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"Meanwhile there is a new factor: One DZ that is not a USPA Group Member has announced that it will take minors as young as seven on tandems. (Can a 7-year-old even comprehend the risks of skydiving?) Going for the under-age market is short-sighted. While state regulators and legislators may not feel the need to act if a 16-year-old is injured (or worse), you can be sure of governmental reaction if a 7- or 10- or 12-year-old is involved. And since governmental action is almost always overreaction, you can be sure new state laws will encroach on other areas of skydiving, too." Back in the 1960"s a New York State Senator's niece was hurt making a parachute jump. With the Senators influence, New York State instituted regulations for parachute jumping / skydiving. DZ's had to be licensed by the state, you had to get a state demo permit and had to follow the regulations. As skydiving technology and methods advanced, these regulations became more and more out of date but were still on the books as written in the 1960's. I found out they were planning on rewriting and updating the regulations and organized a letter writing campaign to New York Department of Transportation. A lot of letters were sent and in 1985 New York State dropped all the regulations. Believe me, you don't want your state to come up with skydiving regulations.

You are right and we should be growing less corn and more of other grains.

You are right, I should have added pissing upstream and down stream.

Climate change has been going on for 4.5 billion years, we are just here to notice this small slice of time. If we stop putting corn in our gas tanks there will be more to eat. One of my professors once said, if you piss upstream of where your buddy is drinking that's pollution, if pissing down stream it isn't. Too many people pissing upstream.

Car Prayer Now I lay me down to sleep with my jeep parked down the street and if it rolls before I wake please dear god put on the brake

"Washington Attorneys" Their mascot could be a tick with a briefcase.

Their mascot could be Mr. Potato Head.

Washington "Foreskins"

Maybe Trump is a "stopgap" president until we get a real one.

I agree, keep the statues but add a plaque telling who they really were and what they did.

And sort of Gerald Ford.

This is just my opinion but if ever there was a time for a strong third party candidate, this is it.

I agree and have been saying this for some time.

Thanks for putting that marker in there, I was curious to see what effect the protests would have.

I agree. There are some people who should never be police officers.

This came to me the other day. Soldiers go through basic training and one of the things they learn is to kill people. Not many have chance to do that this day and age. The leave the military and become police officers and are itching to shoot someone because that is what they were trained to do and didn't have a chance.

Pretty impressive career and she sounds like a down to earth person.

I should clarify my statement, There are a number of rigs that I won't pack even if they are airworthy. I just don't use age as a determining factor on the ones that I will.

After inspection, If I determined that a rig is airworthy, I will pack it. I don't have a cut off age. Some people take good care of their rigs and some don't. Skydivers don't seem to have any problem getting in a 30, 40, 50, 60+ year old airplane (Mr Douglas 85 years old, I look forward to jumping it again). What if your mechanic refused to annual your 60 year old Cessna 182. Maybe we shouldn't let anyone over 50 years old skydive.

It will be interesting to see what the effect the large gathering of protesters in a number of cities has on the spread of the corona virus. Not everyone is wearing masks or practicing social (physical) distancing. Will the result be a spike in number of cases or not much effect. If the latter is the case, maybe the situation can ease up a little. About 2 weeks time will tell.

Researchers are testing wastewater at sewage treatment facilities for covid-19 virus to estimate the level of infections in a community. See link to article. https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/07/new-research-wastewater-community-spread-covid-19/

I was wondering what happened to the virus that caused the Spanish flu in 1918 and found an interesting article. In the article, they dug up two bodies at different times in Alaska that had been buried and frozen in permafrost and took samples of lung tissue. It is a long article but worth reading. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/reconstruction-1918-virus.html

If you moon the sun, will that work?

Just a few thoughts on what is going on. What would Rod Serling be thinking if he were alive today. I drove through town and didn't have to slow down for the school zone. Speaking of school, why isn't Alice Cooper's song "School's Out" making a come back. People are starting to sound like Kenny from South Park. I am sure I am not the only one tired of wearing a mask in public but will continue to do so as long as it is necessary. Now back to the serious discussion.