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I have no clue how this relates back to Political Correctness. Can you explain? Political correctness tells people what they should and should not call things based on others being potentially offended. Royd is saying that a lifelong committment between two men shouldn't be called "marriage", kind of like those two men shouldn't be called "fags", i.e. he's being politically correct. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Aren't you married? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Some insurance companies pay for covered losses incurred away from home. State Farm is one of them, and yes they'll reimburse for stolen skydiving gear (replacement value, not depreciated). I've seen it done after a chop. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Repeatedly?! I only had to learn that lesson once! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Agreed. I'll be picking up a copy of Brother Odd just in case it's closer to the first. More immediately though, the next book in my queu is "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal", by Christopher Moore. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

No, but you seem to be missing that the suspects were involved with some issue INSIDE the club and then some how managed to hit a parked COP car on the way out. If I had threatend to kill you, and then you pulled the gun it would change the situation right? Then you would be justified. Nah, I didn't miss that. I was just responding to a specific bit of what you said rather than the entire thing. I would like to see video of what happened, but that's not available. I think the fact that some cops fired a ridiculous number of horribly placed shots while others didn't even draw their weapons says something abou the level of threat. More importantly, it says NYPD ought to hire better cops. I think it's sad that someone died over an escalation of misunderstandings and probably wouldn't feel any differently if it'd been a cop that was killed. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

According to the SOP's for that department, no. However actually being in that situation, fearing for your life. I can easily see why the police, or anyone would open fire. If I pull a gun on you, and you react by trying to hit me, am I then free to shoot you while remaining innocent of any crime? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

If that's how you feel, does that mean you don't begrudge al Queda for the methods by which they're prosecuting their holy war against us? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think the last two Presidential elections disproved that. Personally, I don't care what color or gender our President is, I just hope that next time we pick someone intelligent. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

This thread is worthless without pictures. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

77 pages into this thread, I'm just wondering what the latest news is with the skyride scam, lawsuit stuff, etc. Anyone know? Also, am I correct that skydiving.com is just another front for skycamride? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

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

Post in it for me when you find it would ya? I've got a two hour drive to get to a party with a bunch of jumpers, one of whom is deploying to the Suck tomorrow. The forecast is drunk. Out. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Yeah, and just 36 hours before getting to the fishing grounds...in Siberia....and some fucker trying to get the good drugs out of our medicine kit had taken the antibiotics as well. I had some polysporin powder to dump as far into the wound as I could and had to fish for 19 days before seeing a PA in Dutch Harbor, AK. I still liked fishing for a living though. Rough but rewarding work. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Yeah, that's why I stuck with my current pace that's included 3 shoulder jobbers. Actually, I haven't a clue. I thought it was an avatar based guess, but now that you mention it, I think it's a teddy bear or something. Perhaps your skepticism is valid. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Look at it this way...you could be that poor fucker that put 7 or 8 into his head a couple years ago. Take two vicodin, drink several beers and call me in the morning. I once knelt on a bait machete hard enough for it to go through my knee and lodge in my femur. It was a bitch pulling off of it. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

---------------------------------------------------- Thats about twice as many as you will have in 24 years if we go by your current stats. I thought about posting something along those lines, but figured somebody better would catch it. Stitch is the man. Sometimes life causes breaks in the action. I'd be willing to settle for 4000ish in 24 years while taking most winters off. I think step one is living that long, and the OP gets credit for doing that despite being a troll. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Lucky! All we grow around here is meat and potatoes. Blues, Dave thanks for your constructive input Dave You're welcome. I live in a semi-arid area (sand & sagebrush), but we do occasionally get a bit of snow. I just don't bother building snowmen very often. A couple years ago we had this though... Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Lucky! All we grow around here is meat and potatoes. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Slappie hereby wins the Helen Keller Spotting Award! Now gimme FIVE LEFT!!! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

That's a fucking awesome shot Jay. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

While 0 may not be possible, it should certainly be the goal. The alternative is to say that some number besides 0 is acceptable and requires no further improvement. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Apparently no worse than me... Edit: And telling the court that everyone else was speeding too is unlikely to garner much mercy. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Ron Schott (and his desk) used to run a group called the Christian Skydivers Assocation, or the CSA, and last I heard they had an online presence (website). A search here or on google groups (rec.skydiving) would probably be a decent start. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I lost control of my truck on black ice about two years ago and hit a concrete barrier. The road looked basically bare and wet, and traffic was moving at normal speed for 5 PM on a Friday. When I got out to assess the damage I fell on my ass...it was a solid sheet of ice and cars were flying by me at 50+ mph. My bumper was bent into my tire, so I got back in the truck, put my seat belt on, and ran the engine just for airbag purposes (It was an elevated freeway with no shoulder). A cop showed up about half an hour later, I got out and cautioned him that it was slicker than it looked, (I would later hear that line quoted in court). He did the penguin-walk up to look at my front-end, and didn't write me a ticket, but did write up an accident report for my insurance claim. A few weeks later I got a ticket for "speed too fast for conditions" in the mail...some desk-jockey saw the accident report and wrote me a ticket, signing in the spot where I would normally acknowledge receipt, putting "n/a" in the "___ mph in a ___ zone", and not writing a date of issue (so I had 14 days to respond but didn't know the start date). The ticket was for $151, but that didn't really matter to me...it was concern for what the 3 point driving infraction would do to my rates on top of an accident". I pleaded not-guilty and went to traffic court. Kept not taking deals till at the last minute the DA offered to change the ticket to "expired tabs" (a non-moving violation) and reduce the fine to $75. I accepted because the judge had just found against someone with a similar story and a non-moving violation wouldn't hurt my premiums. Since I was the last person, court was adjourned and I asked the judge for his opinion off the books. I told him what my story would have been and he said that I made the right move. Basically, if a driver fails to control their vehicle in adverse weather conditions, he's going to find them guilty of too fast for conditions. I told him that I've previously slid off a road from a dead stop, due to the slight slope for rainwater runoff, he said that if I was moving sideways at 0.5 mph and can't control the vehicle, that's obviously still too fast. He finally did say that there were mitigating circumstances he would accept, such as a tire blow-out at a crucial moment, but they are very, very rare. Good luck beating the ticket. Honestly, if you couldn't stop moving forward before hitting the other vehicle, it does sound like you were either driving too fast for conditions or following too closely. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)