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  1. No Shit!!!
    Riding through traffic on a pedal bike is way more nerve racking than skydiving. I've almost been taken out by some ass hat on their celly or better yet trying to fucking text and drive. Please remove your head from ass before getting in the car!
    ~El Josh AKA Ruby
    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

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    What about pedal bikes... do they have to it in a traffic queue too?



    Sure do, bikes are to follow the same rules as cars. I was ticketed once for running a stop sign on a bike. I was like 17 or 18 at the time and I went off on the cop. That probably didn't help my case any.
    ~El Josh AKA Ruby
    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

  3. Is that really "Time lapsed" or is that just photo shopped?
    It would seem like that would be imposible to time lapse and even if it was possible wouldn't the clouds move indepentanly from the glider?
    Cool looking photo but I'm calling it a fake.[:/]
    ~El Josh AKA Ruby

    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

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    Basically any American beer advertised on TV isn't worth drinking. PBR, coors, bud, etc.



    I know everyone talks shit on PBR but I like it. The reason being is that it reminds me of playing in bands. I’m a drummer and every show I have ever played, the bar will give us PBR for free. So it goes back to free beer is my favorite beer.
    List of Beer in my frig right now:
    Shiner Bock
    Honey Brown
    Hoegaarden
    One each of the Boulivard Smokestack series: http://kcbeerblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/boulevard-smokestack-series.html
    -The Sixth Glass
    -Saison
    -Long Strange Tripel
    -Double-Wide IPA

    Oh and there is one PBR sitting in the back
    :ph34r:
    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

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    Anyone have experience with a hoop piercing while skydiving? Thats the only thing im worried about...



    I don't have a hoop but I do have a barbell in a piercing called a frenum. It was cold and I knew it was there but it didn't cause any problems.

    Not Safe For Work Link!!!
    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

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    Hit up ElJosh (AKA RUBY). He can fill you in on his nude jump with snow all over and ground temps of 29F. Far as I know, he's okay execpt for the whole sitting while peeing thing.



    This is true! The air at alt was like 10F. It sucked when the door was first open, but after that I was pretty much giggling like an Asian school girl. (thats for you buff) No pain on my little guy though it did take a while for that turtle to stick his little head back out.
    ~El Josh AKA Ruby


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    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

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    Who could vote for her after this?

    Who could vote for Obama after that church incident?

    Who could vote for McCain when he can't differentiate between Shiite and Sunni?

    Slim pickins?

    linz

    I guess everyone should forget about those three & just elect me, then.:|



    I don't even know you and I know I'd vote for ya.
    You're the F*cking Speed Racer! It's a no brainer.
    ~El Josh AKA Ruby
    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

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    I cannot believe that this discussion is actually going on and that I have been hearing arguments like "the deceased would have wanted us to carry on" or "honoring him by making another jump" (probably as his relatives are arriving @ the DZ and being counselled by the local priest?)

    Even the "back in the saddle ASAP" argument is a lame one IMO, I mean come on: what part of "DEAD" did you not understand when you were signing your waivers?

    The only exception I'm willing to accept would be a big competition or a bigway attempt - with all the participants fully understanding beforehand what all the others would do, should they be so unfortunate to 'buy the farm' today.

    In all other cases I would think that jumping should stop for the remainder of the day in case of a fatality.

    Of course, since it can be argued that one could just as well close the DZ for a week or even a month there is no real 'rationale' to do this - except that the rest of the world (who thinks we are lunatics anyway) might stop to tolerate our behaviour.

    That - in itself - ought to be sufficient argument in case lack of common decency might carry us where we should not go.

    If you cannot wait 24 hours to be 'back in the saddle' and might 'chicken out' if you had to - than 'chicken out' by all means please...

    Just my 0,02$...




    It’s all in who you are really. I have been around a lot of death myself. Not in the skydiving world but working in hospitals and spending a year in the down town resort town of Mosul, Iraq. If I didn’t know the guy and he died, yeah it’s sad but I am not going to get all broken up about it. If it is someone I know that might be a little different but even then I cannot tell you what I would do. There have been times when I have had to dig through the severely burnt body of a few guys that I had played poker with just 2 nights before. I moved on and kept working. Others retreated from their jobs to handle the situation that had just happened. No one said nay or yea about it. I know that it is a different world between combat and the civilian world of sport parachuting. You have every right to greave or not greave but we should not judge others for their “respect” or the lack of them showing it because of not shutting down operations.
    ~El Josh AKA Ruby
    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

  12. Quick question, I have over heard people at my dz and I just want to see if anyone has the true, positive, 100% correct answer.
    How do you count jumps for your license? ie can you use jumps made for your A-license that meet the requirements and use them for both or once you are finished with getting your A you have to start over again?
    I looked it up in the SIM (tried at least) and looked in other post but couldn't really find an answer that I was happy with.
    ~El Josh AKA Ruby
    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

  16. How can you not love this?
    BONE FISH
    WARNING: Wait through the first 30 sec. of it. I promise it gets much better.
    PS I don't do drugs.
    ~El Josh AKA Ruby
    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.

  23. Why because we kick ass and shouldn't have to pay that much. :D
    No the main thing isn't the price itself but more over the act that 3-4 years ago it was under a buck a gallon. Just a sharp increase in price over a short time. I don't own an SUV so I don't care too much. I do own a hot rod that will chug fuel once its finished. [:/]We'll see how I feel about it then.

    DS #149
    Yes I only have 3 jumps...it's the magic number dude.