AggieDave 6 #1 October 31, 2002 Yesterday I skipped a couple classes and went out to the DZ for a few jumps (much needed jumps). Had some uneventful jumps, but good jumps. The sun set and I packed up, not able to find my wallet. I used it to buy lunch on the way out to the DZ, going through a drive through, so I knew I hadn't left it there. I could remember putting it my gear bag before I jumped. Eitherway, my wallet wasn't to be found, with all my different (some a pain in the ass to replace) licenses, CC's, etc. Cut to this afternoon. I'm napping on the coach when some guy calls and asks for "David." For those who know me, I go by David but just about everyone calls me Dave. Well, this guy is actually David, the guy with the hanger next to ours at the airport. He was mowing the grass runway out in the field between the runway and the taxi-way and saw something, he almost ran it over, but picked it up and found himself an AggieDave wallet. Apparently I made 2 jumps with it, but the hop-n-pop when I went in just shorts and a t-shirt left me landing with out the wallet. If you've ever seen Coulter Field and how big it is (the runway and the taxi way are over a mile long, making a HUGE triangle with probably 5-10 acres of land between them), then you know how I'm one lucky SOB right now. Well, I guess I better get my wallet and go buy this guy a case of "reward."--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #2 October 31, 2002 You must have done something good for someone else before. What goes around, comes around. Good to hear Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #3 October 31, 2002 Quote I'm napping on the coach You were napping on the coach? Were you spooning, or actually on top of him/her? - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #4 October 31, 2002 Pretty damn lucky. Don't bother buying lotto tickets for awhile. I think you have used up your luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wlie 0 #5 October 31, 2002 I say go buy yourself a lotto ticket before the roll looses momentum.I'm feeling lucky with the number 15. My other ride is the relative wind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #6 October 31, 2002 Quote I say go buy yourself a lotto ticket before the roll looses momentum Better yet....don't do dumb things like skydiving with stuff in your pockets..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #7 October 31, 2002 I'll second that thought re: Karma. If you dish out bad vibes you get them back. Pass out good ones and they come back too! You're one lucky skydiver Dave!!! Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #8 October 31, 2002 Dave: this proves my ying/yang theory! when i was in the middle east, and you found my wife for me, you done me a huge favor! (thanks) the good came back!! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #9 October 31, 2002 Quote when i was in the middle east, and you found my wife for me Did he figure out you were gone and crawl in the window? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 #10 October 31, 2002 It's nice to hear that there are still honest people out there. Rewind back to the WFFC this year. I decided one night to take my 35mm SLR camera with me while partying (bad mistake!!). Anyhow I commence with drinking lots of alcohol and next thing I know I wake up in the morning bright and early and see the balloons launching. Wow, that would be a sweet pic...ummm...wait...OH S*IT! After cussing alot and telling some friends that I lost my $900 camera and lense, I decide to go to the registration tent to see if anyone returned it. I thought I would never see it again but when I walked in the tent and asked a volunteer if a camera had been returned and the reached under the table and OMG that is my camera case! I described the contents and was on my way. In the case was a paper that said "Found by the Landing Strip" (that was the Static C-130 bar). Unfortuneately I was unable to find out exactly who returned it, and they didn't snap any shots of naked women Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #11 October 31, 2002 Quote He was mowing the grass runway out in the field between the runway and the taxi-way and saw something... Probably looked like a little ball sitting out there. Ya know, you can throw away the packet after you use the condoms. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #12 October 31, 2002 Quote they didn't snap any shots of naked women Now that's lucky. If I had found it you would have gotten an entire roll of "Fruit Baskets." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #13 October 31, 2002 Quote Did he figure out you were gone and crawl in the window? Clay: why would Dave use the window, he knew i wasn't home! doggone sanchos, drink all the beer, and won't even mow the grass! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #14 October 31, 2002 i forgot to add: two can't get on it...and one can't hurt it! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #15 October 31, 2002 Cool! I'm glad everything worked out for ya, Aggie.Speaking of wallets,mine is really happy since my grant refund check came today.It was actually a couple hundred dollars more than I thought it would be. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #16 October 31, 2002 Quote doggone sanchos, drink all the beer, and won't even mow the grass! Hhehehehehehehe!!! I don't mind if they borrow the wife but FOR GOD SAKES leave the beer alone!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #17 October 31, 2002 Quote Hhehehehehehehe!!! I don't mind if they borrow the wife but FOR GOD SAKES leave the beer alone!!!!! to heck with that! MOW THE GRASS! i can buy more beer within minutes, it takes 8-10 hours to mow my lawn! with an 18 hp john deere 48" riding lawn mower, it's ugly!--Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #18 October 31, 2002 Quote it takes 8-10 hours to mow my lawn! with an 18 hp john deere 48" riding lawn mower Get a smaller yard......or cruise down to San Antonio and pick up some $3 per hour labor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #19 October 31, 2002 Quoteor cruise down to San Antonio and pick up some $3 per hour labor. I charge more than that! Plus I'm really lazy when it comes to stuff like lawn-mowing.Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #20 October 31, 2002 Quote I charge more than that! Plus I'm really lazy when it comes to stuff like lawn-mowing Yeah...but all your OTHER talents make it SOOOOO worthwhile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #21 October 31, 2002 Quote ...it takes 8-10 hours to mow my lawn! with an 18 hp john deere 48" riding lawn mower, it's ugly! Use the motor. Those things are a bitch to push. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #22 October 31, 2002 Quote Those things are a bitch to push Pushing isn't so hard...it's trying to spin those blades that gets ya..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VisionAir 0 #23 November 1, 2002 and then there's the guy at Rantoul... Who had a credit card lost in freefall only to be found on site and returned to manifest... Not once but TWICE! Talk about lucky and btw damn good spotting Huh?!? What cloud?!? Oh that!!! That's just Industrial Haze Alex M. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flypunk 0 #24 November 1, 2002 cool. I had mine returned after a month all my credit cards still in, never carry cash and only some id's missing. sad thing is that I still think that I threw it on my gearbag missed and fell on somebodys packjob. I've had it on me before and its real unconfortable to have my ring over it. But still it was nice to have it back all beat up and muddy, landed on some farmers field. ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haylee 0 #25 November 1, 2002 Quote cool. I had mine returned after a month all my credit cards still in, never carry cash and only some id's missing. sad thing is that I still think that I threw it on my gearbag missed and fell on somebodys packjob. I've had it on me before and its real unconfortable to have my ring over it. But still it was nice to have it back all beat up and muddy, landed on some farmers field. Hmmm... So, what's your total up to now for number of things lost in freefall or during opening (due to being packed into a canopy)??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
