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Hoping to hear a good ending to this story... I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I just drove through Moab a few days ago, and Dave was in my thoughts the whole time I was within 30 or 40 miles of there. I never met him, but I was sure trying to think of some way to find him. At least the mystery is solved, albeit not anywhere close to the way we all wanted. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Well -- you'd only need ONE weapon to make an arsenal, if it was a B-53. Of which the last one was supposed to be dismantled at Pantex today. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

One of my FB friends posted "Where would we be today had it not been for Ted Strong?" I answered thusly -- Still jumping SILK parachutes with no apex and wild oscillations that break legs, and probably still in surplus containers. Paratroopers would be using the German WW-2 style single point support system instead of two risers that let a person steer. We'd still be using gliders to deliver goods to the battlefield instead of LAPES. In my opinion, the two most influential people on military jumping and sport skydiving have been Ted Strong and Bill Booth. Bless 'em both. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Sometimes, when somebody is about to make an incident worse beyond anything you can imagine, there isn't time to say "Please don't do that" and expect results as quickly as is necessary. Sometimes you have to say something like "shut the windows and get the F___ out of here NOW!" and charge them as if you're going to knock them out. Count your blessings -- no one was hurt or killed and most of the house is still OK. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I'd call USPA and ask for him there. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Interesting juxtaposition -- Jumping without an Altimeter DiverMike 747 21 Oct 8, 2011, 10:00 AM Stupid things I have done Ron 83646 530 Oct 8, 2011, 7:04 AM Not really sure if it MEANS anything, though... I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

We'll be looking for you to show up out here at Cannon sooner or later... I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Ray Nagin HAS to be involved somehow. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I think we need to quit borrowing money to give away to other "nations" who hate us anyway. I don't know how much that might be, in relation to our deficits, but it sure couldn't hurt. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Seems like Belen ought to count for that, and is fairly close to El Paso. In the Great Southwest scheme of things, that is... I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I used those a couple of jumps, and they tend to CRAM my glasses against my face. In a hot 182 in the summer, that means my glasses are covered with sweat and I can't see at all. What this means is that there are MANY solutions, because we're all different. Try a few and find what you like. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I have a "Cherry Point Skydivers" t-shirt, complete with an emblem of a PC on it, from about 1978. Hard to believe I ever wore this shirt, as it's a MEDIUM and today I wear an XL! Anyway, I took it down to Office Max, had the imprint scanned into a .jpg, and then found a place on the internet (http://www.customink.com/) that could put that .jpg on a new t-shirt. I now have a brand-new, 1978-model, Cherry Point Skydivers t-shirt. Or something like that! I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I use http://www.paragear.com/templates/base_template.asp?group=257#G1128 I also use Croakies (http://www.rei.com/product/717366/croakies-suiters-eyewear-retainer) to ensure my glasses stay on my head! I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Then you gave her the best tip of all: learning from experience how not to behave. I kinda thought I tipped her what she was worth. And she really, really shouldn't chew out her customers and then expect a tip. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I'm not sure I understand this. Mayor? Restaurant? www.foursquare.com I grew up in Texas, and a whole lot closer to the border than Nacogdoches. This waitress was just a youngster who had a bad attitude. And NOT Hispanic in the least. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I had an interesting experience a few days ago in Nacogdoches, Texas. I checked into the restaurant on FourSquare, and noticed there was a "mayor" on there, so I asked the waitress if she knew the person. She said "no, why?" So I tried to tell her that the person was the mayor, and the waitress proceeded to chew me out and state that "THIS restaurant doesn't HAVE a mayor". She got really rude with it, too. So -- no tip. She really shouldn't have chewed me out until AFTER I left the tip! I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

You could probably call this a "tactical approach". Most military fighters do this on nearly every approach -- fly directly over the runway, then make a sharp turn (break turn) to slow down, configure for landing, and land. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

In 1972, my high school sweetheart had graduated and was going to college about 60 miles from home. After a few months, her brother casually told me she was about to get married! I jumped in the old jalpoy, drove over there, and told her I loved her and couldn't live without her. Of course, as a 19-year-old, I could hardly speak, and I must have looked like a real idiot. She never answered me, and I went back to my car and left for home. I never saw her again, but I knew she had gotten married to somebody over at the college town. Thirty-some years later, I ran across her. I've been married for 20+ years, and I'm still married. Anyway, my high school sweetheart told me that YES, I HAD talked her out of getting married to that other guy, but after that, whenever she tried to call me, my dad told her that I didn't live there any more! She tried and tried, for MONTHS to contact me and couldn't get through. She finally got married some 10 years later, had a couple of children, and was now divorced, living with a dog and a cat in a little travel trainer in Fowlerton, Texas. Most tragic story I ever heard! And it messed ME up for 8 or 10 months afterwards. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Just to delete the confusion, I had posted that you could get a DoD ID card, only after having served 20 years or more, or because of the actions of a medical retirement board. Then, I figured my post was superfluous and I deleted it. Never imagined that it would be answered in teh short time before I deleted it! I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Here in Clovis, New Mexico a few years ago -- if there was a physical altercation/attack/whatever, BOTH students got ARRESTED. It was so bad, that if one of my sons was standing with his hands in his pockets, and someone else walked up and punched him in the nose, BOTH got arrested. And you think the New Jersey law is out in left field! HA! I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

Let's hope he was wrong. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

They DO, but it takes 20 years or else a medical board to get it... I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

That's bad news. The canopy has one cell turned completely VERTICAL. There's no way THAT will flare and land properly. I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.

I saw a bumper sticker a few years ago -- "I don't know how old old is, but old is older than me" I'm a jumper. Even though I don't always have money for jumps, and may not ever own a rig again, I'll always be a jumper.