gowlerk
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Sometimes people forget that all states are really purple, just different shades. 60/40 or 40/60 are the extremes. Really 45/55 is more common.
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Spoken like a true imperialist.
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He is a true homophobe in the literal sense of the word.
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The simple answer is, they do. They still need friction brakes as well though. Nothing else works as fast as turning the energy of momentum into waste heat.
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You never can tell when you might be get your chance to be the heroic "good guy with a gun".
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Same as moving the child abusing priest to the next parish. It's the easiest thing to do when you and your organization are corrupt and you still want a chance to advance within it. People who rock the boat know they will likely be pushed overboard and left to drown.
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Agreed, but good luck with that. I'm sitting here in Winnipeg where poor leadership and short sightedness has turned an opportunity to get through the pandemic locally with limited damage into the current situation where we are leading the continent in infection rate and have become beggars for ICU help.
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Yes, but politics is the art of the possible. America has ruled out vaccine passports for now and only a very bad set of medical outcomes will change that. So let's just hope that the rate achieved will be enough to tamp it down to an acceptable level. I still believe that everyone who does not get vaccinated will be infected eventually. Some of them will die, many more will be damaged, but most will brag about how they "stood up for freedom".
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People who are not clear enough thinkers to understand the odds of vaccine risk versus virus risk are exactly the kind of people who are attracted to lotteries. It will nudge the uptake rate by several percentage points.
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My personal privilege is simply to just be able to more or less coast through life comfortably with little ambition and minimal effort to improve myself. All because I was born into a country and a part of society where the living is pretty damned easy. When i got bored I stumbled into skydiving and all the rewarding relationships it has brought me. I am the second laziest man I know, yet I am surrounded most of the trappings of family life and possessions that are the important things. I grew up in a working class family who provided me with a wonderful childhood, I wasted my teen years in indulgences, I threw away my chance at education, yet here I sit fat and happy. Oh, what a lucky man I am.
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If as advertised they will not be able to keep up with the demand for at least two years. I know they are using a lot of already sourced parts, but even so I am very surprised at the price. The "front trunk" is something people are going to love and is a huge advantage over conventional power. I predict aftermarket auxiliary battery packs will quickly come to market from third party suppliers to greatly increase range. Like an extra fuel tank goes into a truck bed now. Only more easily installed and removed as needed. The Tesla shorts are going to love this.
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When Can I Do That Thing I Want To Do?
gowlerk replied to BMAC615's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
What are your qualifications and how did you formulate your recommendations? Truthfully I got about 5 minutes into and became bored. I know you put some effort into doing this, so I feel a little bad, but I'm not sure the skydiving world needs your opinions on this to be blunt. Your profile does not list your extensive coaching and instructing background. Maybe you are qualified, but I have no way of knowing. I suspect that if you were you would not need validation here from the reddit critique. -
Mountain weather can do violent things suddenly and unpredictably. "The race has been halted," the agency said. https://www.rawstory.com/china-fatal-running-race/
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Skydiving (or wingwalking) in a dress?
gowlerk replied to wut-guy-creations's question in Questions and Answers
I've done that with a man who wanted to jump in a kilt. Actually there were a group of three guys. -
Stubbornness I suppose. Giving credit where credit is due is not sucking up. Perhaps you are seeing an "authority figure" and are still in a state of adolescent rebellion. Like some kind of skydiver or something!
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Skydiving (or wingwalking) in a dress?
gowlerk replied to wut-guy-creations's question in Questions and Answers
I'm not sure why you think wing walking is safer or less frightening than skydiving. Wind tunnel operators are particular about what participants wear in the tunnel. Both the activities you want to do in a skirt will require you to learn how to do them in the standard manner first. Once you do that you will know how to explore the possibilities. -
Are you worried that would show weakness, or just too proud?
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Trumpism?
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I was confused then. But I don't disagree. The chain of responses leads back to Billvon who also possesses those characteristics. The quote system here is sometimes weak.
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I don't think he was speaking of you, I wasn't in my reply. But I would definitely extend the same belief to you. For the record I'm pretty sure Billvon's post was being referenced. The one that said: "I agree - the decision should come from both people. But when they disagree, the person actually carrying the fetus gets final say."
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Agreed. But as you said, even so it is not about him. When you strip the whole thing of all the complicated human emotions that are wrapped around it you are left with only two possible choices. Either the newly created potential human is sacred, or the woman's rights are above all. There really is no honest middle ground. Making exceptions for rape just proves that.
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I'm not sure what else it could mean. I guess he feels that before a woman can make her decision the sperm supplier deserves a chance to pressure her one way or the other. 'cause reasons....
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He set you up for that one nicely, didn't he!
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Apparently only some freedoms are important. Tools for killing are sacred, control over one's own body not so much.
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I'll be more clear then. No one has a right to tell a woman she must have an abortion. And no one has the right to tell a woman she must carry a pregnancy to term. Not even the person who got her pregnant. Not even if they are married to each other. If you want to control a womb, grow one of your own.
