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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Ryder Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Cyclist dead Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 09:33:45 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:33:46 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ed8a347b8526f0a6340719efc9e54a98"; logging-data="84835"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Tq52uXR12gB8Ft7RBNWBS3b5pHrwS214=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Q3+XcuF9PEehZcqDWxaNDHRzMlc= Bytes: 2522 On 15 Feb 2025 14:06:50 GMT, Roger Merriman wrote: >Catrike Ryder wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:17:42 -0500, Frank Krygowski >> 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 >> > >Kinda depends on if one understands the risks. I’ll take some risks cycling >and others I’ll pass I tend to avoid jumps beyond just riding off a step >off etc. > >Roger Merriman Of course it does. Everyone gets to decide for themselves and that's how it's supposed to be. I never wanted to die in bed, but that's probably how it's going to be. The older I get, the less I concern myself with risks, but also, the less physically capable I am to do the risky stuff. -- C'est bon Soloman