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Right on, Brother, I also like where the economy is right now, it's just where I think it's going and why that irritates me. I was good with the Paris Accords for two reasons: I do think CO2 is an issue and I think it pays dividends in many ways to hang with friends who trust you and stand by you. China, well, they needed a good swift kick in the nuts for a lot of reasons and maybe tariffs were the right play. But China only plays the long game and considering they are on track to own the world in a few hundred years, or less, I might have tried to be sure there was a win for the USA in there somewhere. With President Dipsy Doodle I'm seeing long term losses only. But even if I liked his policies, and while he's put money in my pocket I do not, I like to think I am honest and true enough to hate him and want him gone if he turned out to be a lying, corrupt, self dealing, miserable ass who denigrated the office of the Presidency and eroded our power, standing and influence in the world. That the self styled patriots in this forum fall short of that conclusion is, to my mind, a sad commentary.

and this "So far, not charges have been filed. Police said this is an ongoing investigation." is what we see over and over. We have laws to keep guns out of the hands of children. I think people that let this happen should be charged and prosecuted.

I am more and more hmm... I don't know if the right word is surprised or appalled that more people are not jumping off of that bandwagon. If you have to excuse our president's behavior by saying he is trolling maybe you have different ideas on how a president should act. I like where the economy is right now. I do not think we should have been all in on the Paris accord. I do think we needed to do something to even out our trade with China so maybe tariffs are the way to do it. But how do you separate the policies from the man? A president should not be tweeting stupid shit for all the world to see. He shouldn't be trying to defend his actions by saying "but look what the other guy did". He should not be having verbal wars with fucking b list celebrities. Just embarrassing.

OJ was found not guilty too.

You hit it on the nose Joe. Those are accurate and legit scenarios I have seen. My dad was a jumper in the 70's into the late 80's and was a static line instructor for the last 8 years in the sport. So it did burn him out. The other side of that is some of the people he jumped with are still in the sport and now I jump with some of them, and they are in their 60's and 70's. Bud Lewis jumped in to his late 70's (79) to be exact. Pat Moorehead made 80 jumps in a little over 8 hours in one day for his 80th birthday and that was in 2015 if memory serves me right( I was part of the ground crew/support) and he still jumps, and packs for himself. He started back in the 60's. His wife also still jumps. So it is up to the individual to find ways to keep it interesting.

Some people don't finish AFF. Some people never get their license. Some people get their license and drift away soon after. Some people jump for a year or two and then disappear. Some do it until they decide to become 'responsible' and quit. That may be their own decision or they may have 'help' with it. Some jump until they realize how much time & money it takes to stay current and reasonably safe, or to progress beyond 'sorta good'. Some jump until they get hurt, or see someone they know get hurt or killed. The danger isn't 'real' until then. So they quit. Some become Tandem Instructors (or packers or even DZOs), then get burned out by the grind. Of course, some of us keep on despite all of the above and refuse to quit.

I am always surprised how fast time goes by when one is having fun lol.. I didn’t mean to go this long without an update, so I will bring everyone up to speed. My team and I have been focused on the military AADs (Static Line and Manned Free Fall) fine tuning the hardware and firing algorithms, and I am pleased with how each AAD is turning out. I am trying to be mindful of the workload, as I do not want to burn my team out, so the evolvement has been slower but steady. Now that my confidence in the military AADs is high, I will be turning my attention to the Sport AAD hardware and firing algorithms. It was my initial intention that the military and sport hardware would be the same, but the features that the military is asking for require hardware and software that is not of value to the sport market, and in an effort to keep the cost of the sport AAD down and reduce power consumption, dedicated sport AAD hardware is needed. Fortunately, the changes are mostly elimination of components, such as the BLE, and changing out the 32MB Micro SD-card with smaller but less power hunger onboard memory, so the revision design effort will not be bad. It just takes time to make the changes and have them reviewed, update based on the results of the review, resubmit for design review, yada yada.. Very important process, but can take some time. I also have been making some changes to little things from a “fit and finish/feel/perception” perspective. So far the changes have increased quality feel and performance while reducing the cost. Details are important to me and I am glad we are taking our time to get it right. After taking with many jumpers of varying backgrounds, it is very apparent that the skydiving industry is not ready to embrace some of the things that I wanted to carry over from the automotive industry, mainly the remote monitoring of the AAD self test results. Infrastructure challenges aside, jumpers are just not ready for that, so I am shelving that feature for the sport AAD. One positive side to doing that is I can eliminate the BLE circuitry and code; however there will still be a Micro USB connector in the interface. As if all that is not enough, I am also looking at different business models in an effort to identify which ones make the most business sense as we come closer to going to market. There are a lot of moving parts and the right strategic partner can increase the success dramatically. I keep telling myself “if this was easy everyone would be doing it” lol..

Glad to hear they got that part then.

Yet no restitution??

And people wonder why whistleblowers should be protected. Wendy P.

The Navy leaders who handled the standard review process paid a heavier price than did the war criminal.

His entire team testified against him, saying he DID in fact murder 3 people. That was the team he threatened to kill, for telling the truth. His buddy took the fall for him. Those are the facts.

This is what happened to me. Not so much the money but I began to struggle with finding the time to stay as current as I felt I needed to. Life got in the way so the smart thing to do in my opinion was to hit pause for a while. I plan to get back in the air when i retire in 5 years and have more time to dedicate to the safety aspect of the sport.

Couldn't happen to a nicer person, unless it happened to Trump. (Last comment added so I don't get haphazardly banned for being on the wrong team)

Trump continues to attack the military Cadet bone spurs is ruining the entire nation. He's simply giving us to Mother Russia. Why isn't anyone even the least bit bothered by this insanity?

Gaddafi had style. Other than the tacky gold leaf he adores, Trump does not. Truly amazing that, for all his wealth, he has no class but low class in his mind and behavior.

As per Sheridan being Cooper, it is hard for me to get past him being bald with blue eyes.

It's a different journey for every different person. Enjoy yours.

Bama was 8-0 before Trump’s visit and 2-2 since. Geaux Tigers!

Ignoring Putin's threat of nuclear weapons surrounding the US would tell me you could be colorblind. Pull your head out, pay attention, research the details and refuse the news at face value. If you can't see it at that point, there is no hope. #ThanksObiWan

Reach around request?

50% of internet posts are incorrect. Some of them are even posted here.

I’ve heard the question several times about why he’s not distancing himself from Rudy Colludy. It’s pretty clear to me that he simply can’t. Rudy undoubtedly has the kompromat to put Trump away for a long, long time.

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