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I don't remember much of my first jump except that the shock and exhilaration made me not notice anything. I remember jumping out, probably had my eyes wide open. Don't remember if I did any PRCPs or not. I'm sure my logbook has it listed. Anyways, Next thing I know, the jumpfaster is shakling his fist. I'm wondering what the hell is he doing? The he reaches and grabs my ripcord. Oh yeah, that's right ..... The fist means pull your ripcord. I looked up and there was my canopy. Since then I started being far more aware. This ad space for sale.

Here is a washed out coke-whore in the making. Oh wait, maybe she's alrady made. This ad space for sale.

You're all wrong. The correct, most concise answer is "us". This ad space for sale.

My brain tells me to just suck it up and go jump, BUT sometimes unexplainable things happen. Evel Knieval dreamt of his some of worst crashes the night before the crash. (But he could have also dreamt a crash before every demo so I don't know if that's valid or not.) My grandfather, who died in good health at a young age, knew he was going to die a few weeks before he actually did. He started telling his wife to do things herself, go out with friends more than usual, so the transition after his death would be easier. Scientifcally speaking, emotions, feelings, intuitions are worthless. However, we do know that animals can tell before a major natural disaster is going to happen. There is something in intuition that we can't scientifically explain, and I'm sure that in our raw animal state, we would have much more instinctive tendencies than we actually use right now. So, I would say don't jump. Especially since you've already had this happen before. OTOH, if somebody was afraid of every jump consistently, I'd tell them to suck it up or change sports. This ad space for sale.

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Go to a climbing gym three days a week, climb for about 1.5 hours, then lift for another 1-2. Try to run a few miles the other two days of the week. (The last two are for jumping ;) ) Do it cuz it makes me feel good, and I need to something after sitting in front of a computer all day or I'm going to snap some day.. This ad space for sale.

All people are out to kill you. I'd second taking the MSF course. For me it was required since I was under 21 at the time (in Florida), but it's really useful. Compare it to AFF L1-3. Get a manual for your bike, since you can do almost all repair and maintenance work on it yourself. And then just ride and you'll begin to feel it. Have fun! This ad space for sale.

Linux is free, absolutely completely free. For your first time using it, I'd try Mandrake Linux, which is really easy to use. It'll take a little while getting used to it, but once you do, you'll never want to go back. This ad space for sale.

As others said, run Spybot, Adaware and CWShredder. Each can do work others can't. Also, install Sygate Personal Firewall as that'll tell you when a program is trying to access the internet and also giving you the option of allowing it or not allowing it access to the internet. Also, use Mozilla instead of IE. It's far less vulnerable to exploits, and has built-in popup blocking. This ad space for sale.

I tried to go sailing. It didn't work, all we managed to do was spend about five hours trying to rig the boat and get it in the water, and then slamming it into a police boat, while the cop was sitting there laughing at us. At that pont, we decided to just quit and go drink. This ad space for sale.

At one interview, I said "I'm a perfectionist; I won't quit doing something until it's absolutely perfect." The HR lady laughed and asked for a different one. So now I just say I can't stand authority and tend not to listen to what my manager tells me to do. Granted, the times I did say that I didn't get the job. This ad space for sale.

How dare you presume that all African-Americans will forgive you for a bottle of Malt Liquor? Some of them would much more prefer a crack hit. For all I can see, my tongue is still sitting in my cheek, and yes, I know I am going to hell. This ad space for sale.

Well, I'm not African American and I appreciate your humor. So there. Thanks for posting it. It's not mind opening, or enlightening, or whatever, but it's funny. And that's all that matters, dammit. This ad space for sale.

You can by installing a proxy on a remote machine (ie: your home machine) on a nonstandard port (ie 4562), and odds are they won't see it. If you want to guarantee blocking, I'd wrap the connection using SSH forwarding, but that begins to get complicated. It can defintely be done though, I've done it before. This ad space for sale.

Damn, now I want to go to Austria just to steal that sign. This ad space for sale.

Yeah, as everyone else said, walk away from this. The guy is already being a dick, and if there are any problems with the rig, odds are he won't try to work with you at all. There's other, honest people out there who will sell you a good rig at a fair price. It might not be a "bargain", but most "bargains" have other problems that aren't immediately noticed. I was looking for a used rig for a few weeks, and ended up finding someone selling one a few hours from my house. To show the difference in attitude, she was 1) willing to meet me half way to let me see the rig (so I wouldn't have to drive the three miles myself) 2) offered to not cash the check for a few days so I could get the rig checked out and/or jump it before I decided to buy it. She never lied or tried to change anything either. Granted, I didn't get a phenomenal price, but I paid what it was worth, and had the piece of mind knowing that if it wasn't all that it was made out to be, so would definitely take it back. (She even called me the day after I bought it to see if I liked it or not.) Step away from this offer, and keep looking, especially for those close to you, since you can physically go and look at the rig, and you know exactly where they live. This ad space for sale.

something a scientist invented to make your head hurt. it has to do with working with more than four dimensions. This ad space for sale.

I assure you that if the drinking age was 25, then all the drunken stupidity and recklessness wouldn't happen at 21, but at 25. Beacuse they had been banned from using for so long, they would indulge when given the opportunity. On the hand, however, if the drinking age was 16 or 18, they would drink themselves retarded at that age, and then grow up and mature. If you don't believe me, look at Europe, where the majority of people drink from an early age (starting with wine with dinner with their families) and the alcoholism rate is much, much lower than that of the States. This ad space for sale.

So, I take it you're saying one can't be mature unless he's in the military? Fuck off. 1) There's additional responsibility one can take besides simply joining the military. 2) I've known quite a bit of immature fucks (as well as mature ones) from the military. Just being part of some organization shouldn't make one better than the rest of society. This ad space for sale.

Too late, it already has. Unless you are too oblivious to notice or don't care about your freedoms. Personally the fact that I can not walk down the streets of Tampa, FL without having computers check me face whether or not a match a suspect is too much. Expecially when these checks aren't even accurate. How would you like it if you were detained for a few days because a computer program decided you kinda *look like* a terror suspect. To stop terrorism, we should take our army and take them out, teach them a fucking lesson, and make all other potential terrorists too goddamn scared to fuck with us. We have the most powerful military in the world, yet Al-Qaeda still exists. This ad space for sale.

Why don't we just change our foreign policy to not be involved, except when necessary, with other countries? If somebody attacks us, go there, take them out, and be done with it, like we did in WW2. Why the hell do we have to spend our tax money rebuilding other countries when our own country has a problem of its own (ie: crime, povertyy, lack of education, to name a few)? We're here trying to "fix" the rest of the world when we can't even get our own dysfunctional country working right. Look at this as well: There is something seriously wrong when people are "voting for the lesser of two evils". Does anyone else see the problem when we mistrust our leaders to the point we vote for the one who will do *less* damage? I think both of us know the answer to that. This ad space for sale.

My apologies, mis read that. Agreed to buy beer. Anyways, I see where you're coming from, but I also hope you see where I'm coming from. Yeah, there's a lot of BS to go through, on both sides, but I'm simpl going with what I feel is right, as I'm sure others are too. I just hope that whatever actually happens turns out to the best way. Some reason, though, I don't expect it to. This ad space for sale.

lifewithoutanet: no, we haven't met, at least i wouldn't expect us to. i just came on to dz.com, and have only jumped at one dropzone. I do understand that *if and when* we get to the point that we are in constant fear of suicide bombers, things might be different. But are we in that much fear right now? Who decides when we are in fear or danger? According to the government, we are in constant danger. But, then again, they have ulterior motives. This country was founded on the basis of pure and complete freedom, for the right of everybody to do as they please without negatively affecting others. This is no longer the case. As someone else stated above, the WoD is one extremely obvious example. Furthermore, with 9/11, there is now another even more "reason" for security. That's "terrorism". Pretty much anything anti-American or subversive is now associated with terrorism. Did you see the commercials linking marijuana use with terrorism? WTF is that? I belive its far more likely that the heavy gas guzzling in this country funds terrorists much more than marijuana use. Have you seen the Patriot Act, which gives the Feds the right to enter our houses for whatever reason, search it, and not be required to notify us of said search for the next six months? That they're allowed to demand librarians for books we have checked out and the library is not allowed to nnotify us? This is just the beginning. We don't know what will happen. We don't know if in the next five years the police will be allowed to enter our homes and demand identification. Or maybe everything will just work out. Are you willing to just sit back and see what happens? We can't allow our liberties to be taken away out of fear. Our founders fought to their death for their freedom, we should do the same, *whether or not* we actually use the rights provided to us. I love this country, I love the fact that I can say anything, write anything, without the fear of being arrested. I hope my future children will be able to do the same. This ad space for sale.

Right, *when* they move it on to the streets, you'll agree it'll be stepping over the line. However, the way it happens, is they institue in the train stations, wait a year or two so everyone is used to it, then move it to the streets, so everybody says: "Well, they can already check us in the trains, so what's the problem with checking us on the roads. When they come into our houses, I'll agree, it'll be stepping over the line." ------- When they took away the Fifth Amendment, I didn't say anything, because I wasn't guilty. When they took away the Fourth Amendment, I didn't say anything because I didn't carry drugs. When they took away the Second Amendment, I didn't say anything, because I didn't own a gun. Now they've taken away the First Amendment, and I can't say anything. This ad space for sale.

Rolling on the floor laughing my head off! This was the funniest shit I've read in a long time, but I gotta stop now, cuz I'm at work and I'll get fired if they come in and see me trying to put my head back on. good stuff! This ad space for sale.