windchill 0 #1 March 2, 2001 Will any of us Brits be effected or even restricted this weekend by the foot & mouth outbreak????Apparentlly the country rounds in a few parts of Britain are gonna be closed, and the majority of our dropzones are near farms of some kind? Just a thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deleted 0 #2 March 2, 2001 Hey windchill,Isn't that where ya' place your foot into your mouth?? Or is it that ya' just open the mouth to change feet?? WTF??Again, tee-hee.Triple F Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #3 March 2, 2001 Hi there,Just for the avoidance of doubt, "Foot & Mouth Disease" affects animals, not stupid politicians (you know... the ones who open their mouths only to put their foot in it!!).Yeah... most DZs in the UK are on farmland and there are rumours of one UK DZ being closed due to this outbreak :-(.Some other DZs are closing voluntarily at least this weekend.While this is disappointing, let's take the long view on this. While this disease is tragic for the animals, there is also the farmers livelihood to consider, and their reaction to off-landings (particularly into a field where there are beasts) would be serious - and reasonably so. As such, we have the opportunity to do the image of our sport in the eyes of our neighbours some small good, or irreparable harm.While "Farmer McNasty" seems to be a cariacture neighbour of almost all UK DZs, this situation is usually exacerbated by past experience of some "arrogant" skydiver "worrying" his investment - let's face it, if it were a dog making his animals stampede instead of a skydiver landing, he would be within his rights to shoot the dog.Right now, the farming community is somewhat tense. The last thing a farmer needs, having placed disinfection points at all the entrances & exits to his farm, is some skydiver (whose origin & infection status he doesn't know) landing in his fields or among his beasts. If a skydiver were to so land, & the farm subsequently suffered infection, then guess who would get the blame regardless!!!Remember people, we're all ambassadors to our sport (whether we like it or not) and we're all potential embarrassments to skydiving. When we get it right no-one notices... When we get it wrong then everyone notices.Mike D10270. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indoroids 0 #4 June 16, 2009 good speech and food of thought Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #5 June 16, 2009 Wow...an 8 year necro-post? I think that's *gotta* be a record!!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
