Lee03

Before he buys a 182, have him check out the Gibbsland Airvan. Relatively new plane made in Australia. Will carry 8 skydivers with ease, has Lycoming 540 engine in it. This month's issue pf "Plane and Pilot" does a flight test of it. It is used for skydiving, so check it out. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

{{{{{VIBES}}}}} ((((HUGS)))) and Prayers. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Yeah, hate winter, hate snow, hate ice, hate being cold! Much prefer spring and summer! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Quite a few I know Magic Carpet Ride - Steppin Wolf Born to be Wild - Steppin Wolf Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz Mighty Wings - Cheap Trick Sail Away - STIX Quite a few more -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Many, I won't start a list. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

IMO, tasteful tats are cool. Like anything else, there are some people that tend to go overboard. Pirercings..personally don't like then, wouldn't have one myself, but again, tasteful is cool, outlandish is not. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Fact, if you have to ask,, you already know th e answer! BUY BEER! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Sad when someone is either so full of shit that it is obvious, or so pitiful that he has to make up wild, unbelevible storys to make himself feel equal to others I actually pity a person like that. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I usually spend my saturdays and sundays at the dz. Sometimes go up on a weekday, but not often. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Not only that, it would be nice to have a rewind button as well, so you could do it over and avoid the mistakes you made the first time! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Yeah, heard, saw, was not impressed! I'd much rather seen the girl that sane the National Anthem, she is a beauty. JJ looks like a dude, an ugly dude...uhr.."Dude look like a lady" hey. maybe it really was Michael! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

"I know several women who would faint, dead-away..." Yup, many would! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

NOT a good idea, WTF are you thinking? Bad juju! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I'm sorry remembering in thoughts and prayers. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Yes, I actively recruit for my DZ. I talk to everybody about skydiving. I know I'm still new to the sport, have "A" License with 33 jumps, so far, but I know that I will be doing the same thing when I am a grizzly veteran, with big numbers of jumps under my belt. When I get enthused about something, especially something that I love as much as I do skydiving. I remain that way, enthused! I'll always be a recruiter for my dz. I agree with you on this one Kevin! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I'm sorry {{{{{VIBES}}}}} ((((HUGS)))) and prayers for you. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

North America, specifically, the United States, (and damned proud of it!) State of Georgia, City of Atlanta, in the surburbs of. Mailing address, a small town called Ellenwood. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

I don't like them. I much prefer the all natural look, metal piecings are not natural. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Yes, Our dz is a fun place, the greatest!

Yeah, guess I did. I'd also like to thank "The Academy" -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Just a little update, skydive rating, A License

I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!

Presently, Private Pilot, getting close to taking the checkride for Instrument Rating. I'll start Commercial as soon as IR is complete. Started flying, about three years ago, started jump this past Oct. Hopefully will have my "A" License by the end of today.

I got to shoot the Barrett 50 cal Sniper rifle while I was in the Marine Corps. AWSOME weapon! I envy you! -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

Benny, Surly, you knew that this thread would draw considerable flak before you posted it. I'm not here to crack on you, bash you , or slam you for your ideals, but since you ask: "What part of that agenda do you object to?" I'll give you my objections, and the reasons why I object. I believe you to be an educated man, and I would imagine you have read "The Communist Manifesto", written by Karl Marx. If not, I would suggest you read it, you might be surprised. In it, Marx states 10 steps, tennants, planks, or whatever you want to call them of the road to Communism. Says that these are the things that must occur in order for a government to be turned to Communism. One of them, (bear in mind, I'm paraphrasing here) 1. A progressive system of taxation. Marx uses the words increasing and burdensom in it as wel, but the fact is that any progressive system of taxation grows larger, and becomes increasingly budersom to the people forced to live under it! This part of the agenda I disagree with! 2. Support for public education. Marx states that the government take over control of the school system and use them as transmission bands to indoctrinate pupils with Communist and Socialist idologicly! This part of the agenda I disagree with! I also object to Government controlled "family planning". This equals, as someone above in the thread pointed out, FORCED abortion, FORCED sterilization (this was a common practice in the old Soviet Union, is common in Communist China right now) Government mandated FORCED sex education, run by the government, teaching whatever sexual practices, acts, believes, etc the government deems necessary! In otherwords, freedom of choice is completely wiped out, you accept the morals, believes of the state, or else! There is no choice! This part of the agenda I disagree with! As to a consistent policy on national security, from what I saw, in twenty years of service in the military, (which IS the security of the nation) whenever a liberal adminstration was in control, the military, i.e. national security/defense, was neglected, cut back to bare bones, malined, insulted, debased and degraded! Liberal adminstrations seek to either let the military fall into a state of disrepair and unreadiness (the "paper tiger/hollow military) or to dismantle it as much as possible! This part of the agenda I disagree with! Finally, not going to war unless absolutly necessary. That I can agree with, but anytime there is a threat to this nation, that is the number one necessity for goimng to war! You may debait that Hussain was not a direct threat to the U.S. I will heartly disagree. Threats come in many layers and levels. While he may not have been a direct threat to attack this nation, he possesed (This guy Kay said that there were no WMD, but what he also said, that the news media conviently neglected to report, was that the WMDs that he had were probably sent to Syria!) WMDs, or the ability to produce them, and he would have had no problem delievering them the another nation, such as N. Korea, that had the ability to deliver them to this country, or to terrorist groups to be used against this country! Therefore he was a threat to this nation, and I believe is all the justification that we needed to attack Iraq, and rid ourselves of the threat that he posed! As I said, when, in any way, a country is or is preceived to be a threat to this nation, I feel it necessary justification to go to war. Bear in mind, that although I voted for Bush, and will again, I actually disagree with quite a few things he, or those that he has appointed, has/have done. I am strongly against the so called "Patriot Act", see it as one of the most vial assaults on freedom that this country has ever seen. I think the so called "Department of Homeland Security" is anything but! Tom Ridge is an idiot, and so is the entire organization that he heads! Ashcroft scares the Hell out of me, he is an assault on personal freedom and liberity! This being said, though Bush and his adminstration are not the best that this nation has ever seen, he, and it were the only choice that I could make, with a clear consience, as I hekld my nose and punched the ballot! Voting for me has become, basically, an exercise in the voting privledge, nothing else, as I do not trust any of the individuals or partuies that the come from. I vote for what I consider to be the lesser of two evils! Again, my reply was not a bash, slam or crack at you. You ask what part of the agenda was disagreed with, well, you have your answer, and the reasons why I disagree. -------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule