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The think effect that this will have is that institutions will examine the benefits they give married couples. The process seems archaic. Most of these benefits are provided because of the tradition that the wife would only tend house and therefore the husband required higher pay and better benefits to support himself and her. The correct application is benefits for the couple having children. Couples with children are more dependable because they have more to lose. Therefore they can be enticed by packages that benefit their children. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Yup, just got my Tri-Hybrid back from repairs, ready for wrapping. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I'm pretty sure this is a troll. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

My God! It's the 4th horseman! "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

It's my decision to jump I don't see any time when I could not look down before exiting. Even if they deliberately gave me a spot, over a volcano, through clouds for example... "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I guess I'll have to call in and register now. Yoshi, we might bring a tube. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Why those colors? They seem a bit painful. But also, I've been staring at this screen for 12 hours now, so... "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Ring....."Hello, operator. Connect me with The Military." "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Hey, let them read this thread. Maybe they'll realize that it's not a matter of homophobia; they're just wrong. I said that they must be highschool kids because that's what their state of mind sounds like. It's like boys who are afraid to take a shower after P.E. class. But, if they do come and do a tandem. Be sure to put them in a pink jumpsuit and have the TM act like he's FLAMING. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

What, are they a bunch of dorky highschool kids? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

HA! I change my post to: "Hey, at least Kerry hasn't royally fucked thousands of injured Vets." Like I said, this is a choice between new crap and old crap. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

What a dipshit... What do you think was the motivation for this? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

You do realize that Kerry went on to be one of the biggest military bashers of the Vietnam Era. At least Bush never degraded his fellow soldiers. Granted I don't think he ever actually met them. This is really pathetic. I feel like I'm just making the best out of a sorry set of affairs in this election. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

The answer: Song of the South "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Term limits. I think they're both full of it. Bush led the country astray, Kerry slammed his former service members for political gain. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Hello Bill. Why don't you just buy some audibles? See ya at Gold Coast. Doug Locke

You list all of these things as if just because we don't have a regulation, we don't do it. I've only been jumping for 2 years but this is what I've seen. The things you point out are simply not problems. People who want to learn freeflying jump solo to get up their skills before jumping with more experienced jumpers. As I said in an earlier post. What you do by regulation, we do by habit. Wear a helmet? 1 in 50 jumpers, usually old salts. Wear an alti? Rare for someone to not have an alti plus two audibles. Wear shoes? Rare. I've only seen one visiting Euro jumper do this. I did it once and didn't see the point. Carry a hook knife? Most carry one, I carry four. Get a pin check? 99%. Have an “A” licence or above to jump? Must be one hell of a ground school to be able to get an "A" license before you jump. We have the restriction that you can only jump with instructors and coaches until A. Get a specific qualification for to jump with others? "A" license. Get a specific qualification to do Freeflying? Peer coaching. Get a specific qualification to do HD? Peer coaching. Get a specific qualification to do CRW? Peer coaching. Get a specific qualification to do Skysurfing? I know nothing about this. Have at least 100 jumps and B licence before jumping anything other than a pro-tec? Why? Because other helmets are so inferior? Also, mostly old salts wear frap hats. Have at least 200 and C licence before jumping camera? That's about when anyone jumps camera anyway. Have at least 1000 jumps for a D licence? What's the point? What do you get with a D license that you need so much skill for? Have a specified number of jumps before landing in the accuracy area? DZ's restrict swoop areas and hazardous areas basd on the jumper's license. Carry out flight line checks? Yes. Be licensed to perform a flight line check? Nope. Why? It's not like the AFF students do it. Spot? No. We know that is takes x amount of time to get to alitude so when that time is up the we open the door and jump.

"I would beg to differ, the UK has very high safety standards. " Oh, I thought the UK didn't consider themselves to be European? So, what's the truth? My example in the specifics was to show that isolated incidents have led to this perception. I venture that you could do just about anything on the remote Italian island where I lived (at that time), but probably not in downtown Berlin, Germany. In the U.S. an accident in any section of the country will lead to arrests, lawsuits, or some such. On the other hand, our opinion is "how dare" someone regulate where and when I can smoke or what. As for comparing safety methods, that's pretty hard to do. For the hypothetical example, where in one country we may make a regulation for the speed limit, another might regulate the power of the engine, and another might regulate the safety features. In your skydiving example the emphasis is to ensure a gear check. What could draw us even is something like our cultural emphasis on the S&TA running a safe ship or some other procedure or habitual mechanism. While there isn't a 100% gear check, the mechanism will result in checks and additional measures in specific areas we perceive to be threats. Edit: For example, on a jump where one person doesn't have an AAD, people may take the safety measure of not being as aggressive. So what is safer, emphasizing skill over aggression or thinking that a majic box will save your ass 100% of the time. So, I don't think that Europeans have a death wish. I think that the measures people take or dismiss will allow what they perceive to be acceptable risk to draw even. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I think this comes from the perception that Europeans don't force safety regulation upon each other unless the consequence would be the injury of a third party. For example, when I lived in Italy, there was this swinging chair thing at fairs. The people on the swings would fling each other outward to get really high in the air. People occassionaly went flying off to their death because the chair broke. The attitude being, it's your ass, you do what you want. Back in the US, if you did that in the chairs then you'd get kicked out of the amusement park. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Hey, if you want to suck up to Mt. Dew and the eXXXtreme douche-bags involved in that marketing event, then have at it. A dropzone here or there might even get a tandem customer out of it. Understand that those games are a marketing venture pursuing the pimply faced male 10-18 age bracket. This is done by showing these events (agressive inline skating?) on ESPN with many pimply faced 10-18 year olds (PF1018YO's) crowded around. Now, this PF1018YO sees this on TV and says, "Cool, I'm like that. That's how I roll." Then he gets his can of mountain dew, gets on his bike and goes and jumps curbs. Marketing complete. This can't be done with skydiving because that kid can't go try the skydive tricks he saw on eXpn. He cannot empathize with the skydiver and their event because he cannot be involved. So, he won't buy mountain dew. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

Don't. The eXtreme thing is for lame donkeys. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

It's not a matter of how professional you are. It's that going to some excessive length in your appearance such as your mohawk or cock shaved onto your head is done to express who you are. You do that because that's what you're about. So, if what you're about is some elaborate counter-culture haircut then what are you doing in an corporate office unless you're a fake? If you're so counter culture then what's with this 9-5 in a cubicle? Why not work for a non-profit activist organization where this type of self expression shows your dedication to your personal/artistic creed? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

She's going along with it. Telling them who's playing the part of Simon, etc. I think Alf should play Simon. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

So, I was bored today and decided to prey on some of my gullible friends. The dupe is this: That my girlfriend, Lisa (100% Italian girl, and classical stage actor/performer) is going to Las Vegas to compete in a reality series akin to American Idol to be the new Papa John's Pizza actor. Kind of like that guy from Subway. Like American Idol, the auditions will be televised in a series of commercials with a panel of three judges. The winner will recieve a prize and will appear in all upcoming Papa John's Pizza commercials. So far most are biting. We're getting together tonight at a bar to wish her a farewell. That's where I'll break the news that it's a hoax. PEACE, "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

I think this should be posted in incidents. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher