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A Leap of Faith

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    After nearly dying in an earlier jump, the man set a record that stood for more than 60 years...

    https://coffeeordie.com/joseph-kittinger

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • taiwan_girlT Offline
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      Cool story.

      (I did not realize that the movie coverage of the jump was a music video also until a surfer appeared. LOL I assume that first few minutes were the true jump)

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        We talked about the other guy, Felix Baumgartner, here:

        https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1102705#p1102705

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • George KG George K

          We talked about the other guy, Felix Baumgartner, here:

          https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1102705#p1102705

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          @George-K said in A Leap of Faith:

          We talked about the other guy, Felix Baumgartner, here:

          https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1102705#p1102705

          That was a trip down memory lane with the voices of some posters that do not post any more.

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          • jon-nycJ Offline
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            Particularly brave to continue after that first jump

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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