I wonder, did some of these sky-diving managers end up working at Lehman Brothers?
And you think my story is bad! LOL.
@noreen
Holy cow that is some story. I question the sky-diving operation that would have you walking on a wing and then sky-tip you off on your first jump.
The one and only time I went sky diving it was a tandem jump in California. After we landed I could hear gunshots. I was wondering "What is that?" I heard more gunshots. Then I saw the rifles in the distance. I asked the instructor what was up.
"Oh, that's a shooting range."
As if sky-diving wasn't risky enough, apparently the landing zone of the sky diving operation was located next to a shooting range. True story.
Re: Are There Pictures?
chapAnjou
4/4/2012 12:33:12 PM
@Street Smart,
"That night taught me--and I have slavishly taught my children--that when ANYONE asks what you are doing in any future timeframe, the correct reply is not "Nothing" but "Why do you ask?""
HAHA, now there's a life lesson for you! It's amazing the nerve of those ppl...they were in a bad spot either way...and it was for stamps haha. I have to ask: how did you guys do?
Re: Dollars and Sense
driven
4/4/2012 11:47:42 AM
@Noreen, that is too funny. But I'm glad it was you and not me!
I am laughing about that @Street Smart because I can just visualize the ungrateful group of bowlers!
OK. Let me clarify, The wing walking thing. First, it was in Cleveland, which explains something (not sure what). Anyway, I went skydiving, and they did not require tandem jumps, as they do in NYS, at least when I did it. So we do this all day training thing, and I get increasingly anxious.
I pray for rain, clouds, thunder...I get nothing.
At the end of the day, me, my then boyfriend and a girlfriend get in this tiny little plane. The deal is you go up to a certain altitude, and then, one at a time. climb out on the wing, get into the perfect stance we practiced all day, and then jump backwards. I think you pulled the cord too. Maybe it opened automatically. i don't remember. Anyway, Jeanne went first. It was perfect. 1-2-3. She was off.
Now it was my turn. I was terrified. I hate heights. I do not know why I am doing this. Well, i do. It was the beer the night before. But now I am very very sober. And terrified. I climb out on the wing. And change my mind. I try to climb back in the plane. But this is apparently unsafe and forbidden. The instructor slaps my hand. So now I am frozen on the wing.
I can hear someone with a bullhorn on the ground yelling "You must leave go of the plane." I refuse. Suddently the pilot just tilts the plane. And whoosh. I slip right off the end of the wing.
I didn't skydive. I sky-slided. And it was magnificent. But I will never ever do it again.
If it had been Lloyd, @Street Smart, I'd have pushed HIM out...
@Noreen--
If I were you I would really embrace this wing-walker story and OWN it! I'll do my part in the legend building right now...
...Didn't you mention at one point that the pilot's name was Lloyd Blankfein, or am I dreaming that, lol?!
@Noreen.
Okay, I will shut up now. I knew you would have a reasonable response but did not expect it to involve running casino workers, inclined walkways, and wing-walking.
I for one, did not realize the differences in Tribal Law but thank you for pointing this out.
Also, how is it that you were wing-walking again? I'm not entirely following. The pilot tossed you out of a plane and then dumped you off the wing? Whhha?
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