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OUTSTANDING! Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

(puts on his nomex suit in case someone decides to misinterpret the following...) I am in NO way saying any woman deserves rape. Any idiot that decides he should be able to do what he wants to her should be shot. HOWEVER... we all bear at least SOME responsibility for our actions. Just ask your insurance company. unless you are sitting at home in your living room asleep on the couch, you are at least PARTIALLY at fault no matter how small a part. for instance, you were in an accident. driving down the road, minding your own business, driving the speed limit with your seatbelt on. You get T-boned going thru an intersection on the green. many insurance companies will apply at least a tiny portion of blame on you. "if he wasnt driving thru that intersection it wouldnt have happened. He is 10% at fault." They'll still pay out usually at 100% but they'll still apply a teeny bit of blame on you for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. (even tho it doesnt count against you) So she wears an overtly sexy outfit into a bar. The outfit is designed to create an attraction, lust, call attention to herself, etc. Not saying she is asking for it, but she definitely wasnt looking to blend in and not be noticed. She intended to attract attention to herself. She just managed to attract too much of the wrong kind of attention. Once again, she still doesnt deserve to be raped, but she isnt helping matters by her choices. Using the insurance company logic, she is for instance 10% neglegent.... 5% for going to the bar, with a 5% bonus for attracting unwanted attention. Its not enough to say she was “asking for it” or “she deserved it” so he’s still a slimeball… He still shouldn’t have done what she didn’t want him to do. She no more deserved it than you did in the traffic example of being hit by the other driver. With THAT being said... if I go into the woods with a vest made of veal and get mauled by a bear, its TOTALLY the bear's fault? I had no input on the outcome? Had I chosen to go into the woods without the meat vest, and instead took my bear spray(not so seedy bar), noise maker to scare bears (not so overtly slutty outfit), etc. I had a better chance of telling Mr. bear NO, and getting him to leave me alone because I wasnt appetizing looking, smelling irresistibly like a sammitch, etc. Its an extreme, but simply to illustrate that you are NEVER totally NOT at fault in any situation. you get points for being where you chose to be, and then it adjusts based on your actions from there. you make good deciscions (dont go to the seedy bar and instead go to a better neighborhood) your risk drops. make bad choices (telling the big biker his girlfreind looks like your dad in a dress) you pay the consequences. To tie this back into the original thread… the parents DO have at least some responsibility here. If they had instead chosen to get her into something like soccer, softball or 4H (coed club like the boy/girl scouts that has specialty groups like raising/showing specific livestock, photography, painting, etc) she may not have been in this situation due to the lack of unwanted attention. Don’t tease the bear if you don’t want to get eaten. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

OK, all my friends know I playfully use the term “sales weasel” to refer to any salesman. I actually met a TRUE weasel today. I had to buy a wireless router for a customer of mine. I went in grabbed the one I knew I wanted, and then like any good geek, thought I would poke around to see what was there new that I didn’t know about. Sales weasel walks up… “Finding everything OK?” “Yep. I already got what I needed (held up the box) just looking around now to see if there is anything new and interesting”. “those are good routers. I prefer this other one (points to a known piece-o-crap), but that one is ok too. Can I write you a quote for that?” “well, I am in kind of a hurry now” “it will only take a minute” “I need to be somewhere in 5 minutes, and its 7 minutes away, and I still have to go through the checkout” "it will just take a minute sir" “fine” “thanks… (quietly) we get credit for these when we do quotes” “yeah, kinda figured” He handed me the printout to give to the cashier and I was on my way. What annoys me is he was VERY pushy, and he wanted to take credit for selling me something that he DIDN’T help me choose, and if he had, wouldn’t have selected what I bought. Asshole. I got back at him tho. After I was around the corner, the paper went into my pocket and didn’t come out until I got to my car… no credit for him since I didnt present the quote to the cashier. Don’t get me wrong. I understand being on commission. But for Christ’s sake don’t fabricate your commissions by being a pushy asshole and claiming sales you had absolutely no input in. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

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Also another good thing to look for... try to find one that has a history in physical therapy and sports medicine. I went to one several years ago that used more of a PT approach. he would adjust (and test), then figure out what caused the problem and give you ways to stop or correct the issue, like exercises. It sure as hell beat the normal "ok, I want to see you twice a week for the next 3 months, then I think we can back it down to once every week to two weeks for X period" I couldnt stand that attitude... how do you KNOW thats what it will take? or is that how long it will take me to pay for your new car, plane, etc? Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

can you point me in the direction? call me a massochist, but I am interested to read those comments he made. I only met Roger a couple times, but he seemed like a good guy. Yeah, he had a past but he seemed to be a good guy now. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

trust your gut. If you cant use the DZO or rigger as an informal escrow/middleman, run away. Chances are if your radar is going off, there's a problem. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

If the car is in her name, can't he simply stop making the payment? Yeah... and if I was in his shoes, I'd look at my options for recovering the money I'd put into the car. Coming from somebody who did the exact same thing when he was young and dumb naieve, get her out as fast as you can. even if it means paying for her to stay in a motel for however many days early you kick her out. Trust me, its gonna be safer. I did a similar thing. Let her move in (no kid luckilly) with no job. she sat on the internet all day and did nothing. I let her borrow my car a couple times. Just freinds... nothing serious (or sexual) I was getting slightly annoyed, but no big deal at this point. Then one day I go to clean up and find a notepad with several pages folded over. as I go thru them, i find the draft of a letter she was writing. she was saying derogatory things about me, including that "she woke up one AM with me on top of her, naked". that was the final straw. she climbed into bed with me one time to spoon, but that was it. oh, and part of the note she expressed how she couldnt wait to be out of my place, but it was good having a stable quiet free place to stay. So she gets home that night from being out with a guy freind, and I already had her bags packed. I had over $15,000 in easlily carry-able goodies (laptop, cameras, etc) that I wasnt about to lose. I found a few of my things in one of her bags already. I tell her she is gone immediately. she can stay with her guy freind. as they are carrying her bags down, he informs me that she has told him I raped her. With that accusation, I immediately sat down and wrote out what transpired, along with her note, etc. I still have that to this day in case that psycho ever decided to do something stupid. With all that being said, weigh your options. it may or may not be worth chasing her for the car payments. Yes, technically she owes you, but good luck getting a judge to not say "stupid you" for not having your name on it too. If your name ISNT on it... stop paying it. let her take the credit hit. Besides, if she isnt working, you cant get blood from a turnip. Unless its major money, I say lick your wounds and chalk it up to a learning experience. We all do stupid stuff... live and learn. (just dont do it again) Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

That would be my guess. Especially since class 1 Medicals are only good for 6 months Talk about a pain in the ass. the only ones that need a class 1 as I remember (was a pilot in a former life) are ATP rated commercial pilots... the ones flying the heavy iron like 747's. Other than trying to be a pain in the ass, trying to hold a lowly TI to the same standards as a pilot responsible for 300+ souls at once seems a bit odd. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

Agreed. The "let he without sin cast the first stone" defense is a lame one. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

I detect a troll. You refer to nothing but opinions, yet I have seen plenty of facts... We have video of a TI doing things that are contrary to not only common sense, but also to the best practices set by the USPA, PIA, and the tandem manufacturers. And to follow it all up, you start hinting at illegal and unethical use of the videos? Geez, is that all you got? Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

I'm sure its probably been covered here before, but in case it hasnt... First time AFF ends up under his reserve (due to his stupidity) and then lands in power lines. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKJtui3ukZc what a tool! The best part of it for me? his quote" I definitely wont be skydiving again." at least he has SOME sense. Spoiler below for those that cant watch it... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Its a video from a realtv type show, I think Maximum exposure. guy goes for his first AFF. does OK at first, until main instructor struggles to get him to pull his own hacky. As the instructor keeps trying to get his hand back to the BOC, he keeps going for his cutaway. at some point he actually GETS the cutaway and pulls. Instructor doesnt see this apparently and dumps the main, which immediately departs the area. Guy gets unstable from the partial deployment, and starts "turtling" Instructors chase him and he finally gets his silver. But wait, there's more.... he manages to land in power lines, resulting in 3rd degree burns of his leg(s) requiring skin grafts. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

I voted "Other". for a while last year, my canopy started doing something REALLY strange. on opening, one end cell would stay closed with the top skin folded over the nose, flapping in such a way that it didnt want to let the two end cells inflate. Usually I would get a half to 3/4 turn out of it and it would self correct. I caught it one jump as it did it pretty agressively, and after pumping the brakes, it stabilzed. The second time it happened so fast that the next thing I knew I was spiraling out of control towards the ground. plan B! ithe problem tapered off as fast as it started, and havent seen it since. *shrug* Hornet 150, loading it a little under 1 to 1. The only cool thing was that I got it on video from a fellow jumper, and I dropped the main on home plate of a little league diamond behind our hangar... nice spot, eh? The only thing better would have been to drop the main in the peas. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

I agree. I do this for a living, and have for the past 12 years. I have one client that would LIKE to share between his two XP PCs, but cant for some unexplained reason. They ping ok, they resolve via netbios/DNS ok, bindings look good, no firewalling, etc. but they just wont talk to each other and it makes absolutely NO sense. All tests indicate that they should work, but wont. No unexplained system errors in the logs or anything. I even tried to cheat and throw on IPX and/or netbeui (both generally will work when IP fails). luckilly he is very understanding so we gave up after troubleshooting for 3 hours. oh, and I have seen this at least 3 other times, so this isnt unique. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

