RE: Re: helmets - trying to push them on people who don't use them.

2009-10-16 Thread plumg...@pon.net
This message is from: plumg...@pon.net plumg...@pon.net HmmmI wonder what that instructor would say after being sued for the cost of caring for an invalid for the rest of their life. A contingency-only lawyer would love that set of facts. Someone on another list wrote to the Parellli

Re: helmets - trying to push them on people who don't use them.

2009-10-16 Thread Starfire Farm
This message is from: Starfire Farm starfiref...@usa.net plumg...@pon.net wrote: A person on this list (who can pipe up if she wants to) started wearing a helmet after the day that she was riding in a Buck Branaman clinic. The horses were lined up at a standstill in front of Buck, and Buck

Re: helmets - trying to push them on people who don't use them.

2009-10-16 Thread Beth
This message is from: Beth magicm...@roadrunner.com I had a very similar experience and ended up with a concussion.. at that time I didn't wear a helmet...( back in the seventys..) However from that day on I have worn a helmet and no one rides here without one.. no helmet no ride.. So far no

Re: helmets - trying to push them on people who don't use them.

2009-10-15 Thread Robin Churchill
This message is from: Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com I guess if you have good insurance, including long-term care insurance then it is your business whether you wear a helmet or not. Unfortunately most people who get a serious head injury don't seem to have planned on needing medical care

Re: helmets - trying to push them on people who don't use them.

2009-10-15 Thread Lola Lahr
This message is from: Lola Lahr lolal...@gmail.com Amen Robin On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com wrote: This message is from: Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com I guess if you have good insurance, including long-term care insurance then it is your business

Re: helmets - trying to push them on people who don't use them.

2009-10-15 Thread Lola Lahr
This message is from: Lola Lahr lolal...@gmail.com If you have good insurance and make a choice that results in your using it in the way Robin describes, you are driving up the cost of health insurance for the rest of us too. That also is unfair. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Lola Lahr