase card about an hour ago It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I threw a small themed party (no pants party), intended to attract ~40 people. Three hours later I was being arrested in my underwear, in my own house, after I called the cops. I then received a citation, after being told I "would not receive a citation." almost 30 vehicles (2 paddy wagons, 2 dog units, 1 detective, 2 ambulances, police cars/motorcycles, and a fire truck) and about 50 officers showed up in riot gear and tore the place apart. A couple people got tazed as well. Court date in a week, woo hoo (Disturbance citation, they said they might want to hold me financially responsible for the force that was dispatched). At least the crowds of people on he sidewalk cheered for me as I was escorted out of the house. In my underwear still. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye