[mandown]

Ever just lie awake at night, thinking about how death means things just click off, forever? No more consciousness, no more existing, just nothing. Eternal nothingness.

Yea, I didn't have a great night. I can see why people turn to religion. The thought of paradise is more comforting than the reality of nothing.

It’s not the dying I’m afraid of, it’s the pain if I don’t.
I used that joke a few times in my life. When I crashed 15 years ago, I had a brief moment of consciousness as the paramedics started assessing the damage. I realized I had really hurt myself and death might be around the corner. I wasn’t panicking or afraid even though I couldn’t breathe. I didn’t have any racing thoughts of things I wished I had done differently in my life. I was ready to go.

Why that was my response to it is probably a longer story than I feel like posting or anyone wants to read. It was my lifetime of experiences. That perspective has been helpful in my recovery. I haven’t spent time second guessing how I ended up with my disabilities, or feeling cheated out of a different life. Maybe I’m just a grumpy person who thinks the world is fucked up and my condition confirms my worldview, which provides a sense of satisfaction.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Ever just lie awake at night, thinking about how death means things just click off, forever? No more consciousness, no more existing, just nothing. Eternal nothingness.

Yea, I didn't have a great night. I can see why people turn to religion. The thought of paradise is more comforting than the reality of nothing.

Ever wake up mad because you didn’t die in your sleep ?

 

[SkaredShtles]

What's with all the agri-hippies around here?

 

[mandown]

Ever wake up mad because you didn’t die in your sleep ?

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

In 2009 while riding a city park trail system the next town over, I started to have, what I was certain at the time, a heart attack. Never felt fatigue like that in my life. I knew that if I sat down I wasn’t getting back up again. So I kept pushing my bike at a snail’s pace while my parents were trying to arrange a rescue. The park employees were apparently of negative use and FIRE and EMS extracted me from the woods. Turned out to be a very bad reaction to the new gout med I had started taking.

The takeaway from this was that I didn’t fear death. If I had died that day then I would have lived an entire year without being in the clutches of alcohol addiction. The freedom (for lack of a better word) of that was in a way a comfort for what is inevitable for us all.

 

[CBJ]

Woke up the boys at 3pm to try to see if I can get the back on Euro time.

I made it to the gym. An hour on the bike and some light weight lifting. More of that tomorrow! No slacking in 2025.

 

[Westy]

What's with all the agri-hippies around here?

Sounds like something someone who has never handled a really nice piece of wood would say.

 

[jonKranked]

Trying to clean out my workshop yet again.

 

[boostindoubles]

ex-front ranger. And yes I drink a lot of the booch

Theres a guy in Jamestown brewing it and selling it. The brand is Cliffhouse Kombucha. Not only is he a gold star human but his product is some of the finest I have tried. You can tell he actually cares about his product and the people who drink it.

 

[boostindoubles]

I wouldn't say I fear death but I do have a strong urge to continue living.

 

[sunringlerider]

Shit, all the people worried about death and heaven bull shit?? Who cares. Death is the only thing certain in life. Live it up. Do I need to pray to an imaginary spaghetti space god to hope for eternal happiness? Fuuuuck no. But when my card is drawn I will welcome the eternal.

 

[Westy]

Meh, we've all lived much longer than we are really supposed to.

Also a cart is kind of like a bike, enjoy the ride.

 

[rideit]

Friend of mine is an arborist, he cuts down a lot of really old hard wood trees that have grown in residential areas. He used to cut up all the wood for firewood. He since realized that a lot of that material is rather valuable and now makes more money selling specialty lumber to furniture and instrument makers.

I have told this story before, but many years ago there was a devastating ice storm at my parents house. There were some Onondaga folks going door to door, offering to clean up blowdowns cheaper than anyone you could call. I talked to them, and they made the mistake of telling me that the big one we lost was a Black Oak.
I said I’ll think about it, and remembered that I had a friend who’s family ran Ithaca Arms. They offered me ~$7k for just the rootball, and they would cut up a clear the wood we didn’t want.
That was enough for 20 year old me to buy a 4WD that I wanted.
It was a win-win. At the time, Ithaca Arms basically sold guns that weren’t shot, mostly collectors pieces, I guess.

 

[Toshi]

hey rideit

is this girthy because it spans many miles north-south or is it too slender due to its length

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

hey rideit

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is this girthy because it spans many miles north-south or is it too slender due to its length

You’re concerned about the girth and not the obvious tumor ? What kind of Radiologist are you maaaan ?

 

[Toshi]

You’re concerned about the girth and not the obvious tumor ? What kind of Radiologist are you maaaan ?

what, yours isn't like that?!

 

[rideit]

I always knew the taint was just east of Knoxville.

 

[mandown]

But I thought Florida was the balls?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

You are making assumptions. I assume that once death tightens its grip, our spirit is either catapulted into a new journey or we are trapped in a pocket of ubresolved tension until balance is found. Peace be with you, and also with you.

Driving across Wyoming on 80. Kitten is loose in the vehicle.

Any front rangers here consider themselves Kombucha drinkers?

I don't worry about dying. It's something that happens. Didn't think about it as the master of an LCM-6 tending a diver working on a grounded barge grinding on spilled howitzer shells, don't think about it riding the bike and didn't when I rode motorcycles way too fast.

 

[Changleen]

I could use a really long nap.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I could use a really long nap.

Have you considered death?

 

[stevew]

hey rideit

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is this girthy because it spans many miles north-south or is it too slender due to its length

veiny as fuck..

 

[Toshi]

veiny as fuck..

you could drive a semi-truck right down some of those veins, I bet

 

[johnbryanpeters]

 

[eric strt6]

Easy day at work, left over pizza for dinner then 25 minutes of intervals on the lateral trainer I feel great

 

[eric strt6]

Reading the above posts. There have been many times in my life where l am amazed that I survived. came out of a 3 day coma with my face sewn back together, came to 3 hours after going off a 30 foot cliff and landing in a ravine on a solo ride. Struggling for 30 hours trying to survive rock fall, 70 mph wind -20F tems and mixed vertical rock and ice trying to get off mt Shasta in a mid winter storm. dodged, Katyusha rockets, land mines, car bombs and machine gun fire in the west bank, advanced into a 15' wall of fire with a 1.5 inch hose to buy time for families to escape. Live each day to its fullest because tomorrow is not a given. I have had a total blast for 68 years if I'm gone in the next minute I had a hell of a ride. I don't worry or fear death. I see it every day at work. We all gotta go at some point, no sense worrying about it

 

[jonKranked]

Trying to clean out my workshop yet again.

Almost 2 full contractor bags. ByeFelcia.gif

More to do. Think I'm going to sell the cabinet saw.

 

[Avy]

Shit, all the people worried about death and heaven bull shit?? Who cares. Death is the only thing certain in life. Live it up. Do I need to pray to an imaginary spaghetti space god to hope for eternal happiness? Fuuuuck no. But when my card is drawn I will welcome the eternal.

Taxes Brother,they are certain.

I would like to say that my Bad Habbit’s are the Only thing I own In this World.

Avy