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this is weird... check out this post http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2131815#2131815 I typed the letters of the word icon in lower case and did not make it a link. When I saved the post the word becomes a link to Aerodyne and the first letter is capitalized. Is this new (paid) functionality in dz.com? Edit to add - it happened to the word Aerodyne too when I saved this message.... "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

You will need 2 devices if you want both an audible and an altimeter. You might consider this from the Neptune Manual: "We recommend that alarms are disabled (Menu > System > Options 1 > Audible > Disable) if you are using Neptune as a visual altimeter. The alarm icon will change on the ground screen to show that the alarms have been disabled." OKay this is weird... the word "icon" is in all lower case without a link in my message but becomes a link with the "i" capitalized.... Is there new functionality in dz.com? "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Have you asked Alti-2? They're pretty good folks with great service. Here's the contact info I have for them. email: lara@alti-2.com phone: 386-943-9333 "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I am.... oops... thought you said Moron.... "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Isn't this much like Pessimists are happier than Optimists? Pessimists say things are going to go badly and when they do go badly they have the joy of being right and when things don't go badly they having the joy of things going right for a change, as contrasted with Optimists that are continually disappointed when things go badly and only rarely the joy of things going right. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Naugahyde comes from Naugas doesn't it? "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Man made leather would have to be leather made out of "man"... I don't think its legal. Must be weird terminology thing. Like "Soy Milk" - Soy and Milk have nothing to do with each other yet a product called this is sold everyday. My guess is that "Man Made Leather" is not in fact made out of man.... and who every heard of "Woman Made Leather"

