Andrewwhyte

Half? half!?! What are you trying to do to our beloved metric system! The problem is with the second. It is a hangover from our barbarian non-metric past. We really need to get on the whole metric time thing. Centons and microns like on Battlestar Galactica would be best I think.

Shoulder injuries are endemic to our sport. Years ago I just got used to having a sore right shoulder. Various doctors and physiotherapists have failed to nail it down. One thing I do know is that strength training helps.

BTW how much RAM do you have? In English units?

Flare higher! Your student canopy is not going to stall unless you are 230lbs+, it is much less painful to flare too high and slowly bring it down over the next few jumps than to flare too low and gradually bring it up. It is way cooler to land on your feet, but way less painful to do a parachute landing fall. Are you a chick? Lots of women have trouble learning to land because they have problems finishing their flare due to upper body strength. If you are not getting your flare done starting a bit early combined with a big bite of FINISH will help. REMEMBER: Always check with your instructor before implementing advice you got from some yahoo on dropzone.com.

As long as your not watching the telletubbies ('cause a triangle is a gay shape you know).

If she was the sort to ask such a thing, would she be the same woman you fell in love with in the first place? Nice pix.

Yep. I bought a MacBook pro that I couldn't afford and I love it. I did buy office for it though. I may start using other word processing/spreadsheet programs later but for now I will settle for a non crashing version of Bill products.

Yes, milk is sold in 1,2 & 4 litre containers. Water is sold in 500ml and 1l bottles. Gasoline is sold by the litre. Meat and cheese are sold by the gram.

They tried that in '67. Look how well it worked out for them. Ok, to be Devil's advocate on this one. Who would have won if the US had backed the Palestinians with arms? Would the debate be different if over the last few decades we had given the Palestinians nukes, $3 billion/yr in aid and helped them with targeting their enemies? The US didn't give Israel nukes, South Africa did.

I still think we should kill him.

Weight? That's so.....so......so terrestrial You realize that with all this talk I'm going to have this stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Dek, El, Do...... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2423625720002540823&q=little+twelve+toes&total=42&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Yep. The gram is not a measure of weight; it is a measure of mass.

De facto is not De jure.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while. Good one.

Yes, they do it all the time. Often a middle infielder gets to a ball that his colleagues would not have. Even if he does not field it cleanly the scorer will award a base hit. Often there is a little prejudice shown; If there is a no hitter going, it is an error, if the fielder is a gold glove contender, it is a hit.

So let's drop one on the Ranch just for kicks.

The term is wind shear. It can tear aircraft apart, but they are crossing the boundary at very slow vertical speeds. A freefaller on the other hand would be less susceptible to differential wind speeds across their body, but would still be susceptible to a delta V of more than 150 mph over a fraction of a second. The big problem is differential reactions to the new wind speed by different parts of the body, i.e. the head will change speed slower than the torso. I think the probability for injury would be high. This is based upon the assumption that the boundary region is less than 200 ft thick. I don't know whether that is true or not.

As a rule swoopers want to open higher than old, conservative belly flyers. Thats the real problem. Most people do not have unlimited skydiving budgets. Those who like swooping want to do their freeflying or their RW and then swoop their landing.

Yep. How much do you think it would be worth on the black market? KEITH! How much would you bid?

Let's kill him.

The Batter can be called out due to: Strikeout Called out for arguing with the umpire. Foul tip caught by the catcher on the third strike (really just a variant on the K). A line or fly (same thing really) caught by any one of nine fielders. Tagged out by any one of nine on the base paths. Forced out at first. Called out upon appeal for advancing to a base without first touching a previous base. A Runner can be called out due to: Being forced out at any base. Being tagged out on the base paths. leaving the base path to avoid a tag. Interfering with the fielder's ability to play the ball. Making contact with a hit ball in fair territory while on the base paths. Caught stealing. The Infield Fly Rule. Called out upon appeal for advancing to a base without first touching a previous base. Called out upon appeal for returning to a base without first returning to a foreward base previously passed. Being passed by another runner or the batter on the base paths. Failing to return to the base he was stationed on after a fly-out (this looks like a race back to the bag or an appeal to the ump that he left too early to take the next base).

I would think that it would not count as an at-bat, in the same way that getting a walk is not an at-bat, so it doesn't change the batting average. That would be my intuition, without looking it up. If you hit the ball on the ground right at the second baseman, you deserve to be out. The fact that he fucked up and booted it changes nothing; the pitcher won that battle between you, the error let you get to first, and your average goes down.

Where do you get your 500hrs/gal figure from?

Yes. A passed ball by definition has someone gaining a benefit i.e. a base. If the runner is thrown out it cannot be a passed ball, therefore he must have been stealing. If the runner is safe it is the scorekeeper's decision as to whether it is a passed ball or a stolen base. The general rule is if the runner was off before the ball was dropped then it was a stolen base, if he took off because he saw the ball being dropped then it is a passed ball. If the catcher misses the ball and there is no-one on base it is not a passed ball; no harm, no foul. Likewise if the pitcher hits the mascot in the head, unless there is a runner to benefit it is not a wild pitch, it's juuust a bit outside.