misterT 174 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Better than a busted melon, you can buy a new helmet craniums and the grey matter therein are irreplaceable. Glad you are O.K. 1 Quote Link to comment
thebuns1 4,323 Posted June 21, 2013 Report ^^ what he said. Glad your ok. I quite riding bikes a long time ago when I wrecked an old 350 Honda. I just dont trust myself on them anymore. I tend to get too ballsy and do stupid shit when I ride them. Glad your alright man, and be glad you had a helmet on. Quote Link to comment
gunfun 3,931 Posted June 21, 2013 Report That is one of the most annoying things about this other than the cracked vertebra. Every single $%^&*" person says some variant of "lucky you were wearing a helmet!" -- Of course I was wearing a helmet, and a decent one. Luck had nothing to do with it. Everyone with the smallest amount of sense does. Even without a modicum of sense all but a couple states have required you to for decades. You may as well tell everyone with normal limbs "lucky you had a polio shot!!!" "lucky your mom didn't take thalidomide" or every person who doesn't go through the windshield "lucky you were in a car designed after the 1950s" I'd take "glad you weren't one of those 'tards who wears the little wannabe Wehrmacht helmet." (Anyone who says they wear that stuff for comfort is lying. They wear them because they feel BA when they wear them. Nothing is comfortable about wind in your eyes over 35 mph. Looks is the reason, and the only reason. And there are full face helmets that can actually have better airflow around your head than 1/4 helmets.) -- Rant off. Quote Link to comment
poolingmyignorance 2,191 Posted June 22, 2013 Report Lucky you were wearing a helmet. 1 Quote Link to comment
thebuns1 4,323 Posted June 22, 2013 Report I didnt see anyone say "lucky you were wearing a helmet". Whatever. Quote Link to comment
MegamanX 65 Posted June 22, 2013 Report I wish i still had pictures of my old exo1000 scorpion helmet that saved my head when i got hit from a drunk driver and was pinned under my bike to where my head basically dragged against concrete for 20 or so feet. I think I was more pissed that all my gear was ruined. Cops arrived on scene by the time i realized what had happened. Anyways lol crashes suck man. Glad you're still with us. Quote Link to comment
DrThunder88 912 Posted June 22, 2013 Report True, Captain. However, I imagine we're not the first to hear about the crash and GunFun's heard the sentiment from others. That may color his interpretation of something fairly innocuous like "be glad you had your helmet on" to imply that you think he either resented wearing the helmet or wasn't wearing the helmet to protect his head in the first place. Either way, I'm sure you didn't mean that he didn't understand the situation, so his response was a bit harsh, and your earlier post may have just been a convenient target. Anyway, I'm glad you're okay, GunFun. Not being a doctor, I can't even estimate how bad the wreck would have been without a helmet, but I hope helmet eschewing riders could see that it likely WOULD have been worse. 1 Quote Link to comment
poolingmyignorance 2,191 Posted June 22, 2013 Report Don't get angry Captain Hero, Gunfun is still fun. The pain killers make him cranky is all. He'll be back to handing out help technical knowledge in no time.. Maybe he'll adopt a cane, and pop pills becoming the "House" of the S12 forum. Seriously Gunfun, glad your alright, that looks like it was a nasty crash. 2 Quote Link to comment
DLT 1,646 Posted June 22, 2013 Report I rode every day for almost 15 years. Over 150 thousand miles and never had an accident. Dropped my ride twice because my foot slipped on oil at a stop light. Got out of it because I did have several close calls, especially in the last year I rode. I miss it. Glad you are okay. Were you wearing gloves? To me, they were just as important as my helmet. Quote Link to comment
thebuns1 4,323 Posted June 23, 2013 Report It's all good. I wasn't mad. Lol. Still glad he's ok. Quote Link to comment
gunfun 3,931 Posted June 24, 2013 Report I rode every day for almost 15 years. Over 150 thousand miles and never had an accident. Dropped my ride twice because my foot slipped on oil at a stop light. Got out of it because I did have several close calls, especially in the last year I rode. I miss it. Glad you are okay. Were you wearing gloves? To me, they were just as important as my helmet. I was wearing helmet, semi-armored leather jacket, boots, but left my gloves on my desk. I pretty much always wear the gloves, but I carried them in with me rather than leaving them in my helmet as usual. This is very unusual for me, but fortunately, I only had a couple very minor nicks on my hands. Quote Link to comment
gunfun 3,931 Posted June 24, 2013 Report Sorry, I didn't intend to direct any ire at him-- he didn't say it directly, so I didn't think it would be taken that way. I was more irritated about the condescending platitudes people say without much thought. I cringe if I realize I have just said the most obvious thing, the thing that a person has heard hundreds of times. 1 Quote Link to comment
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