aloneinthesky 0 #1 January 22, 2007 i was at the bank the other day and one of the tellers told me that everytime your adrenaline rushes it takes 2-5 minutes off your life. i told her that was hard to believe and she came back with "im a pre-med major". Has anyone ever heard this? its hard for me to fully believe that. does anyone else believe that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katzurki 0 #2 January 22, 2007 Castrated men also live longer, but would you call it a life? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 3 #3 January 22, 2007 Quotei was at the bank the other day and one of the tellers told me that everytime your adrenaline rushes it takes 2-5 minutes off your life. i told her that was hard to believe and she came back with "im a pre-med major". Has anyone ever heard this? its hard for me to fully believe that. does anyone else believe that How would that even be something that is knowable? Think about it. Now, if this was a "friend" of yours, I'd start berating their mental capacities when it came to things like logic, but since it was an "im a pre-med major" bank teller . . . well, you're just going to have to shake your head and hope she doesn't believe crap like that after she's "pre-med".quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Travman 6 #4 January 22, 2007 But those are 2 - 5 minutes off the crap years. Have fun in the prme of your life before you have to pee in a bag and use viagra. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zenister 0 #5 January 22, 2007 Quote it takes 2-5 minutes off your life. even if it were so.. do the math... the anti smoking lobby once put out that every cigarette took 7 minutes off your life.. then some marketing genius actually "did the math" and suddenly that sad attempt at 'this is BAAAD M'kay' vanished...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bofh 0 #6 January 22, 2007 So if one get 10.000 rushes of adrenaline, that's 35 days you miss at most? Even if it would be true, what's the big deal? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Marios 0 #7 January 22, 2007 C9H13NO3 RULES! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BIGUN 1,053 #8 January 22, 2007 Quotei was at the bank the other day and one of the tellers told me that everytime your adrenaline rushes it takes 2-5 minutes off your life. i told her that was hard to believe and she came back with "im a pre-med major". Has anyone ever heard this? its hard for me to fully believe that. does anyone else believe that Really don't give a shit. I want to go out like or Johnny Gates. 69 years old, tracking away from a great dive on the sunset load. I do believe God was paying homage on that one himself. If I can't go out that way... I hope it's what's behind door number 2 - two blondes giving me the BJ sandwich in a Ferrari at 200 mph going over a cliff. Hate fucking up a perfectly good Ferrari though.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites darkwing 4 #9 January 22, 2007 Quoteshe came back with "im a pre-med major". pre-meds aren't doctors, I'd estimate at least half of them never get to be doctors, mostly they get off on the prestige of telling people they will be doctors. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Broke 0 #10 January 22, 2007 Quotei was at the bank the other day and one of the tellers told me that everytime your adrenaline rushes it takes 2-5 minutes off your life. i told her that was hard to believe and she came back with "im a pre-med major". Has anyone ever heard this? its hard for me to fully believe that. does anyone else believe that Even if it shortens the lifespan it takes off the worst part of your life... the endDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kkeenan 13 #11 January 22, 2007 Quote... two blondes giving me the BJ sandwich in a Ferrari at 200 mph going over a cliff. .... I'm sure the blondes would be honored to go out that way too. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wildcard451 0 #12 January 22, 2007 QuoteQuoteshe came back with "im a pre-med major". pre-meds aren't doctors, I'd estimate at least half of them never get to be doctors, mostly they get off on the prestige of telling people they will be doctors. Tell her to get back to you in 8 years when she actually unlearns and relearns all she knows. Fucking moron. I'd rather "lose a few minutes" than have it not go and me not be alert enough to handle the fucking situation. Thank you for posting this and making me audibly laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Flying_Penguin 0 #13 January 22, 2007 QuoteQuote... two blondes giving me the BJ sandwich in a Ferrari at 200 mph going over a cliff. .... I'm sure the blondes would be honored to go out that way too. Base rigs for the blondes, their talent may still be needed elsewere. I asked my hommie, a MD/PhD student (4th year in a combo program) - (he has two tamdems and one bunggie) old freshman year roomate- he thinks jumping is healthy in terms of the adrenaline, and that as long as your earning your rush in a safe moderated manner that you are more healthy for it. my dad has the "if you are gonna eat like a caveman, live like one" so he defends eating meat, buy runing and trying to experience "leg-wetters" on a regular basis of course on TV they have that cheesy wieght loss pill which claims that stress causes fat-gain, but I always find in easy to stay fit when jumping, my hippy theory is the energy, stirs up the body, and when combined with, Gyrotonic(R) or rock climbing you are really set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gato 0 #14 January 22, 2007 Quotepre-meds aren't doctors, I'd estimate at least half of them never get to be doctors, mostly they get off on the prestige of telling people they will be doctors. And what do you wanna bet they have a website like DZ.com where the newbs can exchange poor advice? Seriously, it sounds like another rationalization: "This is why you shouldn't do any thing even remotely risky - even if it doesn't kill you, it's still gonna kil you!" I am now rationalizing not becoming a pre-med student.T.I.N.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Orange1 0 #15 January 22, 2007 The "life is too precious to be enjoyed" school of thought See this Onion article: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45591Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kkeenan 13 #16 January 22, 2007 Quote...it sounds like another rationalization: "This is why you shouldn't do any thing even remotely risky - even if it doesn't kill you, it's still gonna kil you!" Yes. Now they can not only avoid something that may be "dangerous", but also avoid anything that may be exciting, and therefore dangerous. I think that each jump is easily worth several days of golf-playing, and possibly years worth of couch-sitting. I think that CRW jumps can actually extend your life. Sometimes terrifying things happen that cause your life to flash before your eyes - that's like getting extra days !! Then you're actually gaining time. Kevin_____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 2,396 #17 January 22, 2007 If you go by the limited-number-of-heart-contractions theory, it probably has some validity. Slowing your metabolism is about the only way we know to reliably extend your lifetime; restricting caloric intake can accomplish this, and does extend lifetime in rats and mice. Increasing your metabolism (as happens during high stress events) could be reasonably expected to decrease lifespan somewhat. The question of whether it's worth it is, of course, a completely different question. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites aloneinthesky 0 #18 January 22, 2007 lol some of you attacked me in your reply, your igorant, i was simply asking what anyone had to say about the silly ching chong <__> bank lady who shorted me 1 dollar. yes your all correct skydive till it kills me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Akey 0 #19 January 22, 2007 LOL, and how the %(&$ would you devise an experiment to prove this? You couldn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Mark24688m 0 #20 January 23, 2007 big deal if you have 2000 jumps thats and an "adreniline rush" every time thats not even 5 days of your life that you "lose". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Superman32 0 #21 January 23, 2007 Great topic, I just had adrenergic drugs last friday in Pharm, so here a few adverse effects of epinephrine (aka adrenaline) *Central Nervous System - Cerebral hemorrhage - i.e., stroke (from marked elevation in blood pressure), anxiety, tremors, fear, headache, tension, etc.. *Cardiovascular - Hypertension(see above), ventricular arrhytmia, tachycadia (sinus), anginal pain, palpitations, etc... *Lungs - Pulmonary edema Thats all I remember, need to go study... but procrastination is so gooood so it could end your life or debilitate you if you're in the habit of getting shots of epi. , but not from endogeneous production. Your friend is sorta kinda right, in a completely clueless wrong way. Inveniam Viam aut Faciam I'm back biatches! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites larakiyomi 0 #22 January 23, 2007 Quotelol some of you attacked me in your reply, your igorant, i was simply asking what anyone had to say about the silly ching chong <__> bank lady who shorted me 1 dollar. It's spelled "You're ignorant". And the word is i-r-o-n-y. ~ Lara (aka just another silly <__>)Blue Skies Mag Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gato 0 #23 January 23, 2007 Quote some of you attacked me in your reply, your igorant, i was simply asking what anyone had to say about the silly ching chong <__> bank lady who shorted me 1 dollar. I read through this whole thread - who attacked you, and how? "silly ching chong lady" - Are you serious with this? I'm not Asian but I'm pretty sure that's offensive.T.I.N.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites aloneinthesky 0 #24 January 23, 2007 join the club... 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quade 3 #3 January 22, 2007 Quotei was at the bank the other day and one of the tellers told me that everytime your adrenaline rushes it takes 2-5 minutes off your life. i told her that was hard to believe and she came back with "im a pre-med major". Has anyone ever heard this? its hard for me to fully believe that. does anyone else believe that How would that even be something that is knowable? Think about it. Now, if this was a "friend" of yours, I'd start berating their mental capacities when it came to things like logic, but since it was an "im a pre-med major" bank teller . . . well, you're just going to have to shake your head and hope she doesn't believe crap like that after she's "pre-med".quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travman 6 #4 January 22, 2007 But those are 2 - 5 minutes off the crap years. Have fun in the prme of your life before you have to pee in a bag and use viagra. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #5 January 22, 2007 Quote it takes 2-5 minutes off your life. even if it were so.. do the math... the anti smoking lobby once put out that every cigarette took 7 minutes off your life.. then some marketing genius actually "did the math" and suddenly that sad attempt at 'this is BAAAD M'kay' vanished...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bofh 0 #6 January 22, 2007 So if one get 10.000 rushes of adrenaline, that's 35 days you miss at most? Even if it would be true, what's the big deal? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,053 #8 January 22, 2007 Quotei was at the bank the other day and one of the tellers told me that everytime your adrenaline rushes it takes 2-5 minutes off your life. i told her that was hard to believe and she came back with "im a pre-med major". Has anyone ever heard this? its hard for me to fully believe that. does anyone else believe that Really don't give a shit. I want to go out like or Johnny Gates. 69 years old, tracking away from a great dive on the sunset load. I do believe God was paying homage on that one himself. If I can't go out that way... I hope it's what's behind door number 2 - two blondes giving me the BJ sandwich in a Ferrari at 200 mph going over a cliff. Hate fucking up a perfectly good Ferrari though.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 4 #9 January 22, 2007 Quoteshe came back with "im a pre-med major". pre-meds aren't doctors, I'd estimate at least half of them never get to be doctors, mostly they get off on the prestige of telling people they will be doctors. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #10 January 22, 2007 Quotei was at the bank the other day and one of the tellers told me that everytime your adrenaline rushes it takes 2-5 minutes off your life. i told her that was hard to believe and she came back with "im a pre-med major". Has anyone ever heard this? its hard for me to fully believe that. does anyone else believe that Even if it shortens the lifespan it takes off the worst part of your life... the endDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 13 #11 January 22, 2007 Quote... two blondes giving me the BJ sandwich in a Ferrari at 200 mph going over a cliff. .... I'm sure the blondes would be honored to go out that way too. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #12 January 22, 2007 QuoteQuoteshe came back with "im a pre-med major". pre-meds aren't doctors, I'd estimate at least half of them never get to be doctors, mostly they get off on the prestige of telling people they will be doctors. Tell her to get back to you in 8 years when she actually unlearns and relearns all she knows. Fucking moron. I'd rather "lose a few minutes" than have it not go and me not be alert enough to handle the fucking situation. Thank you for posting this and making me audibly laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flying_Penguin 0 #13 January 22, 2007 QuoteQuote... two blondes giving me the BJ sandwich in a Ferrari at 200 mph going over a cliff. .... I'm sure the blondes would be honored to go out that way too. Base rigs for the blondes, their talent may still be needed elsewere. I asked my hommie, a MD/PhD student (4th year in a combo program) - (he has two tamdems and one bunggie) old freshman year roomate- he thinks jumping is healthy in terms of the adrenaline, and that as long as your earning your rush in a safe moderated manner that you are more healthy for it. my dad has the "if you are gonna eat like a caveman, live like one" so he defends eating meat, buy runing and trying to experience "leg-wetters" on a regular basis of course on TV they have that cheesy wieght loss pill which claims that stress causes fat-gain, but I always find in easy to stay fit when jumping, my hippy theory is the energy, stirs up the body, and when combined with, Gyrotonic(R) or rock climbing you are really set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gato 0 #14 January 22, 2007 Quotepre-meds aren't doctors, I'd estimate at least half of them never get to be doctors, mostly they get off on the prestige of telling people they will be doctors. And what do you wanna bet they have a website like DZ.com where the newbs can exchange poor advice? Seriously, it sounds like another rationalization: "This is why you shouldn't do any thing even remotely risky - even if it doesn't kill you, it's still gonna kil you!" I am now rationalizing not becoming a pre-med student.T.I.N.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #15 January 22, 2007 The "life is too precious to be enjoyed" school of thought See this Onion article: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45591Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 13 #16 January 22, 2007 Quote...it sounds like another rationalization: "This is why you shouldn't do any thing even remotely risky - even if it doesn't kill you, it's still gonna kil you!" Yes. Now they can not only avoid something that may be "dangerous", but also avoid anything that may be exciting, and therefore dangerous. I think that each jump is easily worth several days of golf-playing, and possibly years worth of couch-sitting. I think that CRW jumps can actually extend your life. Sometimes terrifying things happen that cause your life to flash before your eyes - that's like getting extra days !! Then you're actually gaining time. Kevin_____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,396 #17 January 22, 2007 If you go by the limited-number-of-heart-contractions theory, it probably has some validity. Slowing your metabolism is about the only way we know to reliably extend your lifetime; restricting caloric intake can accomplish this, and does extend lifetime in rats and mice. Increasing your metabolism (as happens during high stress events) could be reasonably expected to decrease lifespan somewhat. The question of whether it's worth it is, of course, a completely different question. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aloneinthesky 0 #18 January 22, 2007 lol some of you attacked me in your reply, your igorant, i was simply asking what anyone had to say about the silly ching chong <__> bank lady who shorted me 1 dollar. yes your all correct skydive till it kills me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akey 0 #19 January 22, 2007 LOL, and how the %(&$ would you devise an experiment to prove this? You couldn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark24688m 0 #20 January 23, 2007 big deal if you have 2000 jumps thats and an "adreniline rush" every time thats not even 5 days of your life that you "lose". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superman32 0 #21 January 23, 2007 Great topic, I just had adrenergic drugs last friday in Pharm, so here a few adverse effects of epinephrine (aka adrenaline) *Central Nervous System - Cerebral hemorrhage - i.e., stroke (from marked elevation in blood pressure), anxiety, tremors, fear, headache, tension, etc.. *Cardiovascular - Hypertension(see above), ventricular arrhytmia, tachycadia (sinus), anginal pain, palpitations, etc... *Lungs - Pulmonary edema Thats all I remember, need to go study... but procrastination is so gooood so it could end your life or debilitate you if you're in the habit of getting shots of epi. , but not from endogeneous production. Your friend is sorta kinda right, in a completely clueless wrong way. Inveniam Viam aut Faciam I'm back biatches! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
larakiyomi 0 #22 January 23, 2007 Quotelol some of you attacked me in your reply, your igorant, i was simply asking what anyone had to say about the silly ching chong <__> bank lady who shorted me 1 dollar. It's spelled "You're ignorant". And the word is i-r-o-n-y. ~ Lara (aka just another silly <__>)Blue Skies Mag Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gato 0 #23 January 23, 2007 Quote some of you attacked me in your reply, your igorant, i was simply asking what anyone had to say about the silly ching chong <__> bank lady who shorted me 1 dollar. I read through this whole thread - who attacked you, and how? "silly ching chong lady" - Are you serious with this? I'm not Asian but I'm pretty sure that's offensive.T.I.N.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aloneinthesky 0 #24 January 23, 2007 join the club... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #25 January 23, 2007 I suspect the drinking after the beer light comes on does more to decrease our lives. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
