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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

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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. :)
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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

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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.

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Actually 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! :P
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

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friends are starting to get that glazed over, glass eyed look whenever I start talking about jumping.




Get used to it:)
J


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Welcome, you'll need to knock off a few convenience stores. I believe being a crack addict would be cheaper . . .

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"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

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friends are starting to get that glazed over, glass eyed look whenever I start talking about jumping.




Get used to it:)
J



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;)
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Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

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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!
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