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Has the bonfire become a desperate popularity contest?

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Well, we can see in this thread who wins the popularity contest!

It's me! Cause Remi loves me
Sunny loves me, and GFD loves me:ph34r:

You like me, you really like me!
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

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It's me! Cause Remi loves me
Sunny loves me, and GFD loves me


Hehehe!>:(
Wait until I'm done rounding up my harem...>:(

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

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(and he's bald!)



Hey, look at your avatar. Remi's got more hair then that:ph34r:

There, does that make you happy old green one?
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

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I don't think you are really French at all


I SOOOOOOOO am!>:(
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I also think you must be short.


I am NOOOOOOOT!>:(
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And... wth happened to your hair btw?


Creative choice. Chicks dig it!>:(:P

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

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Well? What do you think?B|:)



I think that "more" is the answer.

You should jump more, go more places, meet more people, share more experiences, have more good times.

Then, post about your jumps, places, people, experiences, and good times.

Anyone who feels left out should take responsibility for this and do something. I always say "If no one invited you to a party this weekend, then throw a party next weekend and invite everyone to your place."

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Well said Bill. That's what I was trying to say in my post. I've traveled around a lot, and meet lots of people that post here. They have become friends and I keep in contact with them through these forums. Heck, I've even enjoyed meet you a few times;)
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

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Anyone who feels left out should take responsibility for this and do something. I always say "If no one invited you to a party this weekend, then throw a party next weekend and invite everyone to your place."

I did that and NO_ONE turned up[:/][:/][:/]




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Ya know,....

My first post was about me travelling on a business trip to SoCal and wondering which DZ to visit. Emily (where the hell are you, girlie?) invited me to Perris and off I went. I had a blast with folks I just knew from DZ.com until then. Even met some folks from Otay later the same trip.

Then Emily and Brook came up to visit us a couple times, and I subsequently went to Monterey (met ChopChop for the first time) Eloy (Betsy, Mouth, Mujie, Will, Willem), Lodi, Hollister, Perris again (Amy, BillDamnit, Quade, Lori et al), Eloy some more, Lodi for some big ways (Ari, Eddie et al) and then Sweden where a ton of folks walked up to me and asked "you are le Deuce, eh?" or some lingual equivalent.

On my epic Herc Boogie trip, a DZ.commer set me up with killer hotel rates, and a DZ.commer let me sleep on his couch for a week after in London. I also spent a nice evening with the London Drunken Skydiver network and Cpoxon posted the most unflattering photograph of me ever. But it was taken at the Swedish Herc Boogie, so how bad could it really be?

Desperate popularity contest? Yeah, I guess it is sometimes. Mostly we get to meet other skydivers and not be strangers at any dropzone anywhere.

And that is cool.

-Tell you what, I'll post pictures and you tell me what DZ's they are from. There may be more than one from Eloy, but that's DZ.com central. In all the others I'm hanging with or photographing DZ.commers. Name the place and the posters.

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Extremely well said, Bill. Yes, I am a post whore. Yes, I probably post too much crap (sorry, HH!) Yes, sometimes I write things for a laugh. Yes, I share many inside jokes with many people on here. Many of these people are my friends. This is about the best way to stay in contact with all of those people you only get to see once or twice a year. I probably wouldn't email some of these people everyday on an individual basis, but it's cool that I get to communicate with them everyday because of dz.com. I like that I stay in touch with people better because of it.

Yes, you will get "Look at me!" posts. Have you ever been to a dropzone? Haven't you seen the "Look at me!" displays at one? That's why "Bonfire" is the perfect name for this place. There are lots of people chatting about past memories, and there are lots of people wanting attention (and, the attention cries have really decreased, imo.)

Personally, I've never "felt out" of anything here. Maybe it's because I'm "in," but I think it's more due to the fact that there are people that I like, and I communicate with them. If there are people I don't like or don't know, it doesn't affect me if I'm not communicating with them.
There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

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Continued...

Holy Cow, I left out Zephyr Hills and the current 121-way sequential world record (Cough-I'm a current world record holder-Cough!) where I was leg-humped by the one and only Skyangel2 in front of all the other participants! What an honor!

I also met a lot of nice folks at Skydive San Diego while getting my AFF-I.

It just goes on and on. And I have pictures.....

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There may be more than one from Eloy, but that's DZ.com central.



I love ya like a brother, JP, even though I've never even met ya, but I need to disagree there. THIS is dz.com central. The physical locations are just that, physical locations. I've met hords of dz.commers all over this country, and I'm sure I'll meet more, but I've never been to Eloy. No particular DZ is dz.com central, that's why we have this website! If that was the case, what purpose would this site serve? It wouldn't be much more than a dz site with articles. I love this site because it's so much more than that, without making you feel as though you need to be from a certain place, or go to a certain place, to fit in. I'm sure Eloy is a nice place, but it's certainly not the skydiver's Mecca, that's for sure. If there is any such place, I'd say it's the WFFC, no matter where it's held.
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-Tell you what, I'll post pictures and you tell me what DZ's they are from.



Okay, I'll play. It's going to be easy since you have most of the pictured labeled.

Perris FFF4: Perrris Valley Nationals. Fox Force Four

DZ Dot-way-exit: Not sure where that's at. I'm thinking Eloy or Perris. Is that Cora in the bright jumpsuit?

Bets-blades: Easy, Eloy. BetsyB|

40-pre-40 Not sure where, but is that Sparky in the orange?

Freebeerand-Katiebutt: Wow, I see people I know in that picture. Wendy, LouDiamond, Wing, Dave, Linda, Sunny, Chuck. Is that Katie's butt? Eloy?

Monkey-Track: Eloy, Hook (I miss him, but I'll see him Sunday. Damn good rigger)

Me-Mare me and you:)
miche8 Perris Valley Jake, Sparky, Pam, Linda and some red head with a big butt :ph34r:

AFF-YONG You getting your AFF?

Schwede The ad for the Herc Boogie?

What do I win?
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

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Freebeerand-Katiebutt: Wow, I see people I know in that picture. Wendy, LouDiamond, Wing, Dave, Linda, Sunny, Chuck. Is that Katie's butt? Eloy?



Woohoo, i made deuce's photo gallery. I guess i'm popular. :D

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