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Well you did get the laser part right - I'm talking about a 120 Watt CO2 laser that I use regularly for work. It will take off wrinkles and pretty much the rest of your face. With long enough exposure, it will punch a hole through you (it's only 120 watts, so will take a minute or so). It will actually make your eyeballs explode too. You see, CO2 has this property that it absorbs energy into its molecular bonds, then re-transmits it in the 10-micron wavelength. This property is useful for cutting through steel, but it's also the exact thing that's causing climate change. Now since the mathematics is too hard even for supercomputers to simulate properly, the exact effect of the energy is hard to predict, but we are effectively pumping Gigawatts, if not Terawatts of extra energy into the atmosphere via CO2. So, shall we arrange a time and date for your "facial"?

I don't think that she said he was especially a fungi to be with.

If engaging with assholes for pleasure make someone gay, I guess I am now.

Speaking of "ignore", everyone does realize there is now an Ignore List feature on here, right?

You're new right? It's called Brent-ercize: left, right, up, down, shake that booty, shake that booty, left, right, up, down, shake that booty, shake that booty. Before you know it you'll have lost 10 pounds of logic.

Probably, that would be best. Your personal sense of right will never let you be quiet if you see a dangerous thing. Obviously, if it's an immediate thing you have to speak up, even at the risk of being wrong. If it's not or if it's being offered more for your ego than anyones benefit and safety then inform staff or the most experienced and current local jumpers you can find. The reality is that after a few, or several, thousand skydives and decades in the sport currency is a different thing. But one or two jumps a year shouldn't be emulated. And, really, even if it's at the same DZ you'd be a transient jumper at best. Sure, just like back in the day, we still have a cutaway handle, a reserve ripcord handle, a reserve and a main and, maybe, an AAD. But it's not all the same, including how we use the things. As I see it, it's not about you or me or any other old timer. Pass the torch and the authority to the ones who are current and there every day. It's their turn to be senior now, give them their due and their turn to earn respect.

Twardo's a kid. He just looks old,

Check with 'Twardo; He might remember it.

So - what you are directing me to do is to learn to better post personal attacks. Gotcha.

I know, I used to be a brick wall too.

1) Oxygen itself does not cut anything. However, if the retransmision of energy through CO2 is correct, (I have no reason to doubt it) then it does when focused. Oxygen, focused or not, does not cut anything. It may oxidize things - and a catalyst may increase the speed, but Oxygen ( to the best of my knowledge does not.) 2) The planet releasing more water vapor - so more energy is trapped and released as heat, as opposed to not being trapped at all. 3) I want tickets

Maybe it’s because it was CNN reporting their own settlement, and describing the whole scene? They also reported, once it became known, what had been missing from earlier stories, giving Mr Sandmann’s actions a fair look overall. ”Deplorables” won’t consider that they might be wrong, and never change the narrative.

That would have been "Where DO you see him". What you wrote was "Where DID you see him".

It's means you're my girlfriend and I'm going to go ahead with an appetizer while you think about it for another 5 fucking hours.

Oh fer god’s sake, someone just please tell me how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

First -sorry for the footnotes here... I can't help but include many lessons learned for the young rigger out there... so they avoid stupid/honest mistakes I've done, seen or heard... I do a few things, none of which seem to cause issues (first priority) and seem to help (secondary consideration): First - when I clean*/lube* the cutaway cables, I then use the same cleaning/lube cloths on the reserve ripcord. Just as with the cutaway cables, the lube should be _thin_ coat... don't soak it. Second - I use the Cypres lube on the loop IACW the mfg instructions. Third - I run the center of my pullup cord* (cypres loop material) through the Cypres lube cloth (to help not remove the lube from the loop as its drawn through, reduces cord-on-loop friction) I do NOT use the Cypres lube or WD50 on the ripcord or cutaway cables as I believe they are too thick and too likely to attract dust. Just my $.02 JW *Lessons Learned/Heard/Observed: - per Booth's recommendation I clean with Ronsonol* Lighter Fluid and lube with Ace Hardware Brand Silicon Spray Lube* - Ransonol brand sells both Lighter Fluid and Multi-Fill Butane Fuel, both useful to those refilling the two (different) types of lighters, but to those of us who rarely use, must let refill lighters... they are different things. You want the yellow squirt bottle. - Silicon Spray Lube is in a can that looks remarkably like the Silicon Spray Adhesive. It is highly recommended that you make sure you know the difference before using... (this told me by a rigger of the highest level who made that very mistake) - Cleaning, and lubing with these items is simple, but can be f-ed up I'm sure... spray some lighter fluid on a clean cloth (paper-towl) and then run the cable through it. Repeat in a different wet part of the towel until you're no longer leading dark streaks on the cloth. Spray a second cloth with the Lube and draw the cable though it once to apply a _thin_ coating along its length. - If you use the Cypres loop material for your pullup cord, finger-trap ~6" additional loop material into the middle of your pullup cord (completely encased, so the middle section is thicker with no ends sticking out). It helps open the loop a bit to get the (temp)pin into the loop. SSK indicated that this is approved (per Cliff at the time). I do recommend shifting toward one end when moving it through the cutter, so that you're not trying to pull the full doubled u-turn through the cutter. - If you find that you are staining ANY part of the rig (flaps, risers, harness, D-bag, canopy) with the lube, STOP!!! You are using WAY TO MUCH!!! Get help from someone who can show you how to do this right.

one thing I have done with my packjobs that has helped quite a bit, is to spread open the center cell of the nose, before I wrap the tail. In theory, and I think in reality also, lol, this helps ensure that the center cell inflates first, and the canopy then pressurizes symmetrically. Give that a shot and see if it helps. Good luck!

Have you had the line trim checked? I'd start there.