Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 05:08:49 -1000 From: mgraves@leadingedg.win.net (Michael Graves) Message-Id: <2270@leadingedg.win.net> Subject: Calling all paracritters!! In the process of updated our home page I stumbled onto a neat idea...a deployment tracking system for parabears! What does that mean? It means that we'd like to publish a web page (or pages) with a global map pinpointing the locations of all the parabears (or other critters) we can find out about. Thus, we are asking the question... Paracritters, where are you? ...also, who are you, and tell us a bit about yourselves. So it begins... Michael Graves -- Michael Graves mgraves@leadingedg.win.net Leading Edge Productions http://www.interlog.com/~lepkites Brampton, Ontario, Canada "Bear in mind, just bears in mind." phone(905)456-9494 fax (905)456-9493 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 12:33:35 -1000 From: hayden1009@aol.com (Hayden1009) Message-Id: <41iunv$pdq@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: Calling all paracritters!! My name is Worthington J. Bear. I am a retired RAF flyer, wearing leather bomber jacket, helmet and goggles. My creator, Judy Galinas, made my fur a light tan with tender dark brown leather pads on my paws. I was an anniversary gift from Mark Virgilio to his wife of 15 years, Alice Hayden. I now reside with them in Hicksville, NY on Long Island. We have at least one annual outing to jump at Jones Beach, but after the landing at Normandy, I just don't like sandy landings. We usually travel to Verdun for a jump in early Summer and I've jumped in most of the states in the NE USA. I enjoy jumping for children as long as they don't squeeze me too tightly when they catch me, and lollipops are a NO, NO. Favorite Hero: Winnie, the Pooh Favorite Quote: A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly. Favorite Food: EMS Backpacker's Honey in little Tubes (tastes just as good, no darn bees and the fur doesn't get messy) Favorite Kite for Jumping: 8' Devotion to Motion Coynne Delta in red, yellow & black Favorite Kite Pin: Burlesque ParaBear Pin Favorite Restaraunt: Windows on the World Favorite Tiime of Year: Spring or Fall Favorite Motto: ParaJumping in the Snow is for Morons. Sincerly, WJB "On Wednesday, when the sky is blue, And I have nothing else to do, I sometimes wonder if it's true That who is what and what is who" --- Winnie, the Pooh --- P.S. I have a cousin, also in Hicksville, at a different address, who is a para-dragon named Yakimoto; but his is a story for another day. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 17:51:37 -1000 From: amirault@laraby.tiac.net (Richard Amirault) Message-Id: Organization: The Internet Access Company Subject: Re: Calling all paracritters!! hayden1009@aol.com (Hayden1009) writes: >My name is Worthington J. Bear. I am a retired RAF flyer, wearing leather >bomber jacket, helmet and goggles. My creator, Judy Galinas, made my fur >a light tan with tender dark brown leather pads on my paws. I was an >anniversary gift from Mark Virgilio to his wife of 15 years, Alice Hayden. (snip) Nice to hear your story Worthy (if I may call you that), I have two Bears living with me at the present time. One has made about a dozen parachute jumps. The second has yet to make his first. Neither can type (what a lucky felly you are) but both send their regards! -- Richard Amirault N1JDU Boston, Massachusetts USA amirault@tiac.net "Go Fly A Kite" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 02:45:05 -1000 From: MQGE25A@prodigy.com (Charles Larcom) Message-Id: <41v24h$luo@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Subject: Re: Calling all paracritters!! Hi! All the bears here at the Larcom household in Ft. Drum, NY are just itchin' to make our first jumps. All told there are about forty of us that just arrived from Germany with our owners household goods. We really enjoyed living in Southern Bavaria where our owners flew quite a bit, but never took us with them. We are looking for our first rig to get us airborne. The Into The Wind catalog arrived yesterday. We hope they order one soon, only hope they buy the best and safest rig. Does anybody have any suggestions? Oh, any good jump spots in the Watertown area? - Chuck "Flying Fool" Larcom MQGE25A@prodigy.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =