SkyMissy

Indeed. All of the poll clutter has detracted from this point. Used cars, the ultimate recycling, are being disabled and destroyed versus donated, sold, and/or repaired by people with jobs (for now). ________________________________________________ Mike

Nice. Nice. ________________________________________________ Mike

Anybody on party poker at the moment? Want to make a jumper table? Play money, of course, I'm poor. ________________________________________________ Mike

Hey, I missed something. Happy B-day, bitch! C-ya ________________________________________________ Mike

Not to derail, great stories; but that one line just made me think of JH. I never BASEd with him, but he was always a friend at the DZ. Anyway, all the video /pics/ and stories about him usually involved a cigarette. ________________________________________________ Mike

I happen to know of at least one similar story (second hand), involving willing private pilots, rented Cessnas and lots of solos starting with squeezing out the non-in-flight door. I don't have permission to name names, but I'm sure there are also plenty like this. ________________________________________________ Mike

Yes I am going to get my D license and quit jumping. That has been my plan the whole time. After that I am going to build the worlds tallest tower and piss off it onto my D license. Seeing on how I plan to be the best skydiver in the world I don't see an end in the future. Sweet. I guess if you ask a smart-assed question... Now my question is this: Can I come too, and after we piss on your USPA card (which actually sounds fun) lets take a 2-way off the B and see who can hit the card without slipping and getting our gear all wet! ________________________________________________ Mike

If the money matters, does this mean you intend to get a D and quit jumping? ________________________________________________ Mike

Trailing right over the tail. Hopefully more like "right over the I tackling them out the door". ________________________________________________ Mike

She showed up with both kids while I was in the air. All Drew says now is "Daddy jump airplane!" over and over. He's tha schizzle. Sorry I missed you. Me, homer, and dirt cookie showed up for a couple of jumps. Bobby is flyin' pretty damn good these days. Lots of people I hadn't seen in YEARS, like people who JMed me. Wish you'da stayed, but I'll catch up with you down the road. Bobbie says hi. ________________________________________________ Mike

If all men's were like Kris, I would've only had girls to jump with Sunday. Where'd you go, punk? ________________________________________________ Mike

Ya know, some forms of that tupperware come in the form of the 10mm. Where big meets fast in the form of 200 grains goes over 1400 fps for over 700 foot lbs of muzzle energy. Now I am a .45 man, but I have fallen in love w/the ten!! ________________________________________________ Mike

DOOR! All I know is this sport could get really boring really fast if the sky yuppies continue to thrive in the mindset that this sport is safe as long as there are enough rules. No personal shots at anyone, I didn't even get through the second page of posts, so take this interjection for what it's worth (not much). But leave me alone with my parachute and I'll see you on the ground. Unless I die, but then that's MY fault. DOOR! ________________________________________________ Mike

An AAD could have made that situation worse. No shit. Did the question say something about whether the AAD would've helped? ________________________________________________ Mike

Once. Out of a DC-3 (my first) with abour 50 jumps. Decided to hop in a freefly roup, went below 1500, had a horseshoe that baglocked. Under reserve by 700!! AND I KNEW IT WASN'T ON AS I BOARDED. I thought "I'll get it for the next one." AAAH, young, dumb and full of $H!T! Someone was looking out for me! ________________________________________________ Mike

OK, fill me in. Where do you get the B, the A, and the S for "Night cliff BASE"? ________________________________________________ Mike

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure." -Helen Keller- ________________________________________________ Mike

Trekkie Alert!! Cove your tattoos and put out your smokes in your beer, we're all gonna get beamed! ________________________________________________ Mike

Damn, you didn't have to go that far! ________________________________________________ Mike

Awesome. ________________________________________________ Mike

word. ________________________________________________ Mike

Correct, Sir. I have one whole jump, a new baby, a burning desire, and a good mentor who also has a new child. Since the kids came, neither of us has made a jump. We have been planning one for a couple of months, and also having many talks about this very issue. I definitely would never forgive myself if I deprived my son of a father (he probably wouldn't forgive me, either). Leaving a child is not worth anything in my opinion. However, the decision is not mine to make. If I truly thought that to BASE jump was to sign my death warrant I wouldn't even consider it. BUT, I would then not be able to consider (cliche alert) driving, flying, or many other activities. While some are necessary to make a living, isn't seeking beauty and meaning also vital to pursuing a life? I too am a Christian, and will take jumping one jump at a time, like Faber said; assessing the risks of each jump. I will show my son that I love him every day and he will know that when I go, by whatever means, I was fighting to live the whole time. I hope I didn't misstate anything, because, while clear to me, these thoughts are not well suited to paper or monitor. ________________________________________________ Mike

The only problem with this theory is that I'm willing to bet someone, somewhere has or will be staring at a banana in FF after taking it off a cliff in a body cavity, then inadvertently "ejecting" said banana. Just guessing. ________________________________________________ Mike

My story is pretty cool. My dad swears he heard me talking about wanting to jump in high school. So he got me and him first jump courses for my graduation in 92. I really think he wanted to jump more than I did, but we both got hooked, and now I get to jump with my dad. So that's pretty cool. ________________________________________________ Mike

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