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The results of giving a toddler spaghetti. Just had to share....

No pics from the freefall. I had someone take some pictures with a disposable camera of all the gear-up and stuff. Once they are developed, I'll post any decent ones.

But her indentured servitude will only end just before she attends the community college.

... set the Justin-Way World Record with SkyDekker. ... met a bunch of cool people and got to put faces with screen names.

23k was $49. 30k was... a lot. So, my daughter will have to go to a community college.

It was a fun jump. I'll write up more later. As to the cold part, it wasn't a problem. Just dress appropriately. I wore polypro long underwear under my (heavy fabric) jumpsuit and 3mm neoprene scuba gloves. The gloves were key, because the extremities get coldest fastest. The cold was barely noticeable. You are so pumped you don't care anyway.

Damnit, and I just bought a non-refundable ticket, then you show up. So, here is another (unofficial) self-updated list: kevin922 bbarnhouse AggieDave LouDiamond SkyMonkeyOne KatieBear Deuce Viking Freeflyz boyfalldown girlfalldown BigBen prepheck Amazon Vallerina+1 Cute Girl :-) Remster +1 Cute wife +1 moose :-o jfields

You sick puppy! You really want to see that? Viking's 15 minutes... er... 15 seconds of fame. Just kidding, Viking. I'm sure you were da man!

[Elmer Fudd voice] I was watching your wittle feewings. [/Elmer Fudd voice]

What am I going to do with all my "Sebazz for Prez!" bumper stickers?

And there are many bigger geeks than I as well, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to harass you. I'm sure you understand. Picking on you is like picking on Skreamer, and can't be refused.

You glutton for punishment, bringing up yet another subject where you must bow down before my vastly superior powers. Muahahaha. I had to pull some machines off, but I'm still kicking your butt. Whoops. It's about saving lives, so I won't gloat... much.

I bet you made a backup copy of Rumours before continuing with your dramatic gesture. DIDN'T YOU?

Puh-leaze! I'm not silly enough to promise that for more than one day. However, I will be leaving for Rantoul tomorrow, and I probably won't bother to log in except to taunt Remster occasionally and remind him of the numerous reasons for his inferiority.

That was just because it was "humor and pity Remster" day. We couldn't very well let you see the memo, now could we? But anyway.... A big hug headed for Skymama. And I promise not to get into any heated dz.com debates today.

I'm in Maryland and it is raining. My flight leaves tomorrow evening, at which time, I will be one of the people not sucking in Rantoul.

Sweet! I might have to bring my University of Maryland Skydiving Club t-shirt. "The Flying Cadavers" Did I mention that I want to jump a round at Rantoul? Just checking.

Hell, no, I don't have one, but I wanted to see if anyone did. Winsor? You there, Winsor? I want to jump a round at Rantoul.

The woman or the moose?

Why the hell am I torturing myself listening to the webcam feed? Like I want to hear that there is no wait for biplane jumps and that they are looking for people to sign up for 23k jumps. I won't be there for 2 more days. Bastard!

Right. We forgot you are French Canadian. Why should a moose be different than a woman's armpits? Then again, the probably smell the same anyway.

And speaking of sheep shears, hey, Clay! How's it going?

Remster, You are just jealous. It isn't that complicated. No worse than you remembering that the "Lady Gillette" is for you and the sheep shears are for your date. I'm astonished that someone with your diminished mental faculties can remember what the different handles on your rig do.

Traditional razor blade on Monday. Norelco on Tuesday through Friday. Don't shave Saturday or Sunday. Like Dyevout said, it gets ugly if you go to the electric after a day or two off. From my experience, none of the electrics are really as close as a blade. But they are faster.

The eviction threat is pretty hollow. It would honestly take them longer to legally evict you than the entire term of the lease. And they would need pretty solid documentation that you violated your lease in a number of ways. They ought to fix the broken things, if the lease says they are responsible for the maintenance. Send them some polite requests in writing. As for the pet, what does the lease say about it? Basically, it all depends on what it says in the lease. The law firm where I work (I'm not a lawyer though) deals with a lot of lease issues, but on the commercial side. I can tell you that it is unlikely to be worth your while to hire an attorney to go after them. While you might be right, attorneys aren't cheap and the "damages" you may get might not even pay the bill. My unofficial advice is to try to keep it friendly, let them know what needs to be fixed, remove any reasons for them to complain about you, and suck it up for a little while until the lease is over. From what you said, it doesn't seem like that will be very long.