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Hmmm... Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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No, it's Jay Schrimsher dressed as me. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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That sounds like an awesome idea.
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Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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OK, you draw it up and mail it to me, then I'll get someone else to install the ink. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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I've got what I think is a great idea for my back, but don't know an artist who can/will draw it for me and it's WAY too complex for me to draw. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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Guys--do you like having your balls played with
livendive replied to waltappel's topic in The Bonfire
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What religion are you? And what does it mean?
livendive replied to chigbee's topic in Speakers Corner
Actually I think the world and other creative things do exalt Godin the way they can, by being how they were made. Do you believe that method of worship is insufficient for humans? If so, why? Nope, but I do believe that being true to ourselves constitutes giving worth to our creator. Cool, it sounds like we've got at least some common ground. -
I suppose I am in a way. I think that it is advisable to keep our military equipped with modern gear, but I also think such expenditures should be correllated to need. Did GWB go balls to the wall on such armor the day he took office or did he significantly ramp up those charges when we had a greatly intensified need for such equipment? We could go nuts and build 10,000 B-2's, but would it be a wise use of tax dollars when we don't need that many (right now)? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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What religion are you? And what does it mean?
livendive replied to chigbee's topic in Speakers Corner
Actually I think the world and other creative things do exalt Godin the way they can, by being how they were made. Do you believe that method of worship is insufficient for humans? If so, why? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) -
I have a junk drawer in the kitchen and my spare bedroom counts as a junk room (not junk, but it's pretty well full of skydiving gear, snowboarding gear, out of season clothing, etc). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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What religion are you? And what does it mean?
livendive replied to chigbee's topic in Speakers Corner
I'm not dissagreeing necessarily, but I wonder why you said that. As I look at the chain of increasingly complex beings, I see no relationships in which a "higher" lifeform expects the worship of a "lower" lifeform. I don't expect my dogs, cats, house spiders, or the field mice under my house to worship me. I also see no reason to believe that the chain of increasingly complex lifeforms stops with us, therefore on a more likely than not basis, there are likely more complex beings than us, and they likely don't expect our worship. Logic suggests that an established, repeating pattern will continue to repeat itself, and I can think of no reason that the attributes of that cycle should suddenly change as it gets beyond humans. If higher lifeforms DO expect our adoration, I would consider that an undesirable trait akin to arrogance or egotism. But did we CREATE those lower LIFE forms? Doesn't your logic fall apart there? Not being argumentive, just thinking outloud. -
Under Clinton, you didn't need the body armor quite so much because he wasn't sending you into harm's way en masse. Blues, Dave I'll make sure to pass that along to the families of SFC Shughart and MSG Gordon, among others. I believe I included the phrase "en masse". No doubt Clinton sent some into harm's way, but not on the scale we've seen in Iraq, and we also didn't have so many casualties. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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What religion are you? And what does it mean?
livendive replied to chigbee's topic in Speakers Corner
I'm not dissagreeing necessarily, but I wonder why you said that. As I look at the chain of increasingly complex beings, I see no relationships in which a "higher" lifeform expects the worship of a "lower" lifeform. I don't expect my dogs, cats, house spiders, or the field mice under my house to worship me. I also see no reason to believe that the chain of increasingly complex lifeforms stops with us, therefore on a more likely than not basis, there are likely more complex beings than us, and they likely don't expect our worship. Logic suggests that an established, repeating pattern will continue to repeat itself, and I can think of no reason that the attributes of that cycle should suddenly change as it gets beyond humans. If higher lifeforms DO expect our adoration, I would consider that an undesirable trait akin to arrogance or egotism. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) -
Under Clinton, you didn't need the body armor quite so much because he wasn't sending you into harm's way en masse. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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What religion are you? And what does it mean?
livendive replied to chigbee's topic in Speakers Corner
I agree with that. In the same way that a baby cow born as a result of artificial insemination doesn't understand the farmer responsible for its existence, if there is a god, he's likely too complex for our little brains to understand. He also doesn't likely expect our worship, in the same way that farmer doesn't expect the adoration of his cows. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) -
What religion are you? And what does it mean?
livendive replied to chigbee's topic in Speakers Corner
I'm agnostic, because I stake my faith in the "more likely than not" camp. I think there are likely higher powers than us, but unlikely that they take any of the forms espoused by any organized religion. I think any sort of "soul" or "afterlife" is unlikely, because it's difficult to imagine such attributes being applied to all living things. Whether most people care to admit it or not, us humans are just another species of animal, no more special than any other species. I don't care that most people believe differently than me, it's all about what gets you through the night. I'm perfectly comfortable with the notion that this is all we get, and I'm also perfectly comfortable with other people reaching a different conclusion as long as those thoughts make them a less stressed or better person and not an asshole. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) -
For drip coffee, it depends on the beans. I'll cover the range from black to cream and sugar depending on how good the coffee is (worse = more additives). I generally buy decent coffee and just add a bit of cream (unsweetened whipping cream or half & half). That said, I get an espresso drink of some sort just about every day, sometimes two or three. Mocha with half chocolate & half vanilla, 16 oz double shot or 20 oz triple. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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Every week mine is . The only other person who's business it is already knows (though I did get one PM me saying "Hey! I resent that icon! Seems to me you were having fun ") Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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Which, of course, is why some portions of the military have to be on food stamps and WIC to make ends meet, because of all that work, right? There's reasons why the military tends toward the conservative side... the amount of money they're getting paid *isn't* one of them. And I never implied it was. The money that Republicans like to throw at the military is earmarked for contracting corporations, not the troops themselves. Actually, I'd say that the Democrats are guilty of the same charge, just to a lesser extent. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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I occasionally have a plan, but usually just play things as they come. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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My fastest time in junior high was 4:30ish, but today I think I'd be pressed to break 6 minutes. If just "jogging", I'm guessing it'd be more like 7:30. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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AFF...Fine, but I am not sure about Tandem. And that would keep me from signing any petition. Me too. I'm cool with the AFF and USPA membership being reinstated, but think the tandem rating should probably be withheld for a year or so. If USPA has failed to act or not punished appropriately in past instances, that doesn't mean they shouldn't in this one. Life isn't fair and the fact that one person or another gets away with something doesn't mean everyone should. If Jacko (versus "concerned friends") is using such an excuse, that speaks to the attitude thing Ron referred to much earlier in the thread, or at least it does in my mind. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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I do that on occasion when a student's health/fitness requires extra consideration. I would definitely do so for anyone with a prior significant neck injury (and only jump with one who had gotten a green light from their doctor). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)
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I was packing my stuff and breaking down the tent. When I came back, you were gone. I was sad that I didn't get that hug. If I don't make it to Dublin, then you should make it to Prairie! J was also saying I should try to hit a Farm boogie...when is such a thing? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)