Darkzone

Same here! I'm STILL a student with only 40 jumps since June 2000 (long story, won't bore you). I have gone as long as four months between visits but the DZOs still know me and call me by my first name which is great! And yeah. the DZ does have a smell all its own (especially the new manifest which I got to paint last time the weather closed in) Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

No, the farmer called her in for shearing! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Shit weekend weather here too! .5 (don't ask):1:0 Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

He got convicted of paedophilia as well 'cos it was just a kid! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

D'oh!!! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

For a long time I used my ISP home page as my portal but always found myself coming straight to Dropzone.com Now, of course, Dropzone.com is my portal. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!! YOU ARE OURS!! :-) Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Reverse arch to reduce fall rate, arms and legs outstretched and scraming "CATCH ME, CATCH ME. FOR FUCK'S SAKE SOMEBODY CATCH ME!!!!!" Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Hell dude, you seem to be having some bad luck! Hope it all turns around for you real soon. Main thing is you're okay. The truck can be repaired! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Fu**ing hell!!! Don't DO that!!! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Good luck with your AFF! When you get back, seek me out at Langar and I'll buy you a beer! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

It happened to me! I misrouted my chest strap in a hurry to make the lift and it was spotted by the CCI during the check. Lesson: NEVER RUSH TO MAKE THE NEXT LIFT. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ANOTHER ONE! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

ntrst@hotmail.com Don't ask why 'ntrst'. It's a long story and you'd probably die before I reached the end. Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

What in God's name....!!!? Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

I am really, really scared... I thought of a laughing haddock in a taxi in downtown Aberdeen eating an array of assorted camel hair paint brushes. Help me....please, help me..... Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Yo Ben!! What's happenin'? >"So, you're girlfriend is living near your twin, Drakzone? >Hmm, could be trouble..." I've told 'em both straight, "Any more shinanigins with the 'Bloo Loo', the rotary clothes line and the local cub pack and you're both history!" I think they got the message. Anyway, how's things? I couldn't help but notice you seen to be doing quite well vis a vis skydiving. Far better than me anyways :-( I will get up to Langar as soon as all significant factors are right (weather, work and money). CU there soon!! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Hey Quickdraw, I jump at Langar and both my brother and my girlfriend live in Tamworth (though in seperate houses :-) ) Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Thanks for your great comments guys (and gals). Your encouragement has spurred me into action and I've started reading through all the books, mags, this forum etc, just to remind myself of what I thought I'd forgotten (I hadn't) and to bring back the memories of the few (37) jumps that I've made so far that hey, maybe weren't so long ago after all. You people are beautiful, man! Still need more bleedin' money though! Must jump, must jump, must jump!! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Thanks Emmy. I forgot to mention that lack of funds was a significant factor also. You don't have any spare jump tickets....er....lying around unused....do you? Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

I no longer look up at the sky... I looked in my log book today and was gobsmacked to see that it has been 8 months, 8 MONTHS since I last jumped! Twice since my last jump I have been let down at the last minute by the wonderful English weather. Once while at altitude we hit the top of a raincloud which nearly tipped us all out so down we came (f**k!) and second whilst waiting at the enplaning point for the plane to land from the previous lift the weather turned bad and the jump was cancelled (F**K!!!) A combination of having to work when the weather was good and bad weather on my days off all conspired to stop me jumping. (f**k, f**k, f**k and F**K!!!!!) To make matters worse, I am stuck at Cat 6 on RAPS and have just celebrated(?) my 40th birthday (am I eligible to join POPS even without gaining may A licence yet?) and don't know if I'll ever jump again!! Please, someone out there tell me that everything will be okay, that the weather will get better and that this is all just a horrible nightmare and I will wake up in the shower and find that only a day or two have passed since my last jump, PLEEEEEEASE! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Follow this link http://chat.msn.com/find.msnw?cat=SP then scroll down to Skydiving. You'll need an MSN .net passport but what the hey! Get it there! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

I've only just created it so pleeeeease pay a visit. All you lovely people from Dropzone.com can now chat online and all the messages can get garbled and somebody will chat in CAPITALS...and someone will swear and get kicked off...it'll be great!!! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

In case anyone's interested, there's a new chat room for skydivers in MSN Chat. Just follow the links through Sport to Skydiving and you're there! Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

This happened a while back but I still laugh when I think about it... I was going to ride up in our Grand Caravan with a load of more experienced jumpers. As I was to be the first out I was therefore the last in before the JM who was also the CCI and owner of the club. As I climbed up the steps my rig hit the top of the door and knocked me back down slightly. I heard a slight 'Hmmmppfff!!" behind me but took no notice and carried on into the plane. Everyone on the plane was laughing into their hands as I sat down. I looked out of the door and saw the CCI jumping up and down and holding his foot and grimacing. It turned out that I had dropped onto the steps just as he was lifting them away from the plane and his foot was under one of the legs! He climbed into the plane and turned to me sayinig, 'I suppose you think that was f*****g funny? Well, see how funny it is when I give you a bad spot!' Anyway, we climbed to alti and I jumped at 7k (I'm still doing my 20s you see, but that's another story). All went superb, the spot was good and I landed standing up right were I wanted to. We all stood and waited patiently searching the skies above us for the rest to come down. Eventually, someone pointed way over the far end of the DZ and said, 'Er...is that them over there?'. You can guess the rest... Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Top Cop Drug Story 2 "Hi! I'm Mike Dumas of the NYPD. We'd like all of you people to leave the building as there's a dangerous hooker in the neighbourhood." "Excuse me, officer, but I gotta keep my bagel shop open in order to git by; ya see, I got a wife 'n' kids." "Hey! Waiy a minute! I recognize you, you're Don Wright, the criminal!" "Aw shoot! I knew you'd git me sooner or later. It's a fair cop!" "Bake him away, toys...er...I mean...take him away, boys!" The end Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!

Murder at the Big House "Someone in this room is a murderer. No one is to leave until I give the order." "But officer, I need to go to the shop for some Starburst and a Snickers." "Oh, very well, sir." "Thank you, sergeant, thank you." "Don't mention it, sir." "Oh, all right." The end Whooooohooooo!!! Hahahaha!!!