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  1. That's wierd as hell....perhaps he was a KGB sleeper agent or something.... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  2. The Anvil is Mr. Slow Pack. Only 7 for me...... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  3. Luv ya! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  4. TheAnvil

    Brazil

    You need a tourist visa. They last five years and cost about US$50 or so, I believe. The Brazilian consulate was very prompt when I applied for mine. You have to send your passport into the consulate and they stamp it for you and stuff. Check out the State Department's website for travel advisories. My own recommendations: - Rio is a good time. Corcovado, Pao de Acucar, and the Jardin Botanico are awesome. - Try the sucos - they are amazing. Don't get the same kinds of fruits you can get in the USA. The acai are extremely good. - Feijodas are bland, but good to try. - Caparinias (spelling) are mandatory. Don't bother calling yourself a drinker if you come back without trying one. - Brazilian BBQ's - churrascarias are AWESOME. Go hungry as hell and unleash.....you WON'T be disappointed - Don't leave the country without going down to Foz do Iguacu. Niagara is a toilet. Victoria Falls pale in comparison. These are by far and away the best waterfalls I've seen ANYWHERE. There's a kickass aviarywhere you can hold a macaw on the Brazilian side. Cross the border into Argentina for a steak and some Argentinian wine. Going into Paraguay just to be there from Foz do Iguacu is a waste of time. That country is magnificent. Definitely go and have a good time. Post some pics to make us all jealous. Vinny the Anvil
  5. BASE jumping from the mast!!! I wonder how high it is.....hmmmmm....... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  6. We'll pay it off with the profits from the strip club and microbrewery/distillery....that's the only places whuffo's will be allowed....they can support our terminal velocity addiction!!!! OH yes..... The strippers can also be lifeguards at night. Topless lifeguards with big knockers, a brewery, a distillery, skydiving, a strip club, palm trees, zeppelins, zodiacs from the beach....holy shit! Count me in!
  7. I heard an interesting lecture from this NASA guy yesterday on the last Hubble reservicing mission. Very cool stuff if you're a space geek like me. During the lecture he showed this cool pic. Though I'm heavily into space, it's from an engineering standpoint. I don't know much about astronomy, but everytime I see some of the pics the astronomers produce I'm amazed at the natural beauty of space. This pic looks like an eyeball out there in Star Trek-land. Cool stuff. Thought some of you might get a kick out of it. Beers, Vinny Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  8. Palm trees. Don't forget the palm trees. ON the hangar deck, we can set up a microbrewery for us beer drinkers and a distillery for JR and those who prefer whiskey. Put a diving board for the adventurous right of the flight deck, a shark cage off the anchor chain for scuba diving...a Casino in the old officer's quarters.....the possibilities are endless! I'd be up for having a zeppelin and helicopters for jumping out of.... Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
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    Airborne Brothel

