Re: DZ bum incident

On 03 Dec 2003 03:57:47 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vedfolnir) wrote:

>>And you said the old dz bums have been >run off
>
>>the old one dementional bums who, cut >grass, fueled planes, checked student
>>packing, did odd jobs. They fell by the >wayside when things went mainstream 
>>and you suberban twits moved in
>
>>I don't know how one demensional any of >them are,
>
>thats cuz their gone dummy

No, there's still people at dropzones who cut grass, fueled planes,
checked student packing, did odd jobs and did not "fall by the wayside
when things went mainstream and suberban twits moved in," loosly
translated:  when I crashed my stupid butt out of the sport and
couldn;t skydive anymore.


>
>>what happened to your earlier description >of the old dz bums who also used
>>to jump with the novices (until they were >run off by uspa and the dz)?
>
>their knee's were about the size of basket balls and they were creaky...

They?  A whole herd of them, eh?

>didn't
>jump much just looked after the novices...ya spent more time on the ground
>between jumps dirt diving then...

And they got "run off."  Told to never come back.  Kicked out on the
street.  Court ordered to never again come near.

>thats why 90's guys know more than yawl quick
>turn around punks.

What, less jumps equates to knowing more?  Well, I mean, they might
know more about dirt-diving, by your little description - I can see
that.

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>>why were you bitching earlier about uspa >and the dz's running them run off?
>
>they were the lifeguards an important link was cut when hot water, designer TP
>& AC came to the dz.

Oh yeah - and like there aren't any lifeguards now - they just up and
split (ran off) by water heaters, TP on a roll, and climate control.
Bullshit - people you describe are still around, people do look after
each other but what's obvious is, people could hardly give a rats ass
about wondering what type of toilet paper might be on the roll and hot
showers?  Cold showers may have been your Saturday night habit but
I've never heard of anyone blowing off a dz because one's shower was
any more or less dynamic than another.  A.C?  Skydiviers got the bst
AC in the world - straight up two miles or so.  All this dropzone
froo-froo doesn't mean shit to skydivers (though it pleases you to
imagine it so - thus further buttressing your sandcastle of Paradise
Lost so that Paradise will be less missed.  Sour grapes.

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>>You only have one skill-----video 
>>I guess you wudda made a great dz bum
>Jer too bad their gonna run you off in the end ;->
>
>
>
>>No, there's the crew and the rw and the >vrw (not really skilled in vrw
>>but I can do it)
>
>not well enuff to pass it on I rukun

Sure, I pass it on - what the fuck do you know?  You're not at dz's.
What, is the level of credibility now measured at giving tips on the
usenet (which I've done, btw) as opposed to communicating with people
where it counts - at dropzones?  People ask me a question and if I got
the answer, I'll share it but more importantly, if I don't know the
answer I'll try to guide them to someone who does instead of, like
you, making shit up and pretending I know the answer while suggesting
the person with the question is an idiot.  You see - you would pretend
to pass stuff on so you could say you pass stuff on so others might
think you're cool, while real people with their heads on straight pass
on what they pass on because it's the right thing to do - they do it
for others - not for themselves.  You just have personal affirmation
issues which you try real hard to hide by telling everyone just how
*fill in the blank* you are on this or that.

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>>heh, but unlike you, I don't assign self >worth to demonstration of
>>some skill in a recreational past-time
>>
>
>so you don't take skydiving seriously? Good thing their gonna run you off later

Oh, I take it seriously.  I mean, it's fun of course, I wouldn't be
doing it otherwise but there comes a time before, during, and after
every jump where certain things need to happen and if they don't
happen then certain other things need to happen. There's a time and
place for everything.  I don't think the fact that I skydive makes me
any more special than anyone else just as the fact that you once
skydived (or anything else you imagine you've done) makes you any more
or less special than anyone else.  Assigning self worth because of
such activity is a clear indicator of a personal belief in a lack of
self worth.  It's regularly and successfully arguing your brand of
rhetorical bullshit into the ground on an electronic newsgroup which I
don't take seriously.

...bsrp
...jlk