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Hey, I'll defend the asshole. He didn't ban these words because of what they meant. If he knows. He banned them because they have more syllables than he's used to using. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

I'm going to guess Bushing for the axle. The 2 female screw inserts look like that is fastened to something else. The axle appears to be inserted into that. OR the inserts are for set screws to fix the pulley (channel wheel?) axle to the large hub in which case the hub would be an enlarged extension of the axle. This probably makes no sense whatsoever but it's not the first time I've done this. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

Like I said to Wendy at the Bonfire, happy Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanza, and Festivus to you. This is certainly the forum for such a controversial subject. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

And a happy Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanza, and Festivus to you, Wendy.

More like a man with a cold (the traditional politicians) with one with cancer. These guys have on concept of reality or the lowest appreciation of the publics intelligence since the lemmings followed that one guy over the cliff. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

The Sec. of Agriculture is Sonny Perdue. That's a name well known in NC. The Perdue family is one of the largest chicken processors in the country. And he is in charge of regulating that industry. Talk about letting a fox guard the hen house. I think trump chose his cabinet based on their bias toward the regulations they were going to oversee. And anything with Obama's name on it was to be obliterated. If Obama had said something about the solstice or equinox trump would want to change the calendar so Christmas would be in the spring. (Actually where it belongs but that's another subject) Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

I saw it about the same time in a theater. I tried surfing for a little while. Discovered I couldn't swallow the whole ocean. Beautiful movie. A glimpse into a sub-culture. I found another one a few years later. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

Some what similar story. It's the early 90's in DeLand. I'm driving south on Marsh Rd that runs just east of the airport. I look up and see a cutaway canopy coming down. I go around a curve just in time to see it land right in the middle of the road. I stop, get out and as I'm taking a few steps to the canopy a pickup comes screeching to a halt. A guy jumps out yelling, "Don't touch him! Don't touch him! I'm a medic!" I'm looking at this crazy person wondering if he's panics easily or if he's overly excited to use his medical skills. I stand back not saying anything as he tries to find the body. He finally stands up with a very puzzled look and I explain it's just a canopy. The jumper has landed at the DZ under his reserve. He gets a very sheepish look on his face and as he goes back to his truck his wife/girlfriend is giving him hell for driving like an idiot to get to a bunch of fabric. I wish I had had the wherewithal to do what BobBurnhams' buddy did. Bump. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

It seems to alright ever since Obama took office. "He didn't wear an American lapel pin! He must be un-American. He's try to ruin this country on purpose!" Back then, I thought, "How can anyone think that a person who holds the office of President is intentionally trying to ruin the country? Or that a President would actually be doing something like that?" Well, now I have come to the same conclusion. When I was a kid they told us that anyone could become president. I thought they meant anyone with at least some qualifications. I was wrong. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

A couple was sitting on the deck watching the sunset. The wife turns to the husband and asks, "Dear, if I died, would you remarry?" The husband thinks for a moment and says, "Yeah, I guess I would after a while." The wife asks, "Would you stay in our house with your new wife?" The husband says, "Yeah, I suppose so." The wife asks, "Well, would you let her sleep in our bed?" He replies, "It's a really good bed and we have some great times in it, but it would be hard to find as good a bed again, so yeah." She says, "You wouldn't let her use my golf clubs would you?" He says, "Oh, of course not. She's left handed." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

Hey, Bill Joe Morgan said that a Delta II was better. It covered the whole car. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

As much as I dislike Trump, I'm not sure I can believe this. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-considering-spy-network-to-combat-deep-state-enemies-intercept/ar-BBGgHsD Unnamed sources and the principals in the article denied when asked directly. But a conspiracy theorist would say that's exactly what you would expect them to say if it were true. I'll wait for more reliable information. (And hope it's not true.) Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

Gory jee to Besus. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

I voted "Other". India has passed China as the #1 air polluter. The question was about all mankind. If we kill this planet we are all doomed. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

There's a DZ about 20 miles SW of Willington. Small DZ but it looked fairly busy the one time I was there. Skydive Carolina or something like that. It's on SR 211 I think. Check it out on Google Earth. I live about 100 miles from the coast in Red Springs. Robeson County is a lot like a third world country. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

Like Larry the Cable Guy says, "That's funny. I don't care who you are." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

