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Nope. Never been spreayed with mace. DDT either :-)

I dont think that a gentleman should say something lewd or suggestive to anyone regardless of their relative ages unless they are already close and have some type of understanding betwen them on the matter. Any man that does this IS creepy. Period. By the same token, I have seen plenty of women that routinely get away with behavior that would get any man labeled creepy. This is because by and large, men are far less likely to be offended by this kind of behavior than women are. This is also unacceptible and those women need to take a look at their own behavior. At 40 I'm neither old nor am I young. I'm not a prude and its doubtful that anyone could say anything that could offend me. If a woman made lewd or overly flirtatious comments toward me I wouldnt be offended. I wouldnt be in any big hurry to hang around with that person either. I personally dont care to have anyone, regardless of how attractive they may be, being that familiar with me unless its a close friend or someone I'm already involved with. Still, I believe in manners and a respectful code of conduct that all people, men and women alike, should all follow as a general rule of thumb.

I see 128 MB RDRAM for $28.00 a pop so for $56.00 you can get 256 more. I'm assuming that you (if you currently have 256 installed) that you have 2 128's installed and 2 free slots. This could well be a dumb assumption but if it is indeed the case, then you are in pretty good shape. If, instead, you have 4 64's you will likely need to replace 2 of them in which case adding 256 would only bring you up to 384

so buy 2 128 MB RIMMS (assuming that you have 2 available slots) KEep in mind that if you leave any slots empty you must put terminators in them. This is one PITA about Rambus memory.

My father sent me a recipe for some kind of holiday cranberry glop which included, among other horrors, cooked celery. I thought I would take a moment to share my views on this with a few folks. Cranberry dishes and sauces are evil and should all be destroyed utterly. To add cooked celery to the thing clearly indicates that it has come directly from Satan and should be avoided at all costs. This is kinda like combining a big ol hunk of weapons grade plutonium with yet another big ol hunk of weapons grade plutonium and then imploding them. The results are just plain bad all around. In the case of the plutonium you get one amazingly hot place. It gets that hot REAL fast which in turn creates a big ol VERY fast moving pressure wave to go along with all that heat. So hot, in fact, that (in conjunction with that big ol fast moving pressure wave) it pretty much completely destroys everything for miles around and leaves the whole area pretty much uninhabitable for a long long long time. Oh yeah, and radiation too. Unstable atoms flying apart and their protons, neutron, and electrons hurtling off in all directions, poisoning the very earth and destroying any life unfortunate enough to get in its way. The cranberry thing is just like that but instead of the heat, shockwave, and residual radiation, you have a great big yukky feeling inside that can last minutes and minutes and a general feeling of "What else is there to eat besides this cranberry junk?" that can last for several hours. I strongly urge all right thinking people to band together and drive this scourge from the face of the earth. Cranberry juice is ok though and quite good for the urinary tract.

That thing comin out of a 14.4 modem?

Why would you take them there and not jump? Presumably they know that you jump out of planes. IF you take them to the DZ shouldnt they already reasonably expect that you will jump? Would you bring them to your pool and not swim?

Check the motherboard manufacturer's website for specs on what kind of memory you need. (If you dont have the manual already) THEN go to www.pricewatch.com and find it cheap somewhere. Last time I was looking for memory it was pretty cheap. I see 256 MB RDRAM on there now for just over 2 jumps. Er...I mean $44.00

Maybe thats the day that their website becomes reliable I love my Sabre2, but if it was as reliable as their website I'd be dead by now Good thing they are not in the hosting business! Ever try to open your main and get an error message that says "Oops! The canopy you are looking for cannot be found. Please click the back button on your container and pull again"

Thats not really all that cold

Question for you. Do you fly in the fairly maxxed out arch depicted in your Avatar? edit: I'm guessing that's an AFF picture so probably not eh? Correct. Thats an old pic from my student days. Actually about 10 years ago. I was very fond of backsliding back then :-) Didnt fall as fast though. I weighed in at about 160 lbs back then. Now I'm 210 with the same waist size. Same basic size but 50 lbs heavier and its mostly upper body. Arms, Chest, shoulders, back. Today I fly a bit more compact rather than a flat out spread-eagle like the old days. Hands more or less next to my ears and legs straighter but not so wide. I have improved but I still have much to learn. I am but an egg

I might be able to pull off a jump or two :-) Either day is ok, lemme know which day you are going out and I'll meet you there I'll use my swoop cords :-) 140 on my belly. Anvil is right.

Speaking for the meatheads I would tend to agree. Most meatheads forcus on mass and strength building exercizes and tend to ignore smaller muscle groups like the rotator cuff.

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Ask at the DZ you plan to jump. I returned to the sport after an 8 year layoff. Prior to my layoff I had 57 jumps and my A license. I sat through the first jump class again to refresh my memory and made one AFF style jump with my former instructor so she could make sure I would remember how to pull. After that it was back to regular jumping. It may be even simpler for you as it has not been as long. This may differ from DZ to DZ though.

On your belly?? Eeek, I'm not THAT fast. Well, maybe I am. I dont have a protrack or anything so I dunno. I was figuring 125 or so but that was just a guess... Darren, did you have anything clocking our speed on that jump? I'd love to know how fast I actually fall.

Hey! I'm the anvil that you were jumping with! I'm thinking of upsizing my jumpsuit to a circus tent so you can jump with me again without injuring yourself Hope that soreness goes away fast. This is an issue for me as I'm a bodybuilder and so very heavy for my size. I tried to compensate with a very wingy jumpsuit but that doesnt seem to have been enough. I keep my arch as flat as I can while still remaining stable but damn I'm still falling fast. At 240 lbs out the door its hard to slow down.

I could use a coin like that

This discussion isnt about mals brought about by human error, but rather those that happen just by random chance. Sometimes you do everything right and something goes wrong anyway. Those are the ones this discussion is dealing with. A good pack job is a good pack job whether the packer has 20 or 2000 jumps. That same good pack job can still produce a malfunction for no good reason and its not more likely on the 20 pack job guy than it is on the 2000 pack job guy assuming good pack jobs all around

You fatal flaw is your belief that the universe is somehow "fair" or gives a crap about fairness Hasnt anyone ever told you that life isnt fair?

Don Kellner of Hazleton, PA has over 34,000 jumps (and still jumping) He hasnt gone in. Statistically speaking, I am no less likely to experience a double mal on my next jump (having 66 jumps) than he is at over 34,000.

I have heard this story from another person before. The person in question was an experienced jumper and tried out prescription goggles and ended up flareing 50 ft in the air. I had bought a pair of sportrx goggles but ended up never using them. My main reson for wanting prescription goggles was because I hated trying to put on my helmet at the last minute in the plane but if I put them on before getting on the plane that meant I had to put on the goggles as well first. The goggles then fogged up right away and I had to live with that till I got my head out the door. My solution was to copy the student helmets they use at my DZ which is your basic protec helmet with goggles that attach to the OUTSIDE of the helmet via snaps. Paid a few bucks (5 or 6 bucks) for the snap hardware at home depot, put it on the helmet and goggles myself. I then painted the helmet myself to make it look cooler. This also allows me to remove the goggles while under canopy which I couldnt do before as the goggles were under the helmet. I have a Bonehead full face helmet that I dont use now because I like this arrangement better So, the painted protec with snaps has the following desirable features 1. Strong. Protec helmets are very strong. 2. Looks cool (with custom paint job) 3. Over the glasses goggles easily attach on the outside of the helmet just prior to exit 4. Can remove goggles under canopy for best view 5. The whole setup is very cheap. BTW, the custom paint job, if done correctly, is VERY durable and looks great. Its very cheap too if you can do it yourself. I probably spent a total of 3 or 4 hours working on the helmet including adding the snaps and painting it. The following are average prices. You may do better if you shop around Protec helmet = $40.00 Paint supplies = $15.00 Snap hardware = $ 6.00 Flex-Z goggles = $15.00 Total = $75.00 (give or take a few bucks) I've attached a couple pics that dont really do justice to the finish on the helmet but you get the idea. The original color was a dark sand (tan) color. this one was kind of a rush job. I'm doing another one which I am taking my time with.

Not to mention that there ARE other companies that manufacture AAD's.

Put me down for 10 free hours

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