wolfriverjoe

No. You are then being detained while they conduct their investigation. (or write the ticket) Arrest is a different thing. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Not exactly. The California law applies to anyone arrested. The cops are supposed to verify the status of anyone they throw in jail. The Arizona law as originally written applied to anyone Law Enforcement came into contact with during their normal duties. They had to verify the status of anyone they suspected of being illegal no matter what the reason for the contact. Similar, but Arizona goes quite a bit further. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

They call them "Bandit Jumps". Look at the search link someone else posted for a lot more info. ' Short version: The pilot has to file a NOTAM and be in contact with ATC, it has to be done in appropriate classed airspace (pilot will know) and you have to have permission from the landowner. It has to be over a "not congested" area, and it can't be in front of a crowd. If you are doing it into a publicly owned area (public beach or park or something) you probably can't get permission. Google Earth shows it as a pretty built up area (and a lot of swamp). I hate to be a downer, but this seems to be one of those "If you have to ask, then you probably shouldn't be doing it". "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Our TI shares tips with the pilot and packers. We manifest ourselves (it's a really small DZ). "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

The Pentagon Wars. "What are you going to do. Arrest me for smoking?" Basic Instinct. And "Open the pod bay door Hal" is answered by "I'm sorry, I can't do that Dave" in 2001 A Space Odessy. "Something's going to happen. Something wonderful" "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I noticed it from the beginning, but I figured Shah had enough on his plate without being hounded by the "Grammar and Spelling Police". "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

He hasn't done much(if anything), either way. The national park thing was attached to the credit card bill he really wanted to sign. I doubt he would have signed it otherwise. His anti-gun stance as both a Illinois and US Senator was pretty solid anti-gun. His presidential campaign had a solid anti-gun stance, including wanting to reinstate the "assault weapons" ban. With the economy, health care and the wars (among a whole lot of other little stuff) he hasn't had the time or political capital to add any anti-gun stuff to the mix. But I would bet (and heavily) that he would have pushed some gun legislation if the opportunity had been there. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Ok, I'm retarded (like that's news). It was really Frank Vincent. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I saw Real Genius too. "How's it feel to be COLD!!!" And yes, Goodfellas is easy. How about who said it? Actor and character? And what happened to him? I can name most movies but suck at remembering character names. It was that guy who just got out of jail, think he was a made man. He said it to the short guy that everyone took the piss out of (lets assume his name was tony) in a bar, who then beat, shot & stabbed him before burying him in the woods with his mums shovel and the help of de Niro (I think) & the main character (freddy/henry?). Then had to dig him up because it was becoming a building site or something. Then got killed for killing him. Oh yeah, Frank Vincent Billy Bats, played by Dennis Farina (he was a cop in the mob TV show Crime Story). And it was Tommy (Joe Pesci) and Henry. The rest is absolutely correct. Killing Bats is what got Tommy whacked when he thought he was going to be "made". And "Eye-gore" is from "Young Frankenstein" (pronounced Fronk-en-steen) "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Oh my God! Someone else remembers High Risk! James Brolin leads a gang to rip off a Columbian Drug Lord. Lindsay Wagner was in it too. I thought I was the only one who remembered it.

