Canopyflyer

My oldest is on a Synchronized Figure Skating team and two seasons ago a girl from Italy joined the team. She was a great. Awesome skater and added so much to the team. They actually made it to Nationals that year.

My funniest memory of her, was driving the car pool to a team practice. Just as we’re about to get up on the highway, a very large firetruck came into the intersection. Honestly, it was the largest firetruck I had ever seen.

Her reaction was hysterical…

“OH MY such a big truck. So American!”

Thought she had summed up nicely, America’s insane infatuation around overly large vehicles.

We were all very sad to see her go back to Italy.

I’ve had a Yahoo account since 1995 (I think) and I still use it today… For signing up for things that I don’t care to receive spam from on my main account.

Main deployment isn’t that bad. I have been whacked a time or two by my main parachute, but it was my fault for having bad body position at deployment time.

Skydiving

Yes, the first few times are intimidating. Hence why most students do their first few jumps tandem and then with a Jump Master after that.

After that though, you’ll be looking out the window of the plane and seeing just how much air there is to play in. As you gain experience, you will internalize the fact you’re safer in free fall, than you are on the airplane.

I enjoyed the MCU up until Age of Ultron. The movies are almost all from the same mold, just with different names and look and that was true even before the first Avengers film. But it was new back then. The newness has worn off and it’s way past time the MCU evolves, or retires.

The exception are the Guardians of the Galaxy series. They are better made films that actually made me feel invested in the characters. The beginning of Guardians 3 is probably the best scene in the entire MCU.

English may not have gendered nouns, but it has plenty of other challenges.