 Poster: A snowHead
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Stayed in a hotel on friday night. Woke up not knowing quite sure where I was. Rolled out of bed like I do at home but hit head on bedside cabinet that isn't normally there (if you get my drift). I estimate that my head was moving at less than 0.25mph but it still hurt like hell. Surely all hotels must now equip guests (especially those under 14 who drink a lot) with helmets just in case. A bed helmet wouldn't need to be quite a impact-resistant as a ski helmet but I am absolutely certain I'd sleep more confidently with one in future.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sue the b*stards. Cast iron case.
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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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I don't know about that, but I should consider wearing a helmet and body armour in the bath. Twice now I've slipped, one time punching a hole clean through the bath with my knee. There was blood and water everywhere and it looked like a scene out of Psycho. The hotel insurance claim got quite interesting, but I digress.
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| achilles wrote: |
| I always have my helmet by my plate at lunchtime |
isn't that off putting for other diners, not to mention illegal in many countries 
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Bode Swiller, in the UK 300 people per year die getting out of bed. You were lucky.
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Swiller, there's a preferable alternative, which is to pad the bedside cabinet like a skilift pylon.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Well thanks all for your valuable input on this. What I'm suggesting is that there are many things far more dangerous than skiing or boarding for which we don't consider wearing safety helmets. The gettingoutofbedheads.com forum probably doesn't endlessly debate the subject but I think they should. I can assert that I have been more seriously injured getting into or out of beds than in 35 years of sliding about on snow near trees and pylons.
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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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May I suggest that this forum might be discriminatory again males of the Jewish persuasion as they have no access to such equipment?
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Bode Swiller, well I can state that in 41 years I've hurt myself more in the bath than driving fast cars. Does that mean I don't need to consider wearing a seatbelt?
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You know it makes sense.
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uktrailmonster, won't a seatbelt get soggy and get in the way playing battleships?
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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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Bode Swiller, Read your travel insurance policy, you must be able to claim on that after all that's what accidents are for away from home 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Boredsurfing, yeah but I wasn't covered for off-bed without a girl guide.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Perhaps hotels should provide helmets outside of one's bedroom door......having stopped singing the Russian national anthem with my "new" Rusky best mate, my son and his friend a couple of weeks ago out of respect for the other hotel guests, I staggered into my room at 2am, and apparently fell over in the bathroom. According to the SO's "piste" report the following morning at any rate. In spite of finding no obvious cranial damage, clearly I must have suffered a head trauma, as short term memory loss prevented any recall of said fall.... 
The bathroom was decorated in blue and wide by most comparisons. It was quiet and I had no inkling of the danger as I angulated and leaned in whilst attempting to negotiate the piste....Next time I'll just get in the tuck to avoid a similar incident. Or should I invest in a helmet?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| Boredsurfing, yeah but I wasn't covered for off-bed without a girl guide. |
or cross country
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FAQ
For the hotel bath, I would recommend the upper arm, elbow, shin and knee protectors I sometimes use for DH mountain biking and they would also help protect against hotel carpet burns. 
so it is all well and good having a helmet with you on a skiing holiday, but when is it safe to take it off ....... and ..... would my insurance cover such injury because technically I was 'off piste' 
You really dressed it up in a new way, almost doesn't look like a helmet thread 