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To: Windflier

I was an US Army paratrooper and jumpmaster. A “Towed Jumper” was a soldier, who, after jumping ended up being dragged along outside of the aircraft by their parachute’s (usually mis-routed), static line. The end result was to be repeatedly smacked up along the outside of aircraft, bounced and dragged through the slipstream behind the plane. Mercifully, I never was a ‘towed jumper’ myself.

In another sense, being a ‘towed jumper’ is a metaphor regarding life. Often, because of our own decisions and mistakes, we get dragged along and buffeted through life tethered by the consequences of those decisions and mistakes.


291 posted on 07/23/2017 10:06:09 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper (Imagine an America where Sen. John McCain had instead "failed to eject" over North Vietnam.)
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To: Towed_Jumper
In another sense, being a ‘towed jumper’ is a metaphor regarding life. Often, because of our own decisions and mistakes, we get dragged along and buffeted through life tethered by the consequences of those decisions and mistakes.

My fellow freeps sometimes amaze me with the depth of their philosophical thoughts. That is a really good metaphor, and you're quite humble to wear it as your moniker.

352 posted on 07/23/2017 1:33:58 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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