Melancholy moment

[Katman]

The family would miss me if I died

I caught my wife tampering with my brakes the other day.

[MSTRS:Me]

I caught my wife tampering with my brakes the other day.

Ahhh...but who paid her to do it?

[Ixion]

No doubt you have heard the old adage that:-
Good judgement comes from experience but that unfortunately, experience comes from bad judgement.

Yes..... stretching relevance there a bit, I know

One other thing, do you not think (for argument's sake) that the logical final outcome of a society that liberally applies Gene-O-Kleen is a society that takes no risks at all and therefore makes no progress since all progress necessitates some degree of risk?

I will distinguish between calculated risk and stupidity. One of the features of Gene-O-Kleen ("Evolution you can see"), is that it is deactivated in the presence of common sense and good judgement. So long as common sense and sound judgement are there risk does not cause the activation of Gene-O-Kleen.

[MarkH]

I caught my wife tampering with my brakes the other day.

Goddamn that woman! I told her to wait until you were asleep!

[Swoop]

There are plenty of comments about "the rider" and "the family of the rider" here. Medical insurance and life insurance will aid you and your family because of it.
Perhaps, if we are going to delve deeply into an introspective moment, thoughts need to be made for the pedestrian, other driver/rider or their passenger/s whose lives may be changed by your actions.

[yungatart]

It is your life. You must live it as you see fit. Obviously, sitting in an armchair watching the world go by is not your thing..
It would be a crime/sin to not live your life fully, and such a waste too.
As Mstrs said "remember Zukin". His motto was "Die with memories, not with dreams".
Enough said really!

[beyond]

Thanks for the replies peeps.
I suppose in some way we all think along the same lines and yep, you gotta enjoy life and what you do.

Many have mentioned insurance etc.
Interesting point. What medical and accident cover do people have and how much is it? Can get pricey I've heard?

[Blackbird]

What medical and accident cover do people have and how much is it? Can get pricey I've heard?

We used to have comprehensive medical cover because my company paid for it.

We now have specialist and surgery cover only at ~$220/month from Southern Cross. When we were talking to our company superannuation actuary before retirement, specialist and surgery cover was his recommendation. It's cheaper than full cover including doctor's visits etc. His rationale was that our kids are all grown up and earning a crust and we won't have any problem paying cash for relatively minor ticket items so we can save ourselves some dough. Because we're getting older, specialist and surgery is the area we really need coverage for.

That's my 2 bob's worth!

[Drum]

I've had such thoughts as well. But they always go away in a few days.

Insured to the hilt though!

[scumdog]

Get a big sluggardly Harley without a screen, it will still get you there but you tend not to want to go quite so fast.

Well it works for me.

[Timber020]

Beyond, come work with me for a day, bikes will feel safe afterwards.

[beyond]

Beyond, come work with me for a day, bikes will feel safe afterwards.

What do you do then?? Bond 007?

[Ixion]

He molests Ents.