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I gather this is advice from a man who is expert on men exchanging DNA contemporaneously. Know that in my particular situation the DNA I referenced was passed generations before I was born. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

I happen to share DNA with the designer of those bridges. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

You torture me. I've tried to jump there twice and both times got tied up. Yes, my dominatrix is a demanding one (joke, hah hah). D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Well _now_ you've given it away. Americans should visit QC and its environs, most would easily learn to love French culture in this interesting, cozy place. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

I really like your town, especially during winter. I get there whenever I can. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Nope, not Montreal. Another hint: hop a ferry to Levis. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

I know but I'm not saying. Hints: the Frontenac is silouetted nicely; nez pas?; apple bear claws; quick bus ride from The Fort to Laval for a swim. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Thank you, Phree, and everybody else who responded. My immediate approach is to go jumping and then reconnect with McAfee support a few days from now, assuming my blood pressure trends downwards. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

I forgot to contribute McAfee's last-ditch guidance: This latest transaction follows multiple attempts at the usual remedies -- winsock restoration, tcip.inf file placement, selective os reinstalls etc. Naturally, McAfee's tech rep failed to attach the files referenced by his own e-mail. (a blatant outsource.) D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

My TCP/IP evaporates following McAfee Firewall uninstall on an XP box despite many tens of hours futility, and even McAfee's senior management doesn't seem to know how to resolve this issue Messrs. Hodges and Samenuk included (of course I've been keeping the CEO and Ch. Bd. informed ). How have you eliminated these McAfee cooties? (the internet seems replete with unanswered cries for help given similar situations.) Were you able to strip away the McAfee LSP layer successfully? Or, did you concede and purchase new goods? What's your impression of McAfee 'technical assistance'? I want my TCP/IP service restored. Your experiences and, better yet, your expertise will be appreciated. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Well, they did put the Pontiac Aztec out of its misery. _That_ thing was just plain hideous. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Posted for opinion and comment only From the Daily Herald Why mayor is taking a flying leap By Amy McLaughlin Daily Herald Staff Writer Posted 8/19/2004 This Saturday, Arlington Heights Village President Arlene J. Mulder will make her leap into politics seem sort of tame. Mulder, 59, will try skydiving in downstate Ottawa with members of the U.S. Army. "If former President Bush can do it for his 80th birthday, I suppose I can do it," Mulder said. "I feel very safe." She'll be one of several business leaders, politicians and celebrities participating in a series of jumps Saturday and Sunday at Skydive Chicago's facility in Ottawa. Bill Kelo, advertising and public affairs chief with the U.S. Army's Chicago recruiting battalion, said a team from the Army's Golden Knights will conduct the jumps. Other jumpers include Bill Rancic, Donald Trump's "Apprentice" from the reality show of the same name; NBC-TV reporter Phil Rogers and officials from several Chicago-area companies like Walgreen Co. and Leo Burnett. A member of the Golden Knights will be harnessed to each participant during the jump, Kelo said. Mulder said her jump will start at 13,000 feet and it will be a free fall until 4,000 feet when the chute will open. Another team of Golden Knights will participate in this weekend's Chicago Air and Water Show. Kelo said it is a fun way to "get the Army out in front of the public" and increase its exposure to local community and business leaders. Mulder said she has a special relationship with the military, particularly the U.S. Army. She's taken a ride in a KC 131, a U.S. Air Force refueling plane, and has visited various military recruitment centers. She's also active with the U.S. Army's reserve base in Arlington Heights. Mulder said officials have noticed a renewed interest in young people enlisting in the military out of high school. Because of that, Arlington Heights officials decided last year to honor two years of active duty in lieu of a two-year college degree for entry-level police officers. For Mulder, this will be her first try at skydiving. "I'm both excited and a bit nervous. I'm just hoping for a happy landing," she said. © Copyright 2004 Daily Herald

Why observing you surreptitiously via my invis0-engineeringgraduatestudent0-attorney0-globalbidnessowner0-gettingfat0 -ray goggles. You just can't see _me_. I'm almost out of the woods and there's a lifetime of endowed jumping and Freakish fun ahead! PM. Myth & mirth, D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Of course for ethical and other reasons you could choose to not do that. Yet another thread. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Ohhhhhhhhh!!!! So your issue is that you're a cheapskate and not a raker of muck. What's wrong with supporting the local economy! And how'd ya ever manage to afford a mo' stylin' jumpsuit than Sunny Che? That, like the hat (still gonna get me one, I need it more than you do), is another thread I suppose. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO Ain't gonna Blow Joe (Joe feels likewise)

