CallMeShaft
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I'm sorry for your friend.
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Yeah, I'm not sure how she puts up with me being a Blues fan either. Lol
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Have any of you been skydiving before? My friend group and are are probably doing it sometime soon. So scary to think about! Could be the experience of a lifetime though
Naster Okan
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I had just picked myself up a series s as an early birthday present to myself. Anybody play chel or anything else want to get into a game sometime?
I’d have to be paid handsomely to jump out of a plane but I know quite a few people that have done it, mainly for airborne training.
JaegerDice
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I have many times, but only tandem with pros/guides.
The first 20-30 seconds are terrifying cause thats when you’re accelerating to terminal velocity. The acceleration is what your inner ear registers most, acceleration is what causes the butterflies in your stomach, whether you’re jumping out of a plane or on a roller-coaster.
Once you hit terminal velocity, it’s actually… kinda boring. Very windy. Great view. If you’re tandem, you might do what I did and ask your pro to spread out their limbs with you to increase air resistance and slow down for abit… then you both pike (either feet first or in a dive) to accelerate again, just to get those butterflies going. Or you can ask him to help you spin, flip, etc, if you want to play with the sense of weightlessness at terminal velocity.
It really is only terrifying for those first 30 seconds though. Landing is a bit of a jolt, but the pro takes most of the impact and guides you through.
If you’re going solo… I got nothing. I’d probably pop my chute as soon as I was clear of the plane
ChiHawks10
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I've wanted to skydive my whole life. Waited too long instead of going when I was in my 20's in good shape. There's a weight limit of 230lbs for tandem, I believe. I was recently at like 266lbs for about the last 10 years. I'm down to around 255, but with 3 kids and a wife, I'm going to skip it at this point, even if I get under that mark. For obvious reasons. No point in leaving my wife and kids to fend for themselves just so I can get a rush.
BLKHKhockey
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When I was younger it seemed like one of those things that got brought up all the time and everyone claimed to be up for, but no one would ever commit when it came time to book.
Never have, might one day.
Never have, might one day.
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This version of covid is not agreeing with me. Still sick….still positive after 9 days. Slight improvements but overall it has been a pain and annoying.
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clydesdale line
Connor BeJesus
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Aside from that being an embarrassment, why does the blue team have like 8 players on the ice?
No Fun Shogun
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Down forty pounds on the year as of this morning. Not bad.
Naster Okan
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Let the bells ring out and the banners fly:
A German Brewery is going to introduce tge Workd's 1st Powdered Beer...just add water
....this is revolutionayv or beer delivery....big cost savings. Should drop price of beer...and the good news continues in that they expect this drops CO2 emissions by 3-5%...but even better...this is for real German Beer ...not thecsoap water that passes for beer (you know Bud or Coors any of tge non-craft commercial suds that pass as beers in the U S.....pn the other hand,there are places i tge U.S where adding the local water is Dangerous to your health...In those places,they would prefer canned beer or bottled beer from places they know the water table was not (YET) contaminated by train chenical spills or by water leaking from nuclear plants.
A German Brewery is going to introduce tge Workd's 1st Powdered Beer...just add water
....this is revolutionayv or beer delivery....big cost savings. Should drop price of beer...and the good news continues in that they expect this drops CO2 emissions by 3-5%...but even better...this is for real German Beer ...not thecsoap water that passes for beer (you know Bud or Coors any of tge non-craft commercial suds that pass as beers in the U S.....pn the other hand,there are places i tge U.S where adding the local water is Dangerous to your health...In those places,they would prefer canned beer or bottled beer from places they know the water table was not (YET) contaminated by train chenical spills or by water leaking from nuclear plants.
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How Powdered Alcohol Works
Learn what powdered alcohol is, how it works, and how you can make it yourself using information from the original patent.
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That is pretty interesting! Only thing is they just take high % alcohol and dehydrate it then add to the solution/beer whatever. For bourbons, scotch, wine, etc. that would not work as well since you want the fermentation souring, fusels and tech oils for flavoring. So for something like a white claw great. Wine, etc. it would not taste correct. I do not see this as viable to be honest but it would save a lot of waste with bottles and such. maybe someone smart will figure the rest out eventually.View attachment 675028
How Powdered Alcohol Works
Learn what powdered alcohol is, how it works, and how you can make it yourself using information from the original patent.
No Fun Shogun
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Dealing with some damn annoying back and shoulder pains due to an injury suffered last week (that aggravated an injury from a few years back). Got a freaking toradol injection yesterday, albeit a much lower dose than what they shoot into busted QB ankles in the NFL, and on an opioid though trying to not use it as often as prescribed.
Whole lot of not fun stuff.
Whole lot of not fun stuff.
CallMeShaft
Elmo is a Nazi
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No Fun Shogun
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Thanks. Good excuse to work from home and pay a tad too much attention to Harvard getting whooped on in college hockey, at least.
DisgruntledHawkFan
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As a drug and alcohol addict being told by medical professionals to use opioids sounds like a great weekend. You're smart to be wary.
Hope you feel better bud
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I heard a stat that if you re-up on your initial pain medication subscription a single time, the likelihood you’re going to become addicted to it skyrockets. I heard it on a podcast so I don’t remember the exact figure but it was very scary to hear.
Glad to hear you’ve shaken it DHF, takes a lot of guts.
NFS best of luck to you my man! TOTK can’t get here soon enough
DisgruntledHawkFan
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I was pretty high functioning. Appreciate it though.I heard a stat that if you re-up on your initial pain medication subscription a single time, the likelihood you’re going to become addicted to it skyrockets. I heard it on a podcast so I don’t remember the exact figure but it was very scary to hear.
Glad to hear you’ve shaken it DHF, takes a lot of guts.
NFS best of luck to you my man! TOTK can’t get here soon enough
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