NickDG

What's funny is in only 30 posts we covered every problem real rock bands have except maybe, "They're stealing our music off the internet," and "the record company is screwing us!" NickD

More cowbell . . . NickD

Go ahead! We've been carrying your butt for months now! And remind me. How'd that solo career work out for Garfunkel? NickD

And no more passing out your Flibbertigibbet Demo Team Brochures at our gigs! NickD

LOL NickD

Okay! Now we can call the band meeting to order. First to new business: 1- The Boston gig has been cancelled... but I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town. 2- They're not gonna release the album... because they have decided that the cover is sexist. (I told them they should have seen the one we wanted to do, but they didn't care.) 3- Lisa, we've had bad luck with drummers in this band, but don't worry, it can't possibly happen to all of them! So don't let it effect your performance, okay? 4- My girlfriend is sewing up these really cool costumes for us and soon I'll be announcing a new direction for the band, including a new name, as the "Fabulous Lacklusters ain't cutting it. 5- Airtwardo, you missed a few notes and cord changes during that last gig, so lay off the sauce from now on. 6- Gypsy, the tongue thing is getting old, besides it's so Gene Simmons . . . 7- Krisanne, how many times do I have to tell you when the woman throw their panties on stage you're not supposed to throw them back! Okay, that's all so meeting adjourned. I'll see you all later at the gig out at the Air Force Base . . . NickD

Let me know when you finally see it (Jesus, go down to the library or something ) because I'll soon be calling a band meeting. (And that means you too, Ringo!) NickD

That was nicely put . . . you explained what I was thinking better than I did, LOL! NickD

Congrats! Sometimes I wish there was an anti-skydive drug I could take to forget I ever jumped, just so I could start all over again. The beginning is the best part, the rest is just practice . . . NickD

I see what you're saying, but I used the word "most" because I recall when it was "none" so to me it does seem like most. NickD

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=173725929324454&id=519082143 Click the thumbnail under my name . . . NickD

Jesus, this thread turned out a hell of lot more funnier (and prophetic) than I thought it would . . . NickD

Timing is everything! Back in the late 80s we taught a fellow to B.A.S.E. jump who owned and ran the very first commercial bungee jumping operation in North America. While we were there B.A.S.E. jumping his 240-foot crane I couldn't help notice how many customers were lined up to bungee jump. When I went back to Perris I discussed it with Anne Helliwell and it turned out (being she's from New Zealand, the part of the world that invented modern Bungee jumping) she knew how to build the bungee cords from scratch. So we rented a crane and set up an operation in Riverside. And we had the rubes lined up all day long to make the hundred dollar jump. This was better than drug dealing! I never saw so much money. It was the very beginning of the bungee jumping craze and we hit the jackpot! Today, you can't give bungee jumps away. The last commercial operation I saw (about a year ago) was getting $10 a jump and the place was devoid of any customers, LOL. Bungee has the same problem as tunnels do and to some extent, the same problem tandem skydiving has. Even though we know better, after most "normal" people do it once, they see little point in doing it again. Add in saturation and it's all over. NickD

Man, I'm probably the last guy left here to jump your shit, but I'm firmly on-board now, move on over Airtwardo, and g'me some room . . . NickD

I actually loved those old metric scooters. And I remember a lot of really cool ones from back in the 70s. In fact I'm seriously considering building one someday soon. So stand by for: Geisha Girl! (LOL, don't worry I'll figure out a better name.) NickD

Yeah that, and giving the new B.A.S.E. jumpers today the nod! LOL! NickD

>>Why is it cool now?

This is lighting up basejumper.com and it's classic BASE. The only part I'm gonna knock Jester for (and I've known him a long time) is jumping without his frigging chest strap hooked up . . . NickD

Yeah, Mike played the "security guard" in T2. Also Harley (no, not the dead one) sold a ton of Fatboys after that flick . . . NickD

>>How'd you get away with that much hair in the Corp?

Google has a new feature (accessed through advanced search) that rates the reading level of websites. Leave it to Google to answer the age old question of who's smarter, Skydivers or B.A.S.E. jumpers, LOL! NickD

They'd find this old one from 1973 when I was in the Marine Corps. The caption would be, "It's obvious he'd come to a bad end." (I'm on the right with the "Easy Rider" Magazine.) NickD

LOL, you're right, what was I thinking? Check this out. Man's best friend, but not "the man's" best friend! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9D9f_ySvkA&feature=player_embedded#! NickD

I can only handle five or six woman at a time and it's the about the same for forums . . . LOL! Beautiful bike and she's a resilient woman that's for sure. Maybe this was addressed @ Neds, but with that seat set up isn't she going to tire very quickly just hanging on with one arm? I would think she'd need some type of back rest. NickD

I knew John Early and jumped with him a lot in 1983. The last I knew he was living in Laguna Nigel, CA. If you run into him ask about the time he busted out of a South American prison after a U.S. backed freighter full of weapons he was on was captured. Here's a photo of him I took back then . . . NickD