Patkat

Well, Ed, I deliver pizza and go to school part time. In between jumps, of course. Feel better? -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

"Why are you looking up here? The joke's in your hand." Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

*tents fingers* [Mr. Burns voice]Excellent....[/Mr. Burns voice] WTG, girl! Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Yeah, well, that really is why I do most of what I do - why I have my coach's rating, why I'm studying to be a teacher - that helping people reach their its. I can't think of anything better than to help someone do and be better than I... - patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Yep, I wanna be a trailor trash kid... I'd love to have a trailor - scuse me, manufactured home This here apartment in the city's too durn expensive. Sign me up fer TTK#6 so's I dont have ta use more'n one hand to count up mah number, and you all can call me Cletus... thank y'all... thank y'all verra much... -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Well, that takes care of all of 'em Seriously, though - I've been in the position of being around a, for lack of a better term, former loved one - same social circle, same parties, same school, all that (my girlfriend broke up with me and 1 week later started seeing my former roommate) and it wore me down something fierce. So I finally just gathered a little gumption and moved the hell out of town. Did me no end of good, being in a new city - sure, I didn't know anyone, but at least I wasn't missing people who moved away: I was making new friends. And of course, it came to pass that Maytown was 1/2 hour away and I took the first jump course, but that's gravy. If seeing that ex and his new chicky and their family is getting you down, transfer schools, get some loans, find a place where you can keep yer dog, learn to fix a flat (or how to look helpless and get a guy to do it foer ya - we eat that stuff up!) and enjoy your new place in the sun! Oh, and make sure there's a DZ nearby - instant friends! -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

I can see it now: Emergency room, half hour later... Triage nurse - "So, what happened here?" Taser guy & friends, supporting writhing victim - "We'd show you, but Bill's still editing the video." Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Well, now I know what I'll be dreaming of tonight.... demons ukeles and waves on a tape loop forever and ever and ever and ever and ... more beer will be required this evening. -patkat Wait a minute - I just realized that I closed the speartoss window and the g*ddurn music is still playing! Or maybe it's in my head... Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Buncha wussies, I swear. Those were love pats. Love..... pats? OH I get it... -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Please see the attached photo. I had asked the fair Lisa for an opinion of my camera ability and she gently explained I was doing quite well for my jump numbers, and offered me a little encouragement... Not a bad picture, as pictures go... but why does everyone there look like they got hit on the forehead with a ballpeen hammer? Too much high altitude? Tough night at the bonfire? Lots of hammers and bored skydivers? -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Maytown Sport Parachute Club, Maytown, PA. We jump out of two Cessna 182s, -54Bravo and -06Delta -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Kewl. Time for an unmodified flat circular jump. Nah, thanks, though - I think maybe if I still got the bug I'll ask around about the Thunderbow that was floating around the DZ the other day - and I doubt I'll do that, 'cause the girl who jumped it said it landed like a sack of hammers, and the owner of the rig had to pull out an instruction manual to repack it.... But on the other hand, it has that big arrow so you don't forget which way it supposed to be flying.... -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Absolutely right - there is a jumper at Maytown who was jumping a PC in an Infinity container, on 3 ring risers, with a square reserve, no less! Dave Dewolf put the rig together fopr someone a while back, and he never picked it up, so he loaned it to Amy for a while - neat rig. Also, we got a bunch of the old stuff out and put together a six way formation load with all gutter gear - got five in, alomst six, and everything opened fine, and everyone landed safely (if off the DZ). I had a great ride on the two jumps I put on a PC. My only complaint was kneeling all the way to altitude b/c I was in the back of the plane! -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Yes. I did a T-10 ,and two PC jumps - and landed w/in 5 feet of the peas on the two jumps I spotted. The occasion was an attempt at an eightway round/round - all round mains/reserves. We only got six people to jump, and five got in, but that's not too bad for a formation load out of Cessnas! Those belly warts really slow ya down! Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

You know you're an old-time skydiver when you have 5000 jumps... and 1 1/2 hours of freefall time. By the way, I actually learned to pack a PC last weekend - did three of 'em and a couple T-10s. Good stuff! -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Geez - that's a damn shame - I had the pleasure of meeting Martin and Tracey this spring when I was getting my coach rating - good people as far as I'm concerned. My thoughts and prayers are aimed at Baltimore as of now. Good luck, Martin, and blue skies! -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Ya know, Farmer McNasties are made, not born, IMHO (although I'll grant you that some are born so inclined) At my DZ we've been going to some trouble for many years to stay on good terms with out neigbors, including sending our nearest neighbors fruit baskets every Christmas and doing backyard demos if they want. Heck, back in the days of rounds, some jumpers would go pick tobacco for free at harvest time to help pay for crop damages. The moral - if Farmer McNasty comes up to you and starts in, think of your fellow jumpers and smile, apologize, explain it was unintentional, and if that doesn't mollify ol' McNasty, offer to make up any property damage somehow - this just might keep the next jumper landing out from having a shotgun pointed at them. As for the clown putting sugar in gas tanks, well, all bets are off, I guess. Shouldn't have gone that far, but there you are. -patkat Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Besides those, I think there is another movie from the sixties about barnstorming skydivers - I've never seen, but I remember it being recommended on the froums many moons ago - the title is something like "The Tiger Moths" - perhaps someone else knows this movie? Oh, and I got six jumps in this weekend, but I also got rained on something fierce, and have to go to work today. Not a bad weekend, but not a spectacular one either. patkat Oh, I see josh chipped in with this info on the Skydiving in Movies thread - thx! Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Mr. Hicks? Mr. Hicks? I'm sorry to tell ya this, but your parachute didn't work, man.... Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Let's see - vidoe of a jumper doing a hop and pop from a Cessna - with his seatbelt on The belt was looped around his legstrap, and long enough that he cleared the door and the step - fortunately the guy in the old man's seat had video running - you see the jumper exit, followed closely by the belt, and then bob back into view briefly, trying to reach the step. The video then shuts off as the videographer leans forward to undo the seatbelt. Best part? The embarassed jumper is an S&TA Patkat gotta exercise my demons!

Ya know, I feel compelled to respond to this, but having quoted it in this post, I have no idea what to say. The possibilities are so vast. A most curious feeling. I guess I'll go take a shower.... Patkat

Hmmm.... posted 10:55 PM PST, that's 1:55 AM EST.... must have been fun indeed, Stacy. I'd hate to think anyone stayed up that late to catch a few more infomercials, or to talk to Cleo the fake Caribbean psychic. I'm still deciding (at 3:30AM) whether to drag ass out of bed for a jump before work tomorrow - it'll depend largely on whether I see cloud cover from under the covers in a few hours... See y'all soon! -patkat

To whom it may concern: I'm planning at the moment to attend the festivities at X-Keys this weekend - I'll probably show up Sunday about 11 or so (gotta work till 2AM Saturday) and hang out till Monday midday. Looking forward to meeting a few fellow DZ.commers - and don't worry, I'll bring beer! blues, patkat

Hey, JT, make sure they're using the right answer key - i saw our S&TA use the PRO rating answer key to grade an A license test the other week - I didn't say anything because I thought he was messing with the student - turns out he didn't realize why the student only got 1 right! (P.S. the student missed 10 anyway) It sure was funny watching him go over the results with her the first time and start to wonder if *he* knew the right answers. -patkat

And Pammi, as Dave Dewolf says whenever anyone asks him about becoming a rigger: "It's too late for me, but you can save yourself." -patkat