BEEEEEEER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jmpnkramer 0]

O.K. when it comes to

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BEER RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is it only an accomplishment in skydiving?

My Philosophy is Once you have become a skydiver it applies to everyhting you do. Anytime the word "First cimes out of your mouth you should at least buy the nearest skydiver a drink.

It is almost like the coin dropping in the military. I will let another military guy explain that.

I have seen a post with the "BEER RULES!" I just wonder what everyone else thinks.

I am sure something similiar has been posted before and I apologize. Abyway it gives post whores a reaon to post some more.

Sunny in Florida Again,

KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The REAL KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!

"HESITATION CAUSES DEATH!!!"
"Be Slow to Fall into Friendship; but when Thou Art in, Continue Firm & Constant." - SOCRATES

[MochaSkyChick 0]

Hmmm, Like you said, I think that it can apply to everything only if there is another skydiver is the area. Whuffo's don't seem to get it anyway.

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Zarza R[red

[kai2k1 0]

Here's the Official Copy I have

The Beer Rules

An unwritten law, one as immutable and irrefutable as gravity and backed by history, states that skydivers enjoy the drinking of beer almost as much as flight itself.

A manifestation of this fact is the tradition of the buying by an individual skydiver a case of beer (that being twenty-four cans or bottles holding twelve or more ounces of beer, ale, or some similar such substance) for his or her fellow jumpers to celebrate the accomplishment of a particular feat or milestone in one's jump career.

It is generally recognized that the buying and drinking of such beer enhances that common bond shared by skydivers and contributes greatly to the body of knowledge concerning parachuting and its related activities.

It is a sad fact that some skydivers are ignorant of what constitutes a significant achievement (usually and henceforth referred to as a "first").

Equally sad is the fact that some unscrupulously thirsty jumpers will shamelessly try to "weasel" a case of beer out of a jumper for an inauspicious event. Recognizing this, the following happenings are to be regarded as suitable occasions for buying beer. This list is not to be construed as exhaustive.

First jump (It is not required of students. They are simply encouraged to participate).

If more than one first is accomplished on a single jump, only one case of beer is required.

Participation is voluntary. If a skydiver chooses not to participate by buying, neither shall the skydiver enjoy the fruits of the accomplishments of others. Non-drinkers may buy sodas and buyers may make up any part or whole of their purchase in soda for the enjoyment of those non-drinkers.

It is generally recognized that using a reserve parachute for the purpose of saving one's worthless, non-packing self from a gory death requires him to buy the saving rigger dinner or the bottle of liquor of his choice.

These articles are ironclad and binding. For the price of an additional six-pack, a sniveling skydiver may enlist the services of an S & TA to represent him or her in a hearing where the committee will rule against that skydiver a second time.

Completing the student course of instruction

First four way

First eight way

First CRW

First time in the peas

First night jump

First kiss pass

First competition

First water jump

First naked jump

First jump on your own pack job

First dead center (measured by a judge or electronic scoring pad on a three or five cm disc)

First jump on a new main or new rig (purchased, not borrowed)

Any license, award, rating, or badge

Getting your name or photo in "Parachutist" Magazine

Gross safety violations not resulting in serious injury or death

Any jump ending in "00"

First cutaway/reserve ride

First jump from an aircraft not normally used at home drop zone

First jump at a new drop zone

First demo jump

First save (you riggers thought you were getting off easy)

Vomiting in the airplane or on another skydiver

First round canopy jump (Geez, used to be the other way around)

First broken bone

First camera jump

There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan

[Tailgate 0]

Wow that means I owe 3

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Let me live in my house by the side of the road and be a friend to man- Sam Walter Foss

[BoogieBob 0]

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My Philosophy is Once you have become a skydiver it applies to everything you do.

I will agree on this. Not because "I have to since I skydive" but rather because "it breeds a social gathering and induces a decided sense of reflection on some major event."

After I packed my rig for the first time the other day, I walked into the bar and INSISTED that I buy SOMEONE beer for my accomplishment. I stated rather blatantly that I feared a mal if I didn't buy.

Oh, the opening? It was NOICE!!!! I didn't get knocked unconscious or anything. It was one of the smoothest on-heading openings I've had under my Sabre2 (okay, I've only got about 5 jumps on it).