sjc@mips.UUCP (Steve Correll) (11/18/85)
At the risk of boring you, here is yet another article saying "Gee, I'm glad I was wearing a helmet." The two 2-inch cracks now in my helmet could have been in my skull. It was wet yesterday, and I'm new in town so I don't yet know the curves in this particular road very well, and I foolishly tried to use the brakes instead of leaning the bike over further (have you ever found yourself doing something foolish though you really knew better?), and the next thing I knew, I was sprawled in the middle of the road, facing the direction from which I had come, with my vision fading out and in again, frantically trying to haul myself over to the shoulder with my arms, which were tingling, and without any help from my legs, which didn't seem to be there any more. Today I have lumps and abrasions here and there, and my neck is sore, but otherwise I am intact, feeling rather philosophical about the petty everyday annoyances that usually anger me so much, and very much looking forward to buying a new helmet, considering how cheap and convenient they are compared with brain surgery, wheelchairs, and the like. -- ...decwrl!mips!sjc Steve Correll
wagner@uw-june (Dave Wagner) (11/21/85)
Say, what kind of helmet were you wearing? Just curious!
sjc@mips.UUCP (Steve Correll) (11/25/85)
> Say, what kind of helmet were you wearing? Just curious!
An old Bailen (different from the model now sold).
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...decwrl!mips!sjc Steve Correll