PalmettoTiger

It's important to me too. But DZs existed before the GM program. DZs currently exist without the GM program. And I bet that DZs will continue to exist if the GM program were to dissolve. PTiger I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

Exactly - the members will end up paying for it, because the GM program already can't cover its own costs. BUT, phreezone has been pretty convincing that the GM program doesn't do much for jumpers. Making us bear the extra costs to ensure that a program (that already doesn't cover its costs) is running properly, when that program doesn't provide much benefit to us, is NOT the way things should be done. I'm not arguing against using dues to cover periodic DZ safety inspections - in principle at least, that sounds like a good idea. I'm just against that money going to support the GM program when it already uses members' dues money without doing much for us. PTiger I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

That's really cool. When are you going to start teaching her PLFs and principles of canopy control? Or is there a copy of "Pack Like a Pro" already tucked away as her Christmas present? PTiger I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

I don't get it... two planes circling the Golden Gate bridge? Is that the article everyone else gets when they click that link? PTiger I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

Yeah, Princeton is in New Jersey, although we don't always admit that - I'm not supposed to mention it on the tour. Hey, I'm an hour north of the DZ, and it was up to 65° Monday and Tuesday! And weather.com claims that it's 64° at the DZ right now (I'm not there because it's raining, I'll drive down after dinner to join the beer-light festivities). Of course, a cold front is moving through as we speak (just in time for Freeze Fest), so tomorrow's forecast high is 39°... but at least the sun will be out! We used to have the Nude Olympics - every year at midnight after the first snowfall, the entire sophomore class got nekkid and ran around one of the courtyards. The administration shut it down when it started to get out of control. PTiger I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

testing some ASCII math characters, these might help you later if the boards support them.. Alt+0176 = ° (degree) Alt+0178 = ² (squared) Alt+0179 = ³ (cubed) Alt+0215 = × (multiply) Alt+0247 = ÷ (divide) I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

The story is fake. It's from the Weekly World News. It looks legitimate because you see yahoo.com in the link, but for some reason Yahoo is hosting WWN stories. BTW, to make a link clickable, put [ url ] and [ /url ] around it (without the spaces). Like this: [ url ]http://whatever.the.link.is.com [ /url ] I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

David Bowie - Space Oddity I'm stepping out the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today For here am I sitting in a tin can (Ed.: No offense, Frankenotter) Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do My take on that song has always been that space was so beautiful he decided to just stay up there. Matches my feelings about freefall.

thank you pilotdave!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

heh. Don't be fooled because it's on a yahoo.com server, that's from the Weekly World News. Funny, but not really reliable. I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

It's not really skydiving-related, but this is the coollest tattoo I've ever seen. A bit Not-Work-Safe though, be careful when you open the attachment. I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

AAAAAAAAAAAAAahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! He does 1-800-COLLECT commercials now, doesn't he? I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

OK, I count 6 different paint schemes there. 2 on the nose, then the pilot's door and tail section are a third, body is 4th, engines are 5th, and emergency door (starboard side, visible on another picture) makes 6. PTiger

If I hadn't done some fishing in the shallow end of the gene pool, I'd be spending this summer at Quantico. My dad got an all-expenses-paid tour of Southeast Asia in 1969-70 courtesy of the USMC, and I've always admired him for that. PTiger

/smiles through clenched jaw Perhaps it's someone who enjoys being irritating. PTiger

I can't remember where I first saw this story but it's pretty hilarious. I never have quite figured out why the sexual urges of men & women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Mars & Venus thing. And, I never have figured out why men think with their heads and women with their hearts. And, I never yet have figured out how the sexual desire gene gets thrown into a state of turmoil, when it hears the words "I do." One evening last week, my wife and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, but she eventually says, "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me." I said, "WHAT??" So she says the words that I and every husband on the planet dreads. She explains that I "must not be in tune with her emotional needs as a Woman." I'm thinking, "What was her first clue?" I finally realize that nothing is going to happen that night, so I went to bed. The very next day we went shopping at a big unnamed department store...I walked around while she tried on three very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take, so I told her to take all three of them. She then tells me that she wants matching shoes worth $200 each to which I say OK. And then we go to the Jewelry Dept. where she gets a set of diamond earrings. Let me tell you ...she was so excited. She must have thought that I was one wave short of a shipwreck, but I don't think she cared. I think she was testing me when she asked for a tennis bracelet because she doesn't even play tennis. I think I threw her for a loop when I told her that it was OK to buy it. She was really excited from all of this - you could tell by her expression when she said, "I'm ready to go, let's go to the cash register." I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No, honey. I don't feel like buying all this stuff now." You should have seen her face ... it went completely blank. I then said, "Really honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while." And when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I put on a hurt face and pouted, "You must not be in tune with my financial needs as a Man." /puts on flame-retardant suit PTiger

I love the community too. Like a few others point out, the information and knowledge here is unrivaled. We're pretty good at not taking things personally either. My one complaint is how quickly threads get hijacked and become sexual innuendo contests. I know it's the talkback forum and we're supposed to bullshit, but it seems like the interesting discussions die out once the jokesters get in on it. PTiger

Attempting to re-hijack the thread and claim it in the name of the ORIGINAL ISSUE!! I'm at a university renowned far and wide as a bastion of the conservative upper crust. Seeing the incredible diversity of people, ideas, attitudes, and lifestyles both in people who fit the stereotype and among people who defy it, I've decided that "normal" designates a setting on your washing machine, and nothing more. PTiger

I'm amazed by "A Beautiful Mind." Any movie that can make mental illness and higher mathmatics accessible to a general audience as part of a story that they actually like is just genius. That, and the fact that they were good enough to only show the nice parts of campus, makes me very proud of the film. PTiger - who lives in the ugly part of campus.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the funniest breakup movie ever. 9 minutes long, not work safe because of language (no nudity though). Prepare to laugh your ass off. PTiger

I think because we've divided the posting into useful (any forum other than talkback) and pointless, people aren't afraid to hijack threads and claim them in the name of BOOBIES!!!! PTiger

There are boobies in every thread where Clay's profile pic appears. PTiger

Yeah, I'm kind of amazed myself. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they've added him to the dictionary, though. Don't believe me? PTiger

Uh-oh, it's just gotten worse. Go back and read it again, they now say that in addition to being a vocal critic of Enron's dealings with its subsidiaries, the poor guy was planning to testify before Congress but hadn't done so because his lawyers were still negotiating with the committee. * S N U F F E D O U T * PTiger

Clay, your idea of 'getting action on a date' is pretty fucked up. PTiger