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Ha! And don't forget "Sensamilla Street". Loved Ernie with a bong. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Oh shit, now I'm really laughing! Basketball Jones? That's a classic too. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

How about a stranger who says, "Oh I'm on the male birth control pill...no really, I am." But then hopefully a person would not have unprotected sex with a stranger anyway. But then there are those moments of excess that catch folks off guard sometimes. I have one friend who actually called me and said, "Lindsey, I'm not sure, but I think I might have got f*(ked up the @ss last night." Ummm....who actually says that? Well, someone who'd have unprotected sex with a stranger.... linz True enough! Especially if there's Rohypnol involved... But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

One of my fellow grad students didn't make our meeting today. Apparently she was sick, so I asked if she was OK. "She has an earache," was the reply. So I couldn't resist quoting from the old Cheech and Chong bit "earache my eye". It seems I was on my own with that one... ...and some of the people were over 40. I was never a big fan of C & C anyway, but does anyone else remember that bit? But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

How about a stranger who says, "Oh I'm on the male birth control pill...no really, I am." But then hopefully a person would not have unprotected sex with a stranger anyway. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Sure would, especially since it's not altering testosterone. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

yep, he's really learning his lesson - here on dorkzone with all the hosers - his words not mine Calling it "dorkzone" doesn't hurt my feelings at all. And I'm a "hoser" ... I'm okay with being called that. {Thanks Bob + Doug McKenzie!} Maybe he is learning. Maybe he isn't. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, especially after the replies to his post here. Then again, maybe I'm being naive. 'Shell You, Shell? Naive? Nah. Remember when I told you that Webster took gullible out of the dictionary... Anyway, sometimes I think Calvin has a side bet with his buddies to see how long he can keep his thread at the top of the Bonfire... (edited to add, I'm not part of that bet) But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Marking exams now. A living hell. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Most of this I agree with, but it never hurts to sit back and preview a post before sending it. Sort of like thinking before you speak, especially when you're in such 'mixed' company as in any of these fora. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

i dont post offensively to women, i post honestly, well, i try. i cant convey my thoughts to well online. i dont have 7000 posts like some of you hosers dont think im trying to offend women, im trying to be open, and honest. I have as much respect for women as i do for men. women just take everything a lot more seriously. I'd bet that just as many men as women on here took your first comments as a bit crooked. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Nice looking family pic! You are truly a lucky guy. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

hard to believe that you're not snatched up by one of them But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

WalMart has sale. Lost shoe receipt. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Those are really good shots of the grips. I'm betting you learned it from the same person I did! But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Well yeah, but for those who don't know it. (googler...) or maybe not Try definately not did you actually think that a work of that size would not ne known by a lot of people? Well it's not like it's a well known quote from the Bible. There's a lot of stuff out there that people aren't familiar with. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Well yeah, but for those who don't know it. (googler...) or maybe not But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Always finish. You don't stop halfway through a skydive, do you?

Whats this VAST difference, they lead on fron one and other, the efferens from the eppidydimus to the deferens, niether has any hormonal control, they are both merely plumbing tubes It's one of those med school jokes, M*A*S*H style, that seemed appropriate. Yes, they are both part of the plumbing. But hormones do not follow the pipes and are not controlled in this case by said plumbing. At least that's what my urologist said when I was questioning him on the considerations of getting cut. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

A vasectomy doesn't change the level of hormones. There's a vast difference between a vas deferens and a vas efferens... But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

No Googling!!

For me it was lack of clear goals in skydiving. I was in my second year of skydiving and passed quite a few milestones. I did over a hundred jumps in my first year (hard to do in sunny, but wintry Alberta, but then I had Eloy as a snowbird plan) and then was part of a junior 4-way FS team. I was instructing, partying and all was well. I had taken an introductory course in CRW at my home dz (Eden North). Then I realized that I had accomplished all of the goals that I had laid out when I started to jump. And there didn't seem to be anything left. I'm very goal oriented, so I spoke to one of the instructors about it and felt that while the idea of being able to jump and do whatever I wanted in the sky was appealing, it just wasn't enough. These were his words in reply, as best as I can recall: "Skydiving is the hardest sport to remain in." We discussed why people stay and why people go. Part of it was money, part of it was dedication. In the end it seemed that short and long term goals had a lot to do with it. For me, the short-term goals had been achieved, although I didn't really know it then. But I didn't have any long term ones to make me want to continue. Since the resident CRW team (Plaid Jackets) was comprised of the owner and some of the senior staff, including the instructor I was speaking to, it was suggested that I try my hand at it. I had reservations, but it seemed like this could be something different. Everyone else was doing 4-way and free-flying in its current definition was in infancy. That got me going. Even though I had the ambition and the (very) basic skills, it was tough! I couldn't lay on a dock, and some of the concepts just didn't sink in. I'm pretty good at most sports, have excelled in many, so when I couldn't figure this one out, so it hooked me. I spent a lot of time learning the basics and trying to understand the reasoning for certain moves. I memorized blocks and randoms, played out each move in my head during work hours and at home. Instead of counting sheep, I counted rotations. Next thing I knew, I thought of little else, and my non-skydiving friends and family were sick of it. I also almost took out the entire team on several jumps, docking fourth on a stairstep with no real understanding of how to do it (wheee!!!). This is not to say that my future team didn't drill it into my head. In fact there were times they almost drilled me in the head. I thought I knew what I was supposed to do. It just didn't happen that way. There was the time we left competition style out of a Skyvan and by witnesses' accounts my deployment almost stalled the thing, with everyone running to the rear of the A/C to have a look (another story for another time). There was the time I impacted at Eloy and had the only ambulance ride of the Christmas boogie that year. Etc. etc. At the time I felt like I sacrificed a lot to do this thing and get good at it. In the end we got a third at the WPC and it never felt like I gave up anything. In fact I gained so much more. Thanks to Lyal. Thanks to Aidan. Thanks to Eden North. That's why I started and that's why every single time I watch a video of CRW or talk about it with someone I take a trip down memory lane. Kevin But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

Finish it. Seriously, that's part of the grind of getting any advanced degree. It's really not that your supervisors are trying to put you in your place. MBA's in particular are about teamwork and it shows that you are up to it. Even when it seems you should be done with that part of it. I'm in the last six months of an MSc and have had the same feelings (weekly, if not daily). I was told recently that I should just do exactly what my supervisor told me and get it done as quickly as possible. At first I took offense to that, thinking that I had no control over my own thesis and research. Then I thought about it a different way: Getting it done and getting back to the so-called real world is the objective. If you've made it this far then you're capable and worthy of it. Others have told me the same thing. After it's done you will feel like you've really accomplished something. And the degree will be yours alone. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

not that this is related to the topic, but I believe I was 'viewer' 77777 of this thread. Go buy lottery tickets!! But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

They look close enough to each other to be using just leglocks. Very difficult to do. Pretty cool being able to pull it off! Thanks! The best part is when it's time to break. The middle guy just lets go of their legstraps and swings out. I swear you think you're going to go completely around, like on a playground swing as a kid. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

We got into a 3-way stack, and the top two guys get into a parabatics grip with their legs. They both hang onto my leading edge while getting into the grip and gently split the canopies, so that it didn't go directly into a downplane (good safety tip). Then I got really light on the toggles to help them 'pull' me up. Once my canopy snuck in between theirs I just hung onto their legstraps, one in each hand. From there on the two outside guys have total control with their toggles and I'm just along for the ride! When the thing goes downhill, it goes! But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms