When I screw up, I tend to confess to my flying buddies. Good for the soul and all that. Told one of my hangar-mates about forgetting the spoilers and seatbelt. My hangar-mate is at least 10 times the pilot I will ever be. But he had a topper for my seatbelt senior moment. He has owned a couple of single place Pitts, one he built as a kid and one he bought later. Often when he was flying somewhere, rather than thrashing it around, he liked to have a smoke. Said there was a good enough bubble of still air even with the open cockpit. But to get his cig and lighter out, he had to undo his harness and chute. One time after a smoke he hit a big bump and had to catch himself on the way out of the airplane, chute unfastened too. Turns out he had completely forgotten to strap back in. Said he had never gotten buckled back up so fast after he had nearly ejected.
-- IFMU