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well because the scientists arent thinking of it as a skydiver attraction, i think what they have planned is more of a "zero-g" simulator so the people can "know" what its like to be an astronaut. riiiiight. i'm sure it'll end up just being all skydivers that show up there lol.

i believe this is the one thats gonna be down by NASA, right? what i heard from tom olson was that this thing is being funded by a bunch of nasa scientists and that they wanted to start it as a tourist attraction, they didnt really even have skydivers in mind. should work out pretty cool though. its only about 20 mins from my apt.

Because of Public Law 94-142 which states: Why is it taking so long to get a staffing on this child and why isn't the child in a deaf educated program? Are there mainstream programs in your school district? I would push the issue if you think the hearing aid for this child isn't working. I worked with one of those aids, and the deaf child could hear if the mainstream classroom teacher was in the bathroom. Is there a hearing aid center in your town that you can have the device checked out at? Here is the link for Public Law 94-142, just in case. I know you're a teacher and I'm sure you are well educated when it comes to the law. Good luck. yeah... that always cracked me up when i was a kid, when the teacher would forget to turn the fm off and i could hear em going to the bathroom. i'd turn my hearing aids up so that everybody around me could hear the noises. heh. anyway, yeah check the hearing aid and make sure the switch is in the right position. but maybe the kid's like me and just turns the hearing aids off so he doesnt have to listen to all the bullshit.

*could care less* just too bad it didnt take out the entire regime of north korea. now that would have been nice. and screw sending them anybody to help. let those fucked up dumbasses fend for themselves.

hmm. well i jumped a sabre 2 170 last week for shits and giggles, and i noticed it didnt respond as quickly as my spectre 170 does. it just seemed more sluggish and seemed to sink quicker then the spectre. *shrugs* i'll keep my spectre, thanks

High cotton Written by roger murrah and scott anders We didn’t know that times were lean Round our house the grass was green It didn’t seem like things were all that bad I bet we walked a thousand miles Chopin’ cotton and pushin’ plows And learnin’ how to give it all we had. As life went on and years went by I saw the light in daddy’s eyes And felt - the love in mama’s hands They kept us warm and kept us fed Taught us how to look ahead Now lookin’ back, I understand. Chorus: We were walkin’ in high cotton Old times there are not forgotten Those fertile fields are never far away We were walkin’ in high cotton Old times there are not forgotten Leavin’ home was the hardest thing we ever faced. When sunday mornings rolled around We dressed up in hand-me downs Just in time, together with the church Sometimes I think how long it’s been And how it impressed me then It was the only day my daddy wouldn’t work. Chorus x2 We were walkin’ in high cotton.

hahahaha will hung. what a joke. lol.

mine's Waste by Staind. Your mother came up to me. She wanted answers only she should know, Only she should know.. It wasn't easy to deal With the tears that rolled down her face. I have no answers 'cause I didn't even know you. But these words they can't replace The life you...the life you waste. How could you paint this picture? Was life as bad as it should seem That there were no more options for you? I can't explain how I feel. I've been there many times before. I've tasted the cold steel of my life crashing down before me. But these words they can't replace The life you...the life you waste. Did daddy not love you? Or did he love you just too much? Did he control you? Did he live through you at your cost? Did he leave no questions for you to answer on your own? Well fuck that and fuck her and fuck him and fuck you For not having the strength in your heart to pull through. I've had doubts. I have failed. I've fucked up. I've had plans. Doesn't mean I should take my life with my own hands. But these words, they can't replace The life you...the life you waste. But these words, they don't replace The life you...the life you waste. Staind totally rocks, man.

sure would. i dont carry guns anyway. or at least.. they're not in my name.

big deal that you dont get to own a gun. at least you dont have to share a cell with bubba I'd definitely give up my right to have a gun faced with that decision.

DAMN that thing is cool! now if only i could actually go back in time with it.

paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarty's on! you know whats fun is being baked in class.

haha there are some real squares on here, arent there. I'm gonna do my best to live it up.

yep. prolly permanently, from the looks of things.

both. i definitely wouldnt want to live knowing i cant do jackshit with myself, but i also dont wanna be that crazy ole lunatic that has no idea where he is, so if it came down to it, i'd want to lose both my mind and body at the same time. walla. or, i could just die. it'd be cheaper.

*scoffs* TAI BO!!! yeah.. i'm a baaaaaaaaaaaaad motherfucker. in all seriousness, no i dont really have any official training, but i've been in my share of fights, and i can easily take down a 2nd degree black belt TKD. its all about getting close and like others said, it always ends up on the ground. whatcha gonna doo!!

WORD! good on you Viking, hope it lasts buddy.

i understand exactly what you're saying, but what i was getting at is, which is really more dangerous, a downwind landing in maybe 5mph winds, or a possible canopy collision? *shrugs* i think thats really what the debate should be about.

okay so lay another one on us Chris.

gosh. i could NEVER think of such a thing.

i think what he is getting at is that if you had gone ahead and landed to the south, then the collision with the other guy simply wouldnt have happened. you MIGHT have had a little bit of a tough time landing, but you do downwind landings every once in a while to swoop anyway. anyway, i see his point. i think that unless you're an instructor or somebody qualified to know exactly what to do for a low timer, everybody should just do as the romans do, which is land to the south in a no wind/very little wind situation. that way you eliminate the possibility of a head on canopy collision. people might have rough landings but i'd rather somebody had a rough landing then kill me and them in a canopy collision. *shrugs*

what??? i thought popping your shoulder back in was fun!!!

the one where i like uh jumped out of the plane and uh pulled before i hit the ground. yeah.

you bust his ass. after all, its purely a safety reason. there's no benefit to landing in the opposite direction that everybody else is if there's no wind at all.. if somebody decides not to pull, does that mean that everybody should follow his lead? BTW, at our dz, it is specifically noted that in a No Wind situation, that ALL jumpers will land to the south. its not land like the first guy does. Thats why i was saying, if a dz doesnt have that rule, it might be a good idea to set something like that up where they tell everybody in a no wind situation to land to the south, or whatever direction would work best at that particular dz. NOW, all that having been said, i'd like to add that the guy that landed to the north in this incident noted that he saw streamers indicating that the wind was coming from the north, so he decided to make his landing based on that. BUT, the wind sock was not moving. From what i heard, if a situation like that was to happen again, the best thing to do would be to observe the wind sock, and if its slack, or if everybody else is already landing to the south, do as they do. It gets a little iffy once you really start trying to lock things down, but i guess you just have to rely on common sense.

today at SDH there was a canopy collision due to one jumper going on a north bound swoop while another was going south on his swoop, when everybody was supposed to be landing to the south. there could have very easily been a fatality, and i am EXTREMELY glad that there wasnt, because they were both good friends of mine. if your dropzone does not have rules pertaining to where all jumpers should land in a no wind situation, please try to get a set landing pattern, because these canopy collisions DO hurt, and can very easily kill. (btw both ended up alright, one had a dislocated shoulder) i wasnt going to post at all about this, but after getting requests from people, i decided that i should post this in the safety forum to remind everybody that following a landing pattern is not just for show, its for the safety of your ass, and for everyone else in the sky around you.