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Dang. I plan to come to Miami and Key West, and everyone decides, "oh, um, I think I'm going out of town that weekend!" See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Before I open this, I have to ask -- is it SFW? See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Please post the pic, if you can! I'll try to remember to bring it to work tomorrow. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

From my perspective, as a fairly neutral reader, and irrespective of whether you meant it to, your post did come across as a dig at Nataly. But Andy, I liked your explanation. The second post was a very good point. There are tons of different reasons why two people go on a first date. You're agreeing with N@ -- once those people start to get to know each other, it's quite likely at least one will not want to pursue a relationship further. Nataly -- I totally agree with you. I find many men (at least the ones I've met) often can't deal with a straight-talking, up-front woman. Unfortunately, it also tends to be caused by the women who give us a bad name. I call them "Cosmo girls." They're the ones who say one thing and mean another, play games hoping he'll "get the picture" instead of communicating directly, and get upset over something mysterious -- telling the guy he "should have known/should know". When they get used to dealing with that all the time, it would seem to me that a guy should appreciate your candor. As for the "not calling" -- only really pisses me off when a guy insists he is interested, wants to get together or make plans, but falls off the face of the earth after that. It's even worse when you eventually have contact and he makes some excuse for the last time and does it all over again. That's just rude. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Thanks for sharing! I know there's a few active members of DZ.com who have dived this beautiful plane.

You guys make my three years overseas look like a blink! Okay, it really was, but still! (and welcome back, Mark!) T See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Not exactly. If they make wedding cakes for other couples, but refuse to make them for a gay couple (or a black couple or a Jewish couple or an Islamic couple or whatever), it's discrimination. If they refuse to write a hateful message on a cake (no matter who the hate is directed at) it's simply refusing business. It's the refusing service based on the group that the refused customer belongs to that makes it discrimination. Yeah, I see your point (as billvon also illustrated above). Learning point for me, thanks. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

I'm more in the camp of "Equal Opportunity for Page 3." I want to see scantily clad hot men have an equal chance! See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

I'm just using your post for its premise here, Bill. The example of this, without text, would be if a baker was uncomfortable making a big penis cake for a bachelorette party. Or a boobies cake for, well, anyone. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

And at the same time we put HUGE populations of Americans of Japanese descent into internment camps back then. Yet after 9/11, police and private citizens alike stood beside Arabs, Indians (mistaken for Arabs) and other Middle-Eastern looking people, whether citizens or visitors, when they were mistreated by Americans in retaliation. Culture centers and foreign houses of worship have been protected by law. Yeah, we're really going downhill. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

I would be all for using it only if there is a suspect barricaded inside a house with or without a hostage situation and police have it surrounded with an active stand-off. It then becomes a tactical tool for a precision strike. And in which case they would already have a warrant anyway. I agree -- useful tool when you have a warrant. Other situations are violations, and should be handled with appropriate consequences. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Agreed. According to the article, the order for the cake itself was placed well in advance. Only when the pick-up date came close did the patron give the bakery the desired text. Definitely indicates the patron did it on purpose to make the point. As for the other bakery that refused to make a cake for a gay wedding -- they knew up front what the order was for, and chose not to take the business. If that bakery wanted to sell just the cake and let the patrons write in the names of the couple, perhaps that patron would have accepted the compromise (assuming there was writing requested on that cake). Regardless, that bakery chose not to take the job. Their loss. IIRC, someone else was happy to take the business. Problem solved. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

It's currently a favorite "weather hold" activity at ZHills. The jumpers there who are really skilled are also very nice about helping others to learn how.

Ah. Capella. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

get your arse to Eloy or Elsinore in March and come hang out I was just in Eloy over New Years. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Yeah, those other countries also have those chips in their credit cards instead of the magnetic strips. Turkey had a similar bank transfer thing -- but they charge a fee if it's between competing banks. My translator had three different bank accounts for that very reason! See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Hey, Squeak! I'm back, too -- back in the US, that is. Um... we might have passed each other in Europe. The latter half of July I drove from Turkey to Belgium via the scenic route. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

So sad. Did it survive/heal? The OP is a cool story! I was worried about the "gluing" of the pieces to it at first, but the story explained that it was temporary and the pieces could be removed when appropriate.

Seriously??? Men have written about female inferiority/neurosis/stupidity for so long and you are annoyed that doing so now has become politically incorrect??? Nope. What I'm saying is, it is and always will be considered "safe" to call males idiots. The opposite can not be said about females anymore. FIFY! See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Not to mention Collegiates. See you in a few weeks, Remi! See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

and both parties taking birth control pills. Can't be too careful! See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Garlic works as a really great seasoning in your cooking, too! If you use a garlic powder, just be sure it isn't some sort of garlic salt. If you pack your steamed or crispy-sauteed veggies with those awesome no-salt seasonings, you won't even miss it. Lots of great healthy new options for you to explore.

She does not live near an airport. Boulder's airport is 4 miles away. Longmont's airport is 6 miles away. Really? I thought it was closer than that. Maybe it's that she is on the approach path. I could have sworn there was a letter of some sort when she bought the house... The statement is given to people "in the airport influence zone." It doesn't say how big that is. But I doubt that 8 miles is still in it. My house in Yuma, AZ is about five miles from the dual-use city airport/Marine Corps air station -- where they fly Harriers and now F-35s. I could watch Harriers in the pattern barely hear them from my house. Yet I was required to sign a letter of understanding that I was purchasing a home within the noise impact of the field. My house wasn't even under any flight paths! See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

I'll add my $.02 (aside from all of the above). People now are talking about the pending release, with the information the studio wants out there. If you wait too long to announce something like these, you get people hearing rumors from talking to the friends or assistants of the big stars, then everyone is trying to scoop everyone else for the secret details of whatever project is rumored. Dang, just look at what the Star Wars trailer did to the speculators already -- "a black storm trooper?!" (my opinion -- either the character was using the uniform as a disguise, or they've opened up the career opportunities as a storm trooper, since the clones are no longer being "grown -- but I don't WANT to know the answer until I see the movie! ) Additionally, the first thing I thought of when I saw the trailer is that I want to see it at a Cinebistro instead of a regular theater seat. That's going to require a rather advance reservation! See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!

Yeah, I've already been down that road (pun unintended, but funny anyway). Now instead of "buy a Harley," it's "buy a rig." I find myself very attracted to gear catalogs! Luckily, that's something I can "window shop" virtually. See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus Shut Up & Jump!