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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: TarpleyG on October 10, 2005, 04:13:27 AM
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Just got an e-mail that a former co-worker died on Saturday night in a motorcycle accident. I worked with him and his wife for a few years before they left for other things. I wasn't necessarily friends with either but it really shook me up to get that e-mail this morning--reminds me how fragile life can be. This guy was a model dad to two boys and coached football and tee-ball in his spare time. He was young and had already beat cancer a few years back. I cannot help but wonder what his wife and boys are going through right now. Stuff like this makes me question whether I take advantage of what I have. I love my wife more than I can express and I know that sometimes it bothers her that I cannot express it in terms she can appreciate. We haven't had any kids yet but they are on the horizon. Hope I don't have to leave them like this. No kid should have to outlive his parents.
Godspeed Tom G.
Greg
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That's sad, of course.
Motorcycles look like lots of fun. Then I remember I am a married guy with two young children, one of whom I homeschool. The upside of motorcycles is the fun in riding them. The downside is death or permanant vegetative state. I made my choice.
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Motorcycles are lots of fun. The death and permanent vegetative state is by far more likely to be caused by a collision with another motorist than with hitting the ground or a fixed object. My point being that if they look fun enough to you to be worth risking more moderate injuries (like broken ankles and legs) that there is a middle course that adventurous, yet prudent men can take, IE off road motorcycling.
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A good friend of mine lost a friend of hers in a motorcycle accident recently. Her and her husband were riding two up when they got hit. She died at the scene and last i heard he was in the ICU and might not be walking anytime soon.
I love riding and I still ride nearly every day. I am well aware that its a bad choice, but its mine to make. I have to say that if i had a family to support I might approach it differently though. If you have a family to support you *need* to have a quality death/dismemeberment policy, other than that its "buyer beware".
On the plus side, riding a bike gives you ample occasion to reflect on your own mortality. Its not even remotely unusual for me to think: "i might just die in the next 5 seconds" or "huh, I almost bought the farm there" while riding. It gives one a certain enjoyment in life.