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I have the feeling that if growing reefer is legalized it will catch on a bit more than home brewing.. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

So this is American justice? I guess the tazer was a good alternative to shooting him. Then again cops are only allowed to do that on the subway. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

7 hrs Still not used to the angry tourist mothers freaking out about me flying longer than their kid.. it's always fun trying to explain things to angry people that can't hear you.. Does previous tunnel time shorten the training time for becoming an instructor? If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

I doubt that the oppression of women is some type of mysterious cultural tradition that needs to be respected. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

If she was trying to make a statement, I sure as hell haven't heard it yet. Except that maybe the terrorists have managed to put us on edge to the level that we are our own worst enemy. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

The charges on the Jena 6 were reduced.. "Five of the black teens were initially charged with attempted murder, but that charge was reduced to battery for all but one, who has yet to be arraigned; the sixth was charged as a juvenile." If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

I wonder how they convinced the FAA to agree with giving permission for that stunt.. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

The wave at Sebastian Inlet breaks pretty near to shore..The sub-tropical storm in May gave us 6-8 ft faces. I dunno if that break is within the DZ landing restrictions though.. Free jump tickets/transportation/video/etc for any takers.. Tropical Depression #4 just formed in the Atlantic.. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

I haven't been able to find any precedents of attempting to swoop a breaking ocean wave. I would like to sponsor the attempt of such a manuever, just to have it happen. The question is of practicality: Is the risk of canopy entanglement too great? Is this possible without special permission? (i.e. DZ by the beach?) Is this possible or just not worth exploring? We are amateur video/photographers, but we have Hi-Def Video and Digital Cameras. All expenses would be covered for anyone willing make an attempt. I've been wondering about this for a while so any feedback is appreciated. (p.s. We're in Florida, so we can film in the southeast pretty easily or travel to just about anywhere) If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

That's kinda the scary part. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

God was bored being all-knowing and decided it was time for action. He was a jolly, poetry loving fellow who decided that we need intricate biological systems to populate the world. Of course he decided to make people in his own image. Coincidentally, God's image involves two legs, a head, two arms.. Thank god the all-mighty didn't look like a dinosaur or potato or our lives would really be difficult. God may make everything, but Satan's the dupe for everything bad. We're in the middle with everything bad being deserved and everything good owed to the Gman. God controls everything, yet we have free will?.. I think the story of God was written by a lawyer. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

And I wonder why people are so unhappy with telemarketers? If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

How come only religion gets away with persuading us that their end of the bargain comes after we're dead? If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

lol Half the population is below average? Well..that's an unusual average.. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

mjosparky, i gotta ask, since you threw in the random comparison of mixed martial arts. Where have you trained mma that tolerated disrespectful behavior? I have yet to meet a more respectful group of people. Is the comparison based entirely by what you watch on reality tv? Isn't that kinda like basing your opinion of skydiving off of point break or stunt junkies? I'm all for the sport, and being a new jumper, im stoked. Maybe skydiving has fallen into the same rut as mma, being that only the most ill-behaved or most reckless deserve attention from the masses. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

rofl! If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

hrm..lesbians can only really have sex two weeks out of the month.. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

I don't know if they're labeling anything as much as discussing different activities that would be prone to accidental conditioning. In skydiving, for example, you wouldn't want to repress anything involving your peripheral vision. If anything, you would be purposely conditioning yourself to do the opposite. Same with living in a house, you would gain no benefit for forcing yourself to ignore stimuli from your peripheral. But, in yoga (for ex.) you do gain a benefit for conditioning yourself to ignore those around you to better focus on your technique. You are accidentally conditioning yourself to fight arousal with relaxation. Being that reflexes are on a biological level, our attempts to combat them with thought only create internal stress. (We can't cut off the raw sensory data flow, but we can condition our response to it) Now, everyone has stress, and generally everything is fine until enough stress factors cause a problem. Long-term retreats in a crowded room would be the idealized culprit of exposing these factors. The opposite of these negative conditions would be...yoga on the beach in the morning, or on a new york city rooftop, or by the waterfalls in the jungle. They're not saying there's no such thing as a spiritual experience, just that there are psychological dangers for ignoring the vulnerability of our minds. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

During the 1960's, employees using close-proximity work stations were having bizarre or psychotic episodes. The problem was peripheral vision reflexes and the solution at the time was the Cubicle. When yoga is done in groups, the movement from those behind you constantly triggers the startle reflex. You attempt to ignore the reflex through concentration, but your brain cannot stop "seeing" the movement, thus triggering internal conflict. This conflict can build to a mental break. The resulting altered mental state is the source of the benefits you perceive. Or at least thats the theory for Accidental Operant Conditioning: http://visionandpsychosis.net/ http://visionandpsychosis.net/QiGong_Psychotic_Reaction_Diversion.htm "There is a history from those who have serious mental and physical problems associated with long term use of this slow motion martial arts exercise. Case histories from China say victims become addicted to Qi Gong and can't/won't stop gathering others to exercise with them. Exposure to Subliminal Distraction only happens when the exercise is done in groups. Subliminal, Accidental, Operant Conditioning causes both the beneficial and detrimental effects of this exercise." If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

Buddhism is kinda plagued by a mystical hollywood thing. Koans and such are made to shock your mind out of set patterns of thinking. Sometimes people create patterns of behavior and one of those habits is seeing your death as separate from the rest of the world, when it is truly an interdependent part of life itself. As long as there is consciousness there is existence. Think shrodengers cat, an observer of some sort is needed to carry on reality.When you die the world isn't over. It's not really "you" that's reincarnating, it's consciousness itself. Just another way of saying life goes on basically. The leaf dies, but the tree lives. If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

It's hard to separate thinking and feeling. Thoughts are generally driven by feeling. (we make our decisions based on emotion and then use our logic to explain our actions) Worm food doesn't sound like a lotta fun, but energy is never destroyed right? Free will by definition is simply not determined by physical or divine forces. How could you add them into the equation and still have free will? If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

"No matter how far a jackass travels, it won't come back a horse." If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

So I was reading this Christian website preaching to visitors that David Blaine is serving the devil. I'm reading the story that they're anger is directed at and upon checking their news source I realize that.. ..they got their information from a parody news site.. I'm not kidding. Check it out: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Hellivision/david_blaine.htm This is a section of the parody that they read (and took seriously): "Finally, after serving fish and chips to the audience, the magician will perform his "grand finale". Details are being kept under wraps, but it is believed to involve a pack of cards, a bunch of flowers, a rabbit, a hat and his sleeve." they: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com took their article from http://www.deadbrain.co.uk/news/ I'm surprised they missed the other "news" stories in the same section such as: US Names Mel Gibson as Middle East Envoy James Prescott Is Melting 'Hug A Hezbollah' Campaign Fails To Get Off The Ground If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

I can understand why people put Billabong, Rusty, Roxy etc. on their cars: They're trying to identify themselves with a group. (surfers..) You add a Relative Workshop sticker, you identify with other skydivers. Noni Juice sticker?: I'm a semi-cultist kinda guy. Then you've got radio station decals, religious fish thingys, nascar numbers, etc. I don't get O stickers though.. there's no group or activity to identify with. Are you a "eyeglass afficianado" or something? Maybe they're optometrists.. Any ideas? If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon

tlmiracle, are you using a prescription brace or off-the-shelf? [If so] I'm just curious about how the physician responded to what you intend to use the brace for. I would think that they would feel it unecessary to spend insurance money so that you could continue doing something dangerous. I've been putting off seeing a doctor for a knee-brace because I'm afraid they're going to freak out when I tell them what it's for. (jumping/thai boxing) I do intend to tell them exactly what I'm planning to use it for, but I've been afraid that the way I say it will override the doctor's response.. I hope this post isn't off topic. I don't have a knee-replacement; just surgery for my bucket-tendon & meniscus about 2 years ago. Anyone had any experience relating an eccentric sport to a doctor? If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. - Master Ummon