lost_n_confuzd 0 #76 September 22, 2009 QuoteSo tandems need to know before hand to leave kids at home? Orange's website makes it pretty clear if anyone has any questions about kids at the DZ. http://www.skydiveorange.com/kids.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky508 0 #77 September 22, 2009 Here are some reasons I’ve been given “a talking to” or grounded for the rest of the day. For going low………..haven’t we all gotten that talk in the first 100 jumps? For jumping a 6 pack of beer on the last load of the day and handing it out in the landing area. For jumping a beer and drinking it in the landing area. Ok it was three jumps in a row. Hey, they were Coors lights and it was a hot day. For smelling like I had been drinking before the first load of the day at 6:30 in the morning. Come on. I was drinking last night. I was sweating it out . Wadda ya expect at 6:30am and it’s already almost 90 degrees? For jacking with a new guy on the plane. “Man you’ve got that look. Last time I saw that look on a guy he died.” When I was flying jumpers often on the last load of the day everyone would take a beer. After we had taken off and gotten over 600ft I would tell everyone (except me) that it was OK to pop them open and drink them. The only rule was that they had to take the can or bottle with them. I did get a guy into trouble once with the DZO when the left his bottle in the plane and it got lodged under a rudder pedal for a while. ATW, CK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #78 September 22, 2009 Lets see, Otay, back when it was a little cesna DZ, (for attacking Don Muma, the owner)Hemet, for refussing to Kiss Don Balsh's ass , Perris , and Elsinore, once again, By Don Balsh, when he found out I was jumping there....Jim Wallace straightened all that shit out....I've been banned for a day or so several other times at Perris, that I damn well deserved, (intentional low pulls and other stupid shit) , that now I am smart enough not to do, (in sight of manifest) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robskydiv 0 #79 September 22, 2009 Hey Matt, was it a Skyride DZ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #80 September 22, 2009 Only have grounded myself. Have not been grounded. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #81 September 22, 2009 How in the HELL does a thread about this subject go for over a year without a single incidence of the word "Carbone" in it? Elvisio "befuddled" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulcrw 0 #82 September 23, 2009 QuoteQuoteSo tandems need to know before hand to leave kids at home? Orange's website makes it pretty clear if anyone has any questions about kids at the DZ. http://www.skydiveorange.com/kids.htm That is easily the most awesome thing I have ever read on a dropzone site. I want to go to Orange and give them all my money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lpdwntnd 0 #83 September 23, 2009 The sign at the dz that I go to says unattended children will be given red bull, a snickers and thrown on the next load.Stop looking at me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #84 September 23, 2009 Quote How in the HELL does a thread about this subject go for over a year without a single incidence of the word "Carbone" in it? Elvisio "befuddled" Rodriguez Prolly holds the record for lifetime bans. As well as the one for "lifetime" bans from a single DZ. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #85 September 23, 2009 Our DZ is kid friendly. A lot of them grow up to be $hit hot skydivers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuna-Salad 0 #86 September 23, 2009 I'm sure my day is coming. I have some real know how on the subject of killing threads and pissing people off.Millions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #87 September 23, 2009 Quote The Ranch has a sign at manifest that says: Unsupervised children will be eaten. I thought it was funny as hell We have one that says "unsupervised children will be sold as slaves" Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #88 September 23, 2009 Quote Hey Matt, was it a Skyride DZ? Without going back to read, I would say yes. But he still has his house at the end of the runway and the DZ's gone after being kicked out. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nipp1e_boy 2 #89 September 24, 2009 Never. I have never been kicked off a DZ. Nipple Boy A-19820"Safety First! Fun Forever!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #90 September 24, 2009 Have you also never seen someone kicked off a DZ? I'm sure that with your experience and skills and the amount of travelling you do, you often came across unsafe situations. Be it around the bonfire or in the air."That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #91 September 24, 2009 I'm a good boy and have never come close to a ban. But as I recall a late friend of mine was banned for driving his vehicle through a hedge at the dropzone to evade a repo man. He was allowed back after writing a letter of apology. Fun times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
legalize1966 0 #92 September 26, 2009 No he was a no show at a real DZ, how is Paris doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airman1270 0 #93 September 26, 2009 Twice. Brief recap: 1985. Long Island Skydivers. After comleting my student training several hours away I began jumping close to home, trying to acclimate to non-student life. Someone told me not to ask for pin checks. I sought advice off the DZ regarding how to handle this. They found out & I was banned for life. !988. Woodstock Connecticut. Had made some friends at my new "home" DZ three hours out of state. First malfunction, hard reserve pull. Stayed with it, finally got open under 500'. Freaked out the DZO & was banned. Very discouraging to see my friends turn their backs & avoid me. Saw some of these people a few years later at other DZ's. They still wouldn't talk to me. Damn shame. Cheers, Jon S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #94 September 26, 2009 Quote !988. Woodstock Connecticut. Had made some friends at my new "home" DZ three hours out of state. First malfunction, hard reserve pull. Stayed with it, finally got open under 500'. Freaked out the DZO & was banned. Did you mean hard main pull? I don't care who bitches, if I have a hard reserve pull, I'll stick with it until it opens. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites