NWFlyer

Translation: I still have a penis because I could totally do this stuff myself I'm just choosing not to and I have to make sure I preface my story with this so I don't get mocked. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

What she said. And of course it's sunny today. But I ... ...watched the Seattle fireworks with my neighbors from our balcony ...found a free concert in my neighborhood on Saturday (a bunch of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music being played by a bunch of middle-aged white hippies ... only in Seattle). Three video clips here if anyone's interested. ...got in some good workouts ...saw Get Smart ...finally watched and returned to Netflix The Assisination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford. ZOMG that's a slow movie. ...marinated a pork loin for the entire weekend and grilled it last night (and it kicked ass, though I'm going to use coarsely ground pepper next time). ...had a minor run-in with the law. ...found the nail that's been causing a slow leak in one of my tires, and fortunately it's in a place that looks fixable so I'm adding "stop by the tire place" to my list of today's errands. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

I'm not a TI, so I will refrain from commenting on how the TI might have caused the situation to go more smoothly, but it seems to me like the video might be misnamed. A more appropriate name might be ohshitdroguesoutgetthisthingoffus.mpg. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

Apparently I have, and don't even know that I have because sometimes I give and and don't even know that I've given it. My cat, on the other hand, has mastered it before her first birthday. She can give it (accompanied by a tiny growl) to her brother - who, mind you, is over three times her size - and he will back the fuck off and let her have whatever it is she wants (usually food, sometimes a toy). Attached is a less hostile version of "the look" directed at me. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

I guess since it's your story CHP is Chariot Highway Patrol. *rimshot*

Was it anywhere close to Capitol Hill? Not really . In SODO - along Airport Way just north of the old Rainier Brewery (current Tully's HQ). Me too. I used to be really good at it back in the day. I just hadn't been pulled over in so long I was out of practice.

Have a great one, Pat! See ya at the Prairie! "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

well i guess we know what kind of signal your putting out there :) I do love a girl in uniform. And this is Seattle, after all... "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

I haven't even been pulled over, let alone ticketed, in 11 years. I thought surely my streak was broken. Especially since both times I've been pulled over by female cops they've written tickets. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

So I'm running around town this afternoon. Gym, Costco, Asian grocery store. Between the last two, I'm tooling along, minding my own business... all of a sudden, blue lights behind me. Ah, crap. I pull over into a parking lot and roll my window down. Cop approaches. Cop: I'm pulling you over because of your speed. Do you happen to know how fast you were going? Me: Uhhh, no, sorry, I don't. Cop: You were going 45 in a 30 mph zone. [DING: Strike 1] Me: Really? Wow, I wouldn't have thought this road had a limit that slow. [4 lanes, kinda industrial area, seems like it should be at least 40 or 45]. Cop: Yes, it's only 30, and we have lots of bicyclists who come through here and don't pay any attention at all. Can I see your license, insurance, and registration please? Also, are you aware that your left brake light is out? [DING: Strike 2] Me: Oh, no, I wasn't aware of that. [Really, I wasn't.] Find the license and insurance card easily, then dig through my glove box and find my registration for several previous years ... but none for this year (of course!). Me: Uhhh... of course I can't find my current registration. [DING: Strike 3] Cop: Oh, don't worry about that at all. I'm just giving you a warning on the speed. [Hands me back the license and insurance card.] And get that brake light fixed, okay? Have a nice day! Projects for tomorrow: to DMV for new copy of registration and to auto parts store for new brake light. Oh, and for all of you who are smugly sitting there thinking "Uh, huh, of course, the chicks always get out of speeding tickets with the cops..." The cop was female. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

I recently washed mine using these instructions: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=9637 "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

Nice! Are you getting consistent readings in that range? Then yes, I'd say believe your scale thingy! (Now, if you just got that number once ... believe the number that you get consistently). That's a great indicator that you're making progress. Me... I'm continuing to go to the gym regularly. Started PT on Thursday, and am doing my home exercises and icing every day. Eating's been kind of up and down lately, but strangely I think adding in a little junk food caused the scale to move... down. We'll see, could be a one-week blip but my pants were seeming kinda loose so I hopped on this morning out of curiosity. Dressed for the gym this morning - after breakfast and all I'll head down there for some good cardio and lower body strength stuff (I'm leaving upper body to the PT for now). "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

Here's some boobies for you. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh SNAP. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

One is pink and one is blue. edit: dude you're from Norcal? You'll love it here. We have GRASS to land on!

