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It is about damn time . . .

Yeah my Dad siad he did not even want to hear about it when I told him I was skydiving . . . suffice it to say he probably sent a sweater or something equally not me . . ..

well . . . she has a great sense of humor so I never worry about her being offended

Or the ever needed NEW GEAR . . . My Christmas list this year was "Honey I have been measured and have chosen my colors and Sherry has the form in her office. It will cost 343 dollars to 2 week rush it and get it here before Christmas, so all I want is my new jumpsuit. That's it , no socks, no underwear, no new car, no new watch. Just my suit and I have done all the work for you." "Oh yeah and if my family asks what I want, get them to chip in and by me a hand mounted Altimaster III and a Bonehead Havoc Helmet, large. . ." We shall see if she is an obedient wife . . .

Well I will certainly be out there as soon as Christmas is over. Hopefully My rig will be finished and here this Tuesday and If my wife loves me I will have a new suit/helmet/altimeter! . . . which means I will gladly freeze my buns off to get to jump again! edited for poor spelling . . .

You know this XXX-jump wonder thing should actually read XXX-blah blah wonder thing. For example someone pointed out motorcycles and someone mentioned children. If I have learned anything it is (and I know I have said this in some other post before) experience matters. It does not matter what you are doing, there is always going to be someone who is too full of themselves to listen to anyone. Hell, I even think that if we all looked at every aspect of our lives there will be some instance where we thought we knew more than we did and would not listen to the voice of experience. I think that the problem here is that, in skydiving, when someone blows that voice off, they are not just putting themselves at risk they are putting us all at risk. On the other side there are those with great experience that are so full of themselves that they will not listen to the voice of reason. Again every aspect of life could be covered by the XXX-blah blah wonders. I only hope that if I think about doing something stupid (like swooping on my very next jump- I only have 31) that one of you will smack me upside the head and say "Knucklehead, you think about doing that and I will burn your rig so you cannot jump." Oh and on the kid thing I never had anyone say "You have 3? Wait till you have XX . . . I have three and what I was told (and it is true) is 'once you have three you might as well keep going because you are outnumbered anyway'. Maybe I should have stopped at 2 . . .

Okay, now that THAT is cleared up. Thanks WFFC for identifying yourself. Now I know who everyone is talking about

Thank you all for clearing that one up. Now I can continue to read the posts with less confusion.

Well poop! I lost that argument . . .. On the bright side we invented Silly Putty!

Color me stupid or color me new, but what is WFFC? I see it all the time but it seems to be used with more than one meaning. Wild Free Flying Crazies? World Federation of Flying Canopies? What Freakin Foolishness Carl? Wright Flyer Flight Class? Whine, Flip, Fall, Crunch! I give . . .

That goes ditto for me. If I have learned only one thing in my life then that is that experience knows. I believe that those who can are best to teach and they are the ones I listen to, plus throw in some common sense. And for me if my S&TA or former instructors tell me I should not do something well I trust them. I want to have longevitity in this sprot and am in no rush tolearn or know everything. All things will comes in there own time.

I have done this really cool as slide landing where just before I come to a complete stop I lift up my left foot and plant my heel and the momentum lifts me back up and I am standing. Kind of like a baseball slide but on my ass not my hip. The first time I did it was because I goofed up the landing, but then I did it cause it was just downright fun. Of course every thought I looked like a goober but hey I was enjoying it and since I ended up ON my feet I call it a stand up landing.

LMAO!

This is one of my very first posts "Hop&pop was a little hairy . . . my pilot flew through my legs but I rolled it out real quick, thought I was gonna have to pull reserve though. Not really anxious to do that again yet, but maybe this weekend I will try again. Never know when you may need it. " Was a really weird feeling in my stomach as I watched that pilot chute go right between my legs. Liek you I kept a cool head and quickly went into action. When I landed and walked up to my instructors they were saying that I gave them a little scare there for a second. Glad yours worked out too. Keep doing the H&P's you'll get better and they get more fun.

I like the way my home DZ does things. They wrap the first 25 jumps into an AFF prgression and design the tasks on each jump so that by the time you get to jump 20 you are finished with your card. Then on jump 20-23 you can do solos or coached jumps and then you do your graduation jump (what some people call a check jump) and then they give you jump 25 for free which is usually your first 4, 5 or 6 way, whichever you want as long people are willing. There are always people willing here ( I kept mine to a 4 way and we pulled 7 points and now I love RW) At 25 jumps I had my A because there was nothing left to fill in. Get your home DZ to help you set up a similar plan of attack and then go for it with a set plan, that way when you finish 25 you got everything completed.

You mean my logbook is a happy meal toy?! Now what am I supposed to do?! Are you saying that on top of my rig, jumpsuit, helmet, altimeter, gloves, shoes, and pin necklace I now have to BUY a REAL Logbook?! What do I do with the one i got? Wash it with my clothes? oops did I say that?

You know, mine showed up last week and I never thought to say anything congrats to you and congrats to me!!!

I am thinking that when the ants look like people you have bigger problems than altitude. . .

Like I said earlier I have only jumped the 182 once. I agree that the exit off the little plate over the wheel was kick ass. I just felt like I was bumping the pilot too much and more importantly I had a terrible time moving around to get into position. It was just to damn uncomforatable. Maybe I am spoiled but damn it, I like my Otter.. I would not mind doing another 182 jump but with only three people on it rather than 4. Maybe if I loose weight . . . who am I kidding?!

Yeah I would love to see his video footage too

Um . . . it is not us YANKS who call cigarettes fags. . .

Sell Sell Sell. You are driving down the road and you get hungry and you see a Taco Bell and you decide to pull in DON'T! Put that money away and eat the lettuce leaf and moldy bread at home. You want to drive around town DON'T. Save that gas for trips to the DZ. You just goota have that new CD. NO! Save the trip to the store and the money on the CD. Jumps and gear are all that matter! Make it happen. Because this is not an addicting sport . . . er . . . well. . . damn!

Welcome to your DZ away from DZ.

I never made it Down Unda. It is on my to do list for sure. I'm thinkin' exit with surfboard strapped to feet and and have a really interesting landing.

yeah me too, however, I CANNOT help it so . . .. Congrats on the jump. Get into AFF and jump every weekend if you can even in the cold, you gotta. It is necessary to live. Trust me. . .