Almost a newbeee....

[wayne8577 0]

Well, hello! New to this forum but not new to the sport ( I think) as I am 56 and returning to the sport after 32 years. I use to jump in Ft. Lauderdale with the Gold Coast Skydivers Club and was at the first jump at Homestead Fla. I also jumped at Indiantown Fla. back then. I jumped round rigs from TU-5 to Para-commanders, and some of the first square rigs they came out with. ( only hop&pops on the squares as terminals were not aloud) I have 1741 jumps but this has become a whole new sport. Very exciting! Any oldtimers out there from Fla give me a shout! Soft landings. Wayne Roach

Here's to Old Farts in the Wind!

[steveorino 7]

Well, I'm not from FL, but my first jump was 1977 and I'm 50 going on 51 so almost qualify.

Welcome back!

steveOrino

[Peej 0]

Welcome back to the forums and to the sport!

I think it's awesome that you're back!

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[skymama 37]

Welcome to the forums!

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

[wayne8577 0]

Thanks! Really looking foward to wieghtless bless again! Wayne

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[wayne8577 0]

Sure does! Had to get out of Fla. Too many nasty people have moved in all wanting to tell you how to live your life and wanting to sue everyone for anything! Do miss the weather! Now live in Ga and will be jumping in Monroe and Thomaston.

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[Broke 0]

Hey not every New Yorker who moves to FL wants to sue people... lol

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[wayne8577 0]

Hey, Sorry if I offended,didn't mean to! I work in NY as I'm a pilot for United. Good people there as well as S. Fla. I lived in Tamarac which is mostly a retirment area. Enough said bout that. Wayne

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[wayne8577 0]

Did it take a long time to put a pic on your post like i see? I've tried to put a FF pic of myself in some antique gear I have but it seems to take forever. Any thoughts? Wayne

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[Mike111 0]

Welcome mate

[wayne8577 0]

Thanks! can't type or spell here!

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[wayne8577 0]

Just have to ask... How did you put the pic on your posts? I've tried but no luck! I have a FF pic of myself from 32 yrs ago in some antique gear over Ft Lauderdale I would like to have on my posts ! Thanks in advance! Wayne

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[skymama 37]

Read this. If you have trouble resizing it, send it to me via pm and I'll do it for you.

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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Hey, Sorry if I offended,didn't mean to! I work in NY as I'm a pilot for United. Good people there as well as S. Fla. I lived in Tamarac which is mostly a retirment area. Enough said bout that. Wayne

Sorry if I came across as being cross. It is just some things kinda get me going. I hear that Ray was able to purchase a piece of property at the old Grumman Complex, so hopefully at least the facilities will get better. Hopefully they will get a decent gear shop that will allow you to rent demo rigs and such instead of having to pay I believe it is 85 for a day on student gear. I know of a couple of people who had to make the decision to not jump for a while and save up for gear because they couldn't afford the rentals. Then again these are just my personal opinions, and we all know what opinions are like

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[Broke 0]

Try the Ifram viewer it is free from cnet.com

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[wayne8577 0]

Thanks Andrea for your offer!

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[wayne8577 0]

Thanks again! Wayne

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[sky-pimp 0]

i also have a picture to put up ,, haw do you resize them /or do you call it compress ?????

YeHaaaaaaaaaaa

[Eule 0]

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Well, hello! New to this forum but not new to the sport ( I think) as I am 56 and returning to the sport after 32 years.

Wow! I've heard that the Wright brothers were pretty good jump
pilots - is that true? :)

Welcome!

Eule

PLF does not stand for Please Land on Face.

[skymama 37]

I use photoshop, but there are other programs that will do it also. I think the Paint program in Windows will do it also, but I've never tried it there. People have posted that it has worked if you want to do a search, or you can send it to me also.

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

[skymama 37]

This should work.

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

[wayne8577 0]

Well, it took some grey matter,what little is left,to finally figure it out but got it done. Thanks so much for your help!!!

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[wayne8577 0]

They were great guys but was hard to land soft when ya jump from 100 feet! One heck of a PLF though! Wayne

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[wayne8577 0]

Great! Glad to here there is some greyhairs like me still around. Man this sport has changed in the last 32 yrs. This swooping stuff looks like fun but at my age I might need to go to an OLD T-10 or something! That would be real trick-swoop in a T-10! You probably recognise the antiques in my pic! Thanks for the welcome! Bigbug

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[skymama 37]

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Thanks so much for your help!!!

No problem, that's what I'm here for.

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