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There are a whole lot of people paying ZERO attention to politics, Biden's record etc... because they're just trying to make it through the day. Imagine somebody struggling to put food on the table and gas in the tank who is checked out of politics, and they happen to catch a glimpse of Biden on the news bragging about how he's solved all these problems. Any message of the successes of the Dems as of late had to be tempered with a heaping helping of 'we recognize people are still struggling and there's lots left to do'. A "dem. celebration" would have been poorly received. I don't think there was any world in which this would have been a slam dunk dem victory.

It's a verified account, so it must be true. Am I right?

I had a local artist in my town paint this one of mine last year.

Blue skies John.

Anomie has stated pretty clearly this isn't the case This isn't a choice the new owners are entitled to make--the lease comes with the property. What I'm trying to get at is simple: Taking advantage of imperfections not contemplated by either side previously, for the sole purpose of undermining the spirit of the lease, makes you a motherfucker. Agree or disagree?

We can still dream.

Hardly a "private meeting" about abortions. Our conversion happened at the end of a town-hall meeting - still in the hall - with a witness at arms' length. My opinion is the same as the majority of Canadians and even our current prime minister. It was his father: the late Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau who announced "gov't has no role in the bedrooms of the nation." Imagine that, a Liberal advocating small-gov't. Hah! Hah!

What do you need to see? Do you mean to suggest that if the landowners were behaving in an obviously malicious way but might *technically* be within the lease that they are not motherfuckers? I would disagree.

Bill? You’re involved in this? Dang, you get around! Wendy P.

Property owners not honoring the lease are motherfuckers.

Putin has been silent on predictions lately. He has been silent on the capitulation west of the Dnipro. His cheerleaders on RTV of course don't criticize him or the army. Everyone knows that if a hospital window isn't nearby a car crash works as well. Slim awaits instructions from Putin/FOX.

Skydive Spain is predominantly frequented by British and Indian jumpers (two nationalities that are known to put up with hardship and are not known for complaining). I visited after hearing "good things" but was quite unimpressed; I would NOT give it a recommendation or good feedback. They've got some nice airplanes, some air and a credit card machine - not much else. No areas to sit and chill, damn near no shade covering (even though they are in Southern Spain) and the DZ management gives off the vibe that no one is really in charge. If you are either a 1) first time jumper, 2) have only jumped at Skydive Spain or 3) a professional/sponsored Skydive Spain jumper you may a differing viewpoint. If you've seen good dropzones before, don't expect much.

Memory conformity is a menace... Didn't he also at a later point add something to his story about thinking Cooper was suspicious?

Love how mere days later Lynse says he wouldn't be able to recognize the man if he saw him again yet 18 years later he's supposed to when someone shoves a picture in front of his face. Doesn't ring any bells indeed.

Politico: Judge slaps sanctions on Trump lawyers for ‘frivolous’ Clinton lawsuit That's a good start; Now let's have some disbarments.

Skydive DelMarVa in Laurel Delaware closed after decades, issues with the Airport owner, don’t know the details. They moved to Ridgely Maryland where the famous ‘Pelican Skydiver’ used to be. They are now ‘Skydive Chesapeake’ and in a much better arrangement. The only activity on the airport is Skydiving.

Skydivers would like the DZ to be near the city that they live in. But a 2 hour drive is more likely to be where there is enough cheap land and an under used airfield available. Skydiving uses a lot of resources.

I think that as the world gets more crowded, both land-wise and people-wise, people are going to either need to bend over backwards more or just accept that whoever has more power (e.g. landlord over tenant) will win. This is going to be worst in countries that have sprawling suburban housing rather than more urban vertical housing Wendy P.

Skydive Temple did not close. They ceased operations in Salado and moved 30 minutes away to Harker Heights with plans to rebrand as Skydive Skylark. They are open and operating - confirmed minutes ago.

I watched Pitt Meadows shut down a few years ago. Troubles started with a jump-plane crash, followed by a feud with airport management, urban sprawl and NIMBY. Troubles started with a King Air crash in 2008. Since the King Air was the first (circa 2002) turbine airplane based at Pitt Meadows, the DZ had to buy its own Jet A fuel truck. A few years later (circa 2010) the airport bought its own Jet A fuel truck and tried to convince the DZO to buy fuel from them at their rates. The DZO refused. Stop to consider for a moment that small airports' only sources of revenue are fuel sales and tie-down rental. When Pacific Independent Group of skydivers first started jumping near Pitt Meadows (circa 1980), they could not even get permission on land on the airport and instead had to land on farms just to the North of Pitt Meadows Class C airspace. Pitt Meadows is overlaid with Class B airspace as part of standard airliner arrivals at Vancouver International Airport ... the second or third busiest airport in Canada. Eventually, a pushy DZO convinced Transport Canada air traffic controllers that they were safer to land on the airport, near the VOR beacon. Urban sprawl and NIMBY started by limiting skydivers from loud partying in the evenings. We have seen this problem at many other small airports where people bought farms and retired to the quiet countryside, then got annoyed at skydivers partying loud, or loud airplanes, etc. Urban sprawl also saw hundreds of houses built down on the river bottoms near Pitt Meadows Airport. This never made sense from the perspective of climate change or annual spring flooding, but real estate agents eventually convinced Pitt Meadows city council to grant building permits on a flood plain. I have seen spring flood waters rise to within a few feet of the tops of the dykes surroudning Pitt Meadows Airport. Incidentally, PMA is almost at sea level adjacent to the Fraser River. The Agricultural Land Reserve designated PMA as agricultural or aviation ONLY. This did not stop real estate developers from filing innumerable applications for building permits or land-exchanges. Finally, the nature of PMA changed over the years. When I arrived in 1999, PMA was a sleepy gentlemens' flying club sponsored by the city. New PMA management decided to convert the airport into an industrial park similar to Arlington, Washington. Over the years, they buit suburbs and an industrial park closer and closer to PMA. The impending pilot shortage also saw the construction of more flyign schools .. primarily to provide airline pilots for the asian market. After the first DZO left in a snit over fuel prices, a couple of other consortiums kept the DZ going for a few more years, but the last straw was an ATC decision to ban parachuting anytime runway 18/36. Since winds rarely blew from the north this was not an issue in earlier days, but the year that the ban was introduced, winds blew from the north for an unusually large number of days and skydivers often sat on the ground for 3 weeks straight. I have seen similar politics shut down another half-dozen small airports in other provinces and other countries.

Trump is burnt toast. The GOP is probably calling the DOJ begging for an indictment. It clears Trump out of the way for DeSantis without the GOP doing anything. And the spin they will put on it will be a huge fundraising grift for them. Yuge! Biden is wishing for a Trump rematch because he wins easily. Not gonna happen. I’ll make the popcorn for this show.

And on that note, I found the following. Republican Party Platform of 1960 As we emerge out of the midterms, we now have the presidency on the horizon. IMO, a Biden/Trump ticket would mean we as a country have failed to provide the US a leadership path for the next ten years. A Biden/Trump ticket would mean (to me) that we would not be voting for what's right, but what's left. We as a nation can do better than these two.

Either Chris or Dave Rickerby. https://www.dropzone.com/search/?q=rickerby&quick=1 Wendy P.

Hi guys, I want to say "hello". I am a newly licensed skydiver from Germany. I have been dreaming to be a skydiver for way over 10 years now. And this year I made it become true - subscribed for AFF and have my license now. I was already reading a lot in this forum - so I thought it is a good idea to say "hello" :) Cheers

That's a fact. I ran Otters and Caravans at Otay for years and the load sheets tell that exact story. Also, the wind direction is very consistent.

The only issues I have ever had with Seville are (1) they put up a 100/200/500 jump limit fairly sharply which, at times, can limit the jumps for less experienced jumpers (2) the shortened jumping day in mid-summer as you have stated already (3) the concrete hard/sloping landing area. There are plenty of off landing areas, though - especially important when you are last out on a 4 way freefly and the pilot will only do one pass lol. Having said that, I give it 8/10.

I say go to Mesquite. Though I have jumped there at SLV which does give an awesome view of the dam, etc... since you are a low timer you will not be allowed to land where the rest of us do.. At Mesquite you and your friend can go out on the same load and still land near each other