mfrese 0 #1 December 11, 2003 ...in not posting here when I started on DZ.com, so now I'll make up for it. Not a newbie here; been jumping for 8+ years and on the forums for a few months. My experience: started out with a tandem, signed up for AFF the minute I got back to the DZ, started AFF with two friends a few weeks later, haven't gone more than three weeks without a skydive since then. Along the way, I've become a decent RW jumper, a pretty competent freeflyer, learned to swoop, earned a Coach and a tandem rating, allowing me to introduce about 500 people to skydiving (and, yes, is SOME cases, I consider certain tandem students skydivers), lost a few good friends, made a lot of good friends, and have basically wondered how the hell I survived before I started jumping. That being said, I hope I get to get to know a few of you in the forums. I've avoided most online forums because the signal-to-noise ratio is usually way too high...and, well, this one's no exception . BUT, this place is still mainly about skydiving, and there's a lot of good info to be had, if you look and listen carefully... So, hope to see you out there, take care, check your gear, keep an open mind, pull on time, and last but not least remember: The First Amendment guarantees you the right to express your opinion...is does NOT guarantee you the right to have it taken seriously. Blue Ones...Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billymotox 0 #2 December 11, 2003 i don't know what a faux pas is, but welcome to you anyway! billy d------------------------- "Escape may be checked by water and land, but the air and the sky are free." (from the story of Daedalus and Icarus) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #3 December 11, 2003 Well, I feel a little silly saying this since you're already an enthusiast, but "welcome to the fourms"! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfrese 0 #4 December 11, 2003 Thanks, Andrea...now that I'm officially welcomed, I'm gonna start a gun control thread, post personal attacks, talk about my sex life in painstaking detail, and start with IBTL posts in every forum J/K...but I have days here where I REALLY sympathize with you greenies...Blue OnesDoctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #5 December 11, 2003 Mike is the poop... and I mean that in a nice way... Welcome. Officially... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msmithd8769 0 #6 December 12, 2003 QuoteThanks, Andrea...now that I'm officially welcomed, I'm gonna start a gun control thread, post personal attacks, talk about my sex life in painstaking detail, and start with IBTL posts in every forum J/K...but I have days here where I REALLY sympathize with you greenies...Blue Ones Methinks we have unleashed a monster here! Don't know what IBTL is but welcome mfrese....._____________________________ "And when the prophet shall arise who appeareth as a bird then the time of the Lord draweth nigh and the flock shall rule the earth." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msmithd8769 0 #7 December 12, 2003 Quotei don't know what a faux pas is, but welcome to you anyway! A "faux pas" is like an embarrassing blunder or mistake that one makes, usually relatively minor....._____________________________ "And when the prophet shall arise who appeareth as a bird then the time of the Lord draweth nigh and the flock shall rule the earth." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfrese 0 #8 December 12, 2003 That would be "In Before The Lock". And really, I prefer to lurk here anyway, unless one of my local buds posts something pertinent to our area. I used to debate in college, not really a fan of it online Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chute 0 #9 December 12, 2003 welcome back. or is it welcome too or is it what ever. Hi dude. Glad your hereBottomless Beers and Blue Skies! * Brother_Brian * D.S.W.F.S.B. #2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarge 0 #10 December 13, 2003 Quote I'm gonna start a gun control thread, post personal attacks, talk about my sex life in painstaking detail, and start with IBTL posts in every forum... Thanks for putting up with us all! ...Oh yeah, another comedian... or is that my faux pas? With regard to your 1st ammendment comment... Look Buddy! You should know by now some of us here take our humor very seriously!! .-- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #11 December 14, 2003 QuoteThanks, Andrea...now that I'm officially welcomed, I'm gonna start a gun control thread, post personal attacks, talk about my sex life in painstaking detail, and start with IBTL posts in every forum J/K...but I have days here where I REALLY sympathize with you greenies...Blue Ones And don't forget to PW ! ---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #12 January 13, 2004 Hi there anyway. ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites