Beverly

you see some of these threads some girls start and the things they do or say. dont you think that might be a little intimadating to some guys. and if it wasnt intimidating, dont you think that it would make the "right guy" look elswhere.. im not the nicest guy on this planet, but i know who i am and what i want and where im going I am not sure that this would be intimidating to guys. It is a general thing. I had lunch with a guy friend who was willing to throw in the towel of his year long marriage, and I started him on the discussion of the little things. Initially he was quite adamant that his wife was lazy and did not do anything for him, until I explained the points system differences between guys and girls. I asked him to humour me for a month, to do things unexpectedn of him. Things like organising a bay sitter, dinner and a bubble bath for her, and not expecting to get laid. Sending "I Love You" text messages. Telling her how stunning she was and how lucky he was to have her. Etc etc, He thought about it and called me 2 weeks later, to say that the marriage has never been better, and 6 weeks later I got a call to say she was pregnant - again. So 18 months later, they are very much in love. But. and it is a big but. It comes from both sides. Not necessarily at the same time and not always when you expect it. It is almost, like keeping on being nice to maintain the love even when the other person seems to have given up. Not to the point of being a doormat or being emotionally abused. But it should be a two way street. Partners in every sense of the word.

Long ago............yes. Over the past few years..........just annoyed. Sorry to hear that.... I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Been a little hurt then? Please don't get me wrong, I am climbing the walls with sexual frustration from being single, and guys say, "Hey Bev, you just have to ask!" Well thanks for nothing. Humph. To me sex is SOOO important in a relationship, va va voom is the critical factor. But have all the little things gone? I know when someone cares, 'cause they do the little things for you that other people don't know about, or know you like. MMM, drivel. Maybe I should stop expecting so much. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

EEEUUU, about that coach /student stuff. The last time I had some guy try hang onto me at breakoff and then write romantic poetry about my debrief to him. Now if you don't try kill me in the sky..... Thanks PJ, I might take you up on that looking for you thing. See all the good one's are taken!! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

It doesnt directly help your coaching needs but just might help your coach's needs! Well now that you put it that way, I suppose I can help my coaches out a bit.... But swooping does not hurt my knees as much! Yet.......

In this day of fast cars, fast connections, fast planes and instant everything, has romance and love gone out the window? When last did you do anything for your partner / potential partner that included telling them how you feel and romancing them without the new technology. (Text messages don't count) Have women become so used to instant life that love and relationships should follow suite? Have we as women stopped expecting to be courted and are we too quick to enter into and discard of relationships at the drop of a hat? Where have all the gentlemen gone? Or has sex just replaced the goodnight kiss?

EEUUU, actually my mom works for a Urologist, and believe me he is over worked. Maybe it is because women are so dominant these days that men battle to keep up sexually. Their performace suffers and the Dr get's another visit. Are we allergic to romance? has that just fallen off the radar? I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Thanks Katie, I will definately be keen to compare notes after every weekend. I found that I was not able to "swoop" my 132 Vision I was flying. It was not conducive to that type of canopy flight. I find that on the 105 hurricane, I can still land better and get some distance. My wing loading is better on the 105 with my team weights, so it gives better performance. I have been quite chuffed at the distances I am getting, just by playing with the canopy at this stage. WRT competitions etc, there is not much happening on this side of the world. The last one was at Nationals. We are trying to get a swoop tour off the ground at the moment, but there are only about 10 or so guys in the whole country that are capable of getting through the gates, least of all make any sort of dent in the distance events. There are a few that are good and have a decent amount of knowledge, but not any girls. So, yes, I will be bugging the hell out of you and Ian on this. BTW:how does being cute help my coaching needs?? I thought this type of sexual harassment died with first jump students and cutsie progression students. Now I just have to sit on my friends heads and make them help me! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

It is all about admin guys MULTI-TASKING!! Girls can do it, guys can't. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

2:1 Got Bronshitis and heavily medicated. Don't tell my mom I jumped. Humph! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Thanks for this. Believe me I am taking this real slow, and have not done a fantastic swoop I can call competition level as yet. Still tend to abort rather than commit. Anyway, I am under coaching and he is very critical. Still on straight approaches, started to play with a bit of riser input this weekend. I will be looking at about 450 jumps a year, hopefully with the same/similar canopy. Will be using the same weights and canopy for a good couple of months still. Just don't want to get into a situation where you are required to weigh up inexpectantly and then crash. The German girl put on 14 kg. That is a quarter of my body weight. These things make a huge difference. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

ok, guys you are missing the point. We can cook, We can breed We rub your tummy when it aches We scratch your back when you are sick We let you play with remote sometimes We pick up the kids/pets puke We pick you up when you are drunk We put up with your skank friends We deal with your mother We watch sport when you want We watch you skydive We praise you when you have a cool landing And we are so gonna kick your ass in competition!! So no more dumb questions, ok? I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

If you are keen to pay for the postage, I have one for you! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Ok, just read about the accident in Germany with a girl weighting up for the swoop qualifing. I wear weights to jump with my 4 way team and some students and have just started playing with a 105 canopy. My issue is that an exit weight of 157.3lbs puts me on a wingloading of 1.498. In the future, I want to be competing against the boys in this country and need to know what the process should be with regards to weights and swooping. What should come first, same weights and smaller canopy? More weights and the same canopy? In the next few months, I will be getting my own (Probably sub hundred) canopy for this. Should I be preventing my team mates from loosing weight so I can practice? BTW, I am a really conservative canopy pilot, doing 40 or so jumps a month. Taking this slow.........

ok, a lesson on South Africa. We do not have one language, so speaking South African does not exist. Afrikaans, which many people are referring to, is only one of the 11 official languages. English is the official language and what most white South Africans speak. Afrikaans (Which is quite similan to Dutch or Flemmish) is the other language that the other half of the white poplulation speak. So if the guy is Afrikaans (brought up with that as his first language) then it is a different aspect completely. I am English, born and raised. So South African would be my first language. aka English. The nasty bit about his balls would be a problem really. BTW, mI understand Afrikaans as well and can speak limited Sotho and Zulu. So say Sawubona (Zulu for hello, emphasis on the w, u and n) Or Dumela (Sotho for Hello) Aangename Kennis (Happy to meet you in Afrikaans.) Or just Howzit like Bushman said! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Be open and honest. If you are feeling funny about it, she is probably feeling it too! Don't sleep with her mom, sister, best friend, and don't say anything you don't mean, like I will come see you, or you can come see me, or we were good together. She will take you seriously. bad karma, end it well. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

You are truely weird!! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

We have a really good relationship with the local EMS in our town. We have even managed to persuade some of them to jump. If it is a quiet day the police and EMS guys just come watch the jumping and have a Coke in the bush pub. We also have a contract with the local mining hospital and each member of the club paid $3 to join. Basically admin. This covers the basic care if you arrive and need some help urgently, before you want to ship out to a private hospital closer to home. If you then use the ambulance, you would then pay extra or claim from your medical insurance. They are really fantastic and even made up a first aid kit for us with basic bandages and neck braces etc. We love our paramedics - They scrape us off the ground!! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Definately live together- he may be obsessive compulsive. BTW: How are your teeth? I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Our DZ has a cool Bush Pub. Mainly because it has a thatch roof, but it is a brick building. (Yes it is in Africa) It is fantastic, we host live bands there and drink heartily. The guests can also sit outside and watch the skydiving in a cordened off area that is safe from swooping skydivers. Pretty cool. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

If you can get hold of some arnica tablets they work like a dream. They are homeopathic, so you can take them lots. They are for bruising and swelling and you pop them under your tongue. They really helped me not swell and bruise with my wisdom teeth. They help with skydiving bruises as well. If you can get some early and start taking them as soon as you come around, they are fantastic. Good luck! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

That is pretty cool. I have been trying to get my mom to jump for 7 years and she has refused. Anyway this weekend, for a TV show, she did a tandem. She said she hated it, but the video says different. She was just very scared which is understandable. She said she would never do it again. We did win 10 grand on the show though. I was having second thoughts about pressurising her to do it, incase she got hurt, because if it is not in your personality and genetic make up, it can be cruel to ask that of her. Please just let it be her decision and not let her feel pressured. If something goes wrong, you will die from the guilt. BTW, my mom is 62 years old and has never done anything wild in her life, even though she is sporty and gyms often. She was pretty cool and I am very proud of her. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

#1 and 99.9% of them since. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

My first suit is a GTI and I love it! No issues at all with any of the above. I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

Hi, Thanks for this. Wingsuits are currently part of our Mop's (Manual of procedures), which is what you had something to do with I am sure, but we will be looking at trying to get Wingsuits as a seperate category as part of the SSA (Sport Skydivers Association). Skydivers in SA tick a box where they want to spend their money for the SSA each year, and we would like to have a box for Wingsuits and Canopy piloting (Swooping) for people to tick. Currently FS is the dominent category in SA and the majority of the money goes to that. The idea would be to get more funds going to the development of people jumping the suits and get some demo's into the system. This would include skills camps etc There are not many people who do CREW here, and it is a dying category, so they would need to market themselves to get more people to contribute to their development. I am working with Tonto on this, but we may be losing our two BMI's to the country of milk and honey soon, so we need to get more people trained up. I am a wingsuiter myself, but I also do FS, play with Freeflying and want to learn Swoop, so there is really no preference for me. We do see that this is new and needs to be nurtured in order for it to grow. Basically, we are looking for more info to get more people involved on a regular basis. You are so right, we have very strict rules here on wingsuits, 300 jumps min to jump with an instr and do a course and 500 jumps min to go it on your own. We have created a bit of an animal with the volume of wingsuits at our club specifically and there are many students that are keen to try, just need to get the jump numbers up. The Birdman.com programme is a great start. Thanks for that. I will yell when I need more input. Cheers Bev I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa