When I was 15 or 16, back in the 1970s, I went on a camping trip to Orange MA. with my uncle and cousins. There was a skydiving school there at Orange Airport. The parachutists would have regular daily displays of their skills. My cousin and I would go there to watch (it was free).
About the third day, there was to be a dozen or so skydivers doing a multiple linkup from about 22,000 feet. When the moment came for the group to separate and deploy their shoots, one guy’s chute came out but did not open, and apparently his reserve got tangled in the non-functional main. Some of the other divers, who had not yet deployed their chutes, attempted to catch him but failed.
We watched him plummet all the way down to where he impacted the ground several yards from the sand filled target area. Two large gray vans were immediately sent out to block the view of the scene from the crowd.
There was one woman watching through binoculars. She was screaming all the while watching his death plummet, but would not look away - which I thought really strange.
That experience sort of ended my desire to jump out of perfectly good airplanes.
Rancid Paulina did what we all expected him to do; but I’m a bit surprised that Collins voted against it - particularly since Murkowski voted for passage(after Sen. Thune promised her $$$ for Alaska, no doubt).
Oh, IDK - perhaps to pay the intetest on the debt, which is now greater than the defense budget - thanks to FED Chair Powell refusing to lower interest rates.
Funny, I don’t recall hurling pejoratives at you. Take a chill pill, mister. The article listed “Cruel as though it were her first name. The sentence should have been written differently.
06/30/2025 9:57:56 PM PDT
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to Sarah Barracuda
The Vice President (President of the Senate) has the power to overrule the Parlimentarian - which has occurred at least three times in history. SO WHERE WAS VP VANCE TO STOP THIS BULLSH*T?!