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I need to ask some questions about the red-tape side of the FAA 3rd class medical. If anyone is "in the know" in these regards or very comfortable with the regulations, could you please PM me? Note: very specifically, NOT trying to break the law or put one over on The Man. Just trying to make sure I handle the situation correctly. My medical examiner has been impossible to get a hold of so far. He's a nice guy, I just can't get past his PITA receptionist. MODS: I'm going to cross-post this in the Instructor's forum. PLEASE don't be mad, it's just two different types of folks who watch those forums. Thanks; Elvisio "red tape bites" Rodriguez

Heh, leave it to a woman to notice exactly where a guy keeps his wallet! Elvisio "wife was disappointed when she got into MY wallet" Rodriguez

What kind of terrain did they have you walking on? Actual trails, or something easier? Here, they just have you walk on a track. God forbid anyone should twist an ankle during the test to see if you're fit enough to handle packed hiking in the forest... Later; Elvisio "the black's ok, the green's ok, it's that part inbetween..." Rodriguez

Good luck dude, but don't sweat it. The pack test is (at least in these parts) looked at as being pretty much a joke. Anyone with even a little fitness can finish in plenty of time. I don't have the red card yet, but keep it on my "to do" list. Right now the EMS side of things has pulled me away from firefighting, but hopefully I'll be able to get back into it soon enough. Don't sweat it dude! Elvisio "it'll be a breeze" Rodriguez

This thread is indisputable proof that skychicks are simply the coolest women in the whole damn world! ...and my wife, too. Cuz she'd whup me if I didn't include her in that group.

More importantly, get your COMMERCIAL rating. We always need more jump pilots! Elvisio "get your ass up front" Rodriguez

Best part is, you know, if you're planning on trying to cash a forged check for $360 billion, at least leave your gun and weed out in the car when you do it. Elvisio "I think it was more about no brains than lotsa balls" Rodriguez

I dunno: the male/female ratio on this website would make such a list rather difficult to populate, if'n you catch my drift. Now, the LADIES might think it's a great idea... Elvisio "my list would be a null set anyhow" Rodriguez

Jump by VanHalen ...makes me want to paint the walls with my brains. Elvisio "yuck" Rodriguez

Redneck triple wide? Is there any other kind? Elvisio "at least take the damn wheels off" Rodriguez

The title says it all... Elvisio "hopin' so" Rodriguez

Ahh, so now that you have to use the turn lane, now that you can't try to beat the system for your own personal benefit, NOW you're all pissed off at the people who are... well, trying to beat the system for their own personal benefit? Elvisio "shoe = other foot?" Rodriguez

Just about anything from the Broadway play "Rent". There's only us, There's only this: Forget regret, Or life is yours to miss. No other road, No other way, No way but today. Elvisio "fear's my life" Rodriguez

I agree. The only thing that sucks worse are these ads that Yahoo seems to have fallen in love with where the ad overgrows the whole damn page with cars driving across the screen and bugs crawling here and there and you can't even read anything that's on the damn page until you find the incredibly small "x" that you need to click to shut it down. I wonder if there's a critical mass of advertising possible in any one media. I'm afraid that in most forms of media we're quickly reaching the point where the advertising is more than the actual content I wanted to watch. I'm watching the hockey playoffs and 10% of the screen is taken by the channel's logo, another 10% by whoever is "sponsoring" the score at the top of the screen (which takes up some of the screen itself), there are ads all over the boards, and we go to the Dodge intermission to watch the highlights from the "so-and-so" sponsored powerplays and watch the "XYZ" play of the game with on-ice commentary brought to you by "I don't give a damn". And this is all during the actual game, which ends up sandwiched between the ever-longer commerical breaks. The day the "TV time out" became commonplace, my heart broke a little bit; that's the day the cart finally came before the horse. I know, I know, just don't watch, right? Well, I'm quickly reaching that point. Elvisio "" Rodriguez

Must have something to do with being "down under". Hell, I hear even the toilets flush backwards down there. I wouldn't mind it being warm for Christmas, though. Do marsupials get to use the HOV lanes? Elvisio "crocodile Ikedee" Rodriguez

Ah HA! That's it, sounds good: we'll blame the ROMANS! Great engineers, my ass! Elvisio "no wonder the empire fell" Rodriguez

80 miles? Shit, I didn't know Europe went eighty miles in any one direction. Does this involve long ferry rides? How many border crossings with pissed-off soldiers wearing fuzzy hats do you need to make? Elvisio "chuckles to self, because nobody else will" Rodriguez

We know, we know, you dang furriners throw this at us 'mericans every (and I do mean EVERY) time we get to bitching about gas prices. The difference is: in Europe, from where you are standing, you can throw a brick and hit half a dozen other countries. Everything you could possibly need is a reasonable walk from your flat. Here, I have to drive an hour each way just to get to WORK. Never mind how far I have to go to do anything fun. Give us a few hundred more years, the US will be as tightly packed as Europe, and we won't be bitching about the price of gas anymore. relevant smileys: and Elvisio "that is all" Rodriguez

So its bitch beer you fancy eh? And this comes from a guy who goes by "millertime"? Elvisio "irony be not lost" Rodriguez

The reason you're having trouble is that you aren't using Photoshop for it's God-given purpose: doing stuff like putting insanely large boobies on a skinny chick or putting somebody's ex-wife's face on top of a 90 year-old-woman's body. Stick to such appropriate tasks and I'm sure you'll find the program will run without a hitch! Elvisio "at least it seems like that's all it's used for" Rodriguez

BREATHE! Elvisio "right there with ya" Rodriguez

If the movies are right, only a couple fewer meals at McDonald's and they would have been sucked out into the slipstream! Elvisio "glad to be a fat ass" Rodriguez

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=10256602 So much better...! Elvisio "repost, but it counts" Rodriguez

Keep in mind that one of the things that frustrates drivers is having to pass and pass and pass again the same bicyclist because they keep moving back up to the front of the line at every stop light. Especially on roads with only one lane in each direction, it can be difficult to safely pass a bicyclist. I used to be a road rider, and seemed to see a lot fewer dirty looks when I just started keeping my spot in line. I always used to say that a bicyclist should have the same rights and responsibilites as an automobile. How pissed would you be if you were in your car and another car kept pulling that stuff? Elvisio "no longer a road rider" Rodriguez

amazon.com has it on DVD and VHS. Elvisio "we're not trying to expand their minds" Rodriguez