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    You know I have never jumped on the "bash the whuffos" bandwagon because I can understand the dumb questions (I was one once), and I even politely accept the "perfectly good airplane" line in good grace.

    But when someone has not done something themselves, to stand there and argue endlessly with someone who has is beyond me. It has happened numerous times.



    I spent a season jumping at Coldwater MI when it was run by a DZO named JJ Johnson. They had an annual demo at a location near a large Amish community who would turn out to see it. JJ told me that of all the whuffo questions he ever entertained, the Amish asked the most intelligent ones.:D:D:D
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    The guy I was talking to was adamant that skydivers did it all the time because there were "thermals" at altitude and they could stay in the sky indefinitely without openning their chutes.



    Yeah, it's called "orbit".:S
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    you guys are all wanna-be's, i've seen it on the movie dropzone, they had conversations going on inbetween them all.. you're all trolls! :P



    Yeah, and in the tunnel, and sitting on the tailgate of a Skyvan climbing to altitude.:S
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    In one case a guy argued with me indefinitely about how skydivers catch "thermals" and can stay floating (chute not yet open) for indefinite periods of time. Despite his having never jumped he argued with me forever insisting that jumpers do it all the time.



    I heard of one case of a small girl on a 300' canopy in AZ that got caught in a thermal and had a 45 minute ride.

    And if you want to include a high-altitude ejection into a thunderstorm, Google for "The Man Who Rode the Thunder".
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    an infantry force that engages the enemy,

    If gay marriage is outlawed, how can gay troops engage the enemy?


    "I'm all for gay marriage; If we have to get married, then they have to get married; They've been getting a free ride way too long!"

    -- Tom Arnold on "The Tonight Show"

    :D
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    b) A bunch of thugs and killers who like what they are doing?





    Would the above not also have applied to, say, the Waffen SS?



    Just another example of "it's been done", however I was thinking in terms of an infantry force that engages the enemy, as opposed to a military-police-intelligence force that terrorizes it's own people.
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    I remember thinking when companies like kozmo.com were around "this isn't going to last." But damned if I wasn't going to ride that gravy train as long as I could. "So you're saying that you'll bring me a pint of Ben & Jerry's ... and nothing else ... and it'll cost the same as if I went over to the 7-11 myself to get it?" B|



    This explains the business plan:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8nU-q5YPRQ

    :ph34r:
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    Dude, the web is so bleeding edge we don't even NEED profits anymore. :D



    In the late '90's "Wired" magazine ran a lengthy article by some ivory-tower intellectual explaining how all the rules had changed, and business success no longer depended on profits, blah, blah, blah. I read it, and when I was done my eyeballs were spinning and my head hurt. I decided that either:
    a) I was too dense to understand.
    b) I had just read the printed counterpart to masturbation.

    Never really decided which was true...until about 2001. :ph34r:
    Damn, I wish I still had a copy of that article!:D:D:D
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    You can do almost anything if you throw enough money at it.

    That said . . . I can immediately think of one instance where this mod would be a death sentence . . . car driven into water.



    I'm not sure I follow your reasoning.

    In general, you can't open the doors of a submerged car, so you need to crank down the windows. But if they are electric, you must break them. So how is this different?
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    Turning things on their head a nit .... Maybe ONLY gays should be in the army, so that the population of the country is not adversely affected (old Greek idea, I think).



    I've always thought the Foreign Legion was one of the best ideas the French ever had. A purely voluntary professional force composed of people from anywhere and everywhere, with undisclosed backgrounds.

    The movie "The Dirty Dozen" also had an idea with merit. If you are the enemy, would you prefer to fight:
    a) A bunch of scared draftees who would rather be in college?
    b) A bunch of thugs and killers who like what they are doing?

    :ph34r:
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    This leads me to believe there would also be a problem with non-christians serving in the military. If I go by some of the staunch conservatives on this board, they aren't overly comfortable with mexicans either, so should they serve? What if it isn't completely clear if their whole family is legally in the US? Wouldn't there be some bonding issues too?



    I like your argument!
    To broaden the scope, the whole no-gays-in-the-military argument is that it makes bigots uncomfortable, so the rule was set in place for the benefit of the bigots.
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    I always wondered why it is the guys from the Academy come to Longmont and jump.



    I asked that same question, back when Calhan was still a fully-functioning DZ. The answer I got at the time was that there were always staff from the Academy around Calhan to keep an eye on them, so they would come up to MHS where they could get a breath of fresh air w/o the scrutiny.

    Then one of the Academy staff became part of the MHS staff on the weekends...:ph34r:
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    JUst one question: WTF are u doing watching Murphy Brown? :$



    That was a good show!
    I quoted that line from memory. I haven't seen it since it ran in the '90's.
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    Her hotness smote him? :)



    No, he got PhreeZoned, just a few minutes before AggieDave also got PhreeZoned.[:/]
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    >>>>>>>>>high standards of morale,

    I wasn't in that branch [:/]

    >>>>>>>>>servicemember

    Well, if they'd stop using this kind of language it would be a start :o



    I always thought the worst was the Navy calling its enlisted men "seamen".B|
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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    This Sunday night 60 Minutes will have a special report of DADT featuring an Army Sergeant serving in Kuwait. This sergeant is highly decorated and is in a critical medical field and is serving openly with the blessing of his command.

    Chris



    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/13/60minutes/main3615278.shtml?123

    Sounds like:

    "Don't ask; Don't tell."

    "I'm telling; I'm gay!"

    "No you're not!"
    "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.