Niki1

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  1. For history, Ken Burns "Civil War." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  2. I've heard a person say, "My mind is made up/ Don't confuse me with the facts." That's when I came to understand, "Don't argue wiith an idiot. People might not notice the difference." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  3. Dec. 21st, 2012? Hell, I try to live like tomorrow is the end of the world. One day I'll be right. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  4. Last night I had a dream that trolls were invading my computer. I thought trolls left lawyers alone out of professional courtesy. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  5. "We are the peoplw our parents warned us about." Not sure who said it. Sound a bit like Abbie Hoffman? Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  6. No, I think this was unencumbered by the thought process. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  7. I've heard, "Oh, that's just the way he/she is." Well, that may be but I don't have to put up with it if I so choose. That's just the way I am. Take it or leave it. The other people defending the bad behavior is the enableing factor that has long since embedded tha bad behavior in them. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  8. Niki1

    How do you grill?

    The thread is about grilling. Not barbecuing. Different thing. But thanks for the link. I like that. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  9. First jump on Easter Sunday, 1970. Fot the next 20 years skydiving was as necessary to me as food and water. I had the good fortune to be very involved in this world through the Golden Age. After the pioneers had figured out the basic (parachuting) stuff and while we figured out the skydiving stuff. In the next 10 years maybe a hundred jumps or so. In the last 10 years, one or twe. So my real time would probably be a little over 20 years but I will always consider myself and refer to myself as a skydiver. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  10. I would sugest taking him/her out to dinner at a reasonably nice place. He/She will get a nice meal, you'll both get some comraderie and you will hear about skydiving, parachuting and some jump stories. A lot like the campfire where most of the real world teaching happened in "the old days." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  11. In the mid '80s, I was doing a test jump on a Vector Tandem over DeLand. I had always been pretty good at putting the cutaway canopy in the middle of the airport so I thought I had it figured out. I cutaway beyond the end of runway 23 (over the approach of 5) at 4.000 ft. Afer I opened the reserve, I looded up for the cutaway canopy and saw it was still mostly inflated. Damn! That thing went all the way across the airport and another mile and a half and came down in a very nasty area of the tall and uncut. Getting it back is another story involving "interesting" personalities. About the same time, there was a guy auound there who was trying to develope a devise to help find canopies like that. He had made a matchbos size thing that would evit a loud "BEEP" every 15 or 20 seconds. The battery technology back then would only allow about 6 hours of beeping but the idea seemed good. You wouild put it on your risers by the confluence wrap and a pin attached to the shoulder pad. When you cutaway the pin was pulled to activate the thing. Today maybe some one could make one that sent a radio signal and you might have "an app" on your cell phone to locate it. Or maybe there is already some thing like this out there. If so, "Never mind." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  12. Do you think the pilot even saw the skydiver? Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  13. Next time you're at the bar, ask the barman for a Bin Ladin. He'll say, "What's that?" Two shots and a splash of water. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  14. Niki1

    I wonder

    Every body wants improvement but nobody wants to change. Every body wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  15. The world ended when it became difficult to find an RW load becarse everyone was being a lawn dart. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  16. Joe Morgan told me about how to deal with things like this. If you rub the owners nose in the shit, the dog will never shit there again. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  17. And "Heaven Can Wait" is a remake of some thing about 25 years earlier. But "Heavin..." is the best. Butt Heaving? .... um now what can THAT be? It must be getting drink out. This seems to be goin down hill pretty fast.
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    Catchy Phrases

    "He would complain if you hung him with a new rope." We had a really good training season, We got to the Nationals and promptly turned suger into shit. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  19. And "Heaven Can Wait" is a remake of some thing about 25 years earlier. But "Heavin..." is the best. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  20. Way cool!! Good job on a tricky mystery. Huskvarnas have a feature that I think may be available after market. It's a fitting on the deck that, after mowing, you attach a hose to and are able to wash out the just cut grass. Check at you local home improvement store. (I work at Lowe's but any place should have it if it's available.) Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  21. Well, there was no one in it at the time. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  22. Back in the day, we would stand in middle of the pea gravel, hold up a Bell helmet and drop it. If it landed outside the pea pit, it was too windy to jump. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
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    Catchy Phrases

    That's fucked up as a football bat. He shouldn't handle anything sharper than a bowling pin. Some times you eat the chicken and some times you eat the feathers. You are what you eat. Try to stay away from turkey and jerky. I couldn't sell fire to an eskimo. (But if that eskimo wanted fire, I could make sure hie got the kind of fire he wanted, when he wnated it, where he wanted it.) Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
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    Catchy Phrases

    Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. Yogi Berra Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  25. OK, this is a long shot but ... My Craftsman has an ignition switch that, when you turn it on and leave it there, engage the PTO and try to go into reverse, the engine wants to die. You have to put the key (ignition switch) in another position for the PTO to stay engaged and the engine not die. Maybe chack the ignition swithch and /or the relay (or whatever it's canlled) for that safty feature. If that doesn't work, take the deck off. chabge the pully on the engine drive shaft one size larger and the pully on the axle one size smaller. Tell your kid it's a new kind of go kart. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?