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slim
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James Annan wrote:
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> slim wrote:
>
> >
> > Tony Raven wrote:
> >
> >>Joe Keenan wrote:
> >>
> >>>One simple personal example of why I believe in wearing a helmet.
> >>>
> >>>Short story long:
> >>>
> >>>Daughter standing still stradling bike. Not cycling.
> >>>Age 12.
> >>>Wearing Helmet.
> >>>Gets foot tangled.
> >>>Falls sideways.
> >>>Force of hitting shoulder on ground forcibly snaps head to right with
> >>>a large deadening sound of THWACK as helmet strikes pavement.
> >>>Daughter unconscious.
> >>>Ambulance to hospital.
> >>>Diagnosis: Mild Concussion
> >>>
> >>
> >>Does your daughter trip over occassionally when not on the bike? Does
> >>she hit her head on the ground when she does? Do you make her wear a
> >>helmet all the time in case she trips over? Do you think having that
> >>extra half kilo weight strapped to her head had anything to do with why
> >>her head was forcibly snapped to the right? Yet even in exactly the
> >>sort of accident it was designed to protect against the helmet failed to
> >>prevent her being knocked unconcious!
> >
> >
> > A child does not fall with a horizontal speed 22 mph.
>
> Certainly not if she is standing still, as in the above anecdote. Did
> you have a point?
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
It went right over your head......at 22 mph.
--
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"Bubba got a BJ, BU$H screwed us all!" - Slim
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>
> slim wrote:
>
> >
> > Tony Raven wrote:
> >
> >>Joe Keenan wrote:
> >>
> >>>One simple personal example of why I believe in wearing a helmet.
> >>>
> >>>Short story long:
> >>>
> >>>Daughter standing still stradling bike. Not cycling.
> >>>Age 12.
> >>>Wearing Helmet.
> >>>Gets foot tangled.
> >>>Falls sideways.
> >>>Force of hitting shoulder on ground forcibly snaps head to right with
> >>>a large deadening sound of THWACK as helmet strikes pavement.
> >>>Daughter unconscious.
> >>>Ambulance to hospital.
> >>>Diagnosis: Mild Concussion
> >>>
> >>
> >>Does your daughter trip over occassionally when not on the bike? Does
> >>she hit her head on the ground when she does? Do you make her wear a
> >>helmet all the time in case she trips over? Do you think having that
> >>extra half kilo weight strapped to her head had anything to do with why
> >>her head was forcibly snapped to the right? Yet even in exactly the
> >>sort of accident it was designed to protect against the helmet failed to
> >>prevent her being knocked unconcious!
> >
> >
> > A child does not fall with a horizontal speed 22 mph.
>
> Certainly not if she is standing still, as in the above anecdote. Did
> you have a point?
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
It went right over your head......at 22 mph.
--
http://www.bushflash.com/thanks.html
"Bubba got a BJ, BU$H screwed us all!" - Slim
http://www.worldmessenger.20m.com/weapons.html#wms
George "The AWOL President" Bush: http://www.awolbush.com/
WHY IRAQ?: http://www.angelfire.com/creep/gwbush/remindus.html
http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/shockwave/chickenhawks.htm