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Today: "Magic Carpet Ride" by SteppinWolf! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Agreed Benny, the badmouthing irks me too. Like you said, they genuinely want you to learn. Top notch professionals and just damn good people! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Good question, poor up bring I can only guess! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Shot? no shooting too painless, get a rope, hanging is more approprite for showing that fugly thing!! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I agree with Benny and LoudDan here! I get tired of seeing my home DZ, ASC, slammed every damn time someone has a problem with a DZ in Georgia, especially when some of the people doing the slamming have stated that they have never even been to the DZ, which I have seen happen here before! I received a refund once when I had already manifested on a load and couldn't jump, and I didn't ask for it, they simply gave it to me! Fact, the person stated clearly that it wan NOT ASC in Cedartown, that it was the DZ in Thomaston, SDA, and yet people still insist on slamming ASC, saying "your sure your not talking about ASC in Cedartown?", your talking about ASC NOT SDA, etc, etc! It's BULLSHIT! I learned to skydive at ASC, I know the staff there, and to the man/woman, they are some of the finest, and most professional people that I know! They are my friends, more like family to me! You know, I was considering going to a couple of other DZs here in Georgia, to jump, and to meet more jumpers around here, but considering the way people from the other DZs continually slam my home DZ, to HELL with them! I think I'll just stick to jumping at ASC and not bother with any other DZs. If this is the way the people are at the other places, I can do without them!!!!! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

"Thats right. Dumb. " Maybe, to you, but not so to others. To each his/her own! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Of the two, I prefer the college game ove the pros. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Seems that this exact same poll, topic and question came up last month. Regardless, no I do not smoke, have not ever, do not now, will not ever! Personally thing it is stupid to do it and jump, person is not being considerate of his, or anyone elses safety or well being! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Cute. Congratulations. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Didn't say that you agreed with the system to be implimented, if you took it that way, I'm sorry. At least we both agree that it is a bad system, for whatever reasons, it would seem. Again, the dems were the ones that bitched and continue to bitch about the voting machines used in the last election, and were demanding computerized voting machines. Amazing how they said not a single word about how inadaquate, out of date, etc the same machines were in the two elections prior to the last one. Please explain that one to me. I've heard no demands from the Republicians to go to computerized voting machines, in any previous election, whether they won or lost and I didn't hear any of them whining, as the Dems did in the past election hang/pregnant chads my ass, what a bunch of lame-assed bullshit! As to your assertion that I blame them for everything, well, let's look at why I might be inclined to do that. Who has controlled the government for the majority of the past 60 years? Hint, it wasn't the Republicans. Congress was overwhelmingly controlled by the Dems for the majority of that time, I can remember in 1994 when the huge talk was, this is the first time in X years that the Republicans have been in charge of Congress. The Dems have been in control for the majority of the time that I have been alive. Please point out to me what they have done that has made my life, or my situatuion better. Every single thing that the Dems have done, in some way or another been against me. Increasingly higher and burdensome taxes! That is a staple of the Democratic party! Does nothing but hurt me. When some any form of tax relief/cuts, which would help me, are proposed or brought up, they ALWAYS vote against them, and try to kill them. The Dems NEVER saw a tax increase that they didn't love or any form of tax relief or cut that they didn't HATE! None of their ideas, views ideals, programs are in any wat designed to help me or do anything positive fior me, to the contrary, everything they do is, by design, to hurt, hinder, or impead me. They have not ever, do not now, and will not ever have my best interest in mind! They do not represent me, they are against everything that I stand for. Their track record speaks for itself as to what they have done for me, to help me, and to represent me. That records equals nothing, and that is exactly what they have done, do now, and will do forever! I spent a twenty year career in the military, the members of which party voted against me, proposed ledgslation that either worked against or would have worked against me had it not been defeated? Which party's members always voted against me getting a payraise, or proposed ledgslation the would have prevented me getting a payraise. Which party wanted to freeze my pay, (fortunately, their effords were stopped on that one) while every other sector got pay raises? On who's watch did NAFTA/WTO, which resulted largely, in the loss of jobs in this country by sending said jobs to other countries? These job lost to outside the country, are jobs that people like myself would have been working today, instead of being unemployed, with little hope of finding work today, due to said jobs being "outsourced"! Hint to all of these, it wasn't the Republicans that did it! Do not get me wrong, the Republicans have not done allot to help either, but at least, at times they will propose something that will actually help, instead of hurt me, the same cannot be said for the Dems! I blame the Democrates for good reason, because it is they, through their policies, and their agenda for problems like my not being able to find a job, because of the lack of jobs lost due to their policies. It is they're policies, such as forced political correctness, social engineering and experimentation, that have cause the decay of the society of this country! They are the ones that have been in power and control for the majority of the time that I have been alive, and it was the policies that they authoued and pushed through, basically rammed down our throats, that have caused much of the trouble that myself, and the nation as a whole face today! Yes, you are correct, I do blame them, because they are largely at fault! Benny, I am not mad at you, please don't take what I say as directed against you, because it is not. The fact is, i am fed up with, and furious with government, and what it has done to my country, and to myself, and much of that fury is directed at the democratic party, because they were in control for so long and have, more than any other group, been responsible for what has happened and for my anger! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

"For the bold, is that Limbaugh, or did you come up with it yourself?" No, I did not hear Limbaugh say this. First, it is not hard to figure, a hacker can do quite a bit to computers, this has been proven, as they have gained access to some of the highest, most secure systems in the world, plus, look at he damage that they have caused with viruses, worms, etc. Common sense that it would be fairly easy for a hacker to completely change election results if in a place where they could gain access to the counting process. For a hacker, it would be mear child's play. As I recall from the previous election, it wasn't the Republicans that were bitching about the "so called" out of date, inadaquit, voting machines, and had their candidate won, I'm guessing that there would have been zero complaints about the voting machines being out of date or inadaquit. Also, the Republicans have not been caught trying to manipulating elections, such as was thge cast in Chicago, in the 1960 election, or in the attempted manipulation of the Florida election this past election cycle, i.e. trying to get military absentee votes discounted, demanding endless recounts of votes, when every single time a recount was done, their candidate lost, and even after the it was finally decided once and for all, when the media got access and did their own recounts, (and they were certainly not supporting Bush) the results were the same, Bush won! Knowing that one, they were the ones demanding the new Computerized voting machines (doing away with the paper ballot), two, they perpensity for attempting to (and in some cases getting caught read handed making said attempts) manipulate the results of campaines/votes, and three, the fact that computerized ballots, like anything else is subject to hacker/manipulation, and would be easier to manipulate that a paper ballot would -- it is not far fetched to see that they would attempt to perform such acts! As for me coming up with said idea, no I heard it on a local radio program, not from Rush Limbaugh, however, it makes sense to me, enough that i consider it a valid sceniro! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I wish I had a job to be stuck at, at 2:48 in the AM! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

"I thought the way Bush and Kerry handled Kerry's recent win of the Democratic Nomination highlights the stark contrast between the two. Kerry took it as an opportunity to bash Bush. Bush telephoned Kerry and acting as a gentleman, congratulated him on his win." Excellent point. This contrast was/is drastic. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

"...there is a long, mud-slingling 9 months ahead of us." You have just made the truest statement in this entire thread! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Any of us could be wrong. I don't pay attention to the polls either, they are too rigged to show what the various groups that commission them want them to show. The polls and the news media are busy point out what they want to be the case, that Kerry is going to run away with the election, but they do not take into account the fact that I heard on the redaio the other day. Kerry like to think his "atack mode" tactics are working, i.e. slam Bush at ever oppertunity and he gets big headlines and they proclaim that he is far abead of Bush. What they overlook is that, as you point out, Bush has not started yet. He has said very little and has been doing little campaining. He hasn't answered any of the nonsensical attacks that Kerry has uttered. It's awful easy to claim your abead when you opponent has yet begun to attack. Once Bush gets rolling, in full campaine mode, and turns his attention fully on Kerry, Kerry's media generated lead will suffer major hits. Your correct that the far left is pissed off at Bush, really angry, but then they have always been that way toward anything outside of their agenda. They can be pissed all they want to, because the are a true minority. The far left and their wacko, largely anti-American agenda have been throughly rejected by the American public, to a point that hey have to discise what they in real life are, extream left-wing liberal. If they show their true colors they know they will be rejected, again why the have to rely on activist judges to get any of their agenda foisted on the American public. IMO, the extream left, of which Kerry is a card carring member, will not be able to hide what Kerry truly is, and as more of the "real" Kerry comes out, the farther away from winning he will get. Your room mates hate you cause you won't turn it off...that's funny ROTFLMFAS! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Yes, it has already been posted by Craichead in a thread entitled "Breakable airplane pattented" or something like that. Watch out, Ivan will get you -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I fail to see how this concept could have even half a chance of succeeding. For a couple of years now, Cirrus has built the SR-20 amd SR-22 four-place private airplanes. These planes come equipped with a Ballistic Recovery System, that consists of a parachute that can be deployed to "Let the plane down" safely in case of emergency. From what has been rumored, the only way the planes could have ever received their certification from the FAA was with the BRS, It has been used on several occasion, and on half of these usages attempts, the system has failed, with fatal results. Your talking about a plane that weighs 2900 lb at it's maximum take off weight, that uses a simple single chute system. If they cannot make it workable in other than 1/2 of the attempt at uses in a small plane with a simple, one chute system. How on earth will it ever be expected to work in a complicated, complex, multi chute, explosive/laser seperation system, on an aircraft that can weigh up to 833,000 lb at it's max take off weight? -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

"this election is going to be so close that it is going to be sick. And yeah every vote counts" Honestly crzjp20, in the end, unless there is a massive tampering with the results, I don't think that election will be that close at all. Kerry has too many skeletons in his closet that will be coming out to haunt him, plus, regardless of how much he will try to deny it, he is a far, far to the left Northern liberal democrook, and this has been prove, time and again that to be an Albatross around the neck of any politician running, voters reject someone of that ilk resoundlying! That is the last thing the American people want. That is why the extream left wing liberals have to rely on activist judges to attempt to advance their agenda, because it is soundly rejected by the voters! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

"You should move to New Mexico, where Al Gore only won by 300 votes. It would count here!" If I had been there and voted, it would have meant that "Goofy" would have won New Mexico by 299 votes instead of 300, so please explain to me how my vote would have counted of made a difference there? I'm sorry, but the last election caused me to be far more dubious and cynical of politicians that ever before! With the onset of all the computerized voting devices now coming online, the election results will be far more prone to tampering than ever before! A hacker, with the minimum hacking skills, "placed " where votes are tallyed could completely change the of an election! Why else would the democrooks be pushing computerized voting devices so enthusiastically?The vote will become even more irrelevant that it is now! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Outstanding speech, with great ideas, especially the part about shitcanning the damn un! Ashamed it will not ever be spoken, or addressed! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Advise, just don't strike a match aropund yourself. The explosion could be catastropic! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I place great emphisis on the female figure. Here is what I mean. Boobies are nice, regardless of size. Peteit (sp?) is just as, or more sexy as are a pair of torpedo warheads. The female form, i.e. the curves are important. I like a female to look like a female. What I don't like, canot stand is a woman that trys to look like a man -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I don't like, or trust either one of them. That said, I prefer one over the other. So, as I did in the last election, I will vote for the lesser of two evils. Again, I will hold my nose and vote for the one that I see as doing the least amount of damage to the freedoms and rights of my country. This, in my opinion is Bush! I will add this, I vote now, soley as an exercise of the privledge of voting. My vote means, largely, not a fucking thing! Politicians don't give a good green God damn about the nation, or the people of it. The only thing they give a damn about is their political party, extending their powen, and pushing their agendas! I vote, only because I am still allowed to, and will continue to do so until that privledge is taken away from me. My vote is basically symbolic, since the politicans have basically made the vote inmaterial! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I don't know why, but for some reason, "My Name is Joanas" by Weezer has been stuck in my head all day. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

You don't have a catagory for the number of jump a day I make per jump at the dz. I make 0, none, notta, zip. I don't have any money to jump, nor do I have a job, so I can no longer jump! In better days, I use to make 3 to 4 per day on a good day, 1 to 2 on a bad day. I've give anything to be able to have what I use to consider a bad day now. . Life sux, what else is there to say? -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule