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matthewcline

Skydivers on the Road

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So blazing up I-75 Sunday in the N end of Fl, I get passed by a little red car and it has a skydiver inspired license plate and POPS sticker, it got me to wondering:

How many of us sees a fellow Skydiver on the road each day?

And:

What do you do when you do see them?

Matt
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The plate said "skymax".

But I was thinking more along the lines of being away from the DZ and seeing a skydiver in the "real world".

Just in a few weeks I have seen a few skydivers headed south (like the snow birds I guess:P).

A old gray (maybe faded silver) car with a "Skydive Virgina" bumper sticker.

A RV with a skyfest sticker.

A green Ford Ranger with a USPA sticker.

If I pass 'em I tell them to check altitude and pull using the standard AFF hand signals.

The car from AL flipped me off, must a been a Muff Brother!?!

Matt

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So, start being safe, first!!!

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if it's just the sticker they give out to tandems i'll be sure to see if i know who it is before honking and waving. if it's multiple sitckers (dzs, gear cos, ect..) i'll honk and wave. if it's someone i know i'll slip in behind them and call thier cell to mess with them about thier crazy driving.
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I was on my bike headed down I-95 near Titusville, Fl a few days ago, wearing a Speed Limit 120 shirt and a guy goes past me honking, waving, and flashing what I thought were gang signs. After I spotted the USPA sticker on his back window, I figured out he was just telling me to arch, check my alti and pull.
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I was on my bike headed down I-95 near Titusville, Fl a few days ago, wearing a Speed Limit 120 shirt and a guy goes past me honking, waving, and flashing what I thought were gang signs. After I spotted the USPA sticker on his back window, I figured out he was just telling me to arch, check my alti and pull.



Yeah, And you didnt do any of them, your grounded
So i just broke up with this woman who wasn't even my girlfriend!

Hellfish #782, POPS #10664

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Damn! they still make me wear mine



They must have seen the way you drive! :ph34r::ph34r::ph34r:


Hey!! I was the PASSENGER in divot's exploder load 1.
I didnt make load 2 or 3 :S

(no I think they just like to laugh at me in my light robbin egg blue protec [:/]
oh well I still have fun)
:P
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The car from AL flipped me off, must a been a Muff Brother!?!

Matt



No, that was me. :D:D:D

Nah, seriously, if I saw a vehicle with any skydive stickers, I'd hang near them and try to pull up next so I can see if I know them, and if yes, honk the horn as long as they know me, because I don't have any stickers on my vehicles. If I don't know them, I just let them go.
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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What do you do when you do see them?


shoot the bird at em....fucking skydivers

:P

:)




I call 911 and tell them some psycho escaped the mental ward... and give them the license plate number !

Is that wrong?B|
Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
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What do you do when you do see them?


shoot the bird at em....fucking skydivers

:P

:)




I call 911 and tell them some psycho escaped the mental ward... and give them the license plate number !

Is that wrong?B|



so it was you, bastard!!!

>:(
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