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Just as we in the U.S. know how things work abroad: Blame the rich, arrogant, conceited and rude Americans for everything that plagues your country, then attack it with terrorism.
Hm, sort of defensive answer. I have no idea how you linked my comment together with foreigners blaming the US for what you mentioned, but I suppose there is a tenous link somewhere.
My point, which I made in a rather indirect way, was that the world isn't black and white. Your generalization is too broad to be useful; however, if your assertion is that people with more of a lefty political attitude are more prone to frivolous suits than others, it's certainly interesting.
Do you have any data to support it, or is it more an anecdotal thing, based on your own life experiences?
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I do think they'd have better things to do than hook the earths atmosphere, drop down over small towns, only to be seen by isolated people.
Unless they're pranksters. I like Douglas Adams' explanation of UFO's :)
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Republicans never make frivolous suits. Their internal gasses, once leaving their intestines, have the scent of freshly picked roses.
I am beginning to get the hang of how things work in the US, no?
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Sometimes truth is a soothing thing, no?
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QuoteQuotebut I think we carry some of that evolutionary drive with us still.
That evolutionary drive has been built into us over millions of years. I can see the point about the male species wanting to spread his genes as far and wide as possible. But would you also say that for female, she would seek out a man that is stable, well to do and willing to stick around to raise the child. It seems like almost two conflicting points of view: one wants to spread his genes around, the other wants him to stay.
Your post got me thinking. Now I dont know wether marriage is unnatural or cheating is natural. Agh, TGIF.
Nah, the woman holds the good cards here; she'll just have some handsome daredevil deposit his seeds, and then hook up with a caretaker, convincing the latter that the offspring is either his or that it's a good idea to take care of it.
Best of both worlds. And this stuff happens all the time in "the real world".
Anyway, relationships are for dependent people.. They get what they deserve.
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Man, that'd been me if I only lived in the US....
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QuoteBut people, please, tattoos seem to be the new ear-piercing, but it's a hellofa lot more serious a commitment, and I think people are so caught up in the major fad-ness of it that they turn off their brains when deciding what to get, or if.
Sorry, I can't help with suggestions about cover-ups. I just felt like venting about the hyper-popularity of tattoos.
Heh, I keep seeing this image in front of me of todays younngster in the future. There they are at the old folks home with some brat washing 'em. The very cool-looking-back-in-the-times-above-the-ass-tribal-tattoo is now a wrinkled, speckled piece of previous art. The caretaker will have a serious case of "dude, I'm so not turned on by that, you mighta been a sexy thing in the past, but for chrissakes, we got ectoplasmic neurostemcells for that kinda mistake now" look on his face
Tattoos are cool enough, but I gotta say I also have issues with the mass produced "popular right now" ones. Have a few acquaintances with those and every time they see an old timer wearing a what-was-popular-back-then tattoo, they make negative derogatory comments about it. I laugh internally because of the oh so sweet irony of their statements
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QuoteWrong. For example in PA you are charged with statutory sexual assault if you have sex with someone under 16 and you are more than 4 years older than them.
I stand corrected. However. The younger person will have the same degree of understanding and be ale to give the "same amount" of consent, whether he/she sleeps with a 15 year old or a 19 year old. Arbitrary definitions, again. Where'd the 4 years come from? No such law where I live.QuoteIt is to protect children, who are children by definition not arbitrarily, from predatory adults.
The definition of what constitutes a child is VERY arbitrary, and has shifted a lot in western culture - not to mention the huge differences between cultures. Not that many years ago, someone aged 14 was considered not a child, but a young woman/man. In many cultures today, people that young are wed away.
I'm not defending sickos right to go after young ones - my argument is about the definiton of "child".QuoteI don't think it's that hard to determine that when a 20 year old has sex with a 15 year old, the 20 year old is much better aware of the consequences and risks of that encounter than the 15 year old is.
Aye, but see my point above. If the 15 year old has sex with another 15 year old, her awareness won't be higher.QuoteThere is no difference. If you're 17 bang your 16 year old gf all you want.
There clearly is, since I can go to bed with any 15 year old I want, without being labelled a pedophile. You can't. Is this good or bad? I dunno, and it's irrelevant to my point. And to my life, since I really really find teenagers annoying.
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I give the GOGOGO idiots a three seconds smile, followed by an extra check of the spot if they start their antics on me. 6 months ago, it was different, because I was even greener than I am now and didn't fully understand the math behind exit separation. I definitely agree with your sentiment.
It's harder to do another pass if you've impacted with someone than it is to do the same when the dudes in front of you took too long.
Been taught that every group is responsible for their own spot - don't like it? Go around. If people consistently are taking too long in the door, get some video, show the load organizer.
But I'd be very hesitant to decrease exit separation because some guys in the back don't wanna risk having to ask for another pass. If they want to take greater risks - fine - just don't expose me to 'em.
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Quoterape = forcing someone to have sex against their will
A child, a mentally disabled person, an intoxicated person, etc. cannot legally form the will to consent because of an impariment. Therefore, it is rape.
Heh, except what constitutes a child is defined in an arbitrary manner.
In Denmark the age of consent is 15. I had a girlfriend when I was 16 who was a year younger than me. In most US states I'd be a sex offender for having sex with her.
It's pretty hard to say when a person has the mental capacity to give consent or not to. So we have arbitrary lines. We just gotta remember that they are just that - arbitrary lines.
Not advocating anything here - just pointing out the differences in conclusions in different cultures.
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Heh I just jumped with Tim Straus when I was in Russia. He left, Juan Carlos came, did a few with him too.
The coaching helped a *lot*.
If you meet Tim, tell 'im he's a fucking asshole
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Spending more than you earn is a problem, that's for sure. But if what you spend is about equal to what you earn, there's nothing inherently wrong with that.
Being too worried about money isn't good either. There's no guarantee that one will live long enough to enjoy saved up pension money or what have you.
We all have our own unique life situations.Me, I got no kids, no gf, no house, no car. Not even a driver's license. Pay my taxes and through 'em got full health coverage that'll take care of all medical attention should it be needed. Have no aspirations towards owning a home, because boring/sad/happy is the same feeling wherever I am. In a way I see material stuff as sorta distracting - if I had it all, I *know* I'd worry about losing it. No such worries now
Others have family to take care of. Some are into the status aspect of money. And some just like the feeling of having lots of 'em.
We all have different priorities, I gather. Money isn't a big one of mine, and I live a very modest life and am comfortable with getting by on very little. Skydiving is by far the thing I spend most money on, and it's also the thing that motivates me to work so I have a bit more than what I need for basic necessities.
Guess my whole point is that one shouldn't worry so much about the future that one forgets the present, OR the other way around. Feel kinda defensive about this issue as people constantly are pressuring me to "build a life" "do the adult thing" and all the other clichés.
You think it's an irresponsible or naieve/stupid way to live, Ron? Honest question, no sarcasm intended.
Not too big on saving money. Would suck to die with a million dollar on your bank account.
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There are so much threads about separation in this forum... However, these are my calculations: you make a 1 sec pause before jumping out, then you hang out of the helicopter (3 sec), say 'Ready-Set-Go!' (2 sec) and jump out. That gives you 6 seconds. Or, 250 meters of separation. Isn't it enough for a 2-way or 3-way?
Maybe a bit of miscommunication. When I say "exit separation", I mean the time between the one groups exits and the next - setup and fumbling around is included.
The GOGOGO idiots started 3 seconds after one group had exited. We're checking line of flight and the other group that just jumped out.
3-4 secs is far too little here. 6 seconds is ok, but ideally it should be a bit more if there's a mixed exit order. IMHO.QuoteAnd there IS a pattern you should concern! There is a rule: you must make you approach from the field! That means, if the arrow shows you it's LEFT side, you should do a LEFT approach. If you come from the field see RIGHT arrow side, make RIGHT approach! It's that easy. I'll try to make an ASCII picture
Which is the exact same pattern I described in a previous post. But thanks for briefing me again. Now that I'm in Denmark. Yeah. That'll help
The issue I have with this approach is when the wind is coming from the buildings towards the field. When this happens, people will be on a collision course on base leg - the people coming from the left heading toward the field, the people from the right as well. If someone's setting up a hook turn and is a bit inattentive, things can get interesting.QuoteDrink some more and you will understand
I tried.
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1: Pull at the height YOU are comfortable with.
Might work fine at some DZs, but keep in mind that some DZs have rules about not pulling high. At busy DZs, doing so can be dangerous for you and the groups coming after you.Quote4: Find out what height others are pulling at & let them know what height you are pulling at.
Doesn't work in, say, Russia. Unless you speak Russian. Fortunately, such places tend to have an intervall during which you must deploy your main.
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By the way, what about Slovenia? Do you remember that funny talking about the best slovenian chicks?
Hey! What about Slovenia?? Were you and Claus dissing our girls without us knowing? Or were me or George in on it as well?
You were definitely in, but probably too drunk to remember. We weren't so much dissing them as praising their...physical attributes. Or rather a subset of their physical attributes. I refer to the...ummm...ARTWORK we created that was destroyed if you want to know what subsets
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Yeah, you mean DZO (Roman) Well, you may try to restrict him from doing weird things
Heh, I think that'd be a rather futile task.
I was more thinking of some of the jumpers. The ones that were there during the week as well as the weekend were good, but some of the ones that came during weekends did some stupid shit. Dunno their names (you're all Vasiliy's, Ivan's, Olga's to me) though. Quote
Freefliers exits are too slow. Mi-8 takes up to 26 people onboard and flies with 100 km/h speed. If you wait 3-4 seconds, it is enough to separate from other 2-way freefly formation. If you wait more, people after you is going to land somewhere far from airfield...QuoteThe "GOGOGOGOGO" idiots I really hated.
I disagree with you here. I'm gonna put up a scenario in the Safety And Training forum when I have some more time, so it can be discussed - I might very well be wrong, and if I am, I wanna know.QuoteAfter we had out packing tent broken for the third time
, DZO decided nobody will fly above the buildings. Do you want to land safe? Land 100 meters away from the tent, closer to the windsock! It will take 1 minute to get to the tent and you will make S&TA happy
Heh. Well, it's not about landing close. It's about people on the sidewind (what's the English name?) leg heading collision course towards each other, with one doing a left hand pattern and the other doing a right. There was no real order in the pattern that I could discern, other than "watch out for the spiralling shitheads" . Fortunately, most were conservative and it was quite OK, but it's unnerving when you have to brake hard because someone spirals down right in front of you and then turns, oblivious to your presence, to a collision course. QuoteQuoteI got two yellow cards while I was there
Man, you scares me! I got one warning in winter (for a 180 approach, they are restricted at Aerograd)
Heh did ya read what I got 'em for? First one: landing according to the windsocket, right next to the windsocket, on a windy day when the arrow appeared stuck on something. Second: straight in all the way after a bad spot; just shy of the beerline. I think had I been a Russia speaker, Roman wouldda talked to me, told me what I did wrong and not bothered with the card, but since he doesn't speak English, his easiest course to show me that I had erred was to show me the yellow (which is really ORANGE) card. .
ROFL, not only me then. He drinks like a bloody monster too. He might be a tough asshole when he's working, but he's very enjoyable to drink with, even though I don't understand shit of what he's saying .
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Last weekend I found out interesting thing. Foreign jumpers at the Kolomna... are the MOST UNSAFE there! Every day I heard S&TA screaming 'WHAT THE #### ARE YOU DOING THERE!!!' on some 'skygods' breaking all landing patterns, landing across the windblades, doing the most stupid things I've ever seen there.
Heh, you know I love the Kolomna DZ DancinFlames, but I gotta say that you have some regulars there that are just as bad as the foreigners.
The "GOGOGOGOGO" idiots I really hated. They're in place at just about any DZ, so I wouldn't say this is a Kolomna only problem. I'd turn around and smile, taking an extra two seconds every time those arseholes started their crap. Can't control the group after me, but I can control the separation between me and the group before me. Spot too long? Go around - I ain't gonna increase the risk of dropping down onto someone because someone think I'm too slow out the door (3-4 secs is not enough from the MI-8, no matter what some skygods think).
