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Good points. Agreed. 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

I remember Skippy from old Spaceland. Always willing to take a bunch of younger jumpers up. And he did always have a story for the beer light, and now I can see how. I jumped with him last in Anahuac on someone's SCR. He was 3rd or 4th in. I barely managed to dock before breakoff. RIP Skippy !! Larry 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

Blue Skies Pete. You were a breakfast ARTIST ! Luminous "Blue Skies, Black Death"

Ron was on the aircraft when I did my AFF level 1. I've noticed that in my many viewings of the video. I've jumped with him many times since then and have always been impressed with his knowledge of skydiving and willingnes to teach others. In 2001 he was telling me he would be at Nationals (Eloy) and would probably put together a pickup team for 16way after he got there. I wondered how he would gather 16 people in that short amount of time (4 was bad enough) but he said 'No problem'. Fast forward to Eloy and the team entering the hanger to view jump video and I saw Ron's gear, (whose colors never changed), hanging on a gear hook close to the door and remarked "Hey, Ron Mills is here." As we sat there waiting for our video to queue, I kept hearing that same comment from others as the entered the hanger, "Hey, Ron Mills is here.", and subsequent comments regarding looking him up for 16 way and I realized that he didn't have to go looking, people came looking for him. Too Cool. My condolences to Ron's family in this time of sorrow and also to all skydivers as we have lost one of our own. I almost know what those skydivers that have passed before are saying now: "Hey, Ron Mills is here." Blue Skies Ron. Luminous. "Blue Skies, Black Death"

They lost the injuction to shut down business as usual at the DZ until the case is settled. They were denied that. The lawsuit is still active. As I understand a few concessions were made on both sides. We'll see. 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

Thank you for the summary. I realize now my lack of detail on the original post would make this poll hard to answer but I couldn't have explained it as well. And it's about to affect the price of my jump ticket. I also used to consider him a friend, and it was kind of sad to see him on the other side of the court room with his little group. You never know. Cheers Larry 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

I'm curious what others think. 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

Oh damn. 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

I just posted about his also. Edited to point to this thread. The link I found to the actual site to apply seems to be broken. I Wonder how many hits that site is taking? 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

stumbled across across a small article about this and did a search. Seems valid. I just can't seem to find out where to apply!! http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6208037.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/wanted-caretaker-for-island-paradise-1301561.html Post it if you find it. Taking applications until Feb. 22. If I can find it I'm sure going to give it a shot. HELL YEAH! Cheers to all & a happy 2009. Larry Whoops! airdvr already posted. check out "I want this job" thread. 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

Words escape me. Blue Skies Ray. Larry

OK, So I guess the big way CAMP at Spaceland is Thur.& Fri. They are doing bigway sequential formations that Sat. & Sun. Fortunately, Steve needs to keep his Caravan that weekend, which is the Caravan we were going to use for Ballunar. Why Fortunately?? Al had to go searching for another aircraft. He found a CASA.

Due to the 4 inches of water currently on the field, and the forcast of more rain this weekend as a result of Hurricane Dean, the Ballunar Liftoff festival will not be held this weekend. But that's just a postponement !!

want a diamond created from the carbon of a loved one? www.LifeGem.com sounds but according to the dude on the radio this morning they are doing big business. Edited to add: Oh yeah, and Ballunar is near!! click 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

Bumpity, Bump, Bump. Sat. & Sun. 25th & 26th of August, 2007. 'C' license required. If you want to come play and you haven't gotten the registration papers, PM me and I'll get it to you. Looks like a caravan this year. Smaller groups of concentrated FUN. Come Play.

So Spaceland has upped their regular jump ticket price for Skyfest? Last I heard jump tickets were $20 at Spaceland. Is this a captive audience thing? 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

next 3 days of WORK are going to SUCK!!! knowing all that fun is just down the road..... And none for me!!!!! I guess MoonGlo will let me know how much fun it is Thurs & Fri.. And that Pink Patch is mine MoFo. tick, tick, tick, tick....... 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

That's why they never leave their shell. You know, this is my 3rd or 4th post today. I may as well go home. Cheers Larry 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

What you do in private, well hopefully private anyways, is your own business. "Don't shoot the messenger!"

So you DO use a battery. Not only that, you think it's cool. 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

Federal Aviation Regulation Part 105 PARACHUTE OPERATIONS Subpart B--Operating Rules Sec. 105.17 Flight visibility and clearance from cloud requirements. No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft— (a) Into or through a cloud, or Since it's the PILOT who's ticket gets pulled for infractions, and I'm sure your pilot wouldn't let you go in violation of an FAR, lemme just do a little editing for ya.... ..... Well, I'm having an awful lot of fun. Today I had the best skydive, so far. I was on an eight way. We formed a round as we went through "some industrial haze", broke into two rounds, spun the pieces, and back to a round as we left the "industrial haze" I was screaming,"Beautiful!" ....... Congrats on your best skydive to date.

1992 Saturn SC Speedometer broke in Dec. 2000 w/ 183,000. I guestimate it's at 240,000 ish. I've since bought a PU and drive that mostly. Still runs nice but needs new drivers seat and A/C work. 'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

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