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Then you must be dusting too often!!!! "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Me, too. I don't know why putting clothes away is such a pain. I end up with the dresser drawers almost empty and the clothes in nice neat stacks on the back of the couch. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

I take it she doesn't read the forums??? "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Nope, eating comes in third. Skydiving is definitely above eating!!! "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Me, too. And probably a few more besides. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

You been peeking at my life???? "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

The DZ is pretty quiet right now. it's usually just me, an instructor or two and occasionally another jumper. I know who several are from looking at their profiles, but have never had a chance to talk to them about DZ.com. One is a serious type and very seldom posts, but i think the other knows who I am from his last response to a post I made. It was the first time I'd seen him post. edited to add Oh, duh......my picture is there, so he does know. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

I think packing yesterday made a big differnce in my ability to handle the parachute after my jump today. I figured out that I needed to deflate it better. Duh!!! I did that and getting it back to the building was no problem today. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Carry extra batteries.........

Three that I know of, but I don't know if two of them know who I am here. I am hoping to meet a whole bunch more before summer is over. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Well, it's probably not as much of a mess as I am imagining it is since I do daisy chain the lines, but, by the time I have wrangled 260 sq ft of canopy back to the building, I know it probably has shifted around a little. Well, except for the time I had to wrestle it in the wind first. That one was probably not too great. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

I'm not sure what video I started the afternoon with, but I spent about four hours today wrestling with a slippery canopy, The video did help, but hands on, over and over, really made what I was doing sink in. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Thanks. Learning new stuff is good, right? Well, I went to the DZ today and couldn't jump because of the uppers being too strong, so I asked to learn how to pack. About 4 hours later, I had managed to get that great big slippery canopy into that little bitty bag three times with the second and third times pretty much on my own. But while I wasn't looking when I was getting ready to do it the third time, some how, the canopy and lines got all jumbled up and twisted. I heard something along the lines of "'a little like you bring them in" Well, I did it, but I know now I sure owe someone for having to straighten out and pack the mess I've been bringing in. I've got to figure out a way to bring it in in better shapeAnyway, for a day when I couldn't jump, it was still a great day.

Oh, I don't know. How about a 57 year old grandma trying to get her feet out on that little bitty step? If the weather ever stays decent on weekends around here so I can get to that point, I think I know who to talk to. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Hmmmm. I quit a 2-3 pack-a-day cigarette habit cold turkey, but I'm thinking that would be a piece of cake compared to quitting skydiving. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Wow! That's impressive. I see from SC you know a lot about the world, but do you also travel a lot? "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

If the weather ever lets up so I can get my license and off student status, it seems to me this is some of the best advice I've seen on DZ.com. I plan on keeping it in mind. Thanks, Pat "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

reply] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Probably everything on it would be embarassing. I use it for when I'm walking/running and it's all Richard Simmons exercise stuff. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I respect the guy for what he did and how he dedicated himself to the improvement of others...but I just cannot STAND the dude's voice!! Fortunately, it's just music without his voice!!

I know what they used to do, but now..............Oh well, they're still my team. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Try being a 49'er fan!! "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Like I said, it's older than I am. circa 1949 or 1950 I think. But I sorta like it and thought I 'd share. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Here’s an old joke I found in some stuff of my parents. It’s even older than I am. Brides, of three Air Transport Command pilots were sitting at the Coney PLAZA Bar, commiserating over cocktails, over their husbands’ absences. Said the first, ”You know girls, maybe it’s these five cocktails that’ve loosened my tongue, but just between us, I think aviation does something to husbands. The others hunched closer, and she continued. “Just last week, Ed came home after a six week trip. Oh, he was kind and affectionate, but you know girls, after 6 weeks, I wanted something more than affection. He went into the bedroom yawning, shave, showered and pulled on his pajamas and went to bed. I thought the time had come, so I said I was sleepy too and snuggled close up to him, but he dropped off to sleep. I lay there awake thinking, then I noticed a tent rising in the blankets at the right place. And when he threw off the sheet, I knew that the moment had come. There was that tremendous throbbing thing standing straight up like a long pine tree. But do you know what he did? He grasped it with his two hands and pulled it back towards his chin and said, ‘Keep that nose up, keep that nose up:, and dropped back to a dead sleep.” The second bride shook her head dolefully, took a long sip at her cocktail and said, “You know girls, this is strange, and something similar happened to me. Just like your Ed, Jane, Joe came home day before yesterday and like Ed, he shaved, showered, and went to bed and so did I. But nothing happened. He just went off to sleep. Then a little later he reached over and grabbed one of mu tits. I knew we’d be going to town now. Then he reached for the other, pulled them gently apart, put his chin on my chest, put the two things in his ears and said, “DC-17 calling Cairo. Come in Cairo”, and fell back in a dead sleep. The third bride then hitched her chair closer, took a long sip of her cocktail and ---“I’ve had a similar experience. Bill was gone eight weeks and he did the very same thing as Ed and Joe, just shaved, showered and went to bed. I lay there beside him for about 20 minutes and nothing happened. He just slept. Then he reached over and began feeling my leg. Then he gently spread my legs a part and soothingly caressed them with his hand, work higher all the time. I could hardly wait, but finally he got hold of the jewel case and he was about to do business. He rared up in bed and shouted, “Hey! Who in the hell left the bomb bay doors open?” "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Sorry to hear she can't give it a try. That's a nice compromise.

Are you going to talk her into a tandem? "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490

Another newbie here. (5 jumps) I think i can understand what you're talking about. When I did my first jump (a tandem) I had no idea of the risks involved even though I watched the video and signed the waiver. It wasn't until after I decided I was going to learn to be a skydiver (decision made about 4 hours after landing), that I began to look at everything that is involved. It is a fact that there is a danger of dying or significant injury. It is something that you need to look at and decide if it is a risk you want to take. If you do, then you concentrate on learning to become the safest skydiver you can. I was pretty unhappy with my fourth dive. I didn't react anywhere near as well as I should have and thought I did a particularly crappy job. Ithink part of the problem was a lack of confidence in myself and not taking charge of the dive. Before my 5th dive, the instructor had a long talk with me about safety, mine and other divers. I think this is where I made a decision to do everything I can to be an aware, safe skydiver. ANd you know, that 5th jump was my best yet. I did the things I was supposed to do and did them safely. And the best part is, that let me have the most fun I have had yet. It still scared me to climb out of that 182, but one I did, I had a blast.