airtwardo 7 #51 October 1, 2012 Quote i have a t-shirt with the boy meets girl, etc. cartoon. there was also a girl meets boy version. anybody know where i can find these t-shirts these days? several of my friends would like to buy them. thanx 1st post and to a 9 year old thread? Yeah...decade old tee shirts, check isle 5! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divinfool 0 #52 October 1, 2012 Gained more friends than I have lost.... but I will probably be driving this 2000 Suburban until the wheels fall off! This has been an expensive 15 months! I still got month at the end of the money!Fear is the thief of dreams..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joellercoaster 6 #53 October 1, 2012 Quote I have just been thrown off my PhD because of skydiving I know of at least one professional jumper who turned his PhD grant into a tandem rating never looked back There have to be a few of those...-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #54 October 1, 2012 Quote Quote I have just been thrown off my PhD because of skydiving I know of at least one professional jumper who turned his PhD grant into a tandem rating never looked back There have to be a few of those... He got thrown off his PhD track back in 2003... just saying!"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antibac 0 #55 October 5, 2012 I've gained more friends than I've lost. I've been living on a DZ for the past year, so naturally my friends haven't seen much of me. I've kept my good friends. I talk to them several times a week on the phone, and sometimes when I have time and they have time, we meet up, and it's just like old times. I've probably lost a few though. Might've lost them anyway, just because we've lost touch with each other, not really because of skydiving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanessa.potts 0 #56 October 7, 2012 I personally did lose touch with some none skydiving friends, but a made a TON of friends at the dz. My non jumping friends that I lost I guess weren't that great of friends if they couldn't handle my hobby! I still have a ton of great non jumping friends, I just balance out my weekends now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pontiacgtp00 0 #57 October 7, 2012 I did begin to drift away from my non-jumping friends at first, but after a little while I ended up getting annoyed with most skydivers. Not all of them of course, but most. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brewster71 0 #58 October 7, 2012 Lost most of them cause I moved my family to a new town so I could be closer to my dz. It blew them away That my wife and I quit our jobs pulled our 3 kids outta school and moved over 100 kms away! But We are all making new friends in the skydiving community and we are happier then ever! Much happier then if I gave up skydiving for socializing. It would seem only skydivers 'get' skydivers. The ol' takes one to know one has its place here i think. I cant belive I love this shit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jzzsxm 0 #59 October 9, 2012 Alright, hands up if you didn't have friends to begin with . . . *waves hand* Everybody I hung out with scattered after college. I spent the first year of the real world with very little social interaction with anybody. Started skydiving because I wanted to jump out of planes, I had NO idea the social aspect was such a big part. Now I actually have people to do things with and hang out with on the weekends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scrumbles 0 #60 November 2, 2012 Quote Alright, hands up if you didn't have friends to begin with . . . *waves hand* Funny, after reading that first line, I had a hunch we went to the same college or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gregpso 1 #61 November 3, 2012 Alright, hands up if you didn't have friends to begin with . . . *waves hand* plus 1I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
