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I was appalled today when during a department presentation (100+ people), my department head put up a powerpoint slide that said "katrina reeked havock on the southeast"

If you have any interest in military life in a combat environment, I'd suggest renting "Gunners Palace". It's a documentary shot in/around Baghdad in the 03/04 time frame. Although it is a documentary, it has light moments and a few tragic ones as well. No graphic footage, so don't worry about seeing roadisde bomb carnage, gunshot wounds...etc

that's very funny!!

wait... is the school resume an assignment or are you trying to get a job at a school or something else?

smelling your own pee in unavoidable. smelling others' pee (on purpose) is unnatural.

did this for a while and it gets old too. plus, you can only work out X many hours a day for X days straight before your body starts giving out on you....

i don't need this grief. i had a funny story i thought some posters might relate to. it seems like no matter what i post i won't be believed anyway. you've already made up your mind what my gender is, great.

you're entitled to your opinion but you really can't be 100% about that now can you?

I've got some asparagus in my fridge that is going to go bad soon. So this morning at the gym, I thought about making an egg white omelete with onions and asparagus, maybe a little crushed garlic. I got home, ate some hard boiled eggs, got ready for work and then left. When I got to the office I decided to use the bathroom. I'm finished up peeing and thought "hmm... no asparagus smell. wait, I didn't EAT the asparagus" I'm slightly concerned.

now that's funny

I've done five as passenger for a friend's strong tandem cert. I had around 300 jumps at the time and if I'd done tandems first, I probably wouldn't be in the sport today.

????? #1 is a spatula and #2 is scraper

you can easily google the key words "pride rainbow gay" and probably get a history in the first 5 returns

Please do not judge the rest of the country based on what you see in the south.

yes piopsjumper, the point... clearly... has been missed by you. "Its" is already a posessive pronoun. "it's" is a contraction of "it" and "is". Your two examples say the same thing. incorrect: The group made it's decision. correct: The group made its decision.

Nice try wartload, but apostrophes should not be used with possessive pronouns because possessive pronouns already show possession -- they don't need an apostrophe. His, her, its, my, yours, ours are all possessive pronouns. You first example is correct, the second is not.

I should add that English was the email author's primary language. Seriously, was anyone even worried about being "DISCIPLINARYED"?

i didn't want to be too much of a bitch.

These excerpts were taken from actual emails sent to a guy by his supervisor. He worked as a security guard.... TO ALL OFFICERS: THIS IS A REMAINDER, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN CCS THAT YOU CHECK THE CAMERAS EVERY HOUR NOT JUST CHANGING THE CAMERA, BUT ALSO MOVING THE CAMERA AROUND. THIS IS NOT A OPTION, THIS IS MANDATORY. IF ANY OFFICER IS FOUND THAT HE, OR SHE IS NOT DOING SO, THE OFFICER WILL RECEIVE DISCIPLINARY ACTION. KEEP IN MAIN THAT IS WAYS TO FIND OUT IF THE OFFICER IS DOING, OR NOT DOING THIS PART OF HIS, OR HER DUTY. and the follow-up FYI: TO ALL OFFICERS: THIS IS A REMAINDER, WRITTING THE DAR'S IT'S NOT A OPTION, IT'S MANDATORY. I HAD NOTICE THAT SOME OFFICER DON'T WRITE THERE DAR'S IN THE REGULAR BASICS. IF THIS HAPPEN EVEN ONE MORE TIME THE OFFICER WILL GET DISCIPLINARYED ACTION, ALSO THE DAR'S MUST BE ACCURATE, I HAD BEEN REVIEWING THE DAR'S AND SOME OF THEN ARE NOT VERY ACURATE, OR COMPLETED, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT FROM NOW AND ON THE DAR'S ARE ACURATE, AND COMPLETED AT ALL TIME. KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU ARE IN CCS WHEN YOU CHECK THE CAMERAS EVERY HOUR, AND WRITE DOWN IN THE DAR, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT THE CORRECT TIME THAT YOU DO THE CHECKING. how effective can this person be at their job if they can't communicate with their subordinates?

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i would also say the fault lies mostly with lack of parental emphasis on the importance of an education. parents can more easily blame teachers and school districts than accept responsibility for their child's education.

Why do you think most 1st time jumpers don't continue through student program?

of course, we all have..... but which one do you hear usually hear first?

are there a lot of fake skydivers??? should USPA know about this?

which do you get asked FIRST when someone discovers you jump?