Gav
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 posted on 18/8/07 at 07:11 AM |
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Skydiving
My boss walked into the office yesterday and said that BE(British energy who we do a lot of work for) have been on the phone and they are asking for
people to go on a complimentry sky diving day and my boss said since i do most of the work for BE he had nominated me! eeek!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 07:14 AM |
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Go for it , the best thing I ever did! mind you I broke my leg after 230 jumps did about 600 in total .
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 07:15 AM |
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RUN AWAY AND HIDE!!!!!!!
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 07:15 AM |
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Chicken!
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Peteff
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 07:45 AM |
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Does he want rid of you?
Check it's a chute and not some kid's rucksack with his lunch in it, he might be trying to save on redundancy 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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graememk
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 07:56 AM |
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i bought my mate one for his 21st, i didnt realise they did revenge for £40 so i ended doing it as well... it was fun but i wouldnt do it again. 
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 08:36 AM |
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Tried to do a skydiving jump whilst in the forces but it got called off right at the last minuyte as we were sat in the plane ready to go because of
the foot and mouth thing, in case we landed elsewhere. Anyway during drills there was summat not quite right to me so I left the chute with one of the
trainers and went for break. When I came back and asked he said oh yes for some reason you were given a freefall instead of a static line!Eeek! And
then to top it off he said struggled to remove the handle thing and showed it me all twisted and had to boot the thing up and down the hall as the
chute wouldn't come out!EEeeekk! I think the law of averages states that you can only get away with a few jumps before summat goes wrong in
the same way as building our cars, try as best but summat'll go wrong somewhere along the line!
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fesycresy
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 09:02 AM |
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I work with an ex forces guy.
He was telling me about HALO jumps.
No way. Just no way
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Aboardman
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 09:12 AM |
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do it
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 09:35 AM |
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DO IT but be aware that your probably not going to be covered by any insurance policy you have at the moment.
I've never done it but I always wondered if I could?? Costs are to high (financially) to justify it but if I was offered i'd go for it
just to see how strong my mind was.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:07 AM |
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Go for it, most dangerous part of the day is driving to the airhead! Have done about 100 jumps, some I payed for, most courtesy of HM Government into
water!
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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DIY Si
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chrsgrain
Go for it, most dangerous part of the day is driving to the airhead! Have done about 100 jumps, some I payed for, most courtesy of HM Government into
water!
Chris
Ooh, I thought is was considered quite risky to drop into water, for fear of getting wrapped in your own chute!
As for HALO jumps, you have to a be a right nutter to do them from what I've been told about them! High Altitude Low Opening, in case people
where wondering. IE, jump from space with a tent on your back, then deploy said tent at about 3ft.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 03:29 PM |
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At least you can't break anything (too much) hitting water! You jettison one of the two 'risers' holding you to the parachute as
your legs touch the water, then the other one ASAP after that. Only real problem is if there is no wind, then the canopy can fall on your head -
which is bad!
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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The Great Fandango
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 05:23 PM |
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I have friends that regularly talk about their 'mals'.
A 'mal' is skydive speak for a F@*CKED-UP jump, and I tell you what - it put me off for life even though deep down inside I'd love
to do it.
He Who Dies With The Most Toys Dies The Happiest
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 05:47 PM |
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I did a couple years ago with a group from work.......
The 1st one was fine I was 3rd guy out, the second one I was last with no "friends" to gee me on it took a couple of false starts before I
went.
Great fun though, scared the xxxx out of me till the chute opened which was milliseconds but felt like a week.
Would I do it again ? Maybe.
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