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It would depend a lot on WHY you had to give up skydiving. Some reasons for giving it up would preclude a number of other activities. 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?

Have you just changed the belt? Or anything else having to do with the deck. Is it the correct belt? Will the mower move normally without the PTO engaged? Does the RPM sound right at full throtle and low? How did it act the last time you used it? When was 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?

Like Margo Gortner said: "Gory gee to Besus" 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?

Who are you saying has 'a little part'? Have we touched on a small nerve?!! I don't care as long as you touch it. We can talk about the first thing that comes up. 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?

I would agree with that if it were a rightious world. But with the system corupted by all the money, I think anyone who wants to be a politician should be DISqualified. 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?

I was a member of the Himalayan Rope (Tony Patterson, Steve Fugleberg, Jay Boynton, Dan Steger, Larry Gossler, Helen Frazer, Mike Branch, Steve Noonan, Bobby Wilson, and one I cannot remember. Twin Beach was flown from Atlanta each weekend. Twin Beaches were used for the '74 ten man event.. Not ten WAY!!! Wow! All those names in the line up really bring flashbacks. I seem to remember Steve Noonan in the door as a floater? Or maybe he was being pinned by Larry Gossler for the base. Dan Steger was the coolest Naval Aviator I have ever met. When he left the Navy no one would ever know he had ever been in the military. I remember he had this squinty eyed smile that lit up the whole area. Last I heard, he was living in St. Augustine but that was over 20 years ago. 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?

I like to believe that also. But the perks and the power and the necessity of getting re-elected to keep all that is what corrupts them. I think 2 things could go a long way to put the system right. At least the way I think the founding fathers meant it to be. Campaign finance reform. People running for office should be able to take contributions from anyone not eligable to vote for them. No rich Texas oil guy giving money to a New York state office seeker. The constituancy of the office seekers district should be the only ones he is responsible to. And the rejection of the leagal "fiction" that corporations are persons with the same right of free speech. Again, the corporations can't vote so they don't get contribute (read "buy") to the office seeker. The office holder needs to be accountable ONLY to the people in his constituancy. No body else should thind that they have a dog in that fight. That's my utopean vision but I doubt that it will ever happen just as I don't thind obease people will ever outlaw Dunkin' Doughnuts. 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?

nanny nanny boo boo stick your head in doo doo What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo What does your signature line say about your statement? 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?

It may be just semantics but I think you're confusing politicians with statesmen. Just like a stopped clock is right twice a day, politicians sometimes do the right thing. "Once a man is elected to public office, he's just not fit for honest work anymore." Wil Rogers 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?

The look on the operators face was like he was on a normal morning commute. Way cool. 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?

The "through loop" used on both the Wonderhog and the Eagle rigs was simply that the loops holding the 2-pin reserve containers closed were one continuous piece run through the bottom of the container in such a way that even if just one of the two pins cleared, the loop could flow through the back releasing the reserve pilot chute. Also the way the elastic loop in a reserve "freebag" works with the locking stows. I think that was also Bill Booths inovation. Remember the rubber "O" rings on Para Flites original bag? 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?

A child is trully one of God's great miracles. How 2 people come together and with a little part of each of them a new person is created. And I thank God every day that he has not visited that miracle on me. The most important job in the world and NO training required. 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?

My wife's favorite T-Shirt is one that shows a woman sitting at a desk and the caption says, "I've PMS and a handgun. Now what do you wnat?" 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?

In the spring of '74, Gary, Jaybo, Bob Favreau, and Brent McClarty brought Mr. Douglas to DeLand and strarted working on it to be a jump plane. Bill Booth brought a rig he had built. It was a back rig with a wrap-around pilot chute released by a "plastic coated" ripcord. It was thin. With that and a poptop a jumper would be thinner (front-to-back) that with a Security piggy back. A few weeks later Bill showed up with a piggyback version. I think it had the thru loop comming from the reserve pack tray. That idea, of the pin flaps being pulled toward the pack tray, was the begining of the end of the rigs that resembled a refridgerator. As far as Buchman's rig, Mike Ladd had the first one I saw. A nice piece of equipment but I don't remember if it was that year or the year after. Also in the spring of '74, Himalayan Rope (sp) stared jumping at DeLand, I seem to remember a Twin Beech but both brain cells may not be co-operating with each other. 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?

The word you are looking for is apathy. It seems our political system is built on apathy and ignorance. The Politicean, "Do you know what tha words apathy and ignorance mean?" The Averican Voter, "I don't know and I don't care." The Politicean, "Well then, follow me." 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?

I don't see how building a plant in South Carolina is any different than building one in Mexico as far as the union workers in Seattle are concerned. But to drag Obama into it is assinine. Believe it or not , there are some things that happen that you don't agree with that have nothing to do with Obama. If it's rainning and you can't go jumping, Obama was fucking with the weather. Obama was not the 22nd hijacker, he did not lead the mob into the American Emabssy in Tehran and he wasn't the shooter on the grassy knoll. 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?

The best thing would be if there were NO guns at all. But that's not ever going to happen. So the next best thing is if EVERYONE had a gun. Any 2nd Ammendment question is for another thread. 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?

A long time ago a friend with much more experience in this are than I have told me a lesson he had learned. When he quit calling the officers "dumb motherfuckers" they quit hitting him (as hard). 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?

.... but it was empty...... what good does an empty vodka bottle do? It says you may want to look a little bit more closely at the work the construction crew did. 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?

Well, they obviously rode the short bus. 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?

A philosophical question: Is it an insult if an idiot calls you stupid? Like the above, consider the source. Some things are not worthy of a responce. The ranting idiots will eventually shoot themselves in the foot and be shown for the kind of person they are. That may not happen as soon as you would like but the truth will come out. Take the high road and don't let the bastards get you down. 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?

Those were the 2 that came to mind immediately. AND Woodstock and The Last Waltz. I would also add (and I'm not sure it counts in this context) Les Miserables concert recorded in 1987. 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?

That's like using Scotch for mouthwash. Your breath isn't any better but you don't care. My signature line. 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?

It's not a good idea to take ANY single source of advice. Get advice and take it to another source and check it out. And maybe do that again. The various sources may agree with each other. Then you will know it's valid. The different sources may say it slightly differently. Perhaps one way of saying it makes a better impression on you and you understand it more clearly. Think of it like Quality Conltrol for ideas. If you use bad advice, it's not the adice giver that will pay the price. Answer all the questions and question all the answers. 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?

Unladen swallow. Is it an African Swallow or a European Swallow? 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?