Bertt

"Use an aerial photo and plan your canopy flight, pattern, obstacles, outs etc. " - Google earth is good for this. Not sure if someone already said this and I missed it, but walk in with a case of good beer and tell manifest "I'm new here. Where should I put this?" You don't have to outrun the bear.

News report said the school was locked. Visitors had to be buzzed in after being recognized on security camera. Gunman shot out the glass in the door, reached in and opened it. Even a reinforced door can be opened by the determined use of force. Are you going to have time to home-school the kids with all the skydiving you're doing? (example of snarky comment) You don't have to outrun the bear.

OK, I'll admit it. I saw that, but not for long. Anyway, here's my prediction: Two beams of protons are smashed together in the Large Hadron Collider. The protons get fed up with being abused this way just for the amusement of a bunch of scientists. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Accelerated particles) takes up the cause and convinces actresses and celebrities all over the world to bare their bodies to show support for the cause by not wearing clothes that contain protons. Emboldened by the support, protons rise up and throw off their electrical charges. After this, things go downhill pretty fast. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Whoa, you and Kanye West ? Details ?? You don't have to outrun the bear.

I'm not too concerned about the Mayans. They couldn't even predict the Spanish. However, these guys have me worried: Various scientists - At the end of our Sun's current phase of development, it will swell into a red giant, either swallowing the Earth or at least completely scorching it. It is widely accepted by the scientific community that the earth will be destroyed around this time. However, as the Sun grows gradually hotter (over millions of years), the Earth may become too hot for life in only a billion years' time. If you're also worried, send me enough cash to fill a regular, first class envelope and sometime within the next billion years I might send you complete plans for a heat proof kevlar suit that will allow you to resist solar heat events much better than your unprepared neighbors. I'm here to help. You don't have to outrun the bear.

That doesn't negate the good advice from oldwomanc6. You never know what tomorrow will bring. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Do you really have 170 jumps and a six year layoff? You're asking for trouble at 1.25. Don't ask for more trouble. (just my opinion. take it for what it's worth) You don't have to outrun the bear.

Mitch McConnell said during Obama's first term that his number one job was to make Obama a one term president. Apparently that is still his goal. Gotta admire his persistence. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Oklahoma senator Coburn has hit the nail on the head. Here's one example. http://www.ok.gov/homeland/Grant_Info/ You don't have to outrun the bear.

And don't forget that A&M recovered an Alabama fumble and Georgia blocked a kick. Without those mistakes, Alabama would have won both games more convincingly. That might be bad for Bama tho, because the Irish have had luck on their side this year. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Do you think we just saw the national championship game? You don't have to outrun the bear.

Whittle gives a good speech, but he glosses over a few points: 1) The liberal media didn't force Romney to do anything; his intense political ambition dictated his course of action. 2) Romney didn't earn every one of those 250 million dollars. A sizable portion was inherited from his father, the governor who introduced income tax to Michigan, among other things. 3) Romney doesn't go to the same hospital poor people use. 4) When Whittle was sounding like a conservative president would sound, he sounded a lot like Reagan sounded while he was doing the arms-for-hostages deal with Iran. 5) Those footprints on the moon Whittle is so proud of are there as a result of a government program - your tax dollars at work. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Yes. See those 4 screws on the back. Look in the Square 1 catalog (or equivalent) for altimeter mounts and accessories. You don't have to outrun the bear.

I think that's what annoys me most about Congress. Simpson/Bowles is a plan. The fiscal cliff is a plan. Why is Congress still looking for a plan? You don't have to outrun the bear.

They scooped up some dirt and found something "groundbreaking". That's NASA humor for you. You don't have to outrun the bear.

If you mean left/right vs. right/left, the Wings manual had a picture that showed one way and text that described the other way. I emailed them to ask which was right, and they said it really didn't matter much, but that closing right/left held the bridle a little tighter when it was tucked under the flap. You don't have to outrun the bear.

You got that right. Several years ago, at our company's annual meeting, the CEO was talking about the accomplishments in different areas and said that the data processing department had expanded it's storage capacity to x number of gigabytes, "...whatever a gigabyte is." He was way too cool to know about that nerdy stuff. I can't imagine him saying that the finance department had achieved a certain return on investment, "whatever a return on investment is." Lee Iacocca, of Chrysler, was quoted as saying he didn't have a computer terminal on his desk because he managed people, not computers. The CEO's with computers on their desks kicked Chrysler's ass. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Community colleges and high schools. As much as I believe in strong math and science programs, I use carpentry, finance, and English language skills more than I use quadratic equations. It sure wouldn't hurt for every high school to include vocational subjects in the curriculum. You don't have to outrun the bear.

I'm reminded of this quote from the judge in the movie A Simple Twist of Fate: "As a judge, I'm always interested in the exact moment when someone's argument falls apart." For Karl Rove, Grover Norquist, and a lot of the Republican faithful, that moment was when Fox News said they were calling Ohio for Obama. If the politics of "NO" won't get them elected, they've got some thinking to do. You don't have to outrun the bear.

You've just hit one of my pet peeves. It would be more honest, and more productive, for companies to say, "... due to our lack of willingness to train employees." Apart from being a convenient excuse to move jobs overseas where the labor is cheaper, that reason is generally given by companies whose management just can't design a successful training program. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Nate Silver says Alabama is a favorite over N.D. No prediction about the SEC championship. You don't have to outrun the bear.

That's the point I keep trying to get across - unsuccessfully. The Democrats didn't win this; the Republicans lost. The Democrats haven't had a budget, they haven't had an idea, their hallmark achievement, Obamacare, is one of the most poorly written pieces of legislation you can imagine. There is no way Obama should have won election to a second term, but he did, because the Republicans lost. They sent people who are on their second and third wives to tell us about family values. They sent people who have never been part of the middle class to speak for the middle class. They turned off so many of their own constituents that they lost to a loser. You don't have to outrun the bear.

What's the over/under for former Rep. West becoming a contributor to Fox News within the next 30 days? You don't have to outrun the bear.

Then I've been seriously misinformed about the Mole People and their coal-burning volcanoes. Do volcanoes put sulfur particles in the upper atmosphere which reflect sunlight and cool the earth? Maybe that's what I was thinking about. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Easter Island? I agree - no more stone statues to anger the gods. What were those people thinking? You want the world to cool off? Do it the way volcanoes do. Build a 9 mile high smokestack and burn some nasty, high-sulfur coal. You don't have to outrun the bear.