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� BOC goes from meaning "Blue Oyster Cult" to meaning "Bottom of Container". � You're making love to your partner and they whisper "I've never done this before" and you yell out "THAT'S a case of beer!". � On cloudy/windy days you go to the drop zone anyway and bitch about the weather. � On cloudy/windy days you pull out your parachute and pack it just to say that you've done something skydiving-related. � You "dirt-dive", "post-dive" and critique your love-making sessions. � The smell of bug spray makes you think of skydiving. � Whenever a passenger in a fast-moving car, you stick your head out the window and yell "FIVE LEFT" to the driver. � Whenever leaving an establishment you yell "DOOR" to all the patrons before opening the door. � You don't own any clothing that you didn't get at a boogie. � Every single one of your whuffo friends is to the point of wanting to kill you every time you mention skydiving. � You think of Jack Jeffries, Tamara Koyn and Norm Kent as "famous". � You analyze every flag you see in terms of it's too windy/not too windy to jump. � You analyze every flag you see in terms of which direction you'd face to land. � It's a dark sky with low clouds and you're thinking "Hop -n- Pops!". � It's so windy that trees are bending over and you're thinking "Cross country!". � You allow a maximum 55 seconds of "working time" when making love. � You can't think of a good reason to pick up your mail for three weeks after your issues of "Skydiving" and "Parachutist" arrive. � You feel naked without at least one jump ticket in your wallet. � You sign your checks with your name and USPA number. � You know to the tenth of a mile how far it is from your driveway to the drop zone's driveway. � Every time someone's beeper goes off you look at your watch to see if it's break-off altitude. � You don't remember your anniversary or your mother's birthday, but you know down to the second how much accumulated freefall time you have. � You analyze sessions of love-making in terms of "points turned". � You refer to your recent break-up as an "intentional cut-away". � You can't remember the true meanings of the words "Stilletto" "Javelin" "Talon" "Racer" ..... � You walk everywhere watching the sky. � You show up at the dz even on the worst-weather days because at least you can sit around drinking beer. � You can't mention the word "first" in casual conversation, at work, or ever in reference to yourself. � You have your paycheck direct-deposited into the dz account. � You plan your vacations around skydiving boogies. � On a full moon night, you look up and think "Night jumps!" � You know the dz phone number while you don't even know your own. � Anytime you have sex with someone for the first time you think "Beer!" � You've kissed more people in freefall than you have on the ground. � Your whuffo friends just don't understand why you would want to "do" a horny gorilla. � You drive a beaten-up car because you really need that new canopy more. � You have no idea what is happening on the weekends in your town. � You have more pairs of Tevas than you do sneakers. � You catch yourself flaking the bed instead of making it � The term "PC" makes you think of pilot chutes, not personal computers � You name your dog "Toggles" � You wonder what whuffos _DO_ with themselves on gorgeous summer weekends � You look at your VCR and think, "Hmm, that's gotta be worth a few jumps." � You forget to lower your voice when talking to your jumper friends in a restaurant about the weekend's lost dildos, loose legstraps and lack of penetration � You refer to Weddings, Funerals, Birthdays, etc. as 'Relative Work' � You wish for wind, rain, snow, earthquakes, locusts, tornados, etc. on days you have to work or have other 'Relative Work' to do. � You can't imagine how anyone can go on vacation without a parachute. � Your rig costs more than your trailer. � You love the smell of 'Jet A' in the morning! � Losing your job is a reason for celebration! � Your 'work' clothes have grippers. � You wear a Skydiving T-shirt and bring a six pack to a job interview. � You try to convince the State Trooper that your "D" license allows you to do ANYTHING! � Your log book is thicker than any book you've ever read. � You stop by the New River Bridge and take a look. All the others are saying 'damn, look how high it is' and you're saying 'damn, look how low it is'. � When you buy anything you calculate how many skydives it will cost. � When you wear your rig on commercial passenger flights, just in case. � When seeing seats in a twin otter gives you the willies. � When you go to divorce court and give your ex everything as long as you can keep all your skydiving gear. � When buying a house seems like a terrible waste of jump money. � When you own three rigs, three altimeters, three dytters.... � When you log a jump on December 25 and the fact it is Christmas doesn't enter your mind. � Your six year old son can teach the first jump course. � You put your arms down and back in a full track when running down stairs. � You estimate your chances of pulling off a hard front riser turn when looking out any window above four stories. � When you wake up with a mean hangover in a tent, the first thing you check is your rig. Then the person sleeping next to you. � You find yourself mentally telling the pilot when to flare while landing on a commercial flight. � Your christmas tree has more skydivers on it that an Otter can carry. � Your thinking about taking all the but the driver's seats out of your car. � Everytime you get pulled over for speeding you tell the cop you just made your first skydive in the hopes that he will let you go. � Your favorite movie in the world is just over sixty seconds long. |
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