Intrade CEO dies on Mount Everest

[antaram]

Quote from Visaria:

You have 3 kids, but only 2 deliveries?

.... second delivery had some complications too, but not as bad as the last (third) one

enough about me and my children

I hope John Delaney found peace and happiness, because obviously he didn't have them where he was and absolutely had to go climb a big rock to achieve them

yes, sorry about my english, i'm not stupid, its just my third language

 

[Eight]

jeez, I haven't read the whole thread but having a kid at the top of Everest, that's awesome!!

 

[Spooz Top]

Quote from Ghost of Cutten:

Why? In the past men were often out waging war, building empires, or hunting wooly mammoths while the women were giving birth back home. What's up with this wimpy emasculated bullshit about standing around uselessly while nurses help your woman give birth? That's the very definition of being at a loose end, your presence can't assist in any aspect of childbirth, so just let others get on with it.

+2....spot on all your responses!

 

[Larson]

Quote from jprad:

I don't recall you berating those who, in this thread, offered their equally unsolicited sympathy.

Also, not sure why you feel compelled to defend your opinion of his actions with baseless assumptions.

That doesn't sound like something a tiger would do, more like something you'd expect from a weasel.

One man's honor is another's source of derision. It's all relevant.

 

[marketsurfer]

<b>Quote from Ghost of Cutten:

Why? In the past men were often out waging war, building empires, or hunting wooly mammoths while the women were giving birth back home. What's up with this wimpy emasculated bullshit about standing around uselessly while nurses help your woman give birth? That's the very definition of being at a loose end, your presence can't assist in any aspect of childbirth, so just let others get on with it. </b>

RIdiculous. You are suppose to be a team with your wife-- birth is stressful, so i hear , so your support by being there with your wife at that time is a must.

Attempting to climb Mount Everest is noble, but leaving your pregnant wife while she is giving birth is simply wrong.

surf

 

[Mav88]

What's so damned noble about climbing a rock?

It does nothing but attempt to satisfy the some climber's egotistical delusion that it is somehow meaningful beyond their own imagination. Mostly I think it also comes from their adrenaline need, so what?

 

[eudaemon]

Quote from Mav88:

What's so damned noble about climbing a rock?

Less than 3,000 "nobles" have been allowed to climb that particular "rock". Ever.

I wouldn't even dream of thinking that a peasant from E.T., like you, could understand.

 

[Larson]

Quote from eudaemon:

Less than 3,000 "nobles" have been allowed to climb that particular "rock". Ever.

I wouldn't even dream of thinking that a peasant from E.T., like you, could understand.

Actually, a minority of people are born with a high propensity for risk taking and enjoy the challenge. Probably why only a minority of recruits become Navy Seals. In my book, that doesn't make them any more or less of a man as there are many facets to manhood. Raising a good family, being one of them, for example.

 

[Mav88]

Less than 3,000 "nobles" have been allowed to climb that particular "rock". Ever.

I wouldn't even dream of thinking that a peasant from E.T., like you, could understand

Any idiot with enough cash can do it. A blind man, a one legged man, and many rather ordinary people have done it. Nothing noble about it. Most people don't want to.

What sheer moronic delusion extreme sports fans have. Noble, 'allowed to' .... my ass. It all about the adrenaline and themselves, period.

 

[eudaemon]

Quote from Larson:

Actually, a minority of people are born with a high propensity for risk taking and enjoy the challenge. Probably why only a minority of recruits become Navy Seals. In my book, that doesn't make them any more or less of a man as there are many facets to manhood. Raising a good family, being one of them, for example.

By simple extrapolation, having 5 fingers on each hand would also qualify in your book.

That's why the select minority are nobles and the great many are peasants, or worse.