rocketfeuille

Right on, Riddler.

Welcome to Canada, it's the Maple Leaf State. Canada, oh Canada it's great! The people are nice and they speak French too. If you don't like it, man, you sniff glue. The Great White North, their kilts are plaid, Hosers take off, it's not half bad. I want to be where yaks can run free, Where Royal Mounties can arrest me. Let's go to Canada, let's leave today, Canada, oh, Canada, I Sil Vous Plait. They've got trees, and mooses, and sled dogs, Lots of lumber, and lumberjacks, and logs! We all think it's kind of a drag, That you have to go there to get milk in a bag. They say "eh?" instead of "what?" or "duh?" That's the mighty power of Canada. I want to be where lemmings run into the sea, Where the marmosets can attack me. Please, please, explain to me, How this all has come to be, We forgot to mention something here. Did we say that William Shatner is a native citizen? And Slurpees made from venison, That's deer. -"Oh, Canada" by Five Iron Frenzy

Right on, Bill. Thanks.

We don't have either, but I wish we did.

Everyone's already said this, but mine records the altitude at which my canopy is fully deployed... So I'm sure that yours is not any different.

The only thing I repeated was the first 10 sec. Aside from that, everything was fine.

Ah, I love The Onion. Journalism at its finest. You know what's sad, though? There are people out there who believe that The Onion is a credible news source...

I don't know anything about the effects of plasma donation on skydiving (I stopped donating plasma before I started skydiving), but I will tell you about my experience with plasma donation: Everything was fine at first. I was making a lot of extra money with very little effort. I didn't notice any physical side effects as long as I made sure to drink a lot of water. After a couple months of donating regularly, though, I started having problems. It wasn't anything serious, but it made my stop donating. I started to feel tired a lot. I never really took naps before, but I began to have to take at least one a day just to stay awake in class. Before long, I couldn't lift weights or exercise anymore. I was completely sapped of energy. So i gave it up. I know this doesn't happen to everybody, but I know I'm not the only one.

This makes me angry. There are some guys in the National Guard here who I have a couple classes with. The other day, they were talking about ways they could "get out of it" if their unit was activated. This kind of thing is utterly ridiculous. If you joined the military, you signed up to fight. Period. I can understand not wanting to serve at all, but anyone who would sign up for the benefits and then try to cop out on the conflicts should be punished.

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Has anyone else noticed how Quade and Billvon have an answer for everything?

One of life's essential truths... Mom knows everything about where you've been and what you've done and where you hide stuff.

I rented them both from Hollywood Video. Good luck!

Not exactly a question, but... My mom saw the reports of the 300 way on tv and promptly called me up... She said, "Robert, I saw this skydiving thing on tv and all these people were holding on to each other and their chutes weren't open!"

School keeps me pretty busy. I spend most of my free time (outside of skydiving) playing my bass, running, biking, climbing, or playing photographer. When I'm hanging out with the guys (and not skydiving) we go rapelling, or climbing, or breaking into closed grocery stores and shooting each other with pellet guns.

My first 2-way. Was supposed to pull at 4. Pulled somewhere b/w 3 and 3.5. Never did it unintentionally again.

You know, I have to side with DiverDriver here... I mean, not being able to spell is one thing and that's annoying enough (http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=419852;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread), but doing so in asking questions about which degree-granting institution you should attend is ridiculous.

I don't really drink a whole lot of it, but I couldn't bring myself to vote against it... I mean, who could do that to so many nice people?

So... is that a personal attack? And aren't personal attacks outlawed in the forums? Besides, what's the point of this post? We're going to start changing old 'yo mama' jokes and putting real people in them? Lame.

"...and the Trogdor comes in the niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!"

So what's all this whining going to solve, huh? Let's get on our knees and pray for our boys if we're so concerned! Jeez! Let's face it, war is happening; your complaints in a skydiving forum are sure as hell not gonna change a thing. Okay, so you don't support the war... at least support the guys who have the guts and the courage to serve their country no matter what that means! Whether you like it or not, they're serving for you! They might not be over here, protecting our soil from invading forces, but they're over there so you don't have to be! And so that we rest assured that they won't get called into action protecting you from an invading force in the future.

Right now, freefall tops the canopy ride... But, I'm riding an old, lumbering PD210. When I can afford a ZP 160 (1:1), then I think that they'll both be about the same... I jumped a Triathlon 170 last weekend and I had a blast!

In my defense, Bill, I'm of French descent. I just find it funny. But, after this post, I sure feel like a moron for having posted something that's obviously been around more than once.

Sorry- I didn't realize it had been posted... Did a search and everything... Guess I was searching wrong...

THE COMPLETE MILITARY HISTORY OF FRANCE Gallic Wars - Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian. Hundred Years War - Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." Italian Wars - Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians. Wars of Religion - France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots. Thirty Years War - France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her. War of Devolution - Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux. The Dutch War - Tied. War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War - Lost, but claimed as a tie. three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power. War of the Spanish Succession - Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since. American Revolution - In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting." French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French. The Napoleonic Wars - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer. The Franco-Prussian War - Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night. World War I - Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline. World War II - Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States And Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song. War in Indochina - Lost. French forces plead sickness, take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu. Algerian Rebellion - Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux. War on Terrorism - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's. Classic Quote: "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion." -- Donald Rumsfeld