Re: HELMETS!!!!

["Helga Loncosky" <hblmh@ptd.net>]

OK, I was going to leave this thread alone, but feel compelled to share this
side of the story.

I LOATHE helmets. Helmets have the word "hell" in there for a reason in my
book, they always gave me terrible headaches that lasted for hours. I had to
wear one for lessons and events of course, and boy , was that a chore! i
take a very small size.  I endured that for 5 years until 2 years ago, i
found one that fits, is light, and doesn't give me headaches.  I still
didn't like wearing one though (I never wear a hat, it's a personal freedom
thing about my head, hate even wearing a hemet on my Harley).

However, after breaking my leg, and thinking that as bad as that was, it
could have been my head, I have revised a few things. One, i'm not getting
any younger. 2-I'm working with youngsters every day. 3- I really don't feel
like getting hurt again. So I now wear one, as I'm usually alone. I feel
like a dork sometimes, haven't gotten used to headgear feel yet, but i do
it. My best friend, who is an ER nurse, is delighted, she preached for years
at what she saw come in from head injuries because of no helmet. After my
leg, I think about that a lot, and thank God I've got another day to do all
that I love. Helmets suck, but they do the job, and my head is worth it.


Helga Loncosky
Archival Morgan Record
http://home.att.net/~a_m_r/index.html
Beacon Morgan Horses, Ltd.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/5292/
hblmh@ptd.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: robert and carla lawson <robandcarla@hotmail.com>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, February 07, 2000 9:45 PM
Subject: RC: HELMETS!!!!


>Ya'll just had to make me post didn't yah!! I go out of town for one day!
>ONE DAY! I come back and lo and behold there are tons on here about
helmets!
>question #1 How many folks do you know that have survived a riding
acccident
>that said I wish I was wearing a helmet?
>question #2 How many folks have had accidents that can't or won't ride
>anymore because they weren't riding a helmet.
>Question #3 What will it take to get a person to ride a helmet? A video? A
>fall? perhaps seeing a quadreplegic(sp)who wasn't wearing one? or seeing
one
>who was? how about loss of a loved one? gee or how about the actual force
>given when a horse falls upon your head? How about letting someone take a
>large Heavy Branch and hitting your head as you go riding by? How about the
>fear of flipping? How about I glue one on your head? There are no laws
>saying you have to wear one. But I bet you would cringe each time you see a
>small child riding a bike or
>ATV without one. Think here they weigh about the same, the trails are the
>same what is the difference? the only difference I see is that they are a
>bit lower to the ground and have a bit more control? Am I wrong here?
>Besides with all the colors and vents avialable there should be no excuse
>other than mine I was too darn lazy to put it on.
>the bad hair excuse. try a hat or a pony tail! bad hair day my eye! Horses
>don't give a rats (_1_) how you look! just give me my FOOOOD!
>Carla (Claudia I need you to come and hose me!!!!)
>Ansata (mom I dig the lid!)
>Haley (dads got one to match too!)
>Rob (honey Do I got this thing on right?)
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