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  1. CarpeDiem3
    Say it ain't so! Headline: "Labor Fight Could Kill Off Twinkies" http://fox8.com/2012/11/13/labor-fight-could-kill-off-twinkies-wonder-bread/
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    News: "Gun sales in America are soaring in the wake of President Barack Obama's re-election with weapons retailers reporting AK-47s flying off shelves "like hotcakes." Owners of guns have been stocking up because they are concerned about a potential tightening of regulations on assault weapons in the president's second term. In October the number of background checks on people applying to buy guns, an indicator of future sales, increased by 18.4 per cent..." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9670585/US-guns-sales-soar-after-Barack-Obamas-re-election.html The government ought to put a stop to this stockpiling. There are already too many guns in circulation. All these right wing gun nuts might be planning some kind of government overthrow, and we ought to quit allowing them to have these guns with which to perpetrate violence, and to buy up assault weapons before they're banned. It would be easier to quit selling them now, then to confiscate them later.
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    News: "6,125 Proposed Regulations and Notifications Posted in Last 90 Days--Average 68 per Day" http://cnsnews.com/news/article/6125-proposed-regulations-and-notifications-posted-last-90-days-average-68-day Well, if more regulation is better, than Obama is doing a great job! So, all of these Obama regulations are worthless without a new legion of cops to enforce them? Maybe that's why the government is buying all those bullets. I sure hope so, because if you disobey Obama, you should suffer the consequences for it.
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    "Obama considering John Kerry for job of defense secretary" http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-considers-john-kerry-for-job-of-defense-secretary/2012/11/12/8a0e973a-2d02-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html Yay or Nay?
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    Mom always taught us kids that "got" was kind of a crude way of talking, like "I got ten dollars." It was more refined to say "I have ten dollars." It still bugs me to this day when I hear people using "got" where "have" is better. And it seems to be happening with ever increasing frequency.
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    Quote: "Michael O'Leary is the CEO of Ryanair... In a recent interview with the London Daily Telegraph... "If there ever was a crash on an aircraft, God forbid, a seatbelt won't save you. Seatbelts don't matter." said O'Leary. "You don't need a seatbelt on the London Underground. You don't need a seatbelt on trains which are traveling at 120 mph, and if they crash you're all dead… The problem with aviation is that, for 50 years, it's been populated by people who think it's this wondrous experience... when really it's just a bloody bus with wings." http://www.fox19.com/story/20070682/airline-ceo-seatbelts-dont-matter-advocates-planes-with-standing-room-only So, I guess we don't need no steenkin seatbelts in our jump planes any more. Just a waste of time!
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    Picture this: Cabinet portraits for big bucks It’s not always easy to tell who’s coming or going as the Obama administration starts its second term, but multiple agencies have quietly commissioned artists to paint official portraits of Cabinet secretaries and other top appointees — an expenditure often seen when officials are on the way out the door or already gone... All told, the government has paid out at least $180,000 for official portraits since last year... http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/11/picture-this-cabinet-portraits-for-big-bucks/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS#undefined Here's an expense that can be cut right now! Take a digital photo!
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    So it's been done before and nothing bad happened. Not to worry! Where's the best place to purchase a pink tutu? Do they come in a 36" waist?
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    What's "SEL"?
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    Lots of people skydive while raising families. You can do both.
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    Ah, but it makes me feel good to jump in a pink tutu, so I'll accept the extra risk that goes with it. And to heck with anyone who disagrees with me!
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    Right, but then he goes back into his track position again, arms behind him, and lets it slip off his shoulder again. Excuse me! If your rig is sliding off your fucking back onto your arms, quit tracking and get your arms out beside or in front of you to hold your rig in place! Doh!
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    If you ever get those urges again, don't use skydiving as your way out. Respect this sport enough to not give it a black eye. Stay well.
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    Awesome!
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    Let's run it up the flag pole and see who salutes it. Then we're going to advance across a broad front with the full spectrum of options and push the envelope.
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    His rig is just falling off. What could go wrong?
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    What does the owner's manual say?
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    I'm thinking of jumping with a pink tutu! Yeah, really. Do you think anything could go wrong?
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    Hi #1 +#2 =3 Well which one did you pick I went for the one that was arrested for streaking naked through a 7-11 in front of children.
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    That's okay, we can wait for a few months until the official story is told in Parachutist.
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    Whoa! Well, if the cable had been longer so that it would have laid on the ground before the chopper got low enough to have it's blades hit it, that would have worked. Still would have been a dumb idea, but that could have done it.
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    Ice fishing

    CarpeDiem3 replied to ryoder's topic in The Bonfire

    Head-down ice fishing! Pretty cool. Messes with your sense of up-and-down.
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    I'm 110% with you.
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    How about Mike Truffer, long-time publisher of the pull-no-punches "Skydiving" news magazine, providing independent reporting that gave much more than just the official news from "Parachutist". I still miss it.
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    "It's never happened before that we know of, therefore nothing can possibly go wrong and it's perfectly safe." And this logic comes from a college professor? Do you teach your engineering students this kind of mindset?