some people have this gene, some during there whole life, if you know what I mean.
what's the point, they could be in the war, that would be different, doing something for Bush. Check out the milt. bloggers.
Yet another video showing the innate stupidity of some folks. Personally, I would have siimply just slapped the jewellery on him, and maybe even given him a matching broken leg for his troubles. Or, at the very least, say there in front of him after he crash-landed, and laughed demonically at him, as he writhed on the pavement.
Agreed. If they had true courage, they would find a remote cliff somewhere with no witnesses, and perform their stunts there. But, as we can see they don't do it for the thrill of the stunt but for their audience.
Actually, there are on this same planet persons who dare death. These are, of course, stupid people...but nonetheless, members of our shared human race.
I can admire it when they escape the deserved calamity, while at the same time, admire my own safeguarding of the lives of my family.
On the other hand, I have only mild interest when the mountain climber kills himself, or the the diver gets caught in the shipwreck's tangle, or some idiot decides to perform "extreme" skiing, or extreme anything, in fact. Maybe I might be a bore....but I am a living bore, and not a dead daredevil.
Yadda .... yadda ..... yadda. Agreed, but you are boring the hell out of me with the rant.
You gotta love these video's (including the old guy, thrill-seeking bungy jumper that shits himself). Chaz won't do it (neither will I), but I love watching them!
Enjoy your vicarious thrills, dope. Critique those stupid numb nut race-drivers, kite-skiers, and, what-the-hell "base" parachuters...many of whose ashes sprinkle your salad, and less worthy places of rest...gawd, how dense some people are!
Live, and provide just a bit beyond your own selfish short-term aims, clod.
I dare the devil each and every day. If you have a face that looks like an arse following botched reconstructive surgery, simply going out is a risky business. Small children taunt you, bigger children assault you, and adults snigger at your appearance.
The solution? - Carry a stick.
I tried base jumping once a few years back. One of my pals was a real ace at it, and he suggested I go along and give it a try. We practised at a 12 storey warehouse in London's east end - at night - so as not to attract too much attention.
When my mate was satisfied I was ready for the real thing, he decided we should make our jump from the Tate Modern (the old Battersea power station).
It was a bit windy, but he said we might as well go for it. I was pretty nervous, but I managed to get down in one piece and the underpants didn't have a single stain on them!
Sadly, my pal's chute didn't open and he was killed outright.
I have a friend that I fly with, who is into this crazy shit, he told me that one of the scariest jumps he's done, was off a hot air balloon at 11,000 feet. Having no initial air speed, you get the full effect of free fall, (as with any base jump). He said the scary part was not so much the jump, rather the (hot air balloon)pilots sudden terrified reaction to "losing a passenger" while at altitude. I guess the guy freaked out when my bud, did a back flip off the gondola and instantly vanished. Then, at the same time, with the balloon losing 200 lbs of ballast, it ascended quickly which had the poor guy all upset! He later told my bud, all pale and shaky, he would never let someone jump from his balloon again! Personally, I go with the tired ole phrase "I'm not jumping out of a perfectly good airplane"!
I'm with you Miter. Back when I got my pilots license (many moons ago), I put in some hours flying a jump plane. You've never seen more shit scared, what the hell am I doing people in your life. Never seemed like all that much fun to me. To each their own.
Bill's a pilot, how cool, I never got my license, but did pass ground school training, many moons ago as well. My aforementioned friend (the crazy fool) has a ridiculous amount of ratings, so I fly with him, but the costs have gone up so much I don't do it much anymore. We used to rent a Grumman Cheetah, and fly all over (aerobaticly speaking) when it was about $180 an hour, now it's almost $400 and hour!
A sad, funny and gross jump plane story...
My friends friend, a cocky prankster, ex nam huey pilot, was flying a Christian Eagle stunt plane (small acrobatic bi plane) and couldn't get out of an inverted flat spin and well, gravity kills.
His last wishes were, to have his ashes thrown from a jump plane (Twin Beach) full of his skydiving buddies, after which they would free fall. So after they said some words, they opened the lid and WHOOOSH the whole plane filled with ash...it was in there mouths....everywhere! Guess he got the last laugh!
Well, just to put it in a time perspective, when I was flying, a Piper Cherokee was $96.00 a hour WET! Man I'm getting old. Haven't flown since '92. Just too expensive.
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