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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qeOGSSdALQ&NR=1 I don't mind somebody pulling one of my skysurfing clips off my site and posting it to YouTube, but I do have a problem with him claiming that he did the videography/editing and that it's his buddy doing the skysurfing. FYI, the videography is by Jeff Standley, and I did the editing. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

My favorite part of the film was the opening, when it contrasts the intelligent couple that always talks themselves out of having kids with the stupid couple that breeds like rabbits. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Martial arts won't make you a better fighter than the next guy; martial arts will make you a better fighter than you are. Therein lies the merit. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

"That thing is like a dick cappuccino. I'm not getting in there without a condom on and a cork up my ass." --Robert Schimmel I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Never said I was a lawyer nor did I say he could do whatever he wants! I was simply stating my opinion that I feel it's still technically his house. Certainly she doesn't "own" it, or she wouldn't be paying him rent I would think that if he wants to put his and his girlfriend's cartouche on it, ain't nobody's business if he does. And if he wants put up pornographic murals on the walls, is that okay too? And if he wants to knock down all of the non-load-bearing interior walls and make a big, open, communal living space, is that okay too? Fortunately for Tetra316, you're not an Oregon state judge, so what you feel is irrelevant. What IS relevant is the state's rental/property management code, which exists to prevent and/or provide solutions to such problems. Hehe . . . who lit a fire under you tonight? As a real estate agent and a guy who's had both good and bad experiences being the leasee of houses (having a good experience with my current residence; had some bad experiences with my previous residence), I've seen what happens when a leasor doesn't respect the leasee's leasehold estate, and I understand that there is a valid reason that states have laws protecting tenants' rights. If those symbols make Tetra316 and/or her roommates uncomfortable, regardless of whether that discomfort is merited, their rights as tenants are being infringed upon. If you grant the landlord artistic freedom in any property he owns, where do you draw the line? Would you support his artistic freedom if he allowed his friend to enter a Muslim home, for which he were the leasor, and paint Christian symbols on the wall? Would that simply be the price that Muslim family had to pay for living in a rented house? These legal protections exist for a reason. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Never said I was a lawyer nor did I say he could do whatever he wants! I was simply stating my opinion that I feel it's still technically his house. Certainly she doesn't "own" it, or she wouldn't be paying him rent I would think that if he wants to put his and his girlfriend's cartouche on it, ain't nobody's business if he does. And if he wants put up pornographic murals on the walls, is that okay too? And if he wants to knock down all of the non-load-bearing interior walls and make a big, open, communal living space, is that okay too? Fortunately for Tetra316, you're not an Oregon state judge, so what you feel is irrelevant. What IS relevant is the state's rental code/property management code, which exists to prevent and/or provide solutions to such problems. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Not exactly. The lease holders have a leasehold estate on the property; therefore, the landlord (and his unique friends) don't have carte blanche to treat the house as "his property." For the guy who seems pretty determined to come across as the open minded man of the people in this thread, you don't seem to be a very big proponent of tenants' rights. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Why am I not surprised at this... Why am I thinking you used "wife" as a euphemism for SO of any sort... Credibility... Go ahead...submit your reply about "I have had many SOs before...." Yeah, you got me there. And I'm betting it's because women really can't stand guys that care about more than sex. But I'm only twenty-seven. I still have time. If things go according to plan, I should get divorced in my early-to-mid fifties, go through a mid-life crisis, grow my hair out until it looks absurd for my age, and start skydiving again so that I'll have some people around who don't object to hanging out with me. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

If you're looking for me to give you a black and white answer, like "That shouldn't matter" or "The man should seek sexual gratification outside the marriage," you're barking up the wrong tree. Only fools look for such simple answers to such complex problems. Of course sex is important, but as several people have already stated, it's not the relationship. If sex is the backbone of your relationship, you probably have a very shallow relationship. If a man's wife loses her sex drive because of a medical condition or can't have sex because she's in some sort of accident, that's a hurdle that the couple must get over together. It should not be a dilemma the man faces alone. Therefore, your "What would you do?" question is flawed because the question you should be asking is "What would you and your wife do?" And clearly, not having a wife, I can't answer that question. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Considering the quality of the cast, I'm guessing this is going to be a tongue-in-cheek, deliberately over the top action flick. It might be worth watching. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I don't see why not. I know a couple that fucked on the first date and has been together for nearly a decade (Hi, you two ). I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I call "Bullshit." If your relationship is ruined because the sex with the person you really love isn't as good as it was with somebody else, you're a whore, and it's time for the lifeguard to blow his whistle and order you out of the gene pool. That may sound a tad harsh, but this is one of my pet peeves. The idea that a strong intellectual and emotional connection with another person can be trumped by a sub-par sex life is, in my opinion, appalling. I think anyone who chooses a significant other based on sexual gratification clearly fished his or her character out of a pretty shallow pond. My own moral compass draws the line somewhere just shy of paying for sex, but regardless of my own moral ambiguity, I don't think we should be steering people away from a given level of abstinence, on the grounds that they might find out later that the sex isn't so great. I was once the best man at a wedding where the couple waited until they were standing at the alter for their first kiss. That certainly wouldn't be my choice, but I still say, "More power to them!" Do two people who choose to lose their virginity on their wedding night have a great sex life? As far as they know they do. If you once dated a total asshole/bitch/douchebag/jerk with whom you had great sex, should you continue passing on quality individuals until you find one with whom the sex is as good as it was with the asshole/bitch/douchebag/jerk? Would you rather have a horrible spouse who's great in bed or a great spouse who needs a little coaching in the bedroom? If sexual prowess is your top criteria for picking a mate, you're a lot more shallow than me, and any woman who really knows me will tell you that I am one shallow son of a bitch. If you honestly think "try before you buy" applies to getting married, the same way it applies to buying a car, we're all probably better off if you stay single. PS. This is a rant directed at a flawed philosophy, not any one individual, so please don't take it too personally, Popsjumper. PPS. This should in no way be interpreted as a reflection on my own sexual prowess. I have references. };^) I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Over that last few years we have seen the feminization of America. Let's face it. A lot of women do not like boys being boys. The kids can no longer play games that require aggressivness or a high amount of activity for fear of someone getting hurt. Forget dodge ball or red rover. Forget anything that requires someone to be out or it. I wonder what playground equipment is no longer allowed on the playground. Shortyj, good for you wanting your boys to be boys. Take them outside and throw some dirt on them. And don't forget about nurturing self esteem. It's all about balance. There's nothing wrong with encouraging fair play and mutual support, all the while allowing competition accompanied by a reasonable amount of risk. It's a domino effect. We're afraid for our kids, their schools are afraid of being sued by us if something happens to our kids, and our kids are just trying to figure out why nobody will let them be kids. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I'm betting you'd be wrong - the 'no tolerance (no intelligence)' shtick is firmly in the liberal camp. So predominantly left wingers support zero-tolerance approaches with young people, but predominantly right wingers upport capital punishment and harsher sentances for adult people. Kinda wierd huh? DING! DING! DING! Congratulations! You've just figured it out! Both sides want more restrictions and more government involvement; however, both sides want it from their point of view. If, rather than drawing a picture of a man with a gun, he'd written a story about a gay couple, the mouths on the right side of the aisle would be supporting the teacher for stopping him, and the mouths on the left side of the aisle would be decrying the teacher for stopping him. Basically, both sides want the government to force everyone to come into line with their point of view. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

[B]THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS OFFERED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW THIS ADVICE ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY/LIABILITY FOR HIS OR HER ACTIONS.[/B] There are reasonably safe ways to do it, but there are no completely safe ways to do it. Parasailing with a square canopy is much more involved and dangerous than parasailing with a round canopy. Don't use your sport canopy--You want a canopy with very light wing loading. I used to use a HALO canopy connected to an old, empty (no reserve) student rig. If you're going to do parasail with a ram-air canopy, you MUST rig a cutaway system to the rope so that if you go into a downplane, or a "lockout," as someone else in this thread called it, the pilot can cutaway the tow rope and allow his or her wing to level out before landing. Also, I don't advise allowing anyone who's not an experienced canopy pilot to fly your ram-air parasail. I used to let my friends and family fly mine--after subjecting them to about thirty minutes of instruction--until we had a couple of close calls. A few people, like my cousin, got really good at it. She could fly it up to about 700', cut away the rope, and do a slow 360 on the way down. But I had a few people who basically just froze up or brain farted in the air. And I had trouble with people not taking the instruction seriously because they couldn't differentiate between the type of parasailing we were doing and the relatively safe parsailing offered at most beach resorts. You need a boat driver who can gauge the line tension to determine if he needs to pull you faster or slower. If he's pulling you at the right speed, you should be able to use your breaks to ascend or descend. If he pulls you too slow, you'll drop into the water. If he pulls you too fast, you may lose control and go into a downplane/lockout. The boat driver should know to throttle all the way back if you get too far to one side or the other and start into a downplane. Taking the tension off the line will allow your wing to level out. Also, keep in mind that you're pretty much limited to going into the wind, so flights are usually one straight shot from the beach to wherever you decide to land. And make sure you use a rope that will float, or you'll snag something on the bottom of the lake after you cut away. You should also be aware that landing in the water presents its own set of obstacles. It usually takes two grown men to pull a partially submerged canopy out of the water. I had small floats attached to some of the lines and a life jacket packed inside the reserve container, to make retrieval a little easier. It can be fun, if you have the right setup, a good head on your shoulders, and a boat driver who knows what he's doing, but you have to be really smart about it. Be sure to wear a helmet (preferably a Protec, because the water doesn't hurt them and they float) and a life jacket. [B]THE PRECEDING INFORMATION IS OFFERED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW THIS ADVICE ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY/LIABILITY FOR HIS OR HER ACTIONS.[/B] I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Where in CR do y'all jump? Do you ever let non club members jump with you? I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

