WhuffoNoMo 0 #1 December 4, 2008 Haha, I've been jumping around 2.5 years now and just shy of 800 jumps later I've had a chance to look back.. now I've jumped a decent amount of aircraft, rigs, canopies, all sorts of misc. gear, and now done a little over 150 AFFs... I can truly say that a good 90% of what I have learned has been from the amazingly receptive, helpful, and some even cocky group of skydivers that are willing to help each other out. With that, I encourage you to search your username in dz.com and just look at a history of your posts. I just had a GREAT laugh at some of the most retarded things I have said that, at the time, I thought were completely legitimate. I have certainly gone from an overly analytical person to a "just feel the wind and be one with it" kinda guy so I think that adds to the humor. I know for some this task will be difficult but for the relatively new people that grew up post dz.com, you might find it somewhat entertaining. (I've also read some swoop posts from now seasoned swoopers and I know they would get a kick out of it) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tombuch 0 #2 December 4, 2008 Thanks for killing a few minutes of my time. I went back to the earliest post of mine that I could find on dropzone.com (2002), and then traced even further back to the rec.skydiving days by searching for my name and a few search terms on Google Groups (http://groups.google.com/?safe=off). Good stuff, including some really old posts of mine dating back to 1994 on rec.skydiving, rec.juggling, and even a few gems from rec.sport.pro-wrestling. Heck, I even found some dated material from obscure listserves that I had long since forgotten about. Nothing on the web ever really dies. Rec.skydiving served as the origin of dropzone.com. The wreck actually goes back to the early 1980's, and was a solid newsgroup until the noise level became unbearable, and dropzone.com sprang to life. It's worth checking out. You will find many of the same topics and questions discussed here on dropzone.com, some even being addressed by the same people.Tom Buchanan Instructor Emeritus Comm Pilot MSEL,G Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
