Knobee 0 #1 August 3, 2005 Hello everyone. I've been a lurker here for quite a while, but never actually thought I'd get to jump. On June 4th, my 17th wedding anniversary, my wife and I jumped for the first time at Carolina Sky Sports in Louisburg, NC. We jumped again on July 3rd, and plan to jump again (weather permitting) this coming Saturday, August 6th. I have to figure out how to make skydiving a job requirement. Any ideas? Those that have not jumped can not understand Those that have jumped can not explain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psipike02 0 #2 August 3, 2005 Well what do you do for a living???Puttin' some stank on it. ----Hellfish #707---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knobee 0 #3 August 3, 2005 QuoteWell what do you do for a living??? Computer consulting -- network / security. Two observations from a new jumper: One: I'm a volunteer firefighter (for fun).. odd thing here is that I thought that I'd get my buddies on the department to jump. Out of 40 members, I got 37 "____ no", 2 "possibly" and 1 "sure, as soon as I get a free weekend". Conclusion: being stupid enough to run into a burning building does not mean that you will jump out of "a perfectly good airplane". Two: I've discovered that the chatter in the plane on the way up to jump is quite similar to the ride on the back of a firetruck on the way to a fire/wreck call.. for the most part, jovial, nearly horseplay.. followed by a definite sense of "ok, it's time to do somethign serious". Conclusion: Both groups understand when we need to get the work done. Blue Skies! Those that have not jumped can not understand Those that have jumped can not explain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #4 August 3, 2005 Welcome to the forums! 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
Knobee 0 #5 August 3, 2005 QuoteWelcome to the forums! The amazing thing is that she suprised me with the first jump. All I knew that was on our anniversary, I was to keep 8:00am -> 3:00pm free. It was tough, as I was on call that weekend and had to get someone to cover... we had a major system melt-down on the night of the 3rd/morning of the 4th that had me getting to bed at 6:00am on Saturday (4th) morning. As I crawled into bed my wife told me that if I was too tired, we would skip, but that she had gotten us a tandem parachute jump... I was up in an hour and ready to go. I'm all up for AFF, but she continues to tell me that #3 will be her last and that we will have to "seriously discuss" any further jumps on my part. I've not priced out AFF yet, but plan to continue skydiving as much as possible. Anyone need a slightly used wife? (yes, it's a joke JOKE JOKE!!!) To continue in the off-topic chatter, a friend of mine was in Europe for the last couple of months, and when he saw that I had gone skydiving, he went while in Switzerland: report here: http://www.letired.net/?p=78 pictures here: http://www.letired.net/gallery5/index.html I think he's going with us this weekend as well. Those that have not jumped can not understand Those that have jumped can not explain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
