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I only lasted about 5 minutes and then deleted it from the DVR. It's pretty bad. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I love that. Unfortunately, those great hands only come where there's nothing on the table. My biggest real money win was $1.10 on a Q high straight flush. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

So now you're saying that Lindsey should eat shit? Wow, you're mean. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Isn't Marzipan that stuff that tastes like shit? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Remind me never to accept a cucumber salad from you. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

You have got to see the movie "Thanks for Smoking". In fact, buy two copies because you'll wear out the first one. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Nice advice. Any more? I must say I'm tempted to fly with them. But the Russian transit and rumours of lousy groundservice by Aeroflot scares me. So I'll probably cough up the dough. You just have to be smarter than a russian airline desk jockey, which isn't too difficult. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

What do you mean? Served in a vagina? Anyway, if I ever say that my bottle of wine is better than my sex life then I've probably lived a full life and please kill me. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Well, I can see why that would present a problem.

Be sure to check that your transit Visas are in order. Aeroflot is famous for their shitty book keeping and failure to inform their clients. I had two friends who got stranded in Moscow, detained in a holding facility and deported (back) to the US because Aeroflot told them they wouldn't need a Visa to cross within the airport for their connector to India. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Last I heard, 10% of smokers get cancer. Speaking of "studies"....CNN reported that Stanford University, recently conducted a study about "why men like video games". They "studied" 11 men and 11 women.....out of this sampling, they now "know" that all the billions of men in the world, like video games.....and why! Man, that's gotta' be accurate as hell! This was the same "stink tank", that spent millions a few years ago, doing a study on how to grow larger rats. Maybe I can get a gov't grant to do a study to prove that the color red, when used on parachute gear....induces malfunctions.

Ya' shoulda' left that one alone. I went there and searched for "cancer causes"...came up with lots of stuff but in a random sampling, I'm seeing the words "odds" and "ratios" used quite often and in almost ALL of them. Still sounds like Vegas. The difference being that the house is limited to 51% in Vegas. What's the word on long-time smokers? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Sounds like witchcraft to me. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Frank, I didn't know you lived in B.C....you want some visitors for a weekend? We can go snowboarding

So you're saying we should go resurrect your old threads? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

There are laws (at least in the U.S.) against providing alcohol to minors and despite what you may have been told, vodka does contain alcohol. Not when you mix it with olives. Then it contains...super powers of unfathomable wit. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Is anyone who doesn't work for USPA going to write an article on this for Parachutist? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I had 2 cousins, die from throat cancer....1 uncle died from throat cancer and three others, from lung cancer. My ex-mother-in-law died from lung cancer and my half-sister's mother, died from lung cancer....none of the above, ever smoked. One uncle who died from throat cancer, smoked cigars....for the non-gullible, the math just doesn't work out. I had chest x-rays taken, during my Navy separation physical in '93. While showing me the x-rays, doctor said my lungs were in near perfect condition. I replied "You mean, for a smoker...right?" He re-examined the x-rays and sent me for a second set, which showed the same. He couldn't believe I was a smoker, let alone....that I'd smoked a pack or more per day, for the previous 22 years. If smoking truly caused cancer, I'd have had it a long time ago. On the other hand, I don't drink coffee and all the aforementioned relatives that died from cancer, did. Obviously, it's coffee that causes cancer, not smoking....by gov't and medical standards, the proof I've just offered, is irrefutable. And there you have it. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Yup, they got the hedgehog. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

My credit card statements reflecting 2AM activity would agree with you. Then it's politics. I don't expect the government to save me from choking on a pile of eggs. I do expect them to (as is my personal profession) to ensure that the air within a commercial space is healthy. I design and submit several hundred commercial mechanical designs for permit and construction each year. I wonder what would happen if all of a sudden I decided that I didn't care about people's health. Business owners, with a few exceptions, will go with the cheapest legal method. If it weren't for big-bad government looking out for us then we'd all work in smelly shitholes. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I guess W wasn't too worried about bad press falling on the guy who kicked Dad out of the house. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

That may not be the case but I don't know what Canada's regulations are. In the US a smoking lounge has the highest ventilatin requirements of any space and that can get expensive. Very few bar or restaurant owners are willing to pay for a dedicated ventilation system when they already have a full kitchen to pay for. A lot of bars in BC invested. That is what is making it hard to get rid of them. The bar owners are screaming about sunk costs to meet a moving target. BTW when I said ",..most lax regs in the country" I was referring to my country not yours. Yeah, that's why I said that I don't know what's up in Canada. Well, it's not going to cost those guys any more to just ban smoking but yeah, that sucks. On a positive note, they'll actually be paying less for ventilation since they can recirculate the air... "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I'm famous for leaving my shit everywhere but if I'm at an away DZ then I keep everything in my bags and the bags in my car or another safe place. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Must you bring the Clintons into every argument? www.fair.org/index.php?page=1689 I had never heard about this. I can't believe that people would think that was true, as if the entire staff of Air Force 1 or the Marines and Secret Service at the White House were just standing around while something like that went down. I did hear about W's missing from keyboards. I hope that one was true since it's pretty funny. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

So now what? Will anything change? What would you recommend? Honestly asking. VR/Marg This guy sent a memeo that appears to shed light on what's going on over there but really, he's just one guy and his memo isn't getting much coverage. The American populace isn't intelligent enough to wrap their brains around this and aren't energetic enough to do anything about what they do understand. This memo isn't getting coverage anywhere because it's too confusing and therefore would lose out in ratings in comparison to missing white girls. So...my question was mostly retorical, back to the status quo. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher