Forget Me Not

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Are you the type of person who is kind of forgetful?

When was the last time that you freaked out because you forgot something very important?

Let me share with you first a tragic story of a person who forgets something very important that leads to his death.

“In 1988 Ivan Lester Maguire, 35 years old, an experienced skydiver and with more than 800 jumps of experience was preparing to do his job in his skydiving company.  In order to increase sales, the jumps of the clients would be recorded so the client would pay for the parachute jump and extra for the video recording. A brilliant idea but due to the expense everything have to be done only once. If for some reason the camera failed, for example not being charged or forgetting to put in a memory card, they would not be able to perform a second jump. Therefore Ivan Lester always checked once, twice and even three times that everything about the camera was all good on the plane.

While the instructor is giving the preparatory lessons for the jump to the client, Ivan would even check his camera one last time so that the filming would come out perfectly.  He would clean the lens and make sure it was loaded then put on goggles so he could see well.

When they reached the altitude of 12, 000 feet, Maguire jumped from the back of a plane to film the client and instructor who jumped from the front of the plane. Everything was going according to plan. The instructor pulled the parachute ripcord and they both rose while Ivan took one last shot with their parachute open.

When the shot was ready, Ivan took his hand to the metal ripcord to open his parachute too. But to his surprise, his ripcord wasn't there. Ivan indeed has something on his back but it was not the parachute. Instead it was the backpack with camera stuff inside. It was only that he realized when already being in the air he had been so preoccupied with the camera that he had forgotten the most important thing – his parachute.”

According to reports, Maguire was an expert jumper. The reason for him forgetting his parachute was that he was so preoccupied with his video equipment. He has been working a lot when it comes to his video photography.

Sometimes our friends would tease us when we tend to forget something. They would say it's like a sign of aging or that we should drink milk that would boost our memory.

I have been experiencing a lot of forgetfulness. The most recent was driving without a license because I forgot to put it in my pocket. Good thing no bad circumstance happened so I was able to drive back home with no license. However I was nervous enough because traffic enforcers here in our area are kind of strict. Besides they have posts in almost every where adding to the checkpoints due to the approaching presidential election.

Sometimes we are so preoccupied with something that we forget the most important thing just like what had happened with Ivan Maguire.

It’s funny when you have already secured everything, even checking it for more than three times but then there is still something missing. Something left out and the most shocking is that the thing missing is the most important one.

Sometimes my wife would tell me that I am like a broken record when I tend to reiterate reminders with her. This is because I don’t want to forget things or miss important things. But still no matter how hard we try to secure things before we go, we still forget important stuff to put in our backpack.

Are you a forgetful person? Share your views in the comment below. I would love to read it. 

Thanks for reading. Ciao!

Lead image source credits to Dominik Scythe

Resource: https://apnews.com/article/ad6734fd502c80db0d71695b53605229

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What a tragic thing that happened to Ivan.

I forget things all the time lol! I just came from the supermarket and forgot one thing to buy and it's one of the important things. That had to be purchased tomorrow. Good thing we still have enough to last us a day or two.

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1 year ago

i don't think there is an explanation for that but some paranormal expert tend to blame baphomet espcially the case of Ivan.

funny how it seems but it's true, sometimes i hate myself for being forgetful but I think it can be benificial for some reason. 😁

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1 year ago

I have a youngerfriend who's "married to forgetfulness", lol. Mayne it's due to mental stress

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1 year ago

that's funny but if its kind of his condition i think its a serious problem.

sometimes when i am so drunk i tend to say or do stupids thing but i dont remember any of it as i forget it so easily 😁

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1 year ago

OMG, grabe yung sa parachute 🥺 Pero same ng partner ko makakalimutin din siya sa kung saan nya nilagay mga gamit nya tas ako ang tinatanong. Kaya ako palagi taga ano sa kanya. Mahirap kasinmaging makakalimutin talaga.

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1 year ago

yes sad but true. meron na rin case na ganyan dto satin na talagang nag resulta ng pagkawala ng buhay ng tao.

minsan ang nakakainis sakin yong mga bagay na ako nagtago tas pag gagamitin ko na di ko matandaan kung saan ko naitabi 😄

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1 year ago

Haruuu ko pareha kayo ng partner ko talaga. Kaya ako pinagtatagk niya ng papers niya. 😅

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1 year ago

haha, yes po at nagagalit si wify kapag sa kanya ako hanap ng hanap tas ako din naman nakakaalala kung saan ko nailagay 😬😁

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1 year ago

Yung kinakagalit ng karamihan na misis talaga yung hinahanapan ng lahat ng bagay. Tapos sasakit ulo namin kakatanong saan daw eh di naman kami ang nagtago 😅

Yung susi sa motor talag ng partner ko, naiinis na ko talaga. Sabi ko nga sa kanya, isang tanong at hanap pa sakin isasalpak ko talaga sa bibig nya. Kasi palagi niya na mimisplace. 🤦😂

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1 year ago

nakupo, ngyari sakin yan.. kaya binilhan ako non ng lace ng susi ng motor para di ma misplace.. haha..

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1 year ago

Hahaha ayun nga binilhan ko rin siya. Pati kasama spray ng alcohol 😅

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1 year ago

Oh my, really cringe on that. That is so scary. That is why memory are important, and we must take care of our health to maintain our good memory

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1 year ago

yes, it happened in real life.

i think there is an exercise for our brain so that we can maintain a good memory. reading and writing is one of them.

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