Skydiving
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I get daily city offers through email every day from a couple of companies (livingsocial.com and groupon.com if you're interested) - today's was for a half price, solo, static-line skydive and since it's something I've always wanted to do I thought I might as well give it a punt. Has anyone done / does anyone do this? I'm looking forward to walking up to the plane so that I can turn to the instructor and say 'I ain't getting in no damn plane, fool!'... :laugh:
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I used to do it professionally. First time is hard, second time is harder still, because you know what is coming. After that it is easy. My highest Jump was 15,000ft, and it was exhilarating!
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I get daily city offers through email every day from a couple of companies (livingsocial.com and groupon.com if you're interested) - today's was for a half price, solo, static-line skydive and since it's something I've always wanted to do I thought I might as well give it a punt. Has anyone done / does anyone do this? I'm looking forward to walking up to the plane so that I can turn to the instructor and say 'I ain't getting in no damn plane, fool!'... :laugh:
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moon_stick wrote:
I'm looking forward to walking up to the plane so that I can turn to the instructor and say 'I ain't getting in no damn plane, fool!'... Laugh
They charge extra to drug you and throw you in the cargo hold. You know that, right? :)
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer
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I used to do it professionally. First time is hard, second time is harder still, because you know what is coming. After that it is easy. My highest Jump was 15,000ft, and it was exhilarating!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Was anyone shooting at you at the time?
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer
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Was anyone shooting at you at the time?
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer
Writing apps? Developing sites? Hate marketing? We can help. -
I used to do it professionally. First time is hard, second time is harder still, because you know what is coming. After that it is easy. My highest Jump was 15,000ft, and it was exhilarating!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
I used to do it professionally
Ex-para? This is only from 3,500ft so a 'gentle' introduction - if I like it I might try go and try proper free fall.
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moon_stick wrote:
I'm looking forward to walking up to the plane so that I can turn to the instructor and say 'I ain't getting in no damn plane, fool!'... Laugh
They charge extra to drug you and throw you in the cargo hold. You know that, right? :)
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer
Writing apps? Developing sites? Hate marketing? We can help.Would they get angry if I threw Snickers bars at them?!
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Was anyone shooting at you at the time?
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer
Writing apps? Developing sites? Hate marketing? We can help.Only blanks! Dropped over Salisbury Plain, The Rhineland, Gibraltar and Norfolk. By far and away the most frightening was Norfolk... Fresh Blood for the local gene pool you see, I was in danger of being rounded up and forced to breed with the six-fingered midgets.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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Would they get angry if I threw Snickers bars at them?!
Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I used to do it professionally
Ex-para? This is only from 3,500ft so a 'gentle' introduction - if I like it I might try go and try proper free fall.
Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
Here is how it will go... Nervous as you get on the plane. Frightened as you approach the jump point. Terrified as you leap into the void. Relieved as you see the chute open. Worried as the ground approaches. Thankful as you hit it softly. And then Desperate to get back into the plane and do it again!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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I get daily city offers through email every day from a couple of companies (livingsocial.com and groupon.com if you're interested) - today's was for a half price, solo, static-line skydive and since it's something I've always wanted to do I thought I might as well give it a punt. Has anyone done / does anyone do this? I'm looking forward to walking up to the plane so that I can turn to the instructor and say 'I ain't getting in no damn plane, fool!'... :laugh:
Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
We bought my MIL a tandem jump for her 50th birthday. Airfield was about an hour and a half away. The wife wanted to see her do the jump. 4 bloody times we made the journey only to sit around most of the day before they decided the weather was never going to be good enough and we drove home again. It was an unbelievably tedious place to sit and do nothing in slightly miserable weather.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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I get daily city offers through email every day from a couple of companies (livingsocial.com and groupon.com if you're interested) - today's was for a half price, solo, static-line skydive and since it's something I've always wanted to do I thought I might as well give it a punt. Has anyone done / does anyone do this? I'm looking forward to walking up to the plane so that I can turn to the instructor and say 'I ain't getting in no damn plane, fool!'... :laugh:
Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
moon_stick wrote:
I'm looking forward to walking up to the plane so that I can turn to the instructor and say 'I ain't getting in no damn plane, fool!'..
An old line: ask him "why should I jump out of a perfectly good working plane?" Marc
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Only blanks! Dropped over Salisbury Plain, The Rhineland, Gibraltar and Norfolk. By far and away the most frightening was Norfolk... Fresh Blood for the local gene pool you see, I was in danger of being rounded up and forced to breed with the six-fingered midgets.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
A pongo being forced to mate? that is unheard of, at most it implies a mere lack of alcohol
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
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I'd give you a 100 grand to stop
Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.
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there is bounty be problems with the cash
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
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A pongo being forced to mate? that is unheard of, at most it implies a mere lack of alcohol
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Hey, I have taken a few Grenades* in my time. *For those who don't know, a Grenade is an Fat/Ugly Slapper that one man jumps on in order to save his friends.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]