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  • M moon_stick

    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.

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    Dalek Dave
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    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!

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    • M moon_stick

      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.

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      Lost User
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      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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      • D Dalek Dave

        I foresee a Marathon pun thread coming!

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        Lost User
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        Mounds of them in fact.

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          Mounds of them in fact.

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          Dalek Dave
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          There will be a whole Galaxy of chocolate related postings here!

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            There will be a whole Galaxy of chocolate related postings here!

            ------------------------------------ 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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            Lost User
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            It Butternut get out of hand!

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              It Butternut get out of hand!

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              Dalek Dave
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              I agree, one bad pun Mars the whole thread.

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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.

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                Marc Clifton
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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!'..

                An old line: ask him "why should I jump out of a perfectly good working plane?" Marc

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  I agree, one bad pun Mars the whole thread.

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                  BRShroyer
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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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                    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.

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                    Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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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

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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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                      Dalek Dave
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                      I am stuck Twix taking the money or carrying on!

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                        I am stuck Twix taking the money or carrying on!

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                        Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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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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                        • B Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

                          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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                          Dalek Dave
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                          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[^]

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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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                            Lost User
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                            True, but he could go on a shopping Spree

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                            • B Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

                              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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                              Dalek Dave
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                              That would make him a Lion Barstard.

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                                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[^]

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                                moon_stick
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                                Always follow the wingman code[^]!!

                                Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

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                                • D Dalek Dave

                                  That would make him a Lion Barstard.

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                                  Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                                  You could always join a club

                                  You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

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                                  • B Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

                                    You could always join a club

                                    You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

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                                    Dalek Dave
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                                    Surely not the Kit Kat Club? Cost more than a Dime to get in there you know!

                                    ------------------------------------ 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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                                      That would make him a Lion Barstard.

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                                      Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                                      My Tank corp friend points out that jumping out of a plane does not change the fact that you are a crunchie

                                      You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

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                                      • D Dalek Dave

                                        Surely not the Kit Kat Club? Cost more than a Dime to get in there you know!

                                        ------------------------------------ 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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                                        Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                                        shsss you should whisper that

                                        You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

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                                        • B Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

                                          My Tank corp friend points out that jumping out of a plane does not change the fact that you are a crunchie

                                          You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

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                                          Dalek Dave
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                                          Well some think it was a hard life, but I found it ok , but to be honest, it was no Picnic.

                                          ------------------------------------ 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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