Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!purdue!haven!mimsy!mobby.umiacs.umd.edu!jerrys From: jerrys@mobby.umiacs.umd.edu (Jerry Sobieski) Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Subject: Re: AFF training Message-ID: <33246@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 19 Apr 91 15:59:57 GMT References: <32987@mimsy.umd.edu> <1113@wa4mei.UUCP> Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu Reply-To: jerrys@umiacs.umd.edu (Jerry Sobieski) Distribution: usa Organization: UMIACS, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Lines: 28 In article <1113@wa4mei.UUCP> chrise@wa4mei.UUCP (Chris England) writes: >In <32987@mimsy.umd.edu> jerrys@mobby.umiacs.umd.edu (Jerry Sobieski) writes: >> of this, the sport has moved from bikers and ex-special forces >> types (basic nere-do wells) into the raquetball set with >> Jeeps and Air-Jordans. > >Whooooooa! Did you say nere-do wells? Lets keep in mind that those >"special forces types", made up the majority of the pioneers of early >freefall. Having been in sf, I can say that public opinion of what, and >who we are is often skewed by the above type of remarks. For example, >every time a fellow nere-do well gets in a little trouble, you can >count on the press to make statements like "Greene Beret Kills...." >etc. when in fact, the guy was one of the few that bring shame to >the organization. > OK OK OK... I apologize. Didn't mean it in a derogatory sense. More of a nostalgic sense:-? (I think I'll go find an old trailer and live at the DZ...) Jerry -- Domain: jerrys@umiacs.umd.edu Jerry Sobieski UUCP: uunet!mimsy!jerrys UMIACS - Univ. of Maryland Phone: (301)405-6735 College Park, Md 20742