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Except we would keep little Katerina a true female and give her a feminine last name as well. -- Markova And the -ovich/-ovna becomes -evich/-evna in the presence of certain soft vowels at the end of the father's name i.e Vasiliy, Anatoliy, Vitaliy et. al. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Am I being sensitive if I note that 2 of 'em were Seahawks (for whom I used to work on gamedays) and two more are products of Washington state universities? That makes a high percentage of your list having ties to Washington state. Granted, they weren't much in the NFL, but they did get their $$$$ didn't they? It is a business, after all. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

The bad news is my AC compressor burnt out and it'll be at least $1200 plus tax to fix it. The good news is it's the end of the summer and I won't need the AC until next May or so. Guess I'll start saving for that used compressor I'm sure to find somewhere this winter. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

That's Oolong. Famous bunny, but dead. There are a lot of pictures of Oolong with stuff on its head. The pancake is the best one though. Makes me laugh everytime I see it. I have a copy I keep in my classroom and when my ESL kids say something I can't understand, I point to the picture. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Hey, Jeanne, it's funny you should mention that commercial. I worked on it back when I was in the film biz in Seattle. That was actually two shots matched together on the optical printer. (Back when effects were all done on film. Video didn't just kill the radio star.) I also did the one with the 'train' guys on the bar stools - mountain freshest, mountain freshest... And many others. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

This one can't even hold his beer. I'm ashamed to say he's from Washington. http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/18/bear.beer.reut/index.html Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Jeanne, Didn't this guy 'jump' right out at you? I am looking for someone who can hold my attention, keep up with me, and who knows how to dress a wound. I am attracted to a girl with a job and a car. preferably a Camarro. I like to meet big american girl. Country: Romania Sounds like you fit the bill! Except the car bit; think he'd accept a truck? Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Read her last paragraph. It works for her. That's why she does it. WTF? Why do it? . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Watching this woman walk up the street - didn't notice the car in front of me stop. Totaled my car (it was old - too much $ to make it worth fixing.) Had to go home and tell my wife how it happened. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Yes. Lacto-ovo vegtarian, although I'm using more soymilk now and less cow milk. We buy free-range eggs. Started in college 31 years ago as an experiment, now it's a way of life. My wife became a vegetarian when we started dating. Three kids raised as vegetarians and they are more 'militant' about it than I am. Factory farming of animals is horrible. The amount of protein used to feed animals could be better used feeding the world than making more McDonalds (et. al.) burgers, let alone all the waste and the water pollution. I think I'm healthier for it. All my best friends are meat eaters. We coexist quite nicely. I have learned, from my brothers initially, to ignore ingnorant people who haven't thought much where their food really comes from and what's really in it. Their choice, and I let them be, as I would expect others to let me be. Ragging on vegetarians or meat-eaters for what they eat is akin to ragging on someone because they are Methodist and not Baptist, let alone Muslim. It's a diverse world and we're all part of it. Vint - proud owner of Garden Burger stock. . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

I damn near cut my finger off in an industrial accident once. One of the subsequent operations required pins. I had one sticking straight out the end of my finger, with a 90 degreee bend in it. I used to spin it around like a little propeller. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Billy got a new camera and shot a pic of Jeff and me exiting. The full pic is big, so here's a clip of the dz. I love my dz. West Plains Skydiving, Davenport, WA. (The dry side of Washington.) Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

I won a snow board and a weekend boarding in Canada; hotel room, party and lift tickets. My wife has won numerous concert tickets and cds and the like. The radio station changed format and doesn't do fun stuff like that any more. But we had a few good years of fun. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

"Pull my finger." . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

I've got a 1960 Studebaker Lark. Good for short trips. Funky brakes. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

This is posted on MSNBC about tandem jumps. I want to see the accelerator on my canopy. [/url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4980771/[url] Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

I would have thought you'd get more Sashas or Alexs from a group of Russians/Ukrainians/Belorussians/etc. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Unless it snows, and then the whole freakin' place shuts down. You know how you forecast weather in Seattle? If you can't see Rainier, it's raining, and if you can, then it's going to rain. Horrible place. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Don't you mean Paradactyl? Donn Hood used to jump one at Snohomish. Foolish man. [/url]http://crw.boxofclue.com/skydive/pics/alex/pte2.jpg[url] (This isn't him, though.) . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

I'm not a poet or I would contribute. My comment is if it's an honors class, why is it merely a collecting of poetry assignment and not a writing of poetry assignment? That's what makes this a stupid assignment. My ESL kids write Haiku on a regular basis, and my advanced ESL kids will be writing sonnets before the end of the month. Honors kids are capable of much more. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Wow, that brings back memories. Did you stand it up? See the orange on yours? Mine was ALL orange. Rings and ropes - no slider for me! Here's an old pic, over Snohomish. I have to admit... I'm jealous! And it looks more like a kite than a parachute. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

I was jumping my Unit up to just two years ago. Lots of end cell closures. I just got used to it. I noticed that it wasn't as bad two years ago as it was 20 ago when I weighed 30 pounds less. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

The cool thing is they sold enough DVDs of the series collection to start preparing for a movie. It'll be good to see that show again. It ended waay too soon. Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

Where it says license next to Sunshine's avatar... is that referring to the mountains or skydiving??? Vint . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

me, me... take a picture of me! . . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis