Natasha Richardson

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:39:38 -0700 (PDT), Evojeesus
wrote this crap:

On Mar 19, 8:44*pm, bdubya wrote:

A helmet can protect against g-forces, by deforming and
absorbing part of the impact, but somehow I doubt that on a green run
during a lesson, she hit hard enough to deform a helmet , so I doubt a
helmet would have helped.

At least the helmet is padded. If you hit your head on ice while ice-
skating you know that even wearing a hat helps compared with skull-to-
ice contact.


You're probably one of those girly-boys who figure skates. I wear a
helmet while skating because there's a puck flying around at about 150
mph, and somebody's coming at you with a big wooden stick.

I'm living the dream, living the dream.


And vote for Palin-Ahhnold in 2012.




A mighty Hungarian warrior
The blood of Attila runs through me

A mighty Hungarian warrior wrote:
wrote this crap:
A mighty Hungarian wrote:

vote for Palin-Ahhnold in 2012.

You have a sick sense of humour.

I'm not being funny.


Yes, you are. You might not realize it, but you are.

//Walt

wrote:
On Mar 19, 12:50 pm, bod43 wrote:
On 19 Mar, 16:28, wrote:

However, you omitted the other quoted doctor's professional advice &
speculation on this point:
"Faden said that Richardson's death should serve as a reminder to
the public to take precautions against head injury whenever
possible. ...

To mention a couple of examples in the news here.

Especially when standing in the queue for the checkout
-http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641318812
"Mr Tripp suffered severe head injuries when he hit
the supermarket floor"

Or when a pedestrian on the pavement (sidewalk
-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1032894/Parents-anguish-kille...
"suffering fatal injuries as she hit her head on the pavement"

In fact, why not just stay in bed - much safer - except it's
not of course, you will just die sooner with some problem
related to inactivity.

I'm not sure if you have a point or are just being cynical. Naturally,
everyone has to decide for himself or herself what steps prudence
requires. But let's not pretend that everyday life is the same as an
afternoon on the slopes, even for a beginner. Freak accidents can
occur anywhere, but with good health and normal caution, it's possible
to avoid falls in the home or at the workplace for very long stretches
of time. If you want to wear a helmet while trudging up the stairs to
your bedroom, fine, but chances are you could make that trip 1,000
times and not fall once. In contrast, everyone falls on the slopes
occasionally. If you challenge yourself in any reasonable way, you
will fall from time to time. It's the nature of the activity: slippery
surfaces + fast speeds = occasional wipeouts.

The strong argument for wearing a helmet while skiing or snowboarding
cannot be reduced to the weak argument for wearing a helmet while
engaging in any activity with even the slightest risk.

Which reminds me of a couple I once saw driving a suburban wearing motocycle
helmets.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:38:03 -0400, Walt wrote
this crap:

I'm not being funny.


Yes, you are. You might not realize it, but you are.

//Walt


I will have my minions hunt you down. You are doomed, DOOMED I say.

Quickly, my minions, to the Vath Cave.


And vote for Palin-Ahhnold in 2012.




A mighty Hungarian warrior
The blood of Attila runs through me

comadrejo wrote:
In article ,
downhill wrote:

The other side of the coin is your telling me I can ski down this slope
at speeds greater the the national speed limit and all I need is this
little plastic cap on my head to do it legally.

The most important thing of going fast, is control of the situation.
Going into a tuck on a crowded slope at the end of the day, is reckless,
Doing it on a glacier with no one around or on a course can be part of
training.

This is the run that Natasha Richardson went down at Tremblant, it is
pretty pedestrian. What change a bunny slope fall into a lethal injury
is the surface..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7q9uLO9NqM
you missed my point....

you can not legislate common sense

On Mar 20, 2:50*am, A mighty Hungarian
wrote:

And vote for Palin-Ahhnold in 2012.

You already elected a conservative retard for two consecutive terms
and see where that got you, hah hah! History taught you morons
nothing?-)

On Mar 20, 3:44 am, Evojeesus wrote:
On Mar 20, 2:50 am, A mighty Hungarian
wrote:

And vote for Palin-Ahhnold in 2012.

You already elected a conservative retard for two consecutive terms
and see where that got you, hah hah! History taught you morons
nothing?-)

Can someone find out if she was skiing or snowboarding?

She was with an instructor. When you're skiing, you usually wipe out
sideways. But on a board, you fall forward or backwards and the head
bounces off the ground. I learned how to board this year and
bounced my head off the ground a few times. Lucky for me, I had a
helmet on. It hurts really bad if you fall backwards down the hill,
that's when the head bounces off the ground like a basketball. Even
with the helmet on, it still hurt for a few days.

comadrejo wrote:
Walt wrote:

Are you sure it was Nansen? Got a cite?

http://tinyurl.com/cfdvlu

"The Nansen run, where Ms. Richardson fell and reportedly hit her head
on the ground, was filled with children and families on March break who
were drawn, like the British-born actress, to the gentle grade of the
hill."

Thanks. I've skied Tremblant many times, and was wondering which run.

IIRC, Nansen has a little tunnel under a road near the base - it's
possible to hit one's head on the concrete underpass. There's also
sometimes exposed bare rock along the sides of the run. So I don't buy
the "there's nothing hard to hit" on that run.

//Walt

The Real Bev wrote:
Evojeesus wrote:


If you hit your head on ice while ice-
skating you know that even wearing a hat helps compared with skull-to-
ice contact.


Right. That's why nudists don't tend to play hockey. Especially goalie.

//Walt

On Mar 20, 7:15*am, Walt wrote:
The Real Bev wrote:
Evojeesus wrote:

*If you hit your head on ice while ice-
skating you know that even wearing a hat helps compared with skull-to-
ice contact.

Right. That's why nudists don't tend to play hockey. *Especially goalie..

//Walt

To wear a helmet skiing would be like wearing one when you drive your
car. For most people overkill and an example of self-aggrandizement.