I'm watching the first episode of a new series on History Channel called Hazardous History.
I'm sure many of you here would enjoy some of the toys and playgrounds
from childhood. Roller Coasters that pull 12gs, chemistry sets with radioactive materials, Jarts, glass blowing kits, and so forth.
New episodes Sunday night at 10, this one repeats Sunday at noon.
I'm watching the first episode of a new series on History Channel called Hazardous History.
I'm sure many of you here would enjoy some of the toys and playgrounds
from childhood. Roller Coasters that pull 12gs, chemistry sets with radioactive materials, Jarts, glass blowing kits, and so forth.
I'm watching the first episode of a new series on History Channel called Hazardous History.
I'm sure many of you here would enjoy some of the toys and playgrounds
from childhood. Roller Coasters that pull 12gs, chemistry sets with radioactive materials, Jarts, glass blowing kits, and so forth.
New episodes Sunday night at 10, this one repeats Sunday at noon.
On 2025-06-17, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm watching the first episode of a new series on History Channel called
Hazardous History.
I'm sure many of you here would enjoy some of the toys and playgrounds
from childhood. Roller Coasters that pull 12gs, chemistry sets with
radioactive materials, Jarts, glass blowing kits, and so forth.
have watched videos of such things on youtube. i doubt we can
get anything new on the history channel, we don't subscribe to
any tv service other than netflix. it might be on pluto or tubi,
my wife would know.
i had a chemistry set and our family still plays jarts at get
togethers. none of this stuff is or was hazardous except perhaps
the low level radiation.
On 2025-06-16 9:04 p.m., Ed P wrote:
I'm watching the first episode of a new series on History Channel
called Hazardous History.
I'm sure many of you here would enjoy some of the toys and playgrounds
from childhood. Roller Coasters that pull 12gs, chemistry sets with
radioactive materials, Jarts, glass blowing kits, and so forth.
New episodes Sunday night at 10, this one repeats Sunday at noon.
They don't even have Meccano sets anymore. Maybe it is because too many
kids cut their fingers on the sharp edges of the metal pieces.
On 2025-06-17 7:24 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
They don't even have Meccano sets anymore. Maybe it is because too
many kids cut their fingers on the sharp edges of the metal pieces.
More likely it's due to shorter attention spans and Lego is so much
easier to handle than those tiny nuts and bolts.
I'm watching the first episode of a new series on History Channel called Hazardous History.
I'm sure many of you here would enjoy some of the toys and playgrounds
from childhood. Roller Coasters that pull 12gs, chemistry sets with radioactive materials, Jarts, glass blowing kits, and so forth.
New episodes Sunday night at 10, this one repeats Sunday at noon.
On 6/17/2025 9:01 AM, flood of sins wrote:
On 2025-06-17, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm watching the first episode of a new series on History Channel called >>> Hazardous History.
I'm sure many of you here would enjoy some of the toys and playgrounds
from childhood. Roller Coasters that pull 12gs, chemistry sets with
radioactive materials, Jarts, glass blowing kits, and so forth.
have watched videos of such things on youtube. i doubt we can
get anything new on the history channel, we don't subscribe to
any tv service other than netflix. it might be on pluto or tubi,
my wife would know.
i had a chemistry set and our family still plays jarts at get
togethers. none of this stuff is or was hazardous except perhaps
the low level radiation.
OMG, you should read the news. Jarts had killed 3 people.
How many people have been injured by lawn darts?
Lawn dart injuries account for an estimated 675 emergency department
visits per year. Seventy-six patients are described herein. The victims ranged from 1 to 18 years of age and were predominantly male (male to
female ratio is 3.1:1).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2396629/
On 2025-06-17 11:24 a.m., Graham wrote:
On 2025-06-17 7:24 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
They don't even have Meccano sets anymore. Maybe it is because too
many kids cut their fingers on the sharp edges of the metal pieces.
More likely it's due to shorter attention spans and Lego is so much
easier to handle than those tiny nuts and bolts.
Meccano was certainly more demanding. You needed to think about the
pieces you needed and the order in which to assemble them. It was great
for developing hand eye coordination and digital dexterity. It could be >pretty frustrating to get things almost together and then to dismantle
half of it to slip an essential piece into place. It certainly imparted
some mechanical skills on our young minds and bodies. We may be the last >generation that can assemble steel shelving units without instructions.
I'm watching the first episode of a new series on History Channel called Hazardous History.
I'm sure many of you here would enjoy some of the toys and playgrounds
from childhood. Roller Coasters that pull 12gs, chemistry sets with radioactive materials, Jarts, glass blowing kits, and so forth.
New episodes Sunday night at 10, this one repeats Sunday at noon.
On 6/17/2025 9:01 AM, flood of sins wrote:
OMG, you should read the news. Jarts had killed 3 people.
How many people have been injured by lawn darts?
Lawn dart injuries account for an estimated 675 emergency department
visits per year. Seventy-six patients are described herein. The victims ranged from 1 to 18 years of age and were predominantly male (male to
female ratio is 3.1:1).
On 2025-06-17 11:24 