watchdog2 0 #1 February 23, 2005 After spending every weekend for the past 6 years at a dropzone, I have accumulated a list of things that have turned out to be peeves of mine in skydiving: 1. hearing the word "beer!"..it's getting old people!!! 2. watching hit and chugs 3. crazy-ass personalities 4. people who are so weird that you can't even have a normal conversation with them 5. people who, just before loading, interrogate EVERYONE (almost to the point of a full body cavity search) on the load, wondering if they are freeflying, belly flying etc....ALL I gotta say is just SHUT UP AND GET ON cause everybody else is watching and will naturally board in the proper order... 6. control freaks....people who once are given some sort of power, don't know what the hell they are talking about, they try to change everything.....and they try to tell you how to skydive...... 7. people, who once on board, tell you how to do everything such as how to put on a seatbelt, how to sit, without being asked....etc..... 8. people who just don't get it and shouldn't be skydiving..... 9. skydivers who open the door right when the red light goes on, thus freezing the entire load for a good 2-4 minutes.....HOW U DO IT: look through the door, when we get close to the spot, THEN open it just when the green light goes on, climb your ass out....... it's called SITUATIONAL AWARENESS people!!! 10. Skydivers who wave their forearms like an axe counting to 5 or so before they jump......THEN they climb out to get positioned for an exit, wait another 5 seconds, thus screwing over the load and forcing the plane to go around..... 11. Jumps who have like 10 cameraman on one dive...and they are filming the same angle....one should be in an inverted carve, another should be above, etc...... 12. waiting around on a stormy weekend, ALL WEEKEND LONG, waiting for the weather to clear.... 13. People who are not humble........... 14. People who suck at jumping and think they are bad ass....I am like, "Get a life."....(I am mediocre at best in the world of skydiving.) 15. Skydivers who land on the runway and take forever to get off when it is my turn to fly and I am on short final. When I take over, if i do, I am not going around for experienced jumpers.......Get the hell out of the way!! 16. Skydivers who give us corrections in the cockpit while Homeboy and I are positioning for jump run. WE have a GPS!!!.... 17. Skydivers who, while landing their parachutes, flap their arms like a bird, pumping their toggles....... 18. Being asked to get inside a hot tub with Jerry Korshak , two other naked dudes and one girl, who is not single......(I was asked to do so last year.) 19. Skydivers who refuse to jump when there is a little cloud directly underneath them. Ever heard of drift?? 20. Female skydivers who were once all over you, you reject, then months later they refuse to admit they ever wanted you. 21. Female skydivers who tell you things like,"Sex is all you ever think about isn't?", and they think you don't know that they have slept with a lot of guys on the dropzone. Of course sex is all I think about bitch cause you get it more than I do!!! 22. Skydivers who when loading, freak out and yell to the pilot, "The lights are on!!!!". Just shut up, buckle up and hold on. Who cares about the lights right now!!! 23. Skygods. Skydiving is only falling. What is there to get big headed about?? THINGS I DO LIKE: 1.) Stinking up the whole Otter with gas and watching everyone's reaction. (IT WAS ME!!!) 2.) Hearing the "Pecker on a tree" song. You rock Luminous. 3.) Shouting the name "Eric Butts!!!" all day long. 4.) Playing the penis game with Bryan Moffet when he is here. (whoever yells the word penis the loudest wins) 5.) Rubbing Russell Webb's belly for good luck just before a jump...everybody should do that. 6.) Feeling the Flying Arab's rock hard ass. 7.) Sqweezing Troy Laird's nipples while he is editing and messing him up. (no I am not gay) 8.) Naked pool parties....I have yet to experience my first one. 9.) SCR ceremonies. 10.)Sex on the dropzone. It's been a while since I got laid at SDH, but I still like it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #2 February 23, 2005 Ha ha, dude, you sound like my dad when he gets all grumpy! Don't you think these are some of the things that make skydiving so much fun? I for one wouldn't change any of it. Sure some things get on your nerves, but hey, it could be worse, we could be playing golf! Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #3 February 23, 2005 Quote5. people who, just before loading, interrogate EVERYONE (almost to the point of a full body cavity search) on the load, wondering if they are freeflying, belly flying etc....ALL I gotta say is just SHUT UP AND GET ON cause everybody else is watching and will naturally board in the proper order... Just like last time . . . WRONG! And climbing over people to get out the door is so much fun. What did you do, copy and paste? QuoteIt's been a while since I got laid at SDH Gosh, I can't imagine why. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #4 February 23, 2005 ummm... 1. Skydive and then drinking after a good day...its goes together like lamb and tuna fish 3. If you don't like crazy personalities, you are in the wrong sport 5. Asking what people are doing on a load is not dumb...its smart. I don't know how many times someone new has had to climb over everyone else cause they got on the plane in the wrong order. 9. If you don't open before the green, how exactly do you know you are actually over the correct spot...or that there is not a plane below you? In winter, sure, wait a bit longer, but I still open before green. Spotting is a dying art. I see that your positive list is MUCH shorter than the negative. A break may be in order. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 February 23, 2005 SDH Pet Peeves: 1. Pilots who think they're as good as Gahan but really aren't. 2. A total lack of landing obsticles...come on, skydivers need some excitement. I'm just fucking with ya since you're in a bad mood.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #6 February 23, 2005 Dude suck it up and deal with it. That is the kind of personalities you are going to find in this sport. And some of the shit ya bitched about is done that way for a reason...its called communicating. You cannot assume a damn thing in this sport.She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #7 February 23, 2005 QuoteSDH Pet Peeves: 2. A total lack of landing obsticles...come on, skydivers need some excitement. That's a good one! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #8 February 23, 2005 QuoteThat's a good one! Ha, last time I was doing a sport jump there (the last time I visited I was doing some tandem training with NightJumper) I ended up having to bail out of my 270 approach due to that fucking tree right next to the training shack (with the bullseye on it). I saw my line, then started my turn, head switched coming around to the 180 spot and BAM all I saw was a large tree turning and screaming up at me very quickly. AH! dumped the front riser and did a couple quick toggle corrections to miss it. Hell the first time I jumped there I had about 50 jumps or so and I almost met the trees over the CReW Dog Camp on final. They sneak up at you. Maybe if I jumped there more it wouldn't fuck with me like that.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #9 February 23, 2005 QuoteAfter spending every weekend for the past 6 years at a dropzone, I have accumulated a list of things that have turned out to be peeves of mine in skydiving: *People who make lists to tell other people what to do in the sport, esp when it ironically illustrates the point the listmaker was trying to get across._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #10 February 23, 2005 Sounds like number 13 just contradicts any point you thought you were making here. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #11 February 23, 2005 Where's Ivan when you need him? http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1154719#1154719Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #12 February 23, 2005 QuoteWhere's Ivan when you need him? http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1154719#1154719 Aww damn, this guy posted kis exact SAME list. Trolls come form all directions. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #13 February 23, 2005 QuoteTHINGS I DO LIKE: 2.) Hearing the "Pecker on a tree" song. You rock Luminous. 3.) Shouting the name "Eric Butts!!!" all day long. 4.) Playing the penis game with Bryan Moffet when he is here. (whoever yells the word penis the loudest wins) 5.) Rubbing Russell Webb's belly for good luck just before a jump...everybody should do that. 6.) Feeling the Flying Arab's rock hard ass. 7.) Sqweezing Troy Laird's nipples while he is editing and messing him up. (no I am not gay) Quoteno I am not gay On the "THINGS I DO LIKE" list, everything on the list involves guys bods, it is good to have a disclaimer. Maybe the reason that the girls sleep with everyone but you is that they think that you're gay. I would print this post, highlight the "I am not gay" part and post it in the womens bathroom. I'll bet that helps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMax 0 #14 February 23, 2005 Perhaps I haven't been in sport long enough since none of the points you listed really bothers me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinkster 0 #15 February 24, 2005 Based on normality for me, you're one of those 'crazy-ass personalities'. And hilarious too, thanks for the laugh. Funny post! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #16 February 24, 2005 He's gotta be lying too. I refuse to believe that 18. can be right in both lists . edit 'cause I can't read. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watchdog2 0 #17 February 24, 2005 nobody is as good as gahan....man I haven't been out to SDH since May 2004.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #18 February 25, 2005 QuoteSounds like number 13 just contradicts any point you thought you were making here. Hee hee, burn! Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
