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Train? Who needs training? In 2003 a friend convinced me to run the Naha Marathon in Okinawa, I was already in good shape, but have never been much of a runner and usually ran about 5 miles about 3 times a week, nothing close to what I should have been training for. Anyways, I forgot about the marathon until the morning of when he was pounding on my door. With a hangover from hell I threw on some shorts and a shirt, didn't take a shower (I was stinking up a storm) and grabbed some band-aids at a family mart to cover my nipples. 5h 57m 23s....2 min from the 6 hour deadline! But I made it! It is pretty sad when old Japanese people who have never ran a day in their life are flying past me wearing bunny costumes.

Glitch, ATS used to be a great site. I joined in '04 and posted regularly until '07. Yeah, there have always been cliffwhites on ATS but lately when I drop by its nothing but tinfoil hats and loonies that drowned any threads worth reading.

Hi-speed pocket watch "What time is it?" "Hold on, lemme check" "7000, err I mean 2:30"

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Kate, nerdgirl - I feel your pain. Her: China, working for the Kiwis Me: The States We met in China in 2006, have lived/worked in London, to China, and a few other places in between, each working for seperate governments. We talk over the phone on a daily basis and try to rotate vacations every 6 weeks. It's been bumpy, but not much longer to go till we're together for good!

Probably the funniest thing I've in awhile

#2 looks tight. The dude-fish above the "skydivers association" looks better than it does below. I mean, they all look great, but the fish, the fish is our roots, man

Andy, his warning was a result of the OP posting "lay on back with legs raised up." Which, by the way it was said, does seem like a pretty unsafe thing. I mean, flaps and pins all grinding on the deck and shit, just sayin'. Anyways, moving on, my last jump was a sit exit. Held it pretty good for about 10 seconds then ended up on my ass

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Funniest thing I've seen in awhile!

pornorama.com err, I mean, google.

That 'you' was intended to be plural. I changed my post to reflect that. Just pointing out the fact that some parts of American history finds a way to stay hidden, or people don't want it coming out. Noone said anything about your "knowledge of law" or the number of cases you've read about. Don't get your panties in a wod.

This is probably the first time most have ever heard of Leo Frank. While the U.S. justice system is far from perfect, it has come a long ways since those days. Edit: changed word

Bro-bag Brotropolis Bronal

The U.S. military knocked down the statue, it was a publicity stunt. The Marines used a tank recovery vehicle to tie a cable around the statue's neck to pull it down. At first the Marine put a U.S. flag around over Saddam's face, but that was quickly replaced by the old Iraqi flag, having the U.S. flag gave the wrong message to the people there aswell as the media and those watching at home....so replace it - publicity stunt. Most Iraqis are sick and tired of the U.S. occupation. Yeah, at first many of them were motivated, it was something new. But now most want us out. We replaced one dictator with 50 dictators and a kangaroo court. Most of the military have no idea why they are even in Iraq. Many of them associate the initial push in March '03 with 'payback' for the 9/11 attacks;. The two are not even associated with each other. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRtj82fR4N0

"Clinton's war" was justified. I'll leave Iraq and Afghanistan out of it this. In 2005 GW had a huge parade/public rally/dog & pony show in his name in Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia. That cost at least 1000X more than Clinton's statue. Now that's a waste of funds

Ah, yes, the old fart flute

Village People. Its a goup effort.

From your other thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3675209;page=unread#unread You are the last person that should be giving liberal advice on canopy downsizing to a student trying to jump a WL greater than your own. I think the other poster is correct, you are just trying to justify your own canopy downsize progression. Which probably worked out for you, but, you obviously have more than 25 jumps unlike the OP.

We're talking about a guy with less jumps than fingers on his hands who started a thread to ask for advice. People gave him advice and suggested for him to look at downsizing charts, etc... He, aswell as others, does not know how to "modify" his behavior after downsizing 5 canopy sizes fresh off of student status. Someone with bare minimal canopy experience knows XX input on the left toggle on their landing pattern will produce XX result, that's what he knows. Now downsize 5 canopy sizes and that same input he made on a 260 is not the same as it is on a 150. He probably does not know canopy flight characteristics. Agreed. Noone has argued that. But downsizing 5 canopy sizes after 25 jumps with an exit weight of 210 lbs goes beyond "deciding you are good enough". That's the point where we have to police our own and say NO, for the sake of his life and others. I will blame the AFFIs, gear seller, DZO, other jumpers, I will blame anyone who knowingly let a fresh off AFF/student status skydiver jump said canopy at his weight - downsizing 5 sizes. But yes, Noone is to blame for my actions but myself. But we all have a responsibility to look after (not babysitt) our new jumpers, police our own, and, for those who are qualified, give sound advice when called upon. Ok.

With a whopping 60 jumps I usually stay out these things, I'm a reader. But I'm callin' it; your statements are dangerous. Let's hope the OP has enough common sense to see through bullshit and make an informed, smart and SAFE decision. Germain's chart and all the "nays" that you pointed out as not being justifed, are, infact, justified. Its called a standard, not a rule. A green biker should not start off hitting the exit ramps at 85 mph with his new 1000+CC rocket. Better he start off on the with a comfortable speed riding a conservitive bike for his size that he can grow into and later get that missile he been eyeing. Same with skydiving. Germain's chart is an industry standard, not a rule. Its not breaking a law to downsize too quickly, but its not reccomended. Noone here is saying that a new jumper with a WL of 1.4 will get hurt, or that he will die, but I think it is sound advice to say that his chances of getting hurt or dying are much greater when he goes from a student 260 to a 150. Keep in mind his exit weight it 210 lbs. Who said you have to follow charts? I've read posters saying stuff along the lines of "here's a good chart", "check this, good info", "this chart is a good reccomendation", etc..