JohnnyD
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If you are carrying it on, is it going to be small enough? -Serious question.
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Curt- Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery. Also, tell Frida that Chanda and I send our best to her and to you as well. Be well.
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When did TLC and Discover Channel start sucking?
JohnnyD replied to Vallerina's topic in The Bonfire
Can't remember who quoted this: Television is a true medium. It is neither rare nor well done. -
Ok, short today. The dollar you make may be your own. Disclaimer: If you are taking stock advise from a skydiver, you are getting what you deserve.
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I hear to short in 4-6 months. Check back to see if the analysts are FOS.
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Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads featuring team
JohnnyD replied to outrager's topic in Speakers Corner
I said: Yousaid: Is it ironic that you agree with me? -
Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads featuring team
JohnnyD replied to outrager's topic in Speakers Corner
Why wouldn't you value the opinions of the people who actually live there? This seems like a very simple concept to me. Do they want the torture to end? Of course they do. Would they be willing to sacrifice their families for it? No. -
Doctor arrested after refusing to draw blood from homicide suspect
JohnnyD replied to JohnRich's topic in Speakers Corner
This is just a guess, but I think the US Supreme Court overrules hospital policy. -
Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads featuring team
JohnnyD replied to outrager's topic in Speakers Corner
Although I wouldn't like it in any way - I would understand it - It's called Big Picture. Who's big picture are we talking about here? You don't honestly expect anyone to believe that??? -
Seriously though, I am genuinely interested in the reasons behind jumping with a dog and the high altitude jump in particular.
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Notice the
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Thank goodness for that and congratulations on not killing your dog.
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So it is safe to assume there was some purpose to this?
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I think this is a serious problem nowadays. I was leaking in a Wal Mart and this guy come in and stands behind me with phone to ear - not doing anything else. I politely told him that I was five seconds from depositing his phone in the pisser. He left. I am still waiting for someone to email me a picture of me relieving myself in a Wal Mart bathroom.
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Probably wouldn't be a big deal if he didn't have a wife and two kids. Cheating is cheating is cheating.
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As would I. I would also hate to own a small business in which one of my employees misses enormous amounts of work during which i still have to pay his medical insurance premiums and I have to find and train and pay someone else to do his job following which he sues me for firing him from a job which he is unable to perform. Again, for clarity no employer should be able to tell you what you can and can't do as long as it has no impact on your regular job. So, lets all jump naked, get really drunk, break out the twister board and the crisco!!!!
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Under the same circumstances, yes. Like I said, you pays your money, you takes your chances. That said, if I was told that I would be fired for skydiving - or anything else for that matter - if I had never missed a day of work with an injury, I would have a very big problem with it. Unless I make it the bosses business, what I do on my free time is none of the bosses business.
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I would draw it at insurability. Insurance is expensive if you can get it at all as a skydiver. There are other activities that will place you in the same arena as well. That's where I would draw the line as an employer. What an employee does on his own time is none of my business unless it becomes my business. I don't know what the law in the UK is. Who knows, he may have a case if he gets fired. In some places in the US he may have a case, in some places he wouldn't. The fact that an employee can miss that much work and sue you for firing them is what kills businesses (except for law firms).
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I think it is absolutely fair. The guy broke himself and has missed enormous amounts of work - 3 months off already is roughly 6 years of vacation time for most people and there is more down time to come. If the employer wants to attempt to prevent similar future occurrences of this, it seems quite reasonable. The guy should be happy he has a job to go back to. A lot of people wouldn't.
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That's one of the reasons why their attitude is so atrocious. He has already missed three months and will likely miss a lot more - if you read the post. What would any reasonable person expect in this situation? I don't see how the employer's attitude is atrocious for attempting to prevent missed time. I have to agree with them. They have a filled position that has duties and responsibilities. If the person in that position is unable or incapable of fulfilling his or her duties and responsibilities, the employer should find someone who is.
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You're not in danger of being fired because you base jump. You're in danger of being fired because you're missing so much work. Employers generally could care less what you do with your free time unless it starts to overlap with your work obligations. Yours obviously has. You pays your money, you takes your chances. Hope you heal up.
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If I really wanted to, I could but I don't really want to.
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I want to have a couple skydiving pics, but I can't make a shrine. Maybe I'll check the gallery for some good pics that I could frame.
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CPA
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Can't paint it and can't put magazine cutouts up. It has to remain professional.