My water training consisted of "What do you do if you land in the water? Okay, here you go--You're signed off." But since then I've taught several water training sessions, flown an old HALO canopy behind a boat and landed it in the water a few times, and accidentally landed in the ocean on a beach jump (It was a KILLER swoop, though), so I think I'm covered. I think practical water training is really only practical if you have the right setup. We used to do it in the DZ pool, which is only four feet deep, so I think it was hard for the students to get much out of it. The last time I taught it, I blindfolded my students and spun them around before throwing them into the pool. I figured the disorientation would somewhat compensate for the shallow water. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I never would have made it through school under the "zero tolerance" policies of today. I can remember killing time in fifth grade drawing an epic battle scene between a bunch of stick figures, including a bunch of heavily armed stick figures and a few dead and dismembered stick figures. I also spent a lot of time writing short stories about cowboy shootouts and that sort of thing. In seventh grade we were supposed to write an essay about a person who gets offered drugs at a party, detailing his response and the consequences of that response. I wrote about a guy who gets so high that when the cops show up to bust the party, he runs out into the front yard and starts trying to shoot at them but instead ends up shooting plastic yard flamingos until one of the officers shoots him in the chest. He dies of a sucking chest wound. I wonder if a story about a drug fueled shootout with law enforcement officers would fly in today's "zero tolerance" educational environment. The problem with "zero tolerance" is that it doesn't differentiate between creative expression and true indications of violent tendencies. A kid who writes a brilliant short story about a murder plot is not in the same category as the kid who "jokingly" makes a list of people he'd like to kill. Telling a little boy he can't draw a picture of Indiana Jones carrying a gun and running from a bunch of men with swords is another symptom of the inability of most traditional school systems to deal with the natural energy and aggressiveness of little boys. Little boys like Indiana Jones, and there's no reason that needs to change. The following is not a sexist statement; it is a matter of historical and scientific fact: Schools, as we now know them, were designed by women to accommodate the temperament and learning style of girls. Sitting still and absorbing information comes naturally for most girls. Boys, on the other hand, have evolved to be hunters/gathers/fighters, and sitting in a desk and listening to a teacher talk is somewhat unnatural for them. (This is why recent studies have found that girls do much better in all-girl schools. The difficulty most boys have functioning in a traditional classroom environment often leads them to behave in ways that are distracting to the girls around them--as if we really needed a study to tell us that.) Boys need outlets for their natural energy and aggression, and it's not healthy for teachers to needlessly limit those outlets (i.e., by telling boys they can't draw pictures of people with swords and guns). Many people seem to have this misguided notion that because we live in a modern, relatively civilized society, the natural tendencies of boys, which took millions of years to evolve, are somehow antiquated or unnecessary or downright bad. That is simply not true. Boys will be boys, and nobody should try to change that. Having to endure an unnatural setting for seven hours a day is simply one of the prices boys pay for having a "Y" chromosome, but we shouldn't take away what few outlets they have--artistic or otherwise--for that pent-up energy. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

It's a sad, sad day. Bryan and Whitney have moved away, and now Central Texas is minus three large boobs. Y'all come back and visit soon--The Hill Country won't be the same without you. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I'm not a fan of the death penalty, but that article portrays the man as an innocent victim, which is clearly not the case. If you drive around helping your friends rob people at gunpoint, you don't get to claim surprise and innocence when your friends shoot somebody. As the saying goes, "If you ride with outlaws, you hang with outlaws." I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

What? It's Alicia's birthday? Shouldn't we be watching her throw up on a foreign country or something? I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Is this a trick question? Gilligan's Island ran from '64-'67. It's not from the '70s. I've been known to sing TV theme songs on the plane, including Gilligan's Island and The Beverly Hillbillies. I have not been known to sing them well. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Jericho I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

No, but I've heard about it. Sounds like a good read. And I'm a big fan of David Kopel, with all he does for 2nd Amendment rights. I can't give a full critique until I've finished reading it, but it definitely seems like a "must read" for ANYONE involved in the gun control debate. He shoots holes in all of the "This type of gun control works in this other country, so it should work here" arguments that both sides love to use. He seems to be making the argument that gun control in America has to be based on anlalysis of AMERICAN history, AMERICAN culture, and AMERICAN crime/violence. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

That seems a bit extreme/homophobic. Besides, you can't legally carry a gun into a bar in Texas. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.