Deuce

Like McGowan says "1/500th of a second"

Only the heterosexual ones. (Sorry, couldn't resist)

If it's the exit shot I'm thinking about, everybody looks good, cause Billvon put together a rock-solid door stack. I still don't know what picture it is

See, it ran it's course and now people are, like, 'whatever'.

You came to have your picture taken skydiving. Back to me. This is all about me.

D6296. Yes folks, I'm even older than Mary Wendy W. Did you guys have to jump a round with capewells and a bellywart into a combat zone to get those numbers or what?

Oh, crap. Since she doesn't have a license, does that mean I lose mine? Hmmmm. Having sex with an unlicensed woman. Sounds kinda good. "Good GOD JP! What are you thinking! She's not licensed for that!" Maybe we need an ammendment.

My number is 2.57 times your D number! D25597, Ha!

That's not correct. They denied even the concept of a galaxy. Earth was the center of the Universe, which consisted of the Earth, and the Heavans (the rest of the stuff) Throw in the crusades. Oh! And the inquisitions! NOBODY, expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Thanks. Found a great article about gay marriage world wide. http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030714-073510-5671r Apparently only the Netherlands, in the world, has same sex marriage. America-bashing is great sport, particularly among some Americans, but we're not that backward after all. Both of my last employers, both government agencies, allowed for domestic partner registration for benefits. That's a much as all of Europe, except Holland.

Is homosexual marriage legal anywhere in Europe, as "marriage"? I just read that lots of European homosexual couples are coming to SF to get married.

Thank you very much for all the effort you put into that site, Dave. I am very sorry to have contributed to having it shut down. JP

Well, PhillyKeverino, I just happened to manage the elections division of my county and have those figures to hand. The Election was the March Presidential primary of 2000. In that election there were 21,220,772 people who were eligible to vote. Of those 14,631,805 were registered to vote. On Election Day, 7,528,043 voted. 4,618,673 voted for the definition of marriage 2,909,370 voted against defining marriage 353,956 people left that contest blank. Damn I'm good.

I am not saying it is a faith issue. In my church the least important part of a marriage is the permission slip from the County. I don't care. But for everyone to say that everyone else doesn't care is simply wrong. 4 years ago over 60% of the electorate in California got off their asses and voted that marriage was between a man and a woman. That's California, the most liberal state in the union. Again, don't attack me. I don't give a shit. But to say that this is a non-issue to the majority of Americans is incorrect. I used to joke that the worst way to open a dialogue was with the words "Now listen, fucker". I stand by that. The larger issue here is the concept of a mayor dictating state law. Now that thousands of gay married couples exist, and "own" their marriages, the suits will be astounding, all across the country. As the courts get clogged up, the federal government will be forced to step in to level the legal playing field one way or the other.

Cool! If it's the shot I think, it's my favorite picture from the Boogaloo!

Ok, let's have a debate -- mono y mono. Please tell me why this makes sense? Q, I have tremendous faith in the United States system of government. I am not worried about the debate from either side. The system is resistant to change, so change takes time, and we don't get a lot of "fad" legislation through the Federal system. The ERA was a perfect example of that. That said, I think our culture suffers from a lack of definition. Of good and bad, right and wrong. What is a husband, a wife, a marriage. What defines being a man, or being a woman. I think the majority of people would like a cultural definition of what constitutes a marriage. Most people think it's Ken and Barbie, and then 2.5 babies and a nice house with a white picket fence. When I say "most" I simply mean the majority of Americans. So I think that majority is squeamish about being told that marriage is two humans promising to be responsible for one another forever. The nuance gets lost. I had kind of a similar exchange with Narcimund. My response to his challenge was "whatever". I enjoy great freindships with gay and lesbian cop associates. I really don't care what they are engaged in in the gay community. Just as I hope they are not concerned what I am engaged in in the Catholic community. I think Newsome forced the issue to divert attention from the state of the City of San Francisco. Tolerance of homosexuality is very much on the rise, and gay culture is gaining wide acceptance through media like "Queer eye for the straight guy". Another 5 years or so, and the California Constitution would have had that marriage act rescinded through the Proposition process. For exactly that reason, the Amendment process will fail. I would just encourage people to be tolerant. And that means being tolerant of the outrage that some folks have at the concept of two men or two women marrying. Hear those folks out. Let them blow off steam. Eventually the will run out of steam and simply state: Whatever.

Well, my DZ has a video concession. The owner buys, maintains, and replaces all the dubbing and duplicating equipment. If you come in off the street and want your tandem or AFF level done, you pay the published price. And now to to double standard. We call being in the camera rotation, or the tandem rotation, or the AFF instruction rotation being "on the wheel" When you are on the wheel, everything is by the book. However, when the customers are gone and it's just fun jumpers like it usually is late in the afternoon, we can work something out. Especially if you brought beer . A nice offer is my slot plus a jump ticket. You provide the tape and we do a straight download, no editing. If you want to have some editing done, I feel obliged to pay the concession owner, cause that's not my gear. I'm surprised that at that jump number level you don't already know lots of people and camera fliers at the DZ who could take care of you. Or were you visiting?

I tend to agree with BikerBabe, but this one of those red-state, blue-state things that the blue state people don't understand. And the condesenscion of the blue states toward the red states is responsible for the increasing polarization of this country. Look at the attitudes in this forum: the question regarding why people are opposed to gay marriage is not asked sincerely, the questioner is not interested in the reasoning of the opposition, but asks the question in a way that demeans the opposition without ever listening to the answer. Not you in particular, Q. But this is the tone of the national stage. "Hey you idiots, what the fuck are you thinking?!" is really not a question. It is being asked from both sides of the debate. And that is why we are not getting anywhere.

I read that the basis for Cajun cooking was finding ways to make ingredients that didn't taste good, taste good through seasoning/blackening/searing. Blackened shark. Mmmmmm.

Bullshit. It'll be time to work something out with the Corinne-Machine.

OK, it must be the Nyquil, cause a righteous fish fry is an epic experience.

Really? I thought you guys were real Southerners. You fill a paper grocery bag with the cornmeal mix. Usually cornmeal and some Grandma combination of spices. The chunks of fish are soaked in some milk-egg combination and then scraped off with fingers. Then a big ole bunch of chunks of fish is dumped in the grocery bags full of cornmeal mix and shook. Then the fish is removed and placed at the disposal of the deep fry captain. The position of deep fry captain, or pimp, or whatever is earned over years. The fish is dropped and pulled only when perfect. The lard that they start with MUST be spiced up with bacon grease. The purpose of hush puppies and fritters is just to make sure the oil is at the right temperature. Are you guys telling me this metrosexual middle aged guy can outfry you ? Fags. Me and Narcimund could kick your asses at the kettle.

I'm sure that when you got around to filleting it you'd be wondering why the hush puppies and fritters that test the bacon grease-modified beef suet hadn't been coming out of the pot. I learned deep-frying catfish breaded in grocery bags from black people before they liked the African-american thing. The African American thing just makes me think of Sangiro seeking my endorsement for citizenship, and that bugs me more than that steroid-monster-catfish.

No market. There's an endless line of volunteer real penises for just about anything.

Negative. Catfish MUST be deep-fried in cornmeal batter. The damn fish is just a placeholder for good batter and bacon-fat modified lard. That damn fish could hold up a lot of crispy fried cornmeal batter deep fried in beef suet (sp?) and bacon grease. Oh nummy.