kraftdinner
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posted on November 29, 2004 01:31:38 PM new
As in, before I leave this earth (but I knew what you were thinking/hoping Twelve), I want to learn how to sky dive. There's an airport close by that teaches sky diving and I've thought about it for years but always procrastinate. Have any of you tried it?
Any of you dying to try something but haven't gotten up the nerve yet?
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Bear1949
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posted on November 29, 2004 03:21:29 PM new
I've always wanted to take a ride in a F-14 and experience a launch from the deck of an aircraft carrier then return to the carrier and land.
Americans again prove Pres Bush is the best man for the job
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --John Stuart Mill
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Libra63
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posted on November 29, 2004 03:23:07 PM new
Whew !!!!!!!!!!!
Hey I am afraid to go over a high bridge.
Go for it I understand it is a great experience...
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replaymedia
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posted on November 29, 2004 06:24:25 PM new
Nope. I went off the high dive a few times last summer. That's as close to free fall as I ever want to get.
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ebayauctionguy
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posted on November 29, 2004 06:53:51 PM new
Go for it, it's a total blast. I made about 75 jumps in the skydiving club back when I was in the service. Make sure you get a good instructor and learn how to pack your own parachute. Take it seriously and pay close attention. Your first 5-10 jumps should be static line jumps so you learn how to freefall correctly. Otherwise you could end up tangled up in your canopy which is not a good thing.
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maggiemuggins
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posted on November 29, 2004 07:06:27 PM new
I would like to ice skate in The Disney on Ice show..but they don't take people my age..
Maggie
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Twelvepole
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posted on November 29, 2004 07:08:32 PM new
If you do go kraft... remember, don't open the shute until you can count the blades of grass...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND... 
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Libra63
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posted on November 29, 2004 07:27:39 PM new
yes maggie, they do have clowns
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maggiemuggins
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posted on November 29, 2004 07:36:58 PM new
You are always so kind to me Libra..
you just can't stand it when people aren't going at each other, can you. And you always accuse other people of being nasty.. here I am posting my interest and you have to come in and take a jab.. why don't you practice what you preach..
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Libra63
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posted on November 29, 2004 07:48:03 PM new
See when I suggest something you get upset. I am not taking a jab I was just telling you about jobs. If you can skate then go try out. Remember there is not supposed to be descrimination.
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maggiemuggins
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posted on November 29, 2004 07:55:06 PM new
Okay, then.. I am sorry if I mistrusted your comment.
Maggie
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classicrock000
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posted on November 29, 2004 08:24:14 PM new
" If you do go kraft... remember, don't open the shute until you can count the blades of grass"
LOL !
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fenix03
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posted on November 29, 2004 09:58:07 PM new
Krafty - I did it a few years ago. Mine was a connected jump (spent the weekend in Vegas and went skydiving on my way home). All I have to say is that it's a good thing I was connected to someone because during the freefall I had no thoughts of the shute at all. I was just digging the fall.
I'd love to go again 
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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kraftdinner
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posted on November 29, 2004 10:49:03 PM new
"If you do go kraft... remember, don't open the shute until you can count the blades of grass..."
Why? Is that what happened when you went?
Fenix, I sure admire your guts. I bet it's a total thrill.
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classicrock000
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posted on November 30, 2004 03:56:11 AM new
"I have to say is that it's a good thing I was connected to someone"
I do that when Im muffdiving.....oh I guess thats not the same thing is it?
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fenix03
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posted on November 30, 2004 07:23:58 AM new
::Fenix, I sure admire your guts. I bet it's a total thrill. ::
Krafty - I had heard for so long from so many that had tried it that it was the most thrilling experience of their life. I figured it was either going to be the same for me or something would go wrong, I would be dead and it would not matter anymore. 
I have a basic rule of thumb in my thrill seeking activities. If the liklihood of ending up dead if something goes wrong is higher than the likelyhood of ending up paralized I'll go for it. If it's the other way around.. I don't. i.e. - I'll jump out of a plane but there is no way in hell you are going to get me to bungee jump.
Oh yeah - did I mention that I am actually afraid of heights?
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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Libra63
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posted on November 30, 2004 08:47:09 AM new
There are two bridges that I am afraid of. The one from Tennessee to Ohio, across the Ohio River into Gallipolis and the Duluth High Bridge. In order to get home when I go I do have to cross the Duluth High Bridge and by the time I get home my clothes are all sweaty. That Bridge on the Ohio river is High and Long. I have only crossed that a couple of times and that is a couple of times to many. I know I will never jump out of a plane. You guys are brave....I guess I like my feet planted on the earth.
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