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Blue is the latest in a dozen or more dogs that I have fostered and adopted. She will be 12 in Nov, not much time left, and has not much left in the hips or knees so she can barely walk. but she's got a dad now.... flew up to JAX to pick her up a year and a half ago.

good timeline and wondering when someone would put all those steps togethers. Seen bits and pieces of them here and there. Cannot imagine the extent of the investigation and how many people must be involved at the FBI to decipher it all. I was never concerned if Rosenstein or Mueller gets fired, other than the political chaos it would create... but the investigation will go on.... because that is what the FBI dies.....

I was not actually talking about the ongoing investigation of collusion with Russia. I was simply looking for your comments on whether or not you thought Trump did an amazing job with Vladimir Putin? Are you OK with the press conference the way that it went? Do you actually believe that the United States came out ahead on this?. Russian collusion aside, I never mentioned it

And I am not sure that it is even possible to take off with a Cessna 182, even with minimum fuel, with a pilot a 5 jumpers and stay inside of the gross weight limit. Unless the jumpers and pilots are all Chinese acrobats or something like that. Lots of places do it, it is a great reliable aircraft that will fly well outside the weight limits, but actually doing the math for any given load on any given day? I bet it does not meet the mustard at all DHC-6 with 22 jumpers and 4 loads of fuel on board is not much different. But planes fly. And history says it is not 'unsafe'. We had as many as 16-17 on a Beech 18 back in the 80's, 3300' ASL DZ too.... good thing the ground was flat prairie - you can hang in ground effect for a long long time waiting for that bit of lift..... airspeed is my friend.....

So Rushmc.... what is your take on today's press conference? Still on the Trump bandwagon? Putin is an ally and a friend and despite the results of ALL of our intelligence? Trump can deny it because Putin said he did not do it? Just curious about where your allegiance actually lies. RonD as well.

if you go to their home page and scroll down, you can actually leave google reviews - they appear to have disabled the facebook ones.

yes, here we go again.... the 'Left' is actually PART OF America. There is no exclusivity anywhere that claims that the only true americans or owners of america are people on the right. except within very narrow views skewed by whatever is going on inside you head.

I don't think I ever said 'fired' or if I did, I was eluding to the idea of Skydive City being 'fired' by USSOCOM. Thanks for your comments

Any more concerns about my recollection of events? You are strangely quiet on the issue. I accept your apology as well.

well that took a while... like a decade or more. I accept your apology. Forgive and forget? Forgive, sure, You are forgiven. But your continued behavior gives me angst. It does not demonstrate real change and new examples of the same behavior(s) are not automatically forgiven. Forget? Never. Like I said, you have a habit of being the worst of what christianity brings to the table.

you can ask RonD1120 himself for the verification of the story. It's not like he ever denied it the other couple of times that it came up. You asked for examples. I gave them to you. 'fake news' right? So easy not having to think when you can simply parrot rhetoric like that. I would expect nothing less from you.... And it is not like I have to prove anything to you anyway, like suddenly you will change your views or even that your viewpoint matters in the greater picture of things I have my well-founded opinions of RonD and he is the worst of what Christianity and religion bring to the table. I wouldn't sell him my snot.

1) Well hard to find the exact thread, but years ago, we were discussing (i.e. I was asking about) killing people and killing them so willingly and how can you be a christian and still put your crosshairs on your enemy for example and justify executing someone. RonD said something to the effect of "not only can I, but it is my comfort" when discussing how he could put crosshairs on someone and execute them. Indicating that his actions had the blessings of his savior and lord, his religion and his belief structure. 2) And then there was the time when RonD actually tried to rat me out as some sort of 'enemy of the state' to USSOCOM at MacDiall AFB because of my political posts on dz.com, in hopes to have them reconsider where they contracted for their parachute training ops, (at Skydive City/Z-Hills which I was operating as DZO) That is direct 'hate' and he used his 'patriotism' and 'faith' as justification for his actions. A deliberate action in contrast to the 'jebus message' that he continuously conveys here and elsewhere. So yes, I believe that RonD is in fact a hate-filled pretend faux-christian that uses religion to blanket a series of whacky belief structures. And yes I have examples of them. Right after RonD sent his email(s), USSOCOM came to me with the emails saying "Who the fuck is this guy?" and I still have those email(s) somewhere. As I expected, and have always experienced, those Special Operations folks are not actually twisted individuals with some fake patriotism and a bible in their hands pretending to be something.... they are true patriotic Americans that understand and welcome varying opinions, whether or not they agree with them. And they see it as their constitutional duty to protect the country and therefore protect my right to say and express. They laughed openly about the emails actually. True soldiers, true countrymen, standing for the Constitution. That respect for the Constitution and their position in the military I am willing to bet, came from massively hard work and dedication to a greater cause. Unlike RonD.... who i believe is filled with hatred and expressed it on several occasions. I will think of more examples as time goes on since I follow RonD and his twisted view of the world fairly regularly. I see his type as an enemy of all that is rational. And while I agree and believe in his right to say anything he wants, I also believe in my right to call out bullshit for what it is, in response to your request for examples. I hope that fulfills your request and needs.

RonD will still justify his remarks with some passage from the bible where god says it is ok to hate people... he has done it many times before.

^^^^THAT The narcissistic sociopath that can do no wrong, has never done anything wrong and would deny it even it if NK launched a nuclear warhead ICBM. SO yes, he becomes a willing ally of NK and its propaganda via his own ego.

