wildblue 4 #51 September 10, 2002 you can be 0001 who wants 0010? it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VivaHeadDown 0 #52 September 10, 2002 You see the neighbor kid building a box-shaped house with a back door out of leggos, and you convince him if he puts wings on it it'll be a skyvan. Then you tell him to put two more leggo engines on it and it'll be even better. Yeah! (i need to jump, bad) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #53 September 10, 2002 Or you see UPS driving around and it totally reminds you of a skyvan...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blondeflyer7 0 #54 September 10, 2002 Ok you normaly play games with your children..... I have one called the airplane.... This is where I put my daughter on my feet so she can pretend to be flying........then I say......ARCH!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #55 September 10, 2002 When you are teaching your 3 year old to swing and you tell him to keep a hand on each riser... -Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mujie96 0 #56 September 10, 2002 QuoteMy body is a temple and I'm decorating the walls. I can recommend a good interior decorator Haha, very funny. I'd scar you for life. Jess Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #57 September 10, 2002 QuoteHaha, very funny. I'd scar you for life. One more scar, another notch... it's all the same ;) I'm just playing with ya dear, besides, I'd have to throw you back for bein too young as it is I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamsville 0 #58 September 10, 2002 If flying late in the day I will get a beer and stare out the plane window for a long time, fanticizing about a high jump over the desert with mountains in the distance. I will land somewhere near a bar/grill in a pre-determined area, have some beers, and then go to bed and dream about doing it all over again. Sorry, this was actually a dream within a dream. I got lost in it. HarryI don't drink during the day, so I don't know what it is about this airline. I keep falling out the door of the plane. Harry, FB #4143 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamsville 0 #59 September 10, 2002 I hate to admit that I have: On cloudy/windy days you go to the drop zone anyway and bitch about the weather. You analyze every flag you see in terms of it's too windy/not too windy to jump. It's a dark sky with low clouds and you're thinking "Hop -n- Pops!". You know to the tenth of a mile how far it is from your driveway to the drop zone's driveway. 83.6 (Mobil station Ottawa, Il. to my downtown garage space in Chicago, honest!) You walk everywhere watching the sky. (well, just about) You can't mention the word "first" in casual conversation, at work, or ever in reference to yourself. (it now crosses my mind a bunch) You plan your vacations around skydiving boogies. (it's happened) On a full moon night, you look up and think "Night jumps!" You have no idea what is happening on the weekends in your town. You wonder what whuffos _DO_ with themselves on gorgeous summer weekends You can't imagine how anyone can go on vacation without a parachute. (if you have a rig, yes, I honestly would and have taken it everywhere where jumps could be possible) You love the smell of 'Jet A' in the morning! So, that's 12 honest ones on my list. Anyone else, HONESTLY??I don't drink during the day, so I don't know what it is about this airline. I keep falling out the door of the plane. Harry, FB #4143 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #60 September 10, 2002 Im a Retail Manager and each position in the company is a "slot" - A lot of things in life are slots now. I think it's cool when my honey says "your hair smells like Jet A" and, I too struggle with the true meaning of "Stilletto" and "Talon" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiltboy 0 #61 September 10, 2002 you want to quit or are telling a friend to dump their girl/guy and you reach for where your cutaway handle would be.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 4 #62 September 10, 2002 QuoteIm a Retail Manager and each position in the company is a "slot" - A lot of things in life are slots now. You beat me too it. Every space is a 'slot' now. True story - going to the movies, I ask my friend "You got a free slot in your car? Or should I drive too" Bad thing is, it took him awhile to catch it, because it made perfect sense to him at the time too. Ever walk around public places, and dip a shoulder to turn, or turn your palms out and start walking faster? People in the office look at me funny when they catch me doing it. Putting on the goggles and driving 70 mph down the road is fun too, especially when there's people in the car next to you that you can dock on.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #63 September 10, 2002 QuoteYou know you're a skydiver when.... All serious discussions degenerate to sheep sex talk, animal and human sacrifices, toilet humor.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patkat 0 #64 September 10, 2002 Quote"By the way, I actually learned to pack a PC last weekend - did three of 'em and a couple T-10s. Good stuff!" So did you just pack them or did you jump them? There's a PC thread going on in the gear forum. HW Yes. I did a T-10 ,and two PC jumps - and landed w/in 5 feet of the peas on the two jumps I spotted. The occasion was an attempt at an eightway round/round - all round mains/reserves. We only got six people to jump, and five got in, but that's not too bad for a formation load out of Cessnas! Those belly warts really slow ya down!Patkat gotta exercise my demons! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #65 September 10, 2002 "I did a T-10 ,and two PC jumps..." Kewl. Time for an unmodified flat circular jump. I once jumped a C-11, which had lines at least twice as long as the T-10. You couldn't turn it at all .. you just had to have a reasonable spot and a big DZ. 'Course I broke my leg on the next jump, on a PC. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #66 September 10, 2002 When you finally have a day off to get caught up on chores. A day when the dropzone is closed so there is no temptation to go jump. A day to do all the things I haven't done on the weekends, because I'm at the dropzone. And I'm in the backyard practicing my packing instead of doing any of those chores. I'll justify it by claiming it to be my workout for the day. Don't need to go to the gym after this... Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clrarch 0 #67 September 10, 2002 Two weekends ago I was at the DZ, bitching about how I have to clip my nails....when asked why? I said, "Because they're digging into my palms when I use my front risers".....I was then told I am officially a skydiver ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clrarch 0 #68 September 10, 2002 Oh yeah....and when I started practicing floating exits into my shower in the morning using the shower rod Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #69 September 10, 2002 Dude, do not try diving exits into the shower. There is not enough space to track away from the curtain. Lately I examined my car and decided to keep it cause the cargo area in large enough to hold a minimum of 5 fully loaded gear bags plus my camping gear so I can squat at any DZ. I now plan travel to family in Pittsburgh, PA not by shortest route but by DZ where I can jump on the way. West Virginia is useless except for October 13th and it's dead on my route. I started seriously surfing the global web and made new friends in Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Germany, South Africa and many other countries. I have not seen them yet but I plan to jump with them one day. In a conversation with a skydiver pen pal from Ukraine we came to the conclusion that an author of one of the books we read is really brilliant cause he thinks like a skydiver. I entered the Business Class of a Delta airliner and loudly said to the stewardess "Shit, you guys got seats in the plane" Wherever I go I am looking for USPA member stickers on cars. I evaluate babes by checking if they are wearing a closing pin I can't wait till my son grows up so I can go skydiving with him I don't want a relationship with w Whuffo. Why would I again want to take the risk of being called a self centered swine who only pursues his interests I used to live to work. Then I worked to live. Now I live to skydivejraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clrarch 0 #70 September 10, 2002 Not to mention there's not enough space to track away from the tile wall.....haven't figured out where to practice diving exits in my apartment yet....but I'm working on it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patkat 0 #71 September 11, 2002 Kewl. Time for an unmodified flat circular jump. Nah, thanks, though - I think maybe if I still got the bug I'll ask around about the Thunderbow that was floating around the DZ the other day - and I doubt I'll do that, 'cause the girl who jumped it said it landed like a sack of hammers, and the owner of the rig had to pull out an instruction manual to repack it.... But on the other hand, it has that big arrow so you don't forget which way it supposed to be flying.... -patkatPatkat gotta exercise my demons! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christine 0 #72 September 11, 2002 We were coming in to land on a commercial flight. Looking out the window, I said to my friend beside me "I wonder how high we are", I glanced at the watch on my left wrist thinking I'd find the altitude and I instead found the time. That's when I knew it was time to wake up from the fantasy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygirlpc 0 #73 September 11, 2002 Or you tell the seven year old that your babysitting that the sky is beautiful and he says, " It'd be a great day to skydive". (I think he knew what I was thinking) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #74 September 11, 2002 I love the fact that my students don't ask me how my weekend was.... They ask how my jumps were...how many i did....etc. Kids are cool!!! Anne ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aneblett 0 #75 September 11, 2002 I'll drink to that.... welll putS.E.X. party #2 ..It is far worse to live with fear, than to die confronting it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
