ZigZagMarquis

Awh! Come-on! On the second one, you could pick-up some extra cash doin' "lawn jobs" on the way to work!!

What do you mean? The second one is way-green... John Deer Green!

My guess is because she mentioned parking it on the street....It may not be there when she gets back! Doh! That's right. Maybe one of these then?

Seriously... why no Harley option?

Did you jump at Old Farts, Cary?

Maybe you should custom build yourself a new bike? We could use a new "Winter Bike Project" thread!

New bike and a bunch of practice... could be YOU!

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/26/california-teen-sailor-abby-sunderland-reunited-brother-zac-remote-ocean-rescue/ Published June 26, 2010 Associated Press SAINT-DENIS, Reunion (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Californian sailor Abby Sunderland got a big hug from her older brother Saturday on the appropriately named Reunion Island, and again defended her family for letting her try to sail around the world alone. Though saddened by the loss of her boat in an Indian Ocean storm, Sunderland said she isn't giving up sailing. "I'm really disappointed that things didn't go as planned," Sunderland told reporters after coming to shore early Saturday on the remote French island of Reunion, located off the southern tip of Africa. Massive waves snapped her boat's mast June 10, and she was rescued in a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean two days later by a French fishing boat. It took two weeks more at sea to reach Reunion, from which she plans to fly home Sunday. "Any sailor that goes out to the water knows that being hit by a rogue wave is a risk, no matter where you are," said Sunderland, flanked by her 18-year-old brother Zac, who flew to Reunion to meet her. "That was a risk that I was willing to take." Sunderland said she was as well-prepared as she could have been. "You can't eliminate risk, you can do a lot to minimize it but it's always there," Sunderland said. Australia and France worked together to rescue the American teenager — and they footed the hefty bills for chartering jets to find her and diverting boats to her location. Both countries have brushed off questions about the price tag for the American teenager's solo adventure and say they have no plans to seek compensation for the maritime search and rescue operation. Sunderland thanked everyone who helped in her rescue and acknowledged "the public debate about the cost of rescues." "I know that the USA would do the same for a citizen of any other country as these countries did for me," she said. Sounding composed and lucid, she choked up only once, when thanking Zac — who at 17 briefly held the record for being the youngest person to sail solo around the world — for "inspiring my dreams." Her brother met the French patrol boat as it sailed into the harbor of Reunion's capital, Saint-Denis, climbing aboard and embracing her as Abby teared up. The accident "ended my trip but it didn't end my dream," Sunderland said. But she blanched and didn't answer, however, when asked whether she would try another solo circumnavigation anytime soon. Her parents stayed in California, where her mother is soon to give birth to her eighth child. Sunderland, whose father is a shipwright and has a yacht management company, set sail from Los Angeles County's Marina del Rey in her 40-foot (12-meter) boat, Wild Eyes, on Jan. 23. In April she had to give up hope of breaking the record for being the youngest when she was forced to stop for repairs. Then three-story-high waves broke her boat's mast and cut off her satellite communications. She was rescued June 12 by a French fishing boat 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) west of Australia. She described her surprise when an Australian airplane finally spotted her and her relief some 40 hours later when she first caught sight of a French fishing boat. "The past few months have been the best of my life," she said. "I was on an adventure. You can only plan so far." Sunderland said criticism of her family for letting her undertake the expedition "is ungrounded." "They have put up with a ton of stuff to help me follow my dream," she said. Some observers have wondered if the family isn't pandering to media attention with both Zac and Abby seeking records. Her father Laurence, reached by phone late Friday at his home in Thousand Oaks, California, told The Associated Press the family was thrilled that Abby had arrived safely on Reunion Island. "I am absolutely totally over the moon with how quickly the plane and boat reached Abigail. I think the guys did a fantastic job with the rescue and we are so grateful to them," he said. Sunderland said she wants to write a book eventually and definitely wants to keep sailing, but for now she's most looking forward to getting home. "I hope to have a new brother soon," she said. "And I look forward to seeing my dog." Sunderland had spent the past 10 days on the French patrol boat Osiris as it returned from the Kerguelen Islands, a remote and barren patch of rocks north of Antarctica, where she was taken briefly after the rescue.

True. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYLE4JS9WRk ... better?

... so you're saying you want something larger and more powerful between your legs? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK7BYZ09zww

Life is good... I've got fresh batch of red pickled eggs curing in the fridge right now.

Unfortunately, all soccer holligans don't look like that, Nick.

What's UPT got going now that you cannot inspect for wear? I'm not arguing, I just want to know. Thanks.

Yeah, uh-huh... good idea... but only if we also go back to equipping student gear with blast handles... the non-drilled out variety, so they're more secure and don't come loose under the rigors of wing-suit flying...

Leave the oars on the ground.

Dunno, I was never to boot camp... but I've been told... My chest it out My belt is tight My balls are swingin' from left to right

Mike, this is true, but in 16ish years in the sport... good, bad, right or wrong, agree or disagree... for the most part, I've seen several DZOs be of the attitude, "I may not be able to stop you from doing , but I can stop you from doing it at my DZ" and they send the offender elsewhere. You're right, many times they go to a different DZ and nothing bad happens. Some times they do, or there wouldn't be those "I told you so" stories. Some times they go to a different DZ and get tossed out of there too.

Way way back I saw a person (then) going through AFF get grounded, for that day. After hearing there would be a long delay for him that day in between training and jumping, he snuck off to the parking lot for a beer and got caught. OBTW, he completed AFF training, eventually got a Tandem Master rate and took who knows how many passengers for skydives despite (some would say) a drinking problem. He eventually drifted away from the sport. I've seen folks get grounded for the rest of the day or the rest of the weekend for a really low pull and after being called on it by the DZO or S&TA they tried to back-talk them rather then just take their lumps. I myself and about 3 or 4 others got grounded for the rest of the day after having given so much shit to a gal on the previous ride to altitude over their choice of who to give a blow-job to the previous night after a bunch a beer and pot that she went crying (literally) to the S&TA after we got down. Throughout my skydiving "career" I've heard of different DZs having a "30 Day Board" with names of jumpers who've been grounded for 30 days. I'm sure it goes on, but rather than a 30 day board, mostly my experience has been if one screws up enough repeatedly or really bad enough once or does something to piss the DZO off, they become part of the "forever club" at that particular DZ... as in "go away and don't come back forever!"

To which I'll add, if you do choose to go this route and you do have a rig with a Skyhook make absolutely sure you know how to re-route the cut-away cable correctly so it is correctly captured by the Collins Lanyard. If you have no idea what I'm talking about and you do have a rig with a Skyhook... ... go RTFM.

Nick, I'm confused by your post? Are you saying she made a mistake... like none of us have never made a mistake... but she doesn't want to suck it up and admit it... like none of us have ever done that before either... but what are you saying? Are you displeased in someway?

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http://www.amazon.com/Excel-2007-Dummies-Greg-Harvey/dp/0470037377/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276441514&sr=8-1-spell

See the enclosed example. I think this is what you're trying to do. Set up the formula for the first set of rows and then copy paste into the remaining, Exel fixes the row numbers for you.

* slaps forehead * You really have no idea what you're doing? Right? Do what Nataly said for the first row and then copy / paste into the subsequent rows. Excel will fix it for you.