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NPR was saying the other day that something like 60% of the registered Dems in SC are black, so this isn't exactly surprising. I'm not taking sides here, but can YOU say, "President Obama" ? Might be a good time to start practicing..... Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

There are some women with gray hair who I would shag in a NY minute. But then, I'm over fifty myself. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

We don't waste our money on anything less than 100W bulbs. the 100's are pretty good, I'm happy to say. Especially outside the front door and in the garage, where the vibration of doors closing rattlesthem. the only thing at all is that they take a second or so to warm up before they go on, but I figure we'll get used to that. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

It's her body. Besides, I'm not hung up on big titties (this is all hypothetical anyway, as my wife already has rather big titties). There's no reaon why any woman should feel like she needs to spend the bucks on all the headaches and problems that could come her way. But, it's her bod, so I guess it has to be up to her. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Oh god.... Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Pictures !! Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

In the past, I've seen rigs with a Cypres 1 that the unit failed the battery test (i.e. counted down, got to 8999 or 8998) and shut off that were still jumped (by up jumpers, NOT students) with the Cypres OFF until the rig could be turned over to a rigger to replace the batteries (i.e. end of the weekend)... maybe this wasn't the smartest thing to do? If the display goes blank, how would anyone know they've turned the unit "off" ? A Cypres - or any other brand AAD that is not starting up properly should not be jumped. It's that simple. If people don't have a copy of the owner's manual, they should GET one, or download a copy, and keep it in their gearbag. AADs have been a remarkable safety advance for our sport, but used improperly they can KILL people. A reserve going off mere seconds after exit, at altitude, could've killed both the user and anyone else unfortunate to be in the way. This ain't badminton we're playing here. It's a shame they have to make a Service Bulletin to remind people to actually READ the manual and do what it says. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

You won't be able to come back from Mexico or Canada without a passport very soon. and don't count on the fuckers to return your birth certificate either. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Well, I'd probably mind my own business and not take a picture like you did. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Aw bullshit ! Numero uno, the Republicats are just as welcome to preach in their kind of churches as anybody else. Numero two-o, maybe they just don't wanna. Even though one of the Repubs is a preacher himself, maybe they're just getting tired. Numero three-o, the Dems have Gawd on their side. And numero four-o, the ONLY church that had their tax exempt status threathened was an Episcopal church in Pasadena, CA where the pastor made an anti war, pro John Kerry sermon during the 2004 election campaign. So your bluff is called. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

You know anybody jumping on 'shrooms or blotter acid nowadays ? Used to be a fairly commonplace occurence, at least on the west coast. Oh yeah. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Another bureaucratic boondoggle with spiraling costs. The guilty will be able to get around it and the innocent will get flase positive results from another govt agency that can't even deliver the mail. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

You want to try putting a fucking wall around us ? I invite you to go ahead and just fucking try. And I'm a Democrat who thinks we should get out of Iraq..... So tell me, IF you could disarm us, who would clean up the messes in your back yard, like Bosnia and Kosovo ? Last time I checked, both places were still in europe, so why were you fucking euro trash allowing the slaughter to go on in your own backyard ?? Speak up please, I cunt hear you... True, we were late with Bosnia, and maybe bombed the Chinese Embassy accidently on purpose, but it took AMERICAN military power to stop the killing on your continent. Guess the Euro trash were too busy counting their Euros to be of any assistance. Anyway, fuck all you Euro trash. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Back in the early eighties a woman with some twenty or so jumps went in with no pull at Perris and lived. What happened was she went feet first into one of the ponds at the local sewage treatment plant and found herself standing up to her chin in, uh, deep shit. She broke a lot of bones and had some serious internal injuries, but she pulled through. The Parameds showed supreme professionalism by getting in there with her to strap her onto a backboard and hoist her out. By the way, she was also wearing a Timex watch, and - you guessed it - made a Timex commercial some years later (but Timex left out the shitty details). Even funnier thing about this story is that I was packing my rig out on the lawn last year and this woman who lives across the alley came over and started telling me how HER COUSIN had gone into the shitter at Perris and lived.... Had to tell her that her cousin was sort of famous for having done that. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

