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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Yup, that old 20/20 hindsite is something else.  I shouldn't have been 
riding a 2 year old stallion, bareback, without supervision.  I should have 
promptly told my parents that I went off the horse, over the railing and 
down one of those enfamous hills/cliffs in El Sobrante.  I was 10, I didn't 
tell a soul because I knew I wouldn't get to ride again.

I should have had x-ray vision of some nature and seen that piece of ice on 
that piece of metal flooring.  Silly me, I didn't have that ability but I'm 
sure it was my faulty life style choices that made me get a job so we could 
pay off debts sooner than later.  Next time around I'll forego the "get out 
of debt sooner" card and that way I won't bust the knees into a couple of 
dozen pieces.

So, shall I blame my "faulty life choices," or, I can blame the kid on the 
motorcycle who didn't belong on the ranch and who spooked the horse and the 
person who didn't clean up the ice OR, I can just say, bad luck, sh*t 
happens.  Hmmmm, I think I'm going with Door #3.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> I'm with you on this one, Lynda.
> I'll bet Rob is, too.
> I wonder if they(James and Gene) can explain how his 15 year old
> daughter made personal choices that resulted in the DNA damage that
> caused her ALL.
>
> Despite was Gene says about luck, I think some people are just lucky in
> that they can live a long life *in spite of* their life choices.  Most
> of us can look back and say, yeah, I shouldn't have done this or
> that....I shouldn't have run cross country in college..(osteo in knees),
> I shouldn't have smoked (lung cancer) or I should have eaten better
> (colorectal disease) or I should have flossed more (dental disease), and
> granted, MUCH of disease is caused by personal choices in life, but to
> say that *all* disease is human caused, well, I don't buy it.  And to
> denigrate gene therapy down to the level of astrology???  I don't
> understand that, either.