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Sixth grade logic to accompany sixth grade name calling.

Until Brian surfaces and is willing to talk to the world, nothing is possible. Evidently Brian is talking with people at the Facebook forum, and none others. Who knows what Brian knows or does not know. When I was negotiating with Brian back in 2010 he put me in touch with his mother which lead to Pat and I have two conversations by phone, and possibly a third call between us. I found Pat a personable intelligent lady willing to talk and share what she knew/remembered. Pat and I discussed the cleaning of the money at some length. She was detailed in her recollection. She never mentioned 'fabric softener'. But, the Ingram's primary effort at the time was cleaning the money for presentation at a bank to get the money exchanged and they knew they had several thousand dollars in found money, so it was worth their time to clean the money for presentation. After a series of conversations following their discovery, initiated mainly by Harold/Dwayne/Spike? (the painter) they suddenly were made aware that their discovery was related to the DB Cooper case, and they now thought they were due a reward. Pat may still be alive somewhere. Harold passed in 2019 and his obits dont even mention his wife or ex-wife 'Patricia'. Pat told me that when the kids turned up the money Harold was off at some distance but the kids called Harold to their side ... while she and Crystal were further down the beach discussing personal matters ... and Harold called to them to come back and see what had been found. She said when she got back, Harold had extracted the money and she provided a plastic bread wrapper to put the money in. She said everyone saw remnants of old rubber bands around the bundles of money but no paper straps. I have explained all of this many times, but my posts are always ignored. Pat explained me their cleaning process on the kitchen table and in their sink. Dish soap and a small amount of Clorox were mentioned. Pat said one of the reasons she used Clorox was to kill bacteria to help preserve further deterioration of the money. [Smart lady!] Pat never mentioned fabric softener to me. I have no idea where that is coming from now. ! And of course it was Brian himself who provided me with Pat's phone number. She was living in Missouri at the time, as I recall. I asked Pat where they were when the kids found the money and she said: "mid way up from the water in the sand", which I wrote down. I didn't ask her about Crystal's version of the find because I didn't want to complicate the interview. To this day I still consider Pat a gracious intelligent lady, and I told Brian that when I reported back to him following my calls with his mother. I thanked Brian and told him I thought he was lucky to have Pat as his mother. I doubt Brian can contribute anything about the rubber bands. He may have noted them when the adults noticed them and talked to each other, but Brian was eight years old at the time. Forget Brian giving a forensic description of anything!

I honestly have no idea why we’re discussing the US here. The OP’s question was for a list of countries that allow jumping through cloud as we doin Aus / NZ. The US does not allow this sort of jumping so is irrelevant to the conversation.

My father's work tie with ALPA pin. Note the damage caused by the pin to the tie, caused by the second little spike on the back that prevents rotation. The pin was also stuck to the tie, possibly from oxidation. My opinion is the hole in Cooper's tie was caused by such a pin (not necessarily an ALPA pin). [Now that I look, there's actually some adhesive that stuck to the tie. The adhesive that attaches the needle to the tie pin]

Actually there is no cost for FAA paperwork to do the actual jumps. The procedure for a specific jump approval is just tedious and time consuming but, other than the time invested, there is no cost. There was a large, one-time, cost for the approval for flight with door removed, flight testing, and the interior configuration. The term for the airspace involved is actually RVSM, which is Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums, which requires very special digital altimeters, special auto-pilot, and other equipment for flights above 28,000'. As the aircraft is used for nothing but these jumps, and would not be practical for normal jump operations, the cost of operation must be absorbed by a limited number of customers who can afford such jumps. There are many things that are not available to the average person, or skydiver, due to cost and that is why everyone does not own a Ferrari, go to the ISS, and live in mansions. But, there are some that can and do. A private citizen went to the ISS, cost him 28.5 million. An 18 year old went up in Bezos rocket for the 15 minute flight, cost 2.8 million. Virgin Galactic ride to the edge of space sold out 800 slots for $250,000 each, now the ride costs $450,000. Very special things take very special money. Michael Mullins

No. It implied that adding gun laws to existing law would reduce deaths. (And yes, that assumes that they are well written laws, that they address the issue, that they can be enforced etc.) Yes, California has a lot of gun laws - the most in the country.. As a result, their gun death rate is 37% below the national average. New Jersey has the second strongest gun laws, and their gun death rate is 63% below average. Hawaii has the fourth strongest gun laws; their gun death rate is 75% below national average. Let's compare that to states with the most lax gun laws. Arkansas has the most lax laws; their gun death rate is 75% above national average. Wyoming comes in second in lax laws. Their rate is 90% above national average. So there is some evidence that those gun laws can reduce gun deaths. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/comparing-gun-laws-and-gun-related-deaths-across-america/ I agree. This is difficult since republicans explicitly banned that research. They feared the discovery that gun laws work.

Is Brian 100% sure it was fabric softener or has his memory drifted over time? but they only separated few bills on top/bottom of the packets.. The bill Tom examined looks like it was from the middle,, based on condition. Somebody should ask Brian about the rubber bands in detail.. Where exactly were they attached, were they attached to all packets and all sides, when did they fall off.

"Infer" is not a synonym for "imply". You repeatedly confuse them.

IMO, there are two likely scenarios.. Cooper removed the pin/tack and replaced it with the clip for the hijacking because it may have helped ID him.. or.. Cooper got the tie without the pin/tack just prior to the hijacking.

Of course it would have been more economical and faster just to subcontract a stunt crew to do the jump. but I give Hats Off to Cruise for taking the time and expense to do his own jump. It really shows he has pride in his work and believes in what he is doing. It's smart business, 100% adds quality to the product he is selling, and doing it himself, he gets the Ego stroke for a job well done . He demands quality for his Fan base with profit return. It really showed bigtime few years back when Cruise took all the time and money also in doing 'top gun Maverick' with all the elaborate cockpit Imax camera setup for flight effect and flight time for Imax theater release, instead of going CGI . . .

And what exactly does that have to do with fraud and lying? Pro tip - if you have to immediately change the subject when your point is challenged, it probably wasn’t a very good point.

Wake the fuck up.

Not quite the right context, but "as God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly,"