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Do you mean that if you start out with a dragon that has 3 tails and lop one off, the dragon will then have 4 tails? Owned by Remi #?

Rules are great. Sometimes pilots aren't in control of their aircraft's "velocity vector". I think the fact that the pilot stayed in control of the aircraft and even banked a little to the left to add a margin of safety (per the USAF report) before he ejected was heads up. Owned by Remi #?

I can't imagine the smell... I got stuck working for a day in a very small room with a bag that had 200 lbs of pot in it once. I was sick by the time I got home that night. Owned by Remi #?

I read that he had forgotten to adjust his altimeter. Either way, he was heads up getting the plane pointed away from the crowd and saving his own life. Owned by Remi #?

but he left sixty minues early Owned by Remi #?

I still don't see where how you came up with "2x=20" It looks to me like you just dropped "y" from your first equation, then substitued the result back in to solve for "y" a second time. Owned by Remi #?

Where did the 2x=20 come from? Owned by Remi #?

I've started rating talk back posts based on the amount of beer sprayed on my monitor. There is "pissed off" beer spray and "f&*king funny" beer spray. I'd write more about this thread but I can't see my monitor any more. Owned by Remi #?

Cool, but how can they claim to be the first mobile resort community.? These other guys have been around for a while: http://www.residensea.com/home.cfm Owned by Remi #?

Most as in well over half. I'm describing the people that I served with, I can't speak for anyone else. We probably had vastly different jobs and worked with different kinds of people. I don't know the political demographics for eveyone in the military and I hope I didn't appear to saying that I did. Owned by Remi #?

Most of the people I served with were liberals. I like Robert Heinlein's approach. Let's make people serve a stint before they're allowed to vote. That'll fix a few problems. Owned by Remi #?

Well, gee, Tuna. I didn't get involved with this thread for the sole purpose of arguing. I got into it because I was annoyed at the direction it was going. And gee again, Tuna. You can't claim you've been the king of meaningful threads, eh? It flat out pisses me off that someone could claim that our soldiers have given their lives but are too stupid to know why. The majority of young men and women who have died in the past months are those that joined the service in the last 2 years. They know why they joined. They knew the risks. Anyone who claims otherswise, IMO, is just trying to be a dick. Owned by Remi #?

You really think our service members are that stupid? Another Lee Greenwood fan without a clue? Owned by Remi #?

Oh please. If the original post had made the least attempt to show some respect for the fallen.... but it didn't. It did the opposite, IMO. It was disrespectful and arrogant. Owned by Remi #?

Just go back one step in the link you gave? http://home8.inet.tele.dk/schjetne/ Owned by Remi #?

I represent that remark. No wait...... (reading my own posts) No, I don't. Why do so many people here tie jump numbers to opinion? OPINION. It seems to me that a fair number or "50jump" (sic) chumps participating in this discussion agree with you. Are you trying to insult anyone in particular? Owned by Remi #?

Don't forget "Post Whore" Owned by Remi #?

I drove to work today.... nah. I was training to be a NASCAR driver. Edit to add: I had Winston's and Miller Lite in the car. Owned by Remi #?

Heh... I never questioned you on that issue. Owned by Remi #?

Ummm... check my post. I included all 3 million. Owned by Remi #?

Way to go :-) I got my A in September but never faxed it in. Now I'm getting "number envy". I need to stop procrastinating. Maybe I'll do it tomorrow. Owned by Remi #?

This is a major "IN MY OPINION" reply. I think many of those 3 million jumps (based on my reading alone) are non-repeat jumpers. But even if you use the rawest possible numbers you can divide 3 million jumps by 35000 USPA members and come up with roughly 90 jumps per member per year. That seems reasonable to me also based on my own reading. I may be mis-reading. That still means roughly 1 in 1000 members "might" die each year. I know, I know... I don't have much skydiving experience. I'm posting my opinion only. I've given the risk factor a lot of thought. I've also never allowed myself to think I will always do everything right. I do think I that I am a safety aware, alert person. I do admit that I am just as prone to "pilot error" as the average skydiver. I factored all that in when I decided to learn to skydive. The awards outweigh the risks for me. Owned by Remi #?

Maybe I'm just anal about words. I looked up variations of "risk" and safe" in Websters: I agree with those definitions. Safe implies free from risk. Skydiving is "risky" and therefore not "safe". As far as acting "safely". That means trying to reduce the risk. That's my opinion. I don't believe in relative safety. Safe is safe, risky is not safe. I might buy into relative risk. I replied to this post because I was thinking about this on my way home from work today. I took a right turn at a red light (legal where I live) and then suddenly couldn't remember if I had looked to check for traffic before I made the turn. I've been driving for about 25 years and have had this happen once or twice before. I've got a great driving record. 2 speeding tickets and 2 accidents (both rear ended by another driver). But we all suffer lapses. I believe that even in skydiving this will be true. You can say you will always act with utmost safety. Are you really that sure it's true? You'll never mis-route a strap? You'll never forget to check your airspace before a turn? I hope that's true. Me? I'll just accept the risk and do my best to be the least risky jumper I can be. Edited for spelling. Owned by Remi #?

That poked my beer out of my nostrils. Owned by Remi #?

bam bam! Owned by Remi #?