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Hi folks, Missourians will vote this November on whether to legalize abortion. Missouri Supreme Court puts abortion amendment back on ballot | STLPR So far, every state that has had an abortion choice on the ballot, it has been a win for abortion rights. Yet, the GOP continues to tell us that the American people are opposed to abortion rights. Somebody is full of it, Jerry Baumchen

https://skydivingmagazine.org/browse-issues/ I started skydiving around 1987 and reading theses old magazines have given me such great pleasure and sadness. There is so much that I missed before I started skydiving and since then, so many great people are no longer with us. On the plus side, I really enjoy the history and the great memories of all that has happened. I knew Mike, but not very well and now can really appreciate the writing and history. Thank you Sue for making them available.

People need to know how to answer the door when the cops knock. "Got a warrant? No? Fuck off."

I have collected a big pile of old USPA Parachutist mags back into the 60s, with the help of Beatnik who has a much more complete collection (but isn't on this site much these days I think). But I'm not actively collecting; too much to skim through already and using up basement space! The thing is, some organizations finally got their archives all digitized. Which is amazing; a huge job. To refresh my own memory too: The US "Skydiving" recently went online, back to their start in 1979. (https://skydivingmagazine.org/browse-issues/ ) The Brits have had their issues online for some time, right back to 1964 ("Sport Parachutist", "Skydive the Mag") (https://britishskydiving.org/magazine-archive/ ) Lesser collections: In Canada ("Canpara") we only have the newly created digital issues, so from 2015+. (https://www.cspa.ca/en/digital-issues ) For the USPA "Parachutist" I only know of an unofficial archive of covers. (and occasionally indexes and some other lesser known old skydive mag covers) (http://manifestmaster.com/skydiver/index.html ) A very few old time "Parachutist" magazines have been uploaded in the Facebook Oldschool Skydiving forum, along with some other interesting odds & ends documents from the old days. For those who have joined that private group: (https://www.facebook.com/groups/28649069239/files/ ) Anything I'm missing?

A man and his trainer are preparing for a Championship Wrestling Match. The trainer tells the man, "You're lean, you're strong, and you're skilled. If you give him all you've got, you can win this. But beware; whatever you do, don't let him get you in the twisted pretzel hold. No one has ever gotten out of the twisted pretzel hold." The competition begins, and wouldn't you know it: just ten seconds into the match and the man is locked up in a twisted pretzel hold. The trainer, livid, turns and slowly heads for the locker room. When the bell rings about 10 seconds later, the trainer glances over his shoulder, and to his surprise, the referee is holding his fighter's hand in the air. Shocked, the trainer runs back into the ring and says, " What happened? He had you in the twisted pretzel hold, no one has ever gotten out of the twisted pretzel hold." The man replies, "Well, he had me all twisted up in that hold. I thought I was done for. I couldn't move my legs, I couldn't move my arms. I couldn't move my body at all. But just as I was about to give up all hope, I looked up and saw a big pair of balls in my face. I opened my mouth and bit as hard as I could. Two seconds later I had him pinned. And let me tell you, you cannot not believe how much strength you have within you until you bite yourself in the nuts."