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From: groff@lynx.osf.org (Paul Groff)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Blue Sky blues
Keywords: Gravity, inertia
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Date: 5 Jun 91 14:58:25 GMT
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Reply-To: groff@lynx.osf.org (Paul Groff)
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Hi all you sky gods...  Since you have been so helpful and encouraging
in the past, I'm seeking more.

Some of you may recall my post from last September when I did AFF 1 and
thought someone had shot me full of heroin.  What a great jump that was!!
I then asked where I could go and get a real good dose of it and most of
you said Deland.  I went there and finished AFF in a day and a half and
got a few more jumps in besides.

They told me when I left Deland to *stay current*.  But cold New England,
and other factors discouraged me.  (Among other things my money went to
buy a house.)  But here it is June and I haven't jumped again yet!!
We have had beautiful weather on weekends.  I even took a friend out
to do his AFF 1, and *I stayed on the ground*!

I got some serious blue sky blues...  I'm afraid of the plane ride up...
I don't really have the money to buy my own gear...  I think about my
wife and kids and wonder whether I should be in this sport...

I've got 14 jumps, off student status, done a couple of throw-outs.
Would really like to learn something about RW and get my A license.

What is this damn glue on my feet?  Have any of you gone through this
turmoil?  Am I really a whuffo at heart?


Blue skies all,

     - Paul G.