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I don't know about that. In New Orleans, after hurricane Katrina hit there was a lot of "every man for himself". Remember the photo of the cop looting Wal-mart? "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

So the sponsored jumper (SJ) wanted - let's say - a custom canopy for free. And when he couldn't get it he went to MFG2 who then called MFG1 and said he wanted to make - again, let's say - a custom jumpsuit and needed the special color zeroP to make this jumpsuit out of. Do I understand the basics correctly? Was MFG1 (boss, not employee) so ignorant he didn't know what MFG2 was doing? Or did he figure SJ was going to go away and was more trouble than he was worth? Did SJ go to MFG2 or stay with MFG1? Leaving out the employee stuff (the note was a mistake and a valid reason to get fired, lies or not IMO) If the above is a correct then both MFG2 and SJ are out of line IMO. It doesn't mean I wouldn't do business with them, but they'd be starting off with a "negative" and would have to make up some of that to come out ahead. "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

That doesn't mean they aren't there. Pops!!!! Stop it!!!! I love MacGregor lake......I can even wade out to the tops of my knees there....its so crystal clear that you can see the dead people coming for you. (Yes...that is really my reasoning) Don't go ruining that!!!! Dead people won't "come for you'. Or do anything but lie there. They're dead. They don't come back. Not even "sometimes". Except maybe as ghosts, but that's different. Worms however, are alive. And cold and slimy and they squrim right towards you. And they eat you after you're dead. And I can't stand them I gotta put up with them in my compost pile and in the garden, but that doesn't mean I have to like them. I'll use a stick or something to pick them up off the driveway and back into the garden. I like robins. They eat worms. "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 heard a story on NPR "a while back" about some of these conservative Christian (perhaps extremist - depends on your point of view) who have large families. A good bit about the sacrafices necessary, the work required - some of them raised their own meat (pigs), but the scary part was their belief that by having so many kids, they would increase their numbers at a time when many who they disagree with are having smaller families. Something to the effect of "Think about in 5 generations of families this size. We'll outnember them and be able to elect who we want to power". "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

Brighter colors (other than blue or white) are also easier for others to spot in the air. Collision aviodance is good. "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

Boy! THAT'S going to open up a can of worms. Now you have to include nearly every religious group and nearly every political party throughout the entire world. But I DO like your approach to things with respect to the kids. Yep - Every group has hurt and killed those they don't like. And every group has the right to free speech. And I've long been a stong advocate of teaching kids the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Usually they are smart enough to realize what's going on. I am very grateful to my parents for raising me that way. It's when they are taught only one side, and taught that a particular point of view is the only way to go that hate and prejudice take over. "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 G forces can also put so much stress on the system that the 3-rings are non-functional. We all lost a good friend a while back due to all of that. It was a special circumstance on a special jump, but the concept is the same. I was under the impression that the extreme G's would make it impossible to bring your arm up to the handles before it would lock up the 3-ring. Could be wrong on that though. "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

R&R is easy. I rebuilt mine before reinstalling it. Does that make me hot? Duh Huh! Yes!! A woman who both skydives and knows how to turn a wrench is always hot. "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

Well, if you really want one, there's one just like it sitting in a cabinet at my DZ. Same ProTec, same mount, same (I think) camera. It belonged to a guy who left it there, who has since died. We found it a couple years after he died while cleaning. We pull it out every so often as a joke for students who want to jump a camera. "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

Listen to your instructors. Ask questions. Anything you don't understand, you need to ask about. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES say "But they said on DZ.com..." Stay hydrated and fed - Don't eat anything heavy or greasy, but make sure you are eating. Fruits and veggies are great, add some protien (nuts are good) and a few carbs. It will be a long and intense day, make sure you keep your energy up. I don't know the weather patterns at Perris, but the instructors won't let you jump if the conditions aren't ok. You may have to wait to jump (you will learn how to sit on the picnic table, looking up at the sky saying "Do you think it'll get better soon?") You may have to come back another day. Don't worry about it. Go jump. There is never a guarantee of good weather. MOST IMPORTANT!! - Have fun.

Maybe this will help. Yes, that helped immensely. I wouldn't have know what that symbol meant even if I had seen it clearly. What's worse - spreading the Christian faith, or spreading that game? "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

If you don't wish to be called a "Teabagger", then don't attend rallies holding signs that advocate "Teabagging". Very simple. A lot harder to change the color of your skin. Sorry, it's a totally different argument. "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 can't see what the thing on the side of the scope is. At full magnification the clarity goes away. Is it a FreeMason symbol? Please tell us what it is, or provide a better picture. I have a pretty good feeling that this will be "tounge in cheek" after the "Jesus Rifles" thread, and I would like a good laugh. "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 neccessarily. The "Romeo and Juliet" laws are in response to just what Gawain was talking about. There was more than one case of a 16 or 17 year old having sex with an underage girl (also 16 or 17). Because of the age of the "victim" and the "get tough" laws that automatically put older juveniles into adult court, the boy went to prison for sexual assault of a minor and was labelled as a sexual predator. There have also been cases of fights between kids ending up with charges of child abuse being filed in adult court against one of the kids (again, kid being charged in adult court). Some of the outrageous stuff has been fixed, but there have been cases of previously convicted kids having a very difficult time getting those things removed from their record. "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

Sorry but I disagree. (And knocking him on his ass will get you an assault charge - that's what he wants) How about instead, reading the propaganda with your kid and showing them how wrong the propaganda is? Most of that crap is actually pretty funny if you read it carefully. Use it as a "teaching moment" to show how wrong hate and prejudice are. To teach about how many people throughout history (and even recent history) have been hurt and killed because of beliefs just like those. I'm of the opinion that even prejudiced and hateful speech should be allowed. And shown for the lies and stupidity it is. Like turning the lights on and watching the cockroaches run away. "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

That's assuming the court decides in favor of the 2nd (which I both think and hope that they will do). "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

Yeah, when Townshend unslung his guitar and turned back toward the amps, I had a moment of hope that he'd do just that. But he didn't And I had to explain to everyone under 40 what I was laughing about "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

You probably need to file a return. Keep in mind that there is a copy of that 1099 on its way to the IRS. If you earn the income, you have to file the return. You may or may not have to pay income tax on it. You will probably have to pay Social Security and Medicare tax on it. The SS and Medicare taxes are on everything you earn. The income tax doesn't start until after you reach a certain amount of income (the standard deduction is about $5K IIRC) I've had some bad years in the past where I didn't earn enough to meet the Standard Deduction, so I didn't have to pay any income tax, but I still had to file a return because I made some money. "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

No you aren't. I enjoy watching pro football. The culmination of that is the Superbowl. While the hype and promotion and overexposure that accompanies it gets annoying, I still enjoy the game. But I really didn't care who won. It was a good game to watch, and the commercials are always the best of the year. It's also a good excuse to get together with friends and have a good time. There were some people at the party with me that were more interested in conversation, food and the pool numbers (that was the only reason they paid any attention to the game). And that's cool too. Personally I don't give two shits about American Idol or Survivor or any of those shows, so when others talk about them, my reaction is pretty much what yours is about the Superbowl. "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

You mean like that small band of men who started the American Revolution against the British? Or that small band of Texans who started the Texas Revolution against Mexico? Neither the American revolt against the Brits nor the Texan revolt against the Mexicans was what I'd consider "small". Both had a wide base to draw on (both politically and geographically) Even though the Alamo fell, there were others still fighting. Small groups that can be isolated both physically and communicatively(if that's a real word) will lose. And that's what the government would try to do. Whether or not they'd succeed is a different question. Would the small groups and individuals band together? Either physically or via communication? Looking at Iran, I'd say they would. By whatever means available. Would it be enough? I don't know. Edit to add response to Kelp diver A good number of people chose to stay despite the evac order. Many of those thought they knew what they would be up against, and chose to stay so as not to leave their property to be looted. Many of those were disarmed and left without any protection (cops weren't around much). "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

Although it wasn't aborted fetuses, the idea isn't new. Jonathan Swift came up with a Modest Proposal nearly 300 years ago. Somehow, I think Andy9o8 was already aware of this "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

That's because "Machine Gun Grandma" does not live in New Orleans. If she did, Nagin would have had more trouble than he could imagine. Here is a short video of ""Machine Gun Grandma": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYXJYQZ3FX0&feature=related No, she either would have been disarmed or dead. If she hadn't given up, the cops would have called for help. And if that wasn't enough, they would have called the FBI, or the National Guard. And if she had killed any cops in the process, the chances of her being taken alive would have decreased significantly. Quade is absolutely correct. Individuals or small groups will not prevail. Ever. Right or wrong, innocent or guilty. The Ron White joke (from the larger "They Call Me Tater Salad" story) "I didn't know how many it would have taken to kick my ass, but I knew how many they were going to use" fits here. The government will use as many as it takes. They have to. As soon as they don't, anyone and everyone will be challenging their authority. Sort of like how they no longer allow hostage takers off the premises. You can't tell the FBI to have a plane fueled and waiting at the airport if a bank robbery goes wrong. They simply won't do it. So most hostage situations (no, not all) end reasonably well - because the bad guys know if it reaches that point, they have lost. "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

Congrats! In the future, you'll want to spell that "chute". Or perhaps "canopy" "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 was just talking to somebody here at work and she said one of her favorites was the Bridgestone commercial. When I asked her which one that was she said it was the one with the Whale. I never would have remembered that. Overall, I think the commercials were pretty sad. I even went to the GoDaddy website to see the uncensored version. That was also disappointing- more specifically, the wet t-shirt on the web was a lost opportunity in my book. BRIDGESTONE!! Thanks a lot! Yeah, overall I wasn't all that impressed. The GoDaddy ones are pretty pathetic. I haven't bothered to go to the website because I had already guessed the "uncensored" ones wouldn't be that NSFW. "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

Yeah, the Who sucked (and I was a big Who fan). The aging rockers that do the best are (IMO) the instrumentalists, like guitarists, which is why, e.g., Clapton and Knopfler and David Gilmour can still hold their own. But if your principal instrument is voice, the simple fact is that your instrument degrades with age. At that point, you need to perform within your age-altered range. Petty sings within his current range; Daltrey does not. These Who songs were written for 20 year old voices; when they're performed by 60 year olds, they crash and burn. Agreed. Roger Daltry had one of the greatest voices in rock'n'roll. But it isn't there anymore. The songs are still great, but i was hearing the vocals from 25 years ago (anybody else remember the Montreal show that was on HBO?) in my head. And was Pete Tonwshend really playing that guitar?? Some of the windmills seemed a little out of synch to me. But I hope I'm wrong. However, the light/laser/pyro show was fabulous. The idea that the entire display could be set up and torn down, with no damage to the playing field, in that short of a time frame was impressive. I especially liked that they didn't do the fake "audience" on the field this year. "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