PalmettoTiger

My pets both got their names from their coloring. Our calico cat, Callie, isn't doing very well and we might have to euthanize her soon. She's lost a lot of weight lately even though we switched to food that she seems to do better with; she's 15 years old so it might just be her age catching up to her. She's very regal; most of the time her demeanor is "You human are allowed to live in my home and play in my yard, but if you are not on your best behavior I shall revoke your privileges." I also have a mutt who's about the color of a corndog, and since our last name is Korn, my sisters picked.... Korndog. The funniest thing about the name is that the our neighbor's children loved playing with Korndog so much that they got their parents to get them a pet. Mr. and Mrs. Bruck would only let them get a bird, but their kids named it "Kornbird." Whoops.

I was about to suggest that you must be off your rocker to spend so much money and time on a Novell certification. Then I realized that Novell networks are probably at the point just above "extinct" where you have to look really hard (and thus pay really well) to find people who can fix them. You are a slick one, LordAJ702!! Blues, squares, PTiger

Never give up your happiness on the advice of a doctor. Blues, squares, PTiger

I'm probably going to drag us all down the AAD/no AAD road again, but I have to share this. My first hop and pop (one week ago) was a poised exit off the Cessna, which I have yet to master. It took me four seconds to get stable, and even though that's not even close to a dangerous delay from 4k, my mind started screaming "GET IT OUT GET IT OUT GET IT OUT PULL PULL PULL!!!" There was never even a hint of "Take it easy, take your time, you've got a backup." Blues, squares, PTiger

I think it's only a requirement for jumpers who have not completed their A-license. Blues, squares, PTiger

Wow Michele, have you been part-timing with an icthyologist or something? Adding my piddly 2¢: if you're ever attacked by a shark, fight back. Predators don't like the idea of their prey being stronger and more belligerent than them. Don't bother hitting them on the nose, unless that's all you can reach. Quick, repeated jabs at the gills or eyes are your best bet, since those are the two most sensitive areas on a shark. Also, since sharks can really only see contrast, avoid showing stark tan lines (sunbathe naked instead!!!) since that may make you look less like a person and more like food. I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I did read the Holiday Inn Express Book!!!

Q for the riggers out here - how difficult (time, money, rig-specific quirks) is it to add an RSL? Say, hypothetically of course, that a friend of yours was coming to your DZ on a Saturday evening, and you required him to have an RSL on his rig before he could jump at your DZ. If he had to have it freshly installed, would he be in the air Sunday or not? Blues, squares, PTiger

Right on brother!! My best guess is that the "Dump Beer into Creek" lever is right beside the "Dump Creek into Beer" lever, and when it came time to cut the Coors with water it was an easy mistake to make. Blues, squares, PTiger

Thank you Michele. I spent the weekend with my two older sisters, which always ignites the smartass in me. Guess it hasn't worn off yet.

Jeez, no wonder they're eating so many swimmers. Blues, squares, PTiger

Wow, thanks for the tip!! Mb m psts cn b rd fstr t!!! Hey.... I wonder if I keep getting "ERROR: stack dumped" and other love letters from my computer because I use proper punctuation in my comments?? Maybe I should start commenting like this: //hello! mr: computer" I? promise, to) make( my... writing' less. intelligible; Blues, squares, PTiger

The Associated Press Golden, Colo., Aug. 26 — An employee of Coors Brewing Co. flipped the wrong switch and sent 77,500 gallons of beer into a creek, killing thousands of fish and prompting health warnings. The beer, which was in fermenting tanks, washed through a wastewater treatment plant before ending up in Clear Creek on Friday, said Coors spokeswoman Aimee St. Clair. The fish likely suffocated from the alcohol — among other things — produced in the tanks. “Somebody made a mistake,” she said. “We’re trying to track down how it happened so it doesn’t happen again.” Don’t Drink the Water The Colorado Department of Public Health advised residents to avoid contact with the creek south of the brewery because of a small bacterial risk. The water could cause illness if consumed, said J. David Holm, director of the Water Quality Division. Officials with the state Division of Wildlife could not give a precise number of fish killed, but estimated it was thousands up and down the river. “There are probably 200 to 300 fish right here in probably a 20-to 30-yard stretch,” said Scott Hoover of the wildlife division. State and federal investigators have not determined whether any fines will be levied against the company. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Does it seem odd to anyone else that beer is okay to drink, and creek water is okay to drink, but the combination of the two carries a risk of bacterial infection? I think either the health department or Coors isn't being totally honest here.... Blues, squares, PTiger

I've jumped a PD 230 for the last 4 jumps and packed it the last 2, so I don't have a huge experience base. However, I will offer these 2 tidbits that I see often: 1. The PD (insert size here) is a Sabre planform with F-111 material in ZP. (All of the opening characteristics, and 1/3 of the performance!! ) So follow the packing tips for a Sabre. 2. Make sure your slider is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY out in front of the nose. Don't know exactly why, but it's worked every, er, both times I packed my 230. Blues, squares, PTiger

I hear that people on bodyboards and surfboards get attacked more often, since sharks can't see much more than contrast, and in silhouette a swimming surfer looks like a tasty seal. Good thing that those bull sharks had a good view (or a good breakfast)! Blues, squares, PTiger

You'd think that if they could get their brackets, braces, and parentheses right in programming, they could do better on spelling and punctuation... Blues, squares, PTiger

Chuck, thanks for the detailed account. You did a great job with every aspect of the event, even the unfortunate one. We lost a fellow skydiver to a BASE accident thirty-six days ago, and I wish the newspaper accounts had been as well-written as yours. Blue skies forever Lisa. Blues, squares, PTiger

A new one is up in The Pub and it definitely puts a new twist on the competition! We know that this person jumps with a CYPRES and his/her container has a 1-pin reserve, but beyond that there's no clues - unless we can narrow it down to people with access to airport security scanners!

Yeah NS Viking, I just stopped in here looking to see the aftermath of Skreamer's 1000th, and this stuff is fascinating. I was diagnosed with ADD the first time I tried to fail out of school, and started taking Adderall. It didn't really help; my mind moved lots faster but it still jumped from subject to subject to subject. I'd make 30-item lists of things I needed to get done that day, and when the Adderall wore off I would think to myself "Whoa there buddy, getting a little too ambitious!!" Funny thing is that everything on the list was relevant, if not the most important thing to be doing at the time. It was like my mind suddenly started poking into the neglected corners of my memory and finding all these things I'd thought about doing but never gotten around to... HOORJ™ FOR ADD/ADHD ALTIHOLICS!!! Blues, squares, PTiger

Yeah, especially when the latest picture in the pub appears to be an airport security image of a rig!! What is that anyway? Not an X-Ray, because the fabric shows up well... is this an MRI of a rig? Who on that list works in airport security or medical imaging....?

SpeedRacer asked: No, and for good reasons: 1. if I had a girlfriend I wouldn't share her with any of you!!! , and 2. if I had a girlfriend that good-looking who let me put pictures on the internet I wouldn't need a job or a college degree - I'd get filthy rich running a pr0n site!! Blues, squares, PTiger

EXACTLY!! "Why ask your head when it's your hips that are swinging?" --Shirley Bassey w/ Propellerheads Blues, squares, PTiger

"Unmarked Helicopters............. hovering above..........." Blues, squares, PTiger

I remember hearing this conversation in the plane last spring: "Hey Ken, when was your last seizure?" "I haven't had one since I stopped taking my medicine... about three days!!" "Well, you're not supposed to take that stuff when you're drinking, anyway!!" Fortunately the passenger knew it was a joke or he might have asked to trade me TMs. Blues, squares, PTiger

Having watched your meteoric rise throught the post-count ranks, I don't know whether to cheer or cry.

MSN isn't a great search engine, they get lots of their traffic simply because they have an inside connection at a certain unnamed software company that give them premium placement. Try Google or even AltaVista. Also, try searching for skydiv* rather than Sky Diveing - most people don't separate the words, and skydiv* will pull up skydive as well as skydiving (assuming the search engine you're using is any good). The capitalization will also throw you off (again depending on the search engine), so use all lower-case letters. Finally, if you're looking for skydiving-related gear, do a search on parachute or combine it with words like container and harness. Blues, squares, PTiger