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And let's not forget the T-shirts! Any of you any good at designing and artsy stuff? /s Man this will be a blast - partying in Vegas with a whole bunch of skydivers!!!
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You're a bobby??? For the record, would whoever has been posting using my alias about stuff like drugs and prostitution please STOP!!! It is not funny and I would hate for my good friend Inspector Mike to have to arrest me... /s *phew*
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Lisa that sounds good! If there is a bit of overlapping that will be fine. Zennie the Palace is sort of between Circus Circus and New York New York on the Strip Strip
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Boy do I know that feeling, and inside it feels like you are going to have to kill somebody if they make you listen to their boooooooooring story for one second longer. I normally rush straight back to my PC and get a quick fix right here. Sheesh, how did skydivers cope before the internet? /s
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lmao OK Mike, my guess about your job in the *real world* is that you are the Dean of a history department at some fine English university. Either that or you page frantically through Encyclopedia Britannica before posting... So, which is it?
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Yo wingie, thanks for that, did you tell your family about it? /s PS check your hotmail so we can get that thing next week organized...
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latest edition: "you know youre a skydiver when...
skreamer replied to froggie's topic in The Bonfire
You know you're a skydiver when you have your homepage set to www.dropzone.com, a skydiving pic set as your wallpaper (and screen-saver) and you have to read and post to this ng in a 2" by 2" browser window so your boss can't see what you are doing... /s -
No way Zennie - those two hotels are waaaaay too expensive. On my last trip to Vegas we stayed in the Imperial Palace hotel. This hotel looked so good in the '70's that they decided not to change a thing (including the staff)...
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So, you found that on-line dictionary Jessica? Glad to hear you are in, now please post any ideas you might have to the Vegas thread I started and Zennie and I will start *organizing*. organizing=drinking lots and talking about stuff /s
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Zennie and I are organizing the first annual DZ.com Vegas Blitz! We will organize a group booking at a hotel and will try to get group discount wherever possible (inc. the nudie bars - Woo-hoo!). Activities will include bungi, indoor wind tunnel, lots of roller-coasters and maybe even a bit of skydiving. (plus of course we will print up some super cool T-shirts too!). It will be sometime this summer. Who is keen and roughly what date would be best? We will organize it so you pay everything directly yourself, because it would mean less admin for Zennie and me and also, I am South African and not to be trusted. Who is with us? /s
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Save up a bit longer and get the Pro Track. I was amazed at just how much info it was giving me. As a beginner skydiver it has helped me a whole lot. Plus of course the cool features like average and top speeds (makes me wanna go out and buy a weight vest - joke!). Yes, it does cost a lot more than a Pro Dytter, but you are getting a helluva accurate electronic log-book thrown into the deal. /s
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Hey Zenmeister I just had an epiphany (all you Texans : it means great idea) : why don't we organize a little DZ.com get-together in Vegas this summer. We can think up a better name than boogie, because we can do the bungi, the flyaway indoor wind tunnel, the roller-coasters (stratosphere will shrink your sphincter) and I believe there is a DZ nearby in case we get REALLY bored. Of course there is also gambling and legalized prostitution (despite what Lummy says I still insist it is legal). I was there for a wedding the beginning of December and we got a REALLY good deal, booking as a group. Can you just imagine a whole bunch of us skydivers running wild in Vegas??? Lemme know what you guys think, and maybe we can start planning something (hell, it's not like I've done any work so far this week anyway) /s
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Nope, nasty is when you kiss your granny goodbye and she tries to stick her tongue in your mouth. Woo-hoo, I'm hitting form! /s
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Yep, Sis gave me a kickin' and I kept on lickin'! hahahahahaha /s
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Hi Zennie I did the AJ Hackett bungi in Vegas in December (twice). That was the test I set myself to see if I had the balls to have another go at skydiving (AFF, which I subsequently did). The reason why I made myself do two, is because I wanted to do it without the sensory overload the second time and REALLY taste the fear. Can't wait to get back to Vegas when it's a bit warmer because then they will dip you in the pool on your first bounce. /s
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Hey Pammi Get this - in South Africa the jump pilots fly without any parachutes whatsoever (no seatbelts for jumpers either). I prefered the rides up without the seatbelt (one less thing to trip over or get gear hooked on). It took a bit of getting used to in the States (I almost hosed an AFF level 2 in the caravan, because I forgot my belt on hahahaha). Anyway, one thing I never have fear or doubts in is jump pilots' ability to fly that plane. About some other stuff, well.... /s
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Hey Trent! I just checked and South Africa is BIGGER than Texas (but don't worry you're still 27 times bigger than England), so I'm not scared of you, or John Wayne or anybody (except Freaksis, she scares the hell out of me!).
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Dutchboy - Congratulations! Now of course we are all wondering which side you will choose around the BBQ fire : pilots slagging skydivers or skydivers slagging pilots Shark : You kiss your mother with that mouth??? Bloody pilots, using anagrams us skuffos (skydiving whuffos) don't understand...
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Ed You're forgetting that a heck of a lot of people make their first jumps at those big DZs and students are VERY well catered for (outs you can land a Boeing in). Often they will have designated landing areas just for students (Skydance's barn for example). I got given a good tip for while under canopy : AAD (Altitude, Airspace, Dropzone) Altitude - don't forget to keep checking your altimeter (it's not just for freefall you know...) Airspace - keep looking all around to see who else is flying near you Dropzone - always be aware of where the dropzone and your landing area is, and keep spotting for possible outs all the way down Let's not get into the whole Hook-turn thing again. How a competent experienced canopy pilot lands is his/her prerogative (noticed how non-sexist this ng has made me
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Hey Ed Stella is just like skydiving : Reassuringly expensive.
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We have a little tradition here on dz.com Dan : newbies buy beer (lots). Check your 'Private', I have mailed you my London address and am eagerly awaiting my case of fine beer (ie anything non-American).
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On one of my AFF levels in South Africa, we had reached about '4000 when sudenly it sounded like there was a budgie chirping in the engine and we started losing power. The load was myself, another AFF student and two instructors. The pilot told us he could make it back to the runway easily, so nobody bailed (ie the instructors stuck with their students and turned off our Cypreses). The pilot floated the plane in for one of my softest landings ever (didn't get to see it because I had my head between my knees). The one thing that little incident did give me is a whole lot of respect for jump pilots. Private pilots will take off once, fly around for a while and then land (that is their day). Jump pilots always take off with a full load, have to deal with discharging cargo VERY quickly (us) at almost stalling speeds, (almost) always land an empty plane AND they do this up to 20 times or more on any given day. Damn, hope no jump pilots read this, we don't need their heads swelling any bigger!
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Mike, that's really tempting (£1 would feed my village in Africa for a month). But I think you're right and I better get that application for my A license in post haste (along with my BPA membership renewal). I think paying for check-out jumps every time I go to a new DZ might get a bit expensive... Thanks Will
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Hey Mike How about we pick on Switzerland for a change, they are so bloody pacifist and non-confrontational it makes me sick! I don't have your Milliganesque style of writing, but I'll have a go anyway : I think Switzerland is stupid. I think their cheese is stupid. I think their banks are stupid. I think their Alps are stupid. I think everybody in Switzerland is stupid. I think Switzerland is stupid.
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Well he better get the hell out, I'm South African dammit!