DAT'S INCREDIBLE

“CHECK THIS OUT:

Man Flys out of car, hangs onto wires”

“i wonder how long he was up there”

“using my psychic powers, i'm guessing around 20 minutes.”

“LMAO @ lyra.”

“Wow, lyra, I'm impressed by your super-psychotic powers of mnemonic perception.”

“Were there a Road Runner and Coyote involved in this accident, as well?”

“SUPER-psychotic, wow!
;-)”

“Good thing his dad didn't hang up on him...............”

“Thank god he wasn't wearing a seat belt!”

“That kid has to be related to Johnny Knoxville in some capacity.”

“Aero ---

yah. What's up with that??

HOw does one fly out of the f-ing car without sustaining some sort of injury?????

Was it a freakin ragtop jeep with the top off?????

How did he get out of the car?????”

“Guess he was lucky it wasn't an electrical wire. Since he credits God, thank God for inspiring someone to invent the telephone and cable TV.

BTW, one of the most famous historic news photos is of the aftermath of a fatal auto crash in the 30s or 40s where the body is tangled in overhead lines, with cops standing below wondering how to get him down.”

“Hey Pekka where can I see that?

8)”

“CMB, it's been collected in several books -- it might have even won a Pulitzer for Spot News Photo, so check for a collection of Pulitzer-winning photos, or a collection of the "greatest" news photos in history.”

“Is there a web page that I can check out?????

8)”

“CMB, never looked for it on the web, but wouldn't be surprised if it was archived somewhere.”

“When I used to parachute (way back when...), I was taught that you were ok on electrical overhead wires, as long as you didn't make contact with more than one at a time. They taught us that if we came down near them, to keep the body vertical and bounce off each wire, careful to not touch both at once. If you touched two, you were KFC (Kentucky Fried Chutist)”

“This is you treebeard? Not maple?

The geek in me (EE) can't help but to respond to this. You are pretty much correct. That's why birds can sit on the lines.

Make sure you don't come down between the lines, if your body doesn't hit, the clute and supporting lines will, making an excellent conductor to you.”

“Righto, Stove man! You are correct. I suppose that there are parts of the chute that probably conduct. As a side note, I am also speculating that the chutes are made out of different material than they were in 1974-1975, which is when I was active in jumping. Back then, I believe the chute was made from nylon and the cords were a non-conductive material (as well as the toggles)”

“A high enought voltage, damn near everthing is conductive.”

“True enough, Stove. Glad I never had to deal with that. Worst that happened to me was landing on my butt in a patch of Florida sand spurs.”

“and me without my camera....”

“"People that jump out of airplanes for fun aren't too smart" says StoveStomper as he accents a 160' pit using two prusik knots on an old wet muddy rope.”

“lmao”

“I tried to get treebeard to do it for his 40th birthday. He said No. So i has to give back the signed contact for more life insurance”

“Jump out of a perfectly good airplane? Never!”

“You should have seen what the pilot was doing on my third jump. This guy was playing little flying tricks all over the skies over Zephyrhills, Florida. I almost tossed my cookies all the way to Tampa.


BTW - these guys got shut down shortly thereafter for suspicion of cocaine running.”

“maybe they should have put that coke on there pizza..... lol”

“Maple, you're insane! :-D”

“I can't feel my mouth...”

“that reminds me, i'm reading *Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas* right now. it's draining on the ol' life-force just to read about what those guys did all the time! good lord.”

“that is a great book. I love the line when he says "ah man look what god did" right after the wind blew the drugs away.
Then Hunter says "god didnt do that you did because your a f*&^en nark"

LMAO when I read that.
Plus the movie is great!!”

“A former boss of mine said he got out of skydiving when, on his second jump, he smelled alcohol on his instructor's breath....”

“hhhmm then if thats the case he will never fly again if he smelled all piolits breath.”

“i know, that was hilarious, maple! it was pretty painful to read it at the time...but that was at the beginning. now i'm 3/4 through the book, and i'm pretty much wishing for them to lose everything! LOL.”

“try reading that book on the subway train full of people on there way to work in the morning. i thought I was going to laugh right out loud.”

“Lyra, that book could be the most fun novel ever written. I have read it literally 20+ times. When I was in radio, I was set up to interview Hunter Thompson for a half hour. He didn't show up...”

“really?? too bad he didn't show up...that would've been crazy!”

“you don't know how that killed me inside. I was an aspiring radio guy at the time. I had just pulled off some big political interviews and had bagged Dr. Timothy Leary (hope you know who he is) and this one would have been a real feather in my cap.”

“Timothy WHO? just kidding!!”

“I met ol' Doc Leary once...seemed like, well, a weird old dude, lol....”

“Did ya, Bit? He was a real trip (no pun intended). When I was with him, he was into this weird concept he slugged "SMI2LE"
It meant space migration
Intelligence increased (The 2 was an exponent)
life extension

Yeah, he was out there allright....

He also thought that Kahoutek was "The People's Comet"”

“Yah that's when I met him too...my mom worked for a local radio station, and she got me backstage after his lecture. He even signed a copy of his book for me. I wish I knew where that was now, but I'm sure I lost it in a move a long time ago.”

“Too bad. I hate losing colector's items like that. If only I had taken care of my possessions with some semblance of forethought, I could still have some nice things”