froggie

I dont miss it, but i do worry that i dont feel it. Its weird, but i almost have very little real fear. Of course i have the gitters when im driving out to the dz and when i first get there. but after that im cool as a cucumber. and that actually scares me. Ive been reading up a lot lately on MALs, Canopy control, landings, the whole 9 yards so that i get a better respect for what im up against. It seems like i go into everything with this "i dont think to have fear" attitude and thats just not cool. It gets weird. That landing that i had the other day, instead of ruining me for canopy landings its made me want to land a thousand more times! I think that theres a base fear to everything. a fear of the entire picture. once you get into the event, the fear sort of subsides. i dont know. theres still a lot that i havent experienced, so maybe (hopefully) ill feel those nervous pangs of pure hell for a few seconds again. I can only hope froggie

hey dan. Welcome to the crazy mixed up world of the dz.com threads! were a roudy bunch here, but a loveable buch at the same time. as far as the sitting in class on monday morning goes... I know the feeling man. I have a public speaking class, and the teacher likes to ask those kinds of things. I imagine that shell ask "what did you do over spring break" and im gonna say my pre- second solo skydive, my pre second pack course. (hopefully) a few more skydives. I quit my job. I got another job. Went out to the dz a lot. Had an awesome landing (it was too graceful! yeah right :) but anywhoo, welcome. IF youre on AIM my SN is flynfroggie. Say hello one day, im always up for a good chat . froggie (kelly)

HELL NO! I seriously hate those darn things. they scare the living begeebees out of me (spelled it differnt this time sis :) I cant even stand to watch them. I try to but i end up turning around. I even get in the line for the roller coasters once in a while, trying to convince myself to go on one. but i always end up chickening out (excuse me, excuse me, coming thru, I know this is a one way line, but LET ME THE HELL OUT!) One of the first things that I heard (thanks to webmaster stacy :) was that skydiving was nothing like riding a roller coaster. I think that if i didnt see that, and it was something that i had heard (which i hadnt at that time) then i would never have tried it. I can be a bit niave at times and it shows pretty badly. I dont realize things, i dont think about them. Like the ride to atli. I got over that fear years before skydiving, while riding on a comercial flight. So the idea to be afraid during the ride up never occured to me. I just sit back and love it. Im like that a lot as far as skydiving goes. I danced on the idea that i would be afraid of letting go in the doorway, but when it came time to, it was almost too easy. I just was so ready to jump, so excited to freefall, that I didnt even consider it. Guess i just spent too much time dwelling on the whole idea of a roller coaster to be past the fear stage, or not even reach that stage. oh well. I can do without a few miles of wood and nails connecting to some unsturdy "car" for a brief 4 minute ride. No worries here (damn you aaron, got me saying that now :) froggie

hey all. Weve got some pretty witty people threadin here. Sometimes we come up wiht the most hilarious things. So heres a new thread to pick your brain about. Does anyone know any new "you know your a skydiver when..." sayings? not the old ones that weve all heard. I wanna see some new ones created by you guys. Ive included two that i read posted on these threads today. lets see what else can be thought up. "you know your a skydiver when your at a party and someone says COME ON EVERYBODY AND DO THE TWIST and your reaction is to grab the nearest ceiling fan scissor your legs and start kicking !!!! and.... "You know you're a skydiver when..." you use the DZ.com forums to keep track of important dates. :-)

ROFLMAO. both great posts! That joke was just too funny. I seriously think that we should start a new thread called "you know your a skydiver when..." revised. with all new commentary added in. hehe. Just for us dz.commers. Cause i gotta say, i see that expression used here a lot. Okay, posting it. froggie

Skreamer. more power to those people. I am not very well learned in their sport, so I cant say much except that it doesnt seem like they have the backup safety devices that we do.. Its hard to explain this to my whuffo friends but maybe it will be easier to explain it to you guys. I couldnt imagine barreling down a mountain on rollerblades! the idea of that just terrifies me (how the hell do you brake?!?!) And mountain climbing. ah man, the terain is tough, its lasted thousands of years. I dont think that one climber can stand up to an entire mountain. The whole idea of scuba diving facinates me but I panic easily. Too many times I have almost drowned in the ocean or a lake in the middle of nowheres. Bungee jumpers~what the hell does their poor spine go through? and their only life line is a huge rubberband that by nature is ment to give (or is take a better word?) altitude? Roller coasters and other crazy ass rides that go in loops and upside down? I know one too many ******'* Amusements Parks ride operators that sit around and drink lots of beer and smoke massive amounts of pot before they go to work, among other things.(company name has been omitted just in case any employees of that company post here!) Granted, some dont but a majority of the ones that i have ment do. and they operate some of the most dangerous rides at the park. Besides, how do i know that you did a maintnence check or a test run on that ride before you loaded 30+ people into it? and the damned safety bars?!? Im a skinny, short person. I almost always lift right up out of my seat when I do ride them (which is rare) Give me the big yellow slide, maybe a merry go round, perhaps some tea cups. Ill take them. My point being, I think that skydiving is a hell of a lot safer than many other sports. And i think that the whole idea that it takes a few people to get a plane up in the air (cooperative learning/working) enfluences my feelings on the subject too. I dont know of groups of (insert sport here) that travel together, engage in their sport together, do relative work together, consult eachother on Standard safety procedures, have sanctioned rules that the company (a dz in our case) must follow. I dont know, maybe a good way of saying this is to just say "safety in numbers!" and it takes at least two people to skydive. at least two. ah well, just my .02 cents. I didnt mean to disrespect other sporters, actually, i have lots of respect for them, their doing things that i would never dream of. Or be able to do (an african safarie sounds awesome!) froggie

hey guys. Weve had some really informative threads going here lately. This is a real benifit to me, because of where Im at as far as my skydiving goes. Its really been benificial to hear your stories and how you handled all the different situations. Im at the point where all i want to do is read articles, listen to stories, ask questions and discover all that I can about the technical aspects of skydiving. Just wanted to thank you guys for everything. Youve all helped me a lot since i started threading here. Much love froggie

greg. gotta agree, that one was good. man, ive been there so many times before. But whats the term for when you deny that your high and swear that your just tired? froggie

Diver. lol. im guessing that its EST and PST. thats what programs usually are. But thats just my guess. ANybody else? froggie

hey all. got this email a while back and it just tickled me pink. If youve ever been to south jersey, or know anything at all about the area, you'll proly get a kick out of it too. And if you have no idea where new jersey is, let along the southern part of it.. just read and enjoy, and learn a little about our tiny state. You're a genuine South Jerseyan if you recognize or can relate to at least 10 of these... You don't think of cherry trees when people mention "Cherry Hill" You've ordered "scrapple" with breakfast at 3 AM. You've known the way to WildWood since you were seven. You've eaten at a diner, when you were drunk, at 3 am. You remember that "Korvettes" is not a car. You know that the state isn't one big landfill. You know what a "jug handle" is. You know that the state isn't all farmland. You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey - there's "The Shore," and you know that the road to the shore is "The Parkway" not "The Garden State Highway." Even your school cafeteria made good Italian hoagies. And you call it "hoagie" not a "submarine sandwich" or worse yet, a "sub" or a "hero." You know how to properly negotiate a Circle. You knew that the last question had to do with driving. You know that this is the only "New..." state that doesn't require "New" to identify it (like, try ...Mexico, ...York, ...Hampshire - doesn't work, does it?) You only go to Philadelphia for day trips, and you only call it "The City". you know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich. You consider a cheese steak with anything BUT fried onions and hot peppers a sacrilege. You don't think "What exit" (do you live near?) is very funny. You know that the real first "strip" shopping center in the country is Admiral Wilson Blvd. You know that people from the 201 area code are "a little different." You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton - that's for out-of-staters. You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls. You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers. You know where every scene shown in all the "Rocky" movies are. You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of Plymouth Meeting Mall. You've eaten a Boardwalk cheesesteak with cheese fries and a funnel cake You have a favorite Atlantic City casino. You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February. And finally... You've never pumped your own gas. Thank God

hey all. okay, im home alone again. no car. reruns on the tv. back from a day of packing lessons. so whos up for some AIM chat or finding a chat room to go to? froggie

wingi, hey! no fair! we posted nakie baby pics. that should count for something! and the fact that all of us girls got together and kept this little plan from the men (good job pammi!) should give us some amount of points. ANd what about those links that we provided~the ones of the nakie skydive girls. we worked hard at our little plot. Too bad Jaimes cant come down in the end of march anymore,. we had something schweet planned. AH well, just gotta get stacy to play along. hehe froggie

Congrats and good luck! Its cool that youre going for a rating. keep us updated. froggie

wildblue, lol. its true! i cant always be home to read little post it notes sticking around. And i cant check my hot mail account when im away from home (my friend set it up and hes having fun keeping my password a secret from me :), but i can always get an internet connection to reach the threads! lets keep this one high up there :) froggie

oh my god...ROFLMAO. you guys are great!~this stuff is funny as hell. keep em coming. Everybody needs a good laugh. froggie

dont want to forget to watch this program so im bringing this thread back up to the top cause writing it down on a piece of paper would just be a waste of ink, id end up loosing the reminder :) froggie

hey sis, good luck finding a suit that (no pun intended) suits you. hopefully you can work out a deal with karen. And i thought that only firemen and EMS workers wore reflective clothing :) damn things. headlights shine on me and i swear i blind the driver :) But at least i dont get run over on a late night scene or anything. oh man, i am bored. HEY! you dont have Imer? i dont have a SN for you. froggie

oh sis. thats funny. i had originally written in this area of the post "in three words" but then i realized that one word might not work. but i toally forgot to change the title of the thread too. hehe. woops. i guess my fourth description would have to be "a girl who has only slept 18 hours out of the past 92 hours, but who doesnt feel tired oddly enough. Maybe its that "graceful" landing i took yesterday but i cant seem to find a comfty position besides sitting in this chair. who knows? I just wonder why in the hell my neck muscles hurt too. froggie

Im bored. Im wide awake. its 3:32 am here on the east coast. is anybody awake out there? if so, please please please entertain me with a perky post, a Instantanious Im or a entertaining email. Somebody help me, ive regressed to ryhming. and brutalizing the spelling of certain words :) froggie flynfroggie on AIM flyingfrog5@rcn.com HELP ME! IM BORED!

what does BUFFERING mean? does that mean that its loading? cause i tend to stare intently at the computer monitor for long periods of time and then i get an error message or a "you need.... to view this" froggie

hey all. just wondering, were all into skydiving but what else is there? seems like most people have a few very meaningful ideas about who they are. In three descriptive phrases, how do you describe yourself? heres me : 1)skydiving fanatic ,2) passionate EMS provider, 3) family oriented girl. Now lets here you! froggie

i know what you mean. What really gets me is that i see the same people day in and day out, walking around living thier mundane lives. nothing really changes, things just sort of become repetative for them. So i see these people and i know that they have never felt the joy of freefalling and I wonder where thier center of passion lies. I mean, I think of my life and skydiving is right up there at the top. Before that, i never really had anything that made me so motivated to learn, to experience, to witness, and to be a part of. So, feel bad for the whuffos, they dont know what true living is all about. Only those of us who prefer to exit the plane before it lands do froggie

skyhawk, roflmao. I was gonna make a comment about the nakie baby pics but i opted not to ( i didnt post that did i? i thought that i decided not too) I need rest. lots of rest. But the nakie baby pics was a group effort, so if youre gonna get your panties in a bunch about the lack of real pics, tell it to all the women of dz.com :) ROFLMAO. ah man, seems like these threads have calmed down a lot since the new site launched huh? If you go back to the old threads and look at some of the titles, then scan the new ones, youll see what i mean. Whats been going on? Guess everybodys getting some so they dont feel the urge to write about it :) Or post almost completely nakie pics (IFLYME, WINGNUT,ORMI!) Oh man, i think ive just added fuel to the flame. hehe froggie

it might just be my computer, but that link was a no go. netscape says that their unable to locate the server. whatever that means. try and give us the link again please. thanks. froggie

hey chris. welcome to dz.com. its a great place. people are always up for talk, whether it be about skydiving, work, or discussing nakie baby pics (lol). we get a bit crazy at times, but im sure youre use to that. I think that there are other skydive chicago folks posting here, why not create a thread called hello skydive chicago friends or somethign? that mgiht get you in touch wiht some of the regulars there. You might even already know some of them. well, anyhoo, welcome. Read soem of the past threads. youll get an idea of what were all about :) have fun. welcome froggie