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Looks like the e-mail invoices aren't getting sent out. At least, I haven't gotten mine yet, and registered 45 mins ago.

Cool - site's back up and it looks like everything's working. I just registered!!!

Yeah - haunted mansion was always great. I actually spent a while working at Disney and got to run the Tomorrowland Transit Authority (long 5 minute ride with numerous dark spaces ). My coworkers who worked the attraction were always nice enough to "look the other way" when I brought a girlfriend along for a ride. Of course, having the massive surveillance screens located RIGHT NEXT TO THE GUEST ESCALATOR led to some very emotionally scarred children, I'm sure. Those were the days.

Good stuff. Glad to see that development is coming along well. Why are there no naked #100 jumps though???

1) Twice while driving on the way to New Orleans (80 mph, 4am, no other traffic around, and 3 hours of highway 10 left). She'd never driven before, so I operated the pedals while she rode on top and held the wheel. Things progressed from there. The thing is...10 minutes into our adventure, her driving started to get worse and worse (6 lane highway). We were veering from the fast lane to the center lane to the slow lane and back. I had to constantly keep a hand on the wheel to prevent us going off the road. 2) In the back seat of a Toyota Avalon. Same girl as #1. This time, however, my _father_ was driving. Mom was asleep in the passenger seat. She was wearing a skirt, we had a blanket, and were VERY quiet and quick. I thought she was gonna give us away, cause she kept giggling the whole time. I'm still not sure - did my parents know what was going on or not. 3) In the street, winter, in the center of Moscow, Russia. Near the Belorusskaya metro station. The funniest part was that mid-way through the deed, some 70 year old grandmother walked nearby (about 10 meters away) and, without noticing us, dropped her pants and took a whiz right there in the middle of the street. Kind of ruined the mood for me - luckily my partner in crime didn't notice. 4) I'll tell you soon.....gotta invent something interesting for this weekend

That's exactly the thing...Rovaniemi is boring!!! I was there last year in late June. I figured I'd hang out in the city all night and enjoy the midnight sun. After walking around the city for two hours, I was so damned bored that I caught the 9pm train to Helsinki!!! My God...there's nothing to do there. The McDonald's is the coolest place in town.

Hell, I was in Rovaniemi not long ago. Had no idea there'd be BASE jumpers that far north though!!! But how do you jump objects during the summer without burning the site??? 24-hours of daylight can be a real bitch

I'm a unclear on the 1/15 chance of dying in BASE. Does that mean a BASE jumper has a 1/15 likelihood of dying in BASE in any given year of BASE jumping, all other things being equal? If the above is correct, then my chances of making it to the ripe old age of 100 depend on how many years I spend BASE jumping. If my BASE career lasts for 8 years, then my chances of dying a BASE death are somewhere in the 1 - (14/15)^8 = 0.42. So I have a 42% chance of dying during an 8-year-long BASE career. Those aren't very good odds.

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This was a jump I made last fall outside of Moscow, Russia. Made my way onto the "sunset load".

I've tried explaining it. I can't. The coolest friends I have are the ones who simply accept that I can't explain it. Sometimes I try to put it in words by saying that "it's the most beautiful sport I know". But that just doesn't quite capture it.......especially because to a non-BASE-jumper it's not a beautiful sport. It's "people throwing themselves off of objects with parachutes".

If you're still paying your bills (on time, even), you're not a real skydiver

I consider my two speeding tickets VERY lucky. A lot of it can be attributed to be VERY good at avoiding getting caught (slowing down coming over turns/around curves, always speeding in packs, etc.). Being outside of the USA for 2 years, and hence not driving, has helped a lot too.

1. 23 2. Male 3. 8 4. 4.0 unweighted 5. Probably about 12 average (lots of clubbing) 6. 2 speeding tickets 7. 2-month-or-more girlfriends, 6. Several more 2-week-stints.

1:0:0 And a killer hangover

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! I'm watching that movie right now!!!!

Hey, I was asking a very serious question!!! Personally, I vote for option two being more disgusting. At least behind door number one you get a little free bidet action!!!

So, I was sitting around today when suddenly the following mystery hit me... What's the more unpleasant experience in a restroom? 1) Splashback (when the awesome power of your contribution to the toilet's watery depths comes back at you, getting your juicy bits wetter than a University of Florida sorority girl on Bourbon Street...during Mardi Gras) 2) Second-hand splash (when two men stand side by side at urinals, and suddenly one is drenched by the ricocheting spray from his neighbor's fire hose)

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Kick ass!!! Congratulations on the new hardware. I've had my second tongue piercing for a year now - they're a hell-uv-a-lot-of-fun. It'll be tough to eat for 1-2 days, and then everything should be kosher. Just DON'T take it out for any extended period of time. After I got my tongue pierced the first time, I took the bar out for 45 minutes for a job interview. Immediately afterward I tried to put it back in - TOO LATE. Tongue piercings heal quick. If you take it out, you've got a maximum of about 30 minutes to put it back in. Mine was out for less than an hour, and no matter how much I tried to force the damn bar back in, I had no luck!!! They're definitely fun for kissing and..... ehm.... other purposes. I've had friends who have gone six months without noticing I have my tongue pierced. I've also got other acquaintances who noticed the piercing in 5 seconds of conversation. It all depends on how attentive your friends are.

I can guess how that one wound up. What'd they take?

You're absolutely right. Ribs will probably break at a certain speed. However, you've got a hell of a lot better chance of surviving if you wear the seatbelt. Walking away with broken ribs/broken wrist/broken arm is a hell of a lot better than leaving half of your torso in the car and the other half on the oncoming vehicle's hood. Of course, at high speeds steel gets really pliable. One big danger here is that you may end up trapped in the vehicle, or have body parts crushed by the newly-repositioned stearing column. Wearing your seat belt is step 1 to protecting yourself. Step 2 is driving responsibly. Step 3 is picking a car more likely to protect you in a head-on with one of the unresponsible drivers out there.

When I lived in the States it was reflex. It was the first thing I did as soon as I got in the car. I now live in a country where it's often considered "rude" or "untrusting" to put on your seatbelt. Almost nobody in this country wears seatbelts. Really. So I stopped wearing them. Totally not the right, responsible thing to do, but it's one way of entering the foreign culture. When in Rome, eh? I'd love to wear a seatbelt again, but as long as I'm over the pond, I'm gonna be playing Russian roulette.

And the whole time I thought you were going to Florida!!! I was born in St. Petersburg, Florida myself. I can't help you about jumping in St. Petersburg, but if you'll be heading towards Moscow any time soon I can hook you up with the locals.

5:0:0 The five I've already written about in another thread (see "dumbest things you've done during sex") The 0 and 0 are pretty disappointing though. Saving money up for a rig...as soon as I've got $1800 set aside, jumping season will be open. P.S. It's fun living in a country where beer isn't sold by the case, but in 2.5 liter bottles!!!