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  1. DiverMike
    You are mostly correct. FAA Part 91 Section 113 paragraph c: An aircraft in distress has the right-of-way over all other air traffic. You can't assume you always have the right of way since you can't be certain that the aircraft hasn't declared an emergency. And to answer your next question - Yes I am being a dick since, to my knowledge, in the history of powered flight no aircraft in distress caused an injury or fatality to someone under canopy. I think I'll still go with never assuming I have the right of way. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    It is more likely the pilot turned immediately after takeoff. That would put him below jumpers that aren't crossing the runway. I personally stay away from the ends of the runway below '1000 for this reason. My under 1000' no-fly zone looks like a dumbbell with the handle centered on the runway and the circles at each end of the runway. It doesn't matter much that it would be the pilot's fault if he turned into you. You would still be dead. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    I guess they followed your advice. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    In my case, my eyesight is good enough I don't normally wear glasses . I do have a single pair of prescription sun glasses that I occasionally wear when driving and they are falling apart. I am planning on buying a new pair of seldom worn sunglasses so I might as well get a pair that I can use for skydiving. And there is the 'cool looking' factor You'd have to talk to someone else about contacts and goggles. I have no experience with them. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  5. DiverMike
    Thanks for the info. I got on the website and found the boogies and events. They all seem to be centered near Arizona. I also narrowed my choice down to either the Player or the Gasket. Since they are solid aluminum and have no hinge, my head would have to be square for them not to fit. Do you have any thought about which of the two is better for skydiving. I am going to have them put a prescription lense in it (weak prescription-my eyes are pretty good). Also - is the foam insert worth the $20.00 For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    I am interested in Prescription Liquid Eyewear, but would like to try on the sunglasses before purchasing. I used the store locator on their webpage and the closest store to Cincinnati is about 200 miles away. That ain't happening. Any clue on how I could see how they fit? Do they ever show up at boogies? For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    I think there is nothing worse in a civilized society than to allow confiscation of personal assets to benefit the local police or judiciary. I get sick when I see a fancy car confiscated and plastered with D.A.R.E. stickers so the police can have something fun to drive. If the person purchased the asset via profits from an illegal activity, sell the asset and put the money in the social security trust fund. Don't let the local cops and judges split it amongst themselves. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    Your argument only works if the trait is based on a recessive gene. It could be a dominant gene that is affected by another dominant gene. Those gene thingy's are pretty complicated. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  9. DiverMike
    Milwaukee's Best Light Beer goes right through me, so I might as well drink the cheapest I can. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  10. DiverMike
    Unfortunately(?) I am at an age that my parents might be coming to me for a loan. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  11. DiverMike
    I think you are going to have to step through your for/next backward in order to always check the 'C' cell. Otherwise, you move it over and there is nothing there. Compressing the columns up would be another for/next finding the first non null or blank cell in each column, selecting the range - 1 and deleting up. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  12. DiverMike
    And you will know a lot more when the price for weed plummets when it is legally mass produced. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  13. DiverMike
    Insert a command button on your spreadsheet. Go into development mode and copy and paste the following: Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Dim lngRow As Long Dim j As Integer Dim lngLastRow As Long lngLastRow = Range("C65536").End(xlUp).Row ' assumes 'C' cell in last row is non empty For lngRow = lngLastRow To 2 Step -1 If Cells(lngRow, 3) Cells(lngRow - 1, 3) Then For j = lngRow To lngLastRow Range("A" & j & ":C" & j ).Select Selection.Insert Shift:=-4161, CopyOrigin:=0 Next j End If Next lngRow End Sub Click on the command1 button and celebrate. Assumptions: 1. The last row on your spreadsheet has a value in it is column 'C' 2. You are only going to run this once. After you run it, nothing will be in column 'C' in the rows you shifted. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  14. DiverMike
    Thank you for posting this. Yes I eventually found it. My original observations were regarding the vaguely written NPR article that the Original Poster was talking about. I was starting to feel attacked yesterday afternoon so I said "Fuck this", turned off my computer, and went skydiving. I had two great jumps. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  15. DiverMike
    I was responding to your original posting which you incorrectly attributed the quoted number to the IRS. And quite frankly, I am not sure that sending an URL that has over 50 separate links clarifies your argument. You were wrong about the quote. I was right. Can you respond to that? For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    "The government believes . . ." Could that be more vague? What department of what branch of what level of government? The quoted number is not coming from the IRS or I would believe it. It is coming from an unnamed, unidentified government source making a statement about the IRS. The reporter could be quoting a dog catcher in Cleveland. And I am a happy drunk. I don't smoke anything that would put my job or pilot's license in jeopardy. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    oops - you are correct. Sorry For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    The amount mentioned in the article is not attributed to any specific reliable source and as such can't be used to establish significance. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
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    I vote for Nataly's since it is a little less klunky. Your method of finding all cells past a certain date and then subtracting all those a month older seems to be a roundabout way to do it, but it works. Nataly's version is a simpler formula, but requires non visible cells to work. It will break in the year 2011 unless you change the cells starting in 2010. Example 3.201 needs to become 3.2010 in order to allow for a 3.2011. And you are right - she has that wierd european date format For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  20. DiverMike
    +1 From 1900 to 1950 we went from horseback to jet airplanes. From 1950 to 1970 we went from airplanes to the moon. From 1970 until now we went from disco to rap. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  21. DiverMike
    Not really. If you get caught lying about logging flight hours they will definitely pull your ticket and you can't fly anymore. There is no penalty for lying about skydiving jumps so they make it a little harder. You have to get another person to witness your lie. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  22. DiverMike
    Hey, if I can't be pedantic on an internet forum, where can I be
  23. DiverMike
    To further beat this dead horse, if you said "I would like to make love to a sexy waitress,flight attendant, manifest girl, or a rich woman". You are indicating that the rich woman does not have to be sexy but the others do. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  24. DiverMike
    You are actually arguing my point. Your subject "solids" is not preceded by its own determinant article, so the adjective "burning" would correctly be expanded to "solids". If you said, ""your job is to identify any burning liquids, solids, or a klingon" the adjective "burning" would not expand to "klingon" because it has its own determinant article. You would be looking for all klingons whether they are burning or not. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.
  25. DiverMike
    Yes I am stretching it a lot and I will never sign my own log book. I am not arguing that I should be able to. I am arguing that the current regulation should be worded correctly. As it is currently written, the only grammatically correct interpretation is that a skydiver who is a pilot can witness his own jumps. Everybodys "knows" this is not USPA's intent. If I went to my S&TA self-witnessing my jumps I would probably get a boot up my ass. On the other hand, I could pencil whip 159 more jumps and jump a GoPro. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.