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I'm not trying to get this moved into Speaker's Corner, but the way I read it suggests the guy started hitting him with the hammer in response to the deceased pulling out a gun. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Have you ever sashayed or gone into brakes to shoot accuracy on your camera? If in that process, you learn that in some instances landings are better with the speed produced by a smooth 15, 30, 45, 60, or maybe even 90 degree turn, don't you kind of owe it to the person along for the ride to give yourselves that speed and the resulting better landing? If what we're talking about here is smooth toggle turns to final, not hookturning or toggle whipping as I understand the terms, then I don't see a problem with it, at least not if approached properly (in baby steps). Then again I haven't been around the block as many times as many here. I haven't seen a smooth toggle turn result in a bad tandem landing. By comparison, I've seen plenty of straight-in, unbraked approaches that made me wince on watching contact with terra firma, especially those instances that resulted in multiple points of contact. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Oh' I snared an av gal? Hey, I didn't have a lot of time! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Functional alcoholism is the bee's knees. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

In other words, the man smoking anywhere *before* conception or around a pregnant woman can be harmful to the fetus. His smoking away from a pregnant woman cannot do anything to a fetus. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

That wasn't the question, and you already know my answer, anyway. Really? LOL - I thought it was the question, and I really don't know your answer. Getting older sucks. I hope my memory was the last thing to go! Edit to add: OK, I did a search and it's ALMOST the same question. I did find your answer though...apparently I'm calmer and more reflective here than I am in real life. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think I'm a little more open in real life than I am online. There are certainly some things I'll tell someone face to face or via email that I won't post publicly, and stories I'll tell with whoever listening at the DZ that I won't tell here with folks unknown to me reading them. I think I asked you once before....do YOU think I'm the same person in real life as I am here? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I did not smoke around her and have not heard of any research suggesting ill health effects of exposure to bad breath. She did smoke at first while pregnant, but eventually quit. I think she smoked through her entire second pregnancy but am not sure. In any case, she later took to smoking in the house, where I imagine the health effects on the kids (mine and her second husband's) are worse. Unfortunately all I can do is advise, not force. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

We might have to just agree to disagree here. I've been smoking for 20 years, and I still consider it a choice every time I light a cigarette. Sure, the option of not lighting a cigarette can be difficult to choose (or I would have by now). But the option does exist for every pregnant woman, every time she lights up. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I don't think so. I think it's a poor choice, but smoking a cigarette while pregnant certainly doesn't make her a bad mother in my mind. She's demonstrating that her own satisfaction is more important to her than her child's health. My nephew Gage was born December 8th addicted to methamphetamines. Obviously the health effects of that drug are several orders of magnitude worse than those of nicotine, but there is a similarity in the attitude that produces them. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

First I'll have to ask what constitutes hook turning a tandem. I've yet to see anyone front riser turn a tandem to final, nor anyone doing 360s or 270s. I might have seen one or two 180s that were much slower than I'd consider "hooks". So are we talking about 90 degree turns? More? Less? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Beth, you were already hot, but now we need a higher scale thermometer to measure it. Scorching! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

No. In that case you MUST put in the max amount, but 2/3's has to go into my account for being your green card sponsor. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

We had an over-under going on a guy a few years ago. He came through for the unders, but managed to survive the bounce, and required just two lifeflights, a couple weeks in ICU, and a few months in an old folks home. A year or so later he started jumping again and has since lost part of a finger while jumping...during opening! In stories around the DZ, he's simply known as "should-be-dead" Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Do we REALLY need another sex thread? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

mmmm..... Taco Del Mar

Condoms suck. There is no more effective way to kill passion than "Wait right here while I find, open, and don a piece of latex, after which I'll be able to feel you about as well as deaf people "hear" by reading lips" Effectively, but not remotely close to the real thing. Also, post-coital snuggling, while not essential, is infinitely preferable to having to say, "Oops, it broke...and it's not all here" The STD-prevention benefits of condoms are nice, but hardly iron-clad. Not only are they a far cry from 100% effective for some types of STD, but they're even less desirable/effective for oral than they are for intercourse. Hands up...who actually regularly uses condoms or dental dams for oral? From my perspective (male), sponges aren't as bad as condoms. They can be inserted before-hand and don't mask the sensations. That said, it's been so long since I was with someone who used them that I can't remember whether there were taste effects or not. I do seem to remember her having to go fishing for it afterwards and that sounding like a particularly unsavory task (kinda like searching for the missing end of a condom). The pill - damn good invention for the most part. Some women it works well for, regulating and lessening the severity of their periods, others not so much. In a monogamous relationship with a woman it works well for, it's almost the bee's knees. The only downside in that situation is that it leaves birth control entirely the responsibility (and discretion) of the woman. In anything other than monogamous relationships, one will find themself wanting the STD benefits of a condom, but the pill as a back-up form of birth control is still very attractive (almost essential in my book, condoms break too frequently for my sense of security). Personally, I've been complaining for decades now about there not being more methods of birth control available to men. Abstinence, condoms, and vasectomies have long been our only choices at preventing unwanted children, while women have IUDs, female condoms, the pill, the shot, the sponge, implants, nuvo ring, and probable more. Why have so many research dollars gone into giving women more options but apparently nobody has an interest in giving men more options. Finally, there seems to be changes afoot in that direction. I read recently that there are no less than 3 different options that have made it to the point of field-testing in Europe, including male pills, shots, and (I believe) implants. The question now is how effective they'll be and what the side-effects are. Hopefully they work wonderfully with minimal side-effects and can find their way to the market in the states within a few years. I imagine such a development will have a substantial effect on the number of unwanted pregnancies. I know I'd be interested, as would many other men I know who fear having to go shopping for pregnancy tests. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I ain't gonna be there either, so can you ox 'em for me while you're at it? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

23% gay, presumably because I get haircuts somewhat regularly. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

2001 Toyota Tundra 4WD SR5, extended cab (suicide doors), with Line-X & tonneau cover. Turned 100,000 miles a couple weeks ago and has had no significant problems yet. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Well receiving that doesn't require "active" participation, so I didn't think it counted. Now if I GAVE it while driving, that'd be different! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I have enough trouble dividing my attention between driving and smoking, drinking, eating with chopsticks, text messaging, looking for another CD, and plucking ear and nose hairs. Throwing a tv into the mix might have me bordering on dangerous. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

It's a "sport" invented by women who saw it as a great way to make us men-folk take an interest in sweeping. Can't you see? It's just another blatant attempt to keep the man down! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The part that surprised me is that the drogue didn't have enough drag to pop the two little snaps on the auxilliary drogue release. Must have just been a bad angle for that. If it had, the problem might have become a non-issue unless the drogue release cable housing and the drogue bridle then barber-poled each other. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Roy thought it was live for years, now you think it's lively. How many times do I have to tell you people that he's got a LITHE little ass! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)