Skydiving requires a parachute made by a human
The other day in Wal-Mart, my wife commented that the credit machine that we run our cards through to pay for our purchases, had screwed up again. When she chose “No” for the money back option, the machine added $20.00 anyway. My wife told the cashier that this was the second time this month and last week the same thing had happened to our son. The cashier looked at my wife and said “a human made it” and went back to her business. There was nothing to say. She was right and it got me to thinking about some of the things we depend on in our everyday lives. How much faith do we put in our cars, that when we turn it on with all that gas in the tank and all those “spark” plugs, it will take us where we want and not just blow up.
Just today I was watching the news as they talked about an earthquake in Italy. One of the things they focused on were the number of homes and other buildings that had been destroyed. It seems that some of the older ones had been built using less cement than we use now and were therefore not as strong. WOW!! Are we really sure that the guys who built our homes used enough cement? I mean, who checked on them? Maybe it was the state code enforcement inspectors, you know, the ones where there are not enough of them to go around and they don’t have time to inspect every one. Maybe they weren’t there to inspect mine. Maybe that was the day the builder was a little short on cement and decided to cut corners.
I once asked a special forces troop I knew, “Why would you want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?”. He answered that there is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. He may have a point there. However, I have a fear of heights and although I have no problem flying, there is no way I am stepping outside of a plane in the air. I can’t understand why an otherwise sensible individual, would suddenly go nuts and jump out of plane for fun. Not only that, but they are strapping a man-made bag on their back which is stuffed with a man-made parachute. I just don’t get it. Some people have suggested that I try skydiving and then I would get over my fear of heights. Now they may have a point there. In fact, I know I would get over my fear real quick because I would undoubtedly have a heart attack and die. Besides, I’ve kinda gotten used to my fear of heights and have adjusted, so just leave me alone.
Now if the rest of you still want to go up and jump out of a “perfectly good airplane”, go forth and have “fun”. However, before you do, go to www.skydiving.TellMeAboutThat.com to check out the latest information before you make that jump. If you like what you see then please go to my site at www.TellMeAboutThat.com and enjoy some of my other articles. Good luck! I mean it.
