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These Guys (with a 15,000 cut off freeflir29 33232 turtlespeed 33167 AggieDave 32786 sunshine 27077 kallend 26578 jtval 21749 BillyVance 20340 Amazon 18556 mnealtx 18002 NWFlyer 16481 airtwardo 15677 ACMESkydiver 15603 Damn....when the hell did I hit 18k??????? Last time I looked, I was around 14k or so... What percentage of the post count is you and the professor "talking" to each other? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

You're right, too many people are dying because they're jumping out of planes with unsafe gear. In fact, there are too many people dying in lots of ways. We shouldn't allow skydivers to jump without RSL's, Cypress's and canopies loaded at 1.0+. We shouldn't allow people to ride motorcycles. We shouldn't allow people to rock climb. We shouldn't allow people to climb Mt. Everest. We shouldn't allow people to scuba dive. Just think of all the lives we could save! And if all those motorcyclists, rock climbers, mountain climbers and scuba divers try to ban skydiving - fuck 'em! Don't forget skiing and snow boarding. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

You don't know the half of it! First Oreos... then Coke Zero! "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

It was about 3 years before someone I knew died; average is about 1+ per year for each year in the sport. I've been in the sport 8 years. One friend sold me his old FF suit, my first one (I still have it). Another friend bought one of my Samurai 2nd hand (I sold it to a jumper who sold it to him the following season); later he hooked in on a X-brace. I include skydiving friends who died base jumping in the list. If you jump regularly, make your way around the boogie circuit, and jump at several DZ's thru a season; you make a lot of friends in the plane and around the bonfire. Eventually you will lose some of those friends or see them seriously injured. You never know who it will be or when it will happen. I'm going to drink a beer in their memory. BSBD. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Goto the airtec website. There should be a copy of the X-ray image available in one of the PDF manuals. http://www.cypres.cc/Sites/englisch/Frameset_engl_MY_CYPRES.htm Click on the air travel button. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

You know there's not a single horse in the entire country of Vietnam? There's definitely something wrong with that. Smokie was conscientious objector... You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course. Then you know he's got emotional problems, man. You mean... beyond pacifism? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Yep. During a haircut, not all guys get the nice boobage rub on a cheek during the shampoo phase. You know where you stand real quick.

When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." I think all the dialog is quotable in that movie. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Congrats! You're a toggle whipping swooper! "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Here's the detail from DZ.com reports: 2- AFF Students 2- Tandem Instructor & Student- Low turn/ Hard Landing 1- Hard Landing due to canopy stall on final 3- Canopy Collision on final 8- Failure to respond to emergency situation and initiate procedures. According to what has been reported here, most of these individuals experienced a loss of consciousness or altitude awareness either due to control issues w/ a x-braced canopy, a hard opening, or contact w/ the aircraft after exit. Most of these jumpers also did not have an AAD installed or active during the jump. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Sword of Fargoal for the C64... never beat that game. I recently found a free copy that I can play on my PC...I still can't win. Occasionally I get in a game of Yar's Revenge (Atari) or Black Tiger (Sega Arcade)... playing it on a PS3 w/ a 42" plasma. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Hmmm I only missed 2 #23 #24 Could have done better. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

The math is wrong. plays off bad accounting... 25/3= 8.333333333333333333 equal share. Equal refund is 1.6666666666667 X3= 5 Belhop is keeping 0.666666666667 X 3= 2 "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Brief google search of the two CPUs... found several reviews using CPU-Z AMD Turion X2 TL-60 (2.0GHz) FSB speed 800 mhz AMD Athlon 64 (1.8GHz) FSB speed 1000 mhz It appears your chips are running at spec performance levels. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

There are also plenty of stories of people having their rig stolen out of their vehicle; or having the vehicle stolen with a rig locked in the trunk. Take care of your gear... "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Lies? It was reverse psychology... Any food the kid doesn't want to eat will make their ears (or nose) fall off. "Please don't eat your peas, if you do it will make your ears fall off." "Adults are immune to this effect. But little kids are in danger. Don't eat your peas." "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

I went to his web site last week when the commercials started appearing on TV. http://www.pickensplan.com/media/ Short story: He claims the US imports 70% of it oil (for transportation) at a cost of $700 billion per year. 22% of electric power generation comes from Natural Gas. His plan is to make that natural gas available for transportation by building wind farms. He claims that would reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 38% ($300 billion). Pickens is worth $3 billion and is the chairman of the BP Capital Management hedge fund. He's already heavily invested in natural gas and wind farm infrastructure. He stands to make a lot of money if this plan is implemented. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Would you get in trouble for telling the "tourists" WYD was moved to Alice Springs? What happens when the Pope shows up on Bondi Beach? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Only three? There are so many.... Brunettes Claudia Black Shannon Elizabeth Jennifer Connelly Blondes Uma Thurman Charlize Theron Naomi Watts Red Heads Laura Prepon Kate Mara Raelee Hill "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

If you are a fan of Hellboy, you'll like this one, too. I saw the midnight showing and loved it!

And what is the gist of the distinction between one ad the other? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF21sihEgOU Here's a youtube clip. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

There's nothing really "wrong" with the picture. The officer is just unlikely to be accepted for S.W.A.T training. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

I keep wondering what his list of presidential pardons is going to look like... "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Maybe this is all part of the nuclear weapons counter-intelligence game? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Yeah, I think it's part of the "race to the center". "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken