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Just so everyone's clear ok... I made up the word snogleflaps.

I hear you... but I'm not sure I agree. I'll not bother any further though as I don't think either of us can convince the other about such an abstract notion as the non belief in a concept about which someone has no knowledge.

hehe, Google tells me so. Came across it somewhere once. It's original meaning isn't exactly how I'm employing it though.

I guess it makes a kind of sense. If you're not familiar with the concept you can't not believe in it. Do you believe in snogleflaps? As you've never heard of them (god I hope you haven't ) you can't either believe in them or not believe in them. Thus if you want to not believe in God, there has to be the concept of God about before you can disbelieve it.

Didn't have a problem with the wind tunnel while I was staying there and I was sleeping by an open window facing the thing... and there's always earplugs. Other than that see below - I'm sure someone can be more help than that.

I agree with you. I'm just highlighting that there are problems inherent in holding someone up and saying his conclusions are right about A but wrong about B. Disagreeing with half of someone's conclusion can adversely affect the weight of the remaining half.

"It's boxy... but good." "We had fewer murders this year." Classic, classic comedy.

I'll second that.

To me, the fact that he also disagrees with vitually every religion going kinda down plays the force his conclusion might have on whether or not any one of them is right. If you bring a witness to the stand you better like everything they have to say. Picking only one bit of their testimony as the bit you like doesn't work... the court still get's to hear all the other stuff that doesn't sit well with your case. It's gonna be difficult for Religion "X" to point to this guy and say - "see, he came to the right conclusion after years of thaught"... because he's also come to the conclusion that Religion "X" is wrong about some very key concepts.

yup... at the moment they look set to fit right into the one-hit-wonder bracket... all off that top of the pops clanger. nice.

Over in the UK they were doing very well in the charts with their first hit... untill they played live on Top of the Pops..... Oh my god do they stink live. Proved to everyone that they can't sing for shit and that the finished product is more of a testiment to the studio whizzes than it is to them. Sales slumped accordingly and we're now hearing less and less from them.

Go to a DZ. Take your video and any documents you still have. Talk to them. They are the only one's who can give you an answer to exactly how much they will require from you before they will sign you off for your UK A license. You could be looking at anything between ground training and a couple of check out dives to much of an AFF program. Remember their primary concern is not letting you bounce - they're not simply out to make you spend as much money as possible. Each individual DZ is going to have their own requirements that will be specific to you and exactly how they assess you in person. No one here will be able to predict what they will require of you. Headcorn's the only airfield I know of SE of London... there are a couple North or West of London within driving range but it'll depend on where you live and how far you're willing to travel.

Not even started shopping yet. Will do so... had meant to yesterday but something came up. Was going to today but something's come up. Will over weekend... unless something comes up. Don't send out cards. I think they're stoopid. Can't usually be bothered to decorate... although I might be pursuaded to pull the still decorated fake tree out of the loft where it's been since chrimbo 2002/03.... hell it's not like it would be much effort.

On one hand you are saying this is a clever guy to whom we should listen because he's devoted his life to thinking about this issue. You appear to be suggesting that he's finally seen the light and come up with the correct answer - that there is a God. But then... this guy thinks Christian's are wrong. He believes their concept of God to be completely flawed. He doesn't believe that anything in the bible beyond the first two pages is correct. He doesn't believe we're watched over or that there's an afterlife. Do you want us to listen to those parts of his message too? Or does he then become simply a raving nut who hasn't done his research when we move on to those points? Which half of his message do you want people to believe? I wish people would quit trying to recruit people. Let people believe what they want to believe. I wouldn't want to be so bigoted to tell someone that I am right and they are wrong when it comes to religion. If this guy’s found a God, cool for him. He, along with every single other person in the whole world, is in a minority when it comes to what [I]they[/I] believe in – there will always be [I]more[/I] people out there who believe you’re wrong, whether you believe in a God, no God, a Blue God, many Gods, wrathful God, peaceful God, trees are Gods... ad infinitum.

sure I accept that in many instances a truck or humvee is the appropriate vehicle. My only beef is where they're employed in roles that really ought to be filled by an armoured vehicle. To all intents it looks like someone has got the idea into their head that humvees are the same as apc's.

Ok... this is just for playing round as it's a cheat so it will affect your overall score if you save and complete the game after using it. So once entered don't save the game or if you do use a different save to continue with the missions on your previous one. Enter: L1 L2 R1 R2 Up Down Left Right [repeat - ie do the above twice in total] A jetpack will appear on your back and can be climbed in and out of just like a car. You can do this almost anywhere although sadly not in freefall half way down the front of a high building without a parachute... you just impact the ground. Nor can you fly up real high and simply step out of it and into freefall. Controls are pretty simple - the least obvious of which is holding R1 for a climbing pass. If you ever get bored there are loads of other cheats for the game including such fun things as spawning a tank, starting a riot, arming all the pedestrians, turning all the drivers into crazed maniacs... and of course arming yourself to the teeth. (or if you want to play with it legally you can complete all of some mission thingy I've not even got close to being allowed to do and it will spawn somwhere... apparently).

To be honest what has always surprised me is the way the US army insists on using the Humvee as an armoured vehicle. It's not - it's a flaming car that can drive over big bumps. If you want to a vehicle intended to take AK rounds put your guys in an APC or IFV.

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Bahahaa... I'm not alone : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2757067.stm

One of the funniest comments I've seen on here is when someone a while back was trying to describe a black brit. They described them as an "African-American Englishman". I'm sorry I got confused... where did you say you were from? Hell it's all pointless. On surveys (especially govt. surveys) I always list myself a Jedi.

Manufacturers are probably afraid it wouldn't sell for fear we'd never be able to find the button without looking for it... thus defeating the object of having it.

Best I know is that it costs $$$ to start them up again which is a high wear activity adding to the $$$ of servicing… but take that as being next to a whuffo answer.

hehe [Night before boogie registration] Friend: "Mat, you mind signing a couple of jumps" Me: "Sure - I was probably on half of them and on the ground for the rest... mind returning the favour?" Friend: "Go for it". [exchange logbooks and scrawl on a couple of dozen pages each] The only time I remember to get signatures on the day is for especially cool jumps or milestones - either theirs or mine... and I'm only a low timer! Goodness knows what I'll be like should I enter quadruple figures.

If you really wanted to piss on his parade you could download it and share it.

Well I find it hilarious... and my spelling appalling at the best of times. A pun within a pun you might say.