NickDG 23 #1 November 23, 2004 http://www.basenumbers.org/ui.asp With the speed of BASE numbers issued just since the year 2000, we can see BASE 1000 will be issued sometime within the next six months. I hope whoever receives BASE 1000 realizes what a milestone that will be. Who would have thought it would take almost 23 years to go from BASE number 1 to BASE number 1000? Who would have thought how much the sport would change over the course of those years, and who would have thought so many of us old timers (okay, I've taken to accept that title) would still be around to see it. Carl Boenish, before he died, said in the early 1980s, that BASE 1000 would be awarded in about 1990 . . . bless his optimistic soul. Who ever it is that gets BASE one thousand (and I'm pulling for Russel Metlitzky, http://zerop.net/base/) will join BASE number one as having the two most important BASE numbers ever issued. At least until we award BASE 10000, which at the current rate will be sometime around 2024 or 2025. My generation will never meet BASE 10000, as most of us will be gone, or at least drooling in our Pablum by then, so do me a favor, you young ones, tell him or her, that we were pretty cool people . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZegeunerLeben 0 #2 November 23, 2004 Quote ...so do me a favor, you young ones, tell him or her, that we were pretty cool people . . . >>There are some things Nick, that never die Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 434 2 #3 November 23, 2004 So we should push those who never applyed for the number to get it now! I am sure we passed the number for awhile ago! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zoter 0 #4 November 23, 2004 awwww....somebodies gonna have to get BASE # 1001 Like BASE #2........I reckon their nickname will at least be 'DAMN !...." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #5 November 23, 2004 BASE 2 is the forgotten man. It was Phil Mayfield, a Texan, and a really cool dude, who's like the second man to walk on the moon . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Dd0g 0 #6 November 24, 2004 Quote Who ever it is that gets BASE one thousand (and I'm pulling for Russel Metlitzky, http://zerop.net/base/) will join BASE number one as having the two most important BASE numbers ever issued. At least until we award BASE 10000, which at the current rate will be sometime around 2024 or 2025. At this risk of sounding needlessly geeky, the 1000 landmark is relevant only insofar as we choose the arbitrary 10-space numerology as our foundational reference. Were we to count BASE numbers base-16, we'd have a different picture entirely. The most "important" BASE number is the one that means something special to a particular person at a particular time. There's a few that mean alot to me, and none of them have particular base-10 attributes worth noting. They did used to be attached to some pretty fucking cool human beings, however. I guess they always will be, at least for some of us. Peace, D-d0g+~+~+~+~ But this, surely, was the glory that no spirits, canine or human, had ever clearly seen, the light that never was on land or sea, and yet is glimpsed by the quickened mind everywhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pBASEtobe 0 #7 November 24, 2004 I always hoped I could get a sub 1000 number just so I could fit it on a California license plate (BASEXXX). At this rate it doesn't look like that'll happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jonstark 8 #8 November 24, 2004 I'd love to see the faces on the rangers in Yosemite when they pull you over for having a BASE license plate. Priceless... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 460 0 #9 November 24, 2004 I thought the number 460 was significant. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faber 0 #10 November 24, 2004 i think 850 were a milestone I´ll never be a oldtime(danm 23 years from now,Nick you could be my dad i guess) Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fatflying 0 #11 November 24, 2004 Reading whats going on on those other threads I thought It would be more productive to ask what does it take to get a base number, is it a jump from each B.A.S.E 2 jmps, 10 jmps each? and how can I help support Russel in obtaining THE number 1000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites KMonster 0 #12 November 24, 2004 A BASE number can be issued to you when you make one jump from each of the four objects. You can PM Russel about helping him, he would know how better than anyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #13 November 25, 2004 Of course, the most important BASE number is your own. I meant historically, rather than the world twirls around anyone of us . . . NickD BASE 193 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #14 November 25, 2004 >>and how can I help support Russel in obtaining THE number 1000. << You can certainly help Russel get his BASE number. But, no one can actually help him get BASE 1000. It's one of the last things in the world that's unriggable. He either gets it or he don't . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pBASEtobe 0 #15 November 25, 2004 QuoteI'd love to see the faces on the rangers in Yosemite when they pull you over for having a BASE license plate. Priceless...Hee, hee... That would be pretty damn funny! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #16 November 25, 2004 A lot of people have the California Yosemite plate (50 bucks to some environmental fund) like BASE 222 has on hers. Of course, we never took that car there . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TomAiello 26 #17 November 26, 2004 QuoteI always hoped I could get a sub 1000 number just so I could fit it on a California license plate (BASEXXX). At this rate it doesn't look like that'll happen. That was my original goal, too. I just made it.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sitflybaseboy 0 #18 November 27, 2004 I have been needing a B for 20 years. Now that I hear the talk of the numbers getting close to 1000, I think it is time to seek a building. I have actually done some research and recon on a couple of B sites, and it could happen soon. This thread just gave me the extra "get off my assidness" I needed to get my B. Thanks for the thread Nick.321CYA sitflybaseboyBASE 1043 Night BASE 160 BASE is to skydivers as skydiving is to whuffos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faber 0 #19 November 27, 2004 so why do you suddenly need your B after 20 years? I guess you had your reasson not to jump B´s already,getting the jump just to get the # must not be the goal,the goal should be to jump an B for the reasson its a B Hope you see what i say as im not to pick at you. Funny thing is that many(myself inkluded)rushed to get as low BASE# as poisbly just for the # and not for the reasson of the objects(ofcourse it were exiting and i dont want to be whith out them)but i think people tend to push on to get a lower # before they actualy are ready(myself inkluded). I wonder if that can lead to more injuryes and perhaps death,i hope not. Sitflybaseboy,i would say that you probaly are ready for that jump(thinking of 20 years in the sport),it were just the way you wrote it that made me think loud Have a good one,its a new playground Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jalisco 0 #20 November 29, 2004 Quoteawwww....somebodies gonna have to get BASE # 1001 I heard a Tibetan monk (with a group that was in town for some multicultural something or other) say that numbers like that, which are "1" more than some power of ten or multiple, are very auspicious. He said they indicate progression and growth. So, I think 1001 is a cool number (I guess I'm impressionable that way). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites monkey1031 0 #21 November 29, 2004 Plus, it's a palindrome... I love me, Vol I Race car Emu Fume As i pees, i see pisa A slut nixes sex in Tulsa later. www.palindrome.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites leroydb 0 #22 November 29, 2004 my first skydiving mal was at 101Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites K763 0 #23 November 30, 2004 Hi Nick, and all! I mentioned to a girl in Moab this weekend that maybe she'll be BASE 1000. She said she was hoping to get in before that, but then she agreed that being #1000 would be pretty cool. The guy who got 1000 at the SBK got free membership for life! Lucky guy! As for me, I have the coolest BASE number there is other than #69, and #666. Mine is 763, which has several notable qualities. First, my favorite number is 7, and I was born in 63. But even more cool is something I just learned from Iiro. Iiro came by to drop of a copy of his new production, "The Ground is the Limit", and he also gave me a beanie with his company logo on it. It is the number 763, which is the dimensions for a gravehole. 7 feet long, 6 feet deep, 3 feet wide. Now, add to this that I was born on 4/20, and I must be just numerologically lucky. Oh, I guess we won't talk about the shattered leg off the B that qualified me for my base number...(be careful guys, make sure your skills are up to the challenge, base number be damned!) love ya all, K Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JeNnEjEnN 0 #24 November 30, 2004 QuoteI mentioned to a girl in Moab this weekend that maybe she'll be BASE 1000. She said she was hoping to get in before that, but then she agreed that being #1000 would be pretty cool. WoO hOo hehehe.... yeah that was me! I think #999 would be pretty cool too. Anyhow, wanna know the neatest thing?! I qualified in moab on the 25th, and since there's a 30 day wait period on the BASE #'s from that last jump, guess what I'm getting for x-mas?? hehehe... pretty cool ------------------------------------------- "Scars remind you that the past is real..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites evilivan 0 #25 November 30, 2004 QuoteNow, add to this that I was born on 4/20, and I must be just numerologically lucky. Hey, me too.... although not sure what is lucky about that (unless I'm missing something about BASE 420) - we share the day with Mr A Hitler "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 0
434 2 #3 November 23, 2004 So we should push those who never applyed for the number to get it now! I am sure we passed the number for awhile ago! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoter 0 #4 November 23, 2004 awwww....somebodies gonna have to get BASE # 1001 Like BASE #2........I reckon their nickname will at least be 'DAMN !...." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #5 November 23, 2004 BASE 2 is the forgotten man. It was Phil Mayfield, a Texan, and a really cool dude, who's like the second man to walk on the moon . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dd0g 0 #6 November 24, 2004 Quote Who ever it is that gets BASE one thousand (and I'm pulling for Russel Metlitzky, http://zerop.net/base/) will join BASE number one as having the two most important BASE numbers ever issued. At least until we award BASE 10000, which at the current rate will be sometime around 2024 or 2025. At this risk of sounding needlessly geeky, the 1000 landmark is relevant only insofar as we choose the arbitrary 10-space numerology as our foundational reference. Were we to count BASE numbers base-16, we'd have a different picture entirely. The most "important" BASE number is the one that means something special to a particular person at a particular time. There's a few that mean alot to me, and none of them have particular base-10 attributes worth noting. They did used to be attached to some pretty fucking cool human beings, however. I guess they always will be, at least for some of us. Peace, D-d0g+~+~+~+~ But this, surely, was the glory that no spirits, canine or human, had ever clearly seen, the light that never was on land or sea, and yet is glimpsed by the quickened mind everywhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pBASEtobe 0 #7 November 24, 2004 I always hoped I could get a sub 1000 number just so I could fit it on a California license plate (BASEXXX). At this rate it doesn't look like that'll happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #8 November 24, 2004 I'd love to see the faces on the rangers in Yosemite when they pull you over for having a BASE license plate. Priceless... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
460 0 #9 November 24, 2004 I thought the number 460 was significant. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #10 November 24, 2004 i think 850 were a milestone I´ll never be a oldtime(danm 23 years from now,Nick you could be my dad i guess) Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fatflying 0 #11 November 24, 2004 Reading whats going on on those other threads I thought It would be more productive to ask what does it take to get a base number, is it a jump from each B.A.S.E 2 jmps, 10 jmps each? and how can I help support Russel in obtaining THE number 1000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KMonster 0 #12 November 24, 2004 A BASE number can be issued to you when you make one jump from each of the four objects. You can PM Russel about helping him, he would know how better than anyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #13 November 25, 2004 Of course, the most important BASE number is your own. I meant historically, rather than the world twirls around anyone of us . . . NickD BASE 193 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #14 November 25, 2004 >>and how can I help support Russel in obtaining THE number 1000. << You can certainly help Russel get his BASE number. But, no one can actually help him get BASE 1000. It's one of the last things in the world that's unriggable. He either gets it or he don't . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pBASEtobe 0 #15 November 25, 2004 QuoteI'd love to see the faces on the rangers in Yosemite when they pull you over for having a BASE license plate. Priceless...Hee, hee... That would be pretty damn funny! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #16 November 25, 2004 A lot of people have the California Yosemite plate (50 bucks to some environmental fund) like BASE 222 has on hers. Of course, we never took that car there . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #17 November 26, 2004 QuoteI always hoped I could get a sub 1000 number just so I could fit it on a California license plate (BASEXXX). At this rate it doesn't look like that'll happen. That was my original goal, too. I just made it.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sitflybaseboy 0 #18 November 27, 2004 I have been needing a B for 20 years. Now that I hear the talk of the numbers getting close to 1000, I think it is time to seek a building. I have actually done some research and recon on a couple of B sites, and it could happen soon. This thread just gave me the extra "get off my assidness" I needed to get my B. Thanks for the thread Nick.321CYA sitflybaseboyBASE 1043 Night BASE 160 BASE is to skydivers as skydiving is to whuffos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #19 November 27, 2004 so why do you suddenly need your B after 20 years? I guess you had your reasson not to jump B´s already,getting the jump just to get the # must not be the goal,the goal should be to jump an B for the reasson its a B Hope you see what i say as im not to pick at you. Funny thing is that many(myself inkluded)rushed to get as low BASE# as poisbly just for the # and not for the reasson of the objects(ofcourse it were exiting and i dont want to be whith out them)but i think people tend to push on to get a lower # before they actualy are ready(myself inkluded). I wonder if that can lead to more injuryes and perhaps death,i hope not. Sitflybaseboy,i would say that you probaly are ready for that jump(thinking of 20 years in the sport),it were just the way you wrote it that made me think loud Have a good one,its a new playground Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jalisco 0 #20 November 29, 2004 Quoteawwww....somebodies gonna have to get BASE # 1001 I heard a Tibetan monk (with a group that was in town for some multicultural something or other) say that numbers like that, which are "1" more than some power of ten or multiple, are very auspicious. He said they indicate progression and growth. So, I think 1001 is a cool number (I guess I'm impressionable that way). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkey1031 0 #21 November 29, 2004 Plus, it's a palindrome... I love me, Vol I Race car Emu Fume As i pees, i see pisa A slut nixes sex in Tulsa later. www.palindrome.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #22 November 29, 2004 my first skydiving mal was at 101Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
K763 0 #23 November 30, 2004 Hi Nick, and all! I mentioned to a girl in Moab this weekend that maybe she'll be BASE 1000. She said she was hoping to get in before that, but then she agreed that being #1000 would be pretty cool. The guy who got 1000 at the SBK got free membership for life! Lucky guy! As for me, I have the coolest BASE number there is other than #69, and #666. Mine is 763, which has several notable qualities. First, my favorite number is 7, and I was born in 63. But even more cool is something I just learned from Iiro. Iiro came by to drop of a copy of his new production, "The Ground is the Limit", and he also gave me a beanie with his company logo on it. It is the number 763, which is the dimensions for a gravehole. 7 feet long, 6 feet deep, 3 feet wide. Now, add to this that I was born on 4/20, and I must be just numerologically lucky. Oh, I guess we won't talk about the shattered leg off the B that qualified me for my base number...(be careful guys, make sure your skills are up to the challenge, base number be damned!) love ya all, K Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeNnEjEnN 0 #24 November 30, 2004 QuoteI mentioned to a girl in Moab this weekend that maybe she'll be BASE 1000. She said she was hoping to get in before that, but then she agreed that being #1000 would be pretty cool. WoO hOo hehehe.... yeah that was me! I think #999 would be pretty cool too. Anyhow, wanna know the neatest thing?! I qualified in moab on the 25th, and since there's a 30 day wait period on the BASE #'s from that last jump, guess what I'm getting for x-mas?? hehehe... pretty cool ------------------------------------------- "Scars remind you that the past is real..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilivan 0 #25 November 30, 2004 QuoteNow, add to this that I was born on 4/20, and I must be just numerologically lucky. Hey, me too.... although not sure what is lucky about that (unless I'm missing something about BASE 420) - we share the day with Mr A Hitler "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
