Thong-clad bicyclist's death ruled a suicide

Associated Press ^ | 08/04/03 | Staff Writer

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Give it time, everything shakes out eventually. I faced two birthdays in a row unemployed, actually was at the job corp office on my birthday the second year. Then last year I got laid off, totaled a car and got evicted all in 6 weeks, fun city. Every team has a rebuilding year once in a while, just gotta tough it out, giving up is just sad, that's announcing to the world that when it came time for a gut check and deciding whether or not you had what it takes the answer was "no". Not a good epitaph for your headstone.

Most of the last 4 years have been hell. I had one decent year out of the last four.

I haven't had a job in my field in almost two years. It's hard to understand, as it's not like I haven't tried to land the jobs, and every where I've programmed I've been one of the best programmers and my employers have been well satisfied with my work.

I've tried and tried and tried, just about everything I know, for close to two years now, and it just seems that no matter what I do, I can't land a decent job.

[sonserae]

Yeah...that makes sense. Kill yourself to keep from going back to a job that's dangerous. I'm always amazed at the stupidity of people.

[discostu]

I'm on the QA side. And the punchline is that it's our industry that screwed up the economy with the dot-com bust, it was the first part to sink and will be the last part to rise from the ashes. If you're not involved in any open source stuff you should be, it'll keep your skills up and name out there in a way that's useful.

[KeyTapper]

I'm not crazy about seeing his heinie, but is it really any more perverted than seeing females strutting their stuff in thong bikinis?

What's with the red neck response? The guy must have been very disturbed if he killed himself. Perhaps a bit of compassion is in order here.

[GSWarrior]

I do hope his family replaces the seat to his bike before sellling the thing.

That was a dirty crack.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

I'm guessing you actually have a decent job and can make ends meet. Count yourself fortunate.

[discostu]

I got into a financially decent job at a horrid company that could stupid decision me out of it any moment. I do count myself lucky. And the fact that I'm lucky to have a job I hate pretty much every single minute of tells you a lot about the market for our kind right now. Keep your chin up, things are slowly gathering momentum, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm 80% certain it's not a train.

[Atilla_the_Hun]

Whatever happen to just Jock strap?

Not required after the femization of the US....

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Keep your chin up, things are slowly gathering momentum, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm 80% certain it's not a train.

Damn! You are optimistic!

I can't even see the light at the end of the tunnel...

[Farnham]

Yes.

My late Father-in Law used to call that a long term solution to a short term problem.

Hang in there. He also said it's always darkest just before pitch black. (I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that, but I've been in the same boat as you for 15 months, and if I couldn't laugh, I couldn't stand it.)

[steplock]

Where was the compassion to turn him over to authorities when it could have done some good?

Where were the PC ers that said "Oh he's just doing his thing - leave him be" the results of left-wing pseudo-caring that does no-one any good?

If this person was picked up the first time he drove around disgustingly like that, and then placed on observation - maybe he could have been helped?!! But NO! the do-gooders quite a few years ago, led by Geraldo Rivera (does anyone remember that show?) that no one should be committed for any reason. So now we have a naked biker dead and 10's of thousands of wandering "homeless" turning this country back to europe of the Black Plague days - ready for the next plague of disease. because we cannot place anyone (AIDS SARS, PLAGUE, SMALLPOX, etc) into isolation for the safety of the country.

[Radioactive]

He had made statements about Tony Blair and MR. Blair is now going to have to speak about this supposed suicide of the thongy biker.

[ChemistCat]

But if you came up behind him on the road, you'd have saved him the TROUBLE of suiciding, right? I mean, being naked in public merits the death penalty. Right? Or so you seemed to be saying.

Nothing I read up in that article up there implies he hurt ANYBODY but himself.

[anymouse]

One would have thought that the preponderence of evidence of mental illness would have convinced the San Antonio LEOs to take this guy in for psych evaluation. Of course the liberals in SA saw riding in public in only a thong as a harmless personal choice. Not so harmless ecentricity now. :(

[Luke Skyfreeper]

He also said it's always darkest just before pitch black. (I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that, but I've been in the same boat as you for 15 months, and if I couldn't laugh, I couldn't stand it.)

Oh, it doesn't go unappreciated.

I'm trying to pepper my life with both encouraging readings and funny things. Like funny movies.

Speaking of "inspiring sayings," have you visited www.despair.com? They sell all kinds of, um, "motivational" posters and stuff. Below are just a few samples (the take-off on the motivational saying "Leaders are like eagles; they don't flock, you have to find them one at a time" is probably my all-time favorite...)

And look! They have even immortalized your saying! 8-)

[Clintons Are White Trash]

ROFL! Love the graphics! They need one that says - just when you think you see the light at the end of the tunnel it turns out to be an oncoming train....

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Fun, aren't they? 8-)

[MightyMouseToSaveThe Day]

Suicide is never 'dignified', but almost always a tragedy and waste of God's most precious gift--life. I feel sorry for this man and the loved ones he left behind, and i pray that he's found his peace in God's presence.

[BOBWADE]

"The ponytailed nonconformist"
Was this Rush's "ponytail guy?"

[King Prout]

the moon blinded me, officer