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You'd be surprised. Just as some kids are born daredevils, some are born cautious and careful, regardless of parental influence.

How many of your parents were in a constant state of semi-worry for your poor little bodies? :D



*raises hand*

Mom and Dad both used to say I was the cause of ALL their gray hair! Mom used to say I was the inspiration for "Calvin and Hobbes" but minus Hobbes... B|
Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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You'd be surprised. Just as some kids are born daredevils, some are born cautious and careful, regardless of parental influence.

How many of your parents were in a constant state of semi-worry for your poor little bodies? :D



*raises hand*

Mom and Dad both used to say I was the cause of ALL their gray hair! Mom used to say I was the inspiration for "Calvin and Hobbes" but minus Hobbes... B|



LOL, Hell, me too! I used to talk to myself a lot growing up. :S
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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I can show you a 6" scar on the top of my head from just that!:D Later, when I had kids... dad-gum![:/] Especially when my oldest boy got his first 20" bike and stood on the cross-bar... down hill! That'll give ya' ulcers. I EARNED every one of my gray hairs!:D


Chuck

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My husband thinks that all (or a very large %) of skydivers were treeclimbers as kids. We asked around the DZ one day and it did appear to be a large % that were treeclimbers.B|

So did you climb trees when you were a kid?;)

Christina



Definitely. In fact, we even had a tree climbing club when I was little with different ranks:

Level 1 (chipmunk) - You could climb almost to the top of a tree

Level 2 (squirrel) - You could climb all the way to the top and hang from a branch there for a few seconds

Level 3 (monkey) - You could climb anywhere it was possible in the tree, hang from a branch and traverse to another branch from the hang.

I was a monkey. ;):ph34r:

This is very similar to the idea that many computer programmers played with Lego's :)
Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

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I didn't get a lot better as I got older, either....

....got pulled over by a cop on my motorcycle... which I didn't have a license for...right in front of the house...

....laid down said bike a couple months later going round the corner in front of the house....

....breaking 6 ribs my first (and only) bull ride....

... when I first tried skydiving back about 10-11 years ago, I called Mom and she said "Well, I guess that's not *TOO* surprising, knowing you...." ;)
Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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Level 3 (monkey) - You could climb anywhere it was possible in the tree, hang from a branch and traverse to another branch from the hang.

I was a monkey. ;):ph34r:



From my 1st post: Hell yeah!! I was a monkey dude!!!! Straight up!


We got something in commmmonnnnn we got something in commmonnnn!!! :P;)

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Level 3 (monkey) - You could climb anywhere it was possible in the tree, hang from a branch and traverse to another branch from the hang.

I was a monkey. ;):ph34r:



From my 1st post: Hell yeah!! I was a monkey dude!!!! Straight up!


We got something in commmmonnnnn we got something in commmonnnn!!! :P;)



YAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!

Climbing rules. And in the spirit, I am going to an indoor climbing gym tommorrow. :)
Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

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What's this "when we were kids bit?" We have a contract to light up a park at Vancouver International Airport every Christmas. Between Riggerrob and myself we climb about 120 trees every year.
The sight of Riggerrob (all 200lbs of him) sitting atop a sixty foot tree in the wind is downright scary.

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Hell yeah!! I was a monkey dude!!!! Straight up!





Good GAWD...you're such Valley-ghetto it's not even funny!!!!:o:P:P:D:D:D:D

I don't think that fall took only your breath out of you!!!:D:D:D

Dude....straight up.....word.....peace....I'm OUT!:ph34r::D:D:D:D

Kahurangi e Mahearangi,
Kiwi, RB #926, AFF-I, FAA Snr. Rigger, RN/BSN/Paramedic

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I was always in trees as a child. We used to jump from tree to tree and build forts in them. Man, those were the days!!

Now, I just laid in em....[:/]



Aww yeah. We had this MASSIVE tree fort built into an apply tree in my neighbors back yard. It had 5 levels and nails sticking out EVERYWHERE. :D We even made a chair recline on one of the levels.

And behind it there was a long row of soft pines that were really close together. I would say about 75 trees. ANd there were vines intertwined in the row so at certain points you could lay about 25 feet up in a nest of vines. We used to go from one end to the other without touching the ground! That was sweet. Of course, if you DID fall, it was probably onto the electric fence for the cow pasture that bordered the trees. :D

I knocked myself out a few times like that. :o:D
Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

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Don't be messin with my bling bling sistah #1! >:(



Back off Weege....I saw her first!!!

Oh...alright...I'll let you two play together sometimes...

but only when 'Duhs lover B.O.B. is there for both of your entertainment...and I'm orbiting with video!!!:o:D:D:D

Kahurangi e Mahearangi,
Kiwi, RB #926, AFF-I, FAA Snr. Rigger, RN/BSN/Paramedic

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Don't be messin with my bling bling sistah #1! >:(



Back off Weege....I saw her first!!!

Oh...alright...I'll let you two play together sometimes...

but only when 'Duhs lover B.O.B. is there for both of your entertainment...and I'm orbiting with video!!!:o:D:D:D



if you're nice, we may consider letting you work at our commune! ;):D

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Valley-ghetto it's not even funny!!!!:o:P:P:D:D:D:D




Hm...you know what's sad. That's not the fist time I've been called Valley Ghetto...Okay, I'm going to start taking it personal now!!


LMFAO @ Blaine & Liz...

DUDE! We are going to do our Bling Sistah's initiation at XKeys at the end of this month!! PASS 'THA BLING' IN FREEFALL!!!!! BWAHAHAHA

Liz, should we put it on each others ring fingers or just suck it? BWAHAHAHHAHHAHA!!!! :D:D:D:):):)

Oh...and B.O.B. stays safe and sound in his drawer...:P

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:D I can see it now.... both of us coming down with black eyes from trying to suck each other's ring pops in the sky! :D:P



OH MY GAWD I JUST FELL OUTTA MY CHAIR!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :D:D:D:D That is one 'killa' visual there, my dear! HAHAHAHA!! B|:D



Ccowden has the lovely job of filming the whole thing! :D

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LMFAO @ It being posted all over the internet and people saying "Watch out for those BLING ICE SISTA'S, They CRAZY I tell ya!!!"

:D

Oh, and not to mention that by the time our skydive is over, our faces will probably be totally sticky and colored due to missing each others mouths!! BWAHAHAHAA!!! :D:D:D PLEASE JUST DON'T GET IT STUCK IN MY HAIR! HAHAHAHA!

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