re: #44 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

you can talk about statistics all you want, but for me it is simply a psychological barrier, or to quote the guys from Band of Brothers, “What kind of idiot would jump out of a perfectly good airplane?”

At an intellectual level, I can understand why it would be a real kick to jump out of a plane and then land safely. At a gut level, I’m not sure I’ll ever try it myself. I’m not especially afraid of heights, but the idea of jumping out into empty air doesn’t appeal to me much. But I might add it to my bucket list of things to do before I die of other causes.