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Welcome to Ohio, Kelel01! ...And the Canuck is going home Autism and aspergers...girl fight "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You're not THAT naive, are you?! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm not sure Clay will appreciate you telling all of us that he's little. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I clicked "no". Being a little perverted is different than "having a little perv in me". Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

No, I don't catch. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

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

Thanks, but I'm not sure tonight is a good night to have my brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick. I do have to work tomorrow you know. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Agreed. You just put your old fruit/veggie/meat scraps in them and then drop them in the mail. If the junk mailers want to send me their garbage, I'll return the favor. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I went with a wierd one I found on one of those web pages: I guess I'll find out whether it's any good or not, it certainly sounds different. At least when I get home from work my house will smell all crock-potty. "Crock-potty" is fun to say. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Did something kinda similar last night (non-crockpot). 2 chicken breast (cubed) 1 bag frozen cut okra 1 red bell pepper 3 jalapenos 3 serranos 3 yellow chili's 1 medium onion 2-3 tomatoes Frank's Hot sauce and Tony Chachere's to taste Fry up above mixture & serve over rice. Spicy and good. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

It's ugly outside today...dark, cloudy, windy, and raining, i.e. perfect weather for getting drunk and eating soup at home tonight. I can run to the store and then home at lunch time and throw stuff in the crockpot, I just need a new idea. So who's got the best rainy day soup/stew recipe? It needs to require very little prep time, and please keep in mind that I am a carnivore. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

OK, one more that I've heard of but not personally done. Apparent upjumper (actually a TI) starts chit-chatting with the student in the plane. He turns the conversation to the upcoming tandem jump, and the obligatory "I'm sorry to hear you got so-and-so as your instructor, but it'll probably work out ok". TM acts like it's the last straw, he's tired of being degraded, and throws a fit. "Fine. You think YOU can do it better??! Be my guest!" TM and the "upjumper" switch rigs, now the student thinks he/she is actually going with someone doing their first tandem. Sounds cruel and maybe unprofessional, but it is kinda funny! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Come on guys. I've been snowboarding for five years now and I have all my body parts working just fine. Ditto, and I've been snowboarding for 15 years. But I *haven't* been snowboarding with skysurf bindings, nor (I suspect) have you. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Off the top of my head The responsibilities for an AFF-I, S/L-I, and IAD-I are the same: - Make competent novice skydivers that understand the basics of all facets of a skydive, including gear selection and configuration, aircraft procedures, exits, freefall, opening, canopy flight, and landing, as well as the proper responses to problems with each of those phases. - Remain objective and hold students to the same standards, whether you click with the student or not. - Keep the students on an even keel, by instilling self-confidence where it's deficient and trimming it down where it's excessive. Tandem-I - on working tandems, teach the basics to keep the student intrigued and challenged while preparing them for hand-off to an I in another discipline. - on "joyride" tandems, provide the customer a safe, fun introduction to the sport. Coach - take the novice that an I has handed you and continue their education to the point that they're ready to take care of themselves on a simple solo or 2-3 way All: Keep it safe. Be self-critical Strive for constant improvement in the instruction you provide Know your limitations and the limitations of your students. Don't expect them or you to exceed your them. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Joe Customer is looking for a new main. He's been jumping a 190 and thinks it's a dog. He wants to go to a 150. Instead of going straight from 190 to 150, this program lets him put a couple hundred jumps on a 170 without eating the depreciation. Jane Customer has been jumping a Sabre2 135. She wants to get a Stiletto 120, but doesn't have much experience on fully elliptical canopies. With this program, she can switch from a Sabre2 135 to a Stilletto 135 and use a hundred or two hundred jumps getting used to the shape differences before adding in the size difference between a 120 and a 135. Sounds like a nice stepping stone system. I don't imagine they'll be any more likely to facilitate the downsize than they would be to sell the smaller sized canopy in the first place. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Do you like your knees in their current state or do you want them, uh, modified? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Just this past weekend, a student walked up to a TM next to me to get geared up. He asked her if she was nervous and she said yes. He started with the "Don't worry, nervousness is normal and I've been doing this for awhile..." bit, but she interrupted him and said "Oh I'm not afraid of the skydive, it's YOU that scares me." He eventually told her she could go with me, but the moment was over and she was clearly the victor. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I imagine most places have some variant of that one. If my student doesn't seem like a prude our's goes: Vidiot: So, Dave, did you take your pills this morning? Me: Yeah Vidiot: Did you take the blue pill, or the red pill? Me: The blue pill. Vidiot: That's Viagra you dumbass! Me (to student who suddenly remembers they're sitting in my lap): Ooops, sorry about that. There's also, as soon as the wheels get off the ground, TM: WOOHOO! We're off! Do you know what that means? Student: What? TM: No more refunds! Lots more too. I'm hoping to get some new material out of this thread. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Well at least the one jump I made got pictures posted online. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

It was an incredible shot. I was somewhat surprized they pitched to him, and I'm more of a "streaks are meant to be broken" kind of guy (as opposed to a "ride the streak"). Still, that was freaking clutch. I was listening to the game in my truck, and I don't really care who wins this series as I kinda like both team. With that in mind, I was yelling on the crack before the announcer even had time to explain what was happening. I got goosebumps, pounded on my steering wheel, and swerved all over the road for a second...just from a radio call of a game that I'm pretty much ambivalent on. Clutch performances and heartbreaking lapses both dig pretty damn deep at us. In the 9th inning last night, we got both at the same time As all the talking heads are saying today, that hit will live on for quite some time...longer if the Cards win 2 more. With Oswalt going against Mulder tomorrow night, you have to like the Astro's chances. Momentum switches be damned, the chip from last night and the favorable match-up (with Clemens to follow) says Houston is still bound for the classic and the Pujols jack becomes an interesting footnote, albeit one almost every kid has dreamed of hitting. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

A couple repeats: The original Rage Against the Machine album (attitude plus some funk), Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power (just attitude). And a couple that haven't been mentioned: Subhumans - From the cradle to the grave (one of my all-time favorite songs) Dead Kennedy's...any (personal favorites too many to list) And maybe Public Image LTD (PiL), just for fun. Hmm...I wonder Mr. Lydon would call a collection of the MP3s that make up"Album", "Cassette", and "Compact Disc". uber-attitude: Foetus - (various band names, all Jim Thirlwell magic) Any are good, but especially the Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel album "Nail". Think hardcore meets the symphony, and then check out some lyrics, such as this excerpt from "Anything": Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Actually, I have no idea. I just turned my back for a second and ...he was gone! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

If only the question was regarding Thomas Kerler. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Well, fuck you, bitch!!! :-) Blues, Dave (ascii just seemed so much more appropriate) "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Dayum. No love here. I tell him that he's not good enough to beat you in a backsliding race, and you get all sad about it?! You're such a girl!!! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)