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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!feeder.news-service.com!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!prichard.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4e341233$0$2502$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Saved by her helmet Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:16:18 +0100 References:     <6jjXp.25577$Z04.6864@newsfe07.ams2>   <4e335670$0$2943$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>  Lines: 47 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 6bf225af.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=k[Fm`QH@ohj>A8INHZ_Y9o0g@SS;SF6ngRiiCXJE[K>gEU5a\bFaf>g`:ITG5aA:cg@ClPGi@a[3i X-Complaints-To: abuse@zen.co.uk Bytes: 3209 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:819555

On 30/07/2011 12:14, Simon Mason wrote: > > "Nuxx Bar"  wrote in message > news:4e335670$0$2943$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk... >> On 26/07/2011 11:32, Simon Mason wrote: >>> On Jul 26, 12:46 am, Dave - Cyclists VOR  >>> wrote: >>>> On 25/07/2011 20:17, Just zis twat, you know? wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Sure. Another former medical student sternly told me that I must start >>>>> wearing a helmet or give up cycling after my crash last year. This was >>>>> after a head CT scan came back completely normal, and I showed no >>>>> signs >>>>> whatsoever of concussion, not even a headache. I am absolutely >>>>> confident >>>>> that had I been wearing one he would have been equally confident >>>>> that it >>>>> had Save My Life(TM). I am also confident that the problem I still >>>>> have >>>>> with my right knee would be unaffected, and the broken rib would have >>>>> been exactly as bad. >>>> >>>> Isn't it amazing how cyclists with no formal training or qualifications >>>> know more than doctors & university professors? >>>> >>> >>> Not really amazing. >>> That's because we are cyclists and by and large, they are not. >>> If I want to catch a fish, I'll ask an angler and not an ichthyologist >>> (look it up) >> >> Ah, so by the same token, you must believe that motorists know more >> about safe driving than (possibly non-driving) university researchers? >> >> No? What a surprise: once again you make an exception to one of your >> "rules" where it gives you an opportunity to give motorists a hard time. >> Can't think why.... > > This is a cycling NG, Nuxxy, you are OT again and I know what a stickler > you are for pulling people up for OT postings.

LOL! I'll remember that next time you mention motoring in any way, shape or form.

Nice dodge anyway.