TampaPete

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  1. updated link 08/29/2015: Guest opinion by Byron Dunn. http://www.timescall.com/columnists/opinion-local/ci_28721518/byron-dunn-i-wouldnt-notice-planes-if-it-quiet-skies-longmont
  2. The freon coils are on the bottom of the radiator. http://www.trustmymechanic.com/wp-content/uploads/ac_refrigerant_leaks1.gif
  3. Kimberly Biggs is alive and well. She eloped with DB Cooper and is living a quiet life in the wilds of Washington. I thought I heard through the society pages that she is planning the wedding for this couple. http://imjussayin.co/woman-claims-she-is-in-a-sexual-relationship-with-bigfoot/ Hopefully we are all invited. Also, I hear they are accepting applications for best man/maid of honor.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM7PK5d2Yug Winner!
  5. Add to checklist: "Check wing for cat_____"
  6. It was done well. They followed four young ladies through tandem, did a quick story on Manny and ended with a big-way two-point attempt. It ended with the big-way being carried over to the next episode. I guess it will be on next Sunday.
  7. Did anyone see “Skydiving” on NBCSN this morning? It was set at Skydive DeLand.
  8. grata domum Just when you thought it was safe to go online...
  9. It's better with music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awf45u6zrP0
  10. “… and fold up and do a toggle and jettison and always watch the horizon.”
  11. First 5 jumps: solo 10 second freefall. August 1976
  12. Not eating the berries next to the road back then stems from the pesticides and herbicides used by the Highway Department not the lead from exhaust.
  13. Remember, its fiction. Action fiction at that. Everyone is trying to give you literal advice of what is actually possible. You’re the writer, create the reality. Here’s my set up. Your action figure is on a small fast parachute (think Ferrari sports car), swings past the balcony and observes from above, sees the glass doors are open, grabs a front riser and spins a 720 building speed, straightens out at the correct altitude above the balcony and heads directly into the open glass doors. As his chute tangles onto the balcony above and everything else he cuts his main and tumbles into the room. Later he gathers up the chute, reconnects it to his rig, throws the mess off in front of him (see the attached video) and BASES’s off the balcony. It doesn’t need to be exact. It should be plausible and most of all it should be thrilling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8OOD9uAOk watch at 1:00, 1:30,3:00 & 3:26. I suggest the 3:26 method. Oh, and enjoy the rest of the vid too.
  14. Tampa usually has a turbine for the winter. Check with them. It’s a fun DZ with great people.
  15. First 5 jumps were 10 second solo freefalls at 18. Jump 6 was a tandem 30 years later then straight into AFF and I’m still going.
  16. At 8:28 in the first vid is that a back-mounted reserve?
  17. I'm with Fool. I thought the answer was always no.