We had a discussion about pulling low - some of the Danish dudes did it to get increased vertical separation - knowing full well that vertical separation is error prone and doesn't work that well. After a few close calls, some thought the extra risk of going a little lower actually decreased the total risk due to a lower chance of a freefall collision. After you see a dude or two go swooshing by in freefall as you sit under your canopy just below a cloud, you sorta start to think along those lines.
In this respect, Russians were as much to blame as foreign skydivers. I *really* hated the GOGOGOGOGo assholes.
Load organizing was confusing, with an occasional mixed load - freefliers, then belly jumpers, then freefliers. Probably a communications problem though, as the load organizers didn't speak much English. Took me three days to figure it out (by then I'd picked up enough Russian to catch his meaning). Usually there was an experienced Russian on the load making sure everyone exited in the correct order, which helped greatly. But load organizing is very confusing to a foreigner initially, since the first to go out to the planes are the last out and the load organizers don't speak English. You sorta have to look over your shoulder to see who you're going into the plane after. Or if it's the helicopter, you gotta check the group who went out ahead of you.
We were briefed on the landing pattern, and it was basically ("if you come in from the left, do a left hand turn, from the right, do a right hand turn. Don't come in over the buildings. Don't land in the instructor/tandem area". I'd have liked a left or right hand approach better, and perhaps some kind of stack order, but the former may be hard to enforce due to the "no one over the buildings" rule, which is quite sensible.
The spiralling down the pattern assholes cut us off a number of times. I had arguments with both Russians (Victoria the video-woman flies like Russian cab-drivers drive - aggressively, squeezing in if there's a chance they'll fit) and foreigners over this, so I don't think foreigners are solely to blame for this issue. I guess there are stupid foreigners just as there are stupid Russians.
I got two yellow cards while I was there - one when I landed as the last man, out by the windoscket, where I was told I could land into the wind instead of following the red arrow, and one for landing outside the beer line area after a bad spot (straight in approach all the way)
These are the only issues I have with Kolomna - other than this it's a kickass place. Great people, great coaches, great women-packing-in-bikinisvery well organized, very quick to respond to cutaways and out-landings (they'd even use the MI-8 to pick people up/find cutaway canopies/freebags!). The staff know how to do their job.
Who pulls low? German skydivers... they pull at 2500 feet!
It is a rule in Kolomna: pull at 1000 meters (3100ft) or a bit higher, - it means, at 800 meters (2500 feet) you MUST be under your fully inflated canopy!
Yeah, but they're GERMANS. They're supposed to be clueless. Seriously though, they did go low on every jump, the lot of 'em. "Ah, there are the Germans", we used to say when we saw a group of low-pullers.
Another rule: follow the landing pattern! as big red arrow points! DO NOT look on the windsock, do not break landings of you teammates !
Yeah; I was kinda surprised that a lot (and DancingFlames is right on this one) foreigners couldn't understand this simple rule. Maybe we're too used to going by the windsocket from the jumps at home? Anyway, having some stupid arse German dude with a ponytail coming at you on a collision course 90 degre to your left is NO fun. At least he got a yellow card.
Who breaks all the rules? Right, foreign jumpers. I can't understand, WHY? Is it too difficult to follow those simple rules? There are so much talks about safety on this forum! Sorry for my rude words, just can't hold my tongue where it should be
Just gotta say; I saw Russians breaking the rules too. Not as frequently (except the local skygods who couldn't get a yellow card for anything; low "hooks" on toggles cutting off people ought to warrant a yellow card), but they did it too. There are dangerous Russian skydivers just as there are dangerous foreign skydivers.
This summer our S&TA made two cards: yellow and red. Before, there were no need in them.
Now, there is. Yellow card means that jumper will be grounded for some time. Red card means that jumper will be grounded for this day and possibly for some more day.
Heheh, almost after every jump, I'd be looking at Roman (think that was his name) with a "wtf did I do wrong THIS time?" look on my face. He'd smile evilly at me every time. He's a cool dude, even though my sister got 5 yellow cards (we only figured out what two of 'em were for).
Perhaps the higher frequency of foreign rule-breakers can be explained by miscommunication during the briefings? When there's no English speaking person around, explaining the rules can be kinda confusing.
