Nightingale

ROFLMAO!!!!!

but...but... I thought EVERYONE had heard that one by now!

I was cleaning out my email box and found an email from my aunt from last Christmas. Apparently, my cousin had been walking around the house singing about "Chipmunks roasting on an open fire." Then I thought about the time my brother was walking around the house, after hearing me sitting at the piano practicing my part for my choir's Halleuljah Chorus... I guess he got the song in his head, but not quite the right lyrics, because "For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth" somehow mutated into "For the Lord God's impotent raining...halleujah" I did a search on the internet and found a few more funny ones: Help Me Rhonda: Well since she put me down I've been out doin' in my head.. misheard as: Well since she put me down I've got owls puking in my bed. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds: the real lyrics were: Lucy in the sky with diamonds misheard as: Lucy's getting high with Linus Bad Moon Rising; the real lyrics were: There's a bad moon on the rise misheard as: There's a bathroom on the right Desperado: the real lyrics were: Deperado, you've been out riding fences for so long now misheard as: Desperado, You've been outright offensive for so long now so, anyone else got any funny ones? I found the extra ones at www.kissthisguy.com

Because it's the internet, and a lot of people just don't care.

people seem to like the protec for safety, and it can be a great looking helmet with a decent paint job. (Robert over at Ground Zero at Elsinore does a great job on helmets, if you're looking for someone to paint it). Personally, I use a bonehead helmet, because I have a very good friend who impacted the tail of a caravan wearing a bonehead helmet, remained conscious, pulled for himself and walked away with a few stitches. There was a crack in the helmet, and some damage to the plane, but he walked away. Had he not been wearing a helmet, he'd have died, no question about it. I've also seen the abuse my cousin puts his pro-tec through (he's a skateboarder), and would feel fine jumping with either a bonehead or a pro-tec.

I bought my rig around jump 18 or so. It was a good deal, was exactly what I needed, and for a good price Silhouette 190, new reline, 800 jumps, 1999 PD 176 reserve, 2 rides, 1999 Javelin that fit me well, and was nice colors, 1999 Cypres with 4 years left $1800.

with today's medications, HIV positive people MAY never get full-blown AIDS. HOWEVER... the medications haven't been around very long. we have no idea what the long term effects are, or if the virus will become resistant to the new drugs. Viruses adapt, the same way that lots of the older antibiotics don't work as well on today's bacteria. they're resistant. some people can't tolerate the medications some people have trouble remembering to take the medications. They're complicated. It isn't just one pill every day, its LOTS of pills at certain times every day. some strains of the virus react differently to the medications. they don't work for everyone. For many people, HIV is more of a chronic condition that needs to be dealt with, rather than the death sentence it used to be. BUT, the medications are ICKY and can have awful side effects, and they don't always work, plus, they're VERY, very expensive, and not always covered by insurance.

I'd volunteer, but I suck! I'd probably mess it up for everyone...plus, I've never been on anything larger than a 6 way.

NO! NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! any questions?

My dad and I were having a conversation today, and he asked me how one packs a parachute. So, I explain. When I got to the stowing brakes thing, he asked me why. I paused and realized I have no clue whatsoever. I was taught to do it, so I do it. So... Why do we stow brakes?

if he's been called that since you got him, you'll confuse him if you change it. Cats learn their names quickly.

Just drop the "e" and name him Sky.

I don't expect it, but I do like it.

Opus Dei is scary. A group of them recruited at LMU until the school put a stop to it. They're most definitely a cult. Any organization that encourages their members to wear sharp pointy belts around their thighs to cause pain is just plain NUTS! Google them to find out some VERY interesting info.

I check mine during my own gear check, then I usually get a gear check from another jumper, and then I check it again at about 9000 feet, before I put on my goggles. I also do a visual check of everyone around me that I can see. I look at chest straps and three-rings.

Yup. There were a few baby squirrels hiding out underneath the team rooms when we were doing the JFTC calendar shoot. TOO CUTE!!!

Read it. Loved it. Found it very well written and well researched.

You're absolutely right. Changes have to come from within the community as well as from outside. The thing is... fix the schools and give the kids access to the same resources kids from other neighborhoods have, and it will be much easier for kids and parents from those communities to put a little more faith in the system. Right now, the system doesn't work for them. They have a textbook shortage, condemned buildings, underqualified teachers, and a lack of administrative staff. Would you hire a company that had issues like that to do ANY work for you? Most people wouldn't. So, why should parents and kids accept a school system with such obvious problems? Why should they buy into the system when the system is so obviously broken?

