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    Unfortunately, the UK is, at present, ruled by Politicians who love to interfere in the tiniest detail of all of our lives. They also love to bring in rafts of new legislation to stop normal, law-abiding adults enjoying themselves "for our own good". :S

    The UK is a cold, dark, wet island... and the nanny state with their horrendous band aid politics means that fun of any kind is rapidly becoming outlawed and/or taxed out of existence. >:(




    Agreed but these politicians aren't doing this entirely off their own backs..... The fuck-wit out of control drunken morons are really the root cause.

    We need a seed change in their behaviour to curtail their antisocial activities. Let the idiots rot their livers but ruining everyone elses night out is not acceptable.


    The politicians rightly see a problem that needs fixing... however, as you say, ruining everyone else's night out is not the way to do that. If they ban happy hours, the drunken morons (let's just call them "chavs" for short?!) will simply go and buy booze in Tesco to get hammered in a far less controlled environment before heading out.

    To my mind, it's partly a cultural thing (there has been excessive drinking in Anglo-Saxon culture going back hundreds of years), partly due to stressful lifestyles (we have the highest taxation and the longest working hours in Europe) and probably most significantly, the fact that it is completely sociably acceptable in the UK to get uncontrollably drunk.

    I don't pretend to have the answers... but I do know that banning happy hour will make ZERO difference! (Except to piss off adults who do know how to drink responsibly!)

  2. Unfortunately, the UK is, at present, ruled by Politicians who love to interfere in the tiniest detail of all of our lives. They also love to bring in rafts of new legislation to stop normal, law-abiding adults enjoying themselves "for our own good". :S

    The UK is a cold, dark, wet island... and the nanny state with their horrendous band aid politics means that fun of any kind is rapidly becoming outlawed and/or taxed out of existence. >:(

  4. Here are some pics - including a lovely pic of that beautiful 52-way red cross!!!

    http://www.britchicks.org/media.htm

    A real shame about the British weather not cooperating for the first 5 days, but Lesley and the rest of the organising team absolutely ROCKED and we really couldn't have hoped for a nicer team of chicks. :)
    And Tash... I LOVE the idea of running a sweepstake to guess which chick in red is their workmate! If all 52 of us did that, we'd raise... [Vicki hunts for calculator...] quite a lot of extra cash for the Red Cross!!! :)
    Cheers to all the wonderful Brit Chicks for making it such a fun event despite the dire weather! B|

    Vicki

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    Yeup, I get flu shots since I have asthma.



    Same here.

    Last year I didn't manage to get a flu shot early enough in the year and actually got flu... I was off work for nearly a month and it ended up developing into pneumonia. B| I was seriously ill and never, ever, ever want to feel that bad ever again!

    Vicki

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    The weather last weekend was not great - there were a few holds due to cloud / fog both days.

    I still managed 5 jumps over the weekend on the big way jumps.

    Obviously the formation loads are going to take longer but the Beech was flying a lot of loads (we would take off for the formation loads in the skyvans and the beech would take a load to altitude, drop and then pick up the jumpers for the formation load).

    Had a great time both weekends ;)



    I agree entirely - I was there for the 2nd weekend and I had a great time too. Langar did a great job of getting the loads up where possible from what I saw - they can't help the weather!

    Big congratulations to Audrey on her 1000th, Fiona on her 1000th and Caroline on her 2000th! :) :)
    Vicki

  15. The easiest DZ around Oxford to get to by public transport is Hinton.

    I also studied in Oxfod and the best bet was to get a train to Kings Sutton and then get a taxi (best to call and book in advance) from there.

    I was nearly always able to get a lift back to the Oxford Park and Ride from the DZ and then get a bus back into the city.

    hth! :)
    Vicki

  16. I did my first jump (static line rounds) as soon as possible after my 16th birthday (minimum age with parental consent in the UK) and did all my student jumping between the ages of 16 and 17.

    I have no doubt that I would have been just as safe doing so at 15 and would have understood the risks equally well.

    Sitting in an aircraft contemplating your first jump makes a teenager grow up REALLY fast! ;)

    Vicki

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    I was looking at June next year. But I just found the wonder of www.cheapflights.co.uk (genius!)

    Gatwick to Tucson for £340. Thats bit better!



    Why on earth would you want to go to Tucson in June???????

    Vicki