gowlerk
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CS Lewis? How cute.
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None of where you going makes sense at all. So once again I will say do what you want but understand that you will be under more and more pressure to get vaccinated. We will make an offer that most people can't refuse.
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There is one company in the western world still producing tetraethyllead. In one facility located in Britain. And only one small tanker ship dedicated to shipping it. There is reputed to be some illegal production in China. The future availability of 100LL fuel is very much in doubt.
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I’m sure you are fully qualified to make assertions and come to conclusions about vaccine effectiveness based on some information you acquired. However I will go with the recommendation of the best medical advice available. And further I will point out that essentially everyone in the hospital or dying from the virus is from the unvaccinated population.
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Biden is getting his agenda accomplished to an extent. I heard his news conference after the bombing and his performance there was very good. I think he is still sharp even if he is somewhat soft spoken.
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The kicker in all this for the evacuation? Who is going to cover the airfield for the last flights of US military personnel when they leave? Your friendly neighbourhood Taliban, that's who. It's all been worked out and agreed to.
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The more people that are vaccinated the sooner the pandemic becomes endemic and under control. Vaccine mandates are not about the individuals, they are about the herd. The majority of us sheep want to keep the wolf at bay so we are going to play hardball with the black sheep who want to resist. We can't hold you down and inject you. We would, but we can't. So we will instead make you an offer you can't refuse. We are going to make it more and more difficult for you to function as a full member of society until you take on the responsibility of a full member of society. In other words, we will squeeze you until you cave. Most of you will cave when it starts impeding your ability to make a living. Some of you won't, but enough will. And that is what is just beginning now.
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So much waiting in skydiving...?
gowlerk replied to Chris__'s topic in General Skydiving Discussions
You are not the only person who feels that way. Your options are to cope with it, leave the sport, or move to somewhere near a large multi-turbine DZ. -
I sense That you have found a new Q to follow.
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Any nurse stupid enough to refuse the vaccine deserves to live and work in Nebraska. Nebraska has a lot of cows, and it’s close to Colorado so there is that.
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41,000' jumps at West Tennessee Skydiving
gowlerk replied to michaelmullins's topic in Events & Places to Jump
I would imagine that the fuel burn would be among the smallest of the considerations when calculating the costs involved in a HALO jump. I wouldn't dream of speaking for Mike, but I would point to his excellent web page where he writes about some of the issues. https://www.skydivekingair.com/index.php?p=2800 -
That's the problem with stats. He MAY have been correct if he was factoring in his odds of even getting it. But at 61 years old if he did get it his odds of dying from it were probably somewhat more than one percent. People rarely consider all of the angles and variables when they are estimating odds. That's why it can be so easy to believe whatever it is that you have deciding you want to believe.
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I have had discussions with people my age who won't get vaccinated because "their immune system has worked so far, why fix what is broken". Some people just won't understand.
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Edit because I can't keep my memory of idiot UK PMs straight. Quite a bunch over there the last few years......Theresa May was okay I think?
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Who? Isn't he the guy who decided to worship the pope?
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I am. Biden has the balls to actually do it. In the present.
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How would you compare your feeling to those you had for the previous administration? Because the policy on Afghanistan is largely the same. It could have been crafted by Steve Bannon five years ago. The only real difference is that Biden has the balls to actually do it and take the heat.
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At least Ron isn't part of the freedom to infect crowd.
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He is safely ensconced in the GA nerve centre bunker situation room. The one with the big screens and the red telephone.
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A quarter million Afghans have died of war during the period you are calling 20 years of peace.
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There is no God but God.
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You are just being a bit of a snowflake now. Harden up son.
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And the GOP says “hold my beer”.
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And the pygmy pony.
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41,000' jumps at West Tennessee Skydiving
gowlerk replied to michaelmullins's topic in Events & Places to Jump
You are truly a bad ass.
