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I've owned 2 Jettas... The first one was GREAT... until I got hit by a drunk, uninsured, unlicensed illegal alien The second one had a good number of problems... mostly minor, but annoying regardless as several of them happened more than once. I ditched it immediately after the warranty expired. Both cars were purchased brand new.

I'll definitely say hi next time now that I know who you are... Maybe you can help remind me some people's names which I forgot after meeting about 20 different people on Memorial day when I started my AFP jumps

Jeth - Did you walk into the AFP room looking for Troy on Sunday around 1-2pm? Thought I recognized you from your picture on the SDC forum but was focused on my jump at the time and didn't realize it until you had left the room...

0:2:1 Finally got some decent weather and some free time on Sunday... Got 2 jumps in... beer owed for my first unassisted exit (?). Ended up leaving at around 3pm even though I could have probably jumped 2 or 3 more times. My back started bothering me after jump #2 for reasons unknown and I didn't want to risk jumping like that. The 100F+ heat all day didn't make walks back to the hangar very pleasant

somewhere around 5 minutes. If only the weather and my schedule would cooperate....

It's a shame that the death penalty isn't used on these fucking scumbags.

I used to hate that feeling too.... Until I started skydiving

Very cool... Tell him to be prepared to spend every penny he ever earns on his car(s).

I just got home at about 2am today... It was a pathetic sight... 6 cars on the track and the 3rd place finisher got lapped.

Fake tits feel like rocks.... nasty. I'll take real please.

I don't know if it's coming... but it would give me something to say when my old neighbors call me to rub it in when they see that we are having nasty weather in Chicago and they are having perfect weather in SoCal (e.g. every day).

Still learning obviously... All of my jumps have been from a Twin Otter.

I do appreciate the irony now that you've pointed it out ;) One thing though... don't you have to be cocky and think you know everything in order to be considered a "xx jump wonder"? ;) I also wouldn't say I'm quite confident... I just got lucky and had a couple good landings on my first 3 AFP jumps (though I guess I had 3 good landings considering I didn't get hurt on any of them :)) Anyway you're probably right, I am probably worried about nothing... but knowing his attitude towards most things (which usually mirrors his "i know everything" attitude about skydiving) is what made me worry to begin with instead of just ignoring it. Do you jump at SDC?

Definitely didn't say that... though I guess I did say something close (which was agreed upon by my instructor) on another board? http://skydivechicago.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=0bd3c5dc4a1da72f020027ffd62f2237;topic=1012.0 I did end up making a 3rd tandem before starting the AFP. Thanks for the advice though... I'm leaning towards just mentioning it to the instructors and letting them deal with it.

Sorry, should have added that he has in fact gone through the FJC... and still nothing is quite "clicking" for him.

I have a situation on my hands with a friend who I'm convinced is going to become a danger to himself and others if he continues in this sport. Luckily, all of his jumps so far have been tandem... but he is in the process of becoming a student. Examples of my arguments with him over the past week (sadly, I'm not making these up): 1.) Him: "When are you going to try BASE?" Me: "When I have enough jumps and am capable of being trained in BASE jumping" Him: "Why? I'm going this summer!" Me: "No you're not, you don't even know how to skydive yet" Him: "All you have to do is jump and pull your chute, who cares." The conversation degraded into him arguing with me that he knew what he was doing and was going to "buy some BASE gear off ebay". 2.) He showed up at my house the other day to go to the DZ, and already had a full face helmet. I informed him that he probably wouldn't be allowed to use it because he needed to hear the radio while under canopy. He pointed out that he "wanted to listen to some music" during the jump then proceeded to show me how he had rigged headphones into his full face helmet. I basically told him to have fun trying to get it past his instructor. We didn't jump that day due to weather, so he still hasn't been put in his place by an instructor unfortunately. 3.) While watching a skydiving DVD at my house, he saw someone flying a wingsuit and asked me what it was. I told him what it was and explained the purpose. He immediately started telling me how he would "make one and use it when he gets his license". Others: He has himself convinced that his instructor is going to let him jump a 150 for his first "solo". He weighs about 200lbs. He is convinced that skydiving is completely safe and as long as you pull, nothing will go wrong. Many more... I've talked to him numerous times and myself and another friend have both told him that we would never jump with him or let anyone we knew jump with him due to his incredibly dangerous and cocky attitude. He basically thinks the whole thing is a big joke and laughs at anyone who tries to tell him otherwise. Has anyone else here dealt with a similar situation? Any suggestions? I'm running out of patience...

'96 CBR600F3 Considering selling it and picking up a new 600RR this year.

Did the ground course on Saturday, but high winds kept me grounded the whole day... Came back on Monday for perfect weather and did 3 of my AFP levels. I stood up 2 of the 3 landings!!

I don't think I am, but my friends/family do.

This one wasn't me, but a drunk friend after being jabbed in the back with a night stick by a big burly she-male cop because he wouldn't get up against the car: "Wow, you've got a huge penis" (the young male rookie cop with her had to bite his lip to avoid laughing)

Said to a suburb cop who pulled me over for going 7 over in an industrial park on an empty 2 lane (each way) road, and he pulled me over into the parking lot at work: (I had already figured out that he wasn't going to let me off the hook) "You should consider losing some weight so that you can go fight some real crime just like the grown-up cops in the city do"

I just laughed my ass off pretty loud at the mental picture that gave me... not sure how I'd go about explaining what I was laughing at to a co-worker if they asked

On the street I drive fast when traffic is light or non-existant. The rest of my speeding is done on the track

How could you possibly do that??? A combination of bad luck and being able to sleep through nuclear wars

I was pretty much secluded to my group all day (9 of my friends did tandem jumps), so I wasn't paying much attention to anyone around us... and I hadn't seen either of your pictures on here to associate them with SDC yet anyway ;) I will definitely look for you both next time I'm there