MrHixxx 0 #1 May 31, 2002 Just a thought, but I have been reading alot of fatalities in the past couple weeks, one I knew most I didn't. Nonetheless, I am feeling a little apprehensive about seeing coy signatures and some of the typical sport cliches' in the postings. I guess there should be a little more reverence for those who have passed and their families from my perspective. Any thoughts on what is good etiquette when we have lost someone?For the record, if I make the pages of Parachutist from an accident, the first person to post blue skies gets haunted.-Hixxx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 May 31, 2002 The thing, though, you can't just turn off your sig file when you post. You have to go through all the steps that you would normally do to change it to remove it, then go through them again to put it back.If it was me, I would want people's sigs there, hell, I wouldn't mind it if they told embarressing stories and had one last laugh on me. AerialsSo up highWhen you free your lives (the) eternal prize Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 May 31, 2002 Other than nothing what would you like me to say. Nothing I can say would make a family feel any better. Even if I don't know the person I would like to let the family know that I do care. Skydivers are normally a pretty tight bunch. It sucks to lose someone and sucks even more that you know you could be next. If I die tomorrow skydiving I would like the fact that people on these boards gave a shit enough to post something. Just a "BSBD" is fine with me. When I do go I will take a seat at the bar and buy Jay beer and trade skydiving stories and talk about the jokes we used to play on each other back at Ft. Campbell. At least...thats what I like to think...."Here I come to save the BOOBIES!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #4 May 31, 2002 i would rather people do that then nothing at all. it shows that as a family of skydivers we all care about loss of another...blue skies..why jump when you can fly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #5 May 31, 2002 I think most people probably forget that the tag line is there that they created weeks ago. And when they do see it, they probably give out an "oh, shit" too.AndreaI'm high as a kiteI just mightStop and check you out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #6 May 31, 2002 If the tag line bothers you (and I don't think it does most people) you can edit it out. Edit your post and you'll see it...notice no tag Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #7 May 31, 2002 I guess the grief thing is inexplicable to begin with. Personally, it is difficult for me to be satisfied with what I post regarding the loss of someone. I certainly feel sorrow for that person and their loved ones and so I post, but it is hard to settle on words that don't seem to belittle the event in someway... The last thing you want to do is sound crass or desensitized by it, because it doesn't acknowledge a genuine response to the loss...Every day is a safety day, Hixxx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookit 0 #8 May 31, 2002 Quoteit is hard to settle on words that don't seem to belittle the event in someway... Too true... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
