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"One way or the other", i.e. Clinton's way or GWB's way. Both were effective, but Clinton's way didn't require the lives of a thousand American troops and tens of thousands of Iraqis. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Have the DZ you want to go to call your rigger and have him explain the deal. If the DZ you want to go to knows your rigger's seal, have them look at that and the DOM on your container. There may be solutions, provided you have a good rapport with both DZs and your rigger. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think it boils down to the nature of the out where he landed. There are LOTS of outs around my DZ that I would have no qualms about landing a tandem in, IF there were a valid reason to do so (e.g. to render first aid to either/both of the tandem pair that just landed an alternating downplane/side-by-side). If a reasonably safe out exists that will allow you to get your passenger to the ground in one piece AND potentially save another passenger or their instructor, I think you have a moral responsibility to take that out. This in no way compares to swooping a cutaway main with a tandem, as that act is inherently unsafe and is only designed to save a wallet, not a life. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm a proponent of states' rights to legislate as they see fit. The line is not imaginary, it's real. If you don't like the rules on one side of the line, don't cross it. Do you allow people to smoke in your house? For the sake of argument, let's say you don't. If your circle of friends got together to play poker every Thursday night, and all the other guys allowed cigar smoking while playing inside their homes, should you be compelled to allow the same during the weeks when it's your turn to host? Or would it be better that those who like to smoke cigars while playing either skip the weeks at your house or abide by your rules (no cigar smoking inside the house)? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Well of course, but that's because the less law-abiding persons aren't able to get CCW's in the first place. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

One picture here and a somewhat NSFW mpg here. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

OK, so they're not quite siblings, but it does at least hint that liberalism might be genetic. See attached. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I was thinking of using the same excuse (next year) for a skydiving tat. I've got a couple ideas, but both will require someone with knowledge of both skydiving and tattoo art to draw them up for me first, as they're fairly complex and I have zero artistic ability. BTW - Your's rocks...a BOC pilot chute on your ass. That's great! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Just out of curiousity, when jumping an Otter, what altitude is your first hop & pop from? Does your progression include one hop & pop or two? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

If you like sweet bubbly stuff, the Italian Moscoto D' Asti is something for you to try. Half as bubbly, mildly sweet, low alcohol - 5% is typical. Priced in the teens. I can't believe I forgot to mention those. I like the Santo Stefano Moscato D'Asti myself. Serve very chilled on hot afternoons, while hot-tubbing, or with/for dessert. An inexpensive domestic variant is Tualitin Estate's Semi-Sparkling Muscat. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Then you really should take a look at a Sigma, both sides are fixed to the rig (well, one to the right leg strap). I've looked at the Sigma and think it looks pretty stinkin' cool. If only I could find that $12,000 I thought I stashed in my sock drawer... Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You don't have an option of "Annually" which would be my vote. People who want more frequent repacks are welcome to purchase them at their leisure. As for the molar strap comments later in the thread, yes there have been cases of molar straps being left in rigs. I don't personally use a molar strap at all. I know others who use them and they have different methods of ensuring removal. One method has already been listed here...only own ONE. The other method (the better method in my mind) is to use a ridiculously long molar strap...like 8-10 feet long. I can't imagine anyone being so unobservent that they could stow the lines without noticing the nylon webbing running from the freebag all the way to the container. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

My favorite "value" sparklers are from Schramsberg. You should be able to find their low end bottle (Mirabelle) for around $13 or so. For sweet, you have GOT to try their cremant demi-sec. It's not too tough to find, nor is it that expensive (

I've jumped Vector and Eclipse rigs, and SET, EZ, and Icarus mains. My preferred rig right now is an Eclipse, but it's pretty much a tossup...I mostly like it for the fixed position of the auxilliary drogue release rather than having to mess with the cable housing on the Vector's auxilliary drogue release, but that's about the only difference. My preferred main is an Icarus 330. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Start shivering. I've done my time in the service. So tell me, did you follow you ensign's & jg's lockstep, whatever they say goes, period? You either didn't, which proves my point, or you had the most amazingly bright junior officers ever commissioned, or you weren't thinking very clearly at the time. Just because someone has a title that puts them in charge doesn't mean they are a leader. Bush is our President, but the man is not leading us down anything that even intersects with an intelligent path. By supporting Bush, you tag yourself as a liberal. Talk about wanting big government! Rest assured, while I was not shot at in the service, I got into some fairly hairy situations. I nearly ended up at mast one time for threatening a jg who was effectively trying to kill us, but the command master chief and XO listened and understood that I had no other choice but to ignore the man's dangerous orders. My mindset about leadership and patriotism needs no changing. Leadership is just that, a characteristic or action. It doesn't come and go with the changing of a person's title, and I'm not going to redefine the word to suit you. My sense of patriotism is doing quite well thank you. Blindly following our government without questioning them is one of the greatest disservices a person can do to their country. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Are we talking about Michael Moore or George W. Bush? mainly against mine and your leader. A leader is person who actually leads. GWB is our President, but the man is no leader. That's the problem with this country. Too many pansies take stabs at our leaders when they should stand behind them. Taking stabs at our President does not make a person a pansy. Standing (hiding) behind someone who is not leading us would seem to rank higher on the pansy scale. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

So it'll be a live exhibition only, while bardiving at LP? Wahoo!

LOL! I finally broke down and posted a "where, where" in Speaker's Forum earlier today. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Hop Devil. IPA's are so much better in the summer and when just getting off work, that it's not really even a contest. Take a Guiness home with you to drink later when you won't mind getting full. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

HOW old? Like multiple wives old? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Another brilliant topic! With all these posts you're making bragging about sex, I think you should consider whether you are compensating or hiding something. In either case, it seems probable that you have "issues". So could you please tone it down?

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

Spelling & such are a pet peeve of mine in advertising brochures, menus, billboards, etc, but some other things are just plain funny. E.g. when the Camel boat beat the Budweiser boat in our local unlimited hydroplane races a couple years ago, the headline of the local sports page was "JOE SMOKES BUD!" In the "amusing" category, I heard a radio ad for Budget Car Sales today that I thought was pretty funny. They've been running a campaign lately in which a guy named Kim refers to himself as "the guy with a girl's name" and tries to get you to come down and see him. Today's ad started similarly, but this woman Vivian, his boss, interrupts him and says "Enough with the 'guy with the girl's name' garbage...we all know you're in touch with your sensitive side or whatever, but that's not the point. If you want an almost new car in great shape at a price thousands below new price, come down and see me, Vivian, the sales manager at Budget. I'll put my 13 years of experience to work trying to make a deal that works for you. I'll get you the lowest price I can, and even turn a few tricks if I have to, in order for you to leave here as a satisfied customer." Maybe just me, but I thought it was hilarious. I'm thinking of calling down there to check the price on an 'around-the-world'. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

So 62% of convicted felons identify with the Democratic Party. I wonder why that is? Likes attract? Pull a hamstring making that leap of logic? Where did Kallend say that 62% of improperly excluded voters were convicted felons? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

So how could a list of felons who are not even Florida felons have kept Florida felons or non felons from voting? How would the names on a list of Florida voters and TEXAS FELONS intersect? Nice right-wing bias there. You assume the "felon" part is accurate but not the "Florida" part. All he said is they were not Florida felons. They could just have easily have been Floridians who were not felons rather than felons who were not Floridians. In fact MORE easily, since it'd be tought to improperly exclude someone who's not registered to vote in your state (e.g. a Texan in Florida). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)