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Re: "Cheap Thrills"

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From: Brent P. Callaghan
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1985 15:11
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>I don't care
>how many skydives
>you've got, until
>you have jumped into
>total darkness
>at 1000 feet with
>95 lbs of equipment
>and 63 lbs of parachute - 
>you just haven't _lived_! 

Hah!
When I was in the army we
jumped damp 24' twills
from 400 feet on a stormy night
with 180 lbs of equipment and
95 lbs of parachute into a
can recycling plant without
making noise to give away
our position. ;-}
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Subject: Re: "Cheap Thrills"
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