[klatchex_too]

> In the times of the Pony Express it was probably ok to accept the death of a few riders here and there

That made me curious so I looked it up: "There is historical documentation that four Pony riders were killed by Indians; one was hanged for murder after he got drunk and killed a man; one died in an unrelated accident; and two froze to death."

[lmm]

Note that that's for a service that ran for 18 months total.