You know you're an older jumper when...

[Bob_Church 7]

I was filling out my USPA membership card this morning and when I got to HAIR I almost wrote YES.

[riggerrob 643]

...... filling out a passport application ..... when they ask about "current hair colour" ......

[topdocker 0]

You think USPA is going to offer an AARP discount?

Some of the events at Nationals sure seem like it.

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[sundevil777 102]

when...you would naturally use the term "RW", but have to stop yourself so as not to confuse the young'uns...

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[jonstark 8]

When if asked "boxers or briefs?" you respond "depends".

[jumpsalot-2 3]

You offer a pin check to the guy in front of you on the plane.

Life is short ... jump often.

[stratostar 5]

Someone posts "PC" for sale and you send a message asking what model paracomander they selling...

you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

[sundevil777 102]

...when you mention jumping a twin beech and the young'uns start talking about how they'd love to hit the sand barefoot.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[Bob_Church 7]

One of the female art students asked me how I felt about my hair going gray. I said "child, at my age hair is good, any color will do."

[chuckakers 426]

...you yell "hey asshole" on the plane and not a single person yells back "what?".

...you mention a Beach 18 and people think you're talking about spring break for high school seniors.

and....

...half the people you skydive with every weekend are younger than your kids.

Growing old sucks, but I hope I do it for a long, long time.

Chuck Akers
D-10855
Houston, TX

[gunpaq 1]

One busy day last season at the DZ a young guy got on my load and realized he forget his altimeter so I handed him my backup SSE Altimaster wrist mount. He says "thanks" and attaches it to his wrist and then has a puzzled look on his face and says, "How do you read this type of altimeter?". I chuckle to myself and gave a short course on how to read an analog altimeter. Fast forward to this season I was given a fancy dancy digital wrist mount altimeter as my new backup altimeter (cool beans I have joined the 21st century) but after numerous jumps find it awkward adjusting to reading digital numbers flashing on the screen. Now who is chuckling to themselves. :) I guess if one would ask who jumps a Double "L" today some one bring me a double latte from StarBucks.

www.geronimoskydiving.com

[dzswoop717 5]

I'll bet that less than 10% of the people on here know what a Double L is.

[RiggerLee 61]

I have a 7TU.

Lee

Lee
lee@velocitysportswear.com
www.velocitysportswear.com

[jimmytavino 16]

dzswoop717

I'll bet that less than 10% of the people on here know what a Double L is.

It IS what saved My novice ass a half a dozen times....Until I "graduated" to a 28 foot Lopo !!!! for a couple of dozen More jumps...
Then a French PAP...for the next 900 or so !!!! early 70s to late 70s

I know,, I sound Square....


You Know you're an older jumper when you remember lift tickets,,, @ " A buck a thousand " and reserve repacks @ 5 bucks !
AND you have one , maybe 2,,, Pairs of Para Boots in a closet , somewhere.. All those things ANd you ran the numbers to find that you have been Skydiving for over 70 % of your entire LIFE!!!

jmy

[riggerrob 643]

So far, I have only jumped a third of my lifetime ...... but I am too stubborn to quit!

You know you are old when somebody brings a second-hand parachute to your loft - similar to what you wore on your first jump - and you pint them towards "that museum in Langley."

[Pobrause 6]

32 years times three equals 96... wait a minute... you really ARE f*** old
Or did you have a longer break somewhere in between

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To absent friends

[377 22]

When the next oldest jumper on the load is 1/3 your age.

When you mention Lodestar and the other jumper thinks it is some kind of RW formation.

When your kid says "why do you even bother worrying whether some piece of gear will last 25 years?"

When you pull a 42 year old Pope Valley $5 jump ticket out of your wallet and Bill Dause says: "It's still good here old timer."

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2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

[jumpsalot-2 3]

When you pull a 42 year old Pope Valley $5 jump ticket out of your wallet and Bill Dause says: "It's still good here old timer."

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Life is short ... jump often.

[SecondRound 1]

My first jump was a double L

[flyboy6554 3]

I've got a LOT of jumps on a 5TU!!!!!...and a PAPILLON......!!!!

[skyjumpenfool 2]

All you old guys make me laugh.....

Birdshit & Fools Productions

"Son, only two things fall from the sky."

[potatoman 0]

You have a couple of frapps lying around in your gear storage.

Your rig expired, but you bought it new, but you will never sell it, and yes, it is always packed and ready. Just in case. OH, it had a "throw out on the legstrap" with a sh1tload of Velcro. Damn, that 145 eliptical was the smallest state of the art canopy back then. LOL

What front risers? I hook it in......toggle style.

You have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to tell you how Fu***** stupid it is.
Davelepka - "This isn't an x-box, or a Chevy truck forum"
Whatever you do, don't listen to ChrisD.

[Faicon9493 141]

You ask someone to hold tension for you so you can pack.

[riggerrob 643]

Either senility or dyslexia?????? ..... but I should have said "2/3" of my life-time.

I did my first jump back in 1977, so am now approaching the 40th anniversary of my first jump. Next year will also include my 60th birthday.

Only sat out one year (2014) for knee surgery. The surgery was to straighten a knee damaged in a (jump) plane crash.

[377 22]

When you still have any one of these:

1. Wind drift indicator.
2. MA-1 pilot chute.
3. Cotton canopy sleeve.
4. Altimeter stopwatch belly panel.
5. Balloon suit.


When you know what any one of these is:

1. Cardinal Puff.
2. Capewell.
3. One shot.
4. B12.
5. McElfish.
6. Sentinel.
7. Pucker vent.
8. T-Bow.
9. Navy Conical.

Please add to these lists in your replies.

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2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.