> > > I was so excited to see a new reader poll! But, bummer, I'm not afraid of any of those things.
> > > But I would be if they were combined.
> >
> > It's also missing the thing I'm really afraid of. "High places" and "Flying" both approach it, but neither is quite right. The fear comes on when I'm flying and when I'm high up (especially when I can see exactly how far down it is), but I'm not afraid of being high up. What I'm afraid of is that something will go wrong resulting in me rapidly and painfully ceasing to be high up.
> >
> > Paul
> Like they say, the fall won't hurt you, it's the sudden stop.
> Howard


My boss often tells the story of the man who fell from a 75 story building. A man at the 40th floor window yells to him, "How's it going?" His response: "Okay so far...."