sweeney 0 #1 January 21, 2003 Dropzone.com won't be hearing from me for a while b/c come Jan. 22 I am off to Basic Training and won't be back until early June. Hopefully between Basic and Jump School I can sneak some jumps in. Anyways, it has been a blast skydiving since I started in July 2002 and I can't wait until I get back. I'm going to miss everyone at Raeford Parachute Center and chating with all the sky monkey's on Dropzone.com. This message is for John and Matt: Thanks for jumping with me and putting up w/ me when I stayed up all night laughing. Get Joey up to speed on dipping them knees so when I get back we will smoke every skydive. If you don't I'll BYFN! From: Gumby, the baddest motha to ever step in the ring. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 January 21, 2003 Good Luck!--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #3 January 21, 2003 Good luck at boot camp! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #4 January 21, 2003 its all fun dude ITs just a simple mind game...find ways to keep yourself laughing and you be fine! shortsheet ppl. on day one! that'll start it out good for ya! thats what We didMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sweeney 0 #5 January 21, 2003 Thanks everyone! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plummet 0 #6 January 21, 2003 Quoteits all fun dude ITs just a simple mind game...find ways to keep yourself laughing and you be fine! Agreed! My (skydiving) son just did the basic thing last fall. He had a blast. Really a question of mind over matter. Flip that same switch in your head that allows you to jump out of an airplane and use it to block out the BS that you have to deal with. I hope you like to run !-Jeff. http://www.iplummet.com Common sense and common courtesy are NOT common. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #7 January 21, 2003 good luck and have fun...if you know to laugh inside, basic is a breeze, some drills are funny as shit...and dont make to much fun of the noobs in jump school scared shitless looking out the door. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #8 January 21, 2003 bail out of the army asap. officers suck. i like their wifes though join the montana millitia and we will jump together jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Droopy 0 #9 January 21, 2003 Quote Dropzone.com won't be hearing from me for a while b/c come Jan. 22 I am off to Basic Training and won't be back until early June. Hopefully between Basic and Jump School I can sneak some jumps in. Anyways, it has been a blast skydiving since I started in July 2002 and I can't wait until I get back. I'm going to miss everyone at Raeford Parachute Center and chating with all the sky monkey's on Dropzone.com. This message is for John and Matt: Thanks for jumping with me and putting up w/ me when I stayed up all night laughing. Get Joey up to speed on dipping them knees so when I get back we will smoke every skydive. If you don't I'll BYFN! From: Gumby, the baddest motha to ever step in the ring. PROPS CLEAR! Quote Its been a lot of fun not just skydiving but doing all the other stupid stuff we have done. Be ready to have some fun when you get back. And don't forget to dip them knees. Later man! Have fun TEAM PARACLETE (+> www.paracletexp.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattM 0 #10 January 21, 2003 Quote This message is for John and Matt: Thanks for jumping with me and putting up w/ me when I stayed up all night laughing. Get Joey up to speed on dipping them knees so when I get back we will smoke every skydive. If you don't I'll BYFN! I should be around 4 or 500 jumps when you return.... so I'll give you a refresher course. Quote Gumby, the baddest motha to ever step in the ring. I'll hit'cha with rights and lefts and all kind'sa things... Be good dude and dont forget where you came from. Hurry up and get back, we've got some points to turn. TEAM PARACLETE (+> Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyskydiver 0 #11 January 21, 2003 Good luck!Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sweeney 0 #12 January 21, 2003 I can run like the wind blows. Hey Matt and John, cool symbol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #13 January 21, 2003 What service are you going into?? Good luck!! Rhino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #14 January 21, 2003 He is going to be an Army 11B for a couple of years, just like Joey DiAnnunzio ("Padewan" on the boards. Droopy's brother). All these young monkey lips are great skydivers. Don't be gettin big heads, though, or I will stick all of your heads in a toilet! Chuckie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattM 0 #16 January 21, 2003 Looks like things are gonna work out. Sweeney will be gone for 6 months starting Wednesday, and Joey might return from Afghanny the same day... it'll be the three stooges all over again. then when sweeney returns we'll have a kick azz 4way team. right on monkey Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #17 January 21, 2003 Three Stooges in effect! Matt, I will be out there this afternoon and so will Katie. She needs to make about six jumps prior to Saturday, so yall come on out. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattM 0 #18 January 21, 2003 quick, i need a reason to skip out of work early..... chuck, if i don't make it until late, can we make another night jump? haha Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #19 January 21, 2003 Quote quick, i need a reason to skip out of work early..... My Lt. commander just called me.....CLASSIFIED matter, I gotta leave now. __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #20 January 21, 2003 Two hints: First apply for Officer Candidate School as soon as possible, so they will treat you better. Secondly, keep your mouth shut about any skydiving experience when you attend Airborne School. The ultimate laugh will be asking your instructors to sign your USAP logbook after they pin jump wings on you. Ha ha! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #21 January 21, 2003 Quote He is going to be an Army 11B Should the rest of us start with our 11B jokes now? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sweeney 0 #22 January 21, 2003 Hey Matt, I won't be able to jump for the next 13 weeks but then I get 2 weeks off and I'm going to try and make 5 jumps a day. I'm going to try and do this in Alabama and I'm also going to come to Raeford sometime during those two weeks and try and jump. I'll call you and John when I get in. It should be at the end of April. Hopefully I can get in enough jumps before I come back so I will already be refreshed. We'll (Paraclete) go ahead and bust out a 4 way when I return to raeford. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #23 January 21, 2003 Where are you going to basic and A.I.T? I think you'll like jump school. I still miss military jumping. I went through infantry training and basic at Fort Polk. I wouldn't recommend that place. It's got to be the worst. Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deleted 0 #24 January 21, 2003 Good luck.....If I can make it through bootcamp. then anybody can. Just think of it as a very bad relationship Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sweeney 0 #25 January 22, 2003 Yeah, thanks for the advice. When my dad was in the army they found out he had skydive'd before and made him do a lot of push ups and get out the aircraft before everyone else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
