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  1. Helmets are key in keeping safe the fragile bones in the head. What we
    need to teach our children is to prepare for...

    http://www.my-helmet-4me.com/

  2. On 3 Dec 2004 01:24:47 -0800, [email hidden] (Mike) wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.my-helmet-4me.com/

    They are missing the largest (numerical) source of head injuries.

    Parents: DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WALK WITHOUT A HELMET!

    More children suffer head injuries when walking than during ANY other
    activity! WALKING HELMETS ARE ESSENTIAL!

    Guy
    --
    "then came ye chavves, theyre cartes girded wyth candels
    blue, and theyre beastes wyth straynge horn-lyke thyngs
    onn theyre arses that theyre fartes be herde from myles
    around." Chaucer, the Sheppey Tales

  3. "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    On 3 Dec 2004 01:24:47 -0800, [email hidden] (Mike) wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.my-helmet-4me.com/

    They are missing the largest (numerical) source of head injuries.

    Parents: DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WALK WITHOUT A HELMET!

    More children suffer head injuries when walking than during ANY other
    activity! WALKING HELMETS ARE ESSENTIAL!

    They forgot the other major source of head injuries...car crashes.
    Either put a helmet on them, or keep them out of the car!

    If it saves only one child...

    Pete

  4. you know? said:

    They are missing the largest (numerical) source of head injuries.

    Parents: DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WALK WITHOUT A HELMET!

    More children suffer head injuries when walking than during ANY other
    activity! WALKING HELMETS ARE ESSENTIAL!

    Guy

    Don't forget the most dangerous place in the home: the bathtub!

    But with today's advanced techniques, materials, and design, the Bathing
    Helmet is here!

    Complete with auto shampoo and for an extra $20, scalp massage.

    Just fill the cleanser port once per week, and make sure to dock it into
    the charger after every use, and it will provide many years of hygiene,
    pleasure, and most of all, safety in case of slips and falls.

    One size fits the whole family! Even dear Fido can be safe!

  5. On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 11:24:52 +0000, Just zis Guy, you know? <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    On 3 Dec 2004 01:24:47 -0800, [email hidden] (Mike) wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.my-helmet-4me.com/

    They are missing the largest (numerical) source of head injuries.

    Parents: DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WALK WITHOUT A HELMET!

    More children suffer head injuries when walking than during ANY other
    activity! WALKING HELMETS ARE ESSENTIAL!

    Guy


    I have spent many miles with my grandchildren and their friends and
    they are much more aware on the bikes and likely to ditch the helmet
    and do something riskier on foot because they don't
    'have to' wear a helmet.
    --
    Bill (?) Baka

  6. "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    On 3 Dec 2004 01:24:47 -0800, [email hidden] (Mike) wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.my-helmet-4me.com/

    They are missing the largest (numerical) source of head injuries.

    Parents: DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WALK WITHOUT A HELMET!

    More children suffer head injuries when walking than during ANY other
    activity! WALKING HELMETS ARE ESSENTIAL!

    Guy

    Children need helmets 27/7. At least my kids did when they were
    little. But when my kids were little.....there were no helmet laws. I
    wonder how they managed to survive and become adults??? Ummm.

  7. "maxo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    you know? said:

    They are missing the largest (numerical) source of head injuries.

    Parents: DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WALK WITHOUT A HELMET!

    More children suffer head injuries when walking than during ANY other
    activity! WALKING HELMETS ARE ESSENTIAL!

    Guy

    Don't forget the most dangerous place in the home: the bathtub!

    But with today's advanced techniques, materials, and design, the Bathing
    Helmet is here!

    Complete with auto shampoo and for an extra $20, scalp massage.

    Just fill the cleanser port once per week, and make sure to dock it into
    the charger after every use, and it will provide many years of hygiene,
    pleasure, and most of all, safety in case of slips and falls.

    One size fits the whole family! Even dear Fido can be safe!

    Several years ago I designed the "Potty Training Safety Helmet"
    for those kids who fall asleep sitting on the throne and are
    in danger of falling. It can also be used as the companion
    "Falling Out of Bed Helmet".

  8. Coleah said:


    "maxo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    you know? said:

    They are missing the largest (numerical) source of head injuries.

    Parents: DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WALK WITHOUT A HELMET!

    More children suffer head injuries when walking than during ANY other
    activity! WALKING HELMETS ARE ESSENTIAL!

    Guy

    Don't forget the most dangerous place in the home: the bathtub!

    But with today's advanced techniques, materials, and design, the Bathing
    Helmet is here!

    Complete with auto shampoo and for an extra $20, scalp massage.

    Just fill the cleanser port once per week, and make sure to dock it into
    the charger after every use, and it will provide many years of hygiene,
    pleasure, and most of all, safety in case of slips and falls.

    One size fits the whole family! Even dear Fido can be safe!

    Several years ago I designed the "Potty Training Safety Helmet"
    for those kids who fall asleep sitting on the throne and are
    in danger of falling. It can also be used as the companion
    "Falling Out of Bed Helmet".


    Did you mention the learing to ice skate helmet? I had lots of knots
    on my head from that until I learned it was more fun to stay upright
    and go fast. Still can't skate backwards, but sure can go fast straight.
    Bill

    --
    Bill (?) Baka

  9. On 3 Dec 2004 12:31:17 -0800, [email hidden] (Maggie) wrote
    in message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    Children need helmets 27/7. At least my kids did when they were
    little. But when my kids were little.....there were no helmet laws. I
    wonder how they managed to survive and become adults??? Ummm.

    Just so.

    Guy
    --
    "then came ye chavves, theyre cartes girded wyth candels
    blue, and theyre beastes wyth straynge horn-lyke thyngs
    onn theyre arses that theyre fartes be herde from myles
    around." Chaucer, the Sheppey Tales

  10. Bill Baka said:

    Did you mention the learning to ice skate helmet?

    How is it different from the walking helmet?

    Design points wanted and appreciated.

  11. On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 22:51:35 +0000, Just zis Guy, you know? <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    On 3 Dec 2004 12:31:17 -0800, [email hidden] (Maggie) wrote
    in message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    Children need helmets 27/7. At least my kids did when they were
    little. But when my kids were little.....there were no helmet laws. I
    wonder how they managed to survive and become adults??? Ummm.

    Just so.

    Guy
    --
    "then came ye chavves, theyre cartes girded wyth candels
    blue, and theyre beastes wyth straynge horn-lyke thyngs
    onn theyre arses that theyre fartes be herde from myles
    around." Chaucer, the Sheppey Tales

    Guy,
    Helmets were not needed when I was a kid in the 50s and my generation
    is still here, just not sissies. We get bonked on the head and we learn.
    That is called life. What's next? Helmets for babies in case they crawl
    out of thier crib? Find a line and draw it. I rode a motorcycle at way
    over 160 MPH, not KPH with no helmet and it was FFUUNN. I tried it with
    a helmet and the damn thing tried to tear me head off. You have to go
    through a period called youth before growing up, and most survive. I did,
    although some will say with brain damage, but that was drinking too much,
    a sport that is quite legal due to tax revenues. Dry now and wishing I
    had never touched a drop, but that also is one of lifes lessons,
    moderation.
    I rode a tricycle at nearly 50 when I was 4(5?) years old down a hill and
    got
    brought home by the cops in like 1952, and I wasn't wearing a helmet then
    either.
    What's the point?
    Bill
    --
    Bill (?) Baka

  12. maxo said:
    Bill Baka said:

    Did you mention the learning to ice skate helmet?

    How is it different from the walking helmet?

    Design points wanted and appreciated.


    The learning to ics skate helmet was the knots on the back of my head, and
    just about every other beginner at the rink. 1950s man, not this uptight
    millenium. Kids are so damned overprotected these days it is ridiculous,
    but that is lawyers and lawmakers (ex-lawyers) at work. You can still wear
    a helmet and get creamed by a truck on the way home.
    Bill

    --
    Bill (?) Baka

  13. Hey, I wear a helmet, won't go riding with out it. But this subject
    (especially posted in such a demanding way) is not wise on this board.

