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That's how I got my house. A man and woman are living together. They decide to buy a house together. She puts no money in, he buys it. They move in. He spends weeks clearing the land and landscaping the lawn. Planting, fencing. Many improvements increased the value of the place. After 6 months, the work is complete. She moves out, calls a lawyer, demands her half. I bought the place. They split the proceeds on the house. He lost $12K. I told him that it was an inexpensive learning experience. The lesson is, all transactions are arms-length. Everything in writing and agreed upon in advance by all parties.

I'm going to re-open this can of worms. Hate me later. I just watched a video. It looks really like a chest strap comes undone. It could be that the shirt covers it, but it doesn't look like it. The video ends just after it disappears. 1- If you are jumping with someone, give them a visual check. Chest strap routing, handles... 2- With their permission, pin check. Do not touch someone elses gear without their permission. If there is a problem, lean over and quietly say something. That's all. Watch out for each other.

My old roommate was a great golfer. My skydiving friends were over and we were discussing the days jumping. We spent a lot of time going over the minute details of exits, re-watching videos, etc. Never bored for a minute. He mentioned that it was the same when his golf buddies were over. He could remember every stroke that he played that afternoon and could discuss each one. If you hit a 75 and spend one minute on each stroke, that is 75 minutes for just you. (Not including the other 3 players and presuming that you don't go over the 1-minute per stroke limit and do not diverge from the topic...) That is what would happen. 3 hours in the clubhouse after the game. Dinner, a few beers, golf talk.

Number 5 will have less traffic issues. Everyone on the whackers can fly directly to their slot. (edited to add) Number 6 looks like it would have the tendency to spin that base too easily. It could make breakoff complicated. (If it didn't build, people may be confused at breakoff time. A line may over-track another.) Breakoff - Everyone but the base leaves at 5500 or 6000 ft. Base leaves at 4500 ft. Nobody opens above 3000 ft. Important - it will be crowded. Canopies will opening closer than usual. After opening, everyone continues to fly their canopy away from the center for 10 seconds while watching for other canopies. (If someone has a problem on opening, they may be flying out of control and into nearby jumpers) After 10 seconds, then they can mess with sliders, booties, or whatever.

My friend is a figure competitor. She also competes in strength competitions. A lot of the women in her group use This Site for nutrition and recipe information. It focuses on women bodybuilders. (I use a few of the recipes myself. I found they are amazingly tasty. It is easy to eat well if it tastes good.) The easiest way to improve you nutrition is to list your 10 most-used recipes. Identify the two worst and replace them with two good ones from this website. Improvement without giving anything up.

At Rantoul '03', I was standing behind one of the local cops in the entertainment tent (a kid about 20 years old). Chris walks up behind me and says, "Hey, you've got my crack pipe". I thought that kid would trip over himself turning around... just to see us laughing. We talked to him for a while and convinced him to relax and enjoy WFFC. It just seemed like a good idea at the time. blue skies Chris.

Having spent a lot of time as outside-center, I can appreciate the amount of torque that can happen in a piece launch. I spent a lot of time with a 5' tall person at point. Many times, I would reach up and move her a little during the exit. Nothing strenuous though.

In the interests of prevention, Is there any more information on how this happened to her arm? Collision with the a/c ? Caught the floor edge or side on exit ? Piece-launch gone bad ? Also, has anyone grabbed a toggle with their good arm, then reached over for the other one and steered with two toggles in one hand ? What is a possible method for steering a canopy with one arm ? (never seen an AN-28) Does this a/c have a "lip" at the bottom of the side like a CASA, or is it smooth all the way like a Skyvan?

game show This answers the question, "Why do American game shows suck?" How do I get on this show? There was a lot of clapping. Somehow, there must be a point-scoring method that eludes me. "A strange game. The only winning move is to play."

Irish Foreplay... "Stand still, Molly!"

I am trying to figure out where the "sudden gust of wind" came from. On jump run? When people are exiting two, or three, across in the Otter door, I always mention that the people on the front-side should dive straight out. If they try to "cut the corner", the front people may push the people on the tail-side into the door frame. I have seen many shoulder injuries from this. People in the front edge of the door get hit by the wind first and it pushes them back into the others during exit.

Someone once said (roughly), "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics". Telling lies for money is no longer the sole province of lawyers. One of the biggest scams now is sending "studies" out to several popular websites. The studies are quoted as facts, but are actually promotional advertisements. "New study shows the goglsa fruit jelly burns fat without exercise" The fool and his money are soon separated.

From the Dept of Retards Who Just Want Their Name In The News... tanning No, not tanning your gateway. Tanning has been identified as a common element among young people who also use alcohol and drugs. Really, in the northeast? Tanning beds? Maybe in... Maine... in winter? Go figure. What a great time/place to study tanning bed use. Conclusions? The people who got paid to do this study, recommended that they do another study. Probably just coincidence. Depression? How about it is overcast for 5 months of the year and cold? Or that they are college students and under some pressure? Only since those darned tanning beds were invented has there been drinking on college campuses. People should get 25 bound copies of this study and surround the researchers and thrash them soundly. Fortunately, no one ever thinks about what they read. These people will probably get another grant.

And people. You might be under canopy when someone else comes through the cloud in freefall. You can't see through the cloud, neither can they.

I hear that there is a move among Clintons constituency to put his picture on singles. Apparently, single moms putting themselves through college is a large group.

Buy one of these. It's got its own trailer hitch, compressor, and train horn array. (that's "horn", you pervs) It definitely took some work and some free time. (Note - NSFW, but for an entirely different reason.) Just the first minute, or so, and you will understand. Think of the possibilities... Granted, you'd have to learn another tune than "76 trombones". But, until you did, you know that kid who visits the girl at the house across the street... at 1am with the bass pumpin'? Back atcha'...

taggalaxy search It's kinda cool. You can search Flickr using tags. It presents it as little planets. When you get to the level that you like, you can bring it up as a planet of thumbnails. For a test, I used "skydiving" and played with it. Later, I used "WFFC" and found --> this

Burt was a big-way regular at Zhills.

pic You people need to think outside of the box here. If you look at the pic, you will see that there is clear skies behind the volcano in Iceland. While skydiving in Europe may be closed, Reykjavik may be open.

OH YES THERE IS, you have a claimed "End of Days" date, the day AFTER that date, I win and you lose By then you and your ilk will come up with some "misinterpretation" of the given date and re-re-re-adjust it accordingly At my ex-wifes church, that was the standard practice. My mother-in-law and I used to joke about the "annual end-of-the-world date announcement party". Every year, they would explain why the old date was wrong and why the new date was going to be accurate. It was always a motivator for the morally-slacking. An overused concept. "Oh! You better watch out, You better not cry, You better not pout, I'm telling you why: Mythical Judgment Person is coming to town!" It seems like religious adults can't achieve morally ideal behavior without the carrot/stick motivators. As a group, it makes them comparable to 6 yo kids who get the Santa Claus threat in the grocery store aisle. "Better not steal or murder, or (deity) won't give you (insert after-death paradise flavor)" I manage to not commit murder most of the year without any incentives.

girl banned from drinking She's 20 years old and been banned from drinking anywhere in the UK. Hot pic. Really... how much trouble can a hot 20yo in a low-cut top really be?

Cuba. Eventually, the US will normalize relations. I'll sell the house, buy a boat, anchor it in a bay off Cuba until a hurricane sinks it.

Everyone accepts their mortality. The argument is in whether someone can control all aspects of the danger and avoid it. The first problem is that, based on everything that the posters know, they are right. Both sides. The second problem is that they know different things. I agree with you and understand that I cannot be totally safe.

Well, if he comes back in April, a giant bunny will hide eggs everywhere. Now, there's something to look forward to...

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