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As a new jumper I think I actually got a lot of help from people on dz.com... maybe because I posted a lot of questions here in the past.

This "news" is literally more than a year old. Brent until you get a job again that isn't trolling these forums, there's really no excuse for letting something like that slip through, you've got more than enough time on your hands to stay up to date.

Apparently someone on my ignore list mentioned my name in respect to my mathematical ability. Ha ha.

As a long-term volunteer for several different clubs It's my experience that you invest a lot more time and effort than you ever get "paid" in recognition. If and when you reach a point where it seems not worth it anymore, it's time to take a step back and/or move on.

Listened to Darren’s podcast with Dr. Robert Edwards..https://thecoopervortex.podbean.com/e/db-cooper-and-flight-305-dr-robert-edwards/ Overall very good, agreed with nearly all of it. Obviously there is more in the book. Some notes, mostly agree, some minor additions. Absolutely, easily survivable jump. Cooper had jump experience, military. Oscillations were felt for most of the trip, the report of oscillations was a rapid increase of needle fluctuation on the gauge which ended with the bump felt in the ears. That bump was simultaneous with the gauge needle at the extreme. Essentially, the bump being simultaneous with an extreme needle oscillation which would have occurred in seconds not minutes. 305 stairs were not locked down. The light was red/amber, red/amber is unlocked. Green is down and locked, no green light noted. Further, the stairs would have been damaged during landing if locked down, the damage was only minor scrapes on the end. The Placard was not inside Norjak. 100% fact. I have a photo. There is no debate, it came from the outside of a passing 727/737. The parachute description came solely from Cossey, he is a proven liar and unreliable. The wind at the LZ was an estimate. Reconstructing the wind drift is valid. The flighpath had a plotting error of 1 mile, it is in the FBI files. In 1973 they discussed recalculating with a 0.5 error using a new method. The common plotted flightpath is generally accurate along v-23 with that 1 mile error consideration. The Dan Cooper magazine was not published in english, but it was published in Mexico in Spanish for Latin America. The French language angle is a red herring. Since Cooper was desribed as Latin/Mexican that becomes more significant. Hahneman worked for the IGY in Latin America which was sponsored by Herge, the Dan Cooper publisher. So there is a connection but I agree the probability is still low, so Darren's comic connection may still be alive, barely. I also have a more likely source for the Dan Cooper name..... NASA. True, the TBAR money most likely came from the River upstream. Although, I did find that the mouth of the Lewis was dredged and dumped above TBAR. One of my theories has the money entering the Willamette.. another the Columbia but the Willamette has a gravel bottom vs the Columbia with a sandy bottom.. if anybody could do an abrasion test for the rounding of the packets that might help. The problem with the FBI/files as data.. there are errors, these are not conclusions but research notes. So, they have a built in error potential.

I know I have issues, that's certain. And I'm already smiling so you win.

The point being that even the D's seem to have their issues. I do not, but perhaps we can rub penis heads and the first one to smile loses. :)

This whole site used to be more active and better in many ways. The shift to FB and other forms of social media easily accessed on small devices has been the main driver of its decline from its peak. I still find it very worthwhile, even though I have not found many of your posts to be helpful. You get what you pay for I guess.

Well, we've kicked it off with villianizing the OP, and by a mod nonetheless. No surprises I guess. Not true. I have poured my heart and soul into communities only to have them trampled and run to the ground by it's members. I have been on BoDs for non-profits that were just hell bent on doing the opposite of their mission statement. So no, you don't always get back what you put in. In a perfect world, maybe. Wish I was wrong... As to the quotes you have of me, well way to cherry pick them with no context of what lead to them. I have also offered positive advice to others, but you don't dare post quotes from those...

As far as I can tell "fuck you" has pretty much become the defining philosophy of the GOP.

I am so tempted to show the math on that, but then figured - what will it accomplish? I mean, he's not going to learn anything from it, and everyone else already understands why that's so wrong.

You started the conversation saying there was no recession. How does something end that never was? I have copied it all before. But like a good Trumpian you will repeat the lie as often as you can.