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"BTW does any body here know 'kleilat'(afrikaans term) I don't know an english one. "

Rawking snaps Levin, it looks like Ann will be kept busy for a while editing all that cool video.. cya Dave -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Ever tried this on snow Erno? We've had some fun with a little plastic 'tray' sleds, and old aeroconicals in muddy/snowy fields..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Andre, not flaming, just chatting "take some sort of quiet perverse pleasure when other engineers fuck up." Hmmm, not the case with me, I've lost friends in two incidents (Piper A explosion, and the puma crash off the Cormorant). In this instance, as with most others it was probably poor management. This design of rig is in use all over the world, so it looks to me like some sort of 'operator error'. I suspect..... Shitty welding on the jacking legs. Bad leg placement (spud can on a boulder?) Fatigue of the leg, unnoticed during dry dock examinations. Far east fabrication yards have a shocking reputation for poor workmanship, and that may have been an issue here too. I earn a living trying to prevent this sort of thing happening, I therefore hear about a whole heap of nasty stuff that simply doesn't make the normal press. Besides, have you ever watched a swoop video and slo-mo'd the chows......Its the same sort of thing you are decrying. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Outstanding HH... Empuria has an internet terminal in their bar by the way.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"We are in between Iraq and a hard place" Bwaaahahaha....spilt coffee on keyb*+@> -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Ask your friend why that camera cost $760,000. " Canadian dollars??? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"In conclusion, meteorids (= a meteorite still in space) are quite cold when close to earth." I'd go with that, I seem to recall that a lot of meteoroids actually consist of an agglommeration of ice and various minerals...... "I'll stop here. To be continued only in the unlikely event of public demand." No no, tell us more, I'm bored at work..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Okay guys, I know you be interested in this, and as the pics are quite dramatic, I thought I 'd let the rest of the forum know about the stuff we do..... "Jack-up off the coast of Saudi (near the Kuwati border) .... collapses .... Heard from Aramco that the rig fell over sometime over the weekend. The accident occurred in the Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the rig was one of the offshore platforms that Aramco took back from the Japanese. It fell on the platform it was working on and damaged the wellheads, which are leaking oil, gas, and H2S. Aramco is now trying to figure out how to repair the platform." Thats all I know guys..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Hey Justin, "Put a pump session in between the regular feedings and you'll be fine." Susie has just started expressing, which is quite cool, cos now I get to feed the wee fella. I'm pretty sure she has some websites at home, I'll PM them to ya later. I'm pretty sure its also OK to mix formula feeds with the natural feeds, maybe alternate them to give Jenn a break. "but that's weird to watch, though" Ain't it the truth!

"And in 1995 Cheney's company (Halliburton) sold Iraq the pulse neutron triggers needed to build plutonium based nuclear weapons." Thats who I am working for now (Halliburton, not Cheney!). Well not really working, just showing up and post whoring... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Yup, they also have a 'license system' for freeflying, however, I jump an AAD, and am relatively confident they would let me sit over the mediterranean.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Empuria definitely rocks, great place, fantastic scenery, good people, and a kick ass wee town to misbehave in. The captains cabin, and the surf inn are particularly good for night life. But I think HH said their runway would be closed for a while when he was thinking about going there. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"I get mad when my friends ask me to do something illegal or unethical. " Especially if they ply you with obscure Hungarian jet fuel / licquor first. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"why would anyone build a tunnel somewhere where are no local skydivers ???" All the decent real estate around busy DZs has been taken up by trailer parks? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Then I will sleep with her for a month and then start pimping her!" She must be pretty special then, they don't usually get treated so well. Kinney, don't do it! Its a no win situation for you man. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

LOL Bilious... Will the Colonial Cousins understand the North of England's penchant for Faggots though? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Fret not Nate, you can make your own power puff pal here http://www.nephco.com/powerpuffgirls/ppps.html -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

What's it like in Vichy this week? The DZ at Vichy only operates during the boogie, I believe. The rest of the year its a 'real' airport. "Would prefer to hear from people who are there right now! " I'm not, so I'm not gonna suggest places like Gap, Lapalisse, La Roche. Portugal??? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

The roof of the wee boat--maid of the mists?-- Yeah, I know it was a joke.......But the gorge imm downstream of Victoria falls is much tighter than the 'space' downstream of Niagra.... Either way, you ain't getting out of either with a dry rig. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

What have you got to lose then.....good luck! -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Ummmm, have you any idea how many applications for employment the tunnel people get each week from skydivers? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

The set up would be narrower, and there isn't the same run off with a relatively safe area downstream..... Or did you mean teh photoshop thing -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

And in space, they don't make a roaring noise either... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson