Age limit on Dropzone.com do you think there should be one?

[pacncathyjr 0]

Thanks to everyone for posting and making me feel so mature and making me feel welcome

[mx757 4]

I met you at Rantoul. You seem like a good kid too me, I say your welcome here.

Mike

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

Yes, I am talking about MY dropzone. My jumpers had free rein wherever they were at on my property, I just asked them to ease up on the language when a child or youngster walked in to the room. We had plenty of parties at my DZ and my friends, ie sport jumpers, respected me enough to keep the language and sexual inuendos to a minimum IF a child was around.
Trust me, my kids go to a public school, I have two boys, I have a pretty good grip on the reality they face everday.

I agreed with the Remster and his insight on this subject. I just stated IF this was my child, no he/she would not be able to hang out on this site.

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[flyangel2 2]

Mariah
Mary here from WFFC. Good to hear from you.

IMO, you are welcome to post here. Now get your lazy brother Casy, off his ass and in here.

Hugs to all the little packing rats, mom and dad too

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[gemini 0]

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I'd rather have a maturity limit.

Then packncathyjr qualifies. I saw her lugging her "brother" everywhere around Rantoul last summer and he was not being very good about half the time. The way you treat kids when they're being bad for extended periods says a lot about you.

Blue skies,

Jim

[cocheese 0]

Yea, you're more mature than me and they let me stay here.
We just worry about kids getting the wrong info here. Like all we care about is beer and boobies. Well, never mind.
You're a great kid and i think you'll be a great mom someday.

[divnswoop 0]

Mariah...this is your FATHER.....GET OFF THE INTERNET AND GO TO BED!!

Don't listen to all those people saying you shouldn't be on here.... Just cause they think something and feel they HAVE to make thier opinion known to you mom, doesn't mean you should change what you do. Your much more mature than half the people on here anyway. Most people are out of touch with kids your age. They have no ideal the talk/actions that happens in high schools today.

[soulshine 0]

Hi Mariah, it's Rachel from Lost Praire and WFFC. From what I saw at those two boogies you know how to handle yourself with maturity, you respect your mother, you care for your brothers very well, and you're just pretty damn cool in general.

Besides, since you have been raised on dz's there is nothing on here that you have not already seen or heard.

Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity!
~DEVIOUS BEEF~~FGF #69~

[The_Don 0]

Well. Judging from your posts. You seem more on the level than half the people on here ! If your working Z-hills on New Years weekend ya got the job of packing my rig !!

I am NOT being loud.
I'm being enthusiastic!

[pacncathyjr 0]

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Mariah...this is your FATHER

Swoop you gave me the biggest heart stopper ever I am going to kill you when I see you in the keys

[pacncathyjr 0]

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Well. Judging from your posts. You seem more on the level than half the people on here ! If your working Z-hills on New Years weekend ya got the job of packing my rig !!

Hey my mom got fired from there so I don't think I will be packing there but I might go out there to say hi to a few friends.

[Snowwhite 0]

Hey! Be sure to tell my buddy, DZRat howdy for me. I miss you guys!
Tell your mom she is going to LOVE the new layout at the WFFC!

skydiveTaylorville.org
freefallbeth@yahoo.com

[Girlfalldown 0]

You know, I thought there shouldn't not be an age limit to read dz.com as long as you have your parents permission. After reading and partaking in todays threads I say RUN! RUN AWAY!

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(Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.)

[SpeedRacer 1]

If they said that this website is for "mature audiences only" I'm wondering how many frequent posters here would be eliminated.

Speed Racer
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[funks 1]

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If they said that this website is for "mature audiences only" I'm wondering how many frequent posters here would be eliminated.

Count me out.

[livendive 8]

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I'll give her that - if, when she says "her" dropzone, she means the one where she was recently DZO. It's her right as a business owner to try to set behavior standards there.

As for bringing her kids to someone else's DZ and having that same expectation? I'd agree with you, Lisa.

There's kids around my DZ all the time. I don't go out of my way to swear around them, but I don't go out of my way not to, either. Their parents took the risk bringing them there.

Dropzones are the equivalent of a Chuckee Cheese for adults. When I'm at an adult entertainment venue, that's the way I act. I'll give a half-hearted effort to watch my mouth around kids (primarily because I have one of my own that has spent some time on the DZ), but my dz attitude frequently gets out in front of my censor. On such occasions, I might offer a quarter-hearted "sorry", but it's unlikely. If a parent is worried about what their child might be exposed to at a dropzone, they shouldn't take the child there. Expecting the dropzone to change because they have a child there is kind of irrational.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[NWFlyer 2]

I totally agree, Dave. That's why I said she could try to set behavioral standards at her DZ.

It's like the woman who turned around to me at a Mariners game and, quite judgmentally, asked me not to swear in front of her little darling (who was at least 10 or 11). I complied, but I wasn't really happy about it. They have "alcohol-free family zones" at the ballpark for a reason. (And hell, Safeco Field is one of the tamer parks!)

[hookitt 1]

How would it be enforced? There's no way to determine age if the site is completely anonymous. My credit card information would never be used to determine age.

I suppose you can have the disclaimer at the beginning of the site that says enter if you are 18 or over but that's useless as well.

Welcome to the world wide web.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[happythoughts 0]

First, I would say it's because people on the internet are dorks and anonymous.

Second, I'd ask your moms reasons and then seriously think about them, even if they are not what you want (that is the hard part). She has your best interests in mind always.

[labrys 0]

Hiya, Mariah

If you know that someone complained to your mom then I'm guessing you've talked to your mom about this (rocket science, huh?)

If that's the case then you've started off on the right foot.

The couple of times we've talked I've gotten the impression that you're a good, squared-away kid with a lot to offer. Keep doing your thing.

And stay away from Swoop

Owned by Remi #?

[mathias 0]

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Yeah, there should be an age limit.

People over 100 years of age shouldn't be allowed to read or post here.

I was more thinking that the age limit should be 35 or so, after that people are old and boring anyways.

Mathias

Ingen minns en fegis!

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

I had quite a few colorful characters at my DZ. My kids were drawn to them like a moth to a flame. They were my kids "favorites". i had alot of these jumpers over to my house also. I did anything and everything for my sport jumpers, they respected me because of this. It was never an issue to curb their enthusaism when a child walked into the situation. I realize a DZ is an Adult Theme Park. I never put up rules and regulations on the walls when it came to language and how they should act. My kids seemed to blend in very well with all my jumpers and alot of my jumpers had kids so it was easy for them to go into "parent mode" when a child walked into the area. My kids are very cool, the jumpers liked them and respected them too.Trust me when I say all sorts of things went on at my DZ. Some of which I was party to. You just had to know how to be quick about some things. My kids also realized that they were children and when you become an adult you can act and do as you want, BUT until then, do as your Momma says.

Mariah...hang out here, its not my decision to say one way or another.....if you Mom's says its cool then its cool for me too.

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[chuteless 1]

is the proposed age limit on the young end of the scale, or the old end of the scale?

[pacncathyjr 0]

young side of the scale. (I'm 15)

[JUDYJ 0]

My kids go with me to the dropzones I jump at. We learned the really hard way that some DZO's aren't friendly or kind to children.

The rule is... if they repeat the words or behaviors seen at any DZ...at ANY time.. they won't get to hang with me. PERIOD. This has worked perfectly for the 2 years I have been jumping.

Now for here,,, my daughter is here (17) sometimes.. and it has helped communication alot between us when we do talk about some of the things chatted about here. It helps me know where her head is at.. and what she knows or doesn't.

So this is a parenting issue.. and sounds as if your Mother and you have it under control. Just like at the DZ..where you learned that some people are just stupid...well they are here too.

Enjoy hanging with us~~

IF you are going to be Stupid - you better be tough!