    Looks like they've one-upped HOOTERS AIR! They'll have to let folks jump if they want to maintain Air-Hooters supremacy.... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  10. The power systems for both the Beagle2 and the NASA Rover '09 are pretty cool. The NASA rover is going to use a Stirling engine with two GPHBs for a heat source. DAMNED efficient - better than RTGs. They vibe tested the prototype to 12.5 g's RMS and it ran like a champ. NASA Glenn is doing most of the work on it - a team led by Jeff Schreiber. Good stuff. Beagle2 has a sweet lithium ion battery system. If we're going to keep doing these missions into deep space, power is going to be a limiting factor if we want to send data back. Lot's of neat ideas. I'm a Stirling/SCARLET/nuke proponent myself, but that's just me. Resurrect TOPAZ and make it better. Beers to all, Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  11. I KNEW it! Fucker! I'm kicking your ass! Hurry up and get back here from Florida. My only hope of reaching your head is to get you so drunk you have to walk on your knees - then you'll still be an inch taller than me. My plan is for NoShit and I to feed you liquor until you can't stand, then I'm going to take my frying-pan hardened face and headbutt you right in the noggin'! I can only see one flaw in my diabolical scheme for revenge, and that's interference from certain ladies......that and it would do nothing to prevent repeat occurrences..... I shall ponder this.....beware Roy! See ya soon. Beers, Vinny Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  12. I drop ass before I get on the plane and claim my own. I then inevitably get blamed for any occurrences in the air - be it Hollister or Monterey. All of you evil smelling bastards know who I'm talking about too! You know it's you, and you sit there and blame me! Bastards! At Monterey in particular, Steve Rafferty has a conspiracy going to blame me for every iota of flatulence that occurs on any airplane, regardless of my presence on the plane or even in the county/state/country. I think he has started this conspiracy to hide his problem with his own noxious emissions, but that's just a theory. Beers to all! Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  13. Congrats, Natasha! Glad to hear you're OK. Terminal velocity reserve rides SUCK! How's your neck? Hopefully not as sore as mine was. Now what day is that beer coming, so I can waddle over to Hollister and partake of the nectar of the gods? Beers to all! Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  14. Perhaps we could get a letter and have a bunch of us sign it....one at every dropzone, perhaps? Write a standard one, post it here, then we could get a bunch of signatures and send it in. Beers, Vinny
  15. Congrats dude! Sorry to hear it took some time to find that main. My first one was easy to find but pure HELL to get to. At least it's over with and you bought some good beer. Better still - you DRANK some good beer!
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  17. This is true. How about asking USPA why they haven't? It WOULD be good publicity for the sport, after all....
  18. It's free - 15/6 sounds good to me. Screw the spammer. There must be some way to trap him......
  19. I'm glad this Martin guy's sentence was reduced. The fact that he was ever jailed disgusts me. When you invade someone's home you lose all rights. I'm glad he shot the guy. IRT the Memphis guy, I hope he's charged with reckless endangerment, but not murder. I know a few security guards and the training they receive with firearms is OK, but nothing spectacular. In this case I think he was acting in anger - not out of any training he received. Security guards are trained to fire only in self defense - imagine the lawsuit potential for companies employing security personnel were that not the case. Regardless, the guy in Memphis acted stupidly. He endangered others needlessly. The perp was removed from the gene pool a tad bit early, which is normally a sad thing. Having lived in Memphis I can state with great confidence had he been arrested, he would probably be out within a month - possibly a week or earlier. My buddy arrested the same guy four times in a ten days on separate charges (including assault with a deadly weapon) because the jail couldn't hold him - no shit! I digress. Beers to all, Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  20. Sweet. Three Wise Man shooters are an affront to the human race. I don't remember much of my 21st birthday but recall that set of shots quite vividly. Kickass you got your brother jumping dude! That's awesome! Beers, Vinny the Anvil
  21. Perhaps I'll take a look at it. Interesting reviews. I've never heard of the film, but have seen idiots who think like that. I'm a Catholic boy from Appalachia and know first-hand how the KKKlan just LOOOOOOOOVES us as well - SOBs. "So called Christians known as Catholics" is a phrase I find particularly disdainful. Thanks again dude! I didn't know that existed. I still hold that ole Wilson is above the other two, but that's just my own two cents. Beers, Vinny
  22. It's not gonna be the same! It'll be BETTER! Hope your jumps went well. Beers to all, Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  23. I didn't know that about the man - you seem to have read more about him than I. I've never seen or read Birth of a Nation so I really can't comment on that. Even so, dude, just based on his legacy I'd put him above the two. Everything I've read about the man - which obviously isn't as much as you - tells me that he had leadership qualities that both El Jefe Clintonista and Jimmy Carter lacked. Also unlike them, he actually presided over a presidency with a legacy - bad in some cases, but a legacy nonetheless. Women's Suffrage and direct election of senators were major steps forward in my opinion. I've slammed Carter a bit, but it was under his administration that the LA class attack submarines and several other shipbuilding programs that spurred the economy and strengthened the military were authorized. I think he's a good man, but a horrid president. His accepting the Nobel was a disgrace to the nation as well, but he's no longer president. Blah blah blah....I digress. As much as racists and segregationists piss me off, it was the norm for many during Wilson's time period, even among many well educated people. Disgusting how slavery took us down that road. Truly disgusting. The Brits came to their senses far before we 'colonists' did on that issue. I'm going to go snag a rental rig and jump as mine is enroute to the manufacturer. Thanks for pointing that out about Wilson! I didn't know. Interesting. Nutter Butters, Vinny Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  24. If you have all those stats, send 'em my way and I'll make a nice graph. Sounds interesting...... Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!
  25. I dunno dude. He DID sign a big-assed tax cut into law...elitist bastard? Perhaps, but I still rank him above El Jefe Clintonista. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!