squirrel

i will one up you. I used to drive an 18 wheeler educational vehicle. we taught kids about fire safety, anyway....3 days left on a year long tour...pulled over at 5 am bob tailing to get the trailer, by a Kansas trooper. so, here it goes.... 1. no current driver log 2. left signal out. 3. admitted not doing a pre-trip walk around of the truck. 4. DOT numbers on the truck dont match up with the companay (another company had taken over contract.) 5. medical card expired 6. my big, bad, mean looking, boxer in the sleeper cab tries to take his arm off. (well, it was her bed) let me go, had to fixed the signal, get a medical in 48 hours, complete and fax current driver logs, and corrected DOT number documentation. hell, i thought i was going to jail.

investigate a lien sale, for a vehicle that is left behind or abandoned. but now that the DMV knows of the purchase, it may no fly. i would try to take with a supervisor...maybe offer to pay the non-operational dues...should be less. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

Indeed. I watched some of the micro-Japanese cars get in accidents when I visited my in-laws. The basic speed limit on the surface streets there is pretty much 20-25mph every where. One of these things would get tapped by a delivery truck...the damn thing would turn inside out and everybody would be dead... growing up, we had one of these...i believe it had a 600cc motor. we would actually put 4 people in there, and it got 45mpg. i am not at all impressed yet with what new cars get for mpg. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

perhaps someone needs to start a site called....dropzoneboobies.com

all i want to know is....how much? and i mean that in a good way. building and selling businesses is great...really. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

Be careful what you wish for... while visiting a DZ in seattle, I watch a guy have a chop on jump #1. it was a bow tie, and he was given instructions on cutting away from the ground. hell of a jump for jump # 1. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

if your gonna hang with that crowd you better expect the worse. whats next, a 38 special? what the hell is with the fascination with strip clubs anyway? never got it. unless i can take it home, i am not looking. but thats just me, so no worries, have fun.

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yeah, i hear ya. but the arresting net is a good idea. hell, i put a ballistic reserve on my weight shift trike, and never plan to use it. but i was actually on scene when one of those "one in a million" wing calapse took place. he lived though. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

is there any type of "speed reducing barrier" at all before the wall he hit...like a runaway gravel ramp on freeways for truckers? ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

dude, that is something i will have to remember to do some day! by the way, my nick name is...squirrel.

I'm just not into killing things, even snakes. They aren't bothering anyone out there, and it's me that's in their territory. So why should I, as the intruder, kill them on their home turf? Besides, I can take pictures and use those to identify them later, so no killing is necessary. I came across a crew clearing vegetation from a pipeline, and asked them how often they saw snakes. He said they kill about 8 or 10 per day. I started to ask why they kill them, but then decided to let it pass. Some people just automatically kill all snakes, and there's no point trying to reason with that mindset. Especially when they've got a giant machine wielding three large circular saw blades that cuts through the forest like something from outer space. i agree. but if i did take the "Kill first, identify later" attitude, i would probably be in jail...there are ALOT of scary (and just plain f*cked up) people out there. lets put it this way. while I would go across a street to move a snake off the road, i probably would not walk across the stress to piss on a car fire burning some idiot. know what I mean? ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

I'm still trying to figure out why this is in the Incidents forum? I had a off heading opening on my wingsuit last yesterday, maybe I'll post something about it........ agreed. i watched my wife drift passed me with 10 to 12 line twists, canopy square, flying straight, kicking like a motherf*cker...she worked it out...no post here. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

this is why i fly from dirt fields and dirt roads. the only "code enforcement" i see is the sheriff coming out to check out the trike, becuase he is a fan of them. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

the guys in this show make jumping out of an airplane seem pretty damn easy.

i was waiting for someone to mention this! funny story. my day, a career electrician, got very tired on the neighborhood dogs pissing on his RV's tires, sooooo....he electrified the RV. we are eating breakfast, and we hear..."yelp! yelp! yelp!" and the dog goes running down the street....never came back...problem solved. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

when i looked at the pin, at first glance i didnt see the stars, just a group or RW flyers instead! ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

i drive an older jeep daily, so when we want to road trip, we rent a fast, quiet car or SUV...not only is the mpg better, the fact that I have never had car payments is even better. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

i would much rather get hurt skydiving un-insured (although mine covers it), then get hurt doing something lame and boring like driving a car, insured. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

well, where we live, you have to go to the store before 11 AM or so...to beat the tweakers (meth addicts, the sleep late if they sleep at all)...other wise you are in danger of getting run over by a speed freak.! ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

year and make please? ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

i used to teach kids, some with autism. i understand your need for technology to help with your care of your kids....i know it must be tough. i truely wonder why it is more prevalent today, more so then back then. i see news reports that indicate something like 1 in 150? its something i have thought alot about, being that we may have a child in the next few years. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

reading all the responses in this thread is...interesting. i remember back in the day that i rode around in the back of a 74 ford with a camper shell with 5 other brother and sisters. no seat belts, no air bags, no god damn DVD super duper HD surround 5.whatever sound system with 39 speakers and 27,000 whatts. and....we were happy...we, looked out the window for intertainment. we, talked to each other. and even when we got re-ended coming home from the beach, no body go hurt, we didnt call the police.. and we didnt sue, and the diver that hit us just gave may dad $100 for a new bumper...cause the truck was made of STEEL! and did not need a dealer to fix it, we turned screws and changed our our oil and did tune ups, and rebuilt tranny's in the garage on the work bench. damn, where has all the knowledge gone? i drive a 17 year old car....and work on it myself. but then again, i am not into spending a bunch of money on depreciating things. rant over. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

here i thought you were gonna say how many kilos you were shipping. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?

you cant even begin to imagine how much fuel the military burns. a buddy of mine used to be crew on the C-130...he did dozens of emergency landing practices...which included...dumping fuel. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him?