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Exactly. Many municipalities also give tax breaks to business owners to try to attract them. In broad terms, the entire community is given a direct or indirect vote on how their tax dollars will be spent. If the 'community' voted to give a bakery a tax break and that bakery is using limited resources (real estate) in the community, then everyone in the community should expect to be able to buy bread, or cakes, or whatever. Would a woman need the services of an erectile dysfunction clinic? Possibly. If her partner isn't willing to go, why shouldn't see be able to chose to go learn more about the problem and the possible solutions? Owned by Remi #?

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You might not be feeling "it" because you don't have enough respect for "it" There were 50 fatalities (just fatalities, that doesn't include many more serious or debilitating injuries) in North America and Europe alone last year. This is a very small community... we'd be aware if hundreds of skydivers were killed or seriously injured driving to the DZ. Owned by Remi #?

I've never waited longer than a week Owned by Remi #?

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I was just asking Turtle what his opinion was, not expressing my own. You need to figure out why you feel the need to attack me like this. Owned by Remi #?

Probably not. You should invest your time and money in something that motivates or moves you. Owned by Remi #?

Oh.. I dunno. I personally think that Jeanne D'Arc was kick-ass amazing. My middle name is Jeanne D'Arc so I feel extraordinarily qualified to have that opinion But this woman may have been more amazing http://badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=27450552861 What argument can you present to make Jeanne's contribution to her society greater than Nancy Wake's? Owned by Remi #?

That would be a completely understandable mistake for the animal... but are you suggesting that it's okay to subject the animal to a situation where it might make such a mistake, and subject the trainer to a situation where the animal might make an understandable mistake and kill her is okay? Owned by Remi #?

You want to protect your helmet with a sticker? 2 or 3 hundred layers of gaffer's tape sounds about right ETA; Correct whatever issue seems to have you banging your head against the door first. Owned by Remi #?

Sounds completely legit Owned by Remi #?

I think that only whuffos call us divers. Owned by Remi #?

Sorry. Blue skies, kitty Owned by Remi #?

That sums it up pretty well, huh? Owned by Remi #?

I don't always wear my helmet in the plane, but when I don't, I don't "hold it"... at least not while I still have my seat belt on. I secure it to my chest strap so that it won't impale my next door neighbor in an emergency. After seat belts are off, I often remove my helmet so that I can talk to people more easily, particularly if I have a student. I always put my helmet back on before the door opens and people start to exit. If we're stopping along the ride up to let hop-n-pops exit, then I put my helmet back on. If we're doing 2 passes to let tandems out first, then I put my helmet back on before the door opens. If I'm on a fun jump with no students around and a single pass, then I take my helmet off (unless it's really cold) when I take my seat belt off and then I put it back on before I set up in the door. Owned by Remi #?

I've seen it. I watched a guy step into his leg straps and put his arms through his MLW, then bend over to put his booties on... chest strap dangling, he draped it through the buckle and carried on. He tightened his leg straps, looked down at his chest, and then headed for the plane. I vectored him off behind the boarding area to remind him that he hadn't finished. It *seems* so stupid to do something like that, but we're human. Most of us drive through (or almost drive through) red lights or stop signs a few times in our driving careers... or cross a street without really looking, or something equally as potentially fatal. Owned by Remi #?

Here's a very in depth discussion: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4495234 Owned by Remi #?

He doesn't know what he doesn't now. Some people's default mode when they approach learning something new is to try to be ultra prepared and plan it all out. He doesn't know that's a bad approach with skydiving. He doesn't know what he doesn't know. At least I think that he doesn't know what he doesn't know. I don't know... lately I've been thinking that we're all being led around the room by an ever increasing army of ChrisD sock puppets Owned by Remi #?

Hah! I had the same thought Owned by Remi #?

Don't be afraid to get technical, Chris... educate us. Owned by Remi #?

I would *love* to hear you explain why you think a larger canopy will "make learning to flare much easier" Owned by Remi #?