BIGUN

Good Morning, Mike. One of the moderators pointed me to this thread. I am the founder of the Anvil Brothers Skydiving Team, but had turned it over to MaxxMadMaxxx at Skydive Houston. The original premise was to help skydivers over 200# to skydive better with their "little" friends, to help them find "Anvil-Friendly" dropzones to learn how to skydive and to bomb the World FreeFall Convention with nightly naked, no suit, no stress, sunset skydives to catch an eight way chunk and if you succeeded - you too; could get an Anvil Brothers Number. To your kid. At 300# - I hate to say it, but the chances are almost zero percent that it isn't going to happen for two reasons, 1) Is the "Highest" Technical Standard Order (TSO) by the FAA is 300# for AFF. That's the equipment (Rig, Main, Reserve, Altimeter, suit, shoes, + skydiver - everything) cannot exceed 300#, 2) Trying to find an Instructor to jump with someone will also be difficult. There is no worse feeling in the world than to "lose" a student in freefall and hope you remembered to triple check the AAD, but to pray in freefall they "pull first" to get the main out there. There are those that will tell you - "Oh AFF can can be done with a tandem rig." and it can, but the best of luck finding someone to reconfigure their tandem for AFF for a statistically one-time jump (by that I mean - the percentage of one-time jumpers is still very high). Tandem Jump - MAX TSO weight is #500 - that's Instructor, Student + ALL gear before getting on the plane. That would mean finding a TI that weighs about ~125# and who has the willingness to take someone your son's size on a tandem. And finally, the prospect of your son getting hurt. Just a fact, but the bigger, the more prone to injury on landing. RECOMMENDATION: 1. If your son is in a field (Football) where he needs to maintain that weight - ask him to focus on his priorities. Stay in what he's doing and let the dream of skydiving wait. We always say, "The sky will always be there." 2. If he can lose weight; he should get down to around 240# for his first dive with a height/weight that is proportional - should he continue, it's been my experience that after the first skydive and if they fall in love with it - they'll lose more weight and even faster. You are welcome to PM me with further questions. I'm always willing to help my fellow Anvil Brothers. Keith BIGUN

Which now turns out to be a former LEO Detective arrested last year of child sexual abuse. Sometimes, I wonder if I shouldn't re-think my position on the death penalty.

Mother only - I was referring to this regarding his father. https://nypost.com/2021/04/17/father-of-teen-busted-with-ak-47-in-times-square-was-killed-in-police-shootout/

Now his father on the other hand . . .

And, just out of sheer curiosity and some mad googlfu skills - there ya have it: https://www.tacticalgunparts.net/colored-ar-15-parts/anodized-ar-15-parts/orange-anodized-ar-15-gun-parts/all-orange-anodized-ar-15-gun-parts

I would vote for International Orange - ya gots to wear orange when you go hunting, right. If the argument is - hunting or even target shooting - what would be wrong with that.

Jeans

I want the pink or purple one.

One of the issues in the US is HIPPA Compliance.

OK The one on the left is blonde and the one on the right is brunette. How'd I do?

Just read this - this morning and have been playing around on Google Earth's Climate Change Model. https://www.sciencealert.com/google-earth-now-lets-you-look-back-at-the-impact-of-climate-change-in-3d https://earth.google.com/web/@61.05987082,-147.05927869,5a,22434d,35y,-23h,70t,0r/data=CjYSNBIgM2ZkOTk3YWI0Njk4MTFlYTlkZWUyZGUyNWIyYWZmNjkiEGNvbHVtYmlhLWdsYWNpZXI

coterie - Sorry, it had to be done.

https://vimeo.com/488954933

Biden on Immigration: Biden notified Congress in February that he would increase the number of refugees allowed to enter the country from 15,000 to 62,500 in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, upping it to 125,000 for the following year. But he never signed the presidential determination that would actually raise the cap, effectively keeping the cap created by former President Donald Trump. Such paperwork is usually signed shortly after a policy announcement. Biden's decision to not lift the cap highlights the pressure on his administration to address the surge of migrants, many of them unaccompanied children, arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border seeking asylum. Republicans have criticized Biden for the situation, painting his administration as weak on border security. SOURCE: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-will-keep-cap-refugees-trump-administration-levels-n1264320 With the VP being absent from her duties as "Immigration Czar" and this - Not really sure what's going on. Before you pounce, Bill & I had a conversation during the Obama administration about illegal/immigration. Both being the descendants of grandparents who came through Ellis Island, we discussed the need for a similar type path/structure down there. Not sure why this is eluding everyone, but my personal view is it would be a good middle ground for both sides and beneficial to the country.

I read his first post this morning, saw it had been cherry-picked, then saw the reference to the Wijngaarden/Happer paper and wanted to point out that it didn't pass the sniff test. I'm not going down this road with him again - was just sharing with you and Bill. .

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/unpublished-paper-former-white-house-climate-adviser-calls-methane-irrelevant-climate

Both of them?

OK You're on the committee.

Oldest thread bump in dz.com history.

I'm struggling with this - most every news organization had the Johns Hopkins database up on the corner of the screen.

So, what you're saying is - that 8 hour class on the legalities of carrying and 20 minutes of shooting 50 rounds at a target 25 feet away ain't cutting it? "Disgraceful!" I agree. I also find it silly that annual currency training for concealed carry permits is not a requirement.

Operative word: "Current." That was not the case at the beginning.

Morning, Wendy. I know I cleaned my groceries during the early days of the pandemic and make no apologies for doing so. My little girl and I were in isolation together and I was going to listen to every recommendation a doctor made to protect her. At that time, there were reports of COVID remaining on paper bags for X days and on plastic for even longer. I followed this Dr.'s advice to the letter except; I cleaned everything on a clean stainless steel table in the garage (I have a fridge in the garage), so I staged the whole process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKx-F4AKteE Then, I disinfected my vehicle and myself before bringing the groceries inside. It was about an hour long process - but, having said all that; was MOPP 4 qualified in the military and had my HAZWOPER certification for disaster & emergency response, so it was real-world training for me. In the end; a friend of mine is the CMO for a large hospital here (former combat surgeon) and I sent him my process for review and he said he wished everyone did it. And, that was during a time when the ICU's were maxed out. The bottom line is: We didn't know and it was better to do too much and be wrong, than not enough and be wrong.

Quite the opposite. I'm suggesting that we can play the ball; not the player. And, if you continue to get snarky with me - no fajitas for you.

But, that's what Doctors were teaching.