What problem? Me no Blow Joe but $30 is a lotta dough. (at least it is for a single-purpose newspaper subscription, in my book.) Mo' powa 2 ya. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Getting your $30.00 worth, eh? D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Bottom skin - white. Top skin - silver/purple/silver. Nothing fancy but the white illuminates nicely for night jumps if I tape a maglite to my helmet. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

I've worked this problem for a year without success, and I have some interesting contacts on the mainland. Please post your results, I travel to China periodically and wish to jump there as well. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Consider Northwest Flight 327. An interesting juxtaposition. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Schnykes! I spend a lot of time in this building ... Posted for opinion and comment only From the Chicago Tribune Ill. Man Accused of Courthouse Bomb Plot NATHANIEL HERNANDEZ Associated Press Writer August 5, 2004, 5:03 PM CDT CHICAGO -- A convicted counterfeiter with an apparent grudge against the courts was arrested Thursday on charges of plotting to blow up a federal courthouse, but he never actually had materials to make a truck bomb, authorities said. Prosecutors said Gale William Nettles, 66, was arrested with a pickup truck containing 1,500 pounds of fertilizer that he allegedly thought was volatile ammonium nitrate, the farm chemical used to blow up the Oklahoma City federal building. Nettles had planned to sell the chemical to terrorists who would blow up the Dirksen federal building, U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in announcing the charges Thursday. But all the other people involved, including the "terrorists" and the people who sold him the fertilizer, were cooperating witnesses or federal agents, Fitzgerald said. Nettles told the undercover agent he could make a 3,000-pound fertilizer bomb. "He had a rational plan to build a bomb. We weren't going to wait to see if it would work," Fitzgerald said. Timothy McVeigh used a bomb made of 4,800 pounds of ammonium nitrate to blow up the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, killing 168 people. Nettles was arrested at a park early Thursday with the pickup truck when he met the undercover agents who he thought were terrorists, according to the criminal complaint. The fertilizer he obtained in the sting does not have the explosive potential of ammonium nitrate. According to the complaint, Nettles met July 26 with an undercover agent he thought was a member of a terrorist group. In a recorded meeting, Nettles said he had a half ton of ammonium nitrate in New Orleans that he could have in Chicago in two days and that he had a target in mind -- the U.S. courthouse downtown, the complaint said. A federal magistrate Thursday ordered Nettles held until a detention hearing Tuesday. No plea was entered, and defense attorney John Theis declined to comment afterward. Nettles was released from prison in 2003 after serving time for counterfeiting and apparently retained a grudge against the court system, Fitzgerald said. The Dirksen federal building in downtown Chicago houses federal criminal and civil courts and the U.S. attorney's office. Fitzgerald said Nettles was not working with any other groups but had asked cooperating witnesses about contacting Al-Qaida and Hamas. Nettles also had a previous conviction for armed robbery in Cook County and was on parole at the time of his counterfeiting arrest. In 2001 he claimed he had mental disabilities, according to court documents. "He's 66 and he's spent -- probably conservatively -- 45 of those years in prison," said attorney Ronald J. Clark, who represented Nettles in the counterfeiting case. "It surprises me that Gale would seriously be involved in something of this magnitude," Clark said. He described Nettles' counterfeiting as a "fairly pathetic attempt." Nettles had been living at a transient hotel in Chicago since his release following the counterfeiting sentence, authorities said. Sam Gelles, 35, another hotel resident, said Nettles was an introverted computer whiz who went by the nickname "Pops." "You couldn't really read him," Gelles said. Copyright © 2004, The Associated Press

Neither is true. Well, there is this one girl ... D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

My metaphor suggests how yummy I truly am. Yours doesn't capture that. Get with the program. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

Check out some guy wearing the grape jumpsuit and blueberry rig on the freefly mats this Fri. or Sat. That would be me, I'm hoping. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO

He's just another Buckeye. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO