TriGirl

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  1. No, they offer a 10% discount to veterans every single day (I use it any time I want). Only active duty or disabled not regular veterans. My mistake. I was under the impression my father used it all the time, too. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  2. Just from what you pasted in your post, here is the problem (bolding mine): Not that some of these accusers in question WANTED them -- this juror wasn't answering the others' concern, just making a generalized statement that did not apply to the issue at hand. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  3. Because he hasn't severed his business interests from his public office. As he is making money on these ventures, he is ultimately responsible for their conduct. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  4. No, they offer a 10% discount to veterans every single day (I use it any time I want). See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  5. And donate his money to ensuring free wifi and cable to everyone around the world (to increase those orders of magnitude he could reach), not wasting it on the inefficient mode of personal appearances. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  6. Why don't you explain why they are wrong instead of being insulting? He could just be referring to the MASSIVE thread drift. (eta: I'm presuming Iago is a guy) See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  7. I concur -- though I would point out that the behavior detailed in the article is exactly what the #TimesUp movement is all about. Way too many men who behave(d) like this, with way too many women having to adjust their attire or behavior to avoid the insult And way, WAY too many bystanders dismissing it and letting the victim carry the whole burden (side note: it's this kind of acceptance of this behavior that leads to burkas). It's just another example of how we've had to deal with this crap all our lives -- and how we aren't taking it anymore. From another point of view, this is also indicative of men in power situations ("stars," executives, the son of the company president, etc) whom no one is willing to challenge because of who they are to the company/production/movie. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  8. Plenty... Skydive City in Z-hills, FL for one. Perris, CA as well. Skydive Chicago See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  9. Yep! So it looks like USPA is taking resumes for his old job. Anyone interested? See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  10. Because we shouldn't elect ignorant boobs to be President, that's why. You don't give a crap about science, outside of omni-science I suppose, so you get a pass. But a President ought to know a little something about things that affect the health of young girls people which includes having a considered opinion on vaccination. FIFY. It is carried by and affects everyone. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  11. Except that he was president-elect by that time. From the minute he decided to run for president, he should have been getting educated on matters that affect Americans. Especially WRT health care, as he campaigned on knowing what was better for Americans on health care coverage. I said it then, and I'll say it again: he was (and still is) wholly unqualified for the job. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  12. One thing no one has referenced is that you said you're doing another tandem first. Tell your instructor that you will be starting AFF soon, so you'd like to get a little more instruction. He or she will be happy to start educating you for your tandem jump. If you have too many questions for a tandem, you likely will be told politely that those details will be answered in your first jump course, and pull you back to what you can learn on your tandem jump.
  13. You have it easy! I've had two neuromas removed from one foot, with a history of getting them in both feet. The treatment (before deciding on surgery) is a shot of cortisone mixed with lidocaine directly into the nerve. Okay, so it wasn't as bad as I'm sure everyone is thinking...(Wish I could see all of your reactions!), but all that fluid pushed into a small space between bones made for an achy couple of hours. If it didn't start eating away the tissue around the injection site upon multiple treatments, it would have saved me from having those two removed (it did work on the others -- they cleared up after a couple of treatments). T See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  14. You aren't wrong there, but the problem is that the president didn't do that. It wasn't agreeing to the meeting. It was all POTUS' posturing and preening that are what everyone is criticizing as uninformed. He counted his chickens as soon as he saw one egg laid. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  15. Veterans? Perhaps. Active-duty? I wouldn't count on it. No, that is not why we volunteer. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  16. Yes. Because Japanese saw Okinawans as "others," just tools to be used. Not as Japanese to be protected -- just the Japanese secrets the Okinawans may have possessed. Yep. Again, Japanese considered them "less than," so used them and sacrificed them. The Japanese were also worried that once the Okinawan's realized that the Japanese were the monsters, the Okinawans would join the Americans and serve as a force multiplier against Japan. I lived there, too. I know the stories. That's what I was talking about (without as much thread drift). See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  17. And so many of those that you talk about hate Trump. You need to get media sources are more varied then you look at today. Interesting guidance, considering I'm a Public Affairs Officer (read: media relations/analytics professional). See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  18. All we did was re-designate the Consulate as an Embassy. Pretty easy to do. According to news reports, the Ambassador won't even be relocating for the foreseeable future. So, did we REALLY relocate the embassy? Or just paste a new name on an existing building? See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  19. Okinawans are not Japanese (ethnically). They're Ryukyuans. To the Imperial Japanese, they were "others," not their own. (Yeah, I know the thread has moved on, but this needed to be addressed). See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  20. You forgot to add that the DoJ falls under the Executive Branch. Which is headed by...? See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  21. TriGirl

    The swamp

    Prior to my retirement I never allowed a female student or staff member in my office unless the door was wide open. While the probability of a false accusation may be very low, the damage it can cause is extreme. I was very very lucky. I've never had children so I have a habit of adopting them, so to speak. I'd become more than friends with many of my student workers and those who used the labs. I didn't try anything with them, for one thing I assumed they had better taste than that, and I always thought of them as children as a safety device. But over the years I'd gone and done a lot with several of them including one young woman who I can honestly say is one of the most beautiful women in the world accompanying me to Joe's (the director) house in the country to feed and play with his dog when he was out of town. I never tried anything with them but to say I'd left myself vulnerable is a gross understatement. The problem with that statement is that only if you did try something without their consent, the victims would hear a lot of people saying, "well, why did you put yourself in that position, so he could have taken advantage of you?" It's victim blaming. You can't assume any one of those students would lie like that, any more than they could assume you would abuse the situation. Neither of you had given the other any reason to think that way -- you would just have been prejudiced (pre-judging based on no empirical evidence). I don't think you left yourself any more vulnerable than a person walking through a public parking lot who gets mugged as they come out of the store. Sorry for the tangent -- back to The Swamp. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  22. Well done!! Congratulations on your accomplishment, and on your sunny new future. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  23. TriGirl

    The swamp

    Prior to my retirement I never allowed a female student or staff member in my office unless the door was wide open. While the probability of a false accusation may be very low, the damage it can cause is extreme.As long as you did the same for the male students (e.g., all students), I would agree with your process. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  24. I think the biggest benefit of continuing this is that there is little Trump supporters can point to when trying to show he's "just like them." It's good to have tools in the toolbox for countering the religious zealots who try to glaze over his "misdeeds" in the future. That is the case I want to see built -- not just one or two little anecdotes, but a pattern that turns into data. The more of his crooked advisors and lawyers that can be held accountable for their own unethical behavior (whether simply court of public opinion, or by consequences with their respective bar associations or the law schools where they teach/advise), the more support can be whittled away. I'd like to hope that a new era of ethics and public SERVICE will emerge, but I'm a realist. We won't get that far, but I do hope we'll get to the point where Trump will have so little support and so few people left willing to give him money or go into business. Of course, it would be great if one of those converts turns out to be someone in a position to start the investigation into how egregiously the whole Trump family has capitalized on the office. We'll see. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!
  25. TriGirl

    The swamp

    Are we surprised? Because the following looks like it's right off a page directly from the VP's playbook: You know, as these women so often to do. This is why you should NEVER let yourself get caught in a room alone with a woman not your wife. She might accuse you of sexual misconduct. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!