chriswelker

A picture is worth a thousand words. This is for the BOD Members who are too important to put their toys up while the adults are talking.

All I can do is laugh when someone from Chicago lectures the responsible gun owners about crime and guns...really. When you get your own backyard cleaned up first get back to us. It's kind of like a turd telling a toilet it is full of crap.

He should have stayed away from the cameras.

I would bet that RCR will be testing out the Demo insurance that Tom hopefully had for this demo gone wrong. The race car he damaged cost more that the plane he jumped out of. Unfriging believable.

O'Blame-uh is a liar or totally incompetent, which is not acceptable. I'm an independent that voted for O'Blame-uh in 2008. I will be casting my vote for Mitt this election cycle. 1st time shame on you, second time shame on me!!

They should start. So, how's that gun ban thing in Chicago working for you?

Typical liberal B. S. Please get over yourselves.

Glock 27 w/23 mags. Real compact threat neturalizer. If your going to mis, at least mis BIG!

If it says BOSCH on it, it is GOOD!! Chris

Skydive Miami rocks! Fast climbing plane, very professional staff, and awesome views of the coast.

You can have anything in this world that you want, just as long as YOUR WILLING to help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar They best way to help broke/poor people is not to become one. REV. IKE Chris Welker 5%,er

Se ya around the play ground, John. Chris

Don't 2 skinny ones equal 1 fat one?

***Off the table? Seriously. Fuck you Boehner. Back @ you, Quade. BTW, why in the heck would anybody with a Brain Cell in there head take economy advise from a Californiaian, I mean since ya'll are doing such a fantastic job with your State's economy. :( Chris

Can I Jump with a spinal fusion? Yes! How many times can you jump with a spinal fusion? No clue, I have sent my crystal ball out for repairs, but I'll get back to you when it is fixed. Pay your money and take your chances, it's a free world for some. Chris

Every "Call for Action" should be illustrated so assholes can comprehend what the real issue is. Thanks Arkansas Bob! Chris

Every "Call for Action" should be illustrated so assholes can comprehend what the real issue is. Thanks Arkansas Bob! Chris

Got this from a friend. Funny and true. Chris

Pay attention under canopy. Low man has right-of -way.Don't run into people under canopy. Chris

The last I heard, the case is over. It don't matter, they can't do shit now. I'm going in here and getting on the manifest for another jump, but I'm sure by the time I get back online, you people will have this thread cluttered up with your negativity that is killing our sport. some people consider the stickers vandelism. I know of one office building parking lot that was littered with YOUR flyers. The tenants were not happy at all about you and yours touching their cars. I will be sure to let them know exactly where to find you. j

Honda 4-stroke. They don't give them away but well worth the money. Mine is 9 years old and still runs like a new one. Even cranks on the first pull. Chris

Way to go D-Bags!

I have been following the trend very carefully for many years now. I posted this a few years ago. It is down, and down by quite a lot, even without 2009's low numbers. In fact the long term trend (taking a moving average) is a 5% decline in fatality rate per year since 1986 (the earliest for which I had data). Here are the raw US fatality numbers from "the Good Ole Days", a period when USPA membership was around half of what it is now: Year - Fatalities 1969- 39 1970- 30 1971- 39 1972- 34 1973- 44 1975- 41 1976- 55 1977- 50 1978- 48 1979- 55 1980- 47 1981- 56 1982- 29 1983- 29 1984- 35 1985- 27 1986- 31 1987- 28 1988- 23 1989- 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I didn't say anything about the good old days. Look at the more recent numbers 1996 39 1997 32 1998 47 1999 27 2000 32 2001 35 2002 33 2003 25 2004 21 2005 27 2006 21 2007 18 2008 30 2009 16 These are all in the "modern" era, with membership numbers of over 32,000. The numbers go up and down. Look at 2007. that was a pretty good year, and was followed by 2008 with 30. The change from year to year goes up or down with about equal probability. I don't believe we are seeing any clear trend. Being too particularly proud of ourselves for 2009 is a bit premature. The February Parachutist has the list back to 1961.Quote Everyone is talking numbers but one of the stats that I have not been made aware of is how many total jumps were made in any given year of skydiving. Once a person knows this number then we can see fatalities as a %%%% percentage of jumps made. My opinion is USPA is running around like they saved the skydiving world from ourselves but did they really? If I had 2 customers and I add 2 customers for a total of 4, hell that is a 100% increase: however not very impressive when you look at what numbers made up the 100% increase. The fatalities are down because jumps numbers on the whole are down and I am very interested in any available FACTUAL DATA that would prove me wrong in this matter. The marketing guys at USPA should hook up with a clue. Why in the heck would you place a print that states there is a fine line between fun and disaster then show a potential disaster. If I am trying to sell the sport do you want this ad, that is intended for current skydivers not potential skydivers, to be your first point of contact for a potential skydiver? If some one is sitting on the fence about skydiving this ad probably won't help.Not a very well thought out plan from the people that are suppose to be looking out for us. Robin your right, a lot of fatalities can be avoided at the pay window and in the class room. You just can't fix stupid.

I guess your next 2 posts will be: 1. California State budget control at it's best! We do have it figured out. 2. Immigration Control: Come stay, play, work, and don't pay. This is the way we roll! Say what you want about Palin, but her State wasn't up-side-down. Have a nice day, Comrade and something about glass houses. Chris

Calling Sherri a "fuckhead" as you did is despicable. Please think before you type. She is perhaps the nicest person I have ever met. Quote Thank you for the input. I will continue to think before I type. 1) A tandem pass. fell out of the harness at their for-profit DZ and does not survive the fall . 2)They tell the courts we don't have any money and continue to operate their for profit DZ. 3) USPA(we) gets sued and settles. 4) Ted Strong gets his clock cleaned because the DZ fails to accept RESPONSOBILITY for the actions of it's employee/contractor/business. So what do you call someone who has done so much for the sport then? Peace, bro.