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  1. ...to 20 to life? Elvisio "did he prep for the 'dropping the soap' scenario" Rodriguez
  2. Not sure which is better: the GPS bouncing into the backseat, or the chunk of goose hanging from the top of the (former) windscreen like a pair of fuzzy dice. What am I saying, it's definitely the pendulous goose chunk. Elvisio "fois gras" Rodriguez
  3. That's pretty much what "People of Walmart" IS. I'm at work today, and am so glad I chose to HOVER over the link before CLICKING the link. File that one under "life lessons learned on Dizzy." Elvisio "that, and wearing a shirt with your screenname on the back ruins a lot of the anonymity" Rodriguez
  4. IMveryHO, his thread ties for #1 best thread on the internet, ever. I've been following it for a couple years now. It's a GREAT read. Like Wendy said, make sure you have several hours free. For the record, the other is the Gold Bond nut powdering thread from the Subaru forum that got cross-posted a few years ago. Second place goes the the lost and found camera thread on Scubaboard, which after a while was also crossposted here. DZ.com has had some GREAT threads, but compared to those, we are children walking amongst giants. Elvisio "Always use the right tool for the right job" Rodriguez
  5. I just read the list of all the stuff you're doing with that phone. PLEASE tell me you're paying the extra monthly charge for the insurance! ETA: That being said, if it does survive you have a LOCK for a badass TV commercial for that make and model of phone. Elvisio "been there, done that, twice" Rodriguez
  6. For me, I guess the best part of this whole conversation is the article's implication that dilaudid and versed are "untested" death penalty drugs. Anyone in emergency healthcare or EMS can tell you DOZENS of stories of addicts who have done a very good job at proving their effectiveness! Elvisio "push the Narcan VERY slowly, or be as far to the front of the ambulance as humanly possible" Rodriguez
  7. WRT my mentioning Prozac: SHIT! You're right. I was thinking about Xanax. My bad. WRT swilson's point about hypoxia not causing tachypnea and distress: this is why I mentioned hypercarbia first. But, as you get more and more hypoxic and your cells switch to anaerobic metabolism, you'll become more and more acidotic, which in turn gets buffered into more CO2 which your body will try to blow off through tachypnea, no? But you're right that at least in the beginning it's all about CO2, and this does highlight a valid difference between your example of N2 by NRB and the Andromeda Strain monkey which was treated with pure CO2. FURTHER EDIT: The more I think about this, the more I'm swayed to your line of thought. You're basically using the nitrogen to simulate an immediate increase in altitude, to a point where the partial pressure of oxygen is zero. Everything I say about the body trying to compensate for the increasing acidosis holds true, but by then the victim/condemned is going to be completely unconscious, so there wouldn't be any awareness or distress. Hmmmm... OK, so then the question becomes: if it's this easy, why isn't it done this way all the time? Elvisio "still pissed at myself about the Prozac thing" Rodriguez
  8. Simple and cheap as hell? Definitely. Humane? I'm not so sure. Suffocation is suffocation: your body will notice that it's getting hypercarbic and (later) hypoxic, and you'll start to breathe very fast to compensate, get panicked, and be pretty distressed before you finally lose consciousness. A really great example of this kind of action is in the movie The Andromeda Strain: to mimic a monkey dying quickly after exposure to the alien superbug, they put him in a room filled with carbon dioxide and filmed the results. They stop filming the scene and rushed in with oxygen to save the monkey after it passed out, but the footage of its distress and gasping for air is actually a little hard to watch when you realize how they accomplished it. Here's the clip, but watch with caution if you're squeamish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt6Vci9H3ds NOW, let's talk about that "unproven" 2-drug combination. Versed and Dilaudid?! HOLY SHITSNACKS! If I was placed in the Socrates-like situation of being able to choose my own method of death, this would definitely be on the short list considered (right after death by Snu-snu). Dilaudid is probably the #1 most demanded medication by drug seekers in EDs everywhere for a reason: it's a powerful opiate agonist guaranteed to having you feeling NO pain. Versed isn't as much a drug of abuse itself just because it isn't generally available in pill form, but it's in the same class as Valium and Prozac, causing sleep and amnesia. Versed is a VERY common medication prior to hospital procedures for just this reason. Ever had a surgical procedure, and the doc or RN gives you something in your IV that suddenly has you feeling INCREDIBLE? Yep, versed. So, each on their own, they'll make you feel great and also depress your CNS and respiratory drive. Together, they'll knock you the fuck right out. Just a little too much and you'll stop breathing long enough to shuffle loose this mortal coil. And don't sweat the cost: a fatal dose of these two medications would probably run the taxpayers about $20, total. SO, if as ordered by the OP we aren't discussing the morality of the DP and just discussing the "how," I could come up with about a MILLION less-preferred methods that a Versed/Dilaudid overdose. Elvisio "Say 'fuck' to my medic partner one more time, and you'll be chewing plastic" Rodriguez
  9. MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL of you! Elvisio "jolly old elf" Rodriguez
  10. Lots of them misreport their incomes from tips, though. Elvisio "just grossed MYSELF out a bit" Rodriguez
  11. What dates are you at H? Elvisio "three letters shorter than having to type SDAZ" Rodriguez
  12. Thanks for the leads, everybody. For the record, it's the adhesive-backed ones for which I'm on the prowl. ...Tyvek, huh? Never thought of that one. Nah, we had some custom patches made for our base (work) and I was thinking about getting some matching stickers to hand out as public relations swag. Thanks, all! Elvisio "liquor in the front, sticker in the rear" Rodriguez
  13. Anybody in the wonderful world of dizzy.com have experience with any sticker printers? Maybe for your skydiving team? Or to advertise your product or company? I have some artwork already designed. I just need to hear if anyone has worked with any particular companies, and how things went with them. THANKS! Elvisio "this IS a stickup" Rodriguez
  14. I'm ducking Ivan at the moment since this has been brought here before, but the following thread qualifies for Top Ten best reading in all of the Interwebs. http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375921&page=1&pp=25 Elvisio "it goes on for 42 PAGES" Rodriguez
  15. Excellent find! Elvisio "a fan of most of them" Rodriguez
  16. ...no doubt based on the infuriatingly outdated BMI calculation. I'm in the best shape/ lowest % body fat of my life, but because I have the muscle I have the calculator says I'm overweight and a health risk. Elvisio "I'm going to have to pay more if I want to stay in shape" Rodriguez
  17. AND where, once canceled, the money taken from the people to run said program was returned to the people? BWAHAAHAAHAHAHAH! I will hold my breath. Elvisio "the beatings will continue" Rodriguez
  18. Hmm... I was thinking you'd need to pre-cook, but just to make sure it actually cooked through. But I'm not sure you'd end up with crispy. But either way that looks just dangerously tasty. This is my concern, and will be my plan of attack. I'm going to try it out this week. I'm on hiatus from work, gym, and jumping for a few days; what better way to supplement my completely sedentary week than to stuff myself with foods that violate every single dietary law known to man? I'll let you know how they turn out. Elvisio "to boldly go" Rodriguez
  19. It's the same as the chick who dressed up as a Boston Marathon runner, complete with gore. Personally, I think it's a douchebag way to roll. That being said, there have always been people making stupid decisions about Halloween costumes, just like people have always been making inappropriate jokes and comments in front of the wrong people. But nowadays, with social media in high gear, instead of being "that guy" at the Halloween party, it's all over the world for everyone to get all bunched up over. Elvisio "I dressed up as, well, me" Rodriguez
  20. My guess WRT the delay was that once they knew he was alert, they wanted to climb to give him some extra altitude to execute his EPs after cutaway. At a couple points in the video it looks like he's with it and his bellywart is clear of the ball of shit hanging around him. I guess that after they cut him loose, it didn't stay that way. Elvisio "damn" Rodriguez
  21. Five years of jumping at GSCPC in Bardstown, KY from number 1 to close to 1000. In all that time (once I was signed off to "self jumpmaster"), for all I learned from all those jumps, nobody ever asked me to pay for a coach jump, or pay for them to fly camera for me, or ask for anything as an organizer. It was just "hey, wanna jump? What are you working on, what sounds like a good plan?" They say you never forget your first love, I guess the same is with your first DZ. Elvisio "thanks, everyone" Rodriguez
  22. HA, I wish. Talk about sealing the deal to keep me in the Old Pueblo forever! In my neighborhood (Marana) there aren't many kids, so I'm not expecting enough business to make it worthwhile. So, no lights on and shades are drawn for us. I'll be working on my bagpiping in a bit. If that ghastly noise doesn't convince the neighborhood that the joint is haunted, I don't know what will... Elvisio "plus I'd just eat all the candy before they got here anyhow" Rodriguez
  23. Boom, gotcher winner right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk "The Season's Upon Us" by The Dropkick Murphys. I love it even when it ISN'T the Holiday Season. Elvisio "They call this Christmas where I'm from" Rodriguez
  24. Actually, that's pretty close. I can boil my political views down to two phrases, and then from there boil it down to one: TWO PHRASES: 1.) I am very liberal in the way I believe people should be allowed to live their lives; and 2.) I am very conservative in how I want to see my money taken away from me, and how it is spent once it IS taken from me. OR, in ONE PHRASE: 1.) Do whatever the hell you want, as long as it doesn't cost me anything Elvisio "thank you for listening" Rodriguez
  25. Back when I was jumping a Falcon 265, then the Saber I 190 (pre-Y2K), I'd wait until the needle was firmly planted at 2000' before pulling, knowing beyond a doubt that I'd have a fully inflated canopy about 50' later (that's what it felt like, at least). This was also at a Cessna DZ that only took us to 9500AGL, so it seemed like every foot counted back then. Now that I'm at a turbine DZ taking me to 13,500 and jumping a canopy where a typical opening burns 750-1000 feet, I'm more of a 3000' kind of guy. Anything higher than that and I worry about ending up in the crosshairs of somebody from the group before or after us that got lost along the way. Elvisio "will always have a soft spot in my heart for hop and pops out of the 180" Rodriguez