 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A motorcyclist had his head completely removed sliding under the safety barrier at a race track after falling off, the helmet did not quite fit through the gap. They place straw bales in front of them now when bike racing.
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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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| ccl wrote: |
| what après-ski activity could carry the risk of hanging by the helmet? |
Selling dope in Gulmarg twice.
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Cats have been known to hang themselves by their collars. So never wear your helmet while chasing birds up trees.
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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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The problem is this: You inadvertently fail to remove the helmet (we all know how easy that is to do). You go to the bar, have a couple of beers, go to the bog, catc sight of yourself in the mirror, think God, do I look hideous in my expensive helmet, remove the helmet and hang yourself. Apparently it's the second biggest cause of skier death after dying of thirst waiting to be served in the KK.
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richmond, last time I was in the KK I didn't notice anyone dying of thirst. Now that you mention it though one Dutch guy did have a heart attack, which might have been induced by beer anxiety. Also the way some people have difficulty getting their skis on outside the KK, and the way they don't ski in a straight line could be attributed to dehydration. Possibly.
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Steilhang, a bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but the service ain't slick. Maybe I just look like a poor tipper.
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Mind you.. I am always surprised by how so little as an extra inch around your head from a helmet; and I'm banging it into things all the time; that I didn't think I was anywer near; like.... door frames etc.... anyone else epxereinced this.. really weird how your own spatial awareness is clearly so accurate you cut it real fine how close your head comes to stuff a lot of the time without noticing...
(sorry a bit too serious i know ! I rather liked the witty posts, I hope I don't stop them!)
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jonnyhifi, out of curiosity, do you wear glasses?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| comprex wrote: |
| jonnyhifi, out of curiosity, do you wear glasses? |
I do wear glasses; and no.. I don't catch them very often (though yes I have when stareing into cupboards. lol and small places)
Yes-- I am clumsy. ski down after me... not in front... lol
So: why the question about the glasses.. did you figure if I did; I would be like an unexploded bomb when walking around ? lol
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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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Glasses-> peripheral vision to large extent disregarded by brain because the glasses only subtend the arc of the primary gaze spot.
Sometimes the brain-dismissing-peripheral-vision thing can happen when wearing new sunnies or ones of unaccustomed shape. Or in the dark with a narrow-beam headlamp; ever been caving?
Helmet clearances are really -only- perceptible out the corner of the eye.
Clearer now?
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| comprex wrote: |
Glasses-> peripheral vision to large extent disregarded by brain because the glasses only subtend the arc of the primary gaze spot.
Sometimes the brain-dismissing-peripheral-vision thing can happen when wearing new sunnies or ones of unaccustomed shape. Or in the dark with a narrow-beam headlamp; ever been caving?
Helmet clearances are really -only- perceptible out the corner of the eye.
Clearer now? |
Mm interesting...
This makes me think of a theory I hatched a long time back; which I think is related. When a whipper snapper; I always used to get wound up by "mature" ladies and gents when driving; who wouldn't put on the windscreen wipers; till the screen was apparently engulfed by a torrent of water. Never mind when it was just spitting. Wheras myself: one or two spots on the screen; and I've just got to wipe them off.
It's not that I'm obsessively neat and tidy or anything: but I hatched the notion it wasn't to do with age but long sight: (which tends to go with being elderly). I being short sghted; always have these rain drops sharply in focus; wheras long sighted people don't even percieve them.... I guess this is another manifestation of when things are outside your perception space; your brain ignores them... well it has to doesn't it !
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You know it makes sense.
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Wouldn't it be a good idea for some snowheads to wear helmets for apres ski if recent reports are to be believed - if whipped off quickly enough they would serve as emergency receptacles if you closed the vents.
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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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I've noticed the spatial awareness thing, mainly on lifts. I regularly bring the bar down on my helmet, but never brought it down on my head before I got my helmet. I don't wear glasses either 
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Poster: A snowHead
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element, I think that is actually because you make your head taller and wider..., but we would have to ask one of the pixies on this forum to be sure.
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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: |
| Wouldn't it be a good idea for some snowheads to wear helmets for apres ski if recent reports are to be believed - if whipped off quickly enough they would serve as emergency receptacles if you closed the vents. |
Some people have hoods for the same purpose 
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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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stoatsbrother, I think we may have our wires crossed. Unless I'm picking you up wrong, that's what I meant . It's a demonstration of how finely tuned our proprioception is, that when you effectively alter the size of your body by only a cm or two, you whack into things. Shows how tight we must cut it normally, without realising.
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