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  1. beowulf
    That can never be said of skydiving. A first time tandem passenger can and has died.
  2. beowulf
    I think that when you reduce each sport to its most minimal risk. Skydiving is definitely the most dangerous. You can do really easy low key rock climbing. You can also do really easy low key scuba diving. But you can't exactly do really low risk skydive. The minimal risk skydive is way more risky then the most minimal risk rockclimb or scuba dive.
  3. beowulf
    I don't think it really compares. If you are only toproping and not doing trad then rockclimbing is very safe. If you are doing some serious multi pitch trad climbing then I think that it could be more dangerous then your average skydive, but probably just as dangerous as swooping.
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    Yeah thats one reason why it just doesn't compare. Driving on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere doing 20mph is hardly dangerous. But if you want danger you can drive 120mph on a 5 lane freeway in a big city. There is no "dirt road" scenario in skydiving.
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    "Skydivers once they realise skydiving is safer than driving" This is the biggest line of bullshit in skydiving. I think it is totally inaccurate, driving a car in no way compares to the risks taken while skydiving. There are plenty of arguments for and against it here in Dropzone.com.
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    I absolutely love mine and would recommend it to anyone.
  7. beowulf
    The best way is to pay someone else to do it. Preferably a rigger.
  8. beowulf
    I have no problem with that. They could torture rapists for months on end before killing them and I would not have a problem with that. There should be no mercy given to rapists and child molesters.
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    TREO 600?

    beowulf replied to ccowden's topic in The Bonfire

    I think it would be worth the money if I actually needed the extra features that a pda phone offers. It is a great phone. It is just much more then I need.
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    TREO 600?

    beowulf replied to ccowden's topic in The Bonfire

    I have a 650. It is a company phone. I probably would never buy one myself. I don't think they are worth the money for how much I use the extra features.
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    yeah well I keep surviving so I guess I am not doing too bad
  12. beowulf
    I am in no way saying it is rational for me to feel better landing my parachute. Just the way I feel. I have landed with the plane a few times just never translated nervousness into fear or considering airplanes as death traps. I just figured they were control freeks like me. I would feel better being the pilot then being the passenger. Same as driving a car. I prefer being the driver then the passenger. But I am not an airplane pilot so I just relax and enjoy the ride.
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    huh I was unaware that many skydivers consider airplanes as death traps. I personally feel better landing my parachute, but that is mostly because I prefer being in control. I think that even asking to be let out of a commercial plane with a parachute would probably get you tied up and gagged. Better off keeping your mouth shut and riding it out. The odds would be against your surviving jumping out of a commercial jet over heavily populated area at high speed. But it is a cool day dream. Can't say it didn't cross my mind.
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    Grapevine, TX

    beowulf replied to gentry's topic in The Bonfire

    Yeah Billy Bob's is a trip. They call it the worlds biggest honky tonk and they aren't kidding. The place is huge. They have live bull riding inside.
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    Grapevine, TX

    beowulf replied to gentry's topic in The Bonfire

    Grapevine Mills Mall, not sure exactly what would be going on tonight around Dallas. I don't usually do much on Sun evenings. How long are you going to be in Dallas?
  16. beowulf
    go to Paragear.com and square1.com they each have a good selection.
  17. beowulf
    stopping dogs from killing chickens was the funniest
  18. beowulf
    That is the funniest thing I have ever heard of.
  19. beowulf
    kind of a long drive. I don't think I will go. Maybe next year?
  20. beowulf
    oh use the quotations to deal with the special characters. The quotations will allow you to copy files and directories with spaces. For some reason I looked at "_" and saw quotations only. It's been a long day. example xcopy /D /Z /Y "K:\Memorial_North_Hospital\Constructs\Plumbing_&_Piping\Med_Gas\00MG.dwg" "C:\Documents_and_Settings\ericj.HPE\Desktop\Memorial_North_Hospital\Constructs\Plumbing_&_Piping\Med_Gas\00MG.dwg"
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    it makes life easier if you avoid using too many special characters
  22. beowulf
    sent you a pm
  23. beowulf
    Like Streetscooby said you sure can put this in .bat file.
  24. beowulf
    Use xcopy. With the appropriate settings it will do exactly what you want. Type in xcopy /? to get the help information. example xcopy /E /Z /Y c:\source\* d:\destination This will copy all files and directories including empty directories into the destination. Not exactly what you want but you can modify it to do what you need.
  25. beowulf
    That is pretty crazy looking pack jobs even for Crew rigs.