PeregrineFalcon

I'm not going to read through the other posts, so forgive me if this has already been written. There have been a few times when I've been pissed off at something in life and it's ENTIRELY gone as I suit up. On the ride up, I'm relaxed. Getting my helmet and goggles on, I'm elated. Slapping the hands of the skydivers right before the green light, I feel brotherly. Then the door opens and...UNPARALLED excitement. There have been so many times that I've been in a stressful situation where I've said to myself, "Fuck it. I'm not going to stress out, I'm going jumping tomorrow." It all goes away and it lasts for hours after the jump. I have to take som Aleve before jumping to prevent headaches from coming down from the high. Anybody else have to do that?

Oh, I didn't even think about the suit. Thanks.

I don't need any advice on this, I just wanted to post this observation. During the winter, my jumping was limited, and during that time I lost about 30 pounds. When I jumped recently, I noticed that my head was tilting down. I had to MAJORLY arch to correct it and was puzzled by it a bit. It didn't dawn on me until later that a lot of my "natural arch" was gone.

It doesn't have to be a great movie. I appreciate the example. Thanks.

LOL...I expected this answer...(not the mother part, but she sounds bitchin') I expected to hear the "as it was originally intended" argument. I see the widescreen when it's on tv as looking distorted. As for the widescreen tv, that sounds like a plan, but what would then happen when I watched regular tv?

When it's formatted for tv, they're not lopped off. Are they? I've NEVER seen a movie on television where it was lopped off. If you have, please give me an example.

I just don't understand why so many DVD's come out in widescreen. Who prefers it? There's a whole section of the tv not being used. I would really like someone who prefers widescreen to give me a legitimate reason why they do. So, which do you prefer?

Giving a guy a "pull" signal can easily be misinterpreted as the middle finger. Maybe a "relax" signal is less ambiguous. Of course, in Perris 14 years ago, the relax signal was tapping on the head. Today up North, it's different. I don't know if that's a location change or a time change.

You don't get sarcasm or you don't get people who don't get sarcasm? Sarcasm rhymes with orgasm. How many sarcastic orgasms have you experienced?

There's no way I'm going to read through all these replies, so this may have been said already. At their best, Jolie is hotter. But there are times when certain camera angles or light or whatever when she's not so hot. Aniston is always hot. Consistently hot. I go with her. I got a feeling that Jolie in the morning is a fright. I may be wrong, but I'm willing to do the research and find out.

What acoinicenendce. I'm drunk and it tuesday. The inlaws were over.

She probably wasn't as hot as her photo. She's gained weight. A terrible goiter has grown on her neck. She had her lazy eye doctored. Her unibrow was shaved. There was a lot of base make-up on her acne. Plus, pictures don't portray the natural stench of a person. No...it hasn't happened to me before. I'm just guessing!

I got 4 wrong. I missed the Douglas Debate one, the Socrates one and the Puritan one and the Capitalism one.

People who act like the stereotype that other people of their age/gender/race/religion/country are trying to dispel. People at the grocery store that don't put the divider on the conveyor belt after their groceries. Then I have to reach all the way over and get one myself.

When someone orders their salad dressing on the side, and they pantomime it by putting their hands in a circle. The waiter knows what a side is; he/she doesn't need a visual aide.

Gawwd What Oh all right then,... WoW isn't that sweety of them, I'm glad the world has wonderful people like them in it, they make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside

I felt like writing something positive for a change, so here goes. There's this paternal figure at the dz who's always looking out for everybody. Two days ago, everyone was grounded due to engine trouble. He and I were talking about what I need to do for my A license. At some point, I also mention my job as a teacher. He then told me about this friend of his who died and left him with a bunch of money for him to distribute to various educational endeavors. He said that since skydiving is definitely educational, he's allocated some of that money to skydiving. He then gave me four jump tickets!!! Just like that. Then yesterday, the dz got a new plane and I was about to do a solo jump. He came out to the plane and says, "You're with me." Up in the air, he told me what to do on my check dive. I have to say, I was pretty awesome. As I tracked away, I saw him in my peripheral vision and then he crossed at a 45 degree angle about five feet below me, waving as he did. On the ground, he didn't want any money for the check dive! I offered him a beer, but he doesn't drink! He then gave me the quiz for the A license. All I have left is a 3.5k hop 'n' pop. There's nice and then there's REALLY nice.

What altitude did you jump and what altitude can you get to in a balloon?

I imagine they had some skydiving consultant who would say, "No, you can't have a five-minute freefall. It's just not realistic," and some director saying, "Who cares? No one will know any better."

Whew. I was getting scared reading that list. It was eerie. But when I got to number 12, I knew there was no chance of ever becoming a serial killer. I stopped bed-wetting at age 10. Whew!

I was drunk posting the other night when I was stuck in a hotel room, but posting made me sober.

My kids. I wish I could protect them from all the evils of the world forever. They deserve it.

Damn, John. You nailed it. On several occasions, she's said that they can't visit their grand kids if they don't do this or that for her.

As a former waiter/bartender, I really feel for people that have to work on holidays. I make it a point not to buy anything on these days. Hope you have a good holiday despite that you have to work.

Yeah, the wine in me is making me rant in other threads too. LOL. I may regret some things I'm saying right now in the other threads. I offered to take the kids elsewhere on several occasions, including this one. No go. Good idea, though.