WTH .. I think I lost my captain courageous !

[GS1150Pilot]

Well said, sir.

 

[JTGS850GL]

There's a reason why most of the military are young. At those ages you just don't understand mortality like you do now.

 

[GS1150Pilot]

That, and the fact that their bodies hold up to the abuse far better, eh?

 

[GSXR7ED]

There's a reason why most of the military are young. At those ages you just don't understand mortality like you do now.

I was 19 when I joined the Air Force in 1986 and survived living in Los Angeles. I didn't feel invincible as I was not riding a motorcycle back then.

That, and the fact that their bodies hold up to the abuse far better, eh?

My body is exhausted now... especially my knees. I should have taken better care of myself so as to not need both my knees scoped.

It truly is a blessing being able to walk.


Ed

 

[GS1150Pilot]

I've got a torn ACL that surgeons told me wouldn't preclude me from doing the things I enjoy (hiking, bicycling, lifting weights, riding motorcycles), but I couldn't do another police academy. Ah well. I don't ride like a psycho (days of racing on the highways are long gone), haven't been on a dragstrip since 2007, and am seriously contemplating getting a touring bike.

But I do still enjoy romping on the throttle in wide open places and the pleasures of twisty roads.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

There's a reason why most of the military are young. At those ages you just don't understand mortality like you do now.

I heard another explanation for that in a movie; "because we want them before they become civilians, before they get used to deciding things for themselves". Makes a lot of sense to me.

 

[GS1150Pilot]

That is a pretty profound statement-though not a humane one.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

That is a pretty profound statement-though not a humane one.

From the writing staff, technical advisor, director and actor all contributing in their own way. I can only say it stuck in my mind for many years.