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This picture confused me. Is there actually a time when it's simultaneously dark in Europe, Asia, and North America? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I work full-time during the week and run a skydiving school on the weekends (6 month season). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Thanks, I think so too. I am starting to wonder how big she's going to get...at 6 months, she's already 45 lbs. That's pretty good-sized for such a young boxer, especially a female. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Minka wasn't feeling too good after she got spayed 10 days ago (the cone was to keep her from licking it). Her cat, Tao, at least tried to comfort her. We got some snow yesterday, on top of some ice, so today work was cancelled and I snapped a few shots of Minka playing in the snow. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm not even gonna nibble, much less bite. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Something I heard in the media that rings true to my ears . . . It seems that few people are "on the fence" with regard to Hillary, they either like her or dislike her. That being the case, Edwards remaining in the race is very helpful to her. She's still getting all the votes of people who like her, and Edwards splits some votes off Obama among the voters who dislike her. It wouldn't surprise to learn that both of them know this and his remaining in the race is a simple exploitation of the situation, with her dangling the carrot of "VP". Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

With 95% of precincts reporting, he's got 55% of the votes, compared to 27% for Hillary. She thought she had a decisive victory in Nevada, with 6-ish percent more votes and fewer delegates. It's a thing of beauty.

I agree I was gonna post that link, and I absolutely agree. She's short AND she's a redhead...it's not even really a contest! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

We just moved in November and I haven't got a good handle on the costs yet. Previously, a very small, old house ran $110-$170 per month for electricity, water, sewer, and garbage (city charged all on one bill). Now in a new house about 2.5 times the size, we've got separate bills for sewer + city and irrigation water, electricity, natural gas, and garbage, and it seems like they'll add up to an average a little over $200/month (assuming electricity & gas trade approximately equal significance between summer & winter). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Those look really nice.

I posted it from my office yesterday and it worked there. I just tried it from home and it works here too. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

First let apologize as I am jumping in to this discussion and I have not read every post. I do believe the Middle Class pay the biggest share of the total taxes is this not correct? No. I believe what I've read is that the top 1/4 pays 3/4 of the tax burden. It's close to an 80/20 rule. (Supported by mnealtx's corrected post). The bottom pays almost nothing. Sure they have some payroll deduction, but a huge portion of that gets returned at the end of the year. If you have $1 and I take a dime, it hurts a lot more than if you have $100 and I take $25. That's a nice theory and it sells well, but I suspect the real reason it's set up this way is 80% of the population can vote a lot more times than 20% of the population. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

He looks incredibly noisy. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

My understanding was that it was never illegal to possess or drink absinthe in the US, it's just been (and may remain) illegal to sell. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've always claimed being 6', just because it's easier to say/write than 5' 11.5". I suspect I may have lost that half inch since I started jumping, but it's not a big enough deal for me to bother checking or changing my standard answer. Of course, unlike many women, I *do* report my weight honestly on my driver's license and on DZ waivers. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

play along, all stupid, all in awe.. keep the laughter to myself! Play stupid until they've got themselves completely and irrecoverably into their story, THEN call them out. I think my favorite was while I was laid over in Denver, sitting in a bar. Two guys were telling the girl next to me everything there was to know about skydiving, 90% of it wrong and much of it just plain silly, apparently not noticing that I was wearing a dropzone "staff" shirt and that my rig was sitting on the chair between her and I. I know another guy who actually is (or at least was) a jumper, who was incurable. He'd claim world records and inflate his jump number 10-20x, which was silly because the 2 or 3 hundred he really had would still impress a whuffo. He'd tell the girls how he'd take them on a tandem the next day, with me sitting right next to him, both of us knowing it'd be me taking her. A few times they actually showed up, at which point he'd feign a headcold or some such thing. I always laughed it off, till he tried telling me that he'd been the one to get me into the sport, had been my jumpmaster, and was proud of what I've accomplished. I met him at the DZ when I had like 5 jumps and he had 15. I've got all the instructor ratings and he's never had one. That time...I had to call BS on him. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

With the added benefit of looking the same going in as it does coming out. Nice! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Can you imagine being the person whose job it is to write all that stuff and maintain that page? I bet that's fun to brag about when asked "So, what do you do?" Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

this thread, I'm happy to refresh your memory of Tot & Swiffer! I think the "Can't Touch This" video might be new, as I don't remember seeing Swiffer's ass before. In the process of looking through those, I noticed the "swiffer commercials" too. Why am I still surprised by what people will post on the internet? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Oooooohhhh....can I be on the list too? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

China, Most Favored Nation courtesy of the last administration. I'm sure her Walmart stock made some nice money for Hillary. And I'm sure a big chunk of these "rebates" will be spent at said retailer. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

This one makes me smile.

Holy fuck, it's slappie. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

My daughter got her first period while visiting dad. Luckily, we were at my mom's house! A bit later, she developed a problem with her period...while out with dad...while it was the first time I'd hung out with her and teenage boys simultaneously. I had to evacuate her from the boy's attentions and get her out of there while she was leaking all over the damned place. We ended up in the ER a couple hours later. That led to birth control to stop things like that, with removing the possibility of my becoming a grandpa too soon as a side-effect.

LMAO. Okay Turtle, you can be Pat. The boss. But Pat doesn't get any! Between that and this, it sounds like you'll be perfect for the role! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)