jerm

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  1. careful.... the stunt got skydiving demos banned from major league baseball for a decade or so... pissed a LOT of people off. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  2. jerm

    Mr. Bill

    you know..there's video of that on the 2002 rantoul video --, 2 CReWdogs are in a dragplane (bigger canopy on top).. the bottom one chops, then deploys another canopy... still hanging upside-down.. back into the dragplane... very very cool. I'd try it Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  3. jerm

    Mr. Bill

    unfortunately my camera is at the DZ... but i'll be happy yo post it as soon as my PC and camera are in the same place :) Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  4. jerm

    Going Tits Up

    According to huck finn, dead women float face up in the water because their tots are floaty, where dead guys default into the "dead man's float" so i figure that's why. belly-up, a similar expression, i think relates to dead fish.. or perhaps turtles Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  5. hmmm.. well, here's the only one i have available... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/gallery/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Photo_Submissions/Miscellaneous&image=jerm.JPG&img=0&search=jerm&cat=all&tt=&bool=and Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  6. tmmm.. january 7th, 1993.. Dana (last name withheld).. i was 17, she was 16 On her bedroom floor, with her parents downstairs.. with a doos that didn't lock.. or latch even.. narf Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  7. lolie your butt looks SO much better in real life you should find a better picture Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  8. also, years ago brian's canopies were hand cut, whereas everything is one on a laser cutting table now. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  9. yeah, it's really the winter season i'm concerned with. I'm ranch jumper in the summer and have visited zhills in the winter, and people tend to hang out on the dz at both places, i'm wondering if it'll be similar in deland. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  10. And interetingly enough, Wo Ping was the martial arts coordinator.. same guy as for the matrix. Kickin movie.. my buddy and i were also the only ones laughing in the theater... ahh, whuffos. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  11. tthhppttt!!! that's mean!!!>.. true, but mean! Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  12. anyone? anyone? Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  13. sure, he could have just gone in. Perfectly fine gear also malfunctions, it could jsut as easily ahve been on a spinetto with a bran-new lineset hogwash...if he'd asked for/needed the help, then there might be a case for that, but doing semething for someone and the demanding payment w/o prior arrangement is extortion or blackmail or something like that... if you car is dirty and i come wash it for you w/o asking, do i have right to then demand you pay me for the job? Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  14. I've never been to deland for mroe than a daytrip, so i'm curious, what's the atmosphere like after-hours? If there a good social / beer / bonfire type thing that goes on, or does it clear out after sunset like some places? Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  15. last time i looked into it it was about a cool 2 million. i wonder what their electric bill is like. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  16. HAHAHAHAHAHAH... really? wow, cause i smoke all but the fastest packers on the DZ (busy dz) and i flatpack... i guess if i start propacking (yes i know how) i could get it done before they even get to the packing area.. dude, i jsut went back in time!! Seriously though, get it out of yer head that this or that general technique is inherently faster, cause it is entirely about practice and finesse, abd about doing things right the first time, and cutting out wasted movement... shit what's one of the biggies right there... i still can't hold a candle to the main packer from back home.. "no wasted movement" is how we explain the phenomenon that is harry. oh yeah, and he flatpacks jerm Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  17. well that's generally explained by the Icarus canopies gernerally needing deeper inputs. the "PD-Style" control characteristics (ie: sabre, stiletto, samurai, etc...) are jsut a different animal. You've largely grown up on icarus canopies and so that's what you're used to.... people going the other direction find the opposite, not that their canopies are twitchy, but that the icarus canopies can be more mushy. They're not, you just need to now how to fly them for the responsiveness they CAN have in the rigth hands. Likewise, the sabre2 and lotus are anything but switchy (try a stiletto sometime), but having 600 jumps on canopies with a much deeper control range will naturally lead into into over-inputting on canopies with smaller stroke. It also seem unfair to put forth such a harsh review of a canopy after suck a limited experience on it. It sounds like you put only 1 jump on it, and with the rest of the contributing factors i mentioned above, i really don't think you gave the canopy a chance. They're certainly not the deathtraps your review makes them out to be. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  18. hogwash... if anything, "hands-on" experience can make a person MORE cavalier about packing because they know what they can get away with. As a packer i'm MORE careful with other people's stuff than my own.. i know what kind of leeway i have with my canopy because i pack it and jump it and know how it responds to this or that. I'm not that to experience the other people's openings so with them istick to what i KNOW works, not just what i've anecotally snuck by with on my own packs. A whuffo rigger would have nothing to go on but strictly by the book... and that could very well be an advantage. Also, I think whuffos are probably MORE aware of the consequences of that happens if they fuck up -- as whuffos are generally more scared of this sport than we are. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  19. arrgghh... THAT was you?!?!?!? I thoght the name & location rung a bell, but i couldn't place it.,... i was the guy in the frappe hat and the yellow grippers who introduced himself on the plane
  20. Edina rocks! you dork, Tammy is the cookie chick!!! Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  21. amen, 100% Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  22. sure it is. If you said it was against the rules and both agreed not to break the rules, then that was a liw.. the lie was in the action, telling you about it is comin clean about the lie. cheating is breaking the rules, be it chess or a 4way meet or a relationship. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  23. it's cheating if it's against the esablighed rules of your relationship... you probably wouldn't have a relationship where kissing someone else was considered cheating... if you did, and you went to the DZ and kissed people, then it WAS cheating. This whole thing is very personal -- as in it varies form person to person... cheating is breaking the rules of the game.... the rules of the games can vary depending on who's playing, so different games can have very different rules. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time
  24. yes.. it's all sexual.. but sexual != sex also, dice, careful about insertion.. must one not insert a penis into a mouth, or an anus? or a finger into any of the same? I think we agree, but i wanted to nitpick in support of you before someone else bashed you for it
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