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im getting myself outta debt..not trying to get deeper. "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

Really? You wouldn't be the only one I guess. I'm just curious about how other men feel about this. Me, I'm old fashioned so I believe in the whole name changing bit. Then YOU marry him "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

Whats up man. So what you are saying is that my life insurance will be valid if something happens to me skydiving? I was told it wouldnt be due to the activity require unnessary risk? "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

I guess things change over time...especially within the last 5 years. "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

NAS Jacksonville. Maybe it vaires by branch or command...but when i started i was advised to not do it. They obviously cant stop me..but if something were to happen...god forbid...my life insurance would be deemed invalid. "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

are you ok? I hope there wasnt any damage! "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

Why doesnt he post here then...if he is that concerned about it? "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

I'm going to say this one is a reporter out to seek negativity...or to start it. "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

So im at work..and i notice on the MWR calendar that there is a "skydiving trip" being planned by the military morale welfare and recreation committee. WTF?? All..well...most military sport jumpers are told not to do it...or at least advised against doing it due to the fact of the inherit risks of the sport. Why the hell would a MILITARY committee plan such an event if it is so frowned upon?! "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

So as long as i have the proficiency card completed..and a minimum of 25 skydives and i complete the check dive i will have the A. Thanks michael. I wish USPA would be more specific in the SIM. "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

ok..i have the yellow card...but it is signfigantly different when i compare it to the link you jsut gave me. Its the same stuff...i just guess its in a different format. "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

OK..i looked in the SIM and it states that it is required to have 25 skydives to have enough for the A. It doesnt state what kind of skydives they have to be. Do tandems and static line jumps count as actual skydives towards the license. I know someone cant get an A if they did 25 tandems. So does my tandem count as 1 towards the A? And if i start static line do the first 5 static line jumps count towards the A too? Thank you in advance for any insight you can give me! "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

hmm...first post...and its of this nature.......? "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

Im really hoping that is doenst turn into an "argument" thread because i never meant it to be that kind of a thread. I was just asking for anyone that made the same decision as me and decided to go the static line route already having made a few AFF jumps. "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

By the 2300-2500 i meant for all 25 jumps and gear rental etc etc etc to get my A license. Where i jump now it would be 1325 for the 7 aff jumps becasue i would have to repeat level three due to going uncurrent. Being that the dz that i will be doing static line at is a sport club and not for profit...for the same 1325 i would have my A license and be around the 60-70 jump number. S/L is DEFINATELY more cost effective. Im hoping they take my three AFF jumps into consideration. Most of you know what happened on my level 2 aff...where i was in freefall on my own and for the experiance i had(second solo jump) my freefall ability is what numerous people called exceptional considering i had no wind tunnel time. Of course im going to do what im told...but im just hoping it works out in my favor. And either way...weather i have to start from the beginning and go completely through the S/L program i will still be saving a considerable amount of money! "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

I did a search and found stuff..but it was the opposite. I started doing AFF and due to funding constraints i want to switch to static line. I know it take more jumps...but cost per jump..static line is cheaper...at least doing it the way i plan on. My question is...would having 3 AFF jumps(all passed with no problems) somewhat be able to put me ahead when i start static line? I know static line concentrates alot on canopy control...but i was able to land level three without any radio assistance..other than the ground radio having me do a second control check so they could see it. I sat down and actually figued out how much ill be spending if i continue with AFF and it will be between 2300-2500 dollars. I can go through static line for 1/3 of that...so even with switching now ill be saving around 1200 dollars(including the airfare to go where im going). And the static line price i was given covers everything up to the A license. So i will have the A faster that doing AFF(funding wise)...and signifigantly cheaper. Has anyone been in this situation before? If so i would appreciate a post about your experiances and if starting with aff actually shotgunned you forward going through static line? Personal note....from now on i am researching every aspect to any other decisions i make. Had i started with static line when i started with AFF i would already have my A and prolly been somewhere around the 50 jump number! "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

You mean there are no guys that have offered to take you out and buy you a drink??? "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

Ok..jsut to prepare you...you are going to get A LOT of diffenrt opinions becasue car audio varies from retailer to retailer. Me personally..i have alway gong with Kenwood Head units(which is the tech name for a cd player). I have never had one jsut die on me...and their on board equalizers are pretty damn accurate. They are easy to install as all the wires are labeled. Good luck on your choices and if you need any further help feel free to shoot me a pm

dude..that shit was awesome...they actually went throught he cgi for the lightsaber's. I givem props. "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

a guy i work with just last week was having gf issues. She jsut plain treats him like crap....without even thinking about it i told him he need to cut away the relationship. I got the deer in the headlights look...so for the next 30 minutes i had to explain what a cutaway was...lol. "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

oh stop being so analytical "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

You better hope none of the dz.com pervs see this one "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

If you're older than 25 and/or like the band "Queen" check this out! Im still laughing......20 minutes later! http://youtube.com/watch?v=IOyEw9bT8yQ "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

I'm busy that weekend. I never said when it was going to be "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye

So far...you are the only one that thinks someone else should be the organizer! Everyone that has posted here is fine with you doing it....HAHA "Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye