skydiver30960

Remember not to trust those blasted plastic clips! Zip ties or rubber bands are your friend if you're mounting externally. Yes, I was a newbie. Yes, I trusted the clip. Yes, I lost my ProTrack. ...and the happy ending to this story is YES, L&B sent me a new unit free of charge (no kidding!), although they definitely gave me a figurative V-8 style bonk on the head when they did it (hey, I deserved it). Elvisio "L&B customer for life" Rodriguez

While I too may not relish the pessimistic (call it pragmatic?) tone of voice from warpedskydiver, I find myself agreeing with him in this particular case. Four weeks? The article mentions "somebody brought him water" but also mentions he was pretty much out of his mind, and would be a bad historian at this point. Four weeks? Even with occasional water, four weeks in the elements, with no food? I find myself wondering about this one... Elvisio "minutes without oxygen, hours without shelter, days without water, weeks without food" Rodriguez

Bud Light commercials have been good. It's shit beer, but the commercials are good. Elvisio "silk purse and sow's ear" Rodriguez

This was where I was going: that if the web-based stuff worries you then there are plenty of great programs available on disc. Elvisio "thinking about it myself" rodriguez

There was a show (discovery channel?) where they tried it out. Square wood frame with fabric panels, released from a hot air balloon. As I recall, it didn't go well, had to get rid of it and go to a real parachute pretty quickly. Elvisio "helluva way to earn a tat" Rodriguez

The boost mobile super bowl shuffle thing caused me a type of pain akin to really strong gas pains. I hope never to relive it again. Elvisio "i will never buy a boost product specifically to protest that commercial" Rodriguez

Bring it, bitches! Elvisio "nothing to report yet" rodriguez edit cuz I suck at roman numerals

da Vinci, or was it Michelangelo? This was the one that popped into mind when I saw your question: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1008972;#1008972 And yes, it is Jari who has the birdman/da Vinci tattoo... Elvisio "cool ideas, one and all" Rodriguez

I hear you, dude. I spent a long time living "in love" with someone who had no interest in me. At the time I did it because I thought it was somehow romantic, like I was the knight who forever promised his love to a noblewoman he'd never marry; now, after the fact I realize that (just as John mentions in his post) it was safe and easy for me to do, and a way to hide. Not romatic, but definitely quixotic. Honestly, this was a long time ago (high school/start of college). Now that I'm out of that shell and looking back, I don't think about her and how I never had her; instead, it think about all the time I wasted and what I might have missed because I didn't allow myself to look past her. Elvisio "from a poop post to this, it's a big swing" Rodriguez

I said "a few" dammit, not "a dozen!" Elvisio "has my wife been telling my secrets again?" Rodriguez

Now, ask my wife and she will swear on a stack of Bibles that the above comment is a bald-faced lie. But, to me, it doesn't! But, it's true, isn't it? How come the smell of our own farts and turds can cause others to wretch, yet inspire a small swell of pride in ourselves? And everybody else's toots and turds smells awful to us? My hypothesis is that, for a guy, dropping a deuce is as close as we can get to childbirth. You know, it grows inside you, you bring it into the world, then have to send it on its way alone, and can only hope the best for it. And so, just like everybody's kids annoy us but our own, the same holds for... Other suggestions? Elvisio "the previous post is brought to you by cabin fever" Rodriguez

With being snowed in and all, my wife might get 24 inches of something else... it'll just take a few divided doses to get it done. Elvisio "TMI?" Rodriguez

Ditto to the question above. I graduated from Virginia Tech in '97 with degrees in Materials Engineering and Spanish. I had five years at a plant I loved (it closed) and one year at a plant I disliked (they laid me off) and when I moved back to Virginia to live with my then-girlfriend-now-wife, I had a hard time finding a gig. I took the off time while job searching to take an EMT course, and found a completely new track on life. I went to nursing school, got my ADN and RN, then got my Paramedic. Now I'm just putting in my time and rounding out my resume so I can start posting for flight nurse positions. Oh yeah, and losing weight too: air medical companies don't like us "husky" guys. Engineering wasn't a bad gig, and if I'd found something worthwhile when I moved back up here I'd probably still be doing it today. But... I was really disappointed with the management track: the further up the ladder I moved, the less I enjoyed my job. Also, finding jobs was getting tougher: you could still find them but you definitely had to go to the jobs (often in a very different state) rather than just finding something nearby. Going from engineering to nursing/EMS is a big change, but I'm thrilled with the changes I've made in my life. I'm not going to tell you I love my job because I don't: I don't want to be an ICU nurse for the rest of my life, but even after 2.5 years I'm still learning every day and it's preparing me for what I DO want to do for the rest of my life, i.e. critical care transport. My suggestion: look around. It isn't an all or nothing thing; you don't need to quit and live out of the trunk of your car while you look for a new career. Think about what you think you might enjoy doing. Look into what is required to do that job. Find out how you can earn the needed qualifications/degrees/experience. You'd be surprised how many opportunities exist if you're willing to look for them and spend a little time working toward them. You will most likely even be able to begin toward your new goal (taking a couple classes or working somewhere part time, for example) while still holding onto the security of your current job. Elvisio "changed career gears" Rodriguez P.S. I've mentioned it in another thread a couple years ago: I would HIGHLY recommend looking into your local community college system. Most community colleges offer great opportunities that are affordable and accessible and also reasonably lucrative once you have the degree/certificate.

On overpriced sweatshirts that teens spend their parents' money on, sure, no problem. On Olympic uniforms? No dice. Elvisio "still pissed about this" Rodriguez

I dig that, I really do, but imho NO AMOUNT of donated goods or "financial partnership" should allow the Olympic uniforms to have a corporate logo that is larger than the "USA" or the Olympic rings. Every time I think our world cannot possibly get more commercialized, I find myself sorely surprised. Elvisio "ugh" Rodriugez

Holy crap. Who in the living hell approved this crap? http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Have-a-look-at-Team-U-S-A-s-Opening-Ceremony-ou?urn=oly,217109 Elvisio "the USA is less than a quarter of the size of the damn RL logo" Rodriguez

I dig that the groundhog is treated relatively well, but if being kept in a climate-controlled environment and a yearly inspection by the Department of Agriculture means he's being treated better than the average Pennsylvania kid then I think we better check out how they're taking care of the rugrats nowadays... Elvisio "Pennsylvania raised, myself" Rodriguez

Apparently: 1.) Her and 2.) Wile E. Coyote Elvisio "oldies but goodies" Rodriguez

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis? Elvisio "explain the rule" Rodriguez

I've heard people say that if you're cooking food with the intention of freezing it immediately afterword that you have to FIRST allow the food to cool to room temperature, THEN put it in the freezer. If you fail to do this (according to "them") you run a higher risk of the food spoiling or making you sick when you later thaw it out and eat it. Huh? My engineering degree is VERY dusty, but isn't the rate at which an object cools in an open environment (able to be considered a constant temperature despite the heat absorbed from the object) mostly a function of the difference in temperature between the object and the environment (i.e. deltaT)? I thought Newton had this one hammered out. I think this is how they determine time of death in murder cases: just in case you aren't humiliated enough by being dead, the rectal thermometry will seal the deal for you. I understand that there is a thermal gradient inside my container of slowly freezing minestrone, but I still don't see how leaving something in an envrionment where it will cool more slowly before putting it in an environment where it will cool more quickly will somehow make it cool even MORE quickly than just sticking the dang thing in the freezer straight out. I also understand that the freezer will have to work harder and the things in the vicinity of my minestrone will warm up just a bit, but I think the frozen green beans can take the hit. Has anyone else heard this? Is it a myth? Is it true? Was Newton wrong? Was Newton right, EXCEPT for Mrs. Newton's creations in the kitchen? Is my minestrone now a deadly time bomb quietly awaiting my return to the freezer? Elvisio "help me out here" Rodriguez

that's right, part of the family ...even if you ARE the really weird cousin that comes to family reunions to sit in the corner, leer at the lady members of the family, and pick his nose. Elvisio "just a joke, not a PA" Rodriguez

...I have some goin' on right now... Elvisio "GodDAMN that was good sushi" Rodriguez

My unit gives the same error occasionally, not as bad as yours does. For me it was crashing about once an hour or so, and just like with your situation the disc was fine. The solution for me was to load the games to the hard drive rather than always run them off the disc. I didn't see any real increase in the game speed or load times but the games now run virtually crash-free. Elvisio "Fallout 3 addict" Rodriguez

^^^ Probably one of the most testosterone-laden thread titles I've ever seen here! You can't help but grunt a couple times after reading it... Elvisio "Tim Allen would be proud" Rodriguez

Somebody should definitely recheck my math: Random site on internet says Jet A weighs 6.84 pounds per gallon. So, 210,000 pounds is something like 30,701 gallons. Or... 3,929,824 liquid ounces; Or... 327,485 12 ounce beers; Or... 13,645 cases of beer; Or... 2,006 "standard" or "American" kegs of beer. Holy Christ. My liver just wept. Elvisio "cirrhosis on the wing" Rodriguez