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oH MY GOD the joy the joy there are other beings in the world who
live by these maxims....its a great way to be eh Dave VVBG
--- In , "squidsrus85"
<squidsrus85 at y dot dot dot > wrote:
> --- In , "Ken James" <nautikat at g dot dot dot >
> wrote:
>
> Ken,
>
> > mistakes. Yes, it is only $, but then there is you.
>
> I don't expect many of you in this group to understand this next
> statement.
>
> I do not have a death-wish and I am certinaly not unbalanced or
> suicidal, BUT I have scant regard for my continued existance. I
have
> lead a very rich and full life. I never wasted time on a "career."
I
> have always been driven by the mood that takes me. I have worked
as
> an engineer in many countries of the world. I have done more in my
> lifetime than probably and 5 or 10 people collectively.
>
> I have always seen myself as marking time until I die and that is
> what has always prompted me to look for new challenges. I view
life
> as it is, it is a one-shot event. My greatest fear is to trip over
> running across a road and have a double-decker bus looming feet
from
> me lying on a road, and just before those wheels crush the very
life
> out of me and I do NOT want to have to say, "oh shit I wish I had
> sailed to..."
>
> Consequently I chase the adventure and will deal with the results
if
> and when they happen, albeit while staying away from double decker
> buses as much as possible. <g> Dying while doing something you
enjoy
> is the best way to die. I do not want to die helpless as a child
in
> bed.
>
> I had a friend die in the middle of a shooting competition. He had
> fired 7 of 28 rounds in a running gun competition and dropped
dead.
> No grasping his chest, no stopping in pain, just clonk, dead. How
> much better can it get??
>
> It's a philosophy few can accept.
>
> Dave
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