Andy9o8

Aside from your (good) point, there's also the possibility of endangering people or property on the ground if the helmet is dropped.

You have the right to believe in spooks if you wish; but as I do not believe in spooks, No, I couldn't care less.

Sounds like an SAT question.

This Washington Post writer doubts the report, and I think his reasoning makes sense. No, Kim Jong Un probably didn’t feed his uncle to 120 hungry dogs

What large amounts? The increase is like adding a drop of food coloring to an olympic-sized swimming pool and then declaring the whole thing is about to turn bright red. going from 320ppm to ~400 in 50 years represents a 25% increase, which on a planetary scale does represent a "large amount" of gas. Mt St. Helens did most of that. Aw, you're so cute you're almost priceless.

Sound byte. Doesn't really advance the discussion, which is about consular immunity vs. diplomatic immunity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consular_immunity

according to a sun news poll, 50% believe it to be very likely Ford will win another term, and 34% believe it to be likely. Only 7 % write him off. Humanity has a long history of people supporting thugs as leaders as long as they deliver. To the Canadians here: objectively viewed, how well has Rob Ford delivered?

"Only Nixon could go to China". OK, I'm dating myself.

Here's a strong argument from the attorney for the domestic worker in this case that the US's actions were legal (she didn't have diplomatic immunity, only consular immunity, which doesn't apply here) and that India's approach to this recurring problem - not just in this case, but in others - is contemptible. Bears reading in its entirety. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/diplomats-who-commit-domestic-worker-crimes-shouldnt-get-a-free-pass/2014/01/01/61b750b6-719d-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html

As we know, a few low-altitude canopy collisions happen every year - and when they do, they do; and once the collision has occurred, fault has been rendered irrelevant, and the only issue is surviving the emergency. (That said, sometimes at least one of the jumpers is not at fault.) Ok this scenario is often quoted, but NEVER qualified. I was taught way back that below 1000ft you did not cutaway, but rather go straight to getting as much out as possible. I still live by this, as you have so many things that could result in going in at line stretch. BTW 1000ft is easy to reference as it is the start of your landing pattern for many people. So at what point do you teach people with MARDs to go straight to reserve? The point is not so much to alter EP training or planning, but to increase overall survivability given a wider range of actual jumper actions in response to the emergency. Back in the 80's, an experienced jumper went in up at the old Herd's DZ when he cut away too low from a canopy collision and wrap. He didn't have an RSL. Bad decision, but he did it. He was high man; the lower man heard him yell "Shit!" as he fell past, which may have meant that he was so wrapped up in nylon that he didn't realize how low they were until he chopped clear and saw the ground. His reserve was extracting at impact. Given his altitude at chop, if he'd had a MARD, maybe he might have survived. Shit like that happens, and we all know that canopy collisions can happen to any of us.

As we know, a few low-altitude canopy collisions happen every year - and when they do, they do; and once the collision has occurred, fault has been rendered irrelevant, and the only issue is surviving the emergency. (That said, sometimes at least one of the jumpers is not at fault.)

Ha. A fair reading of your post #8 is that, while you did blame him, you didn't blame him first and foremost. Anyhow, it's never the captain who dies - it's always the nameless crewman in a red shirt.

Even when you're home with them, with no kiddies around? You'll shoot your eye out.

I've lost track of how many times in your threads people have to issue the reminder that weather is not climate.

As I said above, I tire of the long-form of the argument; and as a society, we ultimately either get it or we don't. People on here constantly remind me that progress, as often as not, is at a snail's pace.

Cami and I are buds from way back. I've made her aware of your infatuation with her. She's viewed your Facebook page and is now infatuated with you, too. I think she's willing to renounce her lesbianism in exchange for a date with you. Don't blow this chance! Let me know if you're interested and I'll hook you up.

Yes, because the ghost of Emmett Till implores it to be. That's the short version. As a society, we either get it or we don't. I've lost patience with repeating the long version. I fear the ghosts of our past prevent us from embracing the future. Those who fail to learn from the ghosts of the past are condemned to rot in the past.

He was. You do it to yourself.

What the fuck are you talking about? Quote me

Or getting to the point, please. The first 95% of his OP is his usual back-handed bitching about... well, you know... THEM.

You're getting sucked into The Matrix....

http://amazingasset.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/527435463_o-412x550.jpg It says she fills your boy with with love and play - just like a real little girl. huh? "day".

But NOT my responsibility to fund them. It was a pun on something Dave said in another thread.

Hybridization of fruits is a centuries-old practice. Yes, I know this is infusation, and not hybridization, but the point is still made. The guy who first combined chocolate with peanut butter was a genius. Ah, but I digress.