SkyDaemon

Careful with any kids that aren't yours. They can be complete mine fields as the values and theories of parenting vary radically from parent to parent, as does the definition of 'acceptable'. What was the phrase... "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"? While your willingness to try to get involved and help show the kid a DVD about a subject he was interested in, was certainly trying to be helpful and kind, it's also playing with fire to give kids anything that contains mass violence, coarse language, nudity... in fact it's often dangerous to give said things to adults. It reminds me of the kid who pointed out the window the car at the porn store and asked "what does 'adult' mean?" and I could only respond with 'childish'. Most people I know have a hard time digesting war movies and the concepts involved. It is part of what draws them to it and leaves them thinking heavily about the issues involved. Some people become more mature and reasonable in their consideration of such things over time, while others simply become desensitized to it. Given that I'm sure the cover of the movie said something to the effect of 'war movie' on it and she said she 'had heard of it', it's a sad state of affairs that she took what she knew to be sensitive material and just dropped it on the kid without watching it first or turning it off at the first scene she thought was inappropriate. Try to understand where she's coming from. She has some goals in raising her kid and apparently she feels this DVD did more harm than good. She's frustrated, partially at you, and probably to some extent at herself and her kid for a variety of reasons. You may consider approaching her and telling her that you see her side of that, and that your intentions were good although the results seem to have blown up in everyone's faces. Letting her know you see her side of it and explaining how you think things could go better next time would probably solve things between you, make for a stronger rapport, and also mean you don't have a coworker who's pissed at you. ;-) Just my $0.02, take it for what it's worth. Best of luck, -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Oh... yeah.... it rains most of the year here... but summer will be here in about April/May and lasts easily until October, but November-March is mostly all rain... -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Eugene Skydivers is my home DZ although I did some jumping out at Mollala (Skydive Oregon) as well. Both are great DZes with different feels and vibes to them. Eugene Skydivers is a small DZ with a regular small crowd run by an old skybum who does a great job. He has a great little team down there and it's very easy to become one of the family. It's mostly 182s and in the summer there's usually a Caravan. Skydive Oregon is a bigger DZ with Twin Otters, 182s, Caravans, a swoop pond, covered outdoor packing areas, and they host some pretty big boogies and the famous 'Freedom Jam'. It's a happening place with a lot of great people and some very talented jumpers. I tend to be more a small DZ kind of person, so I did most of my jumping in Eugene. Eugene Skydivers is two hours from downtown Portland, and it's 45 minutes to Mollala. I'd try them both and see which one you enjoy more. -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

My own results: :-) Mysterious buff boy You scored 30% masculine, 52% athletic, 54% exotic, and 62% refined! You like a bit of boy underneath all those muscles. He looks like he takes good care of himself and washes behind his ears. He is sultry and mysterious and could be someone like. Turns out he's mostly a hyper intelligent, emotional, nice Jewish guy, who's a really good cook :-) It's good to be me! -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Jaap, Best of luck ;-) It's bad if the other Vancouver starts losing his sense of priorities... -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Rob, I'll give you a call in the morning. :-) Jaap also recommended we talk. I look forward to talking to you :-) -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Greetings. I've recently found myself without a full time position and considering the wonderful weather of the Pacific Northwest, I'm now in a perfect position to continue working on my senior rigger certificate. Is anyone a rigger in the Vancouver, BC area and interested in helping a wannabe rigger get his certificate? I have about 7 pack jobs already and have been reading the rigger's study guide in preparation for the exams. I'm really keen and excited to get my certification and would greatly appreciate the training. Be well -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

I think rl is an intellectual who's enlightened and comfortable being rl. (Which is more than most of can say, considering our experience being rl.) I think her intellect spans the gamut from politics, literature, sexuality, to quantum physics. Her insight is like no other, and her contributions to dropzone.com skew the averages, and for that I'm much appreciative... now if she'd just get offline long enough to... well... time will tell ;-) -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Nice man :-) That's really cool hear. My record uptimes are in excess of three years (jesus, I'm becoming someone who brags about 'uptime' in terms of how long my computers stay up. You know you need help (and a life) when...) They run FreeBSD in a colocation facility in Portland. And they were backed by APC UPSes... ;-) find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Some of us -really- enjoy it. ;-) Maybe you're just doing it wrong. -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Jaye, Life is interesting up here in the Great White North... I'm normally not a dropzone.com poster, but I had to wish you all the best on your poloroid day :-) You more than deserve it! I hope you're doing great :-) How's life with you? -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Rock on Jaye :-) You're Rock Star Awesome :-) -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

What is: WW(AC)D -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Krisanne, I'll hide beyond rl's response to that one :-) -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

I'm definitely looking forward to it :-) And I you :-) find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Maybe you just send her another note :-) Great to talk to you again. find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Ahh... got it :-) I collect wine, Scotch, cognac, bourbon, Irish whiskey, assorted brandies, grappas, and absinthes. :-) -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Hmm... I've tried several and found that http://www.absintheonline.com/acatalog/Absinthes_from_Paul_Devoille__Fougerolles.html is my favorite thus far. It tastes mostly of licorice and vanilla. find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Rhonda, What do you do if an amazingly intelligent and cool person drops the ball on an email exchange with you and then begins dialog with your lover? Hope you're doing well :-) -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

You just haven't had the good stuff ;-) The generic brands that are available in the public space aren't very interesting, but some of the good ones can be found at: http://www.absintheonline.com find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Going to be visiting AZ on Feb 11th to Feb 14, and am excited to go do some jumping. Give me a shout :-) find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

I'd definitely do a background check on anyone from Oregon. Them boys is crazy ;-) In all seriousness, if you don't have first hand experience with a person, to give a sense of their abilities and history, background checks provide the best and most accurate data you can acquire to make a judgement call on whether or not you'd like to jump with said individual. (which is different than whether or not that individual is a capable and/or reputable jumper). find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

And one of them moved to Portland as a part of the US/Canada exchange program. ;-) -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Looking for any jumpers in Calgary who would enjoy showing a west coast jumper some jumps in Alberta. I'll be in Calgary at the end of January and will staying for the weekend. It would be great to get some jumps in. -=Raistlin find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;

Even though I haven't seen it, I suspect the movie isn't simply closeups of two men kissing. And we gay men have been known -- occasionally -- to watch a movie even if there's a heterosexual character in it. I guess we don't stereotype entertainment based on the orientation of the characters quite as much. Edited to add: Oops. This post by narcimund on my guy's computer. Forgot to logout and re-login. find / -name jumpers -print; cat jumpers $USER > manifest; cd /dev/airplane; more altitude; make jump; cd /pub; more beer;