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| Bob... |
 Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:10 pm |
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| the unknown flailer... |
| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:17 pm |
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On Sep 20, 5:10 pm, Bob <chur... at (no spam) ohio.edu> wrote:
Good looking canopy-Loud but good looking, make the jump out of your
buddy's 172? If so, then yawl got by with one more without the FAA
swooping in on your pilot....BTW while I'm thinking about it-your
other old buddy Lodi-Mike has been a working sensi in the sport a long
time, no telling what kind of old gear he's squirreled away in his
possibles bag. Maybe he can score a dirt cheap escape rig for that 172
pilot. Well I'm out of here before my # one bootee boy fan swoops in
and kills your thread. Only other comments are:
1. Good pictures,
2.kind of early for Christmas ain't it?
3. you are kind of skinny for a Santa Clause
blue sky's, keep them coming. |
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| Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries... |
| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:32 pm |
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In news:4485090b-b25b-48ea-9bf2-0873300cd6e8 at (no spam) s6g2000vbp.googlegroups.com,
Bob <churchr at (no spam) ohio.edu> wrote:
I've heard of Christmas in July, but this...
....is about what I'd expect considering your involvement, Bob. ;)
Hope you had fun.
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Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
The right to be heard does not automatically include
the right to be taken seriously. Hubert H. Humphrey |
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| PeterL2... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:08 am |
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Bob <churchr at (no spam) ohio.edu> wrote in news:4485090b-b25b-48ea-9bf2-0873300cd6e8
at (no spam) s6g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
You keep landing a long way from the camera!! But I love your canopy
colours, so all is forgiven ;-P
What's the container like? |
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| the unknown flailer... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:09 am |
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On Sep 21, 2:08 am, PeterL2 <Pete... at (no spam) home.in.brissie> wrote:
Quote: Bob <chur... at (no spam) ohio.edu> wrote in news:4485090b-b25b-48ea-9bf2-0873300cd6e8
at (no spam) s6g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
... I just did a Santa jump in the pouring rain in September.
Because that's what Nick, the airshow coordinator wanted.
That might not make sense, it might even be stupid, but it's good
enough for me.
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~churchr/storage/santa_2.jpg
Bob Church
You keep landing a long way from the camera!! But I love your canopy
colours, so all is forgiven ;-P
What's the container like?
Bob made it back to the Airport grass so its clearly the Camera
persons fault, probably a innocent by stander-Who didn't want to get
their shoes wet in the grass. You can tell by the runway their had
been a heavy rain but I agree on that wonderful tutti fruity canopy,
hard to notice the red suit with all those colors over his Santa hat.
Upstaged by his own canopy lol Outstanding!! He should get a sig "Out
in the sticks with Bob, the last grass roots sky diver." |
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| Bob... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:39 am |
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Quote: I've heard of Christmas in July, but this...
...is about what I'd expect considering your involvement, Bob. ;)
Hope you had fun.
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Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
Actually, it was one long miserable day. I packed a wet canopy after
the opening jump then got it and my santa suit soaked for the candy
drop. All I wanted all day long was a long soak in a hot bath then to
lie around with warm dry feet and watch tv, which I did starting at
about 5pm. You can't see our living room floor for the canopy,
jumpsuit and santa suit spread over kitchen chairs in it.
But the show must go on. The folks at Vinton County give me lots of
free jumps pretty much whenever I want them, and if they want to go
ahead with an airshow in the pouring down rain I'll do my part, though
I was wondering if Nick had snapped, thinking of all those grilled
chicken dinners to sell, unsold parking spaces, all those brochures
and all that work, then the sun came halfway out, it looked pretty
good, then at 1pm, when the show starts, it started pouring the rain
down.
But if that high school band can stand out there for over an hour in
toad strangler rain until a pilot would even take us up, who am I to
back out?
You've got to get out here for the air show one of these years. |
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| Bob... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:04 pm |
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On Sep 21, 6:28 pm, "ynotssor" <ynots... at (no spam) invalid.org> wrote:
Quote: You're the one that can die, and give a "black eye" to the general sport of
demo skydiving.
"The show must go on" indeed ... I've lost a great deal of respect for you
by your voicing of that sentiment.
Why? I didn't do anything that was dangerous to me or, especially, the
crowd. I'd rather not jump when it's wet, but I told them I'd do the
demo and unless something like weather or crowd conditions make it
unsafe I'm going to hold up my end. Wet shoes and all. They take me up
for free jumps on the nice days, I'm not going to say no because it's
not exactly the way I'd prefer it. I had a long miserable day, but I
honestly don't think I put anyone in any danger. Well, ok, maybe me
getting the flu but they'll never know so no black eye. |
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| ynotssor... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:28 pm |
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In news:38ab46e6-74e2-4e05-a327-d6f317ffc6bd at (no spam) b18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com,
Bob <churchr at (no spam) ohio.edu> typed:
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Quote: But the show must go on.
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But if that high school band can stand out there for over an hour in
toad strangler rain until a pilot would even take us up, who am I to
back out?
You're the one that can die, and give a "black eye" to the general sport of
demo skydiving.
"The show must go on" indeed ... I've lost a great deal of respect for you
by your voicing of that sentiment. |
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| Mike Spurgeon... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:30 pm |
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ynotssor wrote:
Quote: "The show must go on" indeed ... I've lost a great deal of respect for you
by your voicing of that sentiment.
Hard to believe the following is from the same individual...
"I came across a BASE photo searching for something on the web, and it
alternated with another photo that helped me recall a true story I heard
this past summer from long-time skydiving friend John Mitchell. The
photos are at http://www.sourceguardian.com/
John is a skydiver through-and-through, but like some of us has to hold
a regular job to get some jump money; he does FAA ATC.
While we were setting some wind blades at a DZ, he told me the story of
one of his co-workers who one day announced, "Ya know, John, somehow it
makes me sad to think that your kids are going to grow up thinking that
skydiving is normal."
John said that he replied "Ya know, it makes me sad to think that your
kids are going to grow up thinking that fishing is exciting."" |
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| ynotssor... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:46 pm |
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In news:V7GdnV9jH_hL2SXXnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d at (no spam) posted.southvalleyinternet,
Mike Spurgeon <mike at (no spam) spurgeon.net> typed:
Quote: "The show must go on" indeed ... I've lost a great deal of respect
for you by your voicing of that sentiment.
Hard to believe the following is from the same individual...
Do you endorse the sentiment that "the show must go on", Mike? I thought we
grew out of that Vaudeville sentiment quite a number of years ago.
Of course, if Bob decided that local conditions were suitable for jumping at
the time, then he's the Doctor. It's the exhumation of the sentiment that I
think is detrimental to demonstration jumping, not the particular jump Bob
made. |
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| ynotssor... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:55 pm |
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In news:64efd064-d56a-4cc6-9cf4-665f9af52f0f at (no spam) h30g2000vbr.googlegroups.com,
Bob <churchr at (no spam) ohio.edu> typed:
Quote: On Sep 21, 6:28 pm, "ynotssor" <ynots... at (no spam) invalid.org> wrote:
You're the one that can die, and give a "black eye" to the general
sport of demo skydiving.
"The show must go on" indeed ... I've lost a great deal of respect
for you by your voicing of that sentiment.
Why? I didn't do anything that was dangerous to me or, especially, the
crowd.
I'm not cricising the individual jump decision, just the expression
regarding the demo that "the show must go on." We opted out of 2 demos into
a county fair over the Labor Day weekend, but those were substantial Wx
events, not just precipitation.
Of course I have enough respect that I can lose a great deal and still have
a great deal left. |
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| ynotssor... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:25 pm |
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In news:7hr3lkF2rbgo3U1 at (no spam) mid.individual.net, I typed:
Quote: I'm not cricising the individual jump decision, ...
It was a sticky keyboard sans review before posting, not a sticky wicket.
<g> |
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| Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:27 pm |
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In news:7hqd0kF2uorfhU1 at (no spam) mid.individual.net,
ynotssor <ynotssor at (no spam) invalid.org> wrote:
Quote: In
news:38ab46e6-74e2-4e05-a327-d6f317ffc6bd at (no spam) b18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com,
Bob <churchr at (no spam) ohio.edu> typed:
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But the show must go on.
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But if that high school band can stand out there for over an hour in
toad strangler rain until a pilot would even take us up, who am I to
back out?
You're the one that can die, and give a "black eye" to the general
sport of demo skydiving.
"The show must go on" indeed ... I've lost a great deal of respect
for you by your voicing of that sentiment.
It was just an off-the-cuff reply to my poking him a little about getting
wet, Tony.
Making an educated decision to get rained on is quite different than making
a dumb move that results in leaving the airport in an ambulance or a box,
and I expect that after all these years, Bob knows the difference.
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Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
The right to be heard does not automatically include
the right to be taken seriously. Hubert H. Humphrey |
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| Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:30 pm |
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In news:38ab46e6-74e2-4e05-a327-d6f317ffc6bd at (no spam) b18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com,
Bob <churchr at (no spam) ohio.edu> wrote:
Quote: I've heard of Christmas in July, but this...
...is about what I'd expect considering your involvement, Bob. ;)
Hope you had fun.
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Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
Actually, it was one long miserable day. I packed a wet canopy after
the opening jump then got it and my santa suit soaked for the candy
drop. All I wanted all day long was a long soak in a hot bath then to
lie around with warm dry feet and watch tv, which I did starting at
about 5pm. You can't see our living room floor for the canopy,
jumpsuit and santa suit spread over kitchen chairs in it.
Yer a trooper.
I went to the grocery store tonight in the pouring rain, and all I could
think was "I wanna go home." And *I* had an umbrella.
Quote: But the show must go on. The folks at Vinton County give me lots of
free jumps pretty much whenever I want them, and if they want to go
ahead with an airshow in the pouring down rain I'll do my part, though
I was wondering if Nick had snapped, thinking of all those grilled
chicken dinners to sell, unsold parking spaces, all those brochures
and all that work, then the sun came halfway out, it looked pretty
good, then at 1pm, when the show starts, it started pouring the rain
down.
But if that high school band can stand out there for over an hour in
toad strangler rain until a pilot would even take us up, who am I to
back out?
As I said, yer a trooper. I jumped one time in a light drizzle, and I would
never willingly do it again. Owie.
Quote: You've got to get out here for the air show one of these years.
One of these days, I might be in your neck of the woods.
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Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
The right to be heard does not automatically include
the right to be taken seriously. Hubert H. Humphrey |
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| Bob... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:37 am |
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Quote: Making an educated decision to get rained on is quite different than making
a dumb move that results in leaving the airport in an ambulance or a box,
and I expect that after all these years, Bob knows the difference.
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Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
That was the reason for the one hour delay. By then it had died down
to a cold but lighter rain and the jump pilot would take us up. Still
rain, but you could jump in it if you wanted to or even if you didn't
want to, which I didn't but if those high school kids could stand out
there during the worst of it for an hour I wasn't going to turn down a
(safe) demo that happened to be uncomfortable. |
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