What are your hobbies?

Shotgun_ned · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:48

Airsofting, photography and just generally messing around in PS making all sorts

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pyro · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:51

I am trying to get into skydiving, the cost, the location of the dropzone and the great (lol) British weather all seem to try their best not to let me, but one day...

I don't know really, I don't play games no more, my r/c car is going for sale, uhhh, no hobbies actually.

The_Blue_Dragon · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:55

All my hobbies have something to do with cars.

1, Scalextric.
2, RC Cars.
3, watching motor sport (the car my stepdad built and more).

but also

4, Movies.
5, Music.
6, Web design (yes I do do websites just for fun).
7, Skiing.
8, Ice skating

pegasus1 · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:56

pyro said:
I am trying to get into skydiving, the cost, the location of the dropzone and the great (lol) British weather all seem to try their best not to let me, but one day...

I don't know really, I don't play games no more, my r/c car is going for sale, uhhh, no hobbies actually.

Get yourself to Italy for an accelerated free fall course, dont go to America, they are cowboys and you will die.
Parachuting is for girls and people called Derek.... Paratrooping is for proper geezers

PardonTheWait · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:57

pegasus1 said:
Parachuting is for girls and people called Derek.... Paratrooping is for proper geezers

Isn't paratrooping just like skydiving with extra death?

KPeh · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:58

great advice said:
Play more instruments than you can shake a smelly stick at!

What instruments do you play?

pyro · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:59

pegasus1 said:
Get yourself to Italy for an accelerated free fall course, dont go to America, they are cowboys and you will die.
Parachuting is for girls and people called Derek.... Paratrooping is for proper geezers

And Italians are crazy fools that would probably forget to give me a rig and let me jump with a big umberlla

I am sure it would be cheaper than doing it in the UK but would I be getting a BPA A cert? I don't think so...I know there are are dz in Spain that are cheaper than here, where you jump with Brit instructors, but I don't know about Italy, have you done it there?

pegasus1 · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:00

Mohinder said:
Isn't paratrooping just like skydiving with extra death?

Forget the advertising, we are selected for our good looks and charisma, thats why Royal Marines are ugly, they are all failed Para's.

pyro · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:02

Mohinder said:
Isn't paratrooping just like skydiving with extra death?

Funny git

Paratroopers (as far as I know) are soldiers that instead of being deployed in a zone by a ATV or a boat or whatever, are droped from a plane and parachute down to earth. However that and skydiving is completely different.

I am probably wrong though

pegasus1 · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:04

pyro said:
And Italians are crazy fools that would probably forget to give me a rig and let me jump with a big umberlla I am sure it would be cheaper than doing it in the UK but would I be getting a BPA A cert? I don't think so...I know there are are dz in Spain that are cheaper than here, where you jump with Brit instructors, but I don't know about Italy, have you done it there?

Yes, i did my Cse in Southern France at a place called Cohhers (spelt something like that) with a Red Devil Instructor but he was off to Italy to run another cse shortly after, i got it for free as well

). A lot of ex Army FF instructors will run Cse's in southern Europe, look in the mags for courses.

pegasus1 · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:06

pyro said:
Funny git

Paratroopers (as far as I know) are soldiers that instead of being deployed in a zone by a ATV or a boat or whatever, are droped from a plane and parachute down to earth. However that and skydiving is completely different.

I am probably wrong though

Parachuting is just another way of getting to the Forward edge of the Batle Area (FEBA), its what happens after that makes us different.

PardonTheWait · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:08

pegasus1 said:
Parachuting is just another way of getting to the Forward edge of the Batle Area (FEBA), its what happens after that makes us different.

Do you sing while you're fighting?

Please say it's so!

great advice · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:10

KPeh said:
What instruments do you play?

I can read sheet music and have perfect pitch, so a few hours with any instrument and i can pick it up. Ive played Tenor Horn for the Chethams Symphony Orchestra (many years ago) and then professionally for the Hallé Symphony. Then for many years i was a session guitarist and gigged with bands for fun. Nowadays its only guitars

pyro · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:13

pegasus1 said:
Yes, i did my Cse in Southern France at a place called Cohhers (spelt something like that) with a Red Devil Instructor but he was off to Italy to run another cse shortly after, i got it for free as well ). A lot of ex Army FF instructors will run Cse's in southern Europe, look in the mags for courses.

Well AFF here will cost me £1200 without consols of course, if it's around £800 in Italy it's worth the hassle otherwise if you put the ferry ride/accomodation/etc. it will come up same price pretty much.

But yeah I was going for raps then realised that I will spent more money going to the dz than jumping so...

pyro · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:14

Mohinder said:
Do you sing while you're fighting?

Please say it's so!

There are loudspeakers on their c130s playing Wagner.

TA DA DA TA TA TA TA DA TA TA TA TA DA TA TA TA!

(...)

pegasus1 · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:20

pyro said:
There are loudspeakers on their c130s playing Wagner.

TA DA DA TA TA TA TA DA TA TA TA TA DA TA TA TA!

(...)

All the Hercs are broke, we fight from Skyvans nowadays, a Transit van with wings into battle.
Wagner is for the Falkland Vets, today we go into battle listening to Pete Tong

pegasus1 · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:22

great advice said:
I can read sheet music and have perfect pitch, so a few hours with any instrument and i can pick it up. Ive played Tenor Horn for the Chethams Symphony Orchestra (many years ago) and then professionally for the Hallé Symphony. Then for many years i was a session guitarist and gigged with bands for fun. Nowadays its only guitars

I was numer 2 on the triangle at school

pyro · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:22

I'd be lucky enough to jump from a Cessna!

PardonTheWait · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:22

pegasus1 said:
I was numer 2 on the triangle at school

You're fully a musical soldier!

Awesome :cool:

pegasus1 · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:31

Mohinder said:
You're fully a musical soldier!

Awesome

You would be surprised.
Curtis Mayfield-Move on up is my number one ever record, its a shame thats its being raped in the charts at the mo :mad: