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It's you. She said thank you (yes, it was just mumbled, but it was there). Some people are uncomfortable accepting nice gifts under those circumstances. She may not have understood (or believed) how you ended up with it. Far too many guys do stuff like this as an "in". Now that you gave her something nice, she may expect you to ask her out with it being hard to say no after your nice gift. I don't know if you did it for that reason or not. But if your office persona is anything like the way you come across on here I can understand her reservedness toward you. Let it go. Maybe keep an eye out. If she uses it, and uses it up, ask if she'd like more. Don't just give her more, ask first. You did something nice. Feel good about that part. I always feel best when I do something nice, and the person doesn't know it was me. Then I know I did it for no other reason than to be nice. Clearing the snow off the windows of the car parked next to me is one that I'll do on occasion "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Jerry Springer would be more fun. Not to leave out the touch-feely types, let's plan at least one guest appearance from Dr. Phil. When I read this, I got an image of Dr Phil next to the open door of an Otter, convincing a reluctant AFF or tandem student to jump. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

You are assuming that the mom is capable of having an adult relationship with the kid. I'm fortunate to have (had) an adult relationship with my parents. One of the reasons I do with my mom is because her mom was very controlling, manipulative and difficult to get along with. My mom hated that she couldn't share a lot of really cool things with her mom because of the way she (my grandmother) was. Mom didn't want that with me or my sisters.

Do you remember the events surrounding the First Gulf War? Just curious. The US has been lead by the nose by this "kingdom" for decades. If you think for one second this "Prince" doesn't have the intent of influencing public opinion and elections, you're only fooling yourself. No, we've been led by the gas pump. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Colorado also has a lesser offense of Driving While Ability Impaired with a .05 BAC limit. So does Wisconsin. That one is usually applied when something else happens (like an accident), it usually needs other evidence of impairment. For "standard" DUI (above 0.08) the BAC is usually enough to get a conviction (if you are pulled over at a checkpoint for example). "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Hey! That was uncalled for. On behalf of the other Merkuns here, I would like to apologize to our Canuck friends for Riddler's insult. I learned everything I know about Canada from this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/ That's funny, I learned everything I know about Canada from These Guys. One of the first times I ran through Canada, I fueled at Pembroke, and had a hard time not laughing at how accurate the portayal of the accent is, Eh. I like Canada. The people are nice, the coffee is great, the roads are rough. It's a lot like the US (except for Quebec). "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Alright, I'll bite. Where the fuck are you? Dude! He knows How Not To Be Seen(YouTube video) "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Legal limit in most of the US is 0.08% Blood alcohol content. That compares with the 80/100 you quoted (I looked around and mg/ml seems to be the same as 1/100% BAC) Some places are still 0.1%, but there is a big push to get it lowered. FWIW, the limit for commercial vehicles (semi trucks) is .04, with an 8 hour "bottle to throttle" rule. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Evolution IS ridiculous religious dogma. It is a theory, not a proven scientific fact. The fact that so many people believe it IS a proven fact illustrates my point. You have been brainwashed. I am open-minded: I want both sides presented so students can be better equipped to make up their own minds. You are narrow-minded & intolerant: You want one side taught (falsly) as fact. And I don't have a choice. Attendance is mandatory and my money is being confiscated at gunpoint to support a system that rams a one-sided discussion of the issue down my kids' throats. Please tell me you're just being funny, that you're really not too dense to understand this. Cheers, Jon Evolution (as an overall process) is a fact. It's been proven that genes mutate, and that isolation will produce divergence. Proven as fact. The overall evolution of man (and all animals) is indeed a theory. It can never be proven as fact because it is past history as best we can figure out from a very incomplete fossil record. But all the new discoveries fit (reasonably) neatly into known facts and so reinforce the theory. But there's a big difference between a solid theory and religious dogma. Relativity is only a theory, but GPS couldn't be made to work until the relativistic diallations were accounted for to allow the time computations to be accurate enough. And I don't know the rules in Georgia, but although school attendance is mandatory, where the kids go to school has a lot of latitude. Private schools, parochial schools, even home schooling are all options around here. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

