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The major point of failure is immediately out the door. The raft flips forward. The back comes over the front. The two ways to fight that are: - The people in the raft lean back on exit. - On the back of the raft, one person helps launch it, but hangs on. As the raft starts to flip forward, the person on the back will feel the shock on his arms. They can stop that forward flip. (It may stand them up vertically and almost put them in the back of the raft) Do those two things and your chances of success increase a lot. The people on the side are essentially there as launchers. All the launchers should be good RW belly-flyers. Dress for success. Rafts fall slow, probably 110. If someone starts to sink out, they should let go.

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Additionally, there is the difference in measurement. When talking about what is being spilled, it is in barrels. A barrel is 45 gallons. When cleaning up, the measurement is gallons. When "estimating" the spill amount, it is 5,000 barrels. Far short of the revised value of 75,000. As long as BP is giving the estimates, it will err in their favor.

I love the new marketing campaign. It reeks of every political campaign that I ever listened to. I've heard it used when I call up to cancel my business relationship with any company. For BP, it is an ad that tries to put a local, personal face on the issue and disconnect from the bad, bad corporation. The Regular Guy technique. It starts with some station owner talking about how they are part of the community and employs your friends from the neighborhood. This is the "Part of the community" campaign - accompanied by printed posters distributed to the BP stations and place prominently on the pumps. Then, the best part. The most ridiculous claim ever. "I am sure that BP is doing everything they can..." Really? And how is that? The damned CEO can't state that he knows what is going on in front of Congress. Your local BP station owner does? Really? It reminds me of calling to disconnect from Verizon and the call center employee telling me, "Oh yes, we have a task force working to resolve that very problem." Oh really...? How special. The Lie du Jour.

Maria Bamford. Just saw her live this year at the Improv.

Thanks for throwing that in. Never gets repeated enough.

Most rafts seem to fall about 110. When he mentioned 120, I suspect he meant a jumper diving out after the raft and approaching it. As far as impact, I saw a raft dump about 10-15 ft under someone. The contact seemed to be instant, even in slo-mo. The rubber handle on the front hit his face, splitting his goggles, and stunning him. He was wrapped for 3-4 seconds until some people holding ropes pulled it off of him. From about 7,000 to 3,000 ft - he was dazed. On the ground, his forehead and nose were bleeding. He said that he suddenly realized he was still in freefall and dumped around 2,000. If it had hit his head differently, it would have snapped his neck easily. "Do not get above the raft" seems like an obvious safety rule. There doesn't seem to be a value in doing it either.

so they can start a fight with one pair and apologize with the others.

We have stepped over the edge. The Learning Channel (TLC) has a show... "This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Extreme Poodle Zone I can hear it now... snowboarders, "Dude... I'm getting rid of my board... Yeah! Poodles rule!" About 40 seconds into it, a crazy person is talking to a dog and the dog is looking at them like they have lost all sanity. The dog may be right.

Yep, that's one of many lies they tell little kids! It's a nice sentiment, but a lot harder to live by than it is to say. Just finished reading a book where the basic premise is that the main character is a jerk. He gets drunk, insults people, and pukes everywhere. Basically, as abusive as possible to people at parties and bars. Then, he goes with a black friend to a night club. Shortly, he finds out that his mouth is moving him to the top of the ass-whipping list and needs to leave quickly. (A lesson he learned after kindergarten) The main character is a spoiled rich pu$$y who only abuses those that will put up with it. In real life, only his paid-for friends are stuck with him for more than a few hours. That is the disadvantage of the internet.

To paraphrase Louis Theroux, "it doesn't offend me, I just think less of you (people using term dorkzone)" I agree. Some people will say something moderately offensive. Then, they feel they have the right to designate what is an appropriate response. It seems like a stupid and arrogant assumption. Perhaps I have missed the positive connotation of dork in common usage today. I also reserve the right to determine the magnitude of words. Miniscule is a personal measurement. If someone minimizes their offensiveness by saying they were only being a little offensive, it does seem like a ridiculous thing to say. "I was only offending a little" ? I guess I am just more direct than that. I try to say what I mean and stand behind it. Sophistry is not a compliment. It is the tool of the dishonest.

Ever since Waco was visited by the Janet Reno hit squad. You should read the book Cold Zero by Christopher Whitcomb, who spent 6 years as a sniper on the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. He was present, as a sniper, at Ruby Ridge and was at Waco. Certainly, writing from the inside. He stated that after Waco, they started talking people out. At one standoff, the mother of a subject ordered her adult son to come out and he did. No one hurt. The ATF/FBI changed their tactics after some spending time in front of Congressional committees. The volume of events went from everyday calls to almost none. The old school tactic would have been to storm the place, absolutely.

Sure, in real life if you talk like that to people, you have no friends. So, the only social skill to fall back on is the electronic equivalent of being the child who annoys for attention. It's that special 3rd grade thing of pulling the pigtails of the little girl in the next desk. She won't talk to them unless it is "cut it out, you moron".

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stroller Sure, it's functional. But... it has that eye-catching attention to detail. So, it's kinda art. Plus, the added bonus of signing your child up for 4 years of therapy. "So... my parents drove me around in a giant monster which caused everyone to shriek when they saw me, at an age when I couldn't understand their fright..."

Different words?

During a hurricane, a common stupidity is newscasts is having the person standing out in the wind/rain to give the update. Really, if the camera looked out the window and we saw the former aluminum roof of a nearby gas station blowing by, we would understand it was windy.

They put him 4' under.

I view carpet burns as opportunity to mention that I had my annual opportunity for sex.

I watched the movie and I thought it was representative of fanatical sports supporters. I saw an interview with MO. He stated that an inaccuracy of the movie was him being "taught" to play football. He said that he was well acquainted with the game before he met the family. A lot of what went on was ultimately productive and helpful to MO, but, I thought, primarily driven by the goal of helping a football program. In Florida, helpful alumni sponsors have given athletes cars to drive and jobs to provide the students with incomes. (Both being NCAA recruiting violations). In one case, a player was being paid a monthly income for mowing the lawn of an alumni sponsor. It turned out that he did not know where the person lived, despite the salary. The events gave MO a productive life, and that is great.

Lack of food sometimes. I've seen people not eat, but drink a Red Bull. They are so jittery that it was inevitable.

You were able to dock on your own hands?

On some game shows, you win a trip or drive off with in a car. On these shows, you win another contestant (and possibly take the others for a test drive). Of course, is a new car more valuable than the used woman ?

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But you at least got to 3:58, right? 6:58's not bad either. Hell, they're all wonderful. I now have another bookmark. 6:53 definitely takes my vote... between the mouth and tongue movements and the look of determination in her eyes.... yowza! Where has the world gone? Does no one appreciate good thighs and some serious butt action?