DrunkMonkey

Billy-got a link for that?

"How do you feel about being constantly fucked over?" "How do you deal with spirit-crushing verbal assaults?" Oh, wait...that was what my recruiter asked me...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/14/oregon.civilunions.ap/index.html I'm not suprised they stopped issuing same-sex licenses, but nullfying them seems overly draconian. However this is a democracy. The people have spoken.

http://www.conbio.org/SCB/Services/Tips/images/v17n6preble_lg.jpg The Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) (Preble's or PMJM) is a small rodent approximately 9-inches in length with large hind feet adapted for jumping, a long bicolored tail (which accounts for 60% of its length), and a distinct dark stripe down the middle of its back and is bordered on either side by gray to orange-brown fur. Preble's bear two to three litters a year, averaging five young per litter, in a grass-lined nest. In late summer, the mice gorge themselves on a diet of seeds, fruits, and insects to prepare for hibernation; they sleep in an underground burrow from September to May. This shy, largely nocturnal mouse lives primarily in heavily vegetated, shrub-dominated riparian (streamside) habitats and immediately adjacent upland habitats along the foothills of southeastern Wyoming south to Colorado Springs along the eastern edge of the Front Range of Colorado. The PMJM range includes Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, El Paso, Elbert, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties in Colorado; and Albany, Laramie, Platte, Goshen, and Converse counties in Wyoming. This area has undergone rapid residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial development that has impacted the PMJM habitat. This habitat loss and fragmentation led to Federal listing of the mouse as threatened on May 13, 1998. --------------- Discuss.

Mine? Mine? Mine? Mine! Mine! [/seagull]

http://www.mycathatesyou.com/images/cats/2001/12/olive.jpg Captions?

Cat food on Ritz Crackers.

Since the Cypres is made in Germany, I'm sure there's going to be international trade implications here...

Can we abolish Schnauzers or Old English Sheepdogs? I don't trust an animal I cannot look in the eye.

Microwave popcorn rules. Especially the "Butter Lovers" flavor.

Concur with eeneR. I've made the choice to go without cable internet so I can partly pay for health insurance after I get out of the AF. I keep a supply of $ equal to the deductible of the policy. ...And all of this is BEFORE paying for things such as jump tix, repacks, etc. The dumbass "Hey man, help a brother jumper out" sentiment doesn't apply for huge medical bills. A sammich maybe, (if you caught me on a good day and youre a friend) but not med bills. It's called "responsibility", look into it. Jump without insurance, you're taking a huge risk. We shouldn't pay for your fuckup.

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But this is about baseball bats...

You forgot the force-feeding him pork and alcohol.

I'd break both of Bin Laden's arms & legs, take the $100M, and then collect the reward from the govt.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/14/baseball.killing.ap/index.html If we outlawed bats, or at least limited bat purchases to one a month, or required bat registration, things like this would not happen! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!![/sarcasm] Seriously, this is a sad event, but it shows that people will kill with or without guns.

I though it was going to be Fr. Guido Sarducci...

I'm guessing they already do this in Utah and most of the Bible Belt where they don't already have a dry county...

Dunno dude...I had over 150 jumps when I was asked to be tandem baggage for a friend getting his TM ticket. I was sitting behind the pilot in the 182. There was a water bottle lodged in the pilot's door, and it popped open around 7500. Seeing as I had only the tandem passenger harness, it did rate fairly high on the pucker factor. I wasn't terrified, just was startled and a bit nervous until they closed the door. 'Tis no biggie if you've got a rig on, but otherwise it can be a bit shaking...

For all you metric folk, I believe that works out to 280.6 Km/h. Wow.

Thank you, Mr. Darwin. I only hope that guy did not get a chance to pass on his stupidity genes.

To tell you the truth, this is moot for me. I'm with the love of my life, and she trusts me enough to not worry when I jump. (she just has gone on record that she'd kill me if I took up BASE...)

...I just wanna see her boobies. That's all.

Apples and oranges. The difference is that if you spend a lot of time at a DZ, date a jumper, and the shit hits the fan, you're stuck hanging around them afterwards. Jumping is usually location dependent (DZ). This forces you to be around them if you want to keep jumping. Not so with most other activities. I don't know many non-jumpers that hang around DZs after breaking up with a jumper they were dating. It's the difference between being forced to be around the person if you want to continue your hobby, versus having freedom from them.

Um...this is a no-brainer. Skydiving requires money. Take the first job, you'll be a skybum who hangs around the DZ a lot with few jumps, because you're piss poor. The second one gets you more $ so you can maximize jumping time while you're at the DZ. Plus, you'll have more money for things like food and shelter.