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    Hi Bill, As your post shows, the EV battery thing is all over the place now. IMO, hopefully, the design will stabilize and the same batteries can be used in many brands of cars; if not all. I saw a Tesla video about driving into a facility where they just dropped the battery(s) out the bottom & exchanged them for newly charged batteries. Just think how simple that would be if the batteries were of a common design and you were on a long trip. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Bill, If only. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi winsor, Ask Trey Gouwdy if he still thinks that way. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, We live & die by the global marketplace: In extreme cases, Russians appear to be clawing chips out of household appliances like fridges. The chips are down: Putin scrambles for high-tech parts as his arsenal goes up in smoke – POLITICO Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Wendy, I continue to say that jumps in the US today, cost less than when I started. For comparison, I used the pay scale for federal employees; I used to be one & the info is available to us. In 1964, when I made my first jump, a jump to 12,500 ft was right about $5.25. Today that jump will be right about $26.00. Federal pay today is 8 times was it was in '64 and the cost of jumps is 5 times what it was in '64. Get out there & jump, you are saving money. Jerry Baumchen PS) Also, just think about the facilities at today's dzs in the US & also think about the jump ships available today; then compare that to what things were like in '64.
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    Hi Ken, I think you mean the insanity continues ....... Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi lippy, We both know the answer to that question. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Terry [again], And, let me add that I clipped the main ripcord into one of the reserve snaps. It did not clip in completely and now that ripcord is at the bottom of Battleground Lake. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Bill, Once again, you use the old, 'Hey, look over here,' gambit, so well liked when that is all you got. IMO it's getting kinda old. Jerry Baumchen PS) Uh oh, it looks like Trump did it first. Or, does that not count?
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    Hi Terry, OK, I only have one water jump; necessary for the D license. I did it into a lake back in '67. Did it into a lake as there was no running current. After opening, I got the reserve [ gut pack ] off to the side, hanging by the tiedown strap to get it out of the way. Got the saddle nicely under my thighs; full-saddle, mil surplus harness. Then undid the chest strap. At about 400 ft, I undid the leg snaps. As I came in, I went into full brakes. Just prior to touching the water, I just let go of the toggles. That laid the P/C out in front of me with it nearly perfectly straight & virtually stretched out on the water. I just grabbed a riser, flipped it over my head & swam about 5 ft to the pickup boat. Then I pulled the P/C into the boat with no entanglements. Easy-peasy. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Wendy, Also, drowning people grabbing at straws. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, Looks like he is setting record that he probably would prefer not to do: ex-New York City police officer . . . has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. January 6: Ex-police officer gets record 10-year sentence over Capitol riots - BBC News Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Joe, Me thinks you ask too much. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, Another example of how the GOP fears the vote of the people: Michigan's supreme court could decide whether voters see abortion on the ballot : NPR Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, But, the winning, the winning: Graham loses bid to avoid questioning in Georgia election probe | The Hill Couldn't happen to a more deserving person. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Robert, One thing positive about the Jan 6th fiasco, it is keeping a lot of lawyers employed. Hey, everyone needs to eat. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi 13, Since I got my Senior Rigger's ticket in '65, things may have changed. From what I know, there is a Rigger ticket, below Senior Rigger level. It is reserved for US military personnelle only. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi Robert, In the words of the late Jackie Gleason: How sweet it is. Jerry Baumchen PS) Hey, Mitch: How you like them apples?
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    Hi Robert, Who eats KFC with a fork? Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, IMO a decent person: Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91 - BBC News Jerry Baumdchen
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    Hi lippy, I am thinking we both know the answer to your question. Jerry Baumchenb
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    Hi Robert, I am always amazed at, when facing time in the GreyBar Hotel, how verbose people can become. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi okalb, Because the NRA says to never give an inch. Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi folks, Maybe if he had some common sense to go with that concealed carry permit: While Valderrama had a legal concealed carry permit 38-year-old man charged with murder in SODO road rage shooting – KIRO 7 News Seattle Jerry Baumchen
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    Hi John, Not just him, nearly the entire GOP. That's the problem with facts; they are facts. Jerry Baumchen