TomAiello

I weighed 175 even this morning. I've started lifting weights, so I wonder if I'm going to see a weight plateau as I pick up muscle mass. My Tanita scale measures my body fat as either 19% or 11%, depending on which setting. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Johnny Utah told me he had permission to use Will's footage. I assume that means he knows who to contact to gain such permission. You might want to ask him. I definitely agree that Will's work needs to be preserved, for all BASE jumpers. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

The case I referenced wasn't the NPS. I believe it was county sheriff, but it could have been city PD. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Nice link. Why hadn't I found that store before? Lots of fun stuff there. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

funks, snowflake, You have successfully turned this thread into a shouting match between the two of you. What's the point of that? Ease down, guys. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Is that limit for experienced jumpers as well? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Are you saying that you'd like to see Gear and Rigging split into 2 different forums? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I think that knowing what was going on there would have redoubled my resolve to win the war at all costs. If the generals were telling me that taking out other targets would end the war sooner, I'd probably have gone with that. While that might sound cold blooded, I just think I would have been determined to win the war as soon as possible, whatever that took (yes, even if it took letting the camps continue to operate--disrupting their operations during the war vs. ending their operations by winning the war sooner, I'd take winning sooner). -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Exactly my thought. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Some places there are no taxis, so it's the only way for someone to get home. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Nope. I looked through there. I'm only two of those guys. The BASE jumper and one other--I'll let you guess which one. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I amused myself by searching various email addresses. I had six hits. Sangiro got 3 hits. Perhaps a new game--who has the most hits? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I've got fusion from T-12 to L-2. They used my own bone (bottom right rib) instead of cadaver bone. I had a friend who had a similar fusion after hooking himself in. He rejected the cadaver bone, and they had to redo the surgery using his own bone. If your surgeon is good, you'll probably have a lot less pain after the surgery than before. Surgery sucks. I recommend avoiding it as long as possible. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Uh, no. I'm not real interested in giving any money (or financial details) to some random website I don't know anything about. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

If they're non-sentient, would you think they qualify as human? Interesting question. I'm not sure. Perhaps some kind of self-awareness check? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Does anyone know anything about this website? I just had the creepy experience of finding it and discovering that there are multiple posts (which, of course, you can't read without paying) about me. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I'd say a straight up "do not contact me" doesn't sound very friendly. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I'd draw the line at creating sentient beings for purposes of research or organ harvesting. If you're creating non-sentient animals to use in saving human lives? PETA wouldn't agree, but I'd be all for it. Once you create something with human level intelligence, though, I think you've got to allow it human level rights, as well. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

What I want to know is how a funny news story post somehow devolved into name calling in less than a page of posts... -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Two thoughts: 1) I know of several cases in the US where prosecutor's threatened to use video they had confiscated after the fact. One of these involved jumpers being prosecuted after being apprehended in a park several hours after the jump, with no witnesses to the jump. Does this mean that the prosecutors' were bluffing? And they couldn't have used the video to prosecute them? I don't know of any cases where this went to court, because the jumpers almost invariably plea bargained when confronted with the (confiscated) video and the threat to show it in the courtroom. 2) Not all BASE jumpers are in the US. I know of at least one case where jumpers in Europe were prosecuted based on video that had been confiscated. I also know of a case in Australia where a jumper was prosecuted based, in part, on video that had been confiscated. In the Australian case, there was other evidence, but the video was introduced without any testimony from the cameraman in both cases. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Rules of evidence. They'd have to have the camera man in court to testify that he was at X location on Y date taking that picture of Z base jumper. It could be done, but it'd be a lot of work for a trepassing charge. How certain are you of this? If I was the prosecutor, I'd probably just roll the video, and then ask the jumper (under oath, and at penalty of perjury) if it was them, and if it was at such and such a place and time. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Why do you think that the current system needs to be changed? I've always thought that SM very user friendly--for all users. I'm not sure you need to do a bunch of extra work to make it BASE friendly. It already is, by virtue of being "everyone friendly." -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I have no problem with any jumper calling themself "world famous," "best in the world," "world champion," or whatever. People use those kinds of labels to promote themselves, which helps them (and often eventually the rest of us) get gear, cash, travel expenses, or other help defraying the costs of jumping. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Thank you.

I know that Robert and James jump together a bit. I'd guess that Robert just got the update before the rest of us. I'm sure that UncleCharlie will chime in here and let us know what the changes are. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com