    Unless you're trying to bury everybody elses posts under a very long
    thread which will most likely be filled with flame posts (read: Troll)

    - -

    "May you have the wind at your back.
    And a really low gear for the hills!"

    Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

    Chris'Z Corner
    http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

  14. "Bill Baka" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    maxo said:
    Bill Baka said:

    Did you mention the learning to ice skate helmet?


    How is it different from the walking helmet?
    Design points wanted and appreciated.

    Quoted message said:

    The learning to ics skate helmet was the knots on the back of my head, and
    just about every other beginner at the rink. 1950s man, not this uptight
    millenium. Kids are so damned overprotected these days it is ridiculous,
    but that is lawyers and lawmakers (ex-lawyers) at work. You can still wear
    a helmet and get creamed by a truck on the way home.
    Bill

    I'm with you, Bill. I'm a 1950's woman who happily grew up
    pedaling fast on a Schwinn (1 speed) and feeling the wind
    rush through my hair. How sad that today's kids are lost to
    that freeing experience.

    We have slowly transformed into a country where minority
    mishaps dictate everyday living to the masses. Freedom
    of personal choice is being regulated by laws out of the
    mishaps of the minority numbers.

    While bowling several years ago my feet didn't stop at the foul line
    and down the alley I went, arms flailing and feet flying, until I
    finally fell backward banging my head. Just think.....I could have
    found a greedy lawyer and manipulated the system into transforming
    the sport of bowling forever (after investing in 'Bowling Helmets'
    of course).

    Wouldn't that have been sad for the masses of bowlers? "But, if it
    saves one bowler, it would be worth it.".....??????
    What a crock!
    If it were "PERSONAL CHOICE" it would bring us back to
    the land of the 'free' and the home of the 'brave'.

  15. Maggie said:

    "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    WALKING HELMETS ARE ESSENTIAL!

    Children need helmets 27/7. At least my kids did when they were
    little. But when my kids were little.....there were no helmet laws. I
    wonder how they managed to survive and become adults??? Ummm.

    How indeed? I remember little kick scooters from the 1950s, made of
    stamped steel. Now they're made of shiny aluminum, they're called
    "Razors" and of COURSE no kid should ever use one without a helmet!!!

    But, funny thing: Riding home from work recently, I passed a helmeted
    kid with his scooter standing on top of a picnic table in his yard. He
    had a long plank of wood running from the table down to the ground. To
    hold it in place, the end was up against the house foundation.

    And sure enough, he balanced the scooter on the board, rolled on down
    and smacked right into the wall of the house!

    I'm sure his helmet saved his life. ;-) But I wonder if a little less
    protection would generate a little more sense!

    --
    --------------------+
    Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
    replace with cc.ysu dot edu]

  16. Coleah said:


    "Bill Baka" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    maxo said:

    On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:45:41 -0800, Bill Baka wrote:

    > Did you mention the learning to ice skate helmet?
    How is it different from the walking helmet?
    Design points wanted and appreciated.

    Quoted message said:

    The learning to ics skate helmet was the knots on the back of my head,
    and
    just about every other beginner at the rink. 1950s man, not this uptight
    millenium. Kids are so damned overprotected these days it is ridiculous,
    but that is lawyers and lawmakers (ex-lawyers) at work. You can still
    wear
    a helmet and get creamed by a truck on the way home.
    Bill

    I'm with you, Bill. I'm a 1950's woman who happily grew up
    pedaling fast on a Schwinn (1 speed) and feeling the wind
    rush through my hair. How sad that today's kids are lost to
    that freeing experience.

    I am soooo with you on that comment.

    Quoted message said:


    We have slowly transformed into a country where minority
    mishaps dictate everyday living to the masses. Freedom
    of personal choice is being regulated by laws out of the
    mishaps of the minority numbers.