Does that also include her blatant stupidity? Specifically the photos they have of her driving around with the kid asleep in it's car seat CLEARLY unbuckled? Kid's just sitting there with nothing holding it in. (helo' shot I assume, and its a convertible) Assuming its not an asshat reuters photoshop incident, she's an idiot! If only we could require parenting licenses.... and yes, I am sure I'll probably do something stupid when my first one comes into the world in a couple months, but still... at least i'll buckle my kid in his car seat! Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

not quite the same, but reminds me of the present dispute of how big I was when I was born... Mom says I was 6lbs 6oz. a bit of a small kid (older sis about the same size). So the other day I am going through my lockbox cleaning it out of old/unneeded items (since you virtually had to sit on it to get it to close). Low and behold, my wife and I find my ORIGINAL hospital issues birth cert... footprints and all. It indicates I was a wee bit larger.... 8lbs 8 oz. ok, a bit more than a wee. Typo? Maybe. After all, it WAS 34 years ago. What the hell does it matter? not alot. But my wife and I are expecting our first baby in about 8 weeks, and there are discussions about how big this kid is gonna be, and whether he/she is likely to be "too big" to be delivered normally. We spent lots of $$ and time going to natural childbirth classes (18+ jump tix and 12 weeks of mind numbing evenings), and now her OB is hinting that we cant do it naturally now because the kid could be too big... in her words "no mother should have to deliver a 9lb baby". Now my wife is no shrimp, and using an old midwives tale, she should be able to handle up to a 10.5lb baby. The wife is presently measuring about 2-4 weeks larger than she should be so god only knows... there are several scenarios that I wont bore you all with... oops, too late!. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

Ok, she has used it for the past 9 years. by my math, after the last $100..... she owes you $350 for her half of the past 9 years. serve her with a small claims court summons for her share of the membership fees. EDITED TO ADD: or take the easy way out. tell Costco that she has recently admitted to using your account fraudulently, and that you want a new membership and the old one cancelled. she is out $100 AND a membership. HAH! Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

ever notice that when some really strange crap like this shows up, something almost always happens to the body before it can be tested? like getting eaten by vultures, accidentally disposed of, etc? I'm not a big fan of conspiracies, but... either there is alot of shit out there that somebody knows about that they dont want anyone else to, or vice versa, its really nothing and its all just a hoax. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

I would have to agree. unless there is something I am missing, I doubt the flame would go very far since its now 100% intestinal gas. unless your intestinal gas also contains reasonable levels of oxygen, I dont see the flame going much beyond ye old starfish... and that would be about it... although, the starfish would proably be an angry one after that... CRISPY!!! Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

on a similar note, I love that misconception... that businesses pay taxes. no, dummy, you the customer pays the tax. anything that a business has to pay will trickle down to the consumer. plain and simple. And it was my understanding that they arent supposed to charge you a different price, no matter how you slice it. whether its a "cash discount" or different prices for cash/credit customers, the end result is the same. Now, good luck on enforcing it, as I have yet to hear of somebody getting a merchant account yanked for the practice. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

My 2yo boxer eats weird shit too. She wont eat mushrooms. she starts to eat it, figures out what it is, then will just stick out her tongue and let it fall off. its HILARIOUS to watch. its almost slow motion the way she does it. she eats about everything else. including veggies. She LOVES soap. if you take a bath, she'll sit and lick you incessantly after you soap up. I was doing some construction outside, and accidentally left a bar of soap on the patio table (using it to lubricate wood screws). She ate the whole thing. the only good thing was that it was self cleaning puke. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

I'd say do what you want with it. Alot of places have a "leave it here >90 days and its ours" policy. I'd say 7 years is long enough to wait for someone to say "hey, dont you still have a rig of mine?". Check the stolen gear listings, and if its not there, sell it. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

I know that feeling all too well. Remember these words, they are OH so true. "...you dont look for love, it comes looking for you." -Shawn Colvin Love sux ass. Even when you think you have found it, its often just an illusion. Many times the illusion is only a partial one, but still.. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

on a related note... me and one of my users (I am in IT) had to call the tech support dept for a software product we were having trouble with. Needless to say the guy we got in touch with was indian... us: yeah, we try to run your software, and a DOS box comes up and gives us the error of "stack fault" hadji: : I am seeing.... so you get the error stack......(pause) fart?????" the guy was on speakerphone. everyone in the room couldnt help but burst out laughing. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!