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  1. the answer is 50 minutes ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  2. You Killjoy. Just kidding. I've been in the back of an otter during a zero g raft exit and decided that I never wanted to be in a plane for that again. It would sure be hard to exit the plane after half of the tail is ripped off by a raft. I made them let me out first after that. I suspect that fewer pilots would agree to these exits if they could see how close the raft gets to the tail. ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  3. Here is a running gag on Opinion Journal. I like it. I put the first three from the past few weeks together. Best of the Web BY JAMES TARANTO Maybe We Should Call It a Bye-ku "Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on Monday abandoned plans to run for re-election to Japan's parliament and marked the occasion by writing a haiku," the Associated Press reports from Tokyo. The AP reproduces the verse: With dusk yet to come Cicada persists in song While it still has life Now this is a great idea. Why not haikus for the various Democratic presidential candidates as they drop, one by one, from the race. We'll start with Bob Graham: 9:50 p.m.: Apply scalp medication Drop out of the race Who's next? We're guessing Kerry, after New Hampshire. As luck would have it, "served in Vietnam" is five syllables. ... Bye-ku for Carol Moseley Braun The Land of Lincoln Reclaims the first lady of Nigerian scams ... Bye-ku for Dick Gephardt Whoops, I said Bush was A miserable failure Turns out I meant me ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  4. Thought I would give this a bump. Just wondering how you are doing and havn't seen a post in a while. Hope everything is OK. ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  5. Tribute To New Englanders And Winter When It Comes To Cold, New Englanders Are Unfazed 60° F: Southern Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in New England sunbathe. 50° F: New Yorkers try to turn on the heat. People in New England plant gardens. 40° F: Italian and English cars won't start. People in New England drive with the windows down. 32° F: Distilled water freezes. Maine's Moosehead Lake's water gets thicker. 20° F: Floridians don fur coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats. People in New England throw on a flannel shirt. 15° F: New York landlords finally turn up the heat. People in New England have the last cookout before it gets cold. 0° F: All the people in Miami die... New Englanders close the windows. 10° below zero: Californians fly away to Mexico. The Girl Scouts in New England are selling cookies door to door. 25° below zero: Hollywood disintegrates. People in New England get out their winter coats. 40° below zero: Washington, D.C. runs out of hot air. People in New England let the dogs sleep indoors. 100° below zero: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. New Englanders get frustrated because they can't start their "kahs." 460° below zero: All atomic motion stops. People in New England start saying......."Cold 'nuff for ya?" 500° below zero: Hell freezes over. The Red Sox win the World Series. ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  6. Why do I love this site so much? I just spent ten minutes turning some guy's lights on and off. Is there something wrong with me? ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  7. flighty

    Red Rover Code

    here is the text if you convert as follows for a three bit code 000 z 001 a 010 b 011 c 100 d 101 e 110 f 111 g C F G D Z E E F E B F B A F Z Z F A G Z B Z F E C F B A F E E D Z G E E A F F E G A Z F A F B Z F Z F C A Z E C D A B F Z Z A F B E G Z A F E C E E F A F B E C Z F F C G E Z F A F F Z F D B D E G A . Z F A F B Z C F G D Z C E F G F F F G D F A F Z E D , Z F A F B Z B F E F E Z F Z F C F A G Z E G Z B G F Z F B A G G , Z F Z F C A D A Z F A G Z F B C Z F C F A F B F Z Z F Z F C B F Z Z F C A F E E E Z E A F A F E F E Z F F C E Z A Z E B D C E Z Z A F E G A E A F C A D A Z F Z C Z G B E G Z A Z F G G Z E B D C E Z Z C F G D G A F E E G Z A G . Since 000 follows every punctuation, I would guess it is a space holder, but that leaves only 7 letters. C F G D _ E E F E B F B A F _ _ F A G _ B _ F E C F B A F E E D _ G E E A F F E G A _ F A F B _ F _ F C A _ E C D A B F _ _ A F B E G _ A F E C E E F A F B E C _ F F C G E _ F A F F _ F D B D E G A . _ F A F B _ C F G D _ C E F G F F F G D F A F _ E D , _ F A F B _ B F E F E _ F _ F C F A G _ E G _ B G F _ F B A G G , _ F _ F C A D A _ F A G _ F B C _ F C F A F B F _ _ F _ F C B F _ _ F C A F E E E _ E A F A F E F E _ F F C E _ A _ E B D C E _ _ A F E G A E A F C A D A _ F _ C _ G B E G _ A _ F G G _ E B D C E _ _ C F G D G A F E E G _ A G . Ok, I got nothin ~Cindy~
  8. Sorry for the delay, I'm on vacation. I'll give a report when I get home. So far so good though. ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  9. vibes and prayers. They've got great docs there at Dartmoth. They saved our baby's life about a year ago next month. We may be up there to visit the neonatal unit at the end of January for Evan's first birthday. Good juck and keep a good attitude. ~Cindy~ P.S. dress warm, it gets damn cold up there when the wind blows ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  10. I've always liked (University) Skydiving Club Obey the law of gravity ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  11. Just not the same without the video. I don't even know what language this site is in, but somehow the subtitles make it even funnier. ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  12. Just concerned about him, posting without an embedded link and all. But now that you mention it I do feel a bit drunk with power. ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  13. Um Ivan are you feelin OK? ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  14. Oh god, I just caught myself humming yummy yummy fruit salad as I hit reply. ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  15. Is it just me or are the wiggles a bit creepy? The four men seem a bit old to be jumpin around with kids like that. A little Michel Jacksonesque to my mind. ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  16. It is no more an airtight container than your house or car is. ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  17. Um I hate to break it to you, but these things are very common and perfectly safe unless your baby leaps out of the stroller, cuts a piece of the plastic off and tries to swallow it. I would worry much more about them being smothered by the blankets they are wrapped in than by this type of product. Here is a link to one on sale at babies r us http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004DSDC/104-4296267-2555106?v=glance Are you one of those people who thinks you'll suffocate in a car if you don't have the windows open? ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  18. Tiled the moon one. saved it as a jpg to upload. ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  19. http://aotwiki.com/MoinMoin/AOTWiki/moin.cgi Wiki clicky giggle ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  20. RWS Clicky ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  21. We are using Vonage. I like the name, it sounds dirty. No sound or clipping problems yet. We have cable broadband and it's pretty reliable. Lots of the folks that I have talked to have said that their companies use voip all the time, Cisco for one. The only big disappointment is that the extra virtual number isn't a free lunch. The local calls that my parents make to it are forwarded to our regular number and we get charged minutes like we had called them. I will have to see how many minutes a month we use it to see if it's worth it. I'll update again in a week or so. If anyone else decides to sign up, you can get a free month for both of us with their referral system. ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  22. Got the equipment today and boy is this slick. I can check my voicemail on the web and I got a second "virtual number" with a 512 area code so that mom and dad can call from Austin as a local call even though we're in New Hampshire. Voice quality is about the same as the landline in the calls we've made so far. I was mostly worried about this because I can't stand bad connections. Hard-of-hearing-Mom-in-law always calls on the cell phone and it drives me nuts to have every conversation full of what?what?canyouhearmenow? Now she can call the local Austin number toll free and not need to use the stupid cellphone with free weekend minutes. Downside is we won't have a phone if the power goes out, but we can still call 911 from the landline even though the service is disconnected. Maybe I'll just get some prepaid minutes for my old cellphone if we have a long outage. Don't know yet how reliable it will be, but everything seems to work so far. I love that warm fuzzy stick-it-to-the-phone-company feeling. ~Cindy~
  23. Just curious, has anyone here dropped your regular phone service for a voice-over-IP service like Vonage? I had a royal hissy fit over our phone, broadband and cable bills this weekend. $88, $45, and $50 respectively. At least $2200.00 a year for all three and they are about to raise two of them. We don't even get HBO or unlimited calling or anything fancy. Long story short, after being told about the rate increase, I dropped cable (hello three and a half channels off of antenna) and I'm in the middle of switching to Vonage for phone service over the internet. I guess it's a little late to ask now that I have signed up, but does anyone have any good/bad experience with this service? I haven't received the equipment yet, but I'm looking forward to trying it. Hubby wants to wire the whole house for it by essentially cutting the line from the pole to the house and wiring the line from the computer into the house phone system. My vote is to just get one of those 2.4 gig base stations for multiple wireless phones. I found out after I subscribed that you can get a month free for you and a friend with a referral so anyone about to sign up can pm me. Wish I had known that before I paid for the first month. --Spelling and grammar errors are lift in as an exercise for the reader. ~Cindy~
  24. flighty

    Boots

    Something to think about, I once saw someone land/crash with a canopy entangled around his foot because he simply could not kick off his hightop. I also have seen several people lose regular sneakers in CRW wraps rather than keeping a canopy around their foot. Hightops are not recommended for CRW should they be the choice for any skydive? ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.
  25. There is a report on ski helmets in this month's consumer reports. The protection from these helmets varies greatly. It is not tested in this report, but a bad helmet can concentrate the force of an impact rather than absorb and disperse it. Imagine the exaggerated case of putting a golfball between your head and the inside of the helmet and having someone whack you over the head with a phonebook. It's going to do a lot more damage than just the phonbook alone. (Frap hats are criticized for this very problem) Add to in the possible problems with shattered faceplates, strangulation, visibility and hearing obstructions, and you have a lot to think about in choosing a helmet. Read the problems that Consumer Reports tested for and see what you think. Cindy ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader.