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Bwahahahahahaha...just as long as you are jumping at CSC...I'm bringing some friends out that weekend...Quote That is where I'll be. Unless of course the weather turns crappy. Then I am not making the drive from Columbus to Chicagoland. But I know it will be beautiful! Edit to add, oh I could come to IN even easier.

My personal dating preferences are this 1. Must not be friends with my wife. 2. Must not know personally, my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law or my brother for that matter. 3. Must not have kids who have any known association with children who know my children. 4. Must be imaginary! PSYCH!

Don't know when any one else is but I will be your way on the 28th. Visit a friend who is visiting you.

I thought you were only into McDonalds apparel?!? Damn dude that's harsh! ~R+R Been mistaken for a male...8 times now...what is with this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me, I have breasts!!! Hey, I use dude as a non-gender based term! edited because response was in body of quote?

I bought my wife a shirt that says "This Bitch Doesn't Fall Off."

I thought you were only into McDonalds apparel?!? Damn dude that's harsh! ~R+R

I am the Treasurer of the Skydiving Club at the Ohio State University and we are addressing this exact issue. The problem with this Skydiving is that it naturally has a very low retention rate. Less than what? one half of one percent of the population actually skydives? Think about that. And of those that ever leave a plane an even smaller percent actuallly do it again. With over 54000 students at OSU our club has only 8 licensed jumpers in it's member base. We also have a faculty advisor who has over 700 jumps, his Tandem Rating, and his AFF/I rating and two AFF-I/Coaches from our home DZ that volunteer their services to help out. We only charge five dollars for dues. You will never make money off dues so we decided to just make it this token amount. But if you buy a club T-shirt and you paid dues, then we take five bucks off the price of the shirt. One of the things we work on is getting large groups to go up and do Tandems and Level I AFF's. We get the paperwork for them, we take care of transportation and our advisor even take sthe time to do a little class before we head to the DZ. You know, a what to expect/safety/basic info course to help them get prepared and excited. By bringing large groups consistently, you make the DZ money which then opens up opportunities to get larger discounts. Remember that even though your club is not for profit, your DZ is NOT. If you make them money then they want to help out more. The main issue for Skydiving clubs seems to be visibility. What are you doing to get the attention of future skydivers? A good person to talk to is Jim Twardowski (airtwardo here on DZ.com) He helped build a club at one fo the Illinois colleges and it was pretty damn successful. Maybe he will post here to give out some the wealth of knowledge he has one this. A big key is to take what you do have as members and get together at the DZ. Organize club jumps for licensed members and share the expewrience with the non-licensed members. Get them excited about what you do so that they want to join in. They gotta believe the expense of attaining a license is worth it. Retaining new members is harder than bringing in new members. You almost gotta make them feel welcomed and try not to bore them to tears. We are currently dealing with this issue.

Yeah, you're just jealous cuz you don't have a Mirage.

I've got all of those in one.

Who you calling PW? 3 more days and I am on my way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In reality my standard would be abstinence in this case. Besides I would still be able to skydive right?

Wholy moly what a freakin whore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mongolian Sheep Fucker!

Hey Adam! Welcome bro! Those pictures look sweet! You suck! Sorry about missing the party. I'll let Jackie play my message for you. Anyway, congrats on being in Florida! You still suck. Oh yeah and for those who don't know - this thread is now loaded with OSU Skydivers!

Thank you for what you do. And yes, let's talk about skydiving. 4 more days to FLORIDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You and me both. Four more days and then I leave for my Sunny homestate of Florida!

A long time ago I tried to start a dork skydive number like all these other folks have. You know monkey this, rodriguez brothers that, Pink Mafia. Any dorks going to Sebastian? Wanna start Dork Flyers? Wait, I do not think I like how that can be taken. Nevermind.

I did six in one day and packed all my jumps myself. It was a non-stop day. Needless to say I will be paying for a packer in Sebastian. Gonna need my relax time..

Lynyrd Skynyrd here too, as well as The Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Steve Miller Band. Actually my 400 cd collection spans from 1400's to today and from Christian to Jazz to Funk to Country. In almost every musical era and genre I can find someone I really like.

Hahahahaa. At least someone realized I was jesting!

Not to sound like a kiss ass or anything, but something just occured to me. I cannot keep up with all the threads going on here. I have to selectively pick and choose even which ones I am going to read, let alone what to post too. Even then, the titles often have little to do with the topic. There are what, ten moderators on this site? I could list the ones I know of but somehow I am sure it would be an incomplete list. My point? Oh yeah, Even with assigned forums there seems to be too few moderators for the number of posts/threads/members. We should honestly help them out by just doing what they ask, which is to try to place the threads in the proper place. Obviously, sometimes, we will put threads in the wrong place, but lets not give them a hard time if the thread gets moved. I know I am probably stating the obvious but when I hit mark all read on a forum and 8 hours later it says 41 new threads, 1337 replies I suddenly realized that our elustrious moderators have a tough task. So Moderators, for all you do, this [beer of choice] is for you; IF and when we meet, remind me, I owe you at least one beer. Probably many more.

DAMN! TOO LATE! Doody HEads.

Sorry Dave that is called Space Oddity. Thanks for playing the game and now give up that cigar. I could use one.

If they did not know before they know now! There are a few truckers on this here forums.

My song of the afternoon is "Afternoon Delight" EDIT TO SAY: Dayum I did not realize we were to post the lyrics. Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight Gonna grab some afternoon delight My motto's always been 'when it's right, it's right' Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night? When everything's a little clearer in the light of day And we know the night is always gonna be there any way Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite Looking forward to a little afternoon delight Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite And the thought of lovin' you is getting so exciting Sky rockets in flight Afternoon delight Afternoon delight Afternoon delight Started out this morning feeling so polite I always though a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling A little afternoon delight Sky rockets in flight Afternoon delight Afternoon delight Afternoon delight Please be waiting for me, baby, when I come around We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite Looking forward to a little afternoon delight Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite And the thought of lovin' you is getting so exciting Sky rockets in flight Afternoon delight Afternoon delight Afternoon delight Afternoon delight!