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My round reserve (for 10 years) was a four line release design, when I pulled on my handles the lines released and this allowed the back of the canopy to balloon up- giving more forward penetration. The symmetrical canopy without holes opened more reliably......... The first time I was under the army green 26 footer, I had no idea what 4 line release was- I was so impressed with the high speed opening, and was admiring the brand new baby cobra when I yanked on the handles- I though my lines were breaking?? Talk about freaked looking up uncertain if more lines would break................ meanwhile there was enough steer in her to miss landing in a tree... SMiles

First- I would have to be religious to know how I would answer. I do know I would separate from a relationship in which my SO had converted to JW. Tolerating a secular world view is extremely difficult for someone who has internalised Watch Tower doctrines. SMiles

hey, it compares nicely to the bonfire at the d.z., except for the music is way loud and you cannot hear everyones conversation, and yes- desperate popularity contests happen around our bonfire but usually "who made the hottest dive of the day" stuff. SMiles

--cannot view the back of your card, re: .jpg.psd SMiles

hey Michele, congratulations!....business card design is exciting and so personal, go with your guts. I tried to change some stuff in a sample attached: re: everyone's choice is different, but good to have few to choose from An outline in gold- address in upper right corner- e-mail address larger across bottom line- a white canopy graphic. SMiles ...edit...sorry I put 2 l's in your name

Laptopzzzzzzzzzzz The gods of portable computing must be angry with me. My Toshiba laptop decided to reprise its role as runner-up for flaky PC of the year on October 27 by replicating many of the same symptoms leading up to the previous drive failure. I also pointed out a quirk in the CD drive that mysteriously appeared following the previous visit to the repair center. Two weeks later, still no solution. My hard drive crash at the beginning of September is rapidly becoming a footnote in a greater disappointment with quality control, customer service, and the entire PC laptop industry. I could not be without a laptop for eight days from the 14th through the 21st. That would be the equivalent of an unpaid vacation. Off I went to find an affordable substitute, which ultimately represents the sixth or seventh laptop I've taken home from a store in the past eighteen months. My criteria are simple: built-in WiFi, P4 processor (preferably the mobile variety to avoid heat issues), 40GB disk space or more, and a price tag under $1200 including tax. I don't care about screen size. I don't care what the video card is. I just need something affordable to check email, work with a few Web forms, write some articles in Word, and possibly do minimal video or audio editing in a pinch. In asking when I might expect my laptop back, the Geek Squad drone replied that he didn't know, only that it is a WIP (work in progress) as of November 3. I asked how long it took a Toshiba repair center to replace one Toshiba hard drive with another Toshiba hard drive, which resulted in the brilliant reply, "Toshiba doesn't make hard drives." I think it's time to take someone's white shirt and black tie away and send them back out to the floor with the blue polo flunkies; Toshiba is one of the top hard drive manufacturers in the world. Browsing available options, the only laptop matching my criteria and price point was an eMachines unit. eMachines laptops have killer features, but a previous experience with one purchased in August 2003 has me steering clear of the brand. In my case, the laptop started developing mysterious heat issues, which caused the laptop to randomly shut down. This started in November 2003 and I finally took the laptop in for repair in January 2004. The techs confirmed my assessment that yes, heat was a serious problem with my particular unit. The replacement eMachines unit I traded the original for had a bad wireless chip out of the box, which is how I ended up with the Toshiba. After briefly entertaining the idea of getting a new iBook, I ultimately went with a PC laptop—a HP zv5235us. The specs match my needs almost exactly. It's not widescreen like the Toshiba, but it will work. I have an extra 256MB of DDR RAM at home to expand the memory. In theory, this will more than get me by until I get the Toshiba back. A few seconds into the boot process, I notice a dead pixel in the bottom right half of the screen. A lovely white pinhole is staring back at me from an otherwise normal screen. At this point the store is closed for the evening, so there's nothing I can do to fix this. Maybe a trip to a voodoo priestess to get this hex lifted is in order. The next morning I stopped back and explain about the dead pixel to a sales clerk, who pages the MOD (manager on duty) to come to my assistance. After explaining the situation to the MOD, he informs me that the manufacturer doesn't consider dead pixels to be a defect unless there are seven in a row or numerous individual defects scattered across the screen. He goes on to tell me that laptop manufacturers do not use high quality LCD screens in laptops because it would be too expensive. Great, so we are all victims of the good enough mentality at retail once again. He did replace the laptop with a unit that has no pixel problems, so I'm happy, for now. I realize I didn't buy a top of the line unit, but at the very least I expect hardware to be in pristine condition when I take it out of the box. Of course, I didn't expect my hard drive to fail a month after my Toshiba laptop was repaired either. When I owned an iBook, over three years the only problem was with the connection point for the power supply. I've never had problems of this magnitude in my many years of experience with desktop hardware for either platform. I've experienced a few drive failures, but those were in machines that required 24 hour uptime and frequent writes to the disk. SMiles

Grandma (93) was craving fresh beets last week- I went out to her garden and dug em up, steamed them and smothered in melted butter. Did she enjoy (has always eaten fresh from her garden, fruit & veg.) Raspberry vinaigrette basted on thick sliced beets (BBQ) are my favorite. Never have I bought canned beets, but have noticed another heavily donated item is cans of peas- yuckers, nice and tasteless... mushy SMiles

I wouldn't give them a break! Adult onset diabetes (type 2) is now diagnosed in children (8 yr. olds) SMiles

My older brother was a riot...also a friend on our street I played with all the time. They would always get in trouble too- not me as I was youngest, and a "good" little girl I had a wart on my finger and was terrified as was teased I would get them all over...my brother told me to stick my hand in the toilet every time I pissed- and hold it in there for 5 min. I did until my mom got some medicine and told me that pee didn't get rid of warts My friend and I stole milk off doorsteps on the street we lived on- dumped it all in my sandbox to make some cool mud pies, then he pissed on them and told me I had to...I dropped my pants and peed too. My brother taught us how to make fart sounds using our hand cupped under our arm pit. Wow! we thought this was bad so hid and made fart sounds A young kid wearing only a diaper and sucking on a bottle was in our playground after school. His diaper was loaded and hanging down to his knees. We knocked it off with a stick- ewwhh and then his mom came running yelling at us. Climbed a tree and got stuck, cried for hours until finally someone came and helped me down. My brother and I ran away with empty pop bottles, went to the corner store for candies- stayed out until dark...and I got scared so he took me home Growing up was so much fun especially because we never really did anything "bad" but always thought we were. SMiles

I slept with my rig on a cold night when toooo "hammered" to drive and wanted to boogie next day- A fine night it was Just got into a cell and rolled up in my canopy- on a carpet in the loft- used my rig as pillow- talk about a sweet, warm, snuggly night -just had to pack in the a.m. SMiles

I am so jealous you must be so proud- beauty SMiles

Part of a post I enjoyed reading from chat@cspa SMiles

could you describe the "stress reliever" you received? Stress relievers would make me smile SMiles

ya cant have our cessna pilot #6, ready to make his 100th. #9 is son of #2 and #4 (d.z. operators-The Harpers), what a sweetheart (started jumpin when his mom was preggo with him)...also pilot, does video, 21 with close to 1000 jumps- I will let #11 & #12 know also--they have been taken!! You wouldn't be interested in taking Roger Ponce?? #13?? SMiles

help? the original pic (6mp cannon) is total 3.40 mb. If I compress 20%- no smoothing- optimize- after cropping each pic, for viewing thumbnail online- have I lost too much quality?? thanx, SMiles

ahhh our russian stallion (better than italian stallion??) #8 our russian world champ- haven't got them all cropped yet! SMiles

more??

5 more.........

5 at a time??

I have been cropping pics from a beauty group photo- (taken by Jess) summmer time, and the livin is easy. I cannot believe the smiles & shades, everyone is so cool at the end of days of jumpin together. Damn, every one of these people are so very special-to my heart--talk about being fortunate! Once I get them all cropped- going to post em at our website image gallery- "Smiles & Shades" SMiles

Starbucks???? Please tell me why you like Starbucks? What blend of coffee do you drink there? I do not get it Starbucks coffee tastes burnt to me- suppose everyone likes burnt coffee. I am addicted to columbian supremo- "Murchies", the only good cup of coffee I know. SMiles

mmm grand marnier & amaretto & tea= blueberry tea- my favorite SMiles

the world's first digital music eyewear- but what about the teeth? I've seen diamonds inlaid in gold and silver caps but unreal what this guy has happening! anyone know who this man is? lol SMiles