About 200 of my 220 jumps are from a 182. Many of those were with 3 others stuffed into that 182. And most of those were in a narrow-body 182. ANY Otter is first class as far as I'm concerned. Floor, straddle bench or bench seats. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Students need to jump every 30 days. Section 5.2 of the USPA SIM outlines currency requirements. And has a lot of other important information, "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Why a silencer? (I was pondering asking the OP the same question) A few reasons - You don't already have one. (a valid reason for any gun related purchase) They are really cool. (also valid for any gun related purchase) You are in an area that it is legal to discharge firearms, can do so safely, but don't want to annoy the neighbors or local animals (or the wife) with the noise. You want to shoot without ear protection. One of the regulars at my local range recently got one for his 10/22. The noise of the bolt cycling is louder than the shot. It's pretty cool. If it wasn't such a pain going through the process, I'd get one (still thinking about it, but there's a lot involved). BTW, Zep (lives in Spain I believe) has posted pics of his silenced rifle. He uses it for hunting (legal over there). "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I don't see Rynodigsmusic (or you for that matter) getting "beat up" for making positive statements about the love of God. The only thing Rynodigsmusic gets called on is when he claims words have definitions different than what most on here believe. The battles, oneupsmanship, win/lose, statistical BS is all because it's SC. Read the threads on any other controversial topic and you will see the same crap. That's what SC is for. People of radically different views debating. It becomes contentious when one side refueses to acknowledge that the other side has any validity to their views. Certain posters are more prone to this than others. (referring to a previous post of yours) The mods on here do a pretty decent job keeping the peace here. If you can't differentiate between attacks on your views and attacks on your person, then it might seem biased. The end times predicted in the bible have been "imminent" based on "signs" since it was written. Comets, eclipses, earthquakes, storms and political events have all been seen as "proof" the end times are nigh. It hasn't happened yet. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I disagree with this. The customer was the one who threatened to go public - "Do what I want or I tell everyone how bad you are". I've always believed that the best response to that threat is "Go right ahead". Bigway took it a step further and said "Go right ahead, I've even given you a place to do so". He didn't ID the unhappy customer, nor give any details. If the customer hadn't made a post we never would have known who it was. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Yep. Stephen Colbert's worst nightmare. T-shirt "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

What a load of crap, too bad people eat that up. Only people who are bored with their own little sad lives. Isn't that the same site that had the crap about "banzia skydiving"? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Typical teenager. Trying to excercise power and control. Testing boundaries. Trying to figure out how to grow up. Lots of good advice here. To echo some and add a little: Stay calm no matter what. If she figures out how to make you lose control, you lose. Set boundaries and stick with them. One of the worst things you can do is let her learn that she can get you to make "exceptions". You and your wife need to stay on the same page. Never disagree on her behaviors (or your reactions to them) in front of her. Always back each other up in front of her. Take any of those disagreements behind closed doors. If she learns that she can use one of you against the other, you are in big trouble. (one of the other "worst" things) Make sure she knows you love her. She won't think so (or admit to it) but it should still be there. I don't have any kids, but I walked into a messy situation with my ex's daughter. She was 14 when we met, and had learned how to manipulate her (divorced) parents quite well. She would play them off each other, and was fairly far out of control. Being an outsider, I could see it pretty well, and did my best not to contribute. She tried to pull me into her manipulations early on, and tried to manipulate her mom into breaking up with me when I wouldn't play along. The daughter ended up in foster care (group home situation) by 16 because her mom couldn't control her - truancy and running away mostly. I didn't marry her mom until after she turned 18 (and the marriage didn't work out for other reasons), but she would still manipulate her mom even then. She's grown up some, but not a lot. I'm still very good friends with her mom's cousin (he introduced us) and I heard recently that she had come to him (the cousin) needing a car (he's a mechanic and has lots of cars) because she said her car "broke". He had already heard that she had "broken" it by rolling it while driving drunk. She's also cut her mom off from her kids (what would be my step-grandkids) because her mom criticized some of her behaviors. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Very nicely put. Considering that reducing the number of legally available guns will affect the law abiding citizens far more than the criminals and also that 99%+ of the guns out there are not used in criminal activities I have very little difficulty with that balance going in favor of the guns being available. But that's just my opinion. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Not necessarily "goofy". The title of the video Nick linked includes "sundog". That video had a different angle than NASA's. I think it's a combination of the sun and the shockwave creating an odd reflection. If you look at the other videos in Nick's link, there are lots them that have a visual (usually moisture condensing in the shockwave) of going supersonic. If you get a good angle and the right shockwave you can get some goofy reflections/refractions. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

One of the funniest Palin impersonations that Fey did was one where she repeated what Palin had said word for word. Fey used just a little different emphasis but the words were the exact same. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I was told (by a master rigger/DPRE) that any part of the certificated system being "natural material" locks it into a 60-day cycle. The really cool looking leather containers fit this definition too. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

There isn't a counter inside that prevents it from turning on. It will continue to turn on and probably will continue to function properly for a long time. A quick look on SSK's site found This. $80 for a complete unit, $50 if the cutter has fired. One year from expiration. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

What about Smith & Wesson, Browning and Beretta? They all make nice .22 autos. You can't go wrong with the Ruger. There's a reason they have been making them for 50+ years. I'd go with the one that feels best in your hand. And there's no reason you can't put a suppressor on the Ruger in the future. It just needs a threaded barrel, and those are reasonably easy to find. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Sorry Nick, but that "old car" looks like a Holden V8. It's the car that Pontiac copied and called the G8. Think Corvette engine (full modern fuel injected, computer optimized V8) in a fairly light unibody. Very fast. It'd blow that (absolutely beautiful) '57 out of the water. The modern V8 Camaros, Mustangs and 'Cudas are pretty potent too. And I've heard that the cop Dodge Chargers are good for 150+(160+ with no lights on top). There's a story out that a CHP Charger ran down a Yami R6. Dude on the bike gave up after a few miles when he saw that the car was keeping up with him quite easily (straight roads, not enough curves for the bike to get away). "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Yes. They knew before I started. I was in my mid-thirties, so it wasn't that big of an issue. I made a deal with my mom that I'd always use an AAD and not BASE, and she wouldn't try to stop me from skydiving. She has been really supportive, buying or helping pay for my ProTrack, camera setup and Rigger course. Dad only made it out to the DZ once before he died. One of our guys did 100 in one day for a fundraiser. They came out to see the end of it. Dad also cringed noticably when watching videos of my early H&Ps. He never asked to see them again. My mom has been out to the DZ when we weren't jumping for some time. After a big weekend, we'd leave a bunch of stuff to be done on Sunday because we were too tired to deal with it. I'd go up on Tues or Wed (club DZ, I have a key) to clean up and get stuff put away/organized for the coming weekend. Mom really liked the peacefulness of the airport on a nice, quiet weekday. She finally watched me jump last summer (almost 8 years of jumping). It started when I was flying because no other pilots were available. She came up knowing I wasn't going to be jumping, but wanted to see the other guys jump. She enjoyed it enough that a week or so later, she came out knowing I'd be jumping. It was a perfect day, with a thin, high overcast. The kind that sillouettes the plane and the jumpers really well. She could see us the entire time I was videoing the jumps, so after we landed, I'd put the video up on the hangar TV while we packed. She commented on the way home how much fun it was to see, and that she was rather surprised that it wasn't scary at all to see me falling through the air. She said she had been expecting that "pit of the stomach" fear and it just wasn't there.