freefal

That is a pretty good analogy. My favorite part is the last sentence about how the non-drinkers end up paying for everything. Thanks for paying your credit card(s) off each month, making you mortgage payments on time, and generally living within your means while other people tried to outdo the Joneses. As a thank you, the government is going to increase your taxes because, after all, we're all in this mess together. Sorry, maybe this should be in the SC forum. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

I agree that the best revenge is living well... but if that doesn't work, you can always "top shelf" their toilet, i.e. number two in the tank instead of the bowl. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

Any "larger" jumpers should vote for the "Toast" since it has a flyer intenionally going low! ... not that I've ever done that! "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

Steve, I don't know you that well, but from what I've seen, you're too nice of a guy to hang around with such a dipshit. If you're nice enough to drive this guy home when he's drunk, and he repays you by trying to beat you up, then I would simply ignore him. If he asks you why he's getting the cold shoulder just remind him of how much of an asshole he is and if he values you as a friend then he'll make the effort to mend things up. If not, then good riddance. I’ve always believed it’s best to “praise in public and criticize in private” so there’s no real need to bash this guy in front of everyone else on the DZ. It sounds like he’s doing a fine job of that himself and the Midwest skydiving community is still small enough that most people will find out sooner or later that he’s an idiot. Oh, and the only thing worse than a Black Irish Jew of royal European descent is a left-handed Indian Weight Watcher midget with a speech impediment! "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I have to disagree with you on this Gary. When I started freeflying back in the 90's I didn't concentrate too much on sit flying and now I regret it. I'm proficient on my head (and more comfortable in the air that way) but I always looked at sit flying as either a recovery position or something I did when jumping with someone who wasn’t very skilled at flying head down. After all these years of flying on my head, I now find myself trying to learn how to sit fly better so I can improve my VFS skills and build more interesting formations. It’s typically the better freeflyers that fly the sitting slots in any of the bigger FF formations, and sit flying in VFS while taking grips is downright hard. All that being said, in response to the original poster I think sit suits had their time and place in the grand evolution of our sport (I owned one for a short while) but for most people it’s better to concentrate on learning how to improve one’s sit flying techniques and adjust overall suit drag to compensate for more or less weight instead of using a sit suit. That’s just my 2 cents though. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

A wise northerner once said to me, "You don't know cold until your nose freezes shut." I thought he was crazy until I felt mine doing just that one night! I've since moved to Arizona "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

1. They're both a fun ride. 2. Even though your buddy's looks the same... you still want to jump her/it. BTW, I have argued with my canopy while it's opening... But just like my woman, it always seems to win. Oh I just thought of one more... When you first pull out and your W/C is going a little crazy, it's best to just not touch for a little while and let her settle down. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

Actually this reminds me of a funny story from college… No not that kind of story! We had a white elephant gift, type of party in college and a friend of mine thought it would be funny to get some anal beads from the local adult-novelty-and-“book”-store/strip club called Doctor Love’s. My friend was a rather shy little jewish boy from the midwest so once he got inside the store he was a little shocked by all the different “novelties” they had. He was looking in one of the cases when “Dr. Love” stepped up and said, “Can I hep you?” (Dr. Love was a 300lb black guy who was always smoking a cigar and looked like a cross between Fat Albert and Red Fox, but sleazier.) My friend rather sheepishly said that he was looking for some anal beads. Dr. Love took a big long pull off his stogie and replied, “Ya want the laaarge o’ tha regula?” After turning a few different shades of red, my buddy was able to reply with, “R….r….regular I suppose.” But I don’t think he was ever really the same after that. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

I have no experience with them, but from what I hear, you're supposed to pull them out slowly vs. trying to "pull-start the lawnmower" Apparently things can get a little messy if you use that technique. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

This whole thread makes me think of my daughter's favorite poem (and one of mine favorites as well.) My skin is kind of sort of brownish Pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are grayish blueish green, But I'm told they look orange in the night. My hair is reddish blondish brown, But it's silver when it's wet. And all the colors I am inside Have not been invented yet. -Shel Silverstein "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

The notion of "survival of the fittest" applies well to animals, but as humans we are much more intelligent than that. We understand that every human being has worth and therefore should be respected for simply being human. This helps our species “evolve” at a different level that that of the other animals on this planet. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

My two favorites: When a tandem student asked her instructor the old, "but if the first canopy doesn't work and then the second one fails to, what happens then?".... He said, "Well, just get back up, dust yourself off and follow me toward the white light." I also had a firend who carried his rig on a commerical flight without a gear bag or anything. A woman timidly asked him, "Is that a parachute?" He glanced toward the front of the plane then back at her and said, "Oh, they didn't give you one to?" "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

Ahhh, the PT Loser. The only similar make that's worse than that is the HHR. God that car/SUV/gaypride parade float is a piece or crap! "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

Don't worry, I was on team 303 and you aint missin' much! "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

Ok, one more not-so-straight one.. How can you tell if a guy is queer? His dick tastes like shit. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

What's a pick up line you could use in a gay bar? Can I push your stool in? What do gay horses eat? Haaaaaaayyyy! "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

ok, so maybe some of the jokes I posted are a little more on the "tasteless" side, so here's a clean one... Two guys walk into a bar. The third one ducks. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

What has two legs and bleeds profusely? Half of a cat. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb? Two. One to change it, and one to suck my d!ck. How many flies does it take to screw in a light bulb? 2... but the real question is how did they get in there in the first place? How many kids with ADD does it take to change a light bulb? ... Wanna go ride bikes? How can you tell if your girlfriend is horny? You stick your hand down her pants and it feels like your feeding a horse. How do you get AIDS from a toilet seat? If you sit down before the other guy gets off. Little Johnny catches his dad working alone in the garage and asks him, "Dad, what does a vagina look like? His dad is a little surprised by such a question from his young son and he's not sure how much his little boy knows about the birds and the bees, so he replies, "Well, do you mean before sex or after?" Little Johnny shrugs his shoulders and says, "I guess before." "Well," says his father, "It's like a beautiful soft pink rose with the petals just barely open and a light coat of morning dew." "Oh." says Little Johnny. Looking a bit confused he asks... "Well what about after?" His father replies quickly, "Have you ever seen a bulldog eat mayonnaise?" "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

What’s black and blue and afraid of sex? The chick I've got in my trunk. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

Just don't make fun of HerpeGonoSyphilAids... that's the worst thing you can get! I think the condition known as "Hot Dog Fingers" is ok to laugh at though. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

Bump. Maybe we can make this a sticky or keep it at the top somehow. With Nationals only about 6 weeks away, this definately thickens the plot quite a bit! It would probably a good idea to put something on the www.vrw4way.com web site about this to. Ditto! "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

I have a Polish father-in-law who puts cheese and/or mustard on almost everything. We had apple pie once and instead of putting cheese on it he used some good brown mustard. I thought he was crazy... until I tried it myself. Damn that was good! If you like the cheese/apple pie combo, try some good mustard on your pie next time (not just the yellow stuff you put on cheap hot dogs, but some good mustard). You'll be very pleasantly surprised. I also love the french fry / shake combo, but I like a strawberry shake over the chocolate. "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!

... saw a guy dive through a huge pile of kegs "Ignorance is bliss" and "Patience is a virtue"... So if you're stupid and don't mind waiting around for a while, I guess you can have a pretty good life!