Please explain...

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I should also add...I received a concerned PM from a sexy friend.

Sorry i still don't remember...what did i say ?

Swooped! Damn that guy is fast.

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I should also add...I received a concerned PM from a sexy friend.

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Sorry i still don't remember...what did i say ?

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Swooped! Damn that guy is fast.

I'd be willing to guess, she wasn't referring to either one of you.

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Chris

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Being a gentleman i can neither deny nor substantiate that allegation.

-- Hope you don't die. --

I'm fucking winning

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"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof." - Richard Bach - Illusions

As a side note. If you haven't read Illusions by Richard Bach, I highly recommend it. Easily one of the best books I've ever read again and again and again. It put so many of the things I've always felt into words.

Rhonda

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Just because a person skydives doesn't mean that I particularly like him/her, they have to earn my respect to have my friendship and I would hope it would be the same way coming from them.

As for arguing on the forums, what else would we do? It gives us a place to debate various topics to varying degrees of closure. Sometimes they're very peaceful, sometimes they get quite heated. That's one of the things I love about this place.

I agree with Dave for most part.

We are a group of people that, under other circumstances, wouldn't mix. Now, just like the real world, I have found there are *ssholes in the skydiving community too. I figure in life, about 2 out of every 7 people I meet will have some measure of *ssholeness. If the number is less than that, I'm having a good day. If the number is more than that, there's something wrong with me.

As for the debating here...it's tough being right. It pains me to see so many misled souls (especially AggieDave) ....really, I'm kidding. It's this debating that keeps all communities strong, as long as they're tied by a common purpose. Our's is skydiving. In the motorcycle community it's about keeping the two wheels on the ground, but don't expect a Harley rider to be cruising with bunch of folks on CBR4s or GSX-R750s, ZX-9Rs, etc (and visa versa).

As unique as we are, we're no different in the core. Or, as I like to say, "You're unique, just like everybody else." For the few that know me, I listen and ask questions around the dropzone more than I do give advice or guidance, because I'm still a pup in the sport.

I have friends in the sport, and I am friendly with just about everyone I meet in the sport, but I'm not "friends" with everyone, and that's okay.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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this thread got me thinking (gasp!). Ok, I always used to think that the high school mentality of being judgemental and gossipy would go away after I made it though that phase of my life. Then I started a new job and found that it was just as bad, if not worse. Then I went on to college and found that people are the same way there. I started skydiving, and I thought, Wow, really cool people. They don't seem to judge people or gossip. I guess that was because I didn't know anybody yet. Skydiving does have really cool people from all different walks of life. But, they are still people. I think that wherever you go, whatever you do, you will encounter people that prejudge and gossip. It is your choice whether you participate or not. Just my .02. Not too sure if it makes sense or not...

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MaryRose

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Skyrose, we are on the same page!

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

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Mmmm, I have many sexy friends...some sexier than others...it was a very yummy friend who sent me a PM. It was good...real good. Thank you, sir, may I have another?

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

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I agree with Gawain, we are all connected by the same thing, but that doesn't mean we all have to like each other beyond the norm.
I must say, that I have never really seen some of the stuff I read about here in any of the DZs I've been to. The way I've experienced it is, you hang out with the people you like, you're friendly to the people you don't, but you don't try to make them feel bad because you don't like them. That would be sort of bullying and the ones doing it most definitely have a self-esteem problem.
I've never really seen anyone not get along ok, because they didn't like each other. And if you get into a heated debate in the first place, you should know better that holding a grudge after it is over.

As for the gossiping, oh well who cares. It's USUALLY the more obvious people that get the gossip. MOST of the time it's out of jealousy. I think those people couldn't care less, as they will know they needn't worry about it much. I try not to gossip, and if I do it's always with one and the same person that will not relay it. But I do love hearing gossip, but not to hold something against someone. It's just the burden of the community I grew up in, where every one knows everyone else, and every one knows what everyone else is doing; and hell, it's fun

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I never discriminate - I hate everybody
jraf

I never discriminate either- But I hate everybody
EQUALLY
I even hate myself

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

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The way I've experienced it is, you hang out with the people you like, you're friendly to the people you don't, but you don't try to make them feel bad because you don't like them.

That was my point exactly...I definitely don't think everyone is meant to get along...but I don't think it's cool to put others down for no reason, just b/c they're different than you.

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As for the gossiping, oh well who cares. It's USUALLY the more obvious people that get the gossip. MOST of the time it's out of jealousy.

EXACTLY! I have yet to see anyone make fun of anyone except out of jealously...not necessarily jealous of whatever they're making fun of, but jealous of the attention or whatever that person is getting b/c of it. I couldn't agree more.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

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Just curious but are you saying on here people are being put down or are you talking about at the DZ?

I think on here we do a lot of picking on each other (like the comment Dave made about the shocks in Andrea's van...it was in fun especially since Andrea is such a proper mother figure), but I don't see any of it being cruel. Even those who make very unusual comments are tolerated or ignored.

As for the DZ. It usually takes on a life all it's own.

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Hot Mama
At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

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Whether skydiving or anything in life = "Human Nature is Consistent" That is what makes life so interesting. Folks love to jump on the under dog, human nature. I don't love all the folks I met skydiving, but I am glad to have met them all.

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Not really talking about anyone on here, Lisa, or at the DZ...just in general. Yes, a few comments have been made here, a few at the DZ...that is to be expected. My thoughts were in general, for the most part.

As for making of fun of people, hell, I'm at the top of the list, but it's all in good fun, and it's not mean spirited. I was only referring to the mean spirited kind.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.