Reminds me of when as a lad of 10 or so, after watching an episode of Ripcord I decided to clamber up on the roof with a sheet as a parachute and jump off. Fortunately all I did was sprain an ankle while learning that sheets aren’t a good substitute for a real parachute. Later, not really having absorbed the lesson, I went to Airborne School and then on to be paid $55 per month to jump out of perfectly good airplanes by the Army.
Reminds me of when as a lad of 10 or so, after watching an episode of Ripcord I decided to clamber up on the roof with a sheet as a parachute and jump off. Fortunately all I did was sprain an ankle while learning that sheets aren’t a good substitute for a real parachute. Later, not really having absorbed the lesson, I went to Airborne School and then on to be paid $55 per month to jump out of perfectly good airplanes by the Army.