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Blue_Tires

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13. Either I'm really drowsy, or I'm not understanding the author's intent...

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 01:10 AM

Sep 2014

There's a difference between going for broke, a calculated risk and an unnecessary risk...By all accounts, JFK Jr. took an unnecessary risk (he was a very green pilot flying into conditions he was not qualified to handle)...

I also fail to understand the historical comparisons, since they lack context...Yes, we have safer, healthier and easier lives than people who lived in the 19th century -- Who in turn had safer, healthier and easier lives than the 15th century, and so on down the line...

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Prophetic in it's own way [View all] FormerOstrich Sep 2014 OP

I found it online. tblue Sep 2014 #1

Thank you, tblue. FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #2

As a child I read a lot of 19th century novels. In them, young children often tblue37 Sep 2014 #6

I'm from a long line of readers.... FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #7

Contact university historians! You don't have to give up your treasures, but I bet tblue37 Sep 2014 #8

After I returned from my annual vacation "back home"... FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #14

Wow. That is so cool. nt tblue37 Sep 2014 #15

tblue, here is one letter.... FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #10

So poignant. BTW, FYI I am tblue37; tblue is another DUer. we don't know each other IRL, tblue37 Sep 2014 #11

tblue and tblue37 FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #17

I think we confuse a lot of people on DU. I just pointed that out below in a post to tblue. nt tblue37 Sep 2014 #18

Hi, cuz. You know, I think the OP might not realize that we are different persons. tblue37 Sep 2014 #12

Fragile egos FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #3

"...the projector in our mind burns out its bulb..." ScreamingMeemie Sep 2014 #4

Thank you! FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #5

That's a lovely piece. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #9

Either I'm really drowsy, or I'm not understanding the author's intent... Blue_Tires Sep 2014 #13

What I read into and tapped into it in 1999 was entirely different than when I read it last night. FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #16

Don't blame me...because it would seem FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #19