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  1. freakflyer9999
    I lost 65% of the hearing in my right ear because I wanted to just make a couple of jumps with a cold. Fortunately two years later, I heard a loud pop and most of my hearing returned. I ended up with 100% loss of the high ranges, but regained virtually all of the normal hearing ranges. Bottomline is that it just isn't worth it. Go home and come back in a week or two then jump
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    Here's a link to some pics of my son's sugar glider. He bought it this summer. http://missionsjournal.blogspot.com/2005/06/buzz-lightyear-to-rescue.html The guy he bought it from knew a lot about them and he said that his dad knew quite a bit more. My son's email address is in his profile on his blog. Send him an email and ask him for the guy's contact info. If I remember correctly there is a vet in the North Texas area that they recommend.
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    The last few seconds said "sabor fruitilla" which I believe means "fruit flavored"
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    My last hair cut was at The Hair Saloon. At the time they were serving beer and planning on a margarita machine. I've been growing my hair to donate to Locks of Love, so I haven't been back in over a year to find out if they ever got the margarita machine. I enjoyed the beer, but you do have to remember to keep your finger over the mouth of the bottle when you aren't drinking.
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    Ditto. This is one of my favorite movies. I first watched part of it while donating blood and on the way home stopped to buy my own copy.
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    Not much that you can do about it, but all of that info is cached on Google as well as other web sites.
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    I've been jumping for about a year with full upper dentures. Just keep your mouth closed and it shouldn't be a problem.
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    freakflyer9999 replied to highfly's topic in The Bonfire

    Doesn't look like an electric fence. The wires aren't insulated from the posts. The fence is grounded, so I doubt that much electricity would flow through it.
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    I found this info in a google search. Suncoast Skydiving Wauchula Municipal Airport, 40 miles east of Sarasota/Bradenton Phone: (941) 350-9157
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    ">http://www.apexbase.com/ I wouldn't try the Mexico site without expert assistance but it looks like it would be great fun. As for the potato bridge, it is a long ways away, but I may consider it one of these days. Thanks
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    I have read the "Before You Post" and fully understand nobody is going to identify specific sites. My question was "Do Legal Sites Exist?" Your answer is yes, so my next step it to contact local BASE Jumpers and get assistance finding them as well as gear and instructon. Thanks.
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    I've been wanting to try BASE, but don't really want to risk arrest. An arrest could lead to losing my security clearance which would most likely cause me to lose my job. I know about Bridge Day, but are there other legal BASE jump sites preferably in or near Texas. What about Mexico? I was playing with Google Earth and found a cliff just across the border that certainly looks jumpable. It appears to be about a 3000 foot drop.
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    It doesn't make any difference what statistics say if you are the 1 in xxxxxxxx that dies. You'll still be dead. Either sit on the couch and hold your wife's hand or get up and go jump. You have to decide how you want to live your life. I personally decided a number of years ago that I didn't want to die sitting on the couch.
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    I've never bought from Ralph, but that's partially because of him. He refused to sell me gear that he felt might be unsafe for my weight.
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    Drink excessive amounts of beer until you develop a natural arch.
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    I have a full upper denture and I was a little concerned after I first got it. Just keep your teeth together and you won't have a problem.
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    I'm currently 280+ out the door. I would highly recommend a Tony Suit with swoop cords. Call them and discuss your needs. They can build a suit that comes pretty close to matching the fallrate that you select. I got out of the sport for a while and sold my Tony Suit, but I'll definitely be buying another soon.
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    I'm sitting here looking at mine on top of the bookshelf in the bedroom with my 10 year USPA certificate leaning against it.
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    That would run ya about 5000-5500 here in North Texas.
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    I've always just told her as soon as I had a chance. She doesn't like my jumping in the first place, but I think it's better to tell her up front.
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    I just paid about $500 for a fully adjustable student harness and some other work. Relative Workshop has their rigging pricing on their website.
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    I pieced together a rig for a little over $2K. I bought an older container for $125 that I sent to Relative Workshop for a new harness and a few other mods $500. The reserve was a Raven with 0 jumps (
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    WooHOOOOOO!!!!! I did my balloon jump this morning. We took off and climbed up to about 6000 feet, he then put the balloon in a terminal descent of about 700 feet per minute. I climbed over the edge and went off backwards. The video shows my initial exit and then picks me back up when I'm about 2-300 feet below. She got my opening which put me in the saddle at 4000 feet. So between the terminal descent and the freefall I lost 2000 feet. I then flew back to the same yard that we took off from. I couldn't quite make it back to the front yard but landed in the side yard next to the house. We had some strange winds this morning. The other balloon that took off at the same time we did only climbed to about 500 feet. They went due east. We quickly climbed to above a 1000 and immediately headed due west. The other balloon was supposed to get video of the jump too, but they ended up miles in the opposite direction. Had a blast and hopefully will get to do it again soon.
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    Weather permitting, I am doing a balloon jump in the morning from a friend's balloon. He intends to put the balloon into a terminal descent from 6500 and I plan on simply rolling backwards out of the basket facing the video camera still in the balloon. This is my balloon jump, so the DZ will have something in the frig tomorrow evening.
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    I personally found that a jumpsuit from BodySport did the trick for me.