All AR lowers are considered the "gun" because they are the serialized parts. That is why when you buy a lower receiver, you have to go through a FFL. (except for private party purchase etc. etc.) but i can have an upper sent to me in the mail. Absolutely. It's true for any gun. One part is serialized and considered the "official gun". The rest is just parts. Usually its the frame or receiver. Usually the piece that holds the fire control mechanism. I've put together a couple ARs, after purchasing the lowers through FFL holders. The Fox News article quoted the dude saying that the manufacuter made the lower the "official gun" because it was easier to put the serial number on it because it had a flat surface, and that it should have been the part that held the firing chamber (the upper). That's what I was calling bullshit on. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I saw Real Genius too. "How's it feel to be COLD!!!" And yes, Goodfellas is easy. How about who said it? Actor and character? And what happened to him? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Easy! Ask "What do I have to do to become a skydiver?" Anything you get off here is more likely to confuse you than help. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Which ones? Specifically? The ones that pushed to do non-standard work and anyone that gave the go ahead to perform work without standard safety measures in place. Did you watch the report? no...working. Just wondering if this was another one of your not really serious "let's punish them more than murderers" type postings, or if you really intended that message. If so, what standard of negligence warrants a life sentence. One could argue that this level of deliberate disregard for safety reaches the level of "reckless behavior" instead of negligent. And 11 counts of reckless homicide is pretty serious. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Braveheart. "I bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I'll be watching you." Full Metal Jacket (Gunny Hartman) "What in the Wide Wide Workd of Sports is going on here!?!" "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I hadn't heard of Elliot before, but yes. To expand on your car analogy - at first we think "I have to lift my foot off the gas, move it to the left and press on the brake". As we gain experience, we simply think "STOP!!!" and the correct movements come naturally. One of my training tools is to locate my "spot", then close my eyes, and perform the actions necessary to act on that spot (without actually acting on it). Then open my eyes and see how close I would have been. If I can trust myself enough to be "on" with my eyes closed, then I'm doing pretty well. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I'm not sure I'd call it a delusion, as much as "Wishful Thinking". Some people want to believe so badly in UFOs, fairies, WMDs in Iraq or the 9/11 conspiracy theories because they want them to be true to validate their other feelings and beliefs. For example, how many 9/11 conspiracy believers either hate the US or hate the government? That hatred compels them to refuse to believe that the US could have been the victim in the attacks, and therefore must have done them themselves (ourselves). The Holocaust deniers are in the same general area. The Jews are all-powerful and therefore couldn't have been massacred that way. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Surprisingly, not so. I've talked to several people who went to a rigger course this winter, and they would have had to pay extra to learn how to pack a round. HW Really? (I'm not doubting you, just surprised at it) I was told by my instructor that the DPRE could (not would but could) give me any rig that I would be rated for on my test. With a back rating that could include sport squares, tandems or rounds. Rounds were covered in the class, and we were advised that ignoring them because we wouldn't see them out there could increase the chances of seeing one on the test "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I don't like the word "natural". Although there is a certain level of talent, most of the accomplishment is a result of a lot of hard work and practice. Coaching gets you the fundamentals, and even the best at any activity get continuous coaching to improve and refine their technique and correct any bad habits that have crept in. But without a lot of hard work and practice they don't get good and stay good. To use your own golf analogy - How much does Tiger Woods practice? (Hint - how well did he do recently with all the other crap cutting into his practice time?) And the self confidence they have isn't arrogance if you can do it. I have a great deal of skill at a certain activity that I can't mention outside of SC. I can repeatedly place a small lead lump where I want it. With either hand, using one or two hands, without a rest, at ranges out to 100 yards. I have been doing it long enough that I don't have to conciously think about the fundamentals. I don't have the "head full of do's and don'ts" to interfere with my concentration. The self awareness is still there. I know where my hands and fingers are on the "thing" and I know exactly where my feet and arms are. I've spent a good deal of time working on proper technique. But I don't have to think about it much anymore. The muscle memory has reached the point that I am free to focus on the "what" rather than the "how". People have asked "How did you get that good?" My answer has always been "Practice man, practice". Or "Simple, come down here twice a week and burn up a box or two. Do that every week for 4 or 5 years and you'll be pretty good too". My skydiving technique isn't the greatest for that exact reason. I don't have enough practice to be able to focus on the what instead of the how. I have to focus on how to do what I want to do and I screw up a lot. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I've always liked the preceding line - "Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries!" "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Some places do, some don't. The first jump is very often a "Holy Shit I Just Jumped Out of an Airplane!!" experience without a whole lot of "learning" going on in freefall. Sensory overload is a strong possibility, where you are so overwhelmed that you don't even remember the freefall (or only parts of it). It can also be a much better learning experience under canopy because the instructor is right behind you, not on the ground talking into a radio. You can get a better idea of canopy control and landing patterns/procedures. They certainly won't hurt. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Glideangle said almost the exact same thing in This Thread on potato chipping. My favorite post in the thread is the one the link goes directly to. The "conversation" between Luke and Obi-Wan. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Something specific like These Logbooks from Paragear. They should (but may or may not) include one with your tandems and most definitely should include one with your AFF. As a student, all your jumps need to be signed off by an instructor to "count". If you are only 15 minutes away, go out there!!! Tell them you are really interested in taking AFF and have a few questions. Then hang around for a while and watch. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Click on the "quote" button on the post that has what you want to do. All the secrets will be revealed in your text box. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

As long as he knows it's there, more power to you. That "Consenting Adults" principle. But I gotta say - You are certainly a unique and different individual. And water's wet and the sky is blue "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo