(I am trying to phrase this as non-inflammatory/respectfully as possible): But,
surely, as a father of two young kids; engaging in such hugely risky activities as this was extremely selfish/thoughtless.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 10:56,
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No doubt. I'd rather have my dad than any amount of money though.
At the end of the day, it's just terribly sad, isn't it?
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:31,
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Yes it is.
And I would rather have my father that be filthy rich. But if he died whilst motor racing, I wouldn't say he was selfish, not when you compare his death to Colin McRae's, who died (and killed others including his own son) flying a helicopter he wasn't cleared to fly, performing low-level and fast flying for the sake of showing off. That's pretty damn selfish if you ask me.
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Oh dear.
Gosh, that news story passed me by.
I would google it, but it sounds like you've given me the pertinent details.
[edit] Is it just me, or has /links gone a bit grey & miserable, in sharp contrast to the sunny weekend just passed?
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 12:11,
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Quite possibly.
I even posted some unintelligible mosh crap further up there^
Here's the McRae news story www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14803595
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I am genuinely unhappy now I know this. That man was my rallying hero :(
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Coubs Salty toothpaste, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 16:38,
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It's the lif he chose to live
Lots of things are risky, some more so than others. No racer expects to die but they all know its a possibility, same with his wfie. They all know the risks, and just hope its not their turn.
The risk of danger is why people watch and do motorsport, if it wasn't it wouldn't be the spectacle it is and wouldn't exist.
The safety records in motorsport these days is excellent, it's a miracle more people aren't killed when you see some crashes, especially on the US oval circuits.
TBO the odds of dieing at high level motorsport is really really small, sometimes shit just happens.
People die every year at club level you just never hear about it unless they are the son/daughter/grandchild of someone famous.
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retrofly How about a link to a picture of something funny.., Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:37,
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