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...used to ride around with my grandfather in a horse and buggy," remembers Katherine Buffett, 93, of her childhood on a Nebraska farm. "Sometimes he would let me drive the horse myself." These days, when Mrs. Buffett hunkers down in her Hawker 1000 jet, the pilot does not offer her the reins. But he always gets her back home to Omaha on time...
When everything is going right, these different systems work together seamlessly. If you're taking a bicycle ride, for example, the memory of how to operate the bike comes from one set of neurons; the memory of how to get from here to the other side of town comes from another; the nervous feeling you have left over from taking a bad spill last time out comes from still another. Yet you are never aware that your mental experience has been assembled, bit by bit, like some invisible edifice inside your brain...
Consider Mike Carr, an environmental engineer and paraglider pilot from Denver who last year survived a bad landing that smashed 10 ribs and collapsed his lung. Paraglider pilots use feathery nylon wings to take off from mountaintops and float on thermal wind currents--a completely unpredictable ride. Carr also mountain bikes and climbs rock faces. He walked away from a 1,500-ft. fall in Peru in 1988. After his recovery, he returned to paragliding. "This has taken over many of our lives," he explains. "You float like a bird out there. You can go as high...
...longer does connecting with your favorite squad entail a 30-minute (45-minute if you live in the Quad) trudge through knee-high snow banks to watch a game in a stuffy gym or arena. Now, all school spirit entails is a brisk bike ride, jog or power walk across the river for a breezy afternoon in the sun. You even get a tan in the process...
Your columnist Daniel Kadlec suggests we eliminate the penny [PERSONAL TIME: YOUR MONEY, Aug. 9]. I think not! Having grown up during the Great Depression, I have a great respect for money, even the lowly cent. My supermarket has mechanical ponies that children can ride for a penny. If the penny is gone, who's going to worry about the kids? And with no penny, won't postal rates go up in 5[cent] increments? LEONARD HEIFERLING Aurora, Colo...