TMorita

On the paragliding forums about once a month we get some random guy who bought his equipment on eBay and is now trying to teach himself to fly. We try to talk the guy into taking formal lessons, but they usually refuse, and I think there's a high probably they will wind up with major injuries. This happens at my local unregulated site too...some guy shows up that's trying to teach himself to fly. Does this happen with skydiving too? Get weird posts from some guy trying to teach himself skydiving? Toshi

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More Mike Kung aerobatics. Has some nice spiral landings and SATs in it. http://www.madmikekung.com/video/event_horizon/media_player/dsl/event_horizon_dsl.wmv Toshi

There's a move on this one called an "asschopper" which looks like a mega wingover: http://www.madmikekung.com/mediaplayer/jump/jump_dsl.wmv Toshi

Same guy, I think ("Mad" Mike Kung) using a d-bag to paraglide from a balloon... http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2713800 Toshi

It's acro paragliding, but I think "BASE paragliding" makes more sense: http://www.deimospg.com/Deimos6/movies/mad_mike_web.wmv Toshi

I found the original Flash version here: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/321327 Toshi

Maybe. My R/C helis.

Here's one I just found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTBOFCDZpYQ Toshi

Resemble in this context is used 'tongue in cheek'. One would indeed normally resent a remark, but resemble is simply used in a joking manner, suggesting that the remark may apply to the reader in question. Yes, I have several friends who use "resemble that remark" correctly, e.g. tongue-in-cheekily. Toshi

ROFL!!! That reminds me...I have a friend who asks interesting questions. One day, she asked me (kinda rhtetorically), "Why do dogs roll around in smelly stuff?" after her dog rolled around on top of a dead fish. So, I thought about it overnight, and I had an answer for her the next day. First, consider human beings. We are very visually oriented, because a disproportionate number of our neurons are connected to our eyes. So, when we go on vacation, and we see interesting things, we take photographs, and show them to our friends afterwards. Next, consider a dog. A dog's brain is mostly connected to his nose, so his world is composed of scents. So...when a dog finds an interesting scent, he can't really carry the object home because he doesn't have opposable thumbs. So, he does the next best thing...he ROLLS AROUND on it so he can carry the new cool scent home to his friends in his fur. This also explains why dogs hate baths...it's because they've patiently collected a collage of cool neat scents in their fur, and you're destroying their artwork!!! Toshi

Ahhh..so those WEREN'T bears. Toshi

Another of my pet peeves is advise/advice. Toshi

When I was a kid, I had a friend who had a dog. One day, we were tossing a Frisbee back and forth, and the Frisbee landed in some branches about 10 ft high. So, my friend told his dog, "Go get the Frisbee!" and the dog ran around trying to jump up to the Frisbee...and getting pretty close. He was missing it by maybe a foot or so. Anyway, anytime thereafter we could tell him to "Get the Frisbee!" and he would jump frantically at the same tree branch even though the Frisbee was no longer there. Toshi

You nose you're old when you find white nasal hair. Toshi