Looking forward to next year. How about you stop doing that silly 40 man bigway RW stuff and come with me for a few freefly jumps? "Oh there's DancingFlames, wonder if he'll jump with me? No? Busy doing big ways? This weekend too? Umm, ok. Asshole.".
The 40 way looked cool dude.
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Heh, you know I love the Kolomna DZ DancinFlames, but I gotta say that you have some regulars there that are just as bad as the foreigners.
The "GOGOGOGOGO" idiots I really hated. They're in place at just about any DZ, so I wouldn't say this is a Kolomna only problem. I'd turn around and smile, taking an extra two seconds every time those arseholes started their crap. Can't control the group after me, but I can control the separation between me and the group before me. Spot too long? Go around - I ain't gonna increase the risk of dropping down onto someone because someone think I'm too slow out the door (3-4 secs is not enough from the MI-8, no matter what some skygods think).
We had a discussion about pulling low - some of the Danish dudes did it to get increased vertical separation - knowing full well that vertical separation is error prone and doesn't work that well. After a few close calls, some thought the extra risk of going a little lower actually decreased the total risk due to a lower chance of a freefall collision. After you see a dude or two go swooshing by in freefall as you sit under your canopy just below a cloud, you sorta start to think along those lines.
In this respect, Russians were as much to blame as foreign skydivers. I *really* hated the GOGOGOGOGo assholes.
Load organizing was confusing, with an occasional mixed load - freefliers, then belly jumpers, then freefliers. Probably a communications problem though, as the load organizers didn't speak much English. Took me three days to figure it out (by then I'd picked up enough Russian to catch his meaning). Usually there was an experienced Russian on the load making sure everyone exited in the correct order, which helped greatly. But load organizing is very confusing to a foreigner initially, since the first to go out to the planes are the last out and the load organizers don't speak English. You sorta have to look over your shoulder to see who you're going into the plane after. Or if it's the helicopter, you gotta check the group who went out ahead of you.
We were briefed on the landing pattern, and it was basically ("if you come in from the left, do a left hand turn, from the right, do a right hand turn. Don't come in over the buildings. Don't land in the instructor/tandem area". I'd have liked a left or right hand approach better, and perhaps some kind of stack order, but the former may be hard to enforce due to the "no one over the buildings" rule, which is quite sensible.
The spiralling down the pattern assholes cut us off a number of times. I had arguments with both Russians (Victoria the video-woman flies like Russian cab-drivers drive - aggressively, squeezing in if there's a chance they'll fit) and foreigners over this, so I don't think foreigners are solely to blame for this issue. I guess there are stupid foreigners just as there are stupid Russians.
I got two yellow cards while I was there - one when I landed as the last man, out by the windoscket, where I was told I could land into the wind instead of following the red arrow, and one for landing outside the beer line area after a bad spot (straight in approach all the way)
These are the only issues I have with Kolomna - other than this it's a kickass place. Great people, great coaches, great women-packing-in-bikinis
very well organized, very quick to respond to cutaways and out-landings (they'd even use the MI-8 to pick people up/find cutaway canopies/freebags!). The staff know how to do their job. Who pulls low? German skydivers... they pull at 2500 feet!
It is a rule in Kolomna: pull at 1000 meters (3100ft) or a bit higher, - it means, at 800 meters (2500 feet) you MUST be under your fully inflated canopy!
Yeah, but they're GERMANS. They're supposed to be clueless
. Seriously though, they did go low on every jump, the lot of 'em. "Ah, there are the Germans", we used to say when we saw a group of low-pullers. Another rule: follow the landing pattern! as big red arrow points! DO NOT look on the windsock, do not break landings of you teammates !
Yeah; I was kinda surprised that a lot (and DancingFlames is right on this one) foreigners couldn't understand this simple rule. Maybe we're too used to going by the windsocket from the jumps at home? Anyway, having some stupid arse German dude with a ponytail coming at you on a collision course 90 degre to your left is NO fun. At least he got a yellow card.
