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I just pointed you out to a friend of mine at Summerfest...basically saying you were the best...you were. I'm upset by this news and will cry as a result. Life ain't fair. BSBD. Rob This is no dress rehearsal, we are professionals & this is the big time...

not looking to sound snobby, but I enjoy a fine Schaefer every now and again... This is no dress rehearsal, we are professionals & this is the big time...

I always have dreams that I borrow someone's gear and it ends up going bad. The last time was pretty funny though, everything was going well, until I had a hard pull...could not get the hacky out...I'm trying and trying and the ground is coming up fast...so I put my left hand out in front of me and held myself up off the ground until I was able to deply my main...which, just kinda came out and landed on the grass, because I was already on the ground. Then I was going to yell at the guy who lent me the gear. This is no dress rehearsal, we are professionals & this is the big time...

there is something to be said about the satisfaction of the moment of catharsis. This is no dress rehearsal, we are professionals & this is the big time...

Tang. If it's good enough for the moon, it's good enough for the Lost Prairie. This is no dress rehearsal, we are professionals & this is the big time...

Sparky hit the nail on the head...an aviation related activity will always be an elitist sport of sorts. When I did my first tandem in 2003, I was 23 years old and I had to save up for it...I did 3 more tandems over the next two years...once again, I saved for them. Last year a friend of mine told me there are 2 kinds of people who want to get into skydiving 1) those who can't afford it 2) those who can't afford it but do it anyway I became the latter of the two, but nearly 10 grand later, I'm fairly broke. I imagine nearly everyone on DZ.com has a similar story. I snicker everytime I read something in Parachutist that has people scratching their heads as to why so few tandems return. You can blame an intimidating, unfriendly dropzone as much as you want, but startup money and the proximity of the dropzone to most people's living area coupled with the rising prices of gas make it tough... I wish ping-pong got me off the same way...that said, anyone wanna carpool? This is no dress rehearsal, we are professionals & this is the big time...

I would say we could have captured him by spending about 1/8th of the money we spent in Iraq. I mean the dude is like 6'7"...sticks out like a sore thumb! Put the rest of the money toward developing alternate energy sources...then we wouldn't need the middle east and our jump tix would be cheaper. Otters that run on hydrogen? ok, maybe not...just a thought. This is no dress rehearsal, we are professionals & this is the big time...

Like an idiot I got an 8 cylinder pickup, so it's not really the jump ticket that is keeping me out of the sky, it's the 12 miles a gallon I'm getting and the 200 mile roundtrip complete with tolls that is...that and the money I just spent on a rig. So I have a new rig and no $$ to jump it. Luckily the truck was leased and goes back at the year's end...then it's Prius time baby! This is no dress rehearsal, we are professionals & this is the big time...