Raphael, stay far far away from these people if you hope to actually GRADUATE from college. They're a bad, bad influence. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

PA? No no... Just an innocent statement of fact.... you really do? Wow... That's just......wrong. NOT ME!!!!!! Dave! One of the local insurance companies even devoted an entire ad campaign to Dave: http://www.werealotlikeyou.com/ Look for #56 (you need to click on the arrow on the right to get to it). "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

Then it sounds like you should go to Perris early on Saturday morning, jump all day, and go back home and spend Sunday with your wife and son. Maybe you can go to another boogie sometime when she's got weekend plans. But you've pretty much said it yourself. Your family is your first priority, and sometimes that means you can't do everything you want to do. And maybe, if you're only going for Saturday, she'll want to go with you. (Then you could talk her in to staying in a hotel and go back to the DZ on Sunday for a few more jumps. ) Either way, if you're going to start going to boogies without pissing off your wife, you need to do something to make her comfortable with how you behave in that environment. Oh, quit being so dang mature and rational about this and giving exactly the right answer. It's much easier to blame the whuffo shrew wife. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

Lazy walk around the neighborhood on Sunday, and good solid cardio workouts yesterday and today at the gym. Saw a sports medicine doc about my shoulder this morning... exam doesn't indicate a rotator cuff injury (yay!) but she can't rule out a labrum tear (again ... this is the same shoulder I had labrum surgery on four years ago). Rather than jump straight to an MRI, she's referred me to PT for the next few weeks for shoulder therapy and core strengthening. So, I'm looking at it as bonus personal training for a relatively low cost (I only pay 10% with my insurance plan). Hopefully, things were just strained and stretched and PT will help out. Still stalled out at the same weight, but I'm logging my food in preparation for an appointment with my nutritionist in two weeks. Not being obsessive about it, just jotting things down in a notebook so I have something to reference when I talk to her. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

It's all in the marketing. A romantic comedy about a New Yorker named Travis who drives taxis? The painful, unrequited romance between two elite fighter pilots A creepy nanny who arrives via umbrella. A wacky jailbreak farce. An obsessive stalker named Harry terrorizes a New Yorker named Sally. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

They're kind of a pain, but they do hold the excess in there nice and tight. When I pack for myself I stow the excess using the elastic keepers, and when I use a packer it depends on whether I stow the brakes myself (sometimes I do sometimes I let the packers do it for me). I should be more consistent about it since I've never seen a packer stow the excess, and it's obviously a risk point. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

Proper instructions for stowage of excess brake line can be found on Page 36 of the Wings User Manual. It is precisely as described above. I've never seen this and know a lot of Wings users who choose not to do this. I know that I will when I pack them from now on. Anyone else have feedback on the manufacturers method? Does it work sufficiently for you? I've not ever used that method - I use the two elastic loops on the back side of the risers to store my excess brake line. I just looked at the original 22" risers I got with my Wings (DOM 2003, though I bought it used in 2005). They did not have any elastic keepers on them (though I'd had a rigger add some for me), but when I got new 20" risers in 2006 (the ones I use now), those do have the elastic keepers on the back. Since the owners manual is dated 2002, it appears that Wings has made some modification to their standard riser configuration since. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

That is an unnecessary measure and a burden for business that operate multiple centers for purposes of managing outages, load sharing, acheiving an economy of reasonable scale, etc. I did not read the actual copy, so maybe there are details or exceptions that make the scope reasonable. It says that you can maintain a call center outside of the local area but it has to be purely for the purposes of customer service or account management and it sounds like the law says you have to advertise it as such - as a customer service center. I think that will protect the businesses that maintain service centers in other areas while the physical business is in Tennessee ... it'll be interesting to see how this law plays out. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

Grilled tonight! Bratwurst Red onion Red pepper and some farmers market local cherries for dessert. And since I had all the windows to the house open, just enough smoke got in the house to set off the smoke detectors. Freaked the cats the fuck out. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke