YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN OLD-TIME SKYDIVER
WHEN....
- 1. You think PC stands for ParaCommander.
- 2. You still call them AOD's .
- 3. You know the rules for SCS and SCR.
- 4. You HAVE an SCS AND an SCR.
- 5. You call it "Freak Flying" instead of "Sit Fly" and can do it without a special jump suit.'
- 6. You still call it the "Freak Brothers" convention.
- 7. You remember when safety meetings weren't.
- 8. You can't tell the difference between BOC and a "pull out" except you don't get to pull your own pin.
- 9. You remember when turf surfing was something students did, not hot dogs.
- 10. You think Pink is a stupid gear color for guys.
- 11. You KNOW what else to do on a weekend.
- 12. You think they are ALL "fun" jumps.
- 13. You think a collapsable pilot chute is something bad.
- 14. You think diapers go on mains.
- 15. You don't call a jump from 9,500 a "cloud base" jump.
- 16. When "pro" packing is something your rigger does.
- 17. When paying someone to pack your main is a waste of perfectly good jumping money.
- 18. When you lament the loss of the need to "stand tension" cause it gave your girl friend something to do.
- 19. You know who Lew Sanborn is and can spell his first name.
- 20. You still call them ASOs.
- 21. You know what a "jesus string" is.
- 22. You remember when you actually wanted to buy a Paraflite main.
- 23. You catch yourself using the term "snoot" every once in a while.
- 24. Camera suits were used for RW.
- 25. Waivers were on a 3"x5" index card...along with the rest of your info.
- 26. Competition judges actually had to stand outside.
- 27. You remember when a 5-cell canopy was the cat's meow.
- 28. You can remember when $7.00 to 12,000 ft was highway robbery.
- 29. You remember deliberately doing hook turns downwind into the ground to stomp a disk.
- 30. You remember why the pea gravel pit was invented.
- 31. You remember swearing never to remove *any* padding off of a harness.
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