tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post3548435535435711732..comments2024-03-22T18:01:20.065-05:00Comments on Geezer with a Grudge: Product Review: Added InsuranceT.W. Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-26812623966494397982009-12-18T09:39:40.467-06:002009-12-18T09:39:40.467-06:00Hmmm... as an Official Old Guy, I better check out...Hmmm... as an Official Old Guy, I better check out what Medicare and its Supplement offers. Even if I'm just up at someplace tame -- Death Valley Park HQ (with its 5-Star Hotel the Furnace Creek Inn), what happens if I need that Helicopter or an Ambulance to get me back to Irvine? <br /><br />Thanks for posting that, GeezerDave Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077874542204798978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-10718936667654804202009-11-01T14:03:32.087-06:002009-11-01T14:03:32.087-06:00I very much take your point about fear, and have u...I very much take your point about fear, and have used it myself in arguing for improved gravel traps and other safety features. As Mat Mladin has many times said, the more dangerous the venue, the more conservatively must any sensible person ride. I used to propose a "thought experiment" in which each rider had a mythical helium balloon in his razor-back. At the onset of any serious get-off, this would inflate and lift the would-be crash victim to a low altitude where he would float harmless until a safety official with a BB gun brought him gently back to earth. My idea was that thus guaranteed an even break, riders could become more experimental in their approach to quicker lap times.<br /> <br />But even experienced journalists who should know better repeatedly criticize modern racing as "not exciting enough". This is their code word for "not like 500 racing", which means Wayne Rainey forever in a wheelchair, and lots of riders breaking bones because their violent and inherently unrideable machines threw them off. Crowds loved it. Kentucky was the last state to abandon public hangings (1936), their Governor asking the legislature to do so, saying that otherwise Kentuckians would be seen by the rest of the nation as "bloodthirsty ignoramuses".<br /> <br />Is this what race spectators want?<br /> <br />KCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com