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  1. I'd love to get current again -- my last air-bath was 6 years ago! Hardly a day goes by though without thoughts of freefall... my rig is still in the closet, and some day I'll be back in the sky -- promise!

    Congrats Wingy! My next wedding anniversary will be #25 - life's great! Pretty soon my kids will be old enough to skydive.



  2. Gee Wingy, it's been a while. I hope you are still safe out there. I haven't dropped in for q long time either. No jumpy our of da plane for too many years. I can remember the dyas many years ago when you, Freaksis, myself, and just a handful of others were posting hee every day. Wow - has Sangrio's little corner of cyberspace grown!

    Cheers
    Frank



  5. I envy you. I, too, am one of those people who hopes to see a manned launch some day. Last night My wife and I watched as the shuttle/station flew threw our night sky. Despite the fact that it's only a light in the sky, knowing that there are ten people up there working in space -- including my countryman Dafydd Williams -- inspires a feeling of awe.



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    Also.... God designed us to have a relationship with Him which is why we could feel depressed when that relationship is broken. We then try to fill that void with anything, which is why we are never permanently satisfied....




    We live on one of ten planets orbiting an insignificant star -- one of billions of stars in this galaxy, which is one of billions of galaxies in this universe, which may be just one universe in and endless number of universes. I think you are rather vain to believe an omnipotent being created you, and shares your daily concerns.

    It's time to leave the dark ages, and recognize that belief systems represent serious delusions. The concept of "gods" was born to our early ancestors out of fear and ignorance. They did not understand the nature of their surroundings -- things like birth, death, lightning, extreme weather, and so on. They attributed those phenomena to 'gods". Today, we DO understand many of the mechanisms of nature -- and there are no sky fairies involved.

    Your god is a literary figure who exists only in the pages of a book, and in your mind.



  8. I'm frightened when any believers are in a position of authority. Too often, they force their own belief system on others. An example that comes to mind is when the school trustees in Kansas tried to include ID in the curriculum a couple of years back. It's the same with those want to force children to acknowledge religion in the classroom by making them recite the lord's prayer. It's a terrible abuse of power, and demonstrates the poor judgment many believers have.



  12. Some of the old timers here may remember my song "Exit Exit", but on a more radio friendly note, how's'bout Colin James' song Skydiving?

    Looking out across the front yard
    All the way to the fence
    I made this a sanctuary
    Now it’s my line of defence
    I know you’re out there
    And I want to let you in

    Sky diving
    I’m falling and there’s farther to go
    From high and mighty
    Back to a place I know, a place I know

    I tuned you out
    Kept everybody away
    Now there’s no one around here
    When I’ve got something to say
    I made it to the top of the hill
    Now all I want to do is jump

    Sky diving
    I’m falling and there’s farther to go
    From high and mighty
    Back to a place I know

    Sky diving
    I’m falling and there’s farther to go
    From high and mighty
    Back to a place I know

    Sky diving
    I’m falling and there’s farther to go
    From high and mighty
    Back to a place I know, a place I know



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    The Olympics is a business--plain and simple.



    Try telling that to the athletes who spend much of their youth and teen years striving to be the best they can be.

    Suggesting athletes are like "trained monkeys" is a just plain ignorant.

    I do agree, however, that the Olympics have absolutely nothing to do at all with a nation being a "world power".



  21. Here on the southern tip of Vancouver Island -- we are going to stay dry. That's welcomed news ... we had a tsunami in 1964 that did significant damage -- and I guess some time in the future, it will happen again -- but not tonight!



  22. My city is under a tsunami warning at this hour -- after a fairly big earthquake off the coast of California. It seems there is never a dull moment around here ...