Squeak 17 #26 October 31, 2003 QuoteThey've said I've lost my mind! Have I? Yes and you're about to loose lots of money too But it's ALL GOODYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivejersey 0 #27 October 31, 2003 loss of money, social and family life outside of skydiving, free time. Going anywhere without taking a rig... etc etc etc... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #28 October 31, 2003 QuoteI started my mid-life correction at age 50. That's when I went back to jumping. I only wish I had done it sooner. No regrets BWAHAHAHA I started jumping again at age 51.... no regrets.. I will get back to you with a status report when I get to 100 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdy2skydive 0 #29 October 31, 2003 LOL... I started jumping at 35 (closer to 36) and the mid-life crisis comments all the time. My response is that at least I'm living life and not just existing. Those 20 somethings tell me all the time that I look good "for someone who's 37." It makes me laugh - but wait until they start calling you M'am. Congratulations on your mid-life "correction." You may be broke but you're not crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #30 October 31, 2003 I had my midlife chrisis at 22, and stopped racing superbikes - and started skydiving. That was 19 years and 3900+ dives ago - and I'm off to the DZ. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #31 October 31, 2003 First jump six years ago at age 52. Last year won a medal at the national championships. This year was on a world record jump. Going for another one next year.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #32 October 31, 2003 Yikes! I don't have to "wait" for them to call me ma'am..already happened. And isn't it odd to hear them call 80s music "oldies but goodies"..that was like yesterday, wasn't it? My oldies but goodies was 60s and early 70s tunes! Life is haulin' a*& like a locomotive! _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivejersey 0 #33 October 31, 2003 Music in the 80's was never golden. It was shite from start to finish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DShiznit 0 #34 October 31, 2003 QuoteMusic in the 80's was never golden. It was shite from start to finish. You bite your damn tongue!!! I live for the 80's music. :) bwt - I started jumping at 25. I just turned 26 and about to complete AFF. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivejersey 0 #35 October 31, 2003 80's music was a creative desert. Big hair and thin mikes. It was truly truly awfull. Congrats. BTW I started jumping in 1991 and an just about to start a full time drop zone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DShiznit 0 #36 October 31, 2003 80's music gave birth to what music is today. The rap genre was introduced. Hair bands from the 80's made heavy metal/rock what it is today. Alternative was born. Everything you listen to today (except old rock such as RS, Beatles, Eagles, etc) is because of what happened in the 80's. FLOCK OF SEAGULLS RULES!!! edit: Discourage Inbreeding................ban country music Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #37 October 31, 2003 Hey don’t feel like your crazy. We are all crazy I only have 2 jumps I started about 2 months ago, and I am 27. I have a really good job as good I mean money wise. Every day I think about quitting my job selling my car and every thing I have and moving to a drop zone and jumping every day until I can become an instructor and teach other people. I don’t know when I am going to do it could be today it could be 5 years from now all I know is I am going to do it someday.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #38 October 31, 2003 How can you say that?! I Loved it then and still do! What DID you listen to in the 80s if you didn't like it..talk radio? _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #39 October 31, 2003 My sentiments exactly! Hail to the birth of Alterative! _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #40 October 31, 2003 Did someone say mid-life? It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivejersey 0 #41 October 31, 2003 Look at the music kicking about it the 80s and compare it to some of the stuff that started happening in the late 70s. There were some kick ass bands around then. You can even hear the first Rave tunes! There was nothing original about the 80s at all. I really can't understand why eighties clothing is back either. It was crap then and crap now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #42 October 31, 2003 Good for you to Live your Life! Gotta have your priorities straight. Ya know, when our time is up, it's up. And I'm sure the headstone won't say how hard you worked in corporate America..it'll say what a good heart you had, solid relationships, and that you really knew how to "live life to it's fullest"..that's how I see it. Some of my peers don't understand and say why would I expedite the end of my life?..I think I have a worse chance of being in a fatal car accident going through insane traffic everyday! Like I said, when my time is up..it's up..wherever I am, so I hope I'm enjoying what I'm doing when that time comes. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygazer 0 #43 October 31, 2003 It's not a mid-life crisis - it's being reborn!!!!_______________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee03 0 #44 November 1, 2003 Don't feel bad, i waited until 50 to make my first jump, always knew I'd do it, but just got a late start. No mid life crisis here, just happen to love it!-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bvsdjumper 0 #45 November 1, 2003 There are 6+ billion people on this planet alone and each one thinks (relatively, correctly) they are the center of the universe. Do what you feel you must.Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
medoa 0 #46 November 1, 2003 I made my first jump a little over a year ago at 37. Im not sure if Id call it a midlifecrisis but its true that as the years go by and you have these little dreams that you havent gotten around to realize you get to a point where you just cant postphone it any longer. The life is here and now. Now Ive got the A-license and will start to look for gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patman 0 #47 November 1, 2003 I'm having a mid-life crisis right now! I'm 34 and the weather sucks! I haven't jumped since Saturday and am having major problems! What did I ever do to piss Mother Nature off!!?? Don't tell me I can't! I already know that! Haven't you seen my x-rays? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #48 November 1, 2003 I hear ya! I understand tomorrow is suppose to be better..I think we have similar weather to the cheeseheads! _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
