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    QuoteI say that's not the school's job.. Like it or not, the school is providing an ever increasing amount of things to the kids that they just don't get at home. Discipline, basic hygiene, love, and encouragement are just a few. Without breakfast and lunch programs some of these kids would eat nothing. If a parent won't tell them to take off the pounds, who should. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Quote.. you have to go back 60 years to find a succesful episode of Nation Building, and all the attempts since then are failures? I think you can call South Korea a success. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Hurt feelings? TS Take a look at the mommies and daddies coming out of Walmart. These poor kids don't stand a chance. In Arkansas some of the schools had coke machines and candy machines. The food served at school is greasy with fats like the local restaurants only the restaurants have a smoking section. A lot of the parents are "working poor". No medical insurance, minimum wage. I know education is the answer, but maybe to speed things up they should pay kids for good grades and to loose pounds. (I know im gonna get flammed) PS Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a special corner in the pool to pee. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    QuoteDude, it keeps my headaches at bay........ I drink a little diet coke when I feel a headache approaching. It usually works. Does anyone know what caffine does to vitamins? Does it neutralize them? Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    QuoteA few things I've learned in the past 1000 jumps... 2) There are fun things to do other than skydiving, even on perfect weather days...... I have sat in the woods enjoying nature and wished I was skydiving. I have been flying over the Gulf of Mexico and heard "jumpers away"on some far away frequency only to wish I was there. I guess I agree with everything except number 2. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Cool. There is hope. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    QuoteOh, OK. So it's fine for you to ride bikes and jump from planes but not the Mrs. Get into the 21st Century mate.... She is not interested in skydiving or riding motorcycles, and she does not put pins in a skydiving voodoo doll when I'm at the drop zone. That stuff is not her bag. When she comes to the drop zone she reads or prepares lesson plans. She once took a shot at a copperhead with her .38 when I was at work so she is not timid. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    After I got my training it seemed like I had to wait one or two weekends because of winds and round parachutes. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    I don't think so. The Apache was in a high-threat environment performing a mission (a lot of Apaches have been lost). The crew found themselves getting very personal with the enemy, and reacted accordingly. You don't let people go only to return the next day to kill you. Garden tools/SA7/rpg. Same tricks done in Vietnam. You need to talk to one of you own combat soldiers. Don't listen to that liberal crap. Talk to a combat soldier. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Quote? this type of attitude...unfortunatly is just so wrong......me ...and 'Brits' just dont think like that at all...... Bull, you guys maintain one of the most professional armies in the world. Like us, they don't intend to die for their country. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    QuoteRick--I hope it wasn't me that you're talking about. I don't think so, but maybe.... No. It was somebody at Pecan Grove years ago, but now I realize I watched your baby too. I guess I'm turning into a piece of quivering protoplasm with this grandfather shit. The original question should have been more specific; maybe parents/guardians of the child? Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Does it mean that he gave away or donate ALL of his Stock options before taking office? There was a joke going around during 9/11 that Cheney was in the bunker to hide from Haliburton stock holders, not the enemy. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    QuoteAnd what if he didnt have that grenade...ready to blow himself up? With the track record of the enemy, I don't think it's fair to ask our guys to get close enough to find grenades or explosives. I don't know the circumstances, but I know first hand that after watching people die day after day, you get hard. I don't consider this an atrocity, I consider it being safe. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Hey, I have been flying for a living since 1970. I know the score. I was only thinking about one little baby; not me. One little baby. Geez whiz. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Watching them both get on a Cessna 182 late in the afternoon after the mom asking me to hold their infant child made me paranoid and uneasy. I understand it was their decision. I didn't like it, and still don't, but I as you said, it was "their" decision. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    It is ultimately their decision. I understand. Back in the 60's a family went on two different airplanes to the same destination to avoid the unthinkable. The unthinkable happened. My post is just to make people think. As for the Harley(earlier), I tried to get her to go through a motorcycle safety course. Like skydiving, she said no. She does like skydiving and Harley shirts. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Quote Do you know he had no grenades of explosives on him?..... I agree. Some of us are forgetting what type of enemy our men and women are up against. These are the guys that like to kill Americans by blowing themselves up. When your opponent is down, you finish him off quickly before he gets you with his last trick. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    I once had a mother hand me her baby so she could jump with her husband. I really felt uneasy and wished they would go on separate loads. I would never let my non-skydiving wife on the back of my Harley until the kids got out of school (one is still in college). Do you think it's a good idea for a couple with young kids to jump together, or am I being a little too paranoid? Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    I had zero jumps when I purchased my own gear. To jump with the Tampa Skydiving Club, you had to own your own gear then. I bought a B4 packpack with a candy stripe/28' round in it and it came with a chest 24' reserve. The club pres., Warren Kauffman made me a sleeve and modified it into a single T (later changed). Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Quotewhat would the region be like if Israel was left alone because of the nukes, but the rest of scenario played out? I'm not sure that is good, either, with the exception of Israel surviving... The power of greed will hopefully unite the moderate Arabs and at least delay your scenario. Egypt, Jordan, Oman, and the UAE have denounced this latest attack. The Al-Bayan Newspaper in the UAE states that "An Arab-Islamic stand is required in order to confront this eroded minority group." Maybe this is the beginning of getting tough. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Nice message. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Quote89 or terminal, this sport is no way to take yourself out. You claim 22years in the sport, but apparently your have not had a friend go in. Not to mention the problems it causes the skydiving community as a whole. I did not read the entire thread just a few posts. I hope you are kidding, and do not give some suicidal or depressed individual person encouragement........ Sorry for this late reply.I just found yours. I think maybe I got caught up in the macho infantry mode. I'm sorry about your friend. I hope nobody took this serious. I understand taking my life would be final/no second chance. Getting to heaven would be out of the question and all my friends and loved ones would always wonder what they could have said or done to prevent this. It aint the way to go. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    Quote Israel will be anhiliated... During the cold war there was a period of time when the Russians were leaning on Israel so heavy that the Israeli Government had to remind them that their pilots were willing and able to go one way to the center of Moscow. They would certainly use these nuclear weapons for survival today. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    QuoteTen things I like about the UK........ When I got out of the Army, a company in Redhill gave me my first civilian job flying helicopters in the Arabian Gulf. I drank Guiness the first time in a little pub in Redhill with an Iranian, Irishman, and a Brit. I woke up the next day puking and shitting black tea leaves. Still love the stuff. Loved the Imperial War Museum and the British transportation system. You can go anywhere without a car. My favorite aunt was a British war bride. She said the US Army Air Corps would send a bus to pick up the local girls for dances. It wasn't until years later that she discovered why the bus was referred to as the "pussy wagon" by the girls and the GI's. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
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    ]According the BBC online yesterday, "In 2002, 50 people at a wedding in Afghanistan were killed in a US air strike". Surely, they have civic action teams or psyops warning the locals about this? Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.