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Hey Andrea, Haven't you ever watched rugby? Same outfit but a lot more rolling about in the mud. Just to explain to American males (who seem to have a bit of a fixation with body armour & helmets in their sport)... Rugby: A bit like "American Football" but with less protective equipment (actually... NO protective equipment) and more blood, mud and work. Baseball: This is played in England, but without the helmets & faceguards & stuff. It's called "Rounders". Girls play it. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

HOw the hell does her being my G/F mean Beer? Because we want BEER?! Really, some guys, they get a girlfriend, and it's like they've been shot with the stupid-gun. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Firewalls & antivirus: The 2 computer things worth paying for. Zone Alarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/comparison.jsp?lid=pdb_za2 comes a a freeware version and a purchase version. The "pay" version is more up to date & effective. IMHO it's worth buying. For antivirus, I personally go for Norton Antivirus http://www.symantecstore.com/dr/sat3/ec_MAIN.Entry17c?CID=74456&SID=27674&SP=10007&PN=5&PID=582926&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=74456 but remember to keep it up to date. Finally, an oft neglected security issue is "spyware". This is everything from cookies that track your internet usage & surfing habits (which is where a lot of your spam comes from) right out to programs that can change your dial-up to a premium rate number (wanna pay $2 per minute to surf - without your knowledge?). Perversely the best anti spyware is a freebie

My favourite bit of the article was where Feulner says: "Washington—the most out-of-touch city in the country—frequently embraces our views." Nice one Ed, that's the way to win an argument. Otherwise... It's just a "poor little me / Evil Left-Wingers for not being nice to me" article. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Clicky: http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed022698b.cfm Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hi Andrea, You have my deepest sympathies for your situation with your daughter. Actually... You don't, 'cos you daughter's probably doing EXACTLY what you did to your mum. That's why your parents LOVE their grandchildren, it's their one opportunity for revenge before you put them in a home. Meanwhile, don't make the mistake of viewing 14 as a chronological age. 14 years is actually an average of 4 years and 24 years (as in she's going to ACT like a 4 year old while you TREAT her like a 24 year old). Speaking as a former 14 year old and dredging up the memories of that time I can see absolutely nothing wrong with her position. Seriously, This is the strange time for kids where they've ceased to be children, but aren't adults yet. They flop between being one extreme and the other. Toss in the visit from the hormone fairy and suddenly it's all clear why Prozac is such a big seller. All you've gotta do is decide whether the happy pills should be for you or for her. Look on the bright side... It's just a phase she's going through... She'll grow out of it by the time she's 30. Of course by that time, she'll have her own kids, YOUR grandchildren... That's when YOU'LL get your revenge on her for what she's putting you through just now Regards, Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

A checklist for folk who've come out of a long term relationship: 1. Mope about the house for at least a week. Pig out. No housework. Junk food only. This is the time for you to "retox" on pizza, chocolate, soft ice cream and hard liquor. 2. Commence intense affair with someone you were serious with in the past, ideally someone you almost married. Take things much too far much too fast (while not actually moving in with him/her). After 6 weeks suddenly sit bolt upright in his/her bed at 4am and realise just why you got out of the relationship last time. 3. Purchase unfeasibly powerful car or other totally irresponsible major purchase. 4. Have at least 3 one-night stands. 5. Have at least 3 short lived & intense affairs with totally unsuitable people including at least one of each of the following: a) 18 year old (it's about time you found out about the "generation gap"), b) person at least 20 years older than you (yep. The "generation gap" works both ways), c) "Free-Spirit" who believes that society's attitude to drugs is too narrow minded (try and see hime/ her WITHOUT being introduced to their probation officer), (4) & (5) above can be combined to some extent. Then, and only then are you ready to go into another stable relationship with a fellow sane & well adjusted person. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hi Iona here,the reason I got lost in SLC was they were doing road-works for the winter olympics,so it was'nt really my fault (honest) What did'nt help was mike waking up in the passenger seat sitting bold upright and shouting: "WHERE THE F&CK ARE WE? WHERE THE F&CK IS THE INTERSTATE!!!?" That was why I ran the 2 red lights. At this point I'd just like to point out to the State of Utah that you're road signs are crap. ANd while you may drive on the Right side of the road... That is in fact the wrong side of the road!. The least you could do is move over for the Brit coming toward you. Iona. Mike... Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

What me & Iona did with £6,000 (near enough $7,500) was blow it on an month in the states. This was 1997. I did Sky-U in Eloy, Iona did some AFF, bought some gear, took 10 days and "Did a road movie" (drove from Casa Grande to Calgary, around Alberta & back). Made loads of friends, got LOADS of memories. Got back, bought a cheap computer with what was left... & discovered Dropzone.com. Oh yeah... Got back & got a row from parents for not paying off some of the house Still... The "need" to make another "Road Movie" (in our heads) is building again. We're thinking BA to PHX, drive down to Tucson (stop for the night at Eloy - gotta rest after the 13 hour pi$$-up / flight). Couple of days in Tucson, down to Tombstone, across to Yuma, up the Az "West Coast", over to Vegas & pick up I-15(ish) for another blast up to Alberta (it's the journey, not the arrival). Visit the relatives, back down the fast way (straight down I-15 this time). DON'T get lost in SLC at 0200L this time Iona, off onto Utah Hw20 & pick up route 87 to Kanab, the down to the North Rim. Alt 87 & then pick up route 66 east then south to canyon du chelly (has to be good for a couple of days under canvas), through Petrified Forest Nat Pk, work our way back to Phoenix & bugger about shopping & Sedona until either our flights home fall due or INS catch up with us. Now all I've gotta do is scheme up a month off work. How will they survive without me!?. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Nice one. How did you exit? Foot on the bottom of the duur & dive out? Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hmmm.... I appear to be midway between Stalin and Ghandi. Does this mean that I can callously kill 20,000,000 people to preserve my power as long as I wear a towel? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

OK. I read all the posts and it's "Off we go again... My candidate has a HALO and WINGS and your candidate has HORNS and CLOVEN FEET" My real pop was at Arnie's campaign organisers, speech writers, the folk who actually put a man accused of groping women in the middle of a bunch of women, switch the TV cameras on and get him to say that this situation felt wonderful! At the end of the day, If Arnie wins (which I think he will) it'll be in spite of his speeches and appearances. ANyway. Since this is now JAPT, I think that Davis will be recalled. He was Governor during Cali's dot.com boom times and put in place long term spending plans assuming that lots of money would continue to roll in. Fast-forward a couple of years and california has suffered more than most in the recession, but is trapped in long-term high spending projects. It's either abandon the projects or borrow and tighten the belt. Hence the massive budget deficit and service cutbacks. A scapegoat is required 'cos "Shit doesn't just happen" does it? Who to replace Davis with? Well. Here is a "Republican" candidate who's about as centerist as they go. Pro-choice, homosexual-tolerant... Yeah, a repeat of Reagan, and he did well in his governorship. Personally I think that Arnie will do well in the Governorship of Cali, and you guys had better make another amendment to your constitution so he can be president in a few years. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

OOOHHH...SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!! And clean the floor on the way back to your cage! Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

This is one for all the Californians: As you'll all know, I don't like to get mixed up in politics, well... Except for the politics where, say 2000 redcoats re-colonise the bits of America with the nice climate or 5000 "stout hearted englishmen" take their longbows with them on an extended touring holiday of France . But I did happen to catch a summation of Arnie Schwarzenegger's election speeches last night. There wasn't a single speech that didn't include some reference to his films! I was particularly bemused be "Davis has terminated hope, D.H.T education... Etc... It's time to terminate Davis." Who the f"*% writes this $hit!? Then there's his answer to the whole groping thing - getting 50 female toothpaste advert failures to stand behind him and then say how wonderful it felt... Yep. Fell off my seat at that one Is Arnie actually aware that he's running for office? You don't suppose that those sneaky faschist republicans have actualy told him that they're making a comedy film starring him? Maybe "Twins II - Running for California". Once he's offstage is Arnie asking: "So vhen's Danny De-Vito" gonna show up and shoot his scenes?" Nothing less than that would explain Arnie's behaviour. Or his "Thunderbird puppet acting". Now OK, I know that one of your previous governors was Ronald Reagan, but at least Ronnie talked sense. MIke. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Just to offer an interesting contrast... British Police Service personnel (you remember the British Police?... The ones without any guns?) are being sounded out for volunteers willing to go out to Iraq to assist in the re-education of the Iraqi Police. Get them back to the idea of policing by consent, proper professional standards, being a police Service instead of being a police Force. We're also doing a similar thing in Bosnia, that's been going on for about 5 years now and it's paid results. Now when one of my colleagues is going out to Bosnia no-one raises an eyebrow. I just find it interesting how the different cultures (UK Vs. US) are approaching this. The US are making a show of force with a lot of firepower while the UK is sending out unarmed police officers. But I wonder which approach will be successful in the long run? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

ZZzzzzzzzz........ Who else thinks that this thread is now lacking in either a lock or Boobies? Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Y'know the difference between kissing ass and brown nosing? Depth perception. You know, you open your heart a bit and some BYTCH has to macht mit der funnies. Incidentally, where in Florida is Lisa staying? The reason I ask is that Florida's been described as 2 beaches, one full of drug smugglers, the other full of geriatrics, separated by a reptile infested swamp. So, staying in Central Florida, are we Lisa? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hi Lizard, Sorry for not commenting sooner but I took the time to read all the stuff on the link. First off. You are NOT a murderer. Either legally or morally. The legal definition of murder is the taking of another self-existent human life by either a deliberate act or an act of gross recklessness displaying utter disregard for the likely and forseeable consequences. I suspect tht the reason that you're being called to give evidence (OK, subpoena'd, so you don't have a choice but wouldn't you have gone anyway) is for the board of enquiry to firmly establish a point when the elevator mechanism was last known to have been installed and functioning correctly. If you like you'll speak to the time it was known to be good after which the enquiry can continue on to how & why it became bad. Relax in the knowledge that your conscience is clear. Talk to the lawyers. Tell the truth. That way hopefully the board of enquiry will learn what went wrong, how & why it went wrong, and most importantly how to prevent any repetition of this tragic accident. With all the best for the times ahead, Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Err... Just a small point. Does it matter who, if, when etc... the 500,000th post is made? Surely ALL the posts are valuable, insightful, educational, amusing & enjoyable. ESPECIALLY MINE!! Personally I don't care how many posts there are, I've simply enjoyed the experience of being here.

One more - If you're gonna hit the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum then you're not a spit from Old Tucson. It's a film set turned theme park. Small tip: Set aside a full day for each. you can camp in Saguaro National Park & there's a campsite about midway between the two places (but it's more RV friendly than tent-friendly. If you're taking a tent then take rock pegs. Oh yeah... Tombstone is boss, but the one criticism I have of it is that the nightlife ends at 2100hrs! If you're gonna take a week off skydiving then get out to the north-east part of Az, into the big navajo reservation. There's Petrified Forest National Park, Canyon du chelly (?) (EXCELLENT trekking & camping) & back along "66" stopping at Kayentz (?) which has gotta be a place of pilgramage for any USMC folk out there. Then of course there's Sedona National Park. Get some soft sod to drop you at one end & pick you up at the other end in about a week. It's on a par with canyon du chelly, walkie Campie land at it's best . Mike. Actually, thinking about it... YOU BASTARD BBARNHOUSE Gotta get back there... GOTTA GET BACK THERE!!! "Hello? British Airways? Can I book a return ticket EDI to LGW to PHX on some random person's credit card please? Seriously, I've spent about 3 months in Az in the last 5 years on 4 vacations, and I feel I've barely scratched the surface. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Err... Firey Dwarf! let's keep in non personal and attack the topic, not the poster please. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

One small question... Will you be voting for Arnie or for his father? Remember how things were in Germany & Austria at the time of hitlers power. Membership of the NSDAP was in effect a neccessity for a career. You could liken it to membership of the CPSU in communist Russia. If you wanted a decent job & a career then you gotta be a member. Just a thought. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hi Honeyskies, if say iI had 1000 jumps and he was coaching me on big ways" That is different. In that case you are experienced and the attraction wouldn't be one of "Neophyte" to "Skygod". I do find it especially bad for an instructor to date a student. He's being paid to give you AND OTHERS professional and competent instruction and to treat ALL his students equally. Then again, I understand that he's already had an affair with another student in the past. Frankly, the more I learn of this guy the less I like him and I agree with Lisa. If I was running the school you're at I'd be short an instructor and happy to be. I'm sorry to sound so harsh, but I really fel that this guy has abused his position. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Getting back on track with Schwarzenegger (?) admiring hitler... one of my uncles (a full blown card carrying communist complete with the "Morning Star" subscription and able to get his nephew a 3 week trip to the DDR (east Germany) in the 1970's) told me the tale of him actually attending one of the Nazi rallies where Hitler spoke. I can't remember if it was one of the Neurenburg rallies on somewhere else. Now my uncle Tom obviously totally disagreed with Hitler, the man, his policies, his beliefs. Yet he said that Hitler giving a speech was mesmerising, amazing and brilliant. simply by speaking he could bend people to his will controlling their emotions. Even my uncle Tom (who was like an athiest in a church at the rally found) himself chanting along with the crowd. He said Hitler was a genius at this. He said he really admired Hitler for his gift yet hated Hitler for how he used it. In effect my committed communist relative said exactly what Schwartzenegger said... But he sure as hell wasn't a Nazi sympathiser. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hi Honeyskies, IMHO instructors dating students is unprofessional to say the least, and I only know of one occasion where it's resulted in a long-term relationship (and not an overly equal one). You have entered a "dangerous" "extreme" sport, situations in which you are understandably nervous, unsure and inexperienced. Your instructor is your mentor in your early days in skydiving and as such is in a position of great trust over you. He aso has power over you. A male in a position ot trust and power, in effect the "Knight in shining armour" relative to your position automatically gains a degree of sexual magnetism out of proportion to his actual attractiveness. The question you SHOULD ask yourself is "If he were the guy I see at the bus stop every day would I date him?" Try to strip away the fact that he's a relative "Sky God" to you and see what's left. Good skydivers are not neccessarily good people, and as I said, instructors dating students is unprofessional - your instructors are supposed to be there to teach you and other students to skydive, not to get dates. Good luck, Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.