There hasn't been an official Falling Angles club since before Gary moved into the big hanger from the little building close to the Airport Bar. That was about 1973. Some of the members were Terry and Wendy Pickup, Tom and Pat Shapanski (sp), Doug Wheaton, and of course Gary Dupuis. I think Gary started the club in the early 60's with his brother Joe. I'm not sure when they got the little building close to what is now the Airport Bar. Tommy and Chuck didn't open that until '73 or '74. Gary built custom rigs. Some times he would make the entire harness and container and some times he buy the container and just build the harness. The most comfortable rigs I have ever put on and sat in under canopy. Joe Smith stayed around there in the late '60s and early '70s. I got my senior riggers ticket from Joe in '71. I got there on a Monday morning and the first thing Joe did was go to the refrigerator and get a pitcher of beer left over from the night before. He said, "Drink this then we'll get started." It was a different time back then. Gary moved to the big hanger in the spring of '73, I think. There was an old DC-3 that had been on the ramp for quite some time and Gary , Bob Favraue (sp) and some other people got it running. The first jumps out of it were a couple of 10 ways. The 10 High Bunch came over from Z-Hills and were first out. The next pass 5 DeLand jumpers and 5 Palatka people made the second 10 way over DeLand. Everyone on that jump got a merit badge either an SCR or SCS or both. Except me and Fred Cruess. We already had them. But a lot of beer. That derelict DC-3 didn't last long. Gary, Jay Hilden, Bob Favrare , and some one else I can't remember got Conrad Hiltons' old airplane. They turned it into Mr. Douglas. Slots are for Tots started coming up from Miami to jump it. Bill Booth moved up from Miami to open a small shop in a strip mall on N. US 17. And things started to turn into second Golden Age of Skydiving. This started out about the Falling Angels. Sorry for stumbling down memory lane. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

Thanks, TK I just used your letter for both senators and my congressman. If I had composed my own I would've come off as a blithering lunatic. Since all 3 are repulsive, uh, I mean republicans, I'll only come off as a lunatic. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

He wasn't getting anywhere at fund raising until he pitched in with the flat earthers, then the money started coming in. Think of all those people throughout history that kissed the Pope's ring or bowed to a King or Queen for the grub stake. Yeah. That Christopher Whatshisname for one. Are these flat earth people allowed to have a drivers license? Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

Yes, it's the frame of reference that makes all the difference. Some thing that was once acceptable and normal could become, over time, considered unacceptable and even illegal. Cavemen dragging women off to a cave or human sacrifice. Slavery was once considered to be the normal way of things. To judge someone in the past by todays standards has never seemed fair to me. Jesus may be the only person in history who could stand up to that scrutiny. Also, we're talking about normal vs. deviant. Does right and wrong belong in this conversation? Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

This guy is making a steam powered rocket to get to 1,800 ft. to prove the earth is flat. I guess he hasn't heard about this new thing called air planes. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/this-man-is-about-to-launch-himself-in-his-homemade-rocket-to-prove-the-earth-is-flat/ar-BBFs6N8 Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

The problem is that deviant seems to have become normal for these people. And their enablers. "Oh, that's just him being him. Don't worry about it." If being an asshole is some ones personality, I don't excuse it. I just won't associate with assholes. And if the person is being an asshole to someone else I hope I'll have the strength of character to say something and or stop it. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

Sigh, ...... yet the shot was made, JFK was killed, and there is no credible evidence of another shooter. Yeah, no evidence only conjecture. From the time I was 14, when it happened, I thought there was another shooter. JFK first gets hit, the bullet goes through his throat, his hands go to his throat and his head goes forward. The second hit is in the head and his head jerks back. I've never thought that could be anything but a impact from the front. The grassy knoll. The conspiracy would have to be VERY small. Tom Clancy said the odds of a secret being kept is 1 over the square of the number of people who know it. The Warren Commission couldn't have a conspiracy because too many people would have had to know about it. They just chose to use the facts as presented to them. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

I've heard that there are several things that are absolutely useless in flying. Altitude above you, runway behind you, gas on the ground, and a minute ago. He had lots of runway all around (if it was calm enough). Don't know about the gas. But he had too much altitude above and not enough below. Almost all crashes happen at ground level. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

From the looks of it, the 451 MPH is actual, not scale. What about the G-Force. The actual must be pretty high and the scale, I think would be way beyond survivable. The range of the controller has to be pretty far. This thing could be out of sight in a heartbeat. I'm wondering how much actual thrust it has. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?