FlyinseivLP2 0 #176 February 9, 2006 After landing off in the middle of a small town "Hows you gonna gets back up der" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #177 February 9, 2006 This happens all the time in other sports too. I have had lots of people tell me that they barefoot waterski but when you ask them questions is't apparent that they know nothing about the sport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MB38 0 #178 February 10, 2006 QuoteThis happens all the time in other sports too. I have had lots of people tell me that they barefoot waterski but when you ask them questions is't apparent that they know nothing about the sport.Just tell them that you do it while landing to rub it in their face.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerd137 0 #179 February 10, 2006 When I mentioned to a couple of coworkers that I fall faster than a lot of people, one of them insisted (INSISTED) that different fall rates are impossible because everything falls at the same speed. Everyone knows that, he said, it's basic knowledge from high school physics. Yeah, ok. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #180 February 10, 2006 Quote because everything falls at the same speed. well it is true, but he left out "in a vacum" Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerd137 0 #181 February 10, 2006 Quotewell it is true, but he left out "in a vacum" Which is kind of an important factor since, ya know, we don't skydive in a vacuum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bojana 0 #182 February 10, 2006 some people asked me if a skydiver must pay for jumps!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #183 February 10, 2006 QuoteWhich is kind of an important factor since, ya know, we don't skydive in a vacuum. Some of us don't even own a vacuum! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MB38 0 #184 February 10, 2006 Quotesome people asked me if a skydiver must pay for jumps!!!Skydiving is free. It's those pesky plane rides...I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlvaroCarvalho 0 #185 February 11, 2006 Quotesome people asked me if a skydiver must pay for jumps!!! Hey...ho...let's go! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philip2005 0 #186 February 12, 2006 My favourite from whuffo friends "surely you only need to do it once?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lolie 0 #187 February 13, 2006 QuoteWhen I mentioned to a couple of coworkers that I fall faster than a lot of people, one of them insisted (INSISTED) that different fall rates are impossible because everything falls at the same speed. Everyone knows that, he said, it's basic knowledge from high school physics. I had a very similar conversation once, with someone who was trying to convince me I was being scammed by buying a weight belt. I tried for a bit to convince them otherwise, but eventually just gave up. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #188 February 13, 2006 Quote Also for cocky tandem students, Ive heard one TM scare the shit out the student by telling him he's going to disconnect him completly under canopy. Gets them to stand on his feet, undoes lower clips as normal, makes noises like hes undoing the top ones, telling the student they're not connected to anything anymore, then quickly moving their feet. I've done over 800 hundred tandems and never had a student like that. Occasionally you can get one in the grounds school that needs a minor attitude adjustment, but I've never seen that in the air. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hexadecimal 0 #189 February 13, 2006 800 hundred? That's a LOT! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #190 February 13, 2006 QuoteI was hanging around the hanger after doing 2 of my jumps to get my a license and heard a guy ask my instructor what do you do when you jump out of the plane and hit a cloud, and my instructor with a straight face said to him we just run as fast as we can and jump off the other side and the guy said oh I guess that makes sense and walked away. I was just standing there with total amazement that they could believe such an answer. I had one of my lifeguards convinced we have picnics on clouds on the nice fluffy days. I also convinced her that if you sit in one spot too long, you start to sink in, and you might have to wait until you sink all the way through, which can take up to 45 minutes. cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
altichick 0 #191 February 13, 2006 Remember the cool video where the canopy is on fire??... Eloy holiday boogie 2004 there was a display with pictures of the stunt along with the burnt remains of the canopy. A few days of bad weather and the pictures and explaination had blown away leaving just the burnt remains of the canopy. Anyone who's been at Eloy will now there are usually lots of older whuffos there watching the by the main landing area... I overheard a few older ladies looking at the canopy and trying to figure out what had happened... "he must have been going too fast when he opened it" .... I laughed so hard I had to walk away - I wish there had been another skydiver within earshot of that one it was priceless!! Don't sweat the petty things... and don't pet the sweaty things! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #192 February 13, 2006 Friend who does the ground work on the beach where we land gets all sorts including "so where was the boat wif da big rope that towed all yous up??" BSBD! -Mark. Ps- A standard cutaway due to main main and landing perfectly without hassles in the same spot as everyone else usually ends in at least 10 people calling (In Aust.) 000 and having the cops, fire brigade and at least two ambulances going past us as we drive back to our base!! "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #193 February 13, 2006 QuoteQuotewell it is true, but he left out "in a vacum" Which is kind of an important factor since, ya know, we don't skydive in a vacuum. Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #194 February 13, 2006 QuoteI had a friend who did a tandem and he was amazed when I told him that he could jump in a t-shirt and shorts if he wanted. He apparantly thought you had to wear a space suit or something. If you wear a space suit, the oxygen can't go through your skin and you suffocate! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #195 February 13, 2006 Quote800 hundred? That's a LOT! Doooh! Yep, and I've got 4000 thousand jumps too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGraham 0 #196 February 13, 2006 Whuffo: "Has anyone died skydiving?" Me: "What, this week?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerd137 0 #197 February 13, 2006 Thought of another one of my favorites. A few weeks ago I was walking back from the packing area and this young whuffo chick said, "Hey, I really like your bellbottoms." I was wearing my RW suit with the booties folded up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joellercoaster 6 #198 February 13, 2006 Haha, yeah. One of my mates from the old rave scene saw my shiny new RW suit and said, "Dude, hotness! You have to wear that out to a warehouse."-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godfrog 2 #199 February 13, 2006 QuoteQuotewell it is true, but he left out "in a vacum" Which is kind of an important factor since, ya know, we don't skydive in a vacuum. unlees you got a really quality space craft to jump!Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lowpole 1 #200 February 13, 2006 I did see a student once ,transitioning from ripcord pc, pull the pc hang on to it, unzip his jumpsuit, stuff the pc in said jumpsuit and pull silver. We asked him what he was thinking and he thought the main would go away like a chopDarwin's Watching! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
