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Having read numerous posts that state beer is needed to be bought for completing a task, my questions is what are those tasks? Could somebody enlighten me to the beer buying rules. I have graduated the afp program; should i buy a case? I passed my license test; should i buy a case. What qualifies as a ( BEER ) moment. I enjoy beer and dont want to deprive it of my fellow skydivers.
blue skies, cold beer?
chris

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Generally, beer is bought upon completion of any "first" you make in the sport. So, your first jump off of student status, you owe a case of beer. Your first off drop zone landing, you owe a case of beer. You get the picture. It isn't necessarily upon completion of a certain task, but the "first" of anything.
Blue skies!!!

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Jumpergirl is totally correct here dude…….. So I’ll help ya out a little more and save ya some money……. “Hey dude!, first time in an Otter?”……..BEER!. “Hey dude!, first time sitting next to the pilot?”……BEER! Hey dude!, first time doing an 8 way?……BEER “Hey dude!, first time getting caught sleeping with the DZ owner’s wife?”………… you get your balls cut off.
There, do you get it now?

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It isn't necessarily upon completion of a certain task, but the "first" of anything.

And when you're first starting out, you'll owe beer on every dang jump.
"Hey Jess!! Was that your first landing in the peas?!"
Er, yes.
"BEER!!!!!" everyone in the hangar screams.
"AND HEY!! Wasn't that your first 'industrial haze' jump?!"
Well, um, yes...
"BEEEEER!" everyone in the hangar screams.
And so on. :)

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Ahhh yes, the cursed' beer rule.... aside from owing for all our "firsts" at our DZ we also have a 'beer line.' For Safety reasons our DZO doesn't want anyone landing any closer to the hangers than where the static sales are.... if you do - BEER (I haven't really had to worry about this one yet lol).
For someone that doesn't drink alcohol this rule really blows.... but I suck it up & pay my dues just like everyone else. Hell, I racked up something like 3 cases (oh, and at our DZ it has to be Corona) in one jump. "First jump on your own gear??" ...."uhh.. yeah!".... "BEER!" "First jump on a ZP canopy??".... "Uhhh.. yeah!".... "BEER!" .... you get the idea! LOL
"Peace & Blue Skies!"
Merrick

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I don't drink much myself and could imagine it getting old buying a lot of beer. But, I'm willing if that's the way the game is played. BTW, How many beers are considered the appropriate amount? What is a 'case'?
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I want to fly!

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merrick,
it's my understanding that when firsts are combined you only owe 1 case for it. don't let them take ya for all ya got. 1 case of corona is a jump ticket, remember that.... now a case of soda is only like a pack job.
at skdive texas they have a beer line to. as i remember it it's so you don't land to close to the parking lot. or it just might be for the hell of it, it is a ways from the peas and off the side of the hanger, never did see anybody land over it. now towords the oil or gas thing way off to the left of the peas plenty of people land there, myself for one. why does texas have to be so darn windy in hat region of the state?
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Merrick
At Skydance I got nailed for 6 cases in two days :
*first jump in northern hemisphere
*first jump with own rig
*first jump through ind. haze
*landed out (on haze jump)
*first jump from caravan
*first RW jump
But I got my own back - I drank as much of it as possible - ended up passed out (fully clothed) in the bunk-house. Damn, that was a good holiday!
:D
/s
[drop till you party!]

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yeah, when you first start jumping it seems that you are spending as much on beer as on jump tickets but that soon equals out.......there are always new people coming through with new `firsts` so you`ll get all those beers back,my friend and a whole lot more! (BURRP!)

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