meatmissile

Sounds like a South African to me. Don't get mixed up with those, they will drive you to drink, and then drink you under the table. And then they will expect you to think in the morning. -- ZZZzzzz....

Mine's pretty on the ball. Sharp and attentive, if you know what I mean. I am just worried that she's getting a bit overworked. How's yours? -- ZZZzzzz....

Wot? -- ZZZzzzz....

I don't know the song or the artist. What genre is it and from more or less what era? edit: Oh, I see it is very new. Will take a listen when it finally reaches South Africa. -- ZZZzzzz....

Upon the crapper. -- ZZZzzzz....

Do you like these better? -- ZZZzzzz....

Back to basics. NSFW - but really, if you could get fired for this you may want to consider leaving anyway

It's a sweet cute fwuffy cuddly cat

How do you know if an elephant was inside your fridge? You see his footprints in the butter.... -- ZZZzzzz....

What, you mean you don't? That is like, so last century ! -- ZZZzzzz....

Me too - no harm in that. It's no good to peak too early. -- ZZZzzzz....

Classy bum!

That could also mean that your technique sucks (either way, you can't win) -- ZZZzzzz....

To make guys with small ones feel better . -- ZZZzzzz....

I didn't say large, I said massive ! You're right, I should have called myself MeatSubmarine -- ZZZzzzz....

What was the other two? Oh, wait... -- ZZZzzzz....

True, true... I have a massive dong, and I have never had any complaints - other than my ex-girlfriends sayin that sex will never be the same for them again -- ZZZzzzz....

I use the "common sense" one. It has to be downloaded sometime between birth and the late teens. Oh, and never click the Get Free Pussy here banner..... . -- ZZZzzzz....

Mostly rubbish. I have lived here all my life, and it's not dangerous at all. -- ZZZzzzz....

Fuck that - if I have to go by the BMW owners I know, I'd have to say that this would only be true if you count self-gratification as sex. Never have, never will own a BMW. But for the BMW drivers out there ..... PS. If you find this attachment NSFW, GET ANOTHER JOB. -- ZZZzzzz....

First time I see this post. I thought some of the newer SA - guys might enjoy it

For the South Africans.... -- ZZZzzzz....

Hi Guys, I was going to leave this alone, but truth be told, I did some thinking on the matter. I flew out to an abandoned military airfield close to where I live, parked the plane next to the runway, and sat down to do some thinking. Ron has a point. Several, in fact, and good ones at that. The safety aspects of skydiving need to be taken seriously, and the risks need to be understood by all involved. I take safety very seriously, and have a good understanding of the risks as well. Maybe I just can't fathom the mind of someone who does not. What I do have a problem with is the melodrama in most of the statements made. I think that continuously beating the "you can die doing this" drum may be bad for skydiving. Ron makes no cohesive argument I can discern for making these posts. I'd like to see one. I know I can't demand one, but this being a forum, I can certainly ask - and risk looking stupid. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? What will he recommend? Certainly he would not want to just scare people off skydiving. It seems like half the people who participated in the poll have had friends die in skydiving. If that were to be taken as a sample, it would mean that either skydivers have more than a thousand friends (who they see regularly away from the DZ) on average, or the number of incidents are seriously underreported. Or people are lying. And that I would find difficult to understand. Jimbo, two people I knew and liked very much have died in skydiving. One of the incidents I was unfortunate to witness, being out at boarding point waiting for the plane. We did have a beer together in town on occasion, on a night when things were slow or cold at the DZ. They were wonderful, lovable guys, but to call them friends of mine would be a lie, and disrespectful to the dead - so the answer is no. People seem to want to have been a "friend" of someone after they died. Rather be a real friend to them while they are alive. I have lots of drinking buddies, but I only have five or six friends. Yes, you can die skydiving. So take care. Take safety seriously. And maybe re-think your definition of "friend". -- ZZZzzzz....

So I suppose if you carry that argument further you will conclude that if one jumps long enough, one would oneself inevitably bounce? That is statistics 101. If a million monkeys jump up and down on the keyboards of a million typewriters long enough, they will eventually compose the complete works of Shakespeare (Jonathan Swift, I think. From Guilliver's Travels) Every one of us can die skydiving. We can also die choking on a pretzel. There is a label on my harness that states that skydiving is a hazardous activity. I think people are informed enough of the risks. A mature adult does not need to fear in order to appreciate risk, and I think that statements like the one of yours I quoted is calculated to scare others. Ron, plenty of people here stress the need for ongoing training on a regular basis. Methods differ. I think trying to scare people is the wrong way to go about it. BUT in all your posts I have read so far, I have yet to come across a single instance of you changing your mind about something. I'm withdrawing from this argument. -- ZZZzzzz....

Partly right. It was designed to get you to reveal your thinking, and I could justly claim that it may have been partly successful. As for posting in other threads - I have been a regular reader of your posts. I read a lot here - more than I post. I just don't choose to express opinions on the topical forums, what with my 300 - odd jumps and all. For example, I strongly support your views on AAD's, as expressed somewhere in the incidents forum. What I disagree with is sensationalising the danger aspect of skydiving too much, which is what I think you are doing here. I've seen FJC's much fuller than normal just after an incident was reported in the media. You may be getting to the wrong people that way. -- ZZZzzzz....