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Insurance companies aren't stupid . They've been doing this awhile and there are very few that won't charge you extra for jumping, or exclude it altogether. If you think you can get over on them well, you might until its time to file a claim. Especially if its a big one...they don't just hand your survivors a check until they've done some investigating. If they can find any way to NOT pay the claim that's just what they'll do. They have whole departments whose sole purpose is to find a way to get out of paying. If they decide to deny the claim they'll galdly refund every dime you ever paid them. May times I heard people say "i'm covered for ____". My response has always been "did you read that in your policy or did someone just tell you that?" I'd advise everyone to read their policy and make sure you really are covered for jumping. Also, if you're actively jumping and die in some other way, and you didn't disclose your skydiving at the time of application they can deny the claim solely on the fact that you attempted to defraud them. I'm sure there are alot of you who really are covered for jumping...but I'll bet there's even more of you who think you are but aren't. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Second time I've looked at this website and I can't find anything that references coverage for jumping. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Better read that policy real hard. I don't think your plan is going to work. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

I see this on their webpage... Because AAFMAA policies have NO war clause, NO aviation clause or exclusion and NO terrorist clause, payment is certain in the event of a combat death. Are you certain jumping is not excluded? It sound as if they don't exclude in a combat situation. Have you read your policy carefully or did someone just tell you that? I'm not trying to be arrogant...I spent alot of time in the insurance biz and what an agent tells you and what the policy states are sometimes at odds. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

All the things you don't like about it are why it's worth the $32K. It's a pure performance machine. Amazing specs from just 2.0L. We had a saying..."fall in love with the car and you marry the profit" Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Wasn't me driving. It felt as if we weren't going fast enough and each time the shift came it was a forwards slam (if you know what I mean). I was in the car biz for 20+ years. I know what POS's Mitsu rolled off the line. Wonder if this is another in a long line of garbage. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Funny...we took it to dinner. Gears were grinding between each shift. I thought that was strange on a brand new vehicle. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

The 2008 Lancer Evolution is a 4-door, 5-passenger sports sedan, available in one trim only, the GSR. Upon introduction, the Lancer Evolution is equipped with a standard 2.0-liter, I4, 291-horsepower, turbo engine that achieves 16-mpg in the city and 22-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard. Oh yea...I forgot. Really crappy MPG. But it does run like a scalded dog. From what he told me they only make a few hundred. They have to sell a street version so they can use it in Autocross or something like that. He had to have his shipped from Cali. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Rox's S-I-L just picked up a brand new Evo. Impressive, but I'm not sure it justifies the 32 grand price tag. No GPS, no room for anything in the trunk, suspension rides like its got square wheels, and tires that will be gone at 10,000 miles. Sure gets the looks tho. Pity his poor doctor wife who is now relegated to an '07 Civic SI. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Good for knocking out those sledgehammer-to-the-back-of-the-head 1800 hangovers Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Stop using birth control...now that's expensive! Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Without knowing actually what happened, does anyone else find thing really strange? Seems like a rather weird thing to just offer up. Cop: Excuse me sir, do you know why I stopped you? Idiot: Is it because I just came from that hooker? Cop: Well, no sir, it's because I clocked you going 65 mph is a school zone. Idiot: Holy crap! Is there a school zone right next to the hotel where I just left the hooker? Cop: Well, sir, I'm not exactly sure, but there is a school zone right here. Can I see your license please? Idiot: Crap! I think I left it with the hooker. As usual we're not getting the whole story here. Sounds like a political hitjob. Musta been right after the political handjob Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Since when was the Senate salary over $1M/year? According to WIki its $165,200 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_a_US_Senator_get_paid_a_year Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

I'm gettin a chubby Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Don't do it! They're dangerous...save yourself and send them to me Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Not reflecting well on democratic women's bedroom prowess Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Ahhh you Brits...always something up yer sleave Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

RyanAir looks really good...$20US one way. I don't understand AerLingus pricing being soooo much higher. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

I have a client who needs to get from London to Cork roundtrip this summer. I know there's got to be some cheap flights, and there are the ferries, but I figured I'd enlist the help of people here for ideas. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Swim up bar in Jamaica 3/08 Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Ding ding ding...we have a winner! Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

It was originally on a dare with these guys. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

Good one! Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

First off, my condolences to those who have lost loved ones through the actions of idiots. Let's look at the numbers Alcohol related deaths in the US since 1982: Total fatalities Alcohol related fatalities .........Total......Alcohol Related Year Number Number Percent 1982 43,945 26,173 60 1983 42,589 24,635 58 1984 44,257 24,762 56 1985 43,825 23,167 53 1986 46,087 25,017 54 1987 46,390 24,094 52 1988 47,087 23,833 51 1989 45,582 22,424 49 1990 44,599 22,587 51 1991 41,508 20,159 49 1992 39,250 18,290 47 1993 40,150 17,908 45 1994 40,716 17,308 43 1995 41,817 17,732 42 1996 42,065 17,749 42 1997 42,013 16,711 40 1998 41,501 16,673 40 1999 41,717 16,572 40 2000 41,945 17,380 41 2001 42,196 17,400 41 2002 43,005 17,524 41 2003 42,643 17,013 40 2004 42,518 16,919 39 2005 43,443 16,885 39 I beleive the only reason the fatality rate has dropped is automobile design. SOmeone will say "but the total rate hasn't dropped". I think its because there are more cars on the road. According to http://www.prb.org/Datafinder/Geography/Summary.aspx?region=70®ion_type=2 the rate of increase in population is .6 per year per one thousand people, or 14 are born and 8 die. If we were to assume this rate of increase in population I think it would be a good assumption that the number of drivers would also increase by this factor. I can't find good information on this, maybe somebody on here can. I'm not good with statistics but it would appear that laws regarding DUI are not really having as much an affect as is auto design. If we looked at gun laws we'd probably see the same thing. Bottom line is you can't legislate away a problem. It will always be about personal responsibility. Have I driven under the influence? Yes. Have I declined to drive when I knew I'd had too much? Yes. I'll bet a good percentage of people on here would answer those questions the same way. No one was standing next to me with a breathalizer so I could make that decision. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne

My mom said the same thing. I spent almost all of high school (six semesters out of eight!) grounded because of my math grades. No phone, no TV, no driving, no friends. It never occurred to my parents that I was trying, and just didn't get it, because my SATs and IQ tests were high, so they thought there wasn't anything I couldn't do academically if I was willing to put in the effort. They were wrong. I was making every effort I knew how, and it wasn't working, because high school requires different tools, and all I had was the hammer that had worked just fine in elementary school. This is a mistake a lot of parents make. If a kid's grades slip, and they know their kid is smart, the grade problems are automatically the kid's fault, and left to the kid to fix. The kid is usually grounded or punished, and no academic help is offered because parents assume their kid can fix it by trying harder. Keep in mind that your kid is smart. That means he's probably been coasting his entire life. He doesn't know how to study, because he's never needed to study. Now that he needs to, he doesn't have the tools he needs to catch up. He doesn't understand why the methods he's used his whole life aren't getting him good grades anymore now that he's in the second half of his high school years. If you want his grades to go up, don't make him do it on his own, because he probably doesn't know how, and that's not his fault. One of the things I learned as a teacher was that kids want to get good grades. They stop caring AFTER they start failing, because they give up and start thinking they're not capable of doing better. You have the chance to get to your kid now, before he gives up. Right now, you are assuming that your kid's lack of effort is causing the problem. Maybe you're right. Maybe you're wrong. Get him a tutor and find out for sure. His grades slip because he doesn't do the required work. He doesn't bother with his assignments because he know he can get by on his test scores. Now he will have to do both homework and test well. It's not that hard to understand. Believe me, if he applies himself, and does the assignments and the tests, he'll be fine that way. Here's an example. This is AP English from last semester. 1 performance Process 48 50 A 2 Got Milk Analysis Product 30 30 A 3 Parody Script 2008-01-22 Process 8 10 C 4 Commercial Log 2008-01-22 Process 23 25 A 5 DGP quiz 2008-01-25 Product 10 11 B 6 ad test 2008-01-29 Product 44 54 C 7 vocab pages 2008-01-31 Process 10 10 A 8 vocab/DGP test 2008-02-01 Product 25 29 B 9 group commercial parody Product 43 45 A 10 othello/shakespeare quiz Product 33 35 A 11 homework assign #1 2008-02-07 Process 0 10 F 12 homework assign #2 2008-02-08 Process 0 10 F 13 mini-research final Product 43 50 B 14 vocab test Product 26 30 B 15 ad test corrections Product X 0 EC 16 prose/poetry essay Process 20 20 A 17 vocab pages 12 Process 0 10 F 18 Othello study guide Process 0 10 F 19 vocab 12 test Product 20 23 B 20 othello final test Product 55 58 A 21 whitman substitution poem Product 14 15 A 22 vocab mastery pages two Process 10 10 A 23 othello performance Product 34 40 B 24 othello final test essay Product 23 25 A 25 vocab mastery test 10-12 Product 66 90 D 26 current event summary Process 10 10 A 27 poetry work in class Process 15 15 A 28 research paper proposal 2008-03-19 Process 0 5 F 29 book sell & summaries Process X 50 No reason he shouldn't have an A in this class except for the homework issue. WHat I'm asking him to do is move one of his classe from a B to an A, move three of his classes from a C to a B, and maintain his other class at its current B. If he does the damned homework it's a no brainer. The fence is built...he knows how to get to the gate. And I'm not asking something of him he can't do...and he knows it. I'm not a real big geliever in the psych drugs. During the divorce a doctor wanted to put my then 8 year old daughter on Prozak. I asked him if he'd ever been on an anti-depressant med. He said he hadn't. I had been...Lexapro for 6 months. It was like I was in a dream world. I didn't care about anything...surrendered a business I had worked 14 years building because I just gave up and quit trying. The last thing I'm going to do is have either of my kids on Psych meds until we've exhausted all other avenues, and say what you will, ADD meds are psych meds. We're not to that point yet. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne