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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!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!reader02.news.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4e335670$0$2943$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Saved by her helmet Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:55:12 +0100 References:     <6jjXp.25577$Z04.6864@newsfe07.ams2>   Lines: 31 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: 716f71e4.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=34glLQHAkZFI>27fALHYIJYjZGX^207PK`@HC;oBIFYk 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....