Deuce 1 #1 December 17, 2002 http://www.weather.com/weather/local/85231?lswe=85231&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared If that holds through the weekend, we're all gonna die being drug behind Aggiedave's f*cking pickup truck. Tell me It's gonna be sunny Friday through the rest of the week. Tell me my hair isn't getting really damn thin up on top too, while you're at it Unnacceptable. B-squared, get some god or goddess on the phone right now and square this "rain" nonsense away! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #2 December 17, 2002 It's gonna be sunny Friday through the rest of the week. Your hair isn't getting really damn thin up on top. There... that's better now, isn't it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #3 December 18, 2002 Just changed my mind again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #4 December 18, 2002 Sorry Deuce. Eloy used up all their good weather karma last week for the 300 ways. Hey if it rains for the whole holiday boogie, at least you'll have plenty of time to drink beer and get to know each other... right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #5 December 18, 2002 Yes. That will hold me until water inexplicably wets the barely covered skin on the top of my head while I am standing in my Superman camera suit with perfectly clean lenses, fresh tape and film, fully charged batteries and a hardon to go skydiving with my DZ.com clan members. If I put an umbrella in my gearbag, will that prevent this weather-out? Hop-n-pops from the Skyvan? Hey! One of the powerpuff chicks can burn the sky clear with their eyes or something. Or BillVon can bring some hyperattenuated wavelenth thingie to decloudify the place. If I end up in an Indian casino on any of those days I better win big. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #6 December 18, 2002 Quote There... that's better now, isn't it? Bill, as always, you are ever so helpful. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #7 December 18, 2002 Quote Quote There... that's better now, isn't it? Bill, as always, you are ever so helpful. Jus' trying to help. Rain is not the essential problem here. You only get wet if water is approaching you or you are approaching the water. Therefore, if you match your fallrate to the downward speed of the rain, you will not get wet. Of course, this is only a theory. I will test it when it rains here, but I'm sure that Prof. Kallend would agree. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #8 December 18, 2002 Quote Quote Quote There... that's better now, isn't it? Bill, as always, you are ever so helpful. Jus' trying to help. Rain is not the essential problem here. You only get wet if water is approaching you or you are approaching the water. Therefore, if you match your fallrate to the downward speed of the rain, you will not get wet. Of course, this is only a theory. I will test it when it rains here, but I'm sure that Prof. Kallend would agree. Wait. That actually does cheer me up. So long as the cloud deck is above, what 15K for a 13.5 bailout?, I'm going. OK, light rain from high clouds. OK, I've put the gun down, why are all you people staring at me like that? WHAT? Looks like no skydiving this weekend up here either. I'm getting all itchy. I can't sit still, I feel kinda sick. I NEED MY FIX! ARGH! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,076 #9 December 18, 2002 >Or BillVon can bring some hyperattenuated wavelenth thingie to >decloudify the place. Just put up huge natural gas torches on all sides of the DZ. It worked to keep English airbases cloud-free during WWII (at least to a few thousand feet.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #10 December 18, 2002 Quoteget some god or goddess on the phone right now and square this "rain" nonsense away! Sorry the sun goddess is sick otherwise i'd be doing the sunshine dance for ya. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonic 0 #11 December 18, 2002 Fair??!! We'd f***ing pay for that at the moment !! ----------------------------------- It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #12 December 18, 2002 its my fault, i brought Eloys blue sky up here to WA for awhile, but since my snow buds bitched ive since relented..blue skys are migrating that way and should be arriving Sat morning..sorry for the scare all.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #13 December 18, 2002 Someone a while back mentioned getting together and all going to see the two towers flick, maybe this would be a good day to do just that. And of course partake of an adult beverage and open a can of Nig Noggery "It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #14 December 18, 2002 shit. that's cold for Eloy. florida's lookin better and better every dayhttp://www.exitshot.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #15 December 18, 2002 Hum...can we hang from the skyvan while it's on the ground????????????? -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #16 December 18, 2002 Lew... there is a crew from SGC headed to FL if you want info IM Seth.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #17 December 18, 2002 Lisa, if we end up out there rained out, the nig-noggery is going to require the National Guard to be called out. And then those poor brave weekend warriors won't know what the holy hell hit them. Yes, we can hang from the strut when it's on the ground. We'll do that right after the whole group of us sneaks in the back door to Two Towers, bribes the theater attendant to leave us the hell alone, drinks a couple of bottles of Rumpleminz, and eats three buckets of fried chicken. Things should start to get a little sideways at that point. We'll lock the hubs on me and Aggies 4 X 4's and start looking for giant WWII surplus natural gas torches. The guns will make an appearance as we race across the desert trying to find REALLY REALLY tall towers to base jump off while Skymonkey packs my Spectre and just cuts the slider the hell off so it will open in less than a thousand feet, subterminal. Some local militia will make an appearance, thinking we're coyotes. Bad move on their part cause we're not. Sorry folks, but nobody's ever seen zip ties applied faster than Sudsy does it. Viking will look longingly at the restrained helpless bodies, but in vain. Not today, Viking-lad, we've got shit to do. We drive into the desert like a bad remake of Road Warrior, with Nathaniel doing his best imitation of The Humongous. No huge natural gas torches appear. Shit. Thank God I got that GPS thingie for Christmas last year, now I know where to find Area 51. Forget it, too damn far, and we're out of Rumpleminz and Tequila. The sun comes up, and what the hell, it's a beautiful blue sky day! The Skymonkey has these neato super secret pills that the Army developed for Special Forces troopers to sober up from benders quickly so they can kill people and break things. They are perfect for skydivers recovering from Nig-Noggery, we all take one and SHAZAM! We're perfectly sober, wide awake, and really fucking hungry. We drive up to the McDonalds in Eloy and the Rock and Roll Ballerina captivates the crew with a very sexy modern dance interpretation of the nutcracker while Seb cleans out the Mcsausage biscuits and McMuffins. Cornholio is very light on his feet as he grabs about three dozen of those hash-brown patties we bail into the trucks as B-squared flashes the crew and they all faint in adulation. Windows down, 100 miles an hour, we scarf the greasy goodness faster than a head-down AggieDave. Skybytch repairs my slider as we tear into the parking lot, we turn on our Cypri, jump into our suits, board the Skyvan, thorough gear check, red light on, you and me hang from the strut, the rest of the group forms up on the ramp and 1-2-3 we set the DZ.Com Hybrid Record. It can rain on Thursday. If it rains on Friday, Eloy will never, ever be the same. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrose7 0 #18 December 18, 2002 Uh, can I play? seriously, though, the forecast is still a week away. That is a lot of room for error. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. MaryRose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lolie 0 #19 December 18, 2002 That's a good story, Deuce. Now I really wish I was going to Eloy. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #20 December 18, 2002 The truth shall be stranger than fiction. (Using the word "shall" means that lawyers could get involved) Hey, check the weather link again! Back to partly cloudy. Thanks B-squared or BillVon or whoever! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyz 0 #21 December 18, 2002 You have to understand when they try to predict the weather here in Phoenix/Eloy.They are right 10 to 20% of the time.Last week they said it was going to rain Sun to Thursday,Rained Monday for a little while,The weather people suck they get you a pissed off for nothing!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #22 December 18, 2002 Quote They are right 10 to 20% of the time. I told my boss about the 20% rule. Not impressed. Then I said that when I was in college, I got 5% wrong and got an "A". Still not impressed. Wants 100% accuracy all the time. Something about 5% of $2 billion being a lot. The only think we don't have to worry about is the marketing database. 20% error is ok for them. Not a lot of math majors in the marketing group. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #23 December 18, 2002 Quote Something about 5% of $2 billion being a lot. Sounds like he is being COMPLETELY unreasonable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antithesis 0 #24 December 18, 2002 Yes this truely sucks!! I have some jumps to make up for considering that it's winter here in michigan. I'm headed to AZ this thursday.. Oh well some jumping is better than no jumping. I travel the land, Work in the ocean, Play in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #25 December 18, 2002 Quote The sun comes up, and what the hell, it's a beautiful blue sky day! The Skymonkey has these neato super secret pills that the Army developed for Special Forces troopers to sober up from benders quickly so they can kill people and break things. They are perfect for skydivers recovering from Nig-Noggery, we all take one and SHAZAM! We're perfectly sober, wide awake, and really fucking hungry. Actually we do. It's called 2000ml of Ringers lactate administered interveinously, does wonders for the day after. I will have mine with me "just in case" LOL"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
