MagicGuy 0 #1 March 23, 2006 So I'm in the food court of my local mall yesterday and I'm waiting with my want-to-be skydiver friend for his girlfriend to get her Subway sandwich. I took my first tandem with him, and any time we are together we talk about skydiving quite a bit. He was asking me if you made a jump from 30,000 feet, you have to deploy earlier because of the sheer velocity that you are traveling. I was explaining to him that you reach maximum velocity after a certain time in freefall (I said 11 seconds - was I right?) and that the slider was there to slow down the opening of the canopy so you SLOWLY decrease in speed. The woman next to me smiled and said "Hey, are you guys jumpers?". I was excited. "Well, kinda.. we both made tandems last year and I'm going for my AFF once the weather permits". Turns out that she is married to an instructor at Jumptown, and so is her sister. And they are all jumpers! AWESOME!!! She was waiting in line for food, so we couldn't talk too much. As some of you know, I've been worried about canopy control when I make my first AFF jump, so I took the oppurtunity to ask her about it. She said "Oh, I've landed outside of the dropzone many times! I'll tell you this, skydiving is going to change your life. You're gonna get hurt, you're gonna overshoot your landing, but the pros totally outweigh the cons, and you are going to have a blast!". She wished me good luck, told me that she'd probably see me down at Jumptown, and we went on our ways. Best trip to the mall I've had in quite some time... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tri160 1 #2 March 23, 2006 What was her name? I jump there and can't think of anyone who fits that description. CRWskies, Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #3 March 23, 2006 Wow that's really cool. But if we catch you in a mall again, we are taking your guy card. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyshrek 0 #4 March 24, 2006 Quote Wow that's really cool. But if we catch you in a mall again, we are taking your guy card. LMAO but who patrols the malls? i try and stay well away from those scary placeshttp://www.skydivethefarm.com do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #5 March 24, 2006 no it's okay. ... they were there to pick up high school chicks.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicGuy 0 #6 March 24, 2006 Quoteno it's okay. ... they were there to pick up high school chicks. HAHA, close enough... I didn't catch her name, but she's married to an instructor named Gary at Jumptown. Apparently, his nickname is 'Muppet'. Ring a bell? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #7 March 24, 2006 I love it when I run into a jumper somewhere. My two favorite stories When I went to South Carolina to visit my husband who was living there at the time, I drove my Illinois truck down. The license plate says FLY 120. It's covered in WFFC stickers from every year that we've been to the Convention. I'm driving along, and somebody starts honking, and just when I'm ready to give this idiot the finger for honking at me, I turn and look to see the hang loose sign being thrown in my direction. Huge smiles are coming from the car next to me, and the girl points at my WFFC sticker on the window and does "hang loose" again. Next, I'm driving along in Illinois on Interstate 74, and we see Sunny driving along in her car, but we didn't know it was her, except her license is a Fly license too. So Bernice and I start honking at her, doing 75 miles an hour. I thought the poor thing was going to drive into a ditch to get away from the crazy ladies in the Toyota, until we pulled out a current WFFC sticker and held it in the window. We all pulled off at the next rest stop and took pictures together.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scrublink 0 #8 March 24, 2006 Rings lots of bells. Good people to meet and know. Good place to jump and to go through AFF. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #9 March 24, 2006 QuoteNext, I'm driving along in Illinois on Interstate 74, and we see Sunny driving along in her car, but we didn't know it was her, except her license is a Fly license too. So Bernice and I start honking at her, doing 75 miles an hour. I thought the poor thing was going to drive into a ditch to get away from the crazy ladies in the Toyota, until we pulled out a current WFFC sticker and held it in the window. We all pulled off at the next rest stop and took pictures together. I was SCARED!!! You guys were driving crazy and i didn't know wtf was going on til you flashed that sticker. Such fun little memories. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #10 March 24, 2006 i met some old guy in poland who used to jump in chicago and knew roger ... had some pretty cool conversations...This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #11 March 24, 2006 haha .... meet again!This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tri160 1 #12 March 24, 2006 Yes, it rings a big bell. Muppet is a great guy. I don't know his wife though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #13 March 24, 2006 Hey Sunny, how are you doing? I miss you!skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicGuy 0 #14 March 24, 2006 Awesome. Maybe I'll see you at Jumptown. I'm hoping to start AFF in April. Blue Skies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #15 March 24, 2006 QuoteHey Sunny, how are you doing? I miss you! Still busy as hell with the whole work thing...but damn i LOVE the scenery at my job. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #16 March 24, 2006 QuoteQuoteHey Sunny, how are you doing? I miss you! Still busy as hell with the whole work thing...but damn i LOVE the scenery at my job. OOOoo eye candy!skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #17 March 24, 2006 Quote[......but damn i LOVE the scenery at my job. Lots of shirtless hunks, eh? My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #18 March 24, 2006 hahaha - I wonder if muppet knows he's now 'married' I know the girl you met - she's a hot ticket. You'll love JTown. JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,534 #19 March 24, 2006 I was talking to someone about jumping in a coffeehouse a few years ago, and someone walked by and asked me if I was a jumper -- turns out he'd been part of the "old school" from before I started, and knew the sources of several famous stories I'd heard. It was nice to know that there really was an "Eric, the singing campfire" (he'd used gasoline to get the fire going -- it was a happy ending because he'd only burned off his eyebrows), and that yes, someone really had proven that "all Texans jump with guns" back in the day Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #20 March 24, 2006 My most random encounter was in New Zealand. I had a few student jumps under my belt at the time. My friends and I were having a couple beers and hanging out in the bar of the motel in Fox Glacier village (a tiny, sleepy little tourist town that seems to shut down at 10). At about 9:45 the bartender started to close up. We settled up, and since it was pouring down rain, we asked if there was anything else to do the next day besides hike the glacier if it didn't clear. I don't think he heard the last part, because he said "Well you can always go skydiving!" My whuffo friends of course looked at me and said "She already does!" Ended up talking to this guy well past closing time about his experiences skydiving - he had a few hundred jumps but had lots of stories about other local skydivers as well."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
