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I've heard that's hell on an engine. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Different things. The law recognizes that death is oen of those things that leaves loved ones particularly susceptible to emotional distress. Do you think there is a difference between a delegate at a political convention facing protests and a mother of a deceased at a funeral? The protests at these conventions are not designed to cause emotional distress. Protesting a funeral IS designed to cause emotional distress. It's their point in doing it. Funerals are treated differently. It's like suing a driver for negligent infliction of emotional distress after watching a kid get hit by his speeding car. You cant' get it in most places - unless it was YOUR kid and you saw it happen. I agree about the political conventions, but maybe not the abortion issue. I'd say a girl facing an unplanned pregnancy and/or abortion may be "particularly susceptible to emotional distress", and that the type of speech used by many anti-abortion protestors is intended to be distressing. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm guessing a fraction of what they are worth. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Jesus christ, baby! How much of that chocolate did you eat??! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I had just the same question the other day. It's basically skim milk thickened with cellulose or something like that. Worse, in the same store was a "calorie free" section...they even had zero calorie "chocolate"! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Duck fart craziness can be entertaining too! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Speaking of socks & tevas, don't you owe me a pack of socks?! (and a massage)? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Nice...you just had to post a picture of me landing a reserve. I feel so S&TAish! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Would that be federal, state, county/parrish, or city law? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I found another picture of the same idiot at the same party (Don't tell anyone, but that's JasonRose's fiance he's dancing with). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Isn't Lee Schlichtemeier the DZO of Skydive Dallas, which accepts Skyride certificates? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

This website helps/hurts in that regard. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Letter A's? Trailers? What?! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think I saw one or two being used as lawn decorations the last time I drove through Alabama.

One of these idiots. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Sure we do, but it's always good to hear you say it again. You can't fuck their brains out if they don't have 'em to begin with! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I posted something like that in similar thread awhile back, but I've since found someone who puts up with me. Of course both of these pictures would also work for me in the "post yourself" thread and the "post your S&TA" thread, but thankfully not the "post your mom" or "post your seeester" threads. Oddly enough, you might know the photographer who took these. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Better not be! Btw.. "not it!" is exactly what I said last night when we were leaving Beezy's funeral and Spence said "Well who the fuck is next??" Great minds think alike, and you know what I think of smart chicks. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I thought taxes were supposed to finance government spending. Edit to add: I see other people got to that point ahead of me, so I need to pick another angle. On the subject of sin taxes being so-called "deterrents", you are mistaken. The reason vices are taxed more heavily than other activities and/or products is a simple matter of the government playing to a captive audience. Addictions are low-hanging fruit, in that there is a reward to the addict for paying the tax and no cost to the non-addict who can take the moral high road and let someone else pay his way. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Not it! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Absofuckinglutely! I'm pretty sure I've made my opinion of spinners quite obvious around here. Mmmmm....spinners.

:4:0 The weekend off turned into a weekend at the DZ. I nursed a head cold in the trailer all day yesterday and did 2 tandems and 2 AFF jumps today. Beezy, I'm glad I got to tip a few back with you a couple of times, and thanks for letting me pick your brain about parachutes over the years. Tonto, despite our never meeting, your posts and PMs were quite valuable to me. Just today, you had a positive effect on how I instruct. Thanks for that. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Utopia is impossible, but it's still much better than outside our circle. Sure, there are skydivers I don't particularly like, but I like a whole lot more of them than I do whuffos. How often have you had whuffos who were complete strangers to you offer up their house to you while travelling (even before they met you)? I've had several skydivers do that, and made the same offer myself to several, but never had or received such hospitality from a whuffo. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Skyride hasn't made things right yet, and based on their well-deserved reputation, I'm not really expecting they will. Still, based on the public statement here by one of their employees that they'll give her a refund, I've got my fingers crossed that they'll do good by her. So far, she's gotten a total runaround and hasn't heard anything any of us wouldn't expect. Either way, I will post how it goes from here. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)