    This is not the land of the free anymore, just the land of ridiculous
    law obeyers. Fire crackers are out cause they might blow little Johnnys
    fingers off. Yeah, right. I held a little, but now illegal, ladyfinger
    firecracker between my fingers just to see how bad it was and I got
    some sore fingers from the bang, but nothing worth taking the rights
    of celebrating 4th of July away from all the rest of the coutry.

    Quoted message said:


    While bowling several years ago my feet didn't stop at the foul line
    and down the alley I went, arms flailing and feet flying, until I
    finally fell backward banging my head. Just think.....I could have
    found a greedy lawyer and manipulated the system into transforming
    the sport of bowling forever (after investing in 'Bowling Helmets'
    of course).

    Give a lawyer a chance to make a buck!

    Quoted message said:


    Wouldn't that have been sad for the masses of bowlers? "But, if it
    saves one bowler, it would be worth it.".....??????
    What a crock!

    Hate to dissappoint but we have plenty of "masses" to spare these days.
    And an accident is better than reading about a shooting every day or
    hearing of some bloody pileup in traffic.

    Quoted message said:

    If it were "PERSONAL CHOICE" it would bring us back to
    the land of the 'free' and the home of the 'brave'.


    Outlaw the second most dangerous mode of death and destruction, the car.

    Then just try to outlaw the real cause...too many people and not enough
    planet.
    Good luck on either.

    --
    Bill (?) Baka

  17. Chris Zacho The Wheelman said:

    Hey, I wear a helmet, won't go riding with out it. But this subject
    (especially posted in such a demanding way) is not wise on this board.

    Unless you're trying to bury everybody elses posts under a very long
    thread which will most likely be filled with flame posts (read: Troll)

    The idea was to point out the latest manifestation of the helmet craze.

    If it's not wise to point it out on this board, it's only because it
    might cause someone to see how silly helmet promotion has gotten. But I
    guess we can't have that, can we?

    --
    --------------------+
    Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
    replace with cc.ysu dot edu]

  18. << From: "Just zis Guy, you know?" [email hidden]
    Date: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 5:24 AM
    Message-id: <[email hidden]>

    On 3 Dec 2004 01:24:47 -0800, [email hidden] (Mike) wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.my-helmet-4me.com/

    They are missing the largest (numerical) source of head injuries.

    Parents: DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WALK WITHOUT A HELMET!

    More children suffer head injuries when walking than during ANY other
    activity! WALKING HELMETS ARE ESSENTIAL!

    Guy
    -

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    <BR><BR>

    That is not surprising since, at any point in time there are maybe 100 times as
    many kids walking as are riding a bike. So what is your real; point (other than
    to deride the use of helmets).

  19. Mike <[email hidden]> scribbled:

    Quoted message said:

    Helmets are key in keeping safe the fragile bones in the head.

    Really?

    http://www.impactce.com/Title%20Pics/Bike%20Crash2.jpg
    http://www.madbikers.net/sbk/SILVERSTONE/www/crash1.jpg
    http://www.crashin.nu/scans/stock-car/arca/arca_tom_usry_daytona_1989_003.jpg
    http://www.ferrariownersclub.co.uk/happenings/images/german-gp_01/crash.jpg
    http://www.haute-voltige.com/inter/photos/gallery/motegi03/Crash%20Alexander.jpg
    http://www.stud.tue.nl/~boarders/4images/data/media/4/Scan5447.jpg
    http://www.team.malarenergi.se/probike/99pics/crash_civitanova.jpg
    http://www.mtbbritain.co.uk/images/gap_crash.jpg
    http://expn.go.com/media/mtx/freeridemotox/2002/photos/020612_wyatt_crash_i.jpg

    No kidding...

  20. "Chris Zacho "The Wheelman"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Hey, I wear a helmet, won't go riding with out it. But this subject
    (especially posted in such a demanding way) is not wise on this board.

    Unless you're trying to bury everybody elses posts under a very long
    thread which will most likely be filled with flame posts (read: Troll)

    OP is a troll. The same msg is posted on motorcycle ng's.

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