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Insurance is pretty cheap - $5-10 a month. Get it and you will never lose or break a cell phone again Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Mile-Hi Otter to be flight tested
riddler replied to CanuckInUSA's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Yes, King Air, Otter and Cessna - all turbine. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD -
I really feel that today's realism is that people don't want to make the hard choices. The easy choices don't define individuals or countries. The hard ones do. Wow - I'm starting to think I should be posting in Speaker's Corner - I'll shut up now. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Well, I was going to say you could service just your local area and bike it around on a cart - BUT I'm sure your lawnmowers are gas powered. You're screwed. Sorry, dude. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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You mean Merv - The Intimidator? Well, I have these plans, see - she's 34 feet long, so I figure have plenty of roof space to hook up wind sails on top. She'll be my land-yacht The only problem - low bridges Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Quit your job, start a company doing exactly what you were doing before, only working for yourself. From home. Edit: Hey this is cool - natural gas car, with a device to use the natural gas from your house (for furnaces, gas stoves, etc), and fill your gas tank from there! I love that idea! The best part - the name of the device is Phill Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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And the directions for getting out are keep turning right until you're sure that you're going to kill someone Did we get a time? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Wind tunnels don't count Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Interesting little milestone for Speakers Corner
riddler replied to BillyVance's topic in The Bonfire
Three posts, and zero evidence of a personal attack?? Is it photo-shopped? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD -
One hand - and last time we were there, they said no reservations. But things might have changed, so it's good you're calling. Edit - how about 7 pm? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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It's all about you because you are the coolest! Well, OK, Kelli is pretty cool too. But Derek probably is cooler than all of you. Oh yeah, Joe's pretty cool too. Firday night - there's a pretty good sushi place by hook and skycat right there in Westminister. Or we could meet somewhere in Boulder - Zanmai? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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You did as much as anyone could, and a lot more than most people would. Personally, I don't try to save wounded animals anymore after one dog bit me when I tried to help it. They are in pain and don't always know you're there to help. It takes courage to do what you did. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Jeannie has a dress fitting for her sister's wedding on Thursday afternoon in Littleton. I doubt I could get back up to Longmont in time for dinner Thursday night. Another night, or meet in Denver? Denver might be closer for everyone except Mary Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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The good Riddler and the evil one. They're pretty hard to tell apart, until they post. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Okay, this is only of interest to me because I work a lot with FedEx. But I just gotta say: .. I have effectively reduced my chances of having legal sex from infinitely small to zero. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Browns are definitely my favorite when I fall off the wagon. Try Twisted Pine by the boulder brewing company - that was my favorite, but it's not honey. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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I've been recommeded that book a few times - let us know if it's a good read. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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For fun, I'm currently reading: "Shadow Divers" - story of some deep-wreck divers that discovered a U-boat of the coast of New Jersey and risked their lives to dive it. I heard a few of them got killed, but I'm not to the end of it. It's a bit over-dramatic, but some of the details are fascinating. "An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide" - the first genocide of the 20th century (pre-WW1) committed by the Turks against the Armenians, who were so poor, none of them wrote it down, so they had to interview the survivors. To this day, the Turks still denied it ever happened. The rest of my reading is all about real-estate law these days Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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This also is incorrect. http://www.debunker.com/texts/ruleofthumb.html http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rul1.htm Just do a google on "rule of thumb". If anyone is looking for examples of women being mistreated by entire societies in historical context, there are much better examples. Edit - more: The laser printer was invented by Gray Starkweather in 1971 at Xerox PARC, the same people that brought you "windows" and the computer mouse (no, mac-fans, they weren't invented by Apple). As far as bulletproof vests, only kinda. Stephanie Kwolek of DuPont invented Kevlar in 1965 - the bulletproof vest has been around since WW2 or before (flak jackets). I think this thread should be retitled: "Reposted stuff that isn't true but sounds kinda neat." Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Fuck ya! Oh yea, I'm eating raw foods again. And I don't really drink. But you can eat and I can munch on a nearby fern plant and chat. Or maybe I could be tempted with sushi We'll take Derek - he likes sushi and I still owe him a LOT of dinners for watching me pack my reserve. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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You're just lucky Joe still doesn't have his fuh'sta (which he told me is a Subaru Forrester) - he told me it can beat anything. Sorry to tease about the accent Joe When I went to Georgia, looking for P'kahn pie, I was laughed at by everyone and told that the proper pronunciation is PEE-can pie. I told them I wasn't going to eat out of a can that anyone peed in. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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LoL just cant pass Level 6 IAF
riddler replied to SkyDiveCoastie's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Let's see - I'm remembering back to some AFF jumps I did when I started jumping. Seems to me that the instructor recommended that I lie on the living room floor, face-down, with my legs up on the couch behind me. Kinda like freefall (boxman) position, but at home, in front of the television. For this to work, you have to press down with your legs until you feel the pressure of the couch on your shins. Then just lie there for a few hours every night while watching TV or reading a book and feeling the pressure on your shins. This builds muscle memory, so that the next time you skydive, it's supposed to help you push your legs down until you really feel the wind on your shins. Does it work? I have no idea - I just went to the wind tunnel in Vegas for one hour After that, I came back and passed all the rest of my skydives with no more problems. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD -
I've also heard a RUMOR that the airport lease at ASC is conditional upon their membership in USPA. Can anyone confirm or deny? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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I thought that only the owner's USPA memberships had been revoked, but the DZ's GM was still intact. But I don't get Skydiving Magazine. Is it true that the DZs GM has been terminated too? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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Yep - you are right - got my info from a web site a few months ago, and it turned out to be rumor. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD