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- From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
- Subject: Re: Saturday night COPS on FOX
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.195612.29964@adobe.com>
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- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
- References: <1434@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> <1992Nov16.222235.22951@spdc.ti.com> <1992Nov17.033630.5630@tcsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:56:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.033630.5630@tcsi.com> markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer) writes:
- }When I get the "You'd have to be suicidal to ride one of those death
- }machines" argument from a non-rider, I try to put it into perspective
- }for them thus:
-
- Yeah, that worked great for me with skydiving (comparing trips in
- an auto vs. skydives), until somebody said, "Yeah, but what about
- comparing miles driven to miles in freefall/under canopy?"
-
- I could only comment that the therapeutic value of being in freefall
- was directly proportional to the detrimental effects of being stuck
- in traffic. And I feel the same way about riding a bike.
-
- Obmoto: A friend was looking at the acceleration figures on some new
- hot bike, and noted that, with *just* enough of an incline for some
- traction, the bike could actually be driven down the cliff faster
- than a bike thrown off the cliff and allowed to freefall. I guess if
- you gotta go, that would be one hell of a great way to do it.
- --
- Curtis Jackson '91 Black Lab "Studley Doright" '92 Collie/Golden "George"
- cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com USPA #A-10080 (lapsed) DoD #721 '81 Maxim 650
- "They that can give up an essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
- safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1759)
-