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Because it got people to pay attention to him and respond.

So a 10 year old girl is raped, and doesn't discover that she is pregnant until after your criterion is no longer satified (yes, it happened in Ohio in 2022). And you would force that child to go through a pregnancy and labor and give birth to her rapists child. You have gone way down in my estimation. Way way down.

Regardless of your opinion over what goes on inside a woman's body, what right do you claim to force your opinion on that person by legislation. It's none of your business.

Works for me. Wendy P.

You can count on that. I don't keep track of stuff like that. My read then is that you do feel that a life starts at a much earlier time than abortions are generally done and are therefore immoral. But you are willing to allow them anyway even though you don't much like it. There are a lot of implications and contradictions there but we all have to draw a line and deal with it somehow.

Brent’s gone ‘Full Troll’ on this one again

I was there the day Philips went in at Casa Grand. It was the first time I ever saw a jumper bounce. He landed right in the middle of the highway (2 lanes) and had pulled his reserve a few seconds too late. His reserve was black and it covered him up when it settled down. There was an elderly women who was driving a 1949 light green Dodge sedan and Philips landed right in front of the women and she slammed on her brakes when Philips hit the ground. When the ambulance got there they took the women who had a heart attack. The other memorable event on the same day or maybe the day before was the Loadstar stalled on a jump run and became inverted. I was jumping base and was the first one out. When I got stable, the Loadstar was maybe 1000 feet below me. Not every every one on the flight got out before the pilot got control of the plane. It was a crazy few days at Casa Grande, and BTW the drop zone gave everyone on that jump a free jump. We flew in from Pope Valley CA in a beech 18 and when we were over Palm Springs, we lost an engine and had to make an emergency landing there. p

The city of Casa Grande !!!! Yes, yes and hell yes !!! They did get tired of it. Really tired.

Both Bob and Doug Iverson were living with me when Doug broke his leg. Two CRAZY brothers. When Doug was in the hospital we visited him; he shared a room with a biker who was banged up badly. Both of them were grimacing from the pain they had. When we asked them why they didn't have drugs, Doug lifted his pillow, showing three pills -- "They give us painkillers, but we are saving them for a party tonight." I jumped at the gulch for two years, during the death days. Our team during the ChuteOut was the Frapp Factory. Sport Death was born there for a good reason, which I'll write about some other time. Cartwright had a horseshoe malfunction. The last pic of him is unforgettable.

What a place. Was there about 1975 and jumped with Hinckley people on the Freaknuts team. Saw Dead Duggan lead the dance of the flaming assholes. Reid was rigger there. I still have a copy of the "Sky Dieing" catalog. Priceless Jim T

OMG!!! IVER DIVER!! If you see him tell him "HI!!" from BILL DELI!! We had some "Bitchn' times on dives at Ghoulidge and Perris!!!" BSBD SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

OK, Bruce has shown courage stepping outside of the Cooper cave, so here I go. I will need an asbestos suit, but check the trivia forum. I posted a request for Braden info and am awaiting the napalm strike. There goes my reputation if I even had one since posting on DB Cooper. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

The Ten High Bunch, practicing at the '72 Nationals in Tahlequah. Capt. Jim Hooper on top of the DC-3, above the fray. HW

Tom Phillips spent a few months at Z'hills jumping with the Ten High Bunch prior to heading for the Gulch. I remember him as an excellent skydiver and all-round good guy. Like you, I was saddened when I heard he'd gone in. And yes, the same story about downers playing a role and impacting on a highway also reached us in Florida. What particularly disturbed me was hearing that the more macabre faction there had collected his teeth and displayed them alongside the famous arm. Hoop