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    Typical of the Perris Valley parking lot where you can find a 2006 Ferrari parked next to a 1972 Plymouth Scamp. Yes, I actually saw the two next to one another. Or maybe it was a 2003 Maserati next to a 1976 pinto. The diversity of the skydiving community as personified by the parking lot.



    Smart Pinto owner. Parking next to a Maserati will guarantee they won't swing open their door and dent your baby! ;)

    ltdiver


    Smart Ferrari owner! The parking lot is the only chance a Ferrari would have, of gettin' close to a Scamp. ;):D
    "T'was ever thus."

  3. Seriously.....hang-out in the bar! I've had dreams of (mostly minor) injuries and though none ever happened, the way it did in the dream....the injuries did happen and within' just a few days. Although the cause was different, the injuries were the same type, in the same place, and looked exactly as they did, in the dream. In each dream, I also felt the pain and it was an accurate preview. I wouldn't take any chances.
    "T'was ever thus."


  4. Well, I'm certainly no vodka connoisseur. :P I probably prefer Smirnoff because it seems to have NO taste to it, which makes it go well in a Sloe Comfortable Screw, because it doesn't interfere with the other flavors. (That's about the only vodka drink that I like.)

    :)) but I can't get 'em, here. [:/]
    "T'was ever thus."

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    When I used to drink vodka more often, I preferred Smirnoff over Absolut (or any other brand). I always thought Absolut had a funny taste to it.

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    Smirnoff and Absolut are gonna' start making vodka!?! :o

    "T'was ever thus."

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    Funny how the SIM allows A-license to perform water jumps but only requires training for it to get a B license.

    "I have an A-license and I can do all the water jumps I like because I learned about in FJC. I only have to go through the physical training if I want a B license. Cool!"
    [:/]



    Yeah, well....people routinely fly themselves into the ground, especially after long layoffs but even rather basic canopy training, has to be sought "on the side" and the recurrency jumps, are all about turning points...:|...it's pure genius! :D
    "T'was ever thus."

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    USPA has always accommodated my polite requests for expediting my card or new license before a boogie, etc. Perhaps you didn't speak with the appropriate person or your tone might have been a bit off. :S You get more with honey than vinegar;)



    Nah, some people are just like an old engine.....ya' gotta' use the "choke". ;)
    "T'was ever thus."

  10. Usually, almost any glass distributor and even some arts & crafts stores can cut you a piece of mirror glass, that you can replace it with. If it's a heated mirror and you've lost the heating element, you probably won't be able to find that part separately....but that's why God made ice-scrapers.
    "T'was ever thus."

  12. :D...afraid I'll have to agree with that but I'd consider it more along the lines of "the Titanic, of environmentalism"...and there really aren't enough lifeboats, for all the "Chicken Littles". Gore's a slippery one, though....he'll get away with the loot. ;)
    "T'was ever thus."

  13. I frequently ship car parts from PA, to an individual in Novrassisk, Russia (on the Black Sea). Most packages are rather large, pretty much right at the USPS upper size and weight limit. Charges are usually between $150-$300.00....a bit extra, if you add insurance.
    "T'was ever thus."

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    near the Arizona State Univ. campus hoping




    So let me get this straight, you are complaining about them enforcing a law you knew about. and further complaining that they lowered the speed near an area which would reasonably be expected to have a large ammount of young adults and teens around, oh yeah that rtight that call them SCHOOLS (tertiary but non the less), and all you got for speeding through it was a fine for $160.00.


    Tertiary!?! :D That's one hell of an old school!
    "T'was ever thus."

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    Is it purely an issue of risking a collision with oncoming aircraft traffic?


    Bingo. An active runway usually has a no fly zone for canopies under 300m.

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    Or is there something about the way heat rises from the blacktop that will affect canopy flight?


    You might find a column of air rising over the dark runway headed by the sun, so may expect some turbulence there.


    It's a breeding ground for those pesky li'l dust-devils, too. ;)
    "T'was ever thus."

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    And supposedly, God communicated to Moses through a burning bush ...



    Depends on who you listen to. On Judaism it was Gabriel that spoke through the burning bush to Moses. He (or she) was impersonating God's voice, I guess. I do that sometimes with my co-workers, call them on the phone with a fake voice that sounds kinda like the boss - "I need you to come in and work this weekend", or "just wanted to tell you I've always had the hots for you."

    Gabriel was hampered a bit by the fact that there were no telephones, so he had to hide behind a dried sage. The fire was just a pre-modern ring-tone. Word is that God was PO'd at first, but forgave Gabriel when he realized the burning bush was a pretty good tele-com strategy, and had plans to roll out an initial cell at Mount Horeb. But then AT&T was spawned from Hell, started a competing "Goat-singing-messenger" (GSM) service, and the burning bushes couldn't compete.


    Maybe God communicated with Moses, while he was burning "bush"? :D Actually, I think the whole exodus thing, was nothing more than a munchie hunt.
    "T'was ever thus."