[TheForge] propane/acet kaboom discussion

Mon Aug 11 06:17:02 2003

Actually Terry I am going to make one remark, before I leave for a trip and
won't be able to rebut anything you might have to add.  I do not have a life
is CHEAP attitude, and everything I do and my employee's do, is a calculated
RISK.  Life happens to be a RISK.  I run more statistics, in any given day
than most people do in their whole life.  I do so because that's what
engineering is all about.  I can make the airplane stay together so it
doesn't crash, but I cannot account for the  terrorist hijackers who took
control of the planes and slammed them into the ground.  Ironically do you
have any idea what the statistics are for the chances of being on one of
those five planes?  Life Terry is not CHEAP, it is INEVITABLE.  LIFE will
happen, and while you may attempt to control what happens within the context
of your own miniscule little world, the bigger picture is always out there
and you too are a puppet of some greater good.  Today more people will die
in car accidents than died in the in those plane crashes just in the U.S.
Alone.  One person every second in the U.S. dies from AIDS and other
diseases.

My amusement with acetylene and other ventures, come to me handed down by a
Hollywood, pyrotechnics set designer.....  Above all else he taught safety
first.  During the shows that we have put on which myself and 3 other
persons who work for me have been licensed to do by various govn't agency's
including the DEA no one has been hurt killed maimed, or even had a close
call.  So please in the future don't lambaste me in public without first
talking directly to the horse.  I don't do it to other people and I don't
appreciate it from someone of your stature.

Thanks

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry L. Ridder" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] propane/acet kaboom discussion

> hello;
>
> the terrorist who hijecked the 4 planes and
> flew two into the world trade centers, one into
> the pentagon, and crashed on into a field in
> pennsylvania sure went out with a *_bang_*. however,
> the plane passengers, building occupants, etc probably
> did not want to go out with such a *_bang_*.
>
> personally, i find you an extremely dangerous person
> to be around. you have a "life is cheap" attitude that
> i personally find offensive. life is not cheap.
>
> On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Paul Hewitt wrote:
>
> paul>
> paul> Some people are just WAY TO STAUNCH...
> paul> You only live once, so why not enjoy
> paul> life.....  Its not a matter of if you
> paul> die its a matter of when you die....
> paul> Why not go out with a BANG....
> paul>
>
> --
> Terry L. Ridder ><>
>
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