RevJim

It's built in to Trillian. Work great too It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

way ahead of ya...whats next Once it's running, make sure it's on your screen. The center dot is the IRC client. Click, then click the "connection mannager" in the pop up. Put the address in for dropzone chat in the fields. Connect. Click the icon again, click join channel, then type #dropzone It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Follow all the instructions to set it up (install) on your 'puter. Then after it's running, I'll walk you through connecxting to chat with it It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Start by downloading Trillian. www.trillian.cc It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

There is one. news:rec.skydiving Or http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&group=rec.skydiving No need to bring that headache here. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Must stay awake. Keep video rolling..... It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Bwahahahahaha! Noice! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

OK, weegegirl can be played by Phoebe Cates. Cute as a button (like the avitar), but can be kick ass awsome when she wants to be. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Good present.

Um, he's a camera nazi that makes Quade look conservative? JP, lookin forward to meeting you some day. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

I'm workin on it Phree. I should be back in the money pretty soon now. Gimp, i'm gonna stick to the classic for awhile yet anyway. You'd have to fly sooooo dirty to stay with me it wouldn't even be fun. Well, ok, sorta fun. Oh, alright, it's always fun! I'm hoping to be 'ready' for an S3 by the end of the summer, but if I'm not, no biggie, I still have my awsome Classic (which, as I said before, I got one SMOKIN deal on, thanks again Erk!) It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Hence the midget porn and the affinity for short, furry animals. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

I wonder how the 1st Lady would feel about reading that post of yours. t Um, happy to hear they are not from an aide? It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

OK, i voted hell yea. I wish more states would go back to the death penalty, but that's just my opinion. Now, just what constituts a felony.....that needs some work. A few years ago I had lost my job. I was unemployed for a little while, and couldn't pay my child support. For just a hair over 3 months. Just as I started working again, the courts put out a bench warrent for me. For what? Well, come to find out that failure to support under 90 days is a misdemeanor, while over is a felony. They waited until they hadn't gotten a payment in 93 days, and filed charges. I paid a very expensive lawyer (felony charges....the retainer alone is a killer), and just having him got the charges reduced to a misdemeanor with a fine and probabtion. I could have fought further and won, and ended up with no conviction, but honestly, couldn't afford to fight. The court, by waiting just a few days to charge someone they KNEW didn't have money, got a sure conviction. Even with a plea, I ened up with a record, simply because I had lost a job and been unable to find another right away. Some laws are just plain bullshit. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

i've seen worse... Hey, I'm on my second screen name! I had to catch up! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

OK, I'm solidly into withdrawls now. Thank God it's almost spring up here. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Gotta agree with you there, Clay. Now Ottawa, IL..... hmmmmmmm It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Yea. I've been trying to keep up on this. The last thing I wanted was for Dailey to set a precedent with this by getting away with it scott free. That would be quite uncool. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

OK, correct update: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2004/04-1-087x.html FAA grants AOPA demand for investigation into Meigs closure Feb. 11 — AOPA's claim that the city of Chicago violated federal law and aviation regulations when it shut down Meigs Field last March has merit, says the FAA, and will be investigated. AOPA filed a formal complaint following the destruction of Meigs's runway on Mayor Richard M. Daley's order, claiming the city failed to provide adequate notice, as required by the FARs. The complaint will not result in the airport's reopening but can lead to the mayor and the city being punished for their actions. "AOPA intends to push for the appropriate penalty to be imposed on the city," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "Mayor Daley and any other state or local official who may want to follow Daley's lead must be made to understand they cannot unilaterally change the National Airspace System." The manager of the FAA's Enforcement Division sent a letter of response to AOPA's complaint against both the mayor and the city, saying "reasonable grounds exist" to begin an informal investigation into the allegations. AOPA maintains that Daley and the city of Chicago violated both the U.S. Code and Federal Aviation Regulations. The U.S. Code states that an airport or landing area not involving the expenditure of federal money may be altered substantially "only if the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration is given reasonable prior notice, so that the Administrator may provide advice on the effects" of the alteration. In order for the administrator to carry out that obligation, Federal Aviation Regulations state that anyone intending to alter a runway, deactivate a runway or airport, or change the status of an airport must submit notice of that intent at least 90 days prior to taking such action. The FARs do provide for immediate emergency action, such as in the case of national security, which was Daley's original claim. However, even in the case of an emergency, if the airport has a charted instrument approach, which Meigs Field did, a minimum of 30 days' notice must be given. An informal investigation proceeds at the discretion of the assigned investigator, in this case the manger of the Chicago Airports District Office of the FAA's Great Lakes Region. At the end of the investigation, the FAA will issue an Enforcement Investigative Report. If the report suggests that there's evidence to proceed, then the FARs say "a notice of proposed order may be issued or other enforcement action taken." That enforcement could be anything up to and including fining the city for its action. There is no time limit for an informal investigation, but any civil penalty action must be taken within two years of the event — in this case by March 30, 2005. To ensure that nothing like the Meigs debacle happens again, AOPA lobbied hard on Capitol Hill for the Meigs Legacy provision, which is part of the 2003 FAA Reauthorization bill. It provides for hefty fines against anyone who closes an airport or runway without giving the FAA the required notice. "The fact of the matter is that nothing the FAA eventually does will bring Meigs Field back," said Boyer. "But the FAA's declaring that our complaint has merit sends a message to the next mayor or county supervisor or governor who gets the same idea to shut down an airport in the dark of night — 'don't try it!'" It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Um, oops? Too much TsingTao tonight, I guess. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Meigs Field Update Nice to hear! http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/meigs.html Illinois governor and AOPA president welcome first operations as Chicago's Meigs airport reopens February 11 -- Chicago's downtown reliever airport, lakefront Meigs Field, reopened February 10 following a city-state compromise to continue operating the airport. Phil Boyer, president of AOPA -- which led the national fight to reopen the airport in concert with local pilots -- was among the first pilots to land at Meigs reopening day. "Good morning, Meigs Tower, it's a pleasure to be talking to you again," Boyer radioed as he approached Meigs Field. AOPA frequently uses Meigs to conduct business in Chicago, as do hundreds of individuals and companies needing fast access to Chicago's business district. Aircraft returning to Meigs Monday also included a single-engine Piper Archer flown by Rufus Hunt of the Tuskegee Airmen, which sponsors an educational activity program for inner city youth at Meigs. The large Gulfstream II business jet from Crown Equipment of New Bremen, Ohio, was also there early on opening day, transporting 13 employees to a trade show at nearby McCormick Place. Governor Jim Edgar, who flew in aboard the state's business airplane from the Illinois capital at Springfield, told the crowd of reporters and airport supporters, "I'm delighted to see Meigs open. I think it will prove to be an even more important economic asset to the city and the state than it was before." Recognizing AOPA's influential role in reopening Meigs Field, Governor Edgar asked Boyer to join him at the microphone. "Closing Meigs was more than a city or state issue, and more than a blow to the national air transportation system," Boyer said. "To the 340,000 pilots I represent, this closing also symbolized what could happen to their community airports. "We're proud to be able to come back today to a Meigs Field with no Xs on the runway." The city-state compromise calls for the city to operate and promote the use of Meigs for five years and install a state-funded instrument approach system. The city has already made needed repairs to the airport, including fixing runway pavement cracks and sprucing up the terminal building. Initially, the Meigs control tower will operate from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. But the agreement also calls for the city to extend operating hours until midnight. "These changes, particularly a new instrument approach, will greatly increase the utilization of Meigs," said Boyer. "The airport will become even more important to Chicago's economy." Governor Edgar echoed Boyer's assessment, saying, "Give Meigs five years and it will prove itself." Chicago's lakefront airport has operated continuously since 1946, providing direct air transportation to The Loop (Chicago's downtown business district) and Chicago's lakefront McCormick Place convention center. Meigs Field has been in the national aviation spotlight since 1980 when then-mayor Jane Byrne first proposed closing the airport. Last year, Mayor Richard M. Daley said he wanted to turn the airport into a $27 million nature park. AOPA and others -- including the National Business Aircraft Association, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, and local groups such as The Friends of Meigs -- have been campaigning vigorously to prevent the airport's destruction. AOPA argued Meigs' value for regional business and commerce, for emergency air services, and, as the FAA-designated reliever airport, reducing general aviation traffic at overcrowded O'Hare and Midway Airports. Some 40,000 flights a year would have diverted to Midway alone had Meigs remained closed. The Association first worked to convince Mayor Daley to change his park plans. It also mounted a public information campaign, including placing full-page advertisements in local newspapers. AOPA also worked closely with Illinois Governor Edgar and Illinois Transportation Secretary Kirk Brown, both strong Meigs supporters. In September 1996, AOPA, NBAA, GAMA and other plaintiffs filed suit in Federal Court to stop Chicago from closing Meigs. The state of Illinois filed a similar suit in state court. When both courts declined to issue temporary restraining orders, Chicago closed Meigs Field October 1. But Governor Edgar, with the support of AOPA and other Meigs advocates, convinced the Illinois Legislature to pass a bill permitting state take-over of the airport. Chicago and Illinois then reached the compromise which lead to reopening and improving Meigs Field. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Femi-nazis money grubbers self centered people It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

So, is Bill's B-day in Feb or May? Aaaah, oh well, either way, it's either right on time or early. Happy Birthday, Bill, whenever that may be! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

Actually, I have 2 pairs of Neoprene gloves that I just looooove! Problem is, it's just too cold for the thinner ones, and the thicker ones just don't allow enough 'feel' for me. So, yea, as at least one PM has stated, I have a small amount of gear fear, but at least it's just cold weather jumping related, and not jumping in general. (I've had mild frostbite when I was young on the finger tips of both hands. Those "Sherman" or whatever ya call 'em football gloves do NOT work for me in the winter. Heck, big assed mittens barely work to keep my fingers functional.) Oh, yea, and doesn't everyone count their goggles? It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1