MissBuffDiver

The proof is in the pudding....Pictures are in storage, just moved back to AZ from CA. Sorry FROGMAN.....SANDY Sandy

MY ASS? What? Why would I wreck the only part of me that still functions properly. I sit on it all day. If it ain't broke...don't break it. Butt seriously, I'm sure the guys could hook me up and give me some O.K. landings on great gear. The risk is just too great for me at this time in my life. Also, I'M JUST TOO SCARED and not willing to experience anymore body pain. True answer.

Hey Sparky....I would love too. BUT... I will be doing time in the Hosp. I have to get a pin removed from my knee and I'll be down for a few days. Thanx for asking. Say Hi to Dennis for me. Haven't seen him for 25+ yrs. How are his kids? How many grandkids does he have? Tell him I have 6... 5 boys and 1 girl. .....Sandy [Snoopy] Sandy

Dean Westgaard, Audrey Jack, Pat Moorehead, John Cook...Joe Wasser in glasses and Bobbie Gallo in bikini. So what's the problem now SPARKY? You know the answer. Is this a quiz to see if there are any OLD FARTS around? If you want to know just ask SNOOPY. They were all part of my Demo team!!!! California Aerial Circus...Bobbie didn't jump, she was Mooreheads girlfriend and an identical twin. No lie!! Couldn't even tell them apart in the nude. Treehouse Nude Ranch... Miss Nude U.S.A. Contest. I was MISS BUFF DIVER. All I wore was my MBD banner and my tennies. [Gear to jump of course]....SANDY Sandy

Sure.. I remember many....To me a Sky God was someone I looked up to for their abilities and their achievements....FEMALE would be Purple Patty from Elsinore. She did it all....MALE would be? There's Al Krueger..at the top of my list...what a guy. They don't come any nicer than Al. Got to jump with him. There was a drawing for us [not to experienced] to jump with the big guys. Well, they drew my name out of the hat. Chuck Anderson also an amputee was on the load. Al said whatever you do, don't break wrists on Chuck and I if we are hooked. Well, I found myself there in the slot staring at 2 hooks. Oh, what to do? Never gonna get this chance again. So, I broke wrists on Chuck and Al. I also broke my nose.There was blood all over my face and I didn't care. I believe there was a # and a patch to be had for coming in on 2 hooks. Never got it. I think I was the 3rd one to do it. The nose? Who cares,I got to jump with a Sky God. Quite an honor for me as I only had a few jumps at the time....SANDY Sandy

No...I couldn't!!! I would love to though. At least 3 more to make it 1000. My legs just wouldn't take it. Some old war wounds from car wrecks. If I could land on a cloud, I'd try again. Sandy Sandy

OOPS! I can't spell either. We belong together. . WARTLOAD? Are you loaded with warts, or do you take your lucky frog jumping with you? I just made a funny. FROG...JUMP...Get it? I crack me up

WARTLORD? Explain that name to me...what is the significance? Are you THE LORD OF WARTS? EWWW!... NASTY....Sandy Sandy

Hey there!!! Who are you? Where are you???? SANDY Sandy

So, Harry...Do you remember the flaming streak?? That's when the guys were shoving toilet paper up there ass, letting a piece dangle, setting the dangling piece on fire.....then running like hell. I can't remember who it was, but he got short sheeted on purpose and all we could hear were screams and the smell of burnt butt hair was in the air. God, those were the days. I'm so glad my long term memory is still in tact. I survive off those memories. LOVE THEM. This site is taking me way back. I LOVE IT. If I didn't have the memories of the 70's, I don't know what I'd do. How about you???? SANDY Hey, I can't get the icon thingie to work. Help me HARRY!!!! Sorry, it did work after all. Sandy

YOU ARE SOOOOOOO NASTY! You would have fit right in with us at Perris and Elsinore. Now DON'T take [right in] literally. MBD, NOT, MDB. I deserve respect, I'm getting on in yrs. Be nice to me. LOL SANDY Sandy

Good memory there SPARKY. I caught him too. Hey, you never pet SNOOPY! Relax, there's still time. We ain't dead yet!!! SANDY AKA SNOOPY Sandy

Speaking of Norm and Deana Kent, Harry Leicher just sent me an old pic of them and Moorehead and a few others posing. Was probably a demo shot. Ask him to send it to you. I don't know how to send photos yet! DUH....I didn't know they had a kid. They were just kids in the picture... SANDY*** Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.... Sandy

I would aways have 1 student ask that question....My answer was.....If both chutes don't open, bend over, put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye.!!! The class would all laugh, which would ease the tension they were feeling. First jump students usually had tension. This comment was a tension reliever...CUZ laughter relaxes you. LOL LOL LOL.....SANDY Sandy

What are you????? A FUNNY GUY???????????? Sandy

Yeh Bill, I remember. It started out as a wet t-shirt but somewhere it went south. LOL LOl....Yes we did have a blast back then. I wonder if the jumpers today know how to party? We could sure teach them a few new moves, hey Deli....Sandy NO, I don't remember a shirt! I remember Chris and Becky nude, running back and forth on the packing table. I guess she had a shirt in the beginning, but then so did I. LOL LOL Sandy

Hey, Al Frisby was suppose to be on that Taft load too. Too much liquid refreshment the night before. Missed that early morning load. I can't remember who else missed it. You are right though. When it's time for you to check out...you are going. SANDY....What's up in Deli Land?? Sandy

I knew Jimmy too. A whole lot on the crazy side. Lots of fun though. He was Silly Tit # 16. Sandy

That's right! I didn't stutter. When I was asked to go to a very elite meeting, I said sure. I had no idea what it was. I was crazy back then, always wanting to experience all that skydiving had to offer. Holy shit!!! What an experience. Bill Stage was the founder of this craziness. Here's the deal...You are blindfolded, led into a room and then you are laid down on a bed. (not bad so far) A blanket is placed over you. Then the chanting begins. GIVE US THE ARTICLE-GIVE US THE ARTICLE. This is repeated over and over again. I thought to myself, they want something. What the hell do they want? I had no article. The chanting repeats, over and over. So I give them an article. MY PANTS!!! They start clapping and say yeah. I think, cool I gave them what they wanted. WRONG... They take my pants and say in unison, NOT THE ARTICLE. They start chanting again. GIVE US THE ARTICLE-GIVE US THE ARTICLE. So I gave them my shirt. Yeah, they all clapped again, took my shirt and said in unison once more. NOT THE ARTICLE. The chanting starts again. GIVE US THE ARTICLE- GIVE US THE ARTICLE. Well I am in a mad panic now. What the hell do they want? I am butt naked under this blanket, (didn't wear underwear back then.) I would have more clothes to give if I had a bra and undies on. DUH. I yell to them that I am naked, and have nothing else to give them. What do they want? They are still chanting, wanting an article. So, it was then that I had my lightbulb moment. THEY WANT THE F...N BLANKET....SO, I sit up and throw the blanket off. Well, that was the ARTICLE alrght, I heard cheers and laughter. THEN Stage took my blindfold off......... OH MY GOD !!!!! There before me were many bodies all decked out with various blacklight paint. Oh, did I mention that they were all NUDE too! Then Stage said that some people give up the blanket first. At least I had some security to undress under. They adorned me in paint at that point. Then much to my surprise another ususpecting person was led into the room and I was chanting GIVE US THE ARTICLE. The naked Pygmy Mau Mau tribe partyed well into the night. Some of us missing the early morning load. That was a blast. Anybody out there go through this wild ritual? Anybody know where Bill Stage is?....SANDY Sandy

Sorry guys I hit the wrong key. I was under canopy 27 min. not 37 min. I could blame my type error on long fingernails. They are long since I don't jump anymore! I could blame it on brain damage from the 70's...[not enough beer, or too much.] I could just tell the truth and blame it on the fact that I'm almost 59 and a dumb ass. The fingernails sounds better to me. BUT..... You are my friends though so I'll go with the I am a dumb ass excuse. CUZ FRIENDS DON'T LIE!!! Yeah right.....SANDY Sandy

Don't know if anyone remembers my 37 min. canopy ride @ Perris under a T-10. The jump was one of my earliest. I weighed 105 lbs without gear, had some pins and screws in my leg from a car wreck in 1970. Started jumping a few mos after that. My 1st jump was a water jump @ Elsinore. I was hooked after that. I jumped the big green cargo chute a few times cuz I wanted super soft landings. One day in Aug. there were thermals everywhere. I jumped a 2 or 3 man. We all pulled, they landed, had lunch and I was up there for 37 min. I pulled at 2500. Clean opening. No problems. Went down to 1500 and then back up to 2000. I even went up to 2900. Shit I thought I was doomed to spend the rest of my life under this big ugly green rag roof. I was gettin a little scared though. Didn't know how high up I would go. They stopped the jumping cuz I was hovering over the target. NOT too safe for other jumpers. I learned later that I could have pulled on a toggle and got out of the thermal. Kinda cool experience. Just hung there and waited for that thermal to turn me loose. I was the talk of the day and night. LOL. This was in 1971? Can anybody top that one? Let me know. SANDY Sandy

Yes, I remember Chris. Good looker and fun to be around. Remember the bar in Otay? Ahhh, the good old days. They are gone but NOT forgotten. Did you get my E-Card? SANDY Sandy

Still have my Strato Star. It was made by Joe Garcia & Steve Yanta. A-1 unlimited in Elsinore by the Rumbleseat. It is Red/Wht/Blu with stars. I had it made for Demo Jumps in 1976. It never let me down. Soft openings, great accuracy. Got me into the Ascot Speedway, The Treehouse Nude Ranch, Parks, etc. Never failed me. Looked really good in the air too. Calif. Aerial Circus with Pat Moorehead was our Demo Team. Great fun. Good clean jumps???? It has been in my kit back since 1979. It could be rotten, I don't know. I'm afraid to look. SANDY Sandy

Hey, I remember the 70's. I savor every person, every jump, every beer. Don't you??? I wish I could go into a time machine. I would go to Elsinore and Perris in the 70's. Then I'd break the time machine. Loved every minute of it. So did you. Felt a whole lot better then too. Hey, that rhymed. LOL...We were the Pioneers of this sport Sparky. I was there before you and am very proud to be a part of all the chatter by today's jumpers.***The Blessed of us, should give to the rest of us!!! Sandy Calliham Sandy

Do I know you Harry? Sandy Sandy