I thought my scuba training was interesting and cool..... My second open water dive was 140' off the north wall in Grand Cayman.... I hope they all get honorary PADI open water, advanced, rescue, nitrox ratings to hang on the wall. Just give all of the ratings to them... https://www.padi.com/courses more balls that I would ever have, but I guess the balls actually grow from "you got no choice". imminent demise is sometimes a motivator.....

It would appear that 'nothing has happened' after all. And arguably, Hillary Clinton would have accomplished nothing either. However, I doubt Hillary would have stood up and made claims about being so amazing for solving the problem.... I will go back to my normal life now. wake me up when something 'actual' happens.

I was not aware that the 4th of July was a holiday dedicated to veterans or the military? I thought it was about the founding of the country.

The easy solution to that would actually be funding the enforcement. Which is not happening either. And fund it with a fee that the gun purchase has to pay. Does not work anyway if a single state does it and others do not. but this in only part of the solution. If the law was funded, gun transfers and sales were actually recorded, and there was a 1-5 year jail term and felony waiting for you if you sold a gun to someone outside the process... I expect that most, if not the vast majority of people would follow that process. Just like they stop their car at red lights and crosswalks. Because people are actually being paid to watch the process. It is enforceable because we DECIDE to enforce it and we FUND the enforcement one way or the other. The gun laws are so watered down, that who could bother? Why would any law enforcement agency track a seemingly perfectly legal gun sale or transfer between private parties anyway? Under current law, that is allowed so arguably there is no reason for suspicion. If the law was funded properly, the transfer would have to take place through a background check, through an LEO, and it would never happen if the gun was going to be transferred to someone not eligible to possess a gun And if the original owner knew that all transfers are being recorded, then they could assume that this gun would eventually be tracked back to them and they would be part of that chain of liability with some 'splaining to do. That would be called 'writing effective laws' and then funding the enforcement of them. The reason you still get shit ass spam calls on your phone when there are laws against it? It is because they gutted the money to enforce it.

just like they confiscated your car, airplanes, boats, drivers license, business license, automatic weapons, beer and wine license, liquor license, your phone number, your voter card, your.... oh never mind

did you actually read the article you posted? I mean past the headline? It said absolutely nothing about her growing up wealthy. If her father died from cancer when she was 18, then one could also assume that he was sick and possibly not working for a couple years prior to that. not to mention the wealth that would have been consumed by insurance and healthcare costs. the article does not go on to validate or verify whether her other bio claims and her family stories are true or not.... it grabs a single picked morsel that fits a narrative, much like you, and ignores everything else to make a headline. what a sad life you must actually live....

ouch. DIY. tons of ideas online, tons of patterns and designs. then you go to the store with the ideas and magazine clippings and they help put it all together. Then youtube shows you the techniques take your time. it is permanent. and a fucker to undo once it is done

tile layers are getting $10/sq ft around here right now, due to labor shortages. It is not that difficult to do yourself, but you have to have 'some' level of background of common sense. It s not difficult to make it look good, but it is also pretty easy to make a look amateur. Buy all your tile and supplies from a private shop, not home depot, they will help you with the tricks of installing and watch lots of videos on youtube for the insider stuff. borrow a tile saw and make sure you design the layout well ahead of time, scribe it all out and do not be afraid to throw away a piece that got cut 'just a little bit off' because those cuts will show in the final work i have no formal training at all, did several floors and walls, it was not bad, and yes it is rewarding and really easy to add accents and borders to make it look exceptional. Nothing looks worse than seeing a house with identical tile from one end to the other, without any effort to spice it up.

https://www.burr.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/SSCI%20ICA%20ASSESSMENT_FINALJULY3.pdf And in the news, yet another committee confirms Russia's intentions, still denied by Trump “Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election! Where is the DNC Server, and why didn’t Shady James Comey and the now disgraced FBI agents take and closely examine it? Why isn’t Hillary/Russia being looked at? So many questions, so much corruption!” Trump tweeted late last week. republican controlled (obviously secret deep-state) committee findings nothing to see here, move along.

I think that has so much to do with the care and attention to detail on the packing mats. Over 37 years I have seen great packing operations and so many others that simply allow the "I always do it this way.." or "It does not make any difference..." attitudes, which then reflects the work being done. Not slamming packers in any way, but it is almost always an individual, maybe two, but generally working under a culture of 'lack of quality control' or the understanding of how to even implement a QC system. It's like looking at all the little defects in the house I bought, which was built by a local builder. "If they spent 5 more minutes on xxxxx, they could have done it right." I see this all the time, and it frustrates me because it is simply unecessary There are systems that work, and there are processes that work. Not always what the manufacturer says, but that is a great place to start. And when you find a place that has no cutaways in 15000 jumps, that is impressive. It is worth flying there and spending a weekend to watch, study, film and learn what they do, and then bring that home, and 'force' everyone to follow that like gospel.

Given that lots of malfunctions are low speed reserve deployments, it is still a valid concern And certainly an expectation that the pilot chute is going to extract the reserve bag. And in a timely fashion. Not bashing on the Wings container, I have pilot chute in tow on reserves before, on tandems, on my own gear, and I do not actually give a shit what the excuse is, the gear did not do its job. Seconds matter. altitude matters. Too many dead skydivers here to be making excuses. Nothing pisses me off more when you take a concern to a manufacturer, (more and more with documented video) and you still (decades later) get to hear similar excuses for why shit does not work. The gear is supposed to work. We demand it. Especially in urgent situations