Cava
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Hi. You'll find that in a few jumps, for me it was about 15 or 20, there will be a shift. In the beginning, when the spotter yells "DOOR" and you feel and hear the rush of cool air as the door opens, there is the moment of fear or dread, the "What the f*** did I get myself into" moment. But soon you will find yourself reacting to the door opening like a dog hearing a leash being jiggled by his master. Then you will really be hooked. Good luck, safety first.
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Absolutely. Few things are as obnoxious as a woman wearing six gallons of cheap perfume. Or expensive perfume. Maybe I'm abnormal but the appeal of that shit is beyond me. Give me a woman who just finished jogging. Mmmmmm. Oh, cigarettes, right. American Spirit Medium.
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Your tracking sucks, eh. You should see me try to sit fly. I look like someone who escaped from a rest home and got caught in a hurricane.
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When in doubt, surprise yourself. -Steve Martin My grandfather used to say something to me when I was a little boy, something I've always remembered. He used to say, "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY, MAN!!" -George Carlin Always behave as though the whole world is watching. -Can't remember who said that
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I haven't left the house since 911. What's the weather like right now?
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Probably the lamest moment for me was AFF 5 or 6, when I was supposed to do a 360. Well I did a 360, and about a half dozen more, spinning like a dope because I didn't know how to stop. I think that may have been the student jump I almost flunked, can't remember now. Don't have enough jumps for anything classic yet, but give me time.
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That's very cool. There aren't alot of people like that, not in my experience.
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I believe the quote goes 'crawling, slithering...' Sorry. Seen that movie too many times. As for V day- lame. Just an excuse for commerce.
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Because it's cold and flu season and not a whole lot of jumpin
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You could invite me over. I'm quite warm. Otherwise, when I'm feeling cold I imagine how I'd feel standing naked in a snowdrift on top of a mountain in Siberia or somewhere. Sometimes that makes me feel less cold. Well, once in a while it does. Actually it never does. Sorry. I haven't been any help, have I.
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Hello there. Two things... From now on, the sound of a low-flying plane will prick your ears like a dog who hears a bag of dogfood opening. Also, on commercial flights, you will forever feel trapped and helpless. Skydiving is a life sentence in so many ways.
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As long as one's religion or life philosophy is not an excuse to be a bigot, racist, elitist, or prosletyzing bore, go for it. My theory of life is that something strange is going on, and I have no idea what it is. So I'll just live in such a way that I have self-respect. And when I get home from work today I'm going to drink a 12pack of Pabst on an empty stomach then chase my cat around the apartment.
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Pabst Blue Ribbon "I'm a murdiddlyerdler!" Flanders
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Hello Numb I also have low jumps for the time I've been in. But I am not about to let my life spiral into a hell of debt and bill juggling. And I don't use plastic. Besides, I feed my cat Real Tuna, not that industrial byproduct in a can with a picture of a cat on the label. 1- Bills 2-Cat 3-Skydiving 4-everything else
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Hello there. Age of first jump 36. We are also jumping out here in Utah, some altitude, some HNP. DZ is closed while we relocate. Stressed. "The first time I saw you, Darling, my heart skipped a beat." Dick Cheney
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When I die, help yourself to any cash in my wallet, then toss my body in front of a marching band so they will have to stumble over or step around me, hopefully causing them to lose the beat momentarily. "That's what they all say. They all say, 'Doh!'' Josef Stalin
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Just take off. Upon your return, refuse to recognize anyone, stare for long periods of time without blinking, mumble vague half-sentences about short, friendly green people and far off lands. "It rubs the lotion on it's skin or it gets the hose again." John Ashcroft.
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Really bad at- 1 Dating. Don't understand it. 2 Drinking casually. 3 Being polite when in very bad mood. 5 Understanding my cat psychologically. 7 Swoop docking. Still a newbie. 8 Keeping this one little black and white cat from coming in and eating my cat's fucking food. 9 Flirting. That would require tact and subterfuge. 10 Polite dishonesty. 11 Remembering that 4 and 6 are also numbers. "It rubs the lotion on it's skin or it gets the hose again." John Alshcroft
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Hi there. Ouch, I suppose. "It rubs the lotion on it's skin or it gets the hose again." John Ashcroft
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Hi there. My first AFF after the tandems was defintely the most frightening jump I made. I thought, "Once I pull, it's all me. Oh sh*t." You'll be just fine. Just make sure to do everything exactly as they instruct you to. The first time you get to jump with a chute on your own back is a special jump that you will never get to repeat. Good luck in the Spring.
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I'm a left-handed Libra, which I've been told is relatively rare and somewhat desirable. Whether desirable to myself or someone else, I don't know as the person who told me that was not specific. "It rubs the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again." John Ashcroft.
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Hi Mel. Good luck on your upcoming jump. You'll be smiling real big when your feet hit the ground. As for smokes, just make sure to bring an extra pack, especially if the DZ you are going to is out in the middle of nowhere, like mine. I'm not saying to smoke them all, but having them will feel warm and comforting on such a nervous day. But be real careful with a smoke when you are around people's gear and parachutes. It's easy to space that when your mind is scattered or preoccupied. We had a couple of burns on canopies not long ago. Jump, scream, land, smile.
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Hello to a newbie from another newbie. Safety in numbers. Freefall is weird the first time. Challenging to describe. But you will like it.
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Dear nervous newbie. I too was very nervous about doing it my first time, 52 jumps ago. The night before, I also couldn't sleep, and at the DZ before the jump I was chain-smoking like Dean Martin. On the ride to jump run, I was wondering just what I'd gotten myself into, and assumed everyone on the plane, except for the pilot, was insane. Especially me. Now I get irritable if more than a week goes by without a jump. Skydiving is the most amazing thing in the world.