floridadiver81 0 #1 May 16, 2007 ok..so i wake up sunday morning...not expecting to make and big purchases. I get a pm from my brother with a link to an ebay auction. Up for auction was a Vector 2 container cypress ready with a cirrus 230 reserve. No main included in the auction, all new velcro on entire rig, very good condition considering its used and 20 years old. Buy it now for 350 dollars. I buy it! So now im looking for a main. Checking out the classifieds, ebay and other sources. I put a post in the GSD forum and i get a reply from a dz.commer that they have a pd230 main that they will sell me for what i think is an amazing deal. So im getting that. one problem...no aad. So i put another post up about weather i should just rent gear till i have my A or just invest in one. 2 days after that thread was posted i get a pm from another dz.commer offering me a cypress aad...and asking nothing in return. It has a little over 2 years left and i will have to have the 8 year check and batteries installed....but he is insistant on not taking anything for it. I at least want to pay for the shipping..and waiting a reply to that. So now i have a complete rig that will be ready to jump once i am off student status. This whole thing was completely spontaneous too! On top of that i just got a call from work. I am finally being frocked to E-4 in the navy after three months of fighting with my upper chain of command! I also go on 20 days of leave tomorrow. A look at the weather forecast shows that it is supposed to be absolutely gorgeous this weekend so i will be at the dz hopefully learning how to pack. I havent had this good of a week in 7 years....the amount of time i have in the navy thus far! edited to add: and on top of all that too my brother comes back from being deployed to the sandbox in 2 weeks!"Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #2 May 16, 2007 Awesome! This is just the beginning of all the good times ahead Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperKat 0 #3 May 16, 2007 Good for you! You are blessed my friend. Enjoy it and congrats. Most of all, thanks for serving! What's the most you ever lost in a coin toss, Friendo? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #4 May 16, 2007 That's great man... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #5 May 16, 2007 Quote Awesome! This is just the beginning of all the good times ahead And i really cant wait to get the ball rolling! Quote Good for you! You are blessed my friend. Enjoy it and congrats. Most of all, thanks for serving! You are very welcome. It is the people on dz.com...well...98% of ya'll that makes me happy and proud to do what i do."Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #6 May 16, 2007 Good job!! 20 year old gear can still be in great shape and perfect for just getting off of student status! My first rig was 20 years old as well, two years older than I was when I bought it. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #7 May 16, 2007 Yeah..this container was manufactured when i was 5 "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #8 May 16, 2007 7 years to get to E-4? You DO need a good week __ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #9 May 16, 2007 Jason, I ecstatic for you! I know you've been bummed out recently and now all this happens at once? Good stuff! It's all that clean, Navy living, right? Now take advantage of it and ROLL! My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
