Nightingale

I have a friend in Georgia who wants to go do a tandem jump. Where should I send her? We want to stay away from Skyride dropzones, of course. She's also interested in a wind tunnel. Any of those in Georgia?

Just following the example set by the person who started the thread.

I'm so sorry! ((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))

Hmm.... I'm going to change this a bit and go with the characters the celebrities play, since I don't really find celebrities all that attractive. Male: Fox Mulder Jack O'Neill Indiana Jones Female: Samantha Carter Temperance Brennan Dana Scully

Yes... I recall trying to talk you into pouring it out!!! Friends don't let friends drink stuff that shouldn't even be called beer!

Why on Earth would a Belgium beer company want to buy BUD?!

Don't know why, but I do the same thing. My solution was to stop keeping food in the house. It worked.

Sounds yummy!!!

Will someone please tell me what a TimTam is?

I don't get the whole "sex on the beach" thing. Sure, it sounds romantic, but practically speaking, SAND IS NOT A LUBRICANT!

I'm not saying sterilize the world. I'm saying make birth control available to women who want it.

Start distributing depo and the pill. Won't stop AIDS, but will stop unplanned pregnancies, rape or not.

Having a gun may be more likely to get YOU killed, but that doesn't go for everyone. That's a problem with your training, not your gun. If someone just wants my wallet, I'm going to give it to them, whether I have a gun or not.

Birth control?

OMGCUTE!!!!!!

Start by asking her, not us.

A situation where you would have to use a gun! In my 33 years of living I have never been close to needing a gun, If you live in constant fear of needing to use one..... you live in the wrong place. In 29 years of living, I've never needed a seat belt either... but I still wear it.

If you wouldn't do it with your SO in the room, you shouldn't do it at all.

The only thing I've found that works on pet hair is the Dyson vacuum with the animal attachment. It's not cheap, but worth every penny.

Congratulations on your 10th Walk!!!!!!

Yes. There is far more to our gender identity than external genitalia and hormones. If you lost your genitals in an accident or were born without them due to a birth defect, would you be any less a male? Many people who are transgender and born with female genitalia do not have surgery to add a penis, primarily because modern medicine is not very good at that kind of surgery yet. Many people who are transgender and born with male genitalia do opt for surgery, because doctors are far better at "poking a hole than building a pole." Doctors can create female genitalia that has sexual feelings and normal reactions to stimulation, but they cannot create male genitalia the same way, and many people who are female to male transgender decide to opt out of being guinea pigs for experimental surgery and live with the genitals they've got, while opting for surgeries such as mastectomies, which modern medicine is quite good at, and hormone replacement therapy to alter physical appearance and voice. The decision of whether or not to have surgery is individual to each transgender person. Some choose to have surgery to get their physical sex as close to their mental gender as possible, despite the many risks. Others are content to make enough small changes to allow them to live their lives in the appropriate gender role. We don't generally judge people who choose not to have surgery to correct a birth defect; we respect that as an individual choice. I don't see how this is any different.

I wrote a paper in law school on children and adults who are intersex (the modern term for hermaphrodite) or have gender identity disorders and the legal issues involved. I'd be happy to forward it to anyone who's interested; for a law school paper, it's pretty easy to follow and explains some of the various disorders and outlines some of the legal issues they can come across, such as doctors refusing them medical treatment, DMV and courts refusing to change drivers' licenses or birth certificates, and running afoul of gay marriage laws because the gender that was assigned to them at birth didn't match their brain and they chose to transition later on.

The camera is already packed!

True... I was hoping to get current and get a few jumps in down here before Prairie, though, because the high altitude can make landing difficult. I don't think I'd be comfortable doing my first jump in two years at an unfamiliar dropzone at that altitude. =( The good thing about Prairie, though, is that there is an equal amount of fun to be had on the ground!

Looks like they kept it just under the threshold for grand theft, and it's probably not worth the Sheriff's and DA's time to prosecute the guy for a misdemeanor where he'll plead out, pay a fine, and probably not even see the inside of a jail. If they can't actually get the guy off the streets, the cops usually aren't all that interested.