CornishChris

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  1. I Like: Harley Davidsons Law & Order and CSI The Dodge Viper (best car ever) Budweiser (except not on tap) Most Hollywood Films Jenna Jameson I don't like People who try and pay with US dollars wherever they are as they think it should be accepted Peanut buttter & "Jam" sanwiches The pronunciation of "Aluminium" This is fun. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  2. I have a name you know. I am an Englishman living in Sydney. I don't have full residency and I will return to England at some point. For the moment it is cool to jump year round in Sydney. Incidentally there is nothing I hate more than "we saved your as in WW2" as an excuse for expected devotion to the US ad infinitum and I agree with all your comments. I just posted this as I thought it would bring a smile to some faces that need it. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  3. How many laws that you would class as ridiculous in the US are proposed and then defeated? A few months ago you could have posted that new laws could allow gays to marry. Now it is not going to happen. If you read the article it states that they are looking at ways to combat increased knife crime - surely this is to be lauded not ridiculed. You seem so desperate to try and point out problems with our country - it would almost seem to be an attempt to divert attention from the real problems. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  4. Sent this by a friend this morning. I found it quite amusing but try not to take too seriously as I am not trying to start a row. To the citizens of the United States of America, In the light of your failure to be able to select a suitable President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves in a fair manner (fair to the rest of us that is), we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories, except Utah, which she does not fancy. Your new prime minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP, for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following Rules are introduced with immediate effect: 1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary! Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary". Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up "interspersed". 2. There is no such thing as "US English". We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. 3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. 4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. 5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through. 6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football. Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full Kevlar body armour like nancies). We are hoping to get together at least a US rugby sevens side by 2008. 7. You should declare war on Quebec and France, using nuclear weapons if they give you any merde. The 97.85% of you who were not aware that there is a world outside your borders should count yourselves lucky. The Russians have never been the bad guys. 8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecision Day". 9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. 10. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy. Thank you for your cooperation. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  5. I would go as far as to say that you are not receiving hate-mail Jeffrey. Yes, you are receiving mail from family that disagree with your politics but I would be prepared to wager that the basis for them sending this mail is not a hate of you. A hate of Bush maybe but not you. I think it goes to how just how divided the US and the world were over this election. Lets hope that Bush can now bring people together. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  6. FYI I am neither here nor there on Gay marriage. No one?! The who is tabling these motions? Who is campaigning for Gay marriage all over the country? Just because something is defeated doesn't mean that no-one supports it. A better post would have been: "I don't want to see gay marriage. I think it is wrong and not in the best interest of my country" CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  7. I did my first camera jumps this weekend at 220 jumps. It is worth remembering that from the point of view of someone who doesn't frequent DZ.com then looking at the local regs is a useful way of determining what is deemed safe. And as people here are keen to tell you - ask around at the DZ. For example, no one in Oz can attempt to Freefly until they have a B License - 50 jumps including relative progression, 3 free build four ways and landing accuracy. Free flying adds extra speed, extra dangers and extra complications to a jump so this would seem fairly sensible. From an Aussies point of view one is not allowed to jump a camera until they have a C license which at absolute minimum is 100 jumps, B- license reqs and landing accuracies. The Australian Parachute Federation has deemed that a person of this level can jump a camera so from a newbies point of view, in Oz that is the benchmark. So should someone jump camera at 100 jumps? Its not compulsary but under our regs you can if you want to, and have the required license. Will it fuck you up - as with anything, hopefully not but it is an added risk. Is the advice of people on DZ.com better than the APF regs - your call personally. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  8. I am CJP by the way. And Rusty is in a coma so watch it and send vibes. This is stuff ranging from over a hundred or so jumps so there is a wide variety of skill ranging from crap to poor... By the way - in the slo-mo bit of my face - see if you can guess which part of my anatomy Rusty just kicked... CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  9. Aaaah. Brings back memories of my first riot. I was 25 and on a weekend break to Paris with my parents and my then fiance, now wife. Everyone else had been struck down with some mystery french illness and so I went to the Louvre on my own. After two hours of getting lost and not seeing the Mona Lisa I had had enough so I decided to walk back to the hotel. I was walking along the side of a road, reading my Louvre guidebook, still trying to fathom exactly where they had hidden the Mona Lisa in the labyrinthine depths of the Louvre. I was pretty wrapped up in the book as I walked out in to Place du Concorde (a large square in central Paris) when I realised I was on my own. I had been walking with other people but now I was totally alone. I looked up to see that I was the only person standing in the whole of Place du Concorde. Now bearing in mind this is a Saturday afternoon this is pretty unusual. I suddenly heard a shouting from my left. I slowly turned round to see about 500 people right on the far side of the square holding banners and shouting across the square. I looked to where they were looking and was shocked by a large line of French Police behind riot shields advancing on my position. I am not really sure how I must have looked, stuck in no mans land but at the time it was not so amusing. The decision of which way to run was made for me by the police and so I advanced on the large group of people who weren't firing tear gas towards me. The next few minutes are a bit of a blur, in no small part due to the tear gas. Me and my fellow rioters were herded into a walled park. There were a few beatings going on and I remember dropping my guidebook during the frenzied running. Eventually I climbed a tree and vaulted over a wall to escape being arrested, then hid in a bar for a few hours til the coast was clear. When I finally got back to the hotel to explain my absence to my folks they already knew as it turned out I had made the local news! Aaah Paris. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  10. "Don't conentrate on the finger, or you will miss all the heavenly glory" "Don't think, feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel" Enter the Dragon "Look how they massacred my boy..." Don Corleone, The Godfather "Dean Keaton used to say, 'I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him'. Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me, is Keyser Soze" Verbal Kint, The Usual Suspects. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  11. I would suggest that this is unusual and you shuld talk to the DZO. My wife refused to go on her first RAPS course and the next day they were encouraging her back into the air. I woukld also suggest that you maybe do a tandem. If you build this up then it will get harder each time you try. At least with a tandem you will know what you are in for when you go back to RAPS. Just a thought... CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  12. I just love the picture of GWB they have on the page. Never been that impressed with Aussie press myself. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  13. I hate you too Dave. Jumping Sunday? What you doing Friday night - bunch of us going out for Pizza and beer - Luke, Dan, Oli & Myself plus partners. Rusty unable to make it. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  14. 15. 10 minutes into my alloted hour. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  15. Rockpool is considered the best seafood restuarant in Sydney and has been rated as one of the top in the world. Doyles is good but suffering a little from it's own popularity. The Watson's bay set up now has 3 restaurants and a bistro (good for fish & chips) and the Circular key one just isn't that great anymore. I went to Doyles 5 tiomes in two months last year as everyone from overseas visted and wanted to go and I really think it has gone downhill. Seafood is generally good in Sydney and if Rockpool is too expensive then Doyles is still worth a visit, if with an element of perspective added. Next question? Edited to add http://www.rockpool.com/rp_home.aspx CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  16. Thought that was you O'Flynn! So where did the Bob.dino thing come from? Time & Money - Peru probably. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  17. In whose cabinet is the World Cup? CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  18. What, did you spill something?! CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  19. I bought one for my brother last year. They sell them in most of the tourist shops here in Sydney. Just a gimmick, the roo is dead so it doesn't really need them/it. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  20. Door - click number 11 Porch light - Magic. Edited to add: What! Thats the end?!?! CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  21. Same - I've been into the bedroom, lounge Kitchen and bathroom and thats all I can work out. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  22. waste some time: http://www.kontraband.com/show.asp?ID=1635 CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  23. It is a lot clearer in the book why the Chief does what he does as it is written from his perspective. It is a hard read at times but give it a go. Written by Ken Kesey. And the short answer is because Randall has shown him what he can do and given him a chance. Sort of. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  24. 1. Someone falling past me in freefall about 10 metres away whilst i was under canopy. 2. Windy day - coming in backwards over a freeway - never wanted to be on the ground so much as that day. 3. The incident with the door on the skyvan getting stuck on the outside of the plane - sounded like it was about to rip te tail off. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people
  25. I would contest that if they can't get the tyupe of car correct how can the rest of the ticket be relied upon. Mind you my legal knowledge comes from watching Law & Order. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people