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That's because until 2 days ago we didn't have a "soapbox" Every thing was lumped into one forum. Look through the "Campground" (Faggy, faggy name.) and you'll see enough religious and political spew to satisfy.

Guys, I would never tell you to contradict the bosses here, but as far as I'm concerned, troll away. It's sport. sometimes the troll will win, sometime he'll lose. But if you go in with a thick skin and a mischevious streak, you'll do fine. The "I heart Skydiving" thread is great. As for the person who stated that "after seeing how n00bs are treated " she will save her beginner climber questions for people here, I apologize. You should not feel that way. Please don't let the loudmouths scare you, (Myself included sometimes). Beginner questions posted in community will draw flamethrowers, but for 90% of the flamers it's a litmus test to see what you're made off. Bring your Nomex underwear and have at it. If you want legitmate answers, make sure you ask in the Beginners or general forum. They are modded more tightly to be "n00b" friendly. But there is a lifetime of good information available on that site, including speaking personally with some of the guys who literally wrote the books. Furthermore, I offer myself as a personal contact. I have no official stnding on RC.com, I am not even CLOSE to the most experienced or knowledgable, and I am myself sometime aggresive, but if you want to PM me I promise to take your questions seriously and help put you in touch with the best people to help you. Finally, if you lurkers think anything you've read over there in the "campground" or S&C in the last is harsh, you should good the internet and find an archived copy of the old site. Your canopies would be torched in a half a heartbeat by that stuff if you think anything in the last 72 hours is harsh.

My upstairs guy has a 3BR , smallish though, he pays $600. Haven't raised it a dime in 5 years.

No real horror stories, just be proactive. Meet every tenant in person, run background checks, and credit checks, and go with you gut. ALWAYS say hey are not the first applicant so you always have an out if you need it.

I hope that it will be there on Monday.. And if you ever climb with me, I usually buy the first round. So I was just lucky when I had to fend for myself that night at the Muddy Moose? Ass.

You're all over thinking this. Your answer is two words. Rock Climbers resume lurk mode

HEY!!! I'm not entirely sure what that is supposed to mean but just remember, we may be easy but we're NOT cheap.

Oh no, to the contrary. Ladies and gents of DZ.com, this young lady is to be commended for getting a ceremonial tarpit from Jay. Means she knocked him down a peg.

I'm a middle aged dad, and my wife is a middle aged mom herself. Those things are in NO way disqualifying offences in my eyes.

Bear in mind, I am not a mod or admin, but I know the working fairly well. First, if you are tarpitted or banned you will recieve a private message tellling you the why's and wherefore's. It was a decision made long ago that the mods would never make that info public. Just a choice. Second, every such action is posted in a Mods & Editors forum that the average user has no access to. If a concensus thinks the action was unwarranted it can be undone. Third, Tarpitting is simply an extension of you post delay, the time you must wait between posts. For most users it is 30 seconds. Cuts down on spamming. A tarpit just extends that. Minor infractions will be once an hour, then maybe once a day... I was once tarpitted to once a week. Slows you down, but doesn't ban you. ergo "Tarpit" Real bad offenders may be reduced to posting once every year or every 30 years. When you are tarpitted you still have access to private messaging and can read the forums. If you want the reasons behind your "pit" known, you can ask the mod who did it or ask a frind via PM to post the details on your behalf. Hell, I once went a who week "posting by proxy" through a few friends. That answer all your tarpit queries?

DAAYYY-uuummm You musta really fucked up to get a "tarpit" from J-ung.. Good work girl!!! Better?

It's Okay, it was only a fuschia tarpit. That's a mild one. It's weird though, I mean, us RC.commer's were warned that all female jumpers were bisexual nymphos and that none of our women were safe. Not like he shouldn't have seen that coming. Only question is are you all as hot as skymama?

Why would you say that? A) because you're face first and therefore more likely to take impct on your face instead of your ass if something goes wrong. B) because all your vital safety gear is BEHIND you where you can't see it. C) if done with a "figure-8" device it is much more likely to end up with a cross-loaded carabiner, making the above point even more critical. Like I said, I'm not sure if there is a jumping equivalent. Generally speaking in the RC world Rappelling is considered by many to be the most dangerous aspect of the sport. (Personally I think it's alot of fun, but that's a different story) And going "aussie" on rappel is adding even more risk to an already perilous activity.

We're not neanderthals, we can't speak for them. You'll have to ask yourself. Start by getting them drunk. About a 90% success rate .

Oooo...I've never rappeled head first, have you? I want to try it. Is there any particular skydiving move or style that noobs see in movies that 90% or all sane respectable jumpers view as reckless, pointless and stupid? That's Autralian style rappeling to climbers. Looks good in the movies, great if you're a commando who needs his gun pointed down as you rap into an LZ, but generally viewed as about the dumbest thing you can do.