Porforis
14 years ago
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09/27/owner-segway-company-dies-driving-famous-scooter-cliff/?test=faces 

I'm a terrible, terrible person for finding this funny but I just can't help myself.

Owner of Segway Company Dies After Driving Scooter Off Cliff

The multi-millionaire owner of the Segway company died Sunday when he fell off a cliff while riding the famous motorized scooter, the Telegraph reports.

Jim Heselden, 62, died after skidding off a cliff at his estate in Yorkshire, England. He was reportedly testing a cross-country version of the upright, two-wheeled scooter when he plunged from the cliff.

Heselden's body was later found in a river by a passerby, the newspaper reports.

"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 for the West Yorkshire police told the newspaper.

"A Segway-style vehicle was recovered. He was pronounced dead at the scene," the spokesman reportedly said. "At this time we do not believe the death to be suspicious."

Heselden was worth close to $265 million and ranked 395th on the Sunday Times Rich List. He bought the Segway company less than a year ago from its U.S. inventor Dean Kamen. The battery-powered, gyroscope-stabilized Segway was invented by Kamen, who founded the company in 1999.

He made a fortune through his firm Hesco Bastion, which developed a system replacing sand bags to protect troops, the AP reported.

Wade
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14 years ago
Am I the only one who thinks the idea of a cross-country Segway is loony?

(of course I think they're loony anyway, so I'm biased).

Do they still have the Darwin award?
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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
Hesco barriers. I remember those hideous things all too well.
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zombieslayer
14 years ago

Am I the only one who thinks the idea of a cross-country Segway is loony?

(of course I think they're loony anyway, so I'm biased).

Do they still have the Darwin award?

"Wade" wrote:



Yes they do and I'm assuming this guy will be nominated for one.

How could you drive a Segway off a cliff?
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Cheesey
14 years ago

Am I the only one who thinks the idea of a cross-country Segway is loony?

(of course I think they're loony anyway, so I'm biased).

Do they still have the Darwin award?

"zombieslayer" wrote:



Yes they do and I'm assuming this guy will be nominated for one.

How could you drive a Segway off a cliff?

"Wade" wrote:


Well.....i'd ask the guy....but he's dead.
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zombieslayer
14 years ago
+1 Cheesey.

I almost spit up my garlic bread.
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alharrisdude31
14 years ago

, two-wheeled scooter when he plunged from the cliff.
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"Porforis" wrote:

I find this to be the funniest thing in the article, no, you are not the only one porforis :icon_smile:
Wade
  • Wade
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14 years ago

Hesco barriers. I remember those hideous things all too well.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



What are they, and what makes them so bad?
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago

Hesco barriers are giant (or not-so-giant, depending on where they're placed) wire-frame containers, lined with a woven fibrous substance, and filled with sand. They're emplaced side-by-side as well as stacked on top of each other to make walls and fortifications, particularly at the gates and around the perimeters of forward operating bases. They're an eyesore and they're just depressing because of what they represent: they feel like prison.

Of course they're also lifesavers, in that they protect soldiers from the effects of nearby mortar hits.

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djcubez
14 years ago
Thanks Drivel for making this entire thread unreadable with that fucking giant photo lol
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