Jasmin

Should we rename him Felix? lol xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Damn time flies when you're having fun! EWdited to add:Nearly easter time again too.... xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Yes, but I think per capita basis might be slightly more relevant.... xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Klaus perhaps? xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

What the!?? He didn't mention that one! lol xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Maybe my memory is going to sh*t, but I seem to remember Feral telling me he had only two or three skydives when he did his first BASE jump.... xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Women like this give the rest of us a bad name That you think all Australian/global women are like this is as distressing as the thought that idiotic and 'precious' women like this are serving with my man, my mates (male and female) and my brother. I'm against the double standard and all for same rules, same fitness standard, same everything. If someone can then hold their own, what's the problem? xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

No; its how all male Aussie jumpers seem to dress! Oh dear, I'd never thought I'd see the day where I'd find myself saying Douggs looks...attractive!??? What's the world coming to??? LOL xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

For reds, I love Tatachilla, Xanadu and Peppertree. For white, I love a kiwi wine called Oyster Bay. I've finally overcome my Tim Tam addiction and progressed to Argentinean Havannets and Mamushkas. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Eddie, I'll never forget the first time I met you, or running into you devouring waffles in Lauterbrunnen or Chinese with you, Jimmy, Jeb & Swiss Chris last year. Words cannot express how sad I am. The world is a much dimmer place without your vibrancy in it. Edited to add: The footage of Eddie on Slim's Tex Mex (the cave) Mix is absolute gold. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Virginia; you're pretty much sealing your daughter to a tortured childhood. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

As a scientist, I try to rationalise and query the logic of just about everything. But on the flip side, I know that there are serious limitations in our ability to understand the universe and everything in (and potentially outside) of it. Rules only stand until we find an exception to the law or discover a flaw in the logic (not always the same as the evidence) from which a scientific law or principle was dervied. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

More power to those wingsuiters with both PFI and BMI ratings. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

And your thoughts on the confirmation that Kovtun contaminated his wife and kids with Polonium-210 before he met with Litvinenko? Perhaps you've missed my point that the perpetrators ("they") might not be Putin and the FSB? Edited to add:http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Exspy-contact-left-radioactive-trail/2006/12/12/1165685650282.html xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

I always think back to Einstein when the debate over the use of nuclear weapons arises: “I know not with what weapons WWIII will be fought, but that World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." "The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe." We marvel at our technological brilliance and intellect but fail to develop and maintain the humanity that such a responsibility demands. Am I against the use of nuclear weapons in WWII? Not necessarily. Am I against this sterilised revisionist version of history that says that it was a 'righteous' decision? That there was no other option that the course of action taken? Without a doubt. You cannot directly attack and annihilate 100,000 civillians and justify taking the moral high ground. I am not saying it was not a justifiable decision, merely that it wasn't an honourable one. Edited to add: As for your comment on suicide, I struggle to think of a more offensive comment. By your logic, any person wishing or trying to commit suicide has forfeited their right to life and can justifiably be murdered...WTF!!!????? xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

I'm one of the young(est) posters on these forums and even I got the reference. And since when was John Kerry known as "Goose"??? LOL xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

You're indeed right. 80% of all German casualties occurred on the Russian front. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Hmmm I agree with your post's sentiments, but the above might be best expressed as "to help finish" or "finish its involvement". It suggests that the US won WWII and whilst there may be some truth to that in the pacific, the US can hardly claim all the kudos of single-handedly saving Europe. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

"Nice sand" That's a new one.... xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

lol Edited to add:Why is it that everyone trusts an anonymous or unidentifiable source? xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

He is not the only defector and neither was he the most famous/sensitive defector (until someone killed him). You don't kill someone who's death will cost you more than their being alive. More to the point, if you choose to do so (even if its to make a statement), you do it in a manner than can be easily attributed but just as easily denied. eg bullet, knife, bashing etc Heck even the infamous ice pick was deniable. You don't use a traceable radioisotope in such a tell-tale amount. There's a big difference between 'sending a message' and signing your name in blood. Logically, it makes no sense and even more so when you factor in that Putin's background before politics was intel. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

The standard has always been to be compensated for lose or injury that another has caused you. It goes back to the oldest recorded history. At one time it was goats and sheep. At another it was salt. Today it is the currency currently in use. The integrity lies on the the guilty party. May it be a fender bender or minor to lethal bodily harm it is their responsibility to correct it. The money is merely the standard for what is deemed to of most value. Some of us measure worth in more important terms than mere money and I am generally not of the eye-for-an-eye line of thinking. Sure, there are some people for whom money is the only thing they hold of worth. But there are also a good number of people who accept the consequences of their actions, pay the price for their mistakes and who shouldn’t have their entire lives destroyed for no other reason than it suits someone’s financial-desires, which is not to be confused with a person's financial needs. Even more so when it is merely to feed someone’s desire for what can only be described as nothing shy of retribution. The flaw in the logic of laying blame and pursuing civil litigation, is that we assume that we will never make a mistake ourselves. Edited to add:I am neither blind nor foolish enough, to think that under some type of circumstances I would NEVER have made such a mistake as this person did. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

There is nothing petty in demanding that another be responsible for their actions and compensate the one whom they caused harm to. There is a BIG difference between making someone accept responsibility (legally and criminally) and between making them endure further hardship by pursuing a civil lawsuit for monetary damages that I do not need and that would pose unnecessary hardship on a person who has accepted responsibility for their actions and is remorseful. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Funny you should mention it, but I do say otherwise. The person went through a giveway sign and collected me. Me, as in person, not my car. As for the taxpayer comment, I’m happily living back in Australia and so whether I sued the person who hit me or not, my medical bills are covered by the government. Like I said earlier, there's some real perks to living in a country that considers the health of its citizens to be a national asset! xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

Its times like this I remember why I'm back in Oz and not still in the US. My medical bills were largely covered by the government (healthcare here is pretty good) and I also have top level health cover. I see no reason to go after someone in civil court (other than sheer pettiness) when criminal charges, memories and guilt will suffice. I would not give up my standards and integrity for mere money. xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."