dudeman17

I may have posted this story before but I am reminded of it again. Many years ago when I was jumping at Taft, somebody had a cutaway and their canopy came down next to a road. Some local guy driving by saw it, stopped, looked around and tentatively lifted the canopy up to see if there was a body underneath it. When he saw that there wasn't, he gathered it up and brought it back to the airport. His curiosity got the better of him, and he went up on a tandem that day. He liked it, and came back a few days later for AFF. Long story short, he became a regular jumper, and even a TI!

It's not like you're 25, trying to be one of the cool kids with a tight rig getting ready for the next freefly or angle jump that ends with a swoop. You're an older jumper getting back into the sport you clearly still love, wanting to have some fun in your golden years. You'll look far more cool in the loading area with a big grin and a maybe slightly larger rig, than you would lurking around with a cast on your leg. I can think of a scenario where a larger rig may cause an issue, and that is if you decide to revive one of your old favorites and start a ten-man speed star team. A larger rig doesn't really fit into the tight line-up required. But hey, that's your ready excuse to insist that you have to go last! Ha!

Why are you fixated on that container size? Did you already buy that? If so, why did you do that before deciding on your canopy? Container size is cosmetic, vanity. Canopy size and performance is safety, survival. Choose wisely.

It's not just the number of jumps, it's how you perform on them and where your skill set is when you complete them. Don't be in a hurry. Yes, but that's better done live at the dz with instructors who are familiar with the student. Hopefully the OP has or will do that as well. For such people, bowling comes to mind.

What happened to Lyle Murphy, the OP? I thought he was going to post the vid? I don't think he is. I'm kind of hesitant to post this because I don't remember the details, I think it's in a thread somewhere on blinc magazine. If I remember this right, I think he fell on hard times and ended up homeless with drug/alcohol problems. I think he was involved in a DUI accident where some girl died. And I think he ended up passing away, I'm not sure exactly what from but I think it was related to his substance abuse.

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That seems to be evidenced by the top photo in Nancy's post #18 above. Ten-man speed stars out of a '3. I miss that. Indeed. ----------------- I'm still curious how the milk carton got the better of him.

Haha, I thought the lawyer in you might cite that. Obviously I was making a joke, but I would be curious your legal opinion on the manner by which Blevins obtained the invoice. I don't buy that he intended to pay the bill, even if small. He may have, but I'd guess that his whole motive was to obtain a document that is essentially none of his business.

Aww geez. Let's see... The museum should sue Ulis for payment of the bill. Ulis should sue Blevins for invasion of privacy and public slander. The museum should sue Blevins for fraudulently obtaining the invoice. Ulis should sue the museum for sending the invoice to Blevins. Can Blevins sue anybody? Anyway, this should all happen on Judge Judy so we can all watch, munch popcorn, and laugh.

So who's the new suspect? (I'm not on f-book, so I can't read about it there.)

I remember when this happened. We got a laugh out of it because it was warranted. Vincent was being a media hound, and burned a few sites. Definitely post the video.

I'm guessing that you just mistakenly clicked 'quote' on the wrong post, but congratulate Nick, not me, haha! (And my apology to you was for the 'social media' type post.)

Congratulations! Looks like you did a great job and had fun. Good on ya, dude! That guy right behind you in the exit lineup is Scott Smith, a longtime jumper. He's done some Hollywood stuff, and and was involved in training David Blaine for that balloon thing he did a while back. Again, congrats!! Black Death! ----------------- (Apologies to georger)

Call the office at Perris. Someone there likely has a contact for him, and would probably forward your contact to him.

My first post was simply about photos, looking for potential new suspects. Georger has added the idea of much more information, which is fine. But... Again, I understand your point. My supposition (guess?) is that there are a lot of old photos (and information) that have been uploaded to the internet.