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| Wouldn't catch me on the slopes without a helmet |
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63% |
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| I'll wear one when the going gets tough or I need to set an example, but not all the time |
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| Think of me as thix (thixotrophic that is!!). Gel based protection here (or similar) |
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| Beany there and done it - can't beat a warm woolly beany |
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| Real skiers/boarders do it unprotected from the elements - that's me! |
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| I'm thinking about it (while I still have a brain) |
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OK, there's been an awful lot of discussion on whether wearing helmets is right, wrong, indifferent, should be advocated, not advocated, rammed or not-rammed down peoples throats/onto their heads (or elbows  ), so here you are - the chance to for us all to assess whether, as a group, we do or don't wear them. Don't forget all the why's and wherefors are being done on the other thread - lets keep it to the vote here eh? (Well, it's an earstwhile thought - but I know this place  ) Ray Zorro is going to shift this to the piste for me so you might want to wait until it gets there before leaping in - Edit: Thanks Ray, vote away folks
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Tue 29-01-08 22:05; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Megamum, i think there's an option missing. I don't wear one but "wouldn't catch me..." isn't right. I just don't wear one - how about a simple "no"
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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don't wear one (never have) but looking into getting one maybe 
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holidayloverxx, Then you want the last option I think - Real skiers/boarders do it unprotected from the elements? That sounds like you doesn't it 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I wear mine all the time, but wouldn't say I need it all the time.
I just prefer it to a hat tbh.
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Too complicated.
Should have been: always, never, sometimes. Leave all the fake "motivations" out.
I didn't vote, "when I feel like it" is missing. Could at least use a "None of the above" option.
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The wooly hat one for me.
I probably should wear one, but just haven't got round/been convinced yet.
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My mum says to wear a helmet, we leave them with the lifties
Helmets are for mummys boyz
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Started using a helmet when I started to dabble on the Darkside, now the kids are skiing n boarding it's an example I have to set.
Primarily I wear one coz I'm self employed and if I bang me heed and am off work I am up the creek without a paddle. 
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abc, I was trying to make it fun.
Don't worry this will be my first and last poll judging by some of the comments above.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I wear one all of the time on snow.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I'm wearing mine right now. Cooking can be dangerous.
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| Flip Crawford2 wrote: |
My mum says to wear a helmet, we leave them with the lifties
Helmets are for mummys boyz |
Brain injury is for all those that want it 
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You know it makes sense.
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hyweljenkins, But have you looked at all the options?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Bought one specifically for a race a few years back. Never done a days skiing without it since.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Megamum wrote: |
abc, I was trying to make it fun.
Don't worry this will be my first and last poll judging by some of the comments above. |
Good try, then. I'm not good at being funny. So when in doubt, I always remind myself "Less Is More".
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thefatcontroller, do try and rememebr that Flip Crawford2 is very young.......and I hope his mummy reads his post 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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holidayloverxx, Who R U
do you know my mum? where is she now?
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boredsurfin, of course, but I decided that bra & pants wouldn't protect me from splattering cooking oil.
thefatcontroller, 
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Good effort Megamum - well its distracting me from doing my tax return anyhooo
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thefatcontroller, brain damage is from skunk not skiing, helmutz is for kidz in skool and grown ups that wanna look stoopid
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Once you actually have one, not wearing it becomes stupid. I'm not risking my second favourite organ.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Flip Crawford2 wrote: |
| thefatcontroller, brain damage is from skunk not skiing, helmutz is for kidz in skool and grown ups that wanna look stoopid |
B , s , s , ch , to, u. There you go son, knock yourself out.
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| Cunners wrote: |
| Once you actually have one, not wearing it becomes stupid. |
Rubbish.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Flip Crawford2 wrote: |
| thefatcontroller, brain damage is from skunk not skiing, helmutz is for kidz in skool and grown ups that wanna look stoopid |
B , s , s , ch , to, u. There you go son, knock yourself out. |
Yup you MUST wear one
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Why? It's no bother and it's not as though it does much good sitting at home. Seatbelt analogy.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Never seen the need for myself and still don't, I don't do anything radical.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cunners, It can be uncomfortably hot, it reduces peripheral vision and muffles hearing. If you're spending as much time looking behind you and up the hill, teaching for example, the benefits are negligible and the disadvantages are a pain in the proverbial. Wearing a helmet is about managing risk as best you can - if you are at very little risk of an injury which a helmet would prevent/reduce and there are some noticeable disadvantages it become foolish to wear one.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| T Bar wrote: |
| I don't do anything radical. |
Isn't that the point though, its not just you, it the person that smashes into you or have you not spotted the others out there on the slopes??
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Flip Crawford2, have I got the wrong person? 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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thefatcontroller,
It seems rather unlikely although not impossible that someone will ski into my head. I don't wear a helmet when walking the streets or crossing the road with all the poor drivers though either.
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thefatcontroller,
As a matter of interest do you wear your helmet when walking the street or driving the car?
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Cripes, the arguments don't just go round and round, they creep from thread to thread, and circulate on each one. How is it possible for so many people to say so many of the same things so many times?
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