freaksister

when i go out of town for the weekend i like to put everything i need in my gear bag, especially if i am flying, so i only have one bag to carry. so...the thing is HUGE! it is a sunshine factory gear bag size medium but will easily hold two rigs. i wear it through the airport like a backpack (only way i can carry the damn thing) and people just STARE at me totally. like, what kind of freakin' luggage is that? one day some people were openly gawking, and i looked straight and them and said, yes, it is full of SHOES! i am a shoe addict! (which is true, typical woman, but mine are all tevas and tennis shoes. skechers rule for skydiving) i think its hilarious. when i take the rig on board as a carryon and ship the rest of the gear bag, i ALWAYS sit in the exit row for drama and wear a sport death t-shirt. "98% of all people who die in plane crashes do so upon impact. Therefore I choose to exit the plane BEFORE it hits the ground! SKYDIVE! 120 mph speed limit!" usually people are way cool about it, and ask me if they can hold on while i jump out. i am like, NO, fend for yourself sugar! i can give you the number to the dropzone if you like and you can be trained yourself! then you won't have any worries! :) the flight attendants are the absolute coolest, too. sis

um, well considering the *many* fears that I have, LOL, the main one would be a freefall collision with another freefalling skydiver, or a collision immediately upon opening. At my DZ you have to be careful not to land on the runway and watch out for the planes under canopy, but that is lower than 4K...so I start worrying about hitting a plane at like, oh, 200 feet! sis

god bro, that's f***ed up!!! lol i would have cracked up if i saw that in my email box! haha

I can't get my stupid Windows player to work right either. I downloaded the video and I can hear it but the damn media player only wants to show "visualizations" and not the actual picture! It sounds awful though! Sis

I know it's anarchy in the UK but I live in the USA so I figure I might as well change it to suit my needs... I wouldn't want to start a coup in someone else's country. Besides, after Clinton...who wouldn't want anarchy in the US? luv, sis

not necessarily, omri...now now, it depends on WHAT is hairy and WHO it is on

LOL...you're too funny grasshopper! sis (fuck the system! anarchy in the USA!) what can i say i am a punk rocker at heart

I smoked a pack of Marlboro Reds every day for five years (age fifteen until twenty). I quit almost five years ago, cold turkey. Women can do that easier than men. I also have an addictive personality. In the past, I have been addicted to cocaine twice and prescription drugs also. I quit all that cold turkey also. I am now addicted to skydiving (but that is OK right?!!) Anyway, it CAN be done! I tried over and over again and could not do it, then one day it was like BAM! I just quit and had no problem. Maybe timing is important. Pay attention to your body's clues...it will tell you a lot if you are listening. I know that sounds corny, but I truly believe it! Sis

well, excuse us...fuck the USPA guidelines then

i think it is a cool idea...although i am not complaining! i love the new site

don't puke! sis (luv ya) oh yeah, and no flies in freefall...you will puke for sure then

i just want to say i like beefsteak for breakfast...

not dangerous, painful or illegal???? ohmigod, that rules out everything fun!! I especially think illegal would be cool. Like what could we do? Go downtown and do naked BASE jumps or something?

fav lie? when they say "have you jumped within the last 60 days?" and I say, yep, last weekend... j/k i only did that once if i had another fav lie it would be, um...when my mom asks me if i mailed in my house payment yet and i say, yep, sure did, last weekend

they pour beer ON you...that is why when you go to buy the beer, you buy the absolute cheapest crap you can find!

Stacy, LOL! I am happy to hear there is another female jumper who likes to get toasty! hehe...that's sad, I know. They vaccummed your fleece? Like the one you were wearing? LOL. I have some drinking/dropzone experiences I think I would rather NOT relive. At least they don't involve sex. I am good about that, I have never even taken my shirt off at a bar or danced on tables. I just fall out of the chair. sis

LOL! HE is crazy, Dave...don't you think? You aren't crazy though, sug. Just the rest of us Texans. Hey flights from Amarillo to Houston are on sale CHEAP! Can I fly in and we get together and jump? Like around my birthday or something? Sis

Well I have a license but only 36 jumps over um, 9 months! lol Anyway, I also consider 2K or less "low" and I think over 4 would be high for most people. I usually dump around 3500 at a place I am familiar with. The less current I am or the less I know a DZ, the higher I pull! I once kinda freaked out and pulled at 5500 feet, that was a LONG canopy ride...but since we were last out our spot was long, and I made it back to the DZ when others didn't! I say, the more altitude you give yourself in certain situations the better. Let everyone know you are pulling a little high so they expect it and CYA!!! Let's not forget that the BSR's say that an A license holder needs to open by 3000...(pack opening altitude). They changed it last year from 2500. Sis

Butts rule! LOL I love to grab a guy's nice cute ass when he's naked, just really pisses them off! HAHA!!! My roommate has one of those cameras and they are pretty cool. I couldn't figure out where to put all the little tiny pics but now I know! I bet she'll let me take it to the DZ...great idea! Sis

How did I miss this thread?? There are so many new ones everyday it takes me hours to read them all! My hemp necklaces aren't gettin' done! Anyway, Omri...good for you. Myself, I am a lush, and well known at the DZ for getting blitzed. But I am slowing down these days. In fact I am SO proud! I haven't jumped with a hangover in ages! (Of course I don't jump very often either, thanks to the frickin' weather!) I have cut down on the booze consumption at the dropzone, but not at home. Hey I am in college, what can I say? I definitely have an addictive personality...sigh. No one better give you a hard time for not drinking at the DZ or I will personally come over there and kick their ass! You are just too cool, bro. I love our daily conversations! Stay sober, trust me on this one...I oughta know! Sis (hiccup!)

To actually "get" it though you have to celebrate it and fill out a form and mail it in. Guess ya'll don't celebrate it then, that is too bad, Grogs! You should get them to start! Humiliating other skydivers is too much fun. Sis

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! That was too funny! How would I get through my night at work without ya'll to keep me rolling? Love, Sis

What Frank was talking about is the same procedure I was discussing. In the neck its called Cervical Endoscopic Disectomy...in the back it would be called Lumbar Endoscopic Disectomy. None of the neurosurgeons here do it so my mom is going to have to get a referral elsewhere...after they brilliantly conclude physical therapy isn't going to to shit! Sis

SCR stands for Star Crest Recipient SCS stands for Star Crest Soloist They are formation skydiving achievements (don't have anything to do with USPA) involving 8-way or larger star formations. For an SCR you have to lay base for the formation and for the SCS you have to fly in 8th position or later (usually last). SCS is harder to get... Its a memorial thing for the first guy to organize a star formation, back then they didn't do large contact dives like now. He and the other seven people on the load all bounced, from what I understand. You can get your SCR and your SCS in the same jump or separately. The ceremony involves kneeling (usually in the peas) and letting the other people at the DZ who have an SCR or SCS pour ICE COLD beer all over you while you grovel, they give a speech, etc. You have to buy the beer of course, at least one case. It is SOOOO cold and they stuff the cans up your shirt and all kinds of stuff. You are supposed to keep all the empty cans and take them home but I don't think anybody does that! I hope traditions like these don't fall by the wayside...keep the old-timers jumping! Sis

I love to travel too, like Carrie I have probably landed in a plane hundreds of times. I have been to lots of far away places and a lot of places here in the US too. I live so far from a DZ that if I can afford it I like to fly to Dallas or wherever I am going to jump. LOL I sit with my rig right there!!! I have only landed in a jump plane a couple of times, when I was just going along for a night flight over the city or something. I think I did that twice. I haven't had to ride the plane down b/c of weather yet...either Texans are crazy or I am just lucky, not sure which. I know a guy who has jumped in hail. Screw that! That reminds me, we are heading into tornado season down here in "tornado alley" and my friend bwilling and I were joking about skydiving and tornadoes the other day! God that would suck! Sis