Re: death and taxes

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: http://www.ix.netcom.com/~mmcqueen
 > Date: Thu  Dec 24, 11:37am
 >
 > > Well, I guess you're right -- you "hell-level" is lower than mine; bike
 > > riding, next to walking, in Boston is almost the most dangerous thing you
 > > can do.
 > 
 > Yeah, well you know, L.A. actually ain't so bad.  Lots of weirdos.  
 > Not sure if that's a bad thing or a good thing.  Can't beat the 
 > weather.

Fer shur!

 > Biking is pretty dangerous, I suppose,

In Boston, the drivers are incredibly impatient and drive rather
erratically.  They'd probably just hit you because they are trying to get
by you.  My article here says that 20 pedestrians a year are killed in
Boston.  It doesn't say how many bicyclists, but I know at least 1 was
killed in this last year (of course, it was car-involved).

 > but I see many 
 > other fellow riders out there.  I'm fairly close to UCLA so I imagine 
 > its part that crowd.

It's good to live near colleges/universities.  More reasonable
restaurants, culture centers, & bicyclists...

 > I actually got into an accident back in August, up in Santa Clara.  
 > Fractured a bone in my left wrist, was in a cast for 6 weeks.  It was 
 > totally my fault, though.  I was riding very fast on a very crowded 
 > street during rush hour, and flailed.  Was lucky to recover nicely, 
 > and that no cars were involved.

Yep.  Car-free accidents are the best kind...

BTW, my cousins (both female) live in L.A.  I think they live in Anaheim
or Hollywood or something.