Who breaks all the rules? Right, foreign jumpers. I can't understand, WHY? Is it too difficult to follow those simple rules? There are so much talks about safety on this forum! Sorry for my rude words, just can't hold my tongue where it should be
Just gotta say; I saw Russians breaking the rules too. Not as frequently (except the local skygods who couldn't get a yellow card for anything; low "hooks" on toggles cutting off people ought to warrant a yellow card), but they did it too. There are dangerous Russian skydivers just as there are dangerous foreign skydivers.
This summer our S&TA made two cards: yellow and red. Before, there were no need in them.
Now, there is. Yellow card means that jumper will be grounded for some time. Red card means that jumper will be grounded for this day and possibly for some more day.
Heheh, almost after every jump, I'd be looking at Roman (think that was his name) with a "wtf did I do wrong THIS time?" look on my face. He'd smile evilly at me every time. He's a cool dude, even though my sister got 5 yellow cards (we only figured out what two of 'em were for).
Perhaps the higher frequency of foreign rule-breakers can be explained by miscommunication during the briefings? When there's no English speaking person around, explaining the rules can be kinda confusing.
Looking forward to next year. How about you stop doing that silly 40 man bigway RW stuff and come with me for a few freefly jumps? "Oh there's DancingFlames, wonder if he'll jump with me? No? Busy doing big ways? This weekend too? Umm, ok. Asshole."
. The 40 way looked cool dude.
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Oh goodie. My mistake. And I have no reason to think he meant me.
How are things in Sweden Sørøver-Sally?
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How are things in Sweden Sørøver-Sally?
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-Behaving like an asshole in the local clubs is not a good idea, especially if you don't speak Russian.
Aww, c'mon dude, the girls were pretty fine, and that stupid Russian colonel couldda just learned English. Then I wouldn't have needed to tell him to fuck off.
And I didn't behave like an asshole. Ask AltiChick. Or better yet, don't.
Got thrown out of Plasma though. Long story, really not my fault. Plasma is pretty good overall, except for the ass-grabbing drunk gay guys who have to be dealt with.
The chicken in the hole is just fine. I had two, and it tasted like small kittens.
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Aww, c'mon dude, the girls were pretty fine, and that stupid Russian colonel couldda just learned English. Then I wouldn't have needed to tell him to fuck off.
And I didn't behave like an asshole. Ask AltiChick. Or better yet, don't.
Got thrown out of Plasma though. Long story, really not my fault. Plasma is pretty good overall, except for the ass-grabbing drunk gay guys who have to be dealt with.
The chicken in the hole is just fine. I had two, and it tasted like small kittens.
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QuoteUhh... and where is he now? Haven't seen him in Kolomna yet
Look for the dude in yellow freefly pants wearing a pink and purple rig. I should be kinda hard to miss, heh. Grega and Jerry81 are there too, so we're having a DZ.com meeting thing going.
QuoteHowever, Altichick was there! It was a pleasure to make 4 jumps with her (and the whole team of Victor Kravtsov
('Can't pack that QUICK! next day I'll use a packer')
Heh, I did a couple of belly jumps with her. Even a 10 point two way. Not bad for a guy who hasn't flown on his belly for the last 100 jumps. Probably was her more than me though
. Gotta go jump now. Look me up when you're at the DZ DancingFlame
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Well, I'm off.
See you bums in Kolomna
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See you bums in Kolomna
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Will let ya know when I get home. One more day at work, and when that ends I'm heading off to a pal, then to Aerograd on Thursday .
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I have "Idiocy" on my wall :D.
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Texas...isn't that a country close to the USA?
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DO you believe in UFO's
in Speakers Corner
Mm, but it's also very human to suggest that *because* we lack any knowledge of something, there's a *good chance* it is a certain way. As in aliens being interested in earth, a little ball of dirt in a remote galaxy, which has only had advanced civilizations for a few thousands years.
The universe is a Big Fucking Place. It is possible that aliens just randomly visits solar system and planets. More likely from human experience is that there is a selection criteria. All there is here can be found in other places, as far as raw materials go. IF we assume they go about it randomly, the number of aliens needed to even give a small probability of earth being one of the planet visited during a time there's an advanced civilization on it would be massive.
We don't know anything about it, and we shouldn't claim so. Anything goes, including furry little yellow gods who decide what is yellow and what is not.
It's possible
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