Omigod does that bring back some memories. When Bell came out with the
TopTex crushable liner I bought one. That was in the 1950's. I promptly rode
my new Ariel Red Hunter motorcycle off a 30 foot cliff and landed in a road
on my feet and then flipped on my head. A pyramid shaped rock pierced the
helmet and my skull. Without that hat on I would have been really dead. A
rancher was looking for a lost calf and found the bike about two weeks
later. It had gone down the mountain another 450 feet into a brush pile. The
transmission was still good but not much else. I returned the helmet to Bell
and they sent me a new one. I still have the same head complete with dent
and possibly other things. I am a firm believer in helmets but they don't
always help. A friend of mine hit a tree while skiing Saturday and broke his
neck. He's on life support but probably really dead. If he dies that will be
three fatalities at Jackson Hole in about one week. All from people hitting
trees and all wearing helmets, I think.
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:43 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Helmut
I stayed out of this because I've been holed up in the basement
digging through holy relics the whole time this has been going
on. I even came across an old Bell motorcycle helmut -- I mean
helmit -- I hadn't seen in years.
Walt
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than he needs. -- Mark Twain (defining the cause of Zuikoholism a
century ago)
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:23:00 -0700
>
>Jeeeez.......a stuck finger could start a hole new thread but not
>much of a photo op to be pursued there. Get back online and save
me Walt. /jim
>
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