Muenkel 0 #101 December 11, 2003 Dude, You have to start somewhere. For some people it takes longer to get that license for a plethora of reasons. I myself finished level 5 when I suffered a severe head injury. Whether you like it or not, I AM a skydiver. I never hesitated at the door. In fact I did a very successful jump just one hour after possibly being killed by a really bad jump. Don't tell me I'm not a skydiver. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessd 0 #102 December 11, 2003 Chris well said! Hmm...maybe I am not really a skydiver because I rode the plane down once. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luv2Fall 0 #103 December 11, 2003 QuoteQuoteHow about, whiny little babies go home! A skydiver is a skydiver! Check out my profile! Do I have enough jumps to post among the Gods and Goddesses of the sky? How many would you like someone to have? RIGHT FREAKING ON.... tell em Kelly I remember there was a woman in the UK who was called RIPPLE on the boards who had managed to make a couple tandem jumps. She was very excited and was enthusiastic about being on the site. Then some BUTTSTAINS who did not think she was a skydiver ran her off and really hurt her. Ripple is as much a skydiver as ANYONE else who has ever jumped from a plane..... Just because it does not meet some Macho assholes self delusion that he is SUPER COOL because he is a skydiver.....ooooohhhhhhh ahhhhhhhh let me fall down and worship you MR SKYGOD. NOW for the REST OF THE STORY.... I guess she can't possibly be a skydoiver because dear friends.. Ripple is her name as in shortened from cripple.. her legs do not work... how much MORE guts did it take to make a couple of tandem jumps when a body is not even working. So those idiots basically ran her off. Many people who do a tandem will NEVER get involved with the sport.... BUT if we as the skydiving community are friendly and welcoming to them... MAYBE JUST MAYBE they will go on and be out there helping to support our meager numbers.... getting training....and joining us in the sky. By the way sports fans..... Kat jumped at our DZ over the weekend with a good friend as her TM. She is a Newbie.....obviously very excited about jumping.. Welcome to the sky little Skysister Excellent, Amazon, excellent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallfreak 0 #104 December 11, 2003 Michele, I gotta agree with you 100%. TripleF "Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kat69 0 #105 December 11, 2003 I have no idea what 1 & 2 are but like #3 states. I am willing to learn. To put it this way for everyone here. I want to do what you all do. I want that feeling of letting myself go on my own. Not with someone on my back.*********************************************** Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me Then spank me like a bad puppy dog. Ms_Kitty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #106 December 11, 2003 Jeanne-- I think you and I are fighting a losing battle. We might as well give up! Apparently no one on here wants to consort with whuffos or semi-whuffos, and according to tree jumper, since I don't have my A yet, I'm not a skydiver. Well, fuck. What exactly have I been doing every weekend for the past 5 months? Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grega 0 #107 December 11, 2003 ugh hmm, i think you missed the thread, the "What makes a skydiver a skydiver? AKA be nice to the tandems " thread is that way.. "George just lucky i guess!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samhussey 0 #108 December 11, 2003 Whatever happened to love and acceptance (sigh)...... Can't we all be friends. seeing as we all have at least one common interest? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
towerrat 0 #109 December 11, 2003 I think you are all missing Treejumpers point. Correct me if I'm wrong Tree, but it's about a level of comitment not jump numbers.Play stupid games, win stupid prizes! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #110 December 11, 2003 No I posted in there, too, and I still lost. Ron kicked my ass! *Kelly jumps on the bandwagon as it leaves. "Fuck tandems!"* Please note, that was meant to be satirical; I still love people who only do tandems, and whuffos, too. Kelly Edited for punctuation. Yes, I am a huge dork. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #111 December 11, 2003 QuoteI think you are all missing Treejumpers point. Correct me if I'm wrong Tree, but it's about a level of comitment not jump numbers. Actually, I think his point is that this person is a TROLL. It's one thing to make one jump and then come on here and try to learn more about skydiving and post some other crap in TB while you're at it. It's quite another to come on here, make 30 posts your first day about who, what, how, where, and when you like to screw, and then make a post that people are giving you flak and solicit feedback about who other people like to screw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kat69 0 #112 December 11, 2003 You by far are more of a jumper then I. I have only one tandem. It should not be how many jumps you have but if you love it.*********************************************** Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me Then spank me like a bad puppy dog. Ms_Kitty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #113 December 11, 2003 QuoteQuoteI think you are all missing Treejumpers point. Correct me if I'm wrong Tree, but it's about a level of comitment not jump numbers. Actually, I think his point is that this person is a TROLL. It's one thing to make one jump and then come on here and try to learn more about skydiving and post some other crap in TB while you're at it. It's quite another to come on here, make 30 posts your first day about who, what, how, where, and when you like to screw, and then make a post that people are giving you flak and solicit feedback about who other people like to screw. I think that's what was being said. I have to agree with you 100%. If someone truly wants to know more about the sport, why post what your sex life is about? Like Michele, I'm done looking at any more threads which Kat69 has started or posted in.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #114 December 11, 2003 QuoteNo I posted in there, too, and I still lost. Ron kicked my ass! I didn't "kick your ass" Now if I even meet you I'll gladly slap you on the ass. But the point here seems to be a person who has made 38 posts about how people give her crap about her sex life, but no on seems to really give a crap about her sex life. But she keeps posting how much of a problem it is. The simple explination of this is young girl trying to scream "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME!!!!""No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #115 December 11, 2003 QuoteThe simple explination of this is young girl trying to scream "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME!!!!" Yea.... and she's the only one here doing that! re.: the hottie thread... lmaoRemster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #116 December 11, 2003 QuoteYea.... and she's the only one here doing that! re.: the hottie thread... lmao Well thats why I don't read threads like this...I only got on this one due to another one that referenced this one. And I would not ahve posted but I don't want folks thinking I jumped on Kelly."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #117 December 11, 2003 QuoteQuoteThe simple explination of this is young girl trying to scream "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME!!!!" Yea.... and she's the only one here doing that! re.: the hottie thread... lmao Jesus, Remi! So, I post one amazingly gorgeous picture of myself there, and now I'm an attention-whore! And, haven't you guys figured out by now not to feed the trolls????There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #118 December 11, 2003 QuoteAnd I would not ahve posted but I don't want folks thinking I jumped on Kelly. Sorry, I didn't mean to make it sound like that. All I meant is that I was defeated, because basically, you guys are somewhat MORE right than me (but I won't give in 100%, because I'm stubborn.) That's what I get for breaking Billvon's rules!!! Quote3. In general you won't win any arguments on the net unless you have a very flexible definition of victory. 4. If a thread is making you really mad, stop reading it. Getting mad at a thread is one of the more fruitless wastes of energy. Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,463 #119 December 11, 2003 >It's quite another to come on here, make 30 posts your first day > about who, what, how, where, and when you like to screw, and then > make a post that people are giving you flak and solicit feedback > about who other people like to screw. I don't think she's any more of a troll than someone who gets on here, starts intentionally controversial threads (i.e. gun control) and then makes essentially the same post hundreds of times. I'm not sure what it says about us that the thousands of posts on the gun control threads are accepted (or at least tolerated) - but have someone talk about sex? Who Ron thinks isn't a "real" skydiver? We call her a troll. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #120 December 11, 2003 QuoteI'm not sure what it says about us that the thousands of posts on the gun control threads are accepted (or at least tolerated) - but have someone talk about sex? Who Ron thinks isn't a "real" skydiver? We call her a troll. I think if anyone started threads and only talked about gun control in 40 posts on their first day of signing up, most people would call them a troll.There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bean 0 #121 December 11, 2003 Let's see: Kat69=ANOYING (TROLL)!! The Kimber Pro Carry Ten II = Amazing... Anyone should feel free to talk about anything but don't whine or take offense when you get flamed. "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough" -Biffin Swoo Rodriguez #1020, LawnDart, AR #007 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #122 December 11, 2003 I don't think she's any more of a troll than someone who gets on here, starts intentionally controversial threads (i.e. Iraq) and then makes essentially the same post hundreds of times. I'm not sure what it says about us that the thousands of posts on the Iraq threads are accepted (or at least tolerated) - but have someone talk about sex? Are you a troll, Bill? I wouldn't say so. QuoteWho Ron thinks isn't a "real" skydiver? We call her a troll. For the record, I was the first to call Troll on this thread. And it has nothing to do with skydiving. It has to do with internet etiquette, or the lack thereof. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyonthewall 0 #123 December 11, 2003 Hi I mostly lurk here (for about a year now) But I felt like chiming in on this thread. First and formost I've only done one tandem. Do I consider myself a skydiver? No. Have I skydived? Yes. I spent three days at the DZ and met people from all over the world. Thanks to this site I had "non whuffo" things to talk about. The freeflyers I met from Italy could not believe I had never jumped before. All because I had read up on their style here. They were astonished that I knew of their style and understood it without having jumped before. I guess the point is that I met SKYDIVERS from all over the world that weekend and none of them treated me any differently than they would any skydiver. I'm glad no one snubbed me because I hadn't jumped. The reason I did a tandem was that I didn't want to sit through eight hours of instruction just to get a taste. I wanted to make sure I would like it before making a commitment. I can't wait to start AFF. Oh and I voted hetero :) To each their own! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflygoddess 0 #124 December 11, 2003 QuoteI was the first Um can I say BEER please... heheheheheheh ok I couldn't help myself.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #125 December 11, 2003 Damn it!!! You suck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
