MarkFoster

I believe that if I ever met a woman with hair on the eyes (hair/eyes), I'd not find any color combination appealing. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

just "stop imagining"

... have to concur with that. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

mmmm... so many. ... at office (spent so much time, felt like home): sneezed while opening the mensroom door, violently jerked the door back and hit my forehead, partially knocked myself out, hit floor, bruised tailbone, left door-edge shaped crease down middle of forehead, went back to office, answered ringing phone, still dizzy, sat down to talk, missed chair, bruised tailbone again. ... unfortunately true story with witnesses. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

Hey Scooter! How are you doing? Did you guys go back to Perris or stay in Baldwin? ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

......... guess your life's been different than mine...sorry about that. I've been fortunate in having real bad & real good and appreciate the contrasts of both. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

Hi Bill... hope you and the family are doing well and I hope you have a great Holiday. I get sucked in most weird things... natural tendency I suppose. The avatar is a photo Wagar took from the helicopter two summers ago... so I use it as a memorial sorta thing. Mark ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

Subject: LOVE A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined: "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca- age 8 "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4 "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age 5 "Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6 "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4 "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7 "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss" Emily - age 8 "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7 "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," Nikka - age 6 "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7 "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6 "During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." Cindy - age 8 "My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6 "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine-age 5 "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7 "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4 "I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren - age 4 "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7 "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6 "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." Jessica - age 8 "Candles." Naia - age 3 ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

thanks DQ... my avatar's from a photo Eric took... good memories. take care. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

Jumped a few days early November 2005. The rolling hills and lake scenery surrounding the dropzone are outstanding. Good landing area and being expanded. Lots of freeflyers of all experience ranges. Friendly culture. Would like to have seen something in food or coffee service (even a machine would be nice)... but a minor quibble... just for the sake of quibbling. Also, observed very professional instruction taking place and a lot of instructors... seems like it would be a great place for students. ... hope very much to make it back.

2003 Jim Barry The Lodge Hill Shiraz 2002 Luna Sangiovese 2002 Firestone Santa Ynez Syrah 2002 Baileyana Firepeak Vineyard Pinot Noir 2002 Sincerity Merlot/Cabernet Ste. Michelle & Liberty School cabs most years are pretty good as well, though not as good as the above ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

-------------------------- ... screwed up on the cross-post... i'm desperately trying to figure out how to filter myself out, but looks like i'm stuck with me. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

It never fails to baffle me…. Why do so many worry about what others read, watch, do, like or believe? You can always not read it, not watch it, not do it, not like it or not believe it… but why insist others do the same? This is really confusing. ps. what do jump numbers have to do with this forum? One with a stated theme of “non-skydiving” discussions...one that has evidently evolved to a place for adrenalin junky (type A-Z) personalities to vent, babble incoherently, postulate, pontificate, hit on each other and plot takeover of undefended small island nations. A gazillion studies support the position that doses of escapism are healthy (unless it’s out the door at 13k with no rig). ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

It never fails to baffle me…. Why do so many worry about what others read, watch, do, like or believe? You can always not read it, not watch it, not do it, not like it or not believe it… but why insist others do the same? This is really confusing. ps. what do jump numbers have to do with this forum? One with a stated theme of “non-skydiving” discussions...one that has evidently evolved to a place for adrenalin junky (type A-Z) personalities to vent, babble incoherently, postulate, pontificate, hit on each other and plot takeover of undefended small island nations. A gazillion studies support the position that doses of escapism are healthy (unless it’s out the door at 13k with no rig). ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

mmm… … walking in on your wife cheating on her boyfriend with your girlfriend while they’re being nasty watching re-runs of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood… and the embarrassing part is that you walk in holding hands with your girlfriends husband. ...geez, I need more sleep. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

billvon & Jsaxton... thanks for the info. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

Have a meeting in San Diego on Monday, so thinking about jumping out there Sat/Sun. Any comments or recommendations about the dropzone from locals? ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

A woman at my office sent this to me.... wonder if she's trying to tell me something... especially #1. (if this has been posted before here, apologies) 1. Okay! Okay! I take it back… unfuck you. 2. You say I'm a bitch like it's a bad thing. 3. Well this day was a total waste of makeup. 4. Well, aren't we a damn ray of sunshine? 5. Don't bother me. I'm living happily ever after. 6. Do I look like a people person? 7. This isn't an office. It's hell with fluorescent lighting. 8. I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left. 9. Therapy is expensive. Popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose. 10. Why don't you try practicing random acts of intelligence and senseless acts of self-control? 11. I'm not crazy. I've been in a very bad mood for 30 years. 12. Sarcasm is just one more service I offer. 13. Do they ever shut up on your planet? 14. I'm not your type. I'm not inflatable. 15. Stress is what you have when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't gone to sleep yet. 16. Back off! You're standing in my aura. 17. Don't worry… I forgot your name too. 18. I work 45 hours a week to be this poor. 19. Not all men are annoying. Some are dead. 20. Wait...I'm trying to imagine you with a personality. 21. Chaos, panic and disorder...my work here is done. 22. Ambivalent? Well, yes and no. 23. You look like shit. Is that the style now? 24. Earth is full. Go home. 25. Aww… did I step on your little itty bitty ego? 26. I'm not tense, just terribly, terribly alert. 27. A hard-on doesn't count as personal growth. 28. You are depriving some village of an idiot 29. If assholes could fly, this place would be an airport. 30. Look in my eyes...do you see one ounce of gives-a-shit? ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

I have a friend in Florida who changed careers to become a NP and is very happy the the choice. I can get her email for you if you'd like to communicate with her directly. PM me if that's an interest. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

....well, after the sewers backed up... it did. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

Having friends and relatives that are or have been teachers and some life experiences, I have a few observations (opinions?)... 1. It is difficult getting four or five adults to focus during a meeting. How much more difficult do you think it might be to educate twenty children for an enitire day, week, year? We overcrowd our classrooms then complain when teachers aren't babysitters as well as educators as well as surrogate parents as well as psychologists as well as administrators and on and on... 2. We spend $100 million for one B2 bomber. When was the last time we spent that much on a school? 3. How many times do people vote down education bonds, yet fund beer, cigarettes and lottery tickets at a cost ten times that of the bond per person? 4. I don't know how a teacher can overcome the parental and peer influences... or in many cases apathy, again considering the lack of time for one-on-one guidance... guidance lacking from many parents. I don't think the issue is the students or the teachers. I think the issue continues to be the parents who don't support education and don't nurture their children. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

... doesn't that nose hair block your vision? ... sure looks unsafe. ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

What kind of place do you live in? For money? ----------------------------------- ... its a bat infested, flea infested place, where strangers with issues keep using my bathroom. ... not for money... to clean out the alligators ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

1. After a particularly bad landing (aircraft), and my admission of it in the pilot's lounge, another pilot said "well at least you recognized your mistake". I responded "Well, I'm not as dumb as I look" and his reply to that was "I didn't think you could be". 2. Back in my long-haired rock band days, a drunk came up at a club and stated "You play purty good for a chick". When I told him I wasn't a "chick", his response was "Well if you was a chick, you'd play purty good". ------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone

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