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Its Saturday afternoon....i'm sitting here.
Why is that ?
Damn...theres a boogie just up the road from me at Ogden...and i'm sitting here.
Mesquite is open.....yup still sitting here.
I had a bunch of family stuff to do this weekend so that put all jumping plans on hold.
I can remember just a couple years ago...nothing kept me from the DZ....nothing.

If there was a tandem rotation board....I was on it.

If they needed a SL Jumpmaster....I was their guy.

A demo you say? damnright...i'm on it.

What happened?

My kid grew up on the dropzone...so I guess I was a pretty good dad. My wife still sleeps with me and snuggles so I guess i'm ok there.
Why am I not at the DZ? Where did that fire and passion go?
Maybe one too many accidents and the associated surgeries.
I do know this......I need that passion back.
Skydiving is my life....the one that never got in the way.

Ok I feel better now.


bozo
Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

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Suck it up, cupcake.;)

Could be worse. You could be stuck in Alabama, with no A/C, and short on funds due to recent jumping expedition.B|:P



Not only that but PEANUT could be with you there!
hey Sbozo, get an answering machine! How can I talk to you when you are NEVER home?
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hey Sbozo, get an answering machine! How can I talk to you when you are NEVER home?



Beth ole buddy.....ive got the same cell number ive given you several times.
Whos getting my messages?


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Suck it up, cupcake.;)

Could be worse. You could be stuck in Alabama, with no A/C, and short on funds due to recent jumping expedition.B|:P



Alabama ? Death might be better. :o)


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I certainly had my day in the sun. I'd say better than most. A lot of that stuff is gone. However, I have replaced it with other good stuff.

Most of my responsibilities are over.
I dance with women that are friends instead of just prospects.
I come and go as I please.
I don't own anything but excellent pictures.
When I do ignorant things, I don't have to explain them.

My life is different, but it is far better.
:)

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Not only that but PEANUT could be with you there!
hey Sbozo, get an answering machine! How can I talk to you when you are NEVER home?

AWWW beth, don't be teasing bozo man. Last time we were on a drop zone someone stole a sign, Bozo lost all his socks, some shower faucets got broke, and my old lady got banned from teh drop zone.. After that boogie we both decided that we had better stay on our own side of the Mississippi river.

after all these years,, i'm still thinking that sign is somewhere west of the mississippi..
Its a good day to LIVE, why puck up a good thing.

There is no reply in aad section for. " hell no i would not put an AAD on my back"

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hang in there bozo. My values have changed also with the years. I only get to a drop zone every threee weeks now, and I behave pretty good too. I don't have the energy to dance on the picknick tables anymore.
Its a good day to LIVE, why puck up a good thing.

There is no reply in aad section for. " hell no i would not put an AAD on my back"

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AWWW beth, don't be teasing bozo man. Last time we were on a drop zone someone stole a sign, Bozo lost all his socks, some shower faucets got broke, and my old lady got banned from teh drop zone.. After that boogie we both decided that we had better stay on our own side of the Mississippi river.

after all these years,, i'm still thinking that sign is somewhere west of the mississippi..




I dint steal that damn sign !!!!!!

That wuz an awesome boogie though, Joel.


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Skydiving is my life



Bozo hon...maybe skydiving is now just a part of your life...and there is more to your life than skydving.
I think there was a time where all of us were jones'n for the next jump...but after a few years our life experiences change.
I don't think life gets in the way at all, it just moves in different directions.:)








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I certainly had my day in the sun.

Thats just my point....I want mine back.



18 years old for me:

- What will I do with my life?
- What about kids?
- Career?
- Relationships?

All the questions fell away. I now have the answers.

I now don't have all the responsibilities of kids, college, career planning... It's nice.

The nicest part is having sex with someone old enough to know what that are doing. :ph34r: "Uh...like, ok, I'll just lay here while you do whatever..." :D
(it hasn't happened lately, but it could) :)

I suppose that I can't bench 250 anymore, but I'm not that concerned about it.

As much as I think about it, I can't figure out what was better about being 20. Too much stress, chaos, uncertainty, games, and stupidity.

This is the best that my life has ever been.

The things that I enjoyed at 20, I merely do now without the complications. The only part that is different is the participants. Most of my old friends are gone or still in the part of their life that sucks.

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ive got the same cell number ive given you several times.
Whos getting my messages?


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I AM !:o

And since I don't have your cell number to relay the messages....they said the tests were negative!:$

Now get yer ass in the air!:ph34r:










~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

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[ The only part that is different is the participants. Most of my old friends are gone or still in the part of their life that sucks.




This is another tough spot for me. Like a lot of the jumpers with a few decades behind them, I miss all my old buds that are gone, for whatever reason.

I'll be ok. I was just feeling a little melancholy yesterday...thinking about the good old days and shit....when I should be out there contributing to making someone elses good old days great.

Twardo......Mesquite gets their Caravan back soon I'm gonna waste some money and make bunches of jumps.


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Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

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Sure. Know what you mean.

Memory is selective. There can be 7219 Ugh memories and we tend to let those fade. We revisit and strengthen the good ones. After a while, we have an overall "good old days" view of a lot of times that sucked.

A friend of mine once told me, "People who think that high school was great, just don't remember it." :D That's the same with the ole days. Some great, most average, some Ugh.

A good friend and I have so many shared experiences that everything reminds us of one of them. My son jokes that we should just number them. Instead of relating the whole story, just say "183" and nod.

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Look at you getting all well-rounded in your old age....lol. You shoulda been out playing football with me this weekend....broke my nose. :(

linz



A highly educated doctor shud not be out playing football with the children.


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Skydiving is my life



Bozo hon...maybe skydiving is now just a part of your life...and there is more to your life than skydving.
I.:)


BB...For 26 years...its been all about skydiving. I held a great job, I just retired from....only to pay for jumping.
I tried to balance it all. Job, wife, kids. I think I did a pretty good job.
I see a lot of older jumpers just wandering away from jumping...their friends are gone....the attitudes are different.....not like the old days.

I refuse to be one of those guys.
I'm here for the duration....whatever that entails
....or until my buds wont help my crippled ass onto the plane anymore.

Ok enough seriousness...back to stoicism.


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Skydiving is my life



Bozo hon...maybe skydiving is now just a part of your life...and there is more to your life than skydving.
I.:)


BB...For 26 years...its been all about skydiving. I held a great job, I just retired from....only to pay for jumping.
I tried to balance it all. Job, wife, kids. I think I did a pretty good job.
I see a lot of older jumpers just wandering away from jumping...their friends are gone....the attitudes are different.....not like the old days.

I refuse to be one of those guys.
I'm here for the duration....whatever that entails
....or until my buds wont help my crippled ass onto the plane anymore.

Ok enough seriousness...back to stoicism.



Then you'll be like one of the old jumpers we have here - after each jump he has to change his depends - the openings make him shit himself....

:D:D:D:D:D
Scars remind us that the past is real

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Then you'll be like one of the old jumpers we have here - after each jump he has to change his depends - the openings make him shit himself....

:D:D:D:D:D




How do you know I dont do that now ?


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