Lisa- That's one of the most intelligent things I've read in this entire thread. The LAUSD school I was speaking of in my previous post has ONE councelor for the entire school. One person to arrange schedules, help with college applications, student loans, making sure each kid has the right classes for the school they want to go to. One single person doing this for around four thousand students. One person to teach these kids how to get into college, because their parents don't know...they never went. According to the principal at that school, only about 2% of the parents have any college at all, and in most of those cases, it was community (2 year) college that wasn't finished. The other school I was speaking of, has three counselors for only 2500 students. THREE of these wonderful people who work with students about college loans and applications and who schedule classes and make everything come together. Three people whose doors are always open for any student to walk in with questions about college essays, applications, loans, and things like that. 100% of teachers are fully credentialled. Most parents have college degrees and are familliar with the application and financial aid process. One must ask, which school is better equipped to help the youth of this country to attend college? The person who started this thread asked for a solution. Its not a complete solution, but it would be a great start if we made sure EVERY child had a school like the one I went to, with a qualified staff, nice buildings, textbooks and everything else that kids in the suburbs have that kids in the city don't. Fix the gap in education, and we will BEGIN to fix the gap in the workplace.

#55. An order to 'Put Kiwi on my boots' does *not* involve fruit. #62. It is better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission, no longer applies to Specialist Schwarz. #73. No military functions are to be performed ‘Skyclad'. #74. Woad is not camouflage makeup. #77. The MP checkpoint is not an Imperial Stormtrooper roadblock, so I should not tell them "You don't need to see my identification, these are not the droids you are looking for." #87. If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it. #145. I should not drink three quarts of blue food coloring before a urine test. #146. Nor should I drink three quarts of red food coloring, and scream during the same. and #152. The following items do not exist: Keys to the Drop Zone, A box of grid squares, blinker fluid, winter air for tires, canopy lights, or Chem-Light ® batteries.

its hard to do well in school when you have: 1. teachers with no experience and no credentials 2. no textbooks, or textbooks that are so outdated that they don't even include the Vietnam War. The books are in extremely poor conditions, sometimes with entire chapters missing. 3. schools with condemned buildings, ceilings falling down, roofs leaking 4. nowhere quiet at home to study because you are crammed into a one bedroom apartment with your mom and four younger siblings, one of whom is teething. 5. a parent thats never around to help you with your homework because she has to go to work to pay the rent and can't afford a babysitter or tutor, so you're stuck watching your four siblings. Plus, mom couldn't help you anyway, because she didn't finish school herself and doesn't understand your homework. 6. no working phone line, so the teacher can't call home to talk to mom, and can't have an in-person conference because mom is either working or doesn't have transportation to get to the school 7. no money for pens, pencils, paper or notebooks on the other hand, growing up, I had: 1. teachers, who on the average, had at least ten to fifteen years experience 2. brand new textbooks every few years with up to date info. 3. schools with brand new theatres, pools, athletic fields, libraries with thousands of books, a computer center, and many after school clubs 4. my own room, where I could go and close the door and be left alone to do my schoolwork 5. a mom with college degree who was home in the afternoons and evenings to help me with homework and projects if I had questions 6. parents who were at every single parent/teacher conference, and who would whup my butt if a teacher ever had to call home for something I did or didn't do. They were also reachable by email and work phone numbers. 7. free access to books, computers, supplies, libraries, and other resources. There are reasons why kids don't do well in school. Sometimes its their fault. Sometimes, it isn't. Personally, I don't think I'd have done so well in the first environment I described. I did very well in the second. Both schools I described are southern California public schools. Only about an hour's drive from each other, but they might as well be worlds apart.

maybe a phone call to the vet? they might be able to tell you if she's misbehaving or needs to be seen.

she might still be having problems from her previous infection. Take her to the vet and get her checked out. It may not be her fault. Even if it is strictly a behavior issue, your vet will have some suggestions. Plus, you can get her microchipped at the same time.

sewing the jumpsuit for Paige's teddy bear.

the "no cameras at bachelor parties" thing is kinda iffy... if the groom in question is not doing anything wrong, he's got nothing to fear from cameras, and it might be fun to look at the photos later. HOWEVER, it might be a good idea to not have a photographic record to protect his BUDDIES. I know of a guy who was a perfect angel at his bachelor party (and even came home EARLY because it wasn't really his scene!), but one couldn't say the same for the best man, who hooked up with a stripper while someone took pictures. While the groom didn't get in trouble, the best man sure did!