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Atticus Fynch
Gallente |
Posted - 2010.09.27 13:40:00 - [ 1]
A British businessman, who bought the Segway company less than a year ago, died after riding one of the scooters off a cliff and into a river near his Yorkshire estate.
Jim Heselden acquired the Segway company from its U.S. inventor Dean Kamen in December 2009.
According to the British media, Heselden, 62, plunged into the River Wharfe while riding a rugged country version of the two-wheeled transporter on Sunday.
"Police were called at 11.40 a.m. yesterday to reports of a man in the River Wharfe, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above," a spokesman told The Daily Mail.
A Segway was recovered from the scene. "At this time we do not believe the death to be suspicious," the spokesman added.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39377851/ns/world_news-europe/# |
Culmen
Caldari
Culmenation
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Posted - 2010.09.27 14:26:00 - [ 2]
On one hand, sad day, -1 good people in the world. A philanthropist who enriched the lives of many just died. On the other hand, lol-irony. I'm so conflicted!  |
Malcanis
Caldari
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative. |
Posted - 2010.09.27 14:44:00 - [ 3]
I grew up in Wharfedale. the Wharfe kills a few people every year. It's a small river, but it's dangerous; fast flowing and very, very fast rising. I've been out on a clear fine day and seen it rise 6' in an hour because there was heavy rain in upper Wharfedale. |
Atticus Fynch
Gallente |
Posted - 2010.09.27 17:16:00 - [ 4]
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Intense Thinker
Minmatar |
Posted - 2010.09.27 18:35:00 - [ 5]
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions |
Posted - 2010.09.27 19:15:00 - [ 6]
Even in death he's contributing, what a man!  Name of the next model seem a given; Ghostrider. |
SFX Bladerunner
Minmatar
Aperture Science inc.
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Posted - 2010.09.27 19:54:00 - [ 7]
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Kazuo Ishiguro
House of Marbles
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Posted - 2010.09.27 20:03:00 - [ 8]
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Sidus Isaacs
Gallente |
Posted - 2010.09.28 08:18:00 - [ 9]
hehehe, made me lol |
jason hill
Caldari
Clan Shadow Wolf
Fatal Ascension |
Posted - 2010.09.28 10:54:00 - [ 10]
hmmm does he qualify for a darwin award  |
Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions |
Posted - 2010.09.28 13:55:00 - [ 11]
 Originally by: jason hill
hmmm does he qualify for a darwin award
No, Darwin Awards are for failed human beings. He took his vision where no man had gone before, on a Segway. |
Cipher Jones
Minmatar |
Posted - 2010.09.28 17:07:00 - [ 12]
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions |
Posted - 2010.09.28 17:23:00 - [ 13]
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Cipher Jones
Minmatar |
Posted - 2010.09.28 17:44:00 - [ 14]
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc.
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Posted - 2010.09.28 21:03:00 - [ 15]
Originally by: Cipher Jones
Sorry, but riding a fail scooter into a river qualifies you.
In my opinion accidents do not qualify you for the Darwin award. Now, if he had tried to ramp across the river on a Segway and then dies during the attempt, then yes a Darwin award would be called for. Slade |
Gangus
Minmatar
Matari BackBone
Fate Weavers |
Posted - 2010.10.12 01:46:00 - [ 16]
It's entirely possible to fall 30 feet from a cliff and survive. all you need is a cliff 31 feet or higher... you'll certainly survive the first 30 feet... Anyway, I don't really get why this is such big news. As I read it, he's not the guy who invented the Segway, he just bought the company a year ago, and happened to die while using one of his company's products. RIP Jimmy.  I think it really sucks balls that Australia (where I live) is becoming such a nanny state.  I mention this because the Segway is illegal to ride here, and I think it's totally ridiculous. If a country as full of stupid people as America can handle themselves on a Segway, why in the name of the Invisible Flying Spahetti Monster are we judged to be unable to use them safely? So here I am, having a whinge to people who couldn't give a flying fornication and have no say in whether I can ride one or not. Why am I doing this? because I wanted to and I was bored. I'd now like to say that it's been fun posting this, but I won't because that would be a lie, and we all know that people don't tell lies on the Interwebz.  |
Intense Thinker
Minmatar |
Posted - 2010.10.12 03:46:00 - [ 17]
Zombie thread!!! *Shoots it in head with shotgun then sets it on fire* |
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