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Just before another cold snap! Looks like a high of 13 for next week depending on what u look at.
High of zero here tomorrow, wind chills in the -20s too... I'm still predicting an early ice out, have to think positive! :confused:
 

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Saturday afternoon my daughter made her first tandem parachute jump! This has been on my bucket list for a long time. After seeing her do it I am going to move it up towards the top of the list. She loved it!

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I took a USPS (US Power Squadron) seminar on "Emergencies on Board" yesterday. One of the things covered was fires on board so, since we were at the fire station, we were given a chance to practice. It looks pretty simple but if you aim the fire extinguisher at the center of a gasoline fire, instead of at the base of the fire, like one guy did, the fire extinguisher will push the flames around you.

USPS has a lot of great seminars plus just being a member saved me about $100 on my boat insurance.

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Saturday afternoon my daughter made her first tandem parachute jump! This has been on my bucket list for a long time. After seeing her do it I am going to move it up towards the top of the list. She loved it!
Good for her!!!! There is no way in <fill in your favorite expletive> you would get me to jump out of a perfectly good airplane!!!!!!! I don't like climbing ladders....
 

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You have to do it, its tons of fun. I did it on my 50th birthday and will do it again some day.
Almost did the same for my 50th. Wish I had. Have done just about everything you can do concerning airplanes except jump out of one! :cool:
 

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Good for her!!!! There is no way in <fill in your favorite expletive> you would get me to jump out of a perfectly good airplane!!!!!!! I don't like climbing ladders....
@Julian you never know! My daughter is not exactly fond of heights, but she had no problem doing this and loved it. Should have seen her afterwards, she had such a high adrenaline rush I thought she was going to explode.
 

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image.jpg I spent a good part of the weekend driving my son around so here is what I saw a lot of, the heads up display in my new used Corvette convertible. I still can't believe I own this car and it has a HUD! It's like a dream come true.

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87 is way over the speed limit on the freeway I was on so posting it instead of the 63 mph pic (which was blurry ) is an admission of guilt for speeding, oh well. I took pics to show the HUD display but only got up over the speed limit to show my son the acceleration/passing capabilities of the Vette. Most of the time I was in or next to the slow lane getting passed by just about everything including a Seadoo and several other boats in tow. That's the kind of driver I am, usually not in a rush, just include commute time into the plan whenever appropriate.
 
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Incidentally the access sticker on the side is issued by the ca dmv. It lets you drive in the car pool lane even if you are driving alone. Only a limited number are issued and there is a fee for it. Otherwise if you are caught driving in that lane without a sticker or the right number of people in the car it's about a $400 ticket. The sticker expires but while it's valid it increases the value of the car it is on, by a lot I'm told.
 

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That looks like a good time waiting to happen and the kids don't even have to leave the property.
 

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Been at dmv since before noon. No appointment since i didn't realize aaa could not handle my transaction. If the pic is blurry I'm b099 they are on b084, when I walked I they were at b036. Hopefully they call me before they close. What a terrible waste of a day off. I took it off unexpectedly when aaa gave me the bad news this morning. My fault for not wanting to deal with the formal transfer of title later. I wish I could have paid / tipped to get to the front of the line but I still see people here that were here before me plus it may be interpreted as a bribe.
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