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Thanks, everyone!!! You guys are awesome!

Yup; I live in Wisconsin, too. Winter does suck. Every time I go to class on Monday, my friends ask me how many jumps I did, and this will be the second week in a row that I'll have to tell them I didn't jump. I think the weather's better around here (Madison) than down at SDC. Maybe I'll have to visit a different dz next weekend. Too bad I don't have a car... (I think this should be in Talk Back.) -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.

Yup, didn't even go to the dz this weekend... That makes 0:0:0 for me. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad weekend. I think I'll move to Florida. (btw- It wasn't really that bad of a weekend; does anyone know the book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"?) -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.

I collect postcards too! I'll send you one from Wisconsin if you'll send me one from New York! PM me your address! -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.

Welcome to the fourms! (And congrats on JFTC, too!

I definitely will!

I carried mine on in a gear bag last time I flew, and had no problems. (Other than the women at the security point asking me, "You're a skydiver??! Is it fun? Isn't it scary? I don't think I could do that... Why would you want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?") And they did have to go get another person to come look at it too. Remember to have your cypres card handy! Good travels! -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.

Ugh, I get SO sick of that song after a weekend at SDC! It's playing constantly!!! "Never gonna come back down... never gonna come back down..." Aahh... now it's stuck in my head! Dammit! btw- I must admit that if it was on my first jump video, I would still love it, too. That's the way I am with Kryptonite, since it's the song on my video.

I mean, I have an idea, but can someone explain exactly what they are? Thanks! -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.

My mom just sent me this in an email... "And Cash & Carry has Top Ramen on sale. I'll try to get a case off to you. That's only 24 packages. It will undoubtedly cost more to mail than to buy the stuff." She knows that if she just sends me the money, I'll spend it on... other stuff. My mom's so cool. -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.

Triathalons are forgiving and docile. I have one with a really low wingloading, and I honestly don't think it could get any more docile! And if I can't have a Javelin, I'm not jumping! -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.

$54! Ouch! Since we're out of season, my jumps are $14. (Which sure, doesn't sound like much, until you realize I only have about half of that in my checking account... ) -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.

I'll buy one, but only if it costs less than a jump ticket! Remember, the "P" stands for poor! I'm definitely down with the t-shirt/website idea! Let's do it! -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.

I got my first kisspass on jump #23, but I can't really answer your question seriously, because I got mine from another girl. (Love ya, sunshine!) -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.

I think this is a really common thing. Maybe because the first time it's such a surreal experience that you don't even fully comprehend what you're about to do. I know I was a lot more nervous the second time I jumped. -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.

What did I miss? -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.

Fire is cool. Arson isn’t. Show a little respect to the owners/environment, dude. Most objects aren’t just there to be jumped from, believe it or not. -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.

This is fun! I'll do more later.

I hereby pronounce myself PCSS #4! -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.

Hi! I go to school in Madison, but I jump at Skydive Chicago. Welcome to the forums! -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.

Too funny! I was on here posting, but I had to get off to go make dinner: ramen noodles! That's all I eat. I, too, am a starving college student with a crappy job and a skydiving obsession. And I still can't afford to jump every weekend. I just sold my anthro textbook back for two dollars so I could buy myself a Subway sandwich. Sad. Anyone wanna donate to the starving, skydiving, underemployed, college student fund? Anyone...? C'mon... -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.

Once I make my design, how do I copy it into a file? I'm computer-illiterate... -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.

That site is kinda funny just to browse through and read. The translations to English are very loose.

Is this sort of what you're looking for? BASE Delay Chart I always feel like I'm intruding in here, since I'm not a BASE jumper, but I've done a ton of research. -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.

Actually, if the 145 lbs. is your weight out the door, your wingloading is closer to .65.