It would have been easier if you had the option for .. ALL OF THE ABOVE "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I think perhaps this was a case of someone wanting to die. Being deaf and walking on train tracks would be sure way to accomplish it. In fact you don't have to deaf, even hearing people get killed walking on train tracks. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Update to original post http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-14-marines_x.htm Vietnam-era deserter likely will be freed, Marines say CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A man who deserted the U.S. Marine Corps in 1968 likely will be freed within a week without a court-martial, the Marine Corps said. Unless more information surfaces, Allen Abney's case will be handled administratively, Lt. Lawton King, a Marine Corps spokesman, said Monday. Abney, 56, was arrested Thursday when he and his wife tried to cross into the United States from their home in Kingsgate, British Columbia. He was being held in the Camp Pendleton brig. (Related story: Marines still hunt Vietnam-era deserters) His daughter, Jessica Abney, said he had crossed into the United States hundreds of times without incident. But officials said a routine computer check this time revealed an arrest warrant. On Monday, Allen Abney met with a military lawyer, a colonel and a representative of the Canadian Consulate. He also spoke to medical personnel. Abney was born in the United States but grew up in Canada. He retained his American citizenship and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1968, soon after his younger brother received a draft notice. Abney was sent to boot camp at Camp Pendleton but fled to Vancouver after receiving a weekend pass to visit Mexico. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Related story.... http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-07-deserter-side_x.htm Decades later, Marines hunt Vietnam-era deserters By Bill Nichols, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — In the summer of 1965, Marine Cpl. Jerry Texiero quietly disappeared from his California base, plagued by personal demons and a mounting opposition to the Vietnam War. Forty years later, in the summer of 2005, Texiero — now known as Gerome Conti — was taken into custody by police in Tarpon Springs, Fla., after the Marine Corps tracked him down. Thirty years after the war ended, hundreds of Vietnam-era deserters are still on the loose. Conti's attorneys, Louis Font and Tod Ensign, say the Pentagon, and the Marine Corps in particular, are cracking down on long-term cases in an effort to warn current-day troops in Iraq against deserting. "My view is that the Marines are trying to send a message to people in the ranks today that they, too, will be required to participate in a war, whether they think it's illegal or immoral," Font says. (Related story: 8,000 desert during Iraq war) Marine spokesman Capt. Jay Delarosa says there was nothing unusual about the treatment of Conti. However, the Marine official in charge of bringing in deserters said after Conti's arrest that his office was being more aggressive. Chief Warrant Officer James Averhart, who has commanded the Marine Corps Absentee Collection Center since September 2004, told the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times that he had ordered cold cases reopened and that his squad had caught 27 deserters in his first 11 months on the job, a rate he suggested was higher than those of his predecessors. The Corps last month updated that number to 33 cases. "I have a different leadership style than the guys who have had this job. My job is to catch deserters. And that's what I do," Averhart told the newspaper. Delarosa said Averhart would not answer questions from USA TODAY. Asked whether the Marine Corps stands by Averhart's comments, Delarosa said, "I wasn't involved in that particular interview with CWO Averhart." He added that the Marine Corps has "discouraged most requests for interviews because CWO Averhart has been frequently misquoted." Will Van Sant, who wrote the Times article, says the Marines never contacted him after it appeared. Conti, 65, says he was surprised. "I thought they couldn't possibly be looking for me anymore. I would think they would have stopped looking for anybody who had been gone as long as I had." Conti was held for five months — four in solitary confinement — then given an other-than-honorable discharge in January. If he had been court-martialed and convicted, he could have faced three years in the brig and a dishonorable discharge. Left: U.S. Marine Corps; Right: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram via AP The photo on the left shows Ernest Johnson Jr. as he looked in 1969. On the right is the same man, now going by the name Ernest "Buck" McQueen. Another long-term Marine deserter, Ernest "Buck" McQueen, was arrested in Fort Worth in January. McQueen was Ernest Johnson Jr. when he left Camp Lejeune, N.C., in November 1969 because of concerns about going to Vietnam. McQueen, 55, also was discharged without disciplinary action. McQueen says he didn't take a new name to hide. His Social Security card says "McQueen." He says he was born Ernest Johnson Jr., but when his biological father left, his mother raised her son by her married name, McQueen. When he joined the Marines, he says, they insisted he go by Ernest Johnson Jr. The government drafted men for the armed forces during wartime from the Civil War until 1973. Conti and McQueen enlisted. In 1974, President Ford offered clemency to Vietnam draft resisters and deserters. Only 27,000 of 350,000 eligible applied. The offer expired on April 1, 1975. In 1977, President Carter pardoned those who dodged the war by not registering or fleeing the country. Neither Conti nor McQueen applied for the Ford pardon. Both spent decades hiding their past from families and employers. McQueen kept his military experience from two wives and two children, and even Conti's best friend in Florida, Elaine Smith, knew nothing of his history with the Marines. McQueen says he had been in the Marines for nearly two years when he learned of the My Lai massacre in 1968, when hundreds of Vietnamese civilians were killed by U.S. soldiers. "I saw photos of guys with ears on their chains. I lost my desire to be a part of it." Conti says his decision to desert was a combination of lingering emotional scars from a childhood lived in foster homes and concerns about stories he also was hearing about Vietnam. Special Agent Tom Lorang of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) says most older desertion cases are filed away after an initial investigation is completed, although some are re-examined. Except for the Marine Corps, military officials say long-term cases normally are closed when deserters voluntarily come back in or are stopped by civilian law officials, not through efforts to track them down. That's not Conti's or McQueen's story. Conti says he was told his file was reopened and his fingerprints were run through a national database. He was in the database because he had been convicted of fraud and theft in 1998. He was on probation and paying restitution when the Marines caught up with him. McQueen, a carpenter, says his former brother-in-law was called by Marine investigators, and he told them where to find him. "This kind of ... put me in a financial bind," says McQueen, who had been doing carpentry for a church when he was seized. Conti has returned to his job selling boats, which his employer kept open for him while he was locked up. "They just need to declare amnesty for everybody from a certain time back or from certain conflicts," says Elaine Smith, Conti's friend. "These guys ... just had issues, as we all did back in the '60s." Military officials maintain that those who deserted the service are liable under law, no matter how unpopular a war was. "We actively investigate all cases of desertion," says Fred Hall, a spokesman for the Naval Personnel Command. "For each of the active deserters we have on our rolls — 1,190 as of 31 Jan. '06 — there is a federal warrant out for their arrest." "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I was about 13 or 14 when I asked my mother why so many of the electrical outlets in our house had black scorch marks on them. Her answer: "We couldn't keep you from sticking things into the outlets when you were little." This, and a head injury when I was 13, explains a lot. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Filler up and head out Friday. You can leave after work and arrive in time to have a couple of beers, sleep in the car and be there ready to jump for first load. Hell load your shit in the car Friday morning so you can head out straight from work and you'll save more time. More time for drinking when you get there. Go for it.

Abbotsford BC likes theirs and just updated their engine a few months ago Check out this link. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1941422#1941422 "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060313/vietnam_deserter_060313/20060313?hub=TopStories B.C. war deserter held at U.S. military prison Updated Mon. Mar. 13 2006 12:34 PM ET The daughter of a Vietnam War deserter living in B.C. says there is still no word from officials on how her father is doing after his arrest in the U.S. last week. Jessica Abney said she contacted both American and Canadian authorities about her father Allen Abney, a 56-year old grandfather residing in Kingsgate, B.C. "And they were not of any help to us," she said Monday in an interview with CTV Newsnet. Frustrated that her father has not been allowed to make phone calls, Abney said she and her mother Adrienne contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate General of Canada seeking any help they could provide. "First, they said they were opening a file, and then the second and third time, my mom phoned and they were not able to give us any information due to privacy concerns." Allen Abney was crossing the U.S. border into Idaho with his wife Adrienne on Thursday last week. They were on their way to Reno, Nev. for a holiday when the border guard asked the two to come inside. "We waited twenty minutes and then they took him away. They said that he'd been arrested on an outstanding military warrant for deserting the U.S. Marines in 1968," Adrienne told CTV Vancouver on Sunday. Since Allen's arrest, his wife of 35 years has not been allowed to contact him. "We've always been each other's best friends and being apart from him and not being able to talk to him is just devastating to me. I just need to talk to him soon," Adrienne said. In the meantime, Allen's brother died on Saturday. His family fears that Allen, being held about 1,900 kilometres from home at a military base in San Diego, will not be released in time to attend the funeral. Allen Abney, who was born in the U.S. but raised in Canada, joined the Marine Corps in 1968 at the age of 19. After going through basic training in North Carolina, Allen fled to Canada before he could be sent to Vietnam. Tens of thousands of young Americans did the same thing. Many of them also moved to the southern B.C. interior. Allen became a Canadian citizen in 1977, the same year that President Jimmy Carter offered a pardon to deserters if they applied, and has travelled through the U.S. many times since his desertion without problems. Adrienne suspects the U.S. government is trying to make an example of her husband. "It looks to me like they're trying to send a message to any young men that are thinking of not serving their country in Iraq," she said. "They really want to say, 'hey, you signed up, you're going to fulfill it or you're going to jail'," said Jessica Abney, Allen's daughter. "They're trying to set an example for some of these new recruits, these young soldiers that are there," added Jessica. "You cannot desert the military or you will be punished." She added that her father's desertion has always been a "touchy subject." "I knew that it was something he thought a lot about and it was very difficult for him, so I don't fault him at all. He thought he was making the right decision, and I mean when you're 18-years-old, you do what you can with what you have. " Charges of desertion have a sliding scale of penalties. The results range from an "other-than-honourable discharge" to a maximum penalty of five years in jail. "I really cannot conceive that that's a possibility. I really want to stress that," Lynn Gonzales said, who works with the San Diego Military Counselling Project. The family has been in contact with Foreign Affairs and the Canadian consulate, but has received little help. In the meantime, all his family can do is wait for news at their home in Kingsgate, just south of Cranbrook in southeast B.C.. "I know he knows I love him, I just wish I'd gotten to tell him that before he left," said Jessica, a tear trickling down her cheek. --- With a report by CTV Vancouver's Shelly Moore "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Guess the link timed out! Here's a more broad one...now ya gotta search.... http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf7dd8b57a1e ltdiver Loved the picture. Strange RW exit or is that a tandem passenger that he forgot to hook up? "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Don't you have an appointment at a dropzone that day? Aren't you already planning on spending the money on jumps? No excuses required - its a matter of priorities. Jump out of planes or listen to the Dog Whisperer... easy choice for me... ready, set, SKYDIVE

I had to get the conversion on that one... Just so others don't have to .... 15.75 stone = 220.5 pounds You shouldn't have a problem at most places as long as dress lightly if they make you stand a on a scale "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

maybe she'll figure out that you deserve a good "tongue lashing" for being such a bad boy... "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Better to start with an easy one... The smug Canadians will be surprised... "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Now if you were a teacher and you heard this one from a student, would you believe it? Perhaps the conversation might go like this... "Where's your assignment, Stevie?" "Umm, teacher I did my homework, really I did and I worked hard on it too but I forgot to bring it" "Stevie, we've talked before about telling fish stories. Where's your home work?" "Umm, teacher maybe I can call home and tell my dog Lassie to bring it..." "Yes Stevie that might work but let me ask you this. What do you ever expect to amount to when you grow up being this irresponsible?" "Umm teacher, I want to draw comics and be a freefall photographer" "Stevie, lets go to the office and have another chat with the principal about fish stories. We're calling your parents this time." "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

What I'd like to know is why don't you have magazines? Seems to me the next thing to do is to buy some and put them somewhere that she will find them and watch her reaction. If she freaks out - goodbye. If instead she smiles and a little look at the nice pictures, she might be a keeper. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I was out of the sport for 16 years. Stupid mistake. Should have never left. Glad I'm back! "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

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