> he died due to hospitals’ lack of preparation for these situations ... didn’t > make it out of the emergency room. That is a topic for its own discussion ...
Ok, I’m curious. What’s the story? I dug a bit but couldn’t find anything of substance. -- Karl > On Jul 27, 2025, at 4:25 AM, Tom Ronell via Mifnet <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Disclosure - this paragraph from my blog explains my perspective on this > issue: > > "Pete Conrad died in a motorcycle accident near Ojai, California, on July 8, > 1999. It was so unnecessary. Not just because of why men of a certain age > want to ride motorcycles, but because he died due to hospitals’ lack of > preparation for these situations. He didn’t have to die, and the world lost a > very special human being long before his time. He survived all those > pioneering exploits in space and who-knows-what-else but didn’t make it out > of the emergency room. That is a topic for its own discussion, not to > distract from the point of this posting." > > https://tomronell.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/this-week-in-the-1960s-the-tragic-and-the-triumphant/ > > > > From: Tom Ronell via Mifnet <[email protected]> > To: Mike Borfitz via Mifnet <[email protected]> > CC: Tom Ronell <[email protected]> > Date: Jul 27, 2025 14:20:09 > Subject: [Mifnet 🛰 73365] Re: NNN - Old Motorcycle Stuff, Just For Fun > > > "riding one that's past 80 years old has risks, as in original parts are hard > to find and costly." > > Same about the human riding it. > > TR
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