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man i would think after 5000 jumps hopping off a plane is like crossing the street.

i am also curious about this for different reasons...

i do a lot of solo jumps, my dz has a 206, so its usually 2 tandems + 1 fun jumper(me)

while I don't mind that for now, because i always have something to practice, i sometimes think itll be cool to jump with something like a tennis ball, just so that I have something to compare relative to me, so I know if I am side-swaying or going forward and back.

when you cuddle with your log book at night.

(ok i only did this once, while sleeping on a table at the DZ )

If someone gave me some magical jumpsuit that prevented me from ever getting injured or killed skydiving... i would keep skydiving.

That being said, I love the feeling of relief, of a parachute opening. I find it absolutely amazing, to be able to hop off a plane and live. I suppose that aspect of skydiving would be negated had it been 100% safe.


I think that in the end, without all the dangers involved... the feeling of freefall, and flying a canopy, is absolutely amazing.

so yes, I would definitely keep skydiving.

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16...not worried about the relationship with you...you have no control...ex has problems...ex hubby can drive a vette...you aren't comfortable...

Were there any points that indicated you SHOULD do this? Seems pretty plain to me that you should not.

Andy is right. Call the insurance. Explain it fully. This is probably a no-brainer from more than one perspective.

The wife wanted custody. She got it. Two edged sword.

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Hi everyone. My name is Mat and I'm a skydiver.

I think we might need to work on a 12 step program.

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've also realized I have to stop giving a crap about how I look at the DZ. It's totally out of my control :)

it really doesn't matter considering there are about 10 guys for every girl.

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Hi,

My boyfriend's birthday is coming up along with our anniversary so I'm looking for a nice present. I brought up the options hypothetically to him and he said he would enjoy a weekend getaway more because he's never been that interested in skydiving. He did say he would go skydiving but just that it's not on his list of must do things. I have never jumped either by the way. Should I go with my gut that says it's an experience we will never forget and he will like it after he's experienced it? Or do lots of people not enjoy their first jump (tandem)?

Thanks

If he's not down, don't do it. I haven't gone skydiving all that much but I've already seen tandems "pressured" into it, they usually don't have a good time.


You sound like you want to try it though...just go with some friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_e_Yeqwac&feature=related

im fucking addicted

its almost 12:30 am, i need to wake up in 5 hours and go to work so that i can spend all the money i am making going skydiving. instead im browsing these forums all night long and watching skydiving videos on youtube.

im losing touch with most of my whuffo friends, i haven't played my drumset in months, my family thinks i've gone crazy. they even had an intervention.

skydiving was the one thing i told myself i would never do. all it took was one horrible day and an "i dont give a fuck" attitude, and jumping off a plane was the first thing that popped in my head.

i mean, fuck, even if i do the math it makes no sense. ive already spent a total of about $2,500, drove about 17 hours, got dumped, risked my life 13 times... for about 6.5 minutes of freefall.

ya go ahead and flame me you assholes. i'll still love you all because you guys know how to live.

blue skies.

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Other than "he's lawrocket," I'd like some specifics.

Edited to add: "horror stories" are encouraged

im only bad in bed when they don't fake it

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No use of condomints...hummm.

thats some grade-a punning right there. worthy of a beer!

for some reason i thought you were like 19. must be the duck cartoons.

well, I'm just about to leave the office.

but as an geo/civil engineer myself... this is what i did today. (see attachment..)

oh and it was about 8 pages of this. basically you draft what's written on that page, which takes about 6 hours per page... and then you design the foundation of the house, and predict the water flow that goes on top of it etc... it gets really complicated, really fast.

Yes I am weird, at times even a bit socially awkward. its just a side effect of doing this for 40 hours a week...



That being said, for some odd reason, I find it fun, especially at the end, when you see the end results.


I think one thing that separates engineers from most other people is that we see the world as very black and white. We understand the physical world around us better than the average person, but were usually terrible at reading people.

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Buying a new rig or used rig from a big gear shop at a premium price is a bad idea.

I strongly disagree, especially for someone who knows little to nothing about gear. The "extra" couple hundred bucks you might spend buying from a reputable gear dealer will oftentimes get you knowledgeable advice instead of opinion, assistance in filling out order forms, a good chance that they will still be in business when your gear is completed, a good chance that they will refund your money and take used gear back if it won't work for you, and the possibility of using their demo gear to make your gear choices easier (if they have any). Amongst other things.

Spending that couple hundred bucks extra with the gear dealer at the dz you jump at just may make the difference between having a gear store on the dz or not. And the folks at the local gear store have a good reason to treat you right - they want your business for as long as you are jumping there.

Encouraging a noob to buy gear - new or used - from private parties online when they have no idea what they are doing and nobody that can hold their hand through the process is how new jumpers end up with gear that is not suitable for them or how they want to skydive.

To be fair, I will never commit to a purchase if the rig does not get inspected at the DZ first. If I do buy one I will ask it to be shipped at my DZ and have my rigger take a look.

Even before committing to any purchase I will ask the seller for as much information as possible, so that I can go to the DZ and talk to my rigger and instructors about it.

I read all the posts, thank you for the responses. Looks like I'll just do this the old fashioned way and save my money. Now that I think about it... waiting for new equipment to be built and shipped over my house will probably take just as much time as me saving for a used rig.

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If you can make $400+ payments for the next year with no problem, then why have you not been saving that same $400+ the last few months? You would have had enough money to buy a complete used rig if you had. So, to me, you will not end up making all $400+ to the credit card company for 12 months straight (a boogie will come along, other new gear that you just have to have, etc.) and you'll end up paying way more than its worth for the gear and possibly end up with a huge credit problem. But the credit card companies will love you for all the interest you are paying them, regardless of what your credit score is.

I got out of college and started working only recently. I also just went through my aff... To be honest I have some money saved... I just dont feel comfortable emptying my bank account. And was I also looking for a way to build really good credit.

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banging a cougar is on my bucketlist.

im 25 and im running out of time. better leave the house today

Why don't you like mustard? Mustard's fucking awesome!

OK, I've been wanting to know, too, but it seemed kind of rude, but now that it's out there: what gives? All mustard? Just some kinds? Whole grain mustard is the best--almost like caviar. Just plain yummy!

My daughter (also 25) has never liked it either. I've never understood it. She doesn't like ketchup either.

PM if you want a date.(with her)

did i just get a guaranteed mustard-free date on dropzone.com?

let's make it happen.

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banging a cougar is on my bucketlist.

im 25 and im running out of time. better leave the house today

Why don't you like mustard? Mustard's fucking awesome!

Yeah...up until you get too old to cut it.

this leads to a very interesting question.

at what point are you too old to say "i banged a cougar"?

banging a cougar is on my bucketlist.

im 25 and im running out of time. better leave the house today

so i made a thread a couple of months back asking what the best method to pay for a complete skydiving rig would be, if you don't have the money to pay it all upfront...

I was recommended from a private message to get a personal loan from a bank.

So I went to the bank a couple of weeks ago and they told me I was not eligible. My credit score was 768, but I did not have enough credit history.

Shortly after that, "magically", a bunch of credit cards appeared in my mailbox. Some of them offering a "0% interest for year" deal.

My question regarding that is... if I sign up for a credit card that has a maximum of, lets say... $5,000. And I put that money down to buy myself: a new container with AAD, used canopy, used reserve + jumpsuit...

That means I have to pay $416.67 a month for 12 months.

There is absolutely no reason why I cannot pay that amount monthly for 12 months, which essentially gives me an interest free $5,000 loan.


Using this method of payment, is there any chance of it actually hurting my credit? Considering I will be in debt to the card for 12 months? And if it does not, is this not a better alternative to a loan? Since I will not pay any interest on the amount given to me?

well, looks like shit is going to hit the fan. better go skydiving this weekend before its $50 per jumpticket

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But this is where I disagree with you. I don't trust the average Joe to carry a gun. I don't believe in vigilante law. It is unregulated and dangerous.

So you're the 'non-average Joe'? Mad skillz?

Even if I am not, I have no intentions of walking around town with a gun.

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And with that statement, I'm guessing I probably couldn't defend myself from you if you had a knife. Which is why I'd prefer to have a higher level of protection.

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I agree, but my point wasn't about how easy it is to kill someone with a gun. I was only stating that if guns were banned, anyone intending to use one for criminal acts don't give a shit about guns laws. They'll use one anyway. The general population, who abides by the law and only desires to have a gun to protect them and their family, now does not have that possibility. So the same criminals have the same guns, everyone else has none. I wonder what that would do to the violent crime numbers.

This is exactly why I am not against banning firearms. We are way too deep into this mess and there are too many weapons out there for us to even possibly regulate such legislation. That being said, I also think guns are a part of our culture, its better to let things be. If you want to protect yourself at home with a gun there is nothing wrong with that.

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If everyone walking around a grocery store was carrying a conceiled firearm, do you think a thug is going to pick that place to rob? If he knew no one in there had anything to defend themselves with, he'd be much more likely to target that place.

That's why I think those "no guns allowed" signs on the entrance doors to banks are a joke. For the same reason. "Oh, well I better not take my 9 mil into the bank while I hold it up, they aren't allowed. Guess I'll just take a knife." That guy doesn't care that they aren't allowed, but he knows none of those people standing in line are carrying. It should say "PLEASE bring your legal conceiled weapons in with you, maybe the next thug who thinks about robbing this place will think twice."