THE DEFINITION OF IRONY
On Christmas day 2009, Jimi Heselden purchased the Segway company. On the morning of 26 September 2010, Heselden was riding his Segway while walking his dog near Thorp Arch; when he reversed the Segway to allow a fellow dog walker to get past him, he fell from a nearby cliff into the River Wharfe. A "rugged country version" of a Segway was found in the water. The coroner concluded that Heselden had died of "multiple blunt force injuries of the chest and spine consistent with a fall whilst riding a gyrobike". He had owned the Segway company for only nine months at the time of his accidental death while using a Segway.
Quite the philanthropist, in 2008, Heselden donated £1.5 million to the Help For Heroes fund through a charity auction bid for nine people to fly with the Red Arrows. Heselden said, "There are people out there who are making money and when times are good. I honestly believe people have a moral obligation to use their wealth to help others." Also in 2008, Heselden contributed £10 million to setting up the Leeds Community Foundation; he would later donate an additional £13 million.
His estate, bequeathed to his widow and family, was worth over £340 million and he was ranked in the top 400 members of the Sunday Times Rich List.
Source: [en.wikipedia.org]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.It is a sad story. He sounds like he was a good citizen of the world and a charitable guy.
In 2008, Heselden donated £1.5 million to the Help For Heroes fund through a charity auction bid for nine people to fly with the Red Arrows. Heselden said, "There are people out there who are making money and when times are good I honestly believe people have a moral obligation to use their wealth to help others." Also in 2008, Heselden contributed £10 million to setting up the Leeds Community Foundation; he would later donate an additional £13 million.
Source: [en.wikipedia.org]
TheoryNumber3
Level 8
Aug 28, 2024
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To me, there is nothing at all attractive about a Segway. You're giving up a good portion of your locomotive control to a rather limited machine that keeps you relegated to flat pavement, and deprives you of the opportunity to use your own muscles and give your cardiovascular system some much-needed exercise. What does it say about a society where someone can get filthy rich inventing, manufacturing, and marketing such a piece of s**t? 
Flyingsaucesir
Level 8
Aug 28, 2024
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Because people will buy anything if you advertising it right
@TheoryNumber3 Yeah, but it also means they have money to spend on frivolities. And that people, at least the ones who would buy a Segway, are looking for ways to avoid exercise. It's a bit similar to the explosion of sales of e-bikes. With an e-bike, people can tell themselves they got out there and got some exercise, when they really just sat on their butts and let an electric motor do most of the work.
Outstanding irony. I hope it was a quick end for him. They don't mention if the dog survived.
HippieChick58
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Aug 26, 2024
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"multiple blunt force injuries of the chest and spine consistent with a fall whilst riding a gyrobike"
Sounds like he took a helluva beating on the way down.
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