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Nick Kew
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In article <[email protected]>,
Helen Deborah Vecht <[email protected]> writes:
> I think some people do get used to it, just like women (usually) get
> used to high heels and uncomfortable lingerie.
.... making themselves a great deal less attractive in the process.
> Some people who post here did 'get used' to wearing a helmet. When they
> stopped, they seem to have noticed less headache or neck pain, for
> example, so 'comfort' is a relative, subjective condition.
The same is true of other things that constrain or put pressure on part
of the body. On the rare occasions I wear a collar stiff enough to take
a tie, I feel stressed with it on and relieved to remove it. Some years
ago I found relief taking my watch off whilst sitting at work, so I took
the next logical step and stopped wearing a wrist watch. And I won't
wear a round-necked T-shirt either.
Fortunately, I can choose to wear comfortable clothes.
>> Speak for yourself Martin. Martin says you do get used to it - I'm sure
>> that many will agree that that's bollocks.
I very occasionally wear a helmet, when in a hard hat area. Though I
never wear one long enough to feel stressed from it, my hair is always
icky and needs washing after it. No thank you.
OTOH, in my motorcycling days, I had no problem wearing one. The
crucial difference being that on the motorbike I wasn't expending
physical energy myself.
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Nick Kew
Helen Deborah Vecht <[email protected]> writes:
> I think some people do get used to it, just like women (usually) get
> used to high heels and uncomfortable lingerie.
.... making themselves a great deal less attractive in the process.
> Some people who post here did 'get used' to wearing a helmet. When they
> stopped, they seem to have noticed less headache or neck pain, for
> example, so 'comfort' is a relative, subjective condition.
The same is true of other things that constrain or put pressure on part
of the body. On the rare occasions I wear a collar stiff enough to take
a tie, I feel stressed with it on and relieved to remove it. Some years
ago I found relief taking my watch off whilst sitting at work, so I took
the next logical step and stopped wearing a wrist watch. And I won't
wear a round-necked T-shirt either.
Fortunately, I can choose to wear comfortable clothes.
>> Speak for yourself Martin. Martin says you do get used to it - I'm sure
>> that many will agree that that's bollocks.
I very occasionally wear a helmet, when in a hard hat area. Though I
never wear one long enough to feel stressed from it, my hair is always
icky and needs washing after it. No thank you.
OTOH, in my motorcycling days, I had no problem wearing one. The
crucial difference being that on the motorbike I wasn't expending
physical energy myself.
--
Nick Kew