MikeJD
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Why is that?The man speaks his mind....lot better than the people who will blow smoke up your ass, IMO. When she asks, "Do these shoes make my ankles look fat?" Shah will be the one who says, "Yes.Uurgh. It's making me sick to look at you." Fixed it for you.
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It's a long time since I had enough hair to make it worthwhile paying someone to cut it. I go over it myself these days with a trimmer. But I do remember sitting in the barber's chair as kind of relaxing. And there's something a little sexy about having your hair cut by a woman - or maybe that's just me.
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You know, Shah, I've been in the habit of sticking up for you around here on occasion. But you do make it hard sometimes.
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I'd agree with this. I've occasionally had friends on observer rides and I'm not sure they got anything out of it that they wouldn't have got from a ride in any small, propeller-driven aircraft - other than the oh-my-gosh experience of watching people disappear through the door, which can actually be quite frightening. If someone's doing a tandem then watching people exit before them tends to make them apprehensive, but by that point they're probably going anyway. But if you have the unsettling experience of seeing someone disappear from a plane at altitude, and then you get your feet back firmly on the ground - I think it's less likely you'll get back on the plane strapped to a tandem master.
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I was about to remark on its resemblance to the P-51D when I noticed that it is actually a descendant of that aircraft. Duh! Take off the wing pods, bolt a big air intake under the fuselage and you'd be just about there.
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Yeah, I think in the pre-CGI days neither the birds nor Ms Hedren came out of some of those scenes too well. I read somewhere that they had to be attached to her by elastic, and she had a pretty scary time. Hitchcock was reportedly a misogynist and almost sadistically cruel to his female leads.
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You might want to keep an eye on that. You know, he does always seem interested in my lifestyle and asked a million questions when I got home . Threesome!
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There goes a lot of people's bathroom routines Wendy P. Yeah, and anyway if you need more than 30 minutes to set a bomb in a public toilet then it's back to terrorist school for you. No, not you Wendy.
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You might want to keep an eye on that.
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I believe black holes do.
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Not enough FOD to taker 'er down. Gotta love Rolls-Royce Pegasus Dude, it's still not a Harrier. (resists obligatory AN-2 reference). Maximum speed 509mph. Kinda slow, isn't it? Not when you can VIFF But you can't. Because it still isn't a Harrier!
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Still is! Like most big boogies, things slowed down with the recession, but this xmas boogie was hopping! Number were up, and there are more people organizing day/night time events. Still, it's not the dropzone.com boogie of the mid 00's... Good point, Remi - poor choice of words on my part. I should clarify that I'm not saying it isn't a great boogie any more, only that having been absent for a few years I'm not qualified to judge. I do know that some of my favourite skydiving memories stem from Eloy boogies over the years. Big ways, helicopter and balloon jumps, the DC3, Otters queuing up to load, bumping into friends thousands of miles from home, free beer, sunsets... *MikeJD goes all misty-eyed*...
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Not enough FOD to taker 'er down. Gotta love Rolls-Royce Pegasus Dude, it's still not a Harrier. (resists obligatory AN-2 reference). Maximum speed 509mph. Kinda slow, isn't it?
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Kudos to her. I certainly couldn't hack 6 months of 'sitting in a tin can far above the world'. I think I'd be weeded out pretty early during the psychological tests!
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Yup, think I was standing right next to you. Considered standing behind you for some extra protection. Yup. That is quite literally the best boogie I have ever gone to. Lots of really neat people at that boogie, so many friends for such a good time!
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Sounds like a lot of fun. I don't think $1500 is going to allow for very sophisticated sfx, but I guess that'll be part of the enjoyment. God, I used to love the X Files. It went downhill after the first series, though.
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Shah, if you're ever in the UK let me know. I'd love to meet up with you at a DZ, and I think we need more than a sample of one to achieve a properly calibrated asshole rating. For what it's worth, I strongly suspect you're a perfectly nice guy
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Panhandlers: What do you do AND how do you feel afterword?
MikeJD replied to skydiver30960's topic in The Bonfire
What I don't get is how many people take offence at being asked for money. I very rarely give, but I don't just ignore the person - most times I find that if I say 'no, sorry', there will be a polite response: 'Ok, thanks anyway.' That leaves both people feeling better about the encounter. -
I'm no expert, but I wonder if he'd be better off with something like a hamster water bottle in a bigger form. Getting the containter off the floor might help the water to flow down his throat under gravity. But as others have said, your vet should be able to help!
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And only some of them. I don't generally do shorts anyway, but if I do there'll be no socks in sight! There is definitely a preference for some guys in the UK to wear brief shorts with socks. For some reason I associate it (maybe unfairly) with ex-forces people. If a guy has a big wristwatch, little shorts and socks, it's a shoo-in that he's spent some time in the army.
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Best transcription of Geordie ever.
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BOOM! Headshot! By the way, I'd miss your current avatar. I like its cheekiness.
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Sounds like you did all the right prep, Nat - including asking advice in The Bonfire (who'd have thunk it?! ) Hope you get it.
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If it's not on video, it didn't happen.
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I'm pretty sure a couple of expendable rebels get blasted in the opening scenes of A New Hope - although those were probably just chance ricochets. I think the real reason the Imperial troops can't shoot is to give the silly lightsabre-wielding heroes a chance. To paraphrase Sean Connery in The Untouchables: 'Just like a Jedi to bring a knife to a gunfight.'