JerseyShawn

Did you ask your instructors or rigger what would be a good first canopy before you bought the Cobalt? The answers I got were: Saber, Pilot, and Fusion. Hopefully at the upcoming boogie I can try the Saber or Fusion if the companies come and compare them to the Pilot before I buy. Thanks for posting your experience!

Im sure these fellow Americans would love to be "stuck" in your situation Shah: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=3Hddm-Y148c Suck it up. You have it better than a lot of people. Take a trip to lakewood, nj and visit the tent city there. Bring some food and water because they're really "stuck". Try donating something, the littlest bit might make you realize how much you have. Complain when you have nothing man. Be happy. Smile. Go jump!.......because you can afford it.

I think shah is pretty bad ass for letting people on a public forum know he's having trouble. It takes moxy to admit something like that. No one wants to be the person with problems. Hopefully you shah can let the people in your life know too. And shah, where are you? You're being too silent.

Thanks for the information. Im getting measured tomorrow and ordering the container. Sweet.

Freddie, when you read this, please accept my apology for jackin' up your thread. I hope your skydive was all that you expected. Congrats on making it to 100!

Sorry. Just defending my greens.

So I would get the size based on what size would fit my back the best, right? Or is there another reason for the different sizes?

So true. Shah. I was put on benzodiazapines for a while. The withdraw was a fucking hell. I was in the fetal position for about almost 2 months wishing I was dead (asshole dr.s). Insomnia for 3-4 days at a time, muscle twitches, buzzing in my brain, hearing shit, nausea, major depression (from the withdraw), ect. All that lasted for about 8 months. I couldnt work, get out of bed, eat, sleep, nothing. I couldnt even do 5+3 in my head without getting confused. Talk about unhappy. Get a dog. They force you to get up and do something everyday, go outside for walks. They greet you when you come home and happy to see you even if youre in a piss poor mood. And girls, yes Shah, girls love cute dogs! Its how I met my girlfriend of 4 years now. My dog saved my life when I had none left inside, his name is Seven.......attached picture.

Im going to get a V3 made for the fact I cant find anything used similar to my size, and theyre gone once I find them. I like the skyhook idea too. Im going for a 190 max container, based on a recommendation from a couple instructors. The V3 will take 22 weeks to make, so I should be close to jumping a 190 by then, if not Ill jump my new rig later. Whats the differences between the V350, V351, and V352? http://www.unitedparachutetechnologies.com/PDF/CHART_00037___Rig_Sizing_Chart_11_28_58(1).pdf Im just trying to get an idea before I go over the detail of the container with my instructors. Thanks!

Fred paid into the system w/his money for decades. And what he paid in SS went to the older generation. What I pay in SS now goes to those who are currently receiving SS benefits. And Ill see nothing when its my turn. So yes, he is using my money.

Neither are couch cushions, http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSB_AI0ZGDmI%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded&feature=player_embedded&v=SB_AI0ZGDmI&gl=US ,but Americans will still eat them

Video my friend made bored one night. http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQNWZgFn-Ue4&v=QNWZgFn-Ue4&gl=US

At least my social security money was spent on something fun. Hope Fred had fun, with my money

Jims Steaks, Philly. Wiz. Word.

1.5 weeks of rain for northern Cali Have fun everyone else! Jerks

Smile, breathe, arch, listen to your instructors, have fun! For me being nervous only lasted the first few jumps, then it got really fun Good luck!

Sorry to hear about your boxers. So sad. Sucks they're so prone to cancer and heart problems hence their short life span. When she lost the weight did you have her checked out? Also, how old were both? Just asking, I have a five year old white one. Again, sorry for the loss

I really don't care either. I have my own problems. I heard the story on news radio today and I saw your post as an excuse to call you all murderers , which makes me seem like a better person as I wallow in my own insecure delusions.

Interesting story for you orangutan murderers. http://www.grist.org/article/2011-02-17-are-girl-scout-cookies-killing-orangutans

i would probably fuck off if i were you.. Ya we did fuck off. We got kicked off the beach. Moved camp up above the cliffs.

Ya. Effing pretty mother nature is. Except for the horrors it brings to humans sometimes. Hawaii has an official tsunami warning in effect. Nothing for California yet. Im camping on the beach right now in northern Cali, guess id better follow the news

They die.

Because it can get you killed driving slow in the fast lane in Jersey when everyone else is doing 85+ People from out of state do the speed limit (65) in the fast lane for some reason. A lot of accidents I've seen on the highways had out of state plates, sadly a lot are fatal. Jersians respect and understand that we have fast and slow lanes. When the cops don't care if you do around 20 over the speed limit, we will do it and we do it safely. If you don't want to with the flow, go to the right lane and keep yourself and others safe. Were in a hurry going nowhere and we need to get there as fast as we can I've driven across country many times (live in CA) and its seems most states people don't understand the fast and slow lanes, except for the truck drivers.

Be more than glad to give you a ride! PM me when you get in. Oh, bring some local little town German beer with you!, if possible. Cheers, Shawn.

Remember when neighborhood were filled with kids riding bikes, skateboards, playing stickball, ect. until the sun went well down. Those neighborhood streets are silent nowadays. You can be good at skateboarding on a video game now inside your home instead of participating in it in real life. Americas kids are fat. As adults they will continue to be. You thought healthcare is expensive now, wait for the past few generations to grow up and we have to foot the bill for poor parenting. Its borderline child abuse how fat some kids are, in my eyes. *nothing personal against the overweight American*, I just think we as americans can do better to be a bit more healthy and have some respect for ourselves. If you go to Holland, you can pick out the American , which was my overweight friend that got made fun of by children there. He's since lost over 70 lbs, props.