If the system were reformed to make efficient use of people's time, rather than use them as the free resource they are, it might work rather well. For starters, rather than randomly pick a date and say 'call the night before and see if we need you' (which is still an improvement on the prior BS), why not send people notification and have them pick a good week in the next 3 months when they can do it? The technology of today makes this quite possible. Actually, I was able to do that in Orange County, CA. When I got my summons the timing was really bad - I was the ONLY person in my department available for work, one guy was on a month's vacation in Vietnam and the other guy was out for the month due to back surgery (and our manager was a real dumb shit too, but that's another story). So I logged onto the jurors' website and was able to reschedule my service. It just gave me the next available dates jurors would be needed - a full 5 months out. When I finally showed up 5 months later, I was sent to one courtroom, watched the judge chew out a bunch of young men and women for not wearing proper attire in HIS courtroom, got passed over completely and was excused for the next year. I have served on other juries though, including two juries where I was elected foreman. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Our cat is sulking because our younger daughter left to go back to college this morning. Our girl tried to say goodbye to kitty, but she wouldn't let her come near her. so now she's lying in the sun by her spy window, feeling sorry for herself (the cat, not the daughter, who is on the road at this moment). Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

I met and "dated" two women at the dropzone. Also met my wife there, she was this incredibly beautiful first jump student (uh-oh...). She only made the one jump, but we're still together after 28 years now. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

One of my absolute favorites these days. The songs are beautiful. and yeah, T Bone Burnett knows how to bring out the best from the artists when he's the producer. I love it. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

I know a few women who were just fine jumping pregnant. One couple even asked USPA for an honorary B license for their baby. I don't see how your doctor can ground you anyway. That said, I also had a slammer opening last summer that was bad enough just on me. I'd hate to think of a baby having a slammer. But the same goes with driving your car. It's your call. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

I learned how to drive in my dad's 1971 Pinto. Four on the floor, a good thing to learn that serves me well to this day. Eventually Dad sold the car to my little brother, but I got to use it a lot because he was away so often. The gas tank never exploded on me and I don't recall any other serious problems or breakdowns. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Sounds fun, but it's like yakking on a cell phone when you should be driving. Save the tunes for the video and enjoy the shriek of the wind. Also, protect your ears and wear earplugs, the soft foamy kind work just fine. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Anytime some asswipe from the gummint (especially this administration) piously intones how he'd hate to punish any honest law abiding citizens for anything, you just know he's not only got the plan all worked out, but has a monster erection just thinking about it. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Why wait 'til you're dead anyway ? Haven't we all heard the story about some poor slob in China who wakes up in a bathtub full of ice, with no kidneys ? Not dead soon enough ? Nothing a little persuasion with a pillow can't handle... It's not a bad idea in principle, after all the dead no longer need their organs and so many lives could be saved. But the fact that a government - ANY government - would be running the show, means that the program would be grossly & incompetently abused. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

Quite an impressive list. Just points up the shenanigans that so many of us are up to, except these people make such a point of casting the first stone at anyone else. Maybe Americans need to grow up. Consider the French presidency right now. Nikolas Sarkozy is freshly divorced from his wife, since taking office, and is dating a super model. His Socialist opponent in the election has been openly living with a man, bearing two children. And the Frenchdon't bat an eyelid at either one of them. Of course neither one of them raises a big stink about "le moralite" either. Grow up America, we all love to fuck. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

I'm currently jumping a 188 Pilot and really love it. My WL is higher than yours, close to 1.4. Recently downsized from the 210 Pilot and finding the 188 flares a lot better in no wind conditions. However, I'm not suggesting you should be in any hurry to downsize, if you're comfy with 1.0 then stick with it. What I love about Pilots is their very soft openings, without excessive snivel, that they're fun and responsive to fly, and they give a really nice landing. I have also jumped Spectres, from a 230 down to a 190, which I owned a while back. Very soft openings, but has that famous Spectre snivel (just bring along a crossword puzzle to keep you occupied while the thing opens). the landings are great, even in no wind conditions. Of the two, I like the Pilot better because of the flatter 9 cell glide. I've never jumped a Safire2, but I've heard only wonderful raves about them. and I've demoed a few Sabre2's and wasn't really impressed, though to be fair about it, my skills at the time weren't that hot either. If this is your first canopy, resist the urge to buy a new one. Find a good used canopy and wear it out first. Put off spending the big bucks until your 2nd or 3rd canopy, when you'll really know what you want. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !