BobMoore

My favorite animal? Well, it depends on how lonely I am on a Saturday night I guess.

There was the time many years ago when one of the radials on our Beech 18 blew up as we were climbing to altitude. Since we were over the airport (private) and were close to jump altitude anyway the pilot decided to just keep climbing. The one good engine was doing all it could to maintain a respectable climb rate.

Anyway, on jumprun the door was slid up and the lady nearest the door stuck her head out to give the pilot left/right signals. This was before every pilot had GPS and basically ignored the skydivers. When she was satisfied with the spot she brought her head back inside the plane and yelled loudly for the pilot to hear, "CUT!". Everybody in the plane stared at her for a beat and then started laughing uncontrollably. She didn't know what was so funny.

Congratulations! So, where do you suppose he got all those brains from? Can things like that skip a generation?

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Why do i get the feeling that the big word here is "WAS"?

As time goes by it is inevitable that we grow up and become infatuated with the pleasing sounds of a twin turbine Otter. I do still wear a white jumpsuit. I guess I'm stubborn about some things.

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PS) So do you have a oil-splattered jumpsuit like all of us old Sheridan jumpers?

But of course, and it was a white jumpsuit too. I always was a slow learner.

That brings back the memories. I have many jumps out of a Beech 18. Ours was a Tradewinds conversion (tricycle gear).

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I will absolutley admit that I am wholeheartedly against illegal immigration. If that qualifies as a predudice, then it is what it is.

Don't be so obtuse to think you don't have your own predudices either.

I'm predudiced against fat fingers.

Looking at the profile of the only one to reply to you I am willing to guess he isn't from the U.S.

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I never give a stripper a tip. . . I give her the whole thing!

But to her it felt like only a tip.

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Amazon
Bigsky
Bob Moore
Dr. Dive
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Grimmie
Happychick, Sky High Pendants
hcsvader
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guppie01, you modified an old list, at least I hope not that many have dropped off recently. Here's what I think is the correct list.

Bob

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This is a somewhat interesting thread, all 170 posts, and I read them all. I didn't bother to see Al Gore's Academy-winning documentary, I didn't watch the ceremony when he won the Nobel Peace Prize, and I admit I am woefully ignorant of the concept of "cap-and-trade". Looking at the subject line of this thread all I want to know where is this $8.875M Monticello Villa? Somewhere in Virginia, perhaps?

Its near Santa Barbara CA... definitely not in the cheap seats but it amuzes me that all these die hard conservative capitalists get hard on's about it.

6500 sq ft in that neighboorhod is a freakin cottage

When ya got it Flaunt it

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Zillow in Montecito, CA

No, Amazon. That's Montecito. I want to know where the Monticello is that's in the subject line. That is the big mystery of this thread.

This is a somewhat interesting thread, all 170 posts, and I read them all. I didn't bother to see Al Gore's Academy-winning documentary, I didn't watch the ceremony when he won the Nobel Peace Prize, and I admit I am woefully ignorant of the concept of "cap-and-trade". Looking at the subject line of this thread all I want to know where is this $8.875M Monticello Villa? Somewhere in Virginia, perhaps?

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Update -

Just participated in my first homebrewing competition with these beers. (I know, beer, but that sort of automatically comes with this particular first.) Results:

Diamond Dubbel - gold
Bigway Brown - silver
Swooper Stout - silver

Thanks to everyone who helped me with scrounging bottles for the bottling runs and testing the stuff. Also thanks to Amy who put up with me taking over the kitchen from 5 to 12 hours a batch.

Can you bring some to Lost Prairie? Are you coming to Lost Prairie?

Shall we drift over to funny things George H. Bush has said, at least according to the internet?

How many posts do you think will it take to jump back to political posturing?

I'll start : "Families is where our nation finds hope, where our wings take dream"

"I know that the human being and the fish can coexist"

On a trip to Cooperstown, to attend a dinner, Phil Rizzuto commented to Yogi, "I think we're lost." To which Yogi responded "Yeah, but we're making great time."

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The man does have a way with words!
One of our great American characters.

When asked if he wanted a personal pizza cut into 4 or 8 slices, Yogi responded with "Better cut it into 4, I don't think I could eat 8."

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If, you come to a fork in the road...take it! Yogi Berra

It ain't over till it's over. Yogi Berra

When told by a queen visiting New York on a particularly humid day that he appeared "quite cool," Yogi innocently responded "Thanks; you don't look so hot yourself."

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Needed to make a change in my life, so I said goodbye to RED and hello to BLUE.

And I thought this was a thread about your political leanings.

I have a 1999 BMW K1200RS that I can't live without. Enjoy your Harley.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

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An excellent ultraportable to consider is the Acer Timeline 1810T, or the upcoming 1830T (which uses the Core i3 instead). These 'netbook' like ultraportables use real CPU's rather than Atoms.

I have one of those, and love it. 11.6" screen, Core2 Duo dual-core, 1080p video capable (external BluRay drive works), HDMI output, gigabit Ethernet, latest 11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 4 gigs RAM, 320 gigs HDD, Windows 7 Professional, and 8 hour battery (6 hour real-world)

...all in a 3 pound netbook form factor!

(I paid $649 for it.)

got a link!?

You copy the text "Acer Timeline 1810T", then open another browser window, go to www.google.com, and paste the text "Acer Timeline 1810T". You'll get lots of links.

"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."
Yogi Berra

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During a pre presentation run through with the other speakers featured on that forum, one of the tihings we were discussing the difference between a "demo' & a 'performance'.

Mark and I were the top two most experienced 'paid demo' jumpers in the group of speakers, with over 1000 each.

I have more 'performances' ...but he has more 'demos' which is really more significant.

What did you guys decide is the difference between a "demo" and a "performance"?

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"Something's going to happen. Something wonderful"

2010?


"Flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes."

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... and get those young Cracks practicing.

Did you really say that?

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"Just because the tests didn't turn out the way Colonel Burton thought they would, was no reason to suspect there was anything devious going on."

"I ask you General, filling the fuel tanks with WATER before a test to check the combustibility of those tanks, that wasn't devious?"

"If the tanks had been filled with fuel, there's a good chance the vehicle would have exploded."

"Isn't that the point?"

"If the vehicle had exploded, we wouldn't be able to run additional tests! "

The Pentagon Wars.


"What are you going to do. Arrest me for smoking?"