tilly

What a fantastically fantabulous thread. Its like being read a bedtime story - and being on this side on the pond thats what I need. It reminded me why we are all here staring into our little boxes and telling each other what we think about global politics, ear hygiene and what our favourite sauce is. We are all turned into geeks when the sun goes in often against our own will and are compelled to remain so by the pure force of the thing we all love. And after reading all that and identifying with every single word it makes me feel proud of what I do and the people I do it with. Just got an email from a mate and I have never laughed like that at an email before. Skydivers are the funniest, the warmest, and the most sexy. And why wouldn't we be - we can all fly.

Quote I think it's fair to ask you why "western nations" are to be expected to come in and take care of the problems that plague "non-western nations" like Zimbabwe.Quote Thats a great attitude, and one that someone who places so much emphasis on being human if not always a peaceful one must be very proud of. Human that is in the sense that he is justified in turning on his fellow humans because they do not agree with his philosophy of apparently not giving a second thought towards the fate of others. But human in the inherent quality of recognising anothers need for help and being willing to afford that assistance to another living breathing being? Clearly not. An inward looking us and them/ me and you attitude is a massive help when it turns out to be you on the street in trouble, but no-one can be bothered to help, cos they dont know you, at best have only heard bad rumours about you and anyway they have problems of their own. Who doesn't?

My Teddy bear - by the time he was 5 - now 23 had done more base jumps from our landing than most. He'd also gone in on most of those, thats probably why i decided he was male. My kittens when, they weren't being made to jump hurdles were also seasoned parachutists! I had several action men parachutists that I always thought kicked the arse out of my mates barbies and care-bears, But my fondest memory is of staying up half the night rigging together bits of string and my bedsheet, to wake up early in the morning, dry-mouthed and racing heart ready to test it, unawares that my mother was all seeing before she burst into my room screaming at me. This was the night after I'd seen some sort of skydiving on tv with my brother and he announced that girls could not do it and it was in fact probably 'against the lord' to do so. How many jumps has he done to date. Big fat scared shitless zero!!!!

I hate you all - always have

good job everyone thinks that way eh! (sarcasm intended)

Ah thanks Oz - you replied - nothing like mutual sympathy. But shouldnt you be jumping in Australia - I presume you're Australian. Oh well if you dont reply I'll assume you've gone to bed and perhaps the mere fact that I've replied to my own post will cause a snowball effect eh? Hope you get to jump soon!

Just got bak from Gap with my lovely friends Mel and Kate. Now sitting in in a little dark room with only you lot to keep me company. Drank all my Desperados (with a little help from my dog and my brother) - you cant get it here in England so now back on to the Carslsberg. Feeling cold and sky-hungry not to mention pissed and bored. Got to go back to make those peasants at Starbucks money tomorrow - will suggest another holiday to them - to go to Empuria. Wanna go jumping, must go jumping, miss the sky................ Someone please help

DESSSSSPEEERAAAAADDDOOOOSSSS for me please!

Cool. Count me in! And if anyone needs a lift from Oxford, who can make do with a leaking mini!

Buy a suitcase big enough to put me in it! Yeah - lots of smiling and lots of relaxing - you'll probably have a dead sexy instructor, so smilings not a problem! (but then I always did like the dark floppy hair look - too much magic roundabout as a kid or something!) Oh and try not to laugh at him/her if they do give you the relax signal! Have fun!!!

Since when has it been £105 bastard quid anyway? I only work in a pigging coffee shop. Thats more than I would get for both of my kidneys put together. I think it should be means-tested!!! I just wanna go jumping...

Happy birthday my dear! I think that warrants a trip down to Headcorn with the beer don't you????

Confusion is more than a state of mind - its a way of life! You just have to learn to live with it instead of trying to fight it eg. Macca's thread starts with capitals.

so?

melted mars bars. mmm - night night.

when the sun heats the sky like a biga piece of pie thats amore!

Yeah you're right - was a load of shit - I just saw that too. No wonder Greg Dykes resigned. Mind you the bit with the smelly old bloke inside the coffin singing all by myself made me giggle! Anyway hows the boogie organisation going?!? Nethers on May bank holiday, nethers on may bank holiday, nethers on may bank holiday...

I'll be probably be at Headcorn that weekend too - was just beginning to think I was imagining that date - it one of the few weekends I've actually booked off in advance, another is 1-3 at Nethers - never been there, 2 for 1 - sounds good to me. Ya know it makes sense. Anyway count Tilly and any mates that she can find in - likewise a car load ( I better start looking)

They teach their children to hate us. Christianity is a religion where God sent His Son to die for us. Islam is a religion where God sends your son to die for Him. Peace. Sure. Mmmmmkay. If you say so...If you bothered to really take some time to look at Islam and really think about it instead of drawing on presuppositions you would know that is a load of s**t you've just spouted.

My Doberman's ripping up a picture of Bush - what should I do?

Mmm...nothing but grey skies... Oh well, that means the beer lights never actually got turned off! Hope you have lots of money stashed away for copious amounts of tea and beer buying, oh and the occasional jump ticket! No, the best thing about starting in the winter, is by the time summer kicks in, you feel like you've started again (in terms of pure joy and elation) - sunbathing on the creepers, almost 12 hours of jumping a day (in t-shirts), slush puppies instead of tea, jumping yourself out early and spending the rest of the day in the pub garden, proper sunset jumps, water jumps....... Welcome!!!!

All I was saying is how unfair it was that I've been plunged into a world of grey skies and lesbians, simultaneously And there's no Corona in this damn country either, I have lived nowhere but here in my 23 years but I don't think I'll ever get over that one.

QuoteDon't make me come down there tilly bird!*** Only if you really don't want to baby!

Hey Yosh! Don't know you, but anythings got to be better than my advance from a lesbian customer today. Not that I've got anything against lesbians but when I got a suprise parcel this morning I had kind of hoped it would be from some sexy hunk of a man. Never mind, who needs blue skies and men anyway? Tilly x

Hey Ethan, not Dimitri-Ethan? You can't go to Middle East, who am I going to take the piss out of?, and slide around fields in binbags with? How long are you going for? Have you got insurance covering you against kidnappings by Freddie Mercury obsessives? Oh well, bon voyage - thats French by the way, oh and blue skies. Take it easy on the Dabu Abians