ChangoLanzao

You are a very perceptive young lady! There's a reason Debbie and I have been together for 38 years (married 32)

Damn! We do think alike!

From the expression on your face ... it had to be boobies.

Not enough!

He's adorable! Joseph sucks as a dog name IMO. How about Guiness Anyway...I'm sure he'll turn out to be a vicious guard dog!

A kWh is a kWh...it doesn't matter whether you "make it up" with an incandescent bulb, the computer, the compressor in the refrigerator or any other electric appliance in the house. A 40W CF uses just as much energy as a 40W incandescent bulb. Period. Virtually ALL of that energy ends up as heat. What I do in the summer is not part of this discussion. My point is that those stupid little twisty bulbs (or even turning of my computers when I'm not using them) in the WINTER saves ZERO energy in my case because I heat my house with electricity. Since the cost of gas and electric is just about the same in my area, it doesn't matter in terms of money, actually which one I use to heat my home. ============== Wasting Energy: No I don't change my bulbs in the summer. I wish you hadn't used your godlike Moderator power last night to delete the post I made where I explained why I don't really think it means the "end of the world" for me to "waste" energy. I like to waste energy all of the time As do many of us here on DZ.COM ... about $200 worth every weekend at the dropzone using airplane fuel - that's about $800/mo. of energy that I "waste" every month in the summer just jumping out of airplanes because I like it. Believe me, the amount of energy I would save in the summer with those stupid little twisty light bulbs is INSIGNIFICANT to the amount of energy I waste doing other stuff that I like to do.

Yup ... they are definitely long-lasting. I just really hate the light they put out.

Fair enough ... so, you are aware that there are various opinions expressed there about the reliability of the estimates. I would do the same. That mercury is not in a very dangerous form. Anyway ... the environmental issue is a whole other subject. ============ In my situation, using twisty bulbs in the winter, saves absolutely no energy. I use electric heat. Fortunately it's from a nuke so the mercury emission debate is moot in my case, at least as it applies to the power plant operations. The efficiency of the power plant is the utility's problem, not mine I, like many other people, am faced with two realistic choices. GAS (in my case propane @ 5.2 cents per kWh) or ELECTRIC (in my case 4.8 cents per kWh) Using those godawful, twisty "energy saving" light bulbs in the winter here saves 0.0 kWh of energy.

Did you read all the comments too?

I don't think that's what he's saying. The seal would have very little effect. The cost of implementing it and enforcing it would not be justified. That is one reason this is such a silly idea. It would be so costly to implement, that it would not be justified just so that "SOME" people might distinguish. I think that "SOME" would be a very tiny number. I disagree. I think part of the point is that, like certificates/seals, the public would not be able to distinguish the difference between the USPA's inspection/certification program and the sleazeballs' "inspection/certification" program. It would be a waste of time and resources.

It's not a matter of degree. In either case you are infringing. In the former case, if your video became wildly popular mostly due to the enhancing value of the other guys work. How do you think the musician would feel about it?? Anyway, I think this is getting too close to hijacking this thread ... Back to the subject ... anyone can come up with official looking certificates and seals. The whuffo's wouldn't know the difference between them. That's why the sleazeballs can get away with simply claiming that their members are certified; there's no seal required and certainly no inspection criteria to back up the claim.

I've given more than nine gallons and never had that happen to me. I haven't for a couple of years. It really got to be a pain in the ass to constantly have to answer more and more questions, some of them really stupid. What did it for me was when I started to have to explain where and when I went everytime I visited central Mexico for the two years previous to the donation. It just kept reminding me of how much of a litigious mess our society has become ...

And you feel the need to point this out for what reason? Well he IS a former moderator and knows the rules, or thinks he's still a moderator, but without all the cool tricks... Perhaps he should realize he is a FORMER moderator and stick to that game plan. And ... who the fock are YOU?

You just did!

I just have to say, after reading all of these USPA/Ethics/Impeachment/Conspiracy/Skyride threads that this USPA inspection program is just about the silliest damned suggestion I've heard in a very long time. Nothwithstanding all of the reasons that chutejump has already given (repeatedly), I think that a USPA certification program might really cause some DZO's to actually JOIN the "National Skydiving Association" (unless, they actually believe that whuffos would really be able to tell the difference between NSA and USPA). Why? Because if the USPA won't certify you, THESE GUYS WILL!

I wouldn't know what I was looking at. I could care less. I won't get in the plane if the pilot looks suicidal or if for some reason the pilot doesn't seem human and gives me the creeps Otherwise, if the plane is good enough for the pilot, then it's good enough for me

She's legendary. Many don't realize just how extensive and varied her repertoire is. For example, try this for something completely different

Oh Jesus Christ! You have to be kidding me. Ok, so maybe I was a wee bit bitchy last night, but c'mon, you gotta admit....there are certain guys out there who consider themselves super special for doing what the rest of us just take upon ourselves to do. For example, my ex used to say he was "helping" me with the housework. He'd leave the vacuum out if he ran it and then expect me to notice it and give him a big pat on the head: "Wow! You vacuumed! Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?" Hey! That always works for me!

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Dayum! You are a freegin GENIUS Dano!

I for one am really glad you're feeling better. You know, I just had to check your profile to make sure you're not a US Postal Service Worker. This coulda been ugly. {sigh of relief}

your kidding me RIGHT??? Tell me that yr kidding me Hector? You know I would NEVER kid about something like that!

Ask SWEEEET and Her Mom sometime about my FLASHBACKS!!! Whats one of the SKYDIVERS mottos?. "It ain't TRUE unless its on film"... Well, you got Jordy and Brandi BUTTS on film. I'll see what I can do with my miniDV cam tonite! -------------------------------------------- I have some very bad news for you Dano. That night (NYE), when Jordyboy and Brandy stood [or should I say bent over] in front of my live patio webcam while I was projecting on the big screen at Skydive City, I had already had so much whikski, that I neglected to simply right click-save image as ... anyway...all I can say is you shoulda been there bro. The image is burned into my brain though. Sorry.

If I can get permission from Julie can I have a turn? [thinking to self] Hmmmm...sounds pitiful enough; it just MIGHT work![/thinking to self] Hey let me know haw that works out for ya, ok?