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On the upside, this gives Hunter the street cred he needs to run as a GOP candidate!

Please don't tell me the Battle of Thanksgiving wasn't on the third Thursday in November.

General Scheisskopf does an excellent job of explaining why they are so important in Chapter 37 of Catch-22.

Returning to the original question ... if you want to experience how a reserve turns and flares, borrow a ZP 7 cell the same size, say a Triathlon. The Triathlon will not open as hard/quick, but it will turn and flare similar to a new reserve of the same size.

The generation of Technical Standard Order will not change with the date of manufacture. The TSO will only change after the manufacturer repeats all those drop tests and receives approval from the FAA. Given that drop tests cost something like $1,000. per jump, few manufacturers are going to repeat drop tests just to get an updated TSO. They are allowed to continue manufacturing - under the original TSO - as long as they keep the accident rate low. The FAA is unlikely to insist on any changes considering how few skydivers die every year. Skydiving will remain a low priority for the FAA as long as we keep fatality rates low.

Complete lack of evidentiary chain of custody makes this a nolle prosequi, doesn't it?

I am guessing the OP is in favor of Juneteenth. I invite anyone interested to read the raw, unredacted text of the 'Emancipation Proclamation.' Among other tidbits, the author specifically excluded from scope all Union Slave States and Commonwealths, as well as (for some reason) the counties and parishes proximal to Norfolk, VA and New Orleans, LA. Thus, it is an historical fact that, after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, there were Yankee Generals who still, quite legally, owned slaves in the United States. Also, since the Confederacy was a separate country at the time (how many Confederate citizens voted for or against Lincoln in 1864?), Lincoln had the same legal authority over the areas he specified that I do over Laos. While I applaud freeing the slaves of Texas - Texas seceding from Mexico and being amongst the United States specifically because Mexico forbade ownership of human beings (come to think of it, I don't recall the U.S. supporting Mexico's attempt to quash the secession of a state to enable slavery) - after June 19th slaves in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the aforementioned portions of Virginia and Louisiana were still slaves. It wasn't until the 13th Amendment was ratified and signed on 06 December 1865 that the slaves in the areas specifically omitted from the Emancipation Proclamation were freed. I view slavery as repellent, but see our revisionist view of the subject to be an exercise in ignorance. BSBD, Winsor

Appreciate the responses. BTW, I voted for you weeks ago ;-)

From PBS Frontline: According to a May 1991 Department of the Navy report, "At least one UAV was airborne at all times during Desert Storm." . . . "During the last week of the Gulf War, thousands of Iraqis surrendered......One of the most unusual surrenders took place when a Pioneer remotely-piloted vehicle droned above the battlefield, surveying potential targets. Five Iraqi soldiers waved white flags at its tiny television camera. it was the first time in history that men surrendered to a robot."

With Vogtle starting up we have a much better idea of the actual cost. The initial budget more than doubled. The last number I recall seeing was in the $30+B range. Same was true for the SCE&G project that failed. SC was about $12.5 billion, GA was about $1.5B higher, initially. That was due to the beginning site conditions. SCE&G had a pre-planned site and location for a substation, GA did not. They had to make one. No doubt that the collapse of Westinghouse and the bad performance of the main contractors had a huge impact on both projects. I hope there will be documentary on the GA project. Another interesting fact is that (I believe) Southern Company is now the sole US owner of blueprints for an operational plant. When Westinghouse nuke folded, Southern was forced to take over that task.

Remember when skydiving was safe, sex was dangerous and this website was heavily trafficked? Good times. =]