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@Ponderable saidYeah, some might call him an idiot worthy of a Darwin Award, but the example of his orbital jump might give some hope and have some practical benefit to some people in our near future (e.g., in case their orbital vacation habitat explodes).
Felix Baumgartner the guy how made a jump from the stratosphere and reached the velocity of sound at some point.
@Ponderable saidI very much admired his jump from the edge of space; it’s difficult to imagine the courage, the sense of loneliness and the utter exhilaration of it.
Felix Baumgartner the guy how made a jump from the stratosphere and reached the velocity of sound at some point.
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@rookie54 saidThank goodness you haven't blown yourself to smithereens with a flour-dust explosion in your out-house/litterbox. 😉
the use of the term "orbital" demonstrates a lack of understanding of what baumgartner accomplished
he jumped from a balloon
he never achieved "orbit"
"Yeah, some might call him an idiot worthy of a Darwin Award"
indeed
@Wycombe-Al saidI remember my parents saying this years ago when the movie stars of the forties and fifties were dying.
@diver getting to that age where all your heroes start dying, there will never be another Ozzy
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@Wycombe-Al saidYeah, or "wow, that guy was only a few years older than I am now" or "how did I manage to live longer than they did?"
@diver getting to that age where all your heroes start dying, there will never be another Ozzy
When Bowie died, that really affected me for a while. My sympathies to anyone similarly affected by Ozzy's death.
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@rookie54 saidIt seems you have the internet. Perhaps you could start doing the Eight Pieces of Brocade every day, and maybe look up dietary tips (from trustworthy sources) to help with creaky joints?
at one point in the history of time i was ten years younger than jim, janis, and jimi
now my joints creak
