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Does anyone know of any "rainbow" skydiving organizations or forums?
I'm just wanting to touch base with some like minded folks.;)
I'm thinking of starting up a club at Z-Hills if anyone's interested.
RL
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"Rainbow" used to be a real popular color scheme in the '70's.



N00b alert!

Was there any particular reason behind this, at least in skydiving? It still seems to be around a little - I've seen the little rainbow flags sewn onto the leather frappe hats.

I can barely remember rainbow stickers and such being popular in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, and I think there was some explanation of them as a symbol of peace or something. (Maybe it was just a part of the vast conspiracy to make us all catch teh gay.) I'm pretty sure this was before the rainbow gay pride flag was widely known, at least in the midwest US.

When I get around to buying brand new canopies, I've been thinking of getting a main with black-brown-red-orange-yellow-green-blue-violet-gray cells and a white reserve. I think it will make people wonder if I'm a geek, gay, both, or neither. Or, I might try to spell my initial(s) in Morse code, which will just make people think I'm a geek.

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HAHAHA!!! NICE!!! That is funny shit!

To add: I PM'd him and told him about the rainbow boogie that Mark Rejhon is organizing in Montreal and here was the response:

"did I miss something? did I drunk post? I don't get it......."

LOL :ph34r:

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Yah, most of them dissappeared when you-know-what co-opted the rainbow as a symbol for you-know-what.

(Don't blame me... I literally was just a baby in the 80's!)

Rainbow gear is TOTALLY welcome at Rainbow Boogie, though. ;)



Just like when they co-opted the "g" word, which used to be associated with merriment ?

I used to jump a rainbow double spectrum 7 cell back in thoise days & still have a blue jumpsuit with HUGE rainbow patterns on the arms. Huge wings too, but I can't get the zipper up over my aging gut.

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Yah, most of them dissappeared when you-know-what co-opted the rainbow as a symbol for you-know-what.

(Don't blame me... I literally was just a baby in the 80's!)

Rainbow gear is TOTALLY welcome at Rainbow Boogie, though. ;)



Just like whjen they co-opted the "g" word, which used to be associated with merriment ?



It still is! I imagine there will be MUCH merriment at the Rainbow Boogie!
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Yah, most of them dissappeared when you-know-what co-opted the rainbow as a symbol for you-know-what.

(Don't blame me... I literally was just a baby in the 80's!)

Rainbow gear is TOTALLY welcome at Rainbow Boogie, though. ;)



Just like whjen they co-opted the "g" word, which used to be associated with merriment ?



It still is! I imagine there will be MUCH merriment at the Rainbow Boogie!



I heard they were making the exit mockup to look like a closet!

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Or, I might try to spell my initial(s) in Morse code, which will just make people think I'm a geek.


We all already think your a geek :P:P



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When ya going to be back down at SDD?



Hmm... You guys must have managed to fsck up the computer in the cafe again and want me to fix it. It'll cost you a lot of Corona and White Trash Chicken. Either that or Sniper John wants to do another level 4 with me...

I haven't been jumping _anywhere_ since I won the Titanium Lottery in March; orthopod says September or so before I try again. On the other hand, I am off the crutches now and won't scare the tandems, so I may have to come hang out and drink beer sometime.

Eule
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"Rainbow" used to be a real popular color scheme in the '70's.



N00b alert!

Was there any particular reason behind this, at least in skydiving? It still seems to be around a little - I've seen the little rainbow flags sewn onto the leather frappe hats.

There was a lot of rainbow stuff in the late 70's. After a long, drug out war (Vietnam) every one just wanted a little peace and quiet and optimism for a while. Hmmm, seems the rainbow could become real popular again.[:/]

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Does anyone know of any "rainbow" skydiving organizations or forums?
I'm just wanting to touch base with some like minded folks.;)
I'm thinking of starting up a club at Z-Hills if anyone's interested.
RL



This has got to be the funniest thing I have ever seen! I actually spit coffee all over my desk.

I'm buying a bottle for who ever did this.

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"I'm a Rainbow too, I'm a Rainbow too...the sun is shining...I'm a Rainbow too" :D Who sings that song anyway? Love that song.



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"Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah
Make you wanna move your dancing feet now
To the rescue, here I am
Want you to know, y'all, can you understand?

When the mornin' gather the rainbow, yeah, yeah
Want you to know, I'm a rainbow too now
To the rescue, here I am
Want you to know, y'all, can you, can you, can you understand?

Sun is shining, the weather is sweet now
Make you wanna move your dancing feet, yeah
But to the rescue, here I am
Want you to know just if you can, here I stand, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

Can you understand me now, baby?
Do you believe me?"


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This has got to be the funniest thing I have ever seen! I actually spit coffee all over my desk.

I'm buying a bottle for who ever did this.
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I think it was Billy and Eric.

Yes that's Billy "1980's man" Porter and

Eric "Metrosexual" Hildebrand.....

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I'm thinking of starting up a club at Z-Hills if anyone's interested.



well, you do live next to someone in a LAVENDER painted trailer.....put some colors between the stripes on yours and it will be rainbow...


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