Scoby 0 #26 November 18, 2002 Quote I've been pulled over for speeding 28 times and had 8 speeding tickets. I got out of two tickets b/c the cop asked about all the skydiving stickers on my car (that was my old car, my new one just has a skydiving license plate holder and no stickers.) Both cops were so fascinated, they let me go, even though both times I was doing 20+ over. For what it's worth, I've gotten a warning for 40 over on my motorcycle in rush hour in Los Angeles. I used to have the best luck in that regard, got like 6 warnings in a row. I finally got my first speeding ticket last year on the way back from the dropzone. Now I have two... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #27 November 18, 2002 Quote Ugh, negative ghostwriter, I don't wear skirts. I rock the shit out of my jeans, though. Whew! There's still hope. Maybe it's just my social skills. I don't mind the speeding tickets. I get one every 2 years. I see that there are 100 people passing the one they pulled over. I just try to be in the 100. If I get caught, I just pay it, I'm guilty. However, for $120 every two years, I get to drive as fast as I want. You've got it made there. A boy-toy and a chaffeur. You keep me posted though if he starts slackin'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #28 November 18, 2002 Look on the Skydiving FAQ's from rec. and the breathing through the skin is there. Its just another example of sending an undermotivated intern out in seach of facts and the best they can do is find an FAQ thats full of irony....Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrose7 0 #29 November 18, 2002 I used to enjoy blabbing on about skydiving to whuffos. Maybe I was just excited about my new found knowledge(or lack therof). Now, I swear, if skydiving comes up I always hear the same thing..."oh, wow, I always wanted to do that." I smile and nod my head.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. MaryRose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #30 November 19, 2002 I saw one show with the clip of the guy who's jumpsuit got caught and he landed hanging from the cessna. I assume they were talking about his Cypres when they said the plane had to decelerate to a speed below 78mph or an emergency device would fire his parachute. Thing was, they were talking forward speed. They even had a little speedometer to show the veiwing audience when the plane had reached a safe speed. Good thing too, I know I was nervous I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #31 November 19, 2002 >>" One of the questions they ask just before the > show slips into a commercial was "Can a skydiver breath during freefall" my answer was "yes of cource we breath" {go get a beer knowing I'm right an hear in the other room} TV " No they can't {coming running from the kitchen with beer} the pressures from falling that fast keep their lungs from working so they abosorb all the o2 through their skin" I just looked at the TV with my mouth open in a silent gasp! Then I started screaming at the TV all kinds >of explenatives "Whuffo Bast*rds" was one!! " --------Hey whuffos! outta the gene pool!------- Due to my scuba diving and NOT having MY skin exposed to oxygen, I have suffocated and died a least 50+ times already. THe other great whuffo thought is" Iknow that if you fall from great heights,like a building or a plane, that you'll break your neck and die BEFORE hitting the ground" I just say: "Yep, that's right, I break my neck every weekend with my friends and their broken necks _______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ducky 0 #32 November 19, 2002 Quote Quote only have 4 jumps under my belt and I take my Gerbil with me for a tandem. I guess it depends on where you store the gerbil for the tandem jump.... EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwkwakSometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #33 November 19, 2002 Quote Due to my scuba diving and NOT having MY skin exposed to oxygen And THATS why you need a tank.And its nice to see the skin osmosis theory is still alive in the media! lolRemster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #34 November 21, 2002 but I really beleivedthe dude in the bar when he told me that his friends dad had a Cessna 152 and a parachute and would let them jump when ever they wanted, and, and, and he said he had like 12 jumps so far and and and................ BULLSHIT!!! he was trying this on a chick who had noticed one of my DZ t shirts.... I said nothing and he didn't get the gril... schmuck! I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
