Firsts Suck

[WhuffoNoMo 0]

Let's See.
First Jump: Check
First Stand up Landing: Check
First BOC Rig Jump: Check
First Solo Jump: Check
First Hop-N-Pop: Check
First Hard Opening: Check
First Dock: Check
First 3-Way: Check
First Accident Witness: Check
First CloERRIndustrial Haze: Check
First Sunset Load: Check
First Pack Job: Check
First Line Twist: Check
First Jump on Monday: Check
First Jump Landing near the football: Check
First Jump directly after last jump: Check
First..... I'm beginning to think my DZ likes to milk this beer thing. This upcoming weekend I should get about 3 more firsts and I don't think my little DZ can handle all this alcohol.. where shall I ship it to make good on my firsts?

[NWFlyer 2]

Just bring a keg.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[za_skydiver 0]

Keep buying beer until you learn to shut up about them firsts .

You got a whole lot more coming

Some dream of flying, i live the dream...

[selbbub78 0]

there are 3 things to do in your situation.

1. shut up about firsts
2. learn the importance of the phrase "pre-second"
3. send the beer to me! I'm sure our DZ will be happy to help you out!!!!

CReW Skies,
bubbles

P.S. congrats on your firsts! That's great!

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
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"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[IanHarrop 41]

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/safety/detail_page.cgi?ID=81

See rule number 9

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[DougH 270]

Beer for an AFF level one is a little extreme in my opinion. At that point it ceases being a teaching and policing tool, or am I wrong. Now if you do something dangerous or stupid on an AFF jump, buy your beer.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[peckerhead 0]

First naked night 8 stack is two cases.


...In case you were wondering

[Danger 0]

You are getting hosed and your instructors are getting drunk. I only see 2 legitimate firsts on your list.

Fist solo - off student status
First Dock - You dock on somebody

Danger

[kelpdiver 2]

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Let's See.
First BOC Rig Jump: Check
First Hard Opening: Check
First Dock: Check
First Accident Witness: Check
First Sunset Load: Check
First Pack Job: Check
First Line Twist: Check
First Jump on Monday: Check
First Jump directly after last jump: Check
First..... I'm beginning to think my DZ likes to milk this beer thing.

as the others have said, you need to close your mouth. The DZ will happily keep drinking if you keep giving them beer.

So have you paid up for
First jump while wearing Boxers. Going commando?
Left helmet buckles undone?
Left shoelaces untied?
First 4/5/6/7/X jump day?

If you're a beer distributor, ignore above.

[jeremy556 0]

http://www.skydiving.org.vt.edu/goodstuff/beer.htm
Read this. You are getting suckered for a lot of beer.

[ntrprnr 0]

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Let's See.

Get used to it. I caved and just bought a Fridge. Got me off the hook.

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"Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?"
"Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

[countzero 7]

double check those rules. looks like you're buying an awful lot of beer. i'm 3 cases in the hole- first jump, passing aff 7, and landing in the pond (the non swoop one at the other end of the lz). i'm paying up next time i jump on a sat.

diamonds are a dawgs best friend

[airtimebabe24 0]

BEER!!!!!!!

"The most wasted day of all is that upon which we have not laughed..." Nicholas Chamfort.

[WhuffoNoMo 0]

lol. I don't think they are SERIOUSLY expecting that much beer but everytime I turn around it's another first. Before you know it they are going to catch on that i'm on dz.com and hit me for my first post. i figure when i finally get licensed (at this rate i might have 100 jumps before i get an A - damned spotting rules) I'll just have a BBQ and Keg on me. Sounds like a sweet deal. We all win.

[mangledspoon 0]

Hehe I've already learned to not mention things when I do it for the first time. Or I say "err, that was the second time I did it..." *shifty eyes*

[peregrinerose 0]

I can speak with great authority on this topic as I'm the DZ Beer Marshall. It's my job to ensure that no beerable offense goes un-noted, the beer board is upt to date with names of the offenders who owe (including offense... the more embarrassing, the larger it is written for the world to see), and the fridge is full of an assortment of beverages.

And you're getting screwed out of a LOT of beer

Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

[airtimebabe24 0]

Let me know when that day comes, i wanna be there. sounds like a majorrrrrr party!!!!! good luck with spotting by the way- you are looking for the airport.

"The most wasted day of all is that upon which we have not laughed..." Nicholas Chamfort.

[firstime 0]

that is why I would bring beer in the morning during my
AFF and then after my A license. If I did that "first thingy"
everyone would look at me and ...I would say "it's already
in the cooler". The day of my first malfunction 5/28 (bad day for skydiving overall) my beer was already cold and
in the riggers frig. I don't find it offensive at all. It's all part of the fun . Most or all of the staff are busy from 8am to 8pm and it's nice to have a cold one once the light goes on. The ice always seems to be the problem not the beer. I am having one as I speak. be well, be safe.

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

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double check those rules. looks like you're buying an awful lot of beer. i'm 3 cases in the hole- first jump, passing aff 7, and landing in the pond (the non swoop one at the other end of the lz). i'm paying up next time i jump on a sat.

Um, read the fine print, if you accumulate a back-log of 3 or more cases of beer owed, you're also assessed 1 additional penalty case.

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

That's just a sampler platter...all that and more is to come...it's part of the sport.

"Firsts" are great as they are milestones and experiences which thicken your skin in some cases and in other cases, hopefully give you a heads up to being a safer better skydiver.

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