Tailgate 0 #1 August 26, 2003 I just completed my first AFF level after 2 tandems and all I can say is WOW. Does anyone know of a convenience store I can knock off to pay for a rig?. Seriously, I never knew why anyone would jump but now i don't know why anyone wouldn't. I never liked flying in a small plane, but now that it is gets me to altitude it doesn't seem to bother me as much ( as long as I get to jump instead of land). I am starting this a loittle late in life but now I will search for a fountain of youth so I can make this last a loooooong time _________________________________________________ Let me live in my house by the side of the road and be a friend to man- Sam Walter Foss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #2 August 26, 2003 Welcome! Let me know if you find that fountain of youth! Wonderful.............this skydiving stuff, huh? J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themitchyone 0 #3 August 26, 2003 Cool. I just did level one last Monday and two will be on Saturday. In fact, I will be taking my second flight in a small plane to the Dropzone. Yikes, is this really tempting fate?? I'm a little nervous about two, but still I can't wait, and like you I'm spending money I don't have to skydive. How could you not? Happy flying to you. "If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girl's sports such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing." - Homer Simpson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #4 August 26, 2003 Welcome to the forums! A lot of us have started this late in life. It's surely life-altering, isn't it?She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tailgate 0 #5 August 26, 2003 Actually I just forgot to turn the bold off after WOW but it conveys my feelings well anyway. I have also noticed that my wife and friends are starting to get that glazed over, glass eyed look whenever I start talking about jumping. _________________________________________________ Let me live in my house by the side of the road and be a friend to man- Sam Walter Foss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #6 August 26, 2003 QuoteActually I just forgot to turn the bold off after WOW but it conveys my feelings well anyway. If you hang around here long enough, you will find you can't make any mistakes without getting teased about it. See, I made you a part of the gang on your first post! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #7 August 26, 2003 Quote friends are starting to get that glazed over, glass eyed look whenever I start talking about jumping. Get used to itJ -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpsat14k 0 #8 August 26, 2003 Hey tailgate, Congrats, as a newbie myself I too wonder why in the hell I waited so late to jump from planes. It is addicting, continued success and be safe. Blue skies.Party like it's $19.99 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayruss 0 #9 August 26, 2003 Welcome, you'll need to knock off a few convenience stores. I believe being a crack addict would be cheaper . . . __________________________________________________ "Beware how you take away hope from another human being." -Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #10 August 26, 2003 QuoteQuote friends are starting to get that glazed over, glass eyed look whenever I start talking about jumping. Get used to itJ For sure. I have given up on talking about skydiving around all but one of my friends/family. They don't seem to get how I could go on for hours about one 60 second jump and all the things that are lelated to it. I think they are just missing something hehe ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #11 August 26, 2003 Congratulations on your jumps, amigo! Oh and don't worry about that glazed look. My father said he questioned my sanity...but I think he was referring to when I used to work with leopards, pumas and tigers. He's behind me 99.2% on skydiving...ready to take photos from the ground. I'll get him sighned up for a tandem yet, and I've already sold my sister on at LEAST a tandem. Congrats again, and blue skies!Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mctyeire 0 #12 August 26, 2003 I drive through Greensboro every weekend on my way to Carolina Sky Sports. Maybe we can get together some Friday afternoon and hit a few banks. Where are you doing AFF? Chad good friends, blue skies, and sweet, sweet altitude... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tailgate 0 #13 August 26, 2003 Doing my AFF at Skydive Carolina in Chester SC. _________________________________________________ Let me live in my house by the side of the road and be a friend to man- Sam Walter Foss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
