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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: Disc brake maintenance tips
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:00:48 -0500
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On 6/26/2024 10:43 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:09:17 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 6/24/2024 7:44 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>> On 6/24/2024 12:22 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>>>   Kids seem to be indestructible.
>>>
>>> A couple years ago, a kid in Hudson, Ohio (a place I visit
>>> frequently) was killed while riding his bike on a sidewalk.
>>> It's too bad nobody told him a bit about the danger that
>>> killed him.
>>>
>>> Kids are resilient, but far from indestructible.
>>>
>>
>> Two different things.
>> The unfortunate child was uninformed but not hesitant.
>>
>> Mr Liebermann may have meant 'undaunted' and not
>> 'indestructible'.
> 
> Nope.  I meant indestructible.  Undaunted implies that the kid rode on
> the sidewalk KNOWING that it might be dangerous.  The sidewalk might
> not have been the cause of death.  Undaunted means:
> "not afraid to continue doing something or trying to do something even
> though there are problems, dangers, etc."
> 
> Kids tend to collect numerous minor injuries and recover quickly while
> learning what works and what doesn't.  It's called trial and error.
> It's the same for doing "stupid" things for no obvious reason.
> Unfortunately, as we get older, we lose the spirit of adventure and
> willingness to experiment that helps kids learn.  The minor injuries
> escalate into major injuries and the learning experience shifts from
> trial and error, to reading the instructions and warning labels before
> operating.  Therefore, to prevent this fatal tragedy, one would only
> need to have attached a suitable warning label to the bicycle. "Riding
> on the sidewalk might be fatal" should be a sufficient to prevent
> further fatalities caused by dangerous sidewalk bicycle riding.
> 
> Back to painfully stacking firewood.  I'm undaunted by the possibility
> of injuring myself (probably by tripping on a log) but nevertheless, I
> blunder onward.
> 

OK, I get that, and you're right, and it's an important 
feature of humans.

Better we should retain some of that childlike spirit over a 
lifetime!

Maybe I'm missing something but what's the difference 
between 'crushed to death' and 'destroyed'?
-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971