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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Cyclist dead
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 14:26:43 -0500
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On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:11:54 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 2/15/2025 8:55 AM, AMuzi wrote:
>> On 2/15/2025 5:18 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>> On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:17:42 -0500, Frank Krygowski
>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/14/2025 7:59 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
>>>>> On 2/14/2025 12:57 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>>> https://realdealnews.org/2025/02/14/extreme-sports-influencer-dies-
>>>>>> while-cycling-down-volcano/
>>>>> Live for a thrill and you get to die for the thrill. This does not make
>>>>> sense to me at all.
>>>>
>>>> Agreed. "Influencers" who do hyper-risky tricks to gain followers and
>>>> make money do nobody any good. They probably inspire other fools to lose
>>>> at risky tricks. And as in this case, they trigger public spending to
>>>> rescue them from their failures.
>>>
>>> For many people, risk is the spice of life. For others, it's something
>>> to be avoided.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> C'est bon
>>> Soloman
>> 
>> Yes and we all choose our battles.
>> 
>> One might say Mr Villareal Perez died doing what he loved, which is not 
>> the worst way to go out.
>
>If he retained consciousness about five minutes after his crash, my bet 
>is that he thought "OK, that was a huge mistake" rather than "Oh good, 
>I'm going to die from doing what I loved."

Or he might have thought, "Damn, that was fun."

>Not all decisions are correct.

Depends on your point of view. 

--
C'est bon
Soloman