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But, but, what about our congress critters? JerryBaumchen Good, freaking question! That may be, but it fails to answer MY question. The actual cost of the monarchy to the UK public is 69p per person p.a. (total £ 35.1m). Profits from the Royal Estate, which are handed to the treasury totalled £ 226.5m while the estimated income from royalty tourism comes to £ 620m giving a return on investment of 2311.7%. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Are you perhaps referring to this? http://www.thestudioexec.com/2012/12/helen-mirrens-house-of-horror.html Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

I used to use one of these all the time. In places where there's a high concentration of mossies it's like walking inside a bubble with all the mossies on the outside. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORTABLE-SONIC-PERSONAL-MOSQUITO-MIDGIE-INSECT-MOSQUITOES-REPELLER-ELECTRONIC-/330934426790?_trksid=p3284.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D21%26pmod%3D261018172739%26ps%3D54 Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Also available as a kindle version from amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Alpha-Huevos-Grandes-ebook/dp/B00DNZ1IC8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1374010477&sr=1-1&keywords=sugar+alpha Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

This is why I believe that the right to anonymity during the trial should extend to both parties - the potential victim and the accused. If a man rapes a woman then he gets what he deserves and you can publish his name once he's convicted. If on the other hand, it's a fabrication on the part of the woman, his name has not entered the public domain. I agree with others that a woman who cries rape when nothing has happened should be prosecuted for making the false allegations. I would have thought a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice would be a good start. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

This one? [inline birdstrike_visor.jpg] found it here: http://www.skyxtreme.com/archive/july2000/safety.html the article is about halfway down the page. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

A supervisor in a warehouse I worked in many moons ago pissed off one of the forklift drivers (IIRC the driver in question was fairly mild mannered and it took a lot to wind him up to the point of retaliation). The end result was that the day after the works BBQ (plenty of beer and chilli) the fork lift driver went into the supervisor's office, opened his nice, airtight tupperware sandwich box and farted in it then quickly sealed the lid again. When the lid came off at lunchtime, the supervisor went green and puked in his waste basket. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Nun: Let me get this straight: you don't believe in God because of "Alice in Wonderland"? Loki: No, "Through the Looking Glass". That poem, "The Walrus and the Carpenter," that's an indictment of organized religion. The walrus, with his girth and his good nature, he obviously represents either Buddha, or, or with his tusks, the Hindu elephant god, Lord Ganesha. That takes care of your Eastern religions. Now the carpenter, which is an obvious reference to Jesus Christ, who was raised a carpenter's son, he represents the Western religions. Now in the poem, what do they do? What do they do? They, they dupe all these oysters into following them and then proceed to shuck and devour the helpless creatures en masse. I don't know what that says to you, but to me it says that following these faiths based on mythological figures ensures the destruction of one's inner being. Organized religion destroys who we are by inhibiting our actions, by inhibiting our decisions out of, out of fear of some, some intangible parent figure who, who shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago and says, and says, "Do it... do it or I'll fuckin' spank you." Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

In the 19th century, we used to charge the rich people a guinea to come and look at the crazy people in Bedlam - now we just stick them on the television for everyone to see. Progress! Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

The problem at my DZ is that the imaginary line between B and C marks the boundary between the student landing area (north of the line) and the experienced skydiver landing area (south of the line). Crossing into that airspace would involve dodging traffic including tandems and high performance landings and requires CCI approval to land there otherwise it costs . ETA: It can't be seen on the picture but just slightly south of the taxi way (below the experienced landing area) you're getting into an area of serious hazards - powerlines, old military hangars and a large wood. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

This is the pattern that the CCI, DZO and Instructors have agreed upon for no wind days. The pattern starts at point A and finishes at point D. Under normal circumstances this pattern allows you to touch down safely at point D but my guess is that with the warm weather and a lightly loaded canopy the thermals increased the "float" on the canopy Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Basically, no spirals, no 360's below 1500 ft, 90 degree turns only once in the pattern and whichever direction you're facing at 300 ft is the direction you land in. Outside of the above it's pretty much up to you how you fly but expect to get a severe talking to from the DZO if you do something stupid. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

On zero wind days our DZ has a pre-arranged landing pattern for student jumpers. [inline landingpattern_nowind.jpg] The jumper enters the pattern at 1000ft at point A, travels parallel to the runway towards point B before making the turn to crosswind at approx 500ft. At point C (300ft)the jumper turns upfield to land somewhere around point D. On the day (very warm) in question I entered the pattern as per the instructions but by the time I had travelled from point A to point B the alti was still reading 1000 ft. The end result was that I ended up flying 2 circuits of the DZ before the canopy (skymaster 290 loaded at 0.75) was at 300 ft and I was able to land. As I flew the circuits I kept to a regular and predictable pattern which allowed me the option of avoiding other canopies but I was wondering if there was any way I could have handled it in a safer manner. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

You think that's bad - take a look at this footage of a truck pushing a car sideways down the motorway. Apparently the driver was unaware that he'd collided with anything until people started flashing their headlights and sounding horns at him. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/8574609.stm Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

As you're in the UK, you could try contacting these people: Dodingtons Jewellers 28 High Street Whitchurch Shropshire SY13 1AU Tel: 01948 662179 According to my CCI they're pretty reasonable and have someone who's qualified to service alti's. They'll even provide a service certificate as well. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Simple mnemonics for metric weights and measures: A metre measures three foot three - it's longer than a yard, you see. Two and a quarter pounds of jam weigh about a kilogram. A litre of water's a pint and three quarters Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Couldn't take mine off even if I wanted to - it was a tight fit when I got married and over the last fifteen years it's kind of worn in and I can't now get it over my knuckle. When I'm at the DZ I wrap a 1" wide piece of sticking plaster round my finger over the ring to reduce the risk of snagging. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Further discussion of the issue here http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=4383931;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25; Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

First jump at 43 - would have been 41 but was on anti-depressants for 6 months and BPA wouldn't let me jump until I'd been off them for 2 years without relapse. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Currently on student status but have purchased a used container that's sized for a 220 main and 220 reserve. Exit weight 218 give or take a couple of pounds (max 225). In the near future I should come into enough money to purchase a new reserve and I've narrowed my choice down to either a Smart 220 or an optimum 235 (both of which I've been advised by the manufacturer will fit comfortably into the container). Any advice /input on either would be welcome. I should also state that I'm not planning on downsizing owing to the fact that I am a full-time carer for my disabled wife and even when I'm off student status I'm unlikely to be able to get more than half a dozen jumps in per month. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Been there, done that. There was a time when I used to use the F-bomb as a means of punctuation. My current go to is wazzock - eg: you great spawny-eyed parrot-faced wazzock! Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Not photoshopped - here is the BBC news report about it, plus some other "lost in translation" gaffs http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7702913.stm Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

I think you'll find that it was Deyan that made the assertions that you're complaining about. p.w.stockwell is a qualified rigger with many years of experience and taught me on my packing course - he's also the person who created the reserve extraction force test that has been adopted by the BPA. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Here in Wales all road signs are required to be in both english and welsh. Most councils have a department that deals with the translation and this can lead to some epic fails as in this case where the highways department e-mailed the english text of a sign and got a message back from an auto-responder because the translator was on holiday. Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

Six more yuks here http://www.cracked.com/article_14979_the-6-most-terrifying-foods-in-world.htm ETA: Love the advertising for #1 on the list Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation