“Alex was doing what he loved to do”

Athyrio

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And he died doing it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate....-alex-harvill-dies-record-motorcycle-jump.amp

This the way you wanna go, dying while doing something physically daredevilish that you just love to do when you might have experienced the same virtually with a video game and not ended up with broken bones?

“Yeah, old Fred, he just loved teasing the alligators in the swamp, but…”

“That wing suit was his life’s passion, I can sure say that”

“He always helped people in need and that’s what he was doing, changing that tire for that old man when that drunk driver came and….”

Or, some other way?
 
If you have kids, you are obligated to put their welfare first. If you don’t want to do that, don’t have kids.
 
Motorcycle racer and experienced stunt rider Alex Harvill died Thursday while he was practicing for a world-record motorcycle ramp jump in Washington. Harvill, 28, was trying to break the record of a 351-foot jump at the Moses Lake Airshow at Grant County International Airport, located around 15 miles from Harvill’s hometown of Ephrata. But during the practice, Harvil’s motorcycle ran straight into the top part of a dirt beam, he was thrown off the bike, and his helmet flew off.
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What is a dirt beam?
 
No Darwin Award for Alex. He had already reproduced his genes.

His helmet "flew off" huh? If he hit hard enough to dislodge a top quality and properly worn helmet I am a little surprised his head did not "fly off" with it.
 
Steve said:
No Darwin Award for Alex. He had already reproduced his genes.

His helmet "flew off" huh? If he hit hard enough to dislodge a top quality and properly worn helmet I am a little surprised his head did not "fly off" with it.
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While risky, he wasn't being stupid.
 
This aphorism has always bothered me. I told my wife to never eulogize me by using that line.

Do you know what Alex enjoyed more than doing what he loved? Being alive. You have to be alive to do what you love.

Also, RIP Alex.
 
Wow, Moses Lake makes it into a thread twice in a couple of weeks! (The other being the boat fire one.) My wife's family are currently having a reunion about ten miles north. We aren't there because they include a lot of Trumpers and anti-vaxxers.
 
His life wouldn't have been worth living if he hadn't been doing what he wanted. In the end, he didn't beat the odds, but 28 great years are better than a 100 average ones.
 
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His life wouldn't have been worth living if he hadn't been doing what he wanted. In the end, he didn't beat the odds, but 28 great years are better than a 100 average ones.
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Odd comment. Can you confirm that his fifth year was a great one? Or his thirteenth? The man had children. He had an obligation to be there and look after them. He put his stupid daredevil desires ahead of the needs of his family. In my book he was disgustingly selfish. In the end it seems that his life was not worth living due to the grief that he left in his wake.
 
Steve said:
Odd comment. Can you confirm that his fifth year was a great one? Or his thirteenth? The man had children. He had an obligation to be there and look after them. He put his stupid daredevil desires ahead of the needs of his family. In my book he was disgustingly selfish. In the end it seems that his life was not worth living due to the grief that he left in his wake.
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His daredevil years must have been great. Why else would he do it?

Financially, his family will probably be better off than most, and time heals emotional scars. Let's not act as if he left them destitute and doomed his children to lifelong mental problems.
 
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