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i've cleaned ground training rooms and packing sheds for money off jumps...
packed plenty of student kit (don't do that any more .... got bored)
now i just work ...
sell the odd thing here and there for hop and pops ..
packed plenty of student kit (don't do that any more .... got bored)
now i just work ...
sell the odd thing here and there for hop and pops ..
I ate breakfast cereal for a week because I spent my last $20 on a jump ticket. It's all about sacrifice. Most people give up a lot of other things to afford gear & jump tickets. 
BUT... it's worth it! 
BUT... it's worth it!
BETO74 0
Uhhhh, tell more about the fucked up jobs...
http://web.mac.com/ac057a/iWeb/AC057A/H0M3.html
Jimbo 0
QuoteUhhhh, tell more about the fucked up jobs...
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do tell!
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Jim
"Like" - The modern day comma
Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
skybytch 259
QuoteYeah, yeah, yeah. Do tell!
Okay, but only because you insisted.
Gas station attendant (full service even - may I check your oil sir?); vending machine stocking; bookkeeper for three small businesses; carpet cleaning; sandwich artist at Subway (I did make a kick ass sammich...); parts stock clerk and then counterperson at a GM dealership; stock clerk for Mondello Performance Products (if you know drag racing you probably know the name Mondello); "customer service representative" (ie cashier) at Circle K; sales at Square One (nah, just kidding, that job didn't suck at all
).
BETO74 0
I'm very dissapointed, I was expecting something more spicy. http://web.mac.com/ac057a/iWeb/AC057A/H0M3.html
D22369 0
I have packed student rigs all day long, just so I could get in one hopnpop in the late afternoon.
I have offered to flash the pilots for extra altitude,
I usually get offered more altitude to NOT flash
Roy
I have offered to flash the pilots for extra altitude,
I usually get offered more altitude to NOT flash Roy
They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it.
yoink 321
to date i have sold:
2 computers
1 hi-fi
1 tennis raquet
1 set of golf clubs
2 windsurfers
loads of CD's and DVD's
1 soul - slightly used...
I have:
just over 100 jumps...
a rig to call my own
a bed and some food...
fair trade I reckon.
2 computers
1 hi-fi
1 tennis raquet
1 set of golf clubs
2 windsurfers
loads of CD's and DVD's
1 soul - slightly used...
I have:
just over 100 jumps...
a rig to call my own
a bed and some food...
fair trade I reckon.
Harksaw 0
eaten nasty old baked beans on a graham cracker.
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I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.
I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.
mcrocker 0
QuoteOh, and jumped topless.
If it ain't on video, it didn't happen.
skybytch 259
QuoteQuoteOh, and jumped topless.
If it ain't on video, it didn't happen.
It's on video. Stills too, but some punk stole those (and the negatives) out of my car about 10 years ago.
Why, did you want to see the proof?
mcrocker 0
QuoteWhy, did you want to see the proof?
Me? No, not at all
. I was just asking for the good of the community.... and Ivan, yeah thats it Ivan wanted to see the proof. 
QuoteLessee... what have I done for jump tickets....
I've packed main and reserve parachutes, taught first jump courses, thrown static line jumpers out of the airplane, did tandems, worked manifest (lasted a whole day!), sold my motorcycle, sold a car, didn't pay a utility bill or twelve, skipped meals, worked a few fucked up jobs...
Oh, and jumped topless.
OMG! You skipped meals??? That's insane!!
I just couldn't do it. I think I would sooner die. No, no sarcasm.
I sold my reef aquariums. Spent proceeds from my condo sale. And, i've given up visits to the spa and the shopping mall.
Angela.
fool 0
Well, two seasons ago, I sold my PS2, and about 50 dvd's for jump money... that's when I realised I was indeed an addict... I'm empoyed again now, repurchased the PS2, and will probably replace the dvd's, so nothing lost really, and in the same situation, I'd do it again.
S.E.X. party #1
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".
S.E.X. party #1
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride".
Painted the hangar, weeded the flower beds, picked rocks out of the landing area, built a firepit, picked up more rocks, cleaned the hangar, cleaned the washrooms, answered the phones, sent out 3000 mailouts, oh, and all this when I wasn't packing...OMG I had no idea......
Decibel 0
Had a tandem student ask me that last weekend... not those exact words but something similar. My response was "Well, I call it an addiction".
sdctlc 0
When I was starting out, I was in grad school, I took out a loan throught he school. I also sold a motorcycle. Go figure, do what you can!!
Scott C.
Scott C.
"He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"
feuergnom 22
guess it's the usual stuff: worked manifest for the tandem guys, worked manifest for the dz, packed...
and once i kissed a guy to get a ticket
and once i kissed a guy to get a ticket
The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle
dudeist skydiver # 666
dudeist skydiver # 666
nael 0
Since I have only ever done 1 tandem jump I havent given up anything to skydive yet, and it turns out (once again) that I give blonde people a bad name. This didn;t even occur to me, but now, all of a sudden money for the AFF course looks so much closer. I'm off to ravage through my room, I can start on my cd collection.....
www.TerminalSports.com.auAustralia's largest skydive gear store
Sold mine too, last month.
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