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Hee hee, he, hee heeeee. He HE, he hee. ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

Ribbit. Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

What I am is what I am Are you what you are or what?

Why can people no longer spell the word, "lose"? ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

There's a FABULOUS video of a tandem landing in Texas. . . I *think* the sweatshirt I have from there just said "Skydive Texas" (can't find it at the moment—gotta clean my room), but looking at the DZs on USPA.org I see no listing for that. Anyhoo, the tandem catcher was a friend of mine named Glenn, a giant red-haired sasquatch from Canada. Passenger and TM land, cameraman interviews passenger, and passenger passes out mid-interview. I know that doesn't sound terribly funny as such, but does red-head Canadian Glenn, Texas, and the infamous video ring a bell with anyone here? I know he showed it to a lot of people, an' I have a copy of it here, hee hee. (Not uploadable, tho.) Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

Beer.

Ho-kay, but you must admit that THIS is funny! http://stupidvideos.com/video/song_dance/freakingbrothers/ ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

Woooo! You cute, G.I.!!! Love you long time! Too bad you're young enough to be my son. Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

I hear ya there. . . but having discussed the problems time and again, AND understanding that there could be . . .er, *consequences* by leaving, a letter is in order. ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

Sarah: (O/T) does Orange still have the wall of Haiku? ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

If you were to write a Dear John/Dear Jane letter, or if you were the recipient of a Dear John/Dear Jane letter, which would you prefer: A short "Babe, I'm sorry it didn't work out, but I gotta fly. . ." letter, or A long "These are the reasons why, and I'm really sorry and it's hard for me too, but I'm doing it for the sake of the cats", etc. etc. etc. ? The former seems a bit abrupt, and the latter seems to just rehash everything that had been talked about, fought about and struggled with, ad nauseum. Your thoughts and experiences are appreciated. ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

Fine then. Fine then. So as to not be outdone by all of your beautiful children, here are mine!!!! ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

I caught this photo one evening before Duane's night jump. ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

Re: me chris duane.jpg Dude! I didn't know Woody Harrelson jumped! ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

Very good! (Hands Dave treat.) Didja get that on your own, or do you cheat and listen to Car Talk like I do?

Oh Lody Lody. What memories! Mary, Bob, Mike, Todd, Erik, Carlin, Amy P! Ask some of the old timers (I think it was Erik) about the story that involved the bowling ball, the Pumpkin Toss, the DZ Dog, and the guy in the wheelchair... and report back, okay? Chip rocks! ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

Snippity snip of some lame URL, but I really did like the white balls and black balls thing: "A candidate for Freemasonry must apply to a Private (or Constituent) Lodge in his community, obtaining an introduction by asking an existing member. After enquiries are made, he must be freely elected by secret ballot in open Lodge. Members approving his candidacy will vote with "white balls" in the voting box. Adverse votes by "black balls" will exclude a candidate. The number of adverse votes necessary to reject a candidate, which in some jurisdictions is as few as one, is set out in the governing Constitution. Lodges conduct these elections in a number of different ways; a wholly secret ballot where every member is given the means to vote either way, or semi public where members who choose to vote go to the ballot box and cast a secret vote. General requirements Generally to be a regular Freemason, one must[18]: Be a man who comes of his own free will. Traditionally Freemasons do not actively recruit new members. Believe in a Supreme Being, or, in a few jurisdictions, a Creative Principle[18]. Be at least the minimum age (18–25 years depending on the jurisdiction, but commonly 21). Be of sound mind, body and of good morals, and of good repute. Be free (or "born free", i.e. not born a slave or bondsman). Have one or two references from current Masons (depending on jurisdiction)." ### So, IMHO, I guess I'm just reeling from the disillusionment about the whole Mason thing. I run a plaster & stucco company, which I believe falls under the masonary business, and I'm very sad that they won't even invite me in for tea. Hell, I just wanted to wear a Fez. ‡ Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

You rock if your fish is named Phish. Had a roommate long ago who had a cat named "woofer" and a bird named "tweeter". Unfortunately, woofer ate tweeter, and the stereo went to hell shortly thereafter.

I've got four cats (yeah yeah, so many cats, so few recipes), named: Cessna Cypres Oscelot (a.k.a. Dingo Dog) and Little Timmy Nut Bag. Yours? ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

Yep; My Dad had a *new* 1975 Dodge Colt w/a manual transmission. He explained the whole thing to me, told me it was now my turn, then put it in neutral and applied the parking brake. On a hill. ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

My car was being vandalized by some kids whom I had flunked out of my English class. Each night, they would remove the first and last letter from its model name emblem. For example, "Camry" is the model name of a certain Toyota. They continued to do this until all the letters were gone except for one. The curious thing that I noticed was that each morning the remaining letters of the model name still spelled a word in the English language. I'll give you an example. If the car were a Chevy Blazer, you'd take off the first and last letters and you'd have "laze", which is a real word that I know something about. If you did it again, you'd wind up with the letters "A" and "Z", "az" —like you don't know your "az" from a hole in the ground. Of course, that doesn't work. But there is one model name for which it does work. And the question is, what is that model? ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

No. How many did ya get?

Re: beer bottles Mike Igo from Moss Point had a great idea when his DZ was trashed from the night before. No jumpy jumpy until everything's cleaned up!!! I've never seen so many hung over skydivers move so quickly. Jest my 2¢. ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

I dream in color I can smell stuff, too (yeah, yeah, ha ha.) I think I've tasted stuff, but don't recall for sure I've had flying dreams (not to be confused w/skydiving dreams) since I was very, very young. The flying dreams are really cool, because over time I have 'gotten better at it'. I've also had some life-altering dreams (very deep, generally spiritual NOT RELIGIOUS in nature). Many dreams have huge intricate plot lines. I'll tend to hang out in the same places; there are cities and stuff that I could draw a map of, and I've actually given directions to others in the dream on how to get somewhere, lol!!! I used to skydive every night, but now maybe just a couple of times a week. Good news, everybody: the theory that you can slow down a huge RW formation enough to land w/out a parachute really works, but you didn't hear it from me. I've dreamt movie scores and other music (and have actually recorded them later) and, I can pick up dreams where they left off. ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"

I like Crusty the Clown. . . ° Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"