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Subject: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: rock chick Date: 02 Aug 01 - 06:42 PM Well here I am again, haven't been around for a while, been so busy, anyway thought I would share with you what happening, I going to jump 10,000 ft on Sunday 5th August (weather permitting) I think it's the one day in the last few month that it will be very windy and wet, still you never know. Anyway I'm petrified of heights won't even go up a ladder so why do it? Well I like a challenge and it's for a good cause, also I'm completely mad, or so I'm told. It's a tandem jump, only problem is he is on my back..... so I am looking down !!! no rude comments please I have heard them all over the last few months. Anyway I hope to be in touch (not in spirit) again soon. Bye (not literally I hope!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Linda Kelly Date: 02 Aug 01 - 06:47 PM Best of luck you bloody fool. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Hollowfox Date: 02 Aug 01 - 06:49 PM What he said. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: rock chick Date: 02 Aug 01 - 06:50 PM Thanks I think bloody fool is an understatement, next time I'm offered a challange I'll try to keep my mouth firmly SHUT |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Little Hawk Date: 02 Aug 01 - 06:51 PM Happy landings! - LH |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: GUEST,khandu Date: 02 Aug 01 - 06:52 PM What are you mad at? You don't really sound mad, just a wee bit crazy! Best of luck and all my admiration to you, you gutsy broad! khandu |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Gareth Date: 02 Aug 01 - 07:01 PM Reminds me of a story me old father used to tell about the days when he was training as an Airborne Anti Tank Gunner at Manchester Ringway.
On drawing Parachutes ( No reserve 'shoots in those days) Gareth.
PS. Survive and post the tale and Five Pounds goes to my favorite cause - The Royal National Life Boat Institution. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: rock chick Date: 02 Aug 01 - 07:03 PM I off down the pub tomorrow night opps! I mean (today) you know last wishes of a condemed woman, any excuse for a good drink and to play some music. Everyone has offered to buy me my last drink, only hope I can keep up with them all, there I go again, another challange, but not one that I will need to keep my mouth shut. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Bill D Date: 02 Aug 01 - 07:26 PM just waiting for them to combine parachuting with bungee jumping....you leap, bounce a few times, and then release the straps and pull the ripcord....if you chicken out, they haul you back in |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: rock chick Date: 02 Aug 01 - 07:28 PM Careful B D you may start a new craze |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: flattop Date: 02 Aug 01 - 07:35 PM Don't jump rock chick. Respect and cherish your fears just as you would any other feelings. Do something sane for the cause. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Jonah Date: 02 Aug 01 - 07:51 PM Being 'completely mad' might sound like a joke - if you die you don't get to hear the punchline. Bad trade Best of luck, anyway Jonah |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: kendall Date: 03 Aug 01 - 07:08 AM Jeez folks, a little humor!!
a guy jumped from a plane, his chute didn't open. He was headed for the ground at 16 feet per second per second. Suddenly, he sees a guy going UP past him. He yells, "Hey, do you know anything about parachutes"? |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Jenny the T Date: 03 Aug 01 - 08:10 AM Eh, I don't think she's so terribly mad. I meself have taken the leap into Yawning Death (once, about ten years ago), and whatever you may think of the sanity involved, it's an experience to remember. The rest of the jumping party (all first-timers but for the instructor) in my plane-load: My Mom Aunt Gene (her sister) My cousin Kevin (son of Aunt Gene) Mine was a static-line jump all on my lonesome, but I don't think that school does them that way any more. Insurance companies like tandem jumping better. After that jump, I went and got my pilot's license, but I still have one more landing than I do takeoffs. Get some photos of the event, Rock Chick, and happy landings! JtT |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Charley Noble Date: 03 Aug 01 - 08:13 AM Watch out for Japenese fishing trawlers belowwwww! |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Wolfgang Date: 03 Aug 01 - 08:34 AM Kendall, next time you tell that joke make it 160 ft/s, for that's much closer to free fall final velocity. 16 ft/s is roughly 11 mph. Though I admit that 11 mph is much better for a conversation. Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Naemanson Date: 03 Aug 01 - 08:59 AM We have a woman in our office who did a tandem jump year before last. She is still talking about it. You will have a great time! Although, if you think about it, why would anyone leave a perfectly good aircraft?? |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Little Hawk Date: 03 Aug 01 - 10:37 AM Exactly what the kamikazes might have said... - LH |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: MMario Date: 03 Aug 01 - 10:52 AM it would be 32 feet per second squared if he was free falling - minus wind resistance.... until he reached terminal velocity...or hit the ground |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: SharonA Date: 03 Aug 01 - 11:34 AM Rock chick: lemme get this straight, you're going out tonight to have googol-plus "last drinks", then tomorrow you're jumping out of an airplane for the first time – with the world's worst hangover? Okay, you ARE mad. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Ebbie Date: 03 Aug 01 - 12:11 PM Hey, go easy, you guys! I've never jumped but I do have friends who have jumped many times and so far, one and all have survived. And enjoy life hugely. The mechanics are well understood and it's safer than rock climbing. I like the idea of bungee-chuting! Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Mrrzy Date: 03 Aug 01 - 12:25 PM OK, ad in newspaper: For sale, one parachute, never opened. Small stain. Also, see the Survivor's Guide to Worst-Case Scenarios on how to survive if your parachute doesn't open, it's full of good advice, like First, get the attention of someone you're jumping with whose chute hasn't opened yet... and so on. A great read! Enjoy! I'm doing something similar, going white-water rafting, what is possessing us? |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: GUEST,Songster Bob Date: 03 Aug 01 - 01:11 PM That joke would be more believable if the two met at less than that velocity (you wouldn't get a single word understood as they passed each other in real life). Maybe modify it, the next time you tell it, that the jumper suddenly finds himself lifted up by the guy coming up, suddenly thrust together and the fall broken, and as they reach apogee, the conversation takes place. Makes more sense of the joke (i.e., improves it). Bob C. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: GUEST,Garydon Date: 03 Aug 01 - 03:11 PM Jump for you not anyone else it's a blast you'll have lots of fun. fear of heights well 1st thought is that there are better ways to deal with it rather that go from 1 extream to the other. A wee bit of over compensation. Gary |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: GUEST Date: 03 Aug 01 - 03:55 PM Songster Bob; surely if they met at the speeds we're thinking of, they'd not have the breath to do any talking! |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: SharonA Date: 03 Aug 01 - 03:58 PM Ebbie: I like the idea of bungee-chuting too... and sky-diving... and extreme skiiing... and climbing to the top of Mount Everest... I often think of these ideas while reclining in my lounge chair in the safety of my living room. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Kim C Date: 03 Aug 01 - 04:13 PM You go girl! |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: gnu Date: 03 Aug 01 - 04:27 PM Mrrzy... Small stain. SOB.... I've got to clean my monitor again !!! Priceless !!! Rock Chick... you are going to have a ball. I only jumped once. I'll never do it again, chickenshit that I am. But I had a ball. It was amazing ! What a rush ! ENJOY !!!
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Ebbie Date: 03 Aug 01 - 04:41 PM Sharon, I read once that an adventure is what you're having when you wish you were safe at home. Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Liz the Squeak Date: 03 Aug 01 - 05:59 PM And life is what happens while you're busy making other plans. I always wanted to go abseiling.... guess that's one that'll never make it..... at least I got the motorbike after 20 years so there's hope..... Good luck, and don't bother with clean underwear.... it would only be a waste! LTS |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: bill\sables Date: 03 Aug 01 - 06:30 PM Hi Rock chick, Don't let anyone try to put you off, It is one of the most exciting things you can do with your clothes on. I used to be involved with a skydiving school in the UK back in the 70's and we always told students that if the canopies didn't open the best way to land was to twist your legs and body in a clockwise direction trying to immitate a screw. It didn't do much for the parachutist but it was a hell of a lot easier for us to unscrew them out of the ground. Go for it, the second one is the best one though. Bill |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Mark Cohen Date: 03 Aug 01 - 06:41 PM Come on, Songster Bob, it's a JOKE! When I was a first year medical student I did an elective in which I spent time shadowing an emergency medicine resident in the ER. We went in to see a young woman who had accidentally put her arm through a plate glass window and had a laceration of her forearm. The resident said to me, "Why don't you try suturing this one?" As I approached the woman, no doubt exuding buckets of anxiety, she said, "Wait a minute. How many of these has he done before?" The resident said, "Tell me...what do you do for a living?" "I'm a parachute packer at the military base down the road in Mechanicsburg," she replied. "All right," said my teacher. "Now I'll bet that somewhere there's a guy walking around who once jumped out of a plane wearing the first parachute you ever packed." She looked at him, then held out her arm to me without a word. I think that was my first experience of divine intervention. You go, girl. Never jumped...but I did do a firewalk once. Have fun! Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Lanfranc Date: 03 Aug 01 - 07:04 PM I often wonder if the inventor of the parachute would be amused at the thought of people jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft for fun! Basic instructions for parachutists. (1) Pull the cord at the top, count to five. (2) If it doesn't work, pull the cord at the bottom. (3) If that doesn't work - flap your arms and shout GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Actually, I once read that the words most often employed under such circumstances are "Oh" and "shit") |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Banjer Date: 04 Aug 01 - 02:58 AM I was always taught that 'There ain't but two things falls from the sky, birdshit and fools'....My oldest son once did a tandem jump and he was (and still is) petrified of heights. Have fun and enjoy. Like the others have said, we'll be looking for a complete report Monday. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: rock chick Date: 04 Aug 01 - 06:10 AM Flattop thanks for the message but I when I jump its respect for myself, respect for the cause I'm jumping for 'National Deaf Children Society, I sign for the deaf in education that my vocation, I cherish all life and the right to it, equality for all. Just read all the other messages having not long been home from the pub, got to say they made me laugh, thanks for all your support/kind remarks/witticisms, all I can say is I'm not sure whether its the drink or the thought of the jump that's turning my stomach, think I'm off again to the pub tonight again or at least somewhere, might as well really really enjoy the rest of my time, cos you never know, that's my excuse anyway, if one is needed!
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: sledge Date: 04 Aug 01 - 07:00 AM I remeber clearly the thought on my first jump "thank F*%K that opened, oooh what a nice view" Cheers Sledge |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Naemanson Date: 04 Aug 01 - 07:11 AM I have a fear of heights. It's no longer a full blossomed fear, more like a nervousness. My method of overcoming that fear was to take a rock climbing class. I considered my graduation to be rappelling down a cliff. I knew I had mastered my fear when I went back for a second go! Once you land begin making plans for the second jump! |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Liz the Squeak Date: 04 Aug 01 - 07:32 AM The inventor of the parachute (or at least the first documented evidence of one) is Leonardo Da Vinci. He also invented the helicopter. And was left handed. LTS |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: SharonA Date: 04 Aug 01 - 12:42 PM And where is he today? Dead! I rest my case. ;^) |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: flattop Date: 04 Aug 01 - 05:16 PM Best of Luck rock chick. You're a braver woman than I'll ever be. |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Liz the Squeak Date: 04 Aug 01 - 05:43 PM Yeah, but he didn't die of jumping out of a plane, did he?! Ignore her, Rock Chick, jumping out of planes never killed anyone. Mind you, some of the landings have..... (sorry rehash of old joke.....) LTS |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Firecat Date: 04 Aug 01 - 06:33 PM Best of luck. You've got to be madder than an extremely mad fish that's just checked in to NYCFTTS!!! And that's very, very, very, very, VERY mad! Mind you, you're braver than me. I wouldn't do it, not even for £1,000,000,000,000! |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Banjer Date: 04 Aug 01 - 07:33 PM That looks like a Bezillion pounds! All this reminds me of a story of a not so bright airborne trainee who was told to make his first jump. He was told that he would be dropped in a jump zone and that a jeep would be there waiting to bring him back home. He went up in the plane and bailed out as told. When he counted the required ten count he pulled the rip cord only to have the d-ring come off in his hand. Falling freely with his chute not working the thought occured to him that with the luck he was having the damn jeep probably wouldn't be there either! |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Firecat Date: 04 Aug 01 - 09:05 PM No, Banjer, it's only a billion! |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 05 Aug 01 - 02:45 AM PLEASE check previous posts
OR consult the laughing/cat (On her OWN personal e-mail)
It is obvious that YOU are a NEWBIE...and therefore, YOUR etiquette at the MC table is "excusable."
posts of "this nature" are best preferaced with the initials B.S. (Bull-Shit)....to differentiate them from those threads of a "musical nature" to-which this "Forum" is dedicated.
I had a "retarded/challenged" student once...his first job was...."packing parachutes"....trust me...the "intructors" don't waist their time with such "minutia."
My honest opinion is.....may you go...SSSLLLLAAATTTTTT!!!! Then you will no longer have a need to read to the three common header threads to this forum.
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: bobbi Date: 05 Aug 01 - 03:16 AM Did you think "MAD WOMAN JUMPS FROM PLANE" was a song title??? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! LIGHTEN UP! b |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Little Hawk Date: 05 Aug 01 - 10:15 AM Howard Hughes, in his younger days, used to go up in his private plane with his paramour, put the thing on autopilot, and make love, as they flew blindly across the country, with no radar warning system. Some people will do anything for a thrill. My method is cheaper. I write sentences with 5 or more commas in them. - LH
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Jeri Date: 05 Aug 01 - 11:12 AM LH, have you been reading the Comma Sutra again? Waiting for the post-event report... |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Banjer Date: 05 Aug 01 - 01:41 PM I see somebody let the asshole-in-residence out for the weekend again! |
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Subject: RE: Mad woman jumps from plane!!!!!! From: Naemanson Date: 05 Aug 01 - 07:10 PM "Comma Sutra" !?!?! Argh! Is it incest if you practice the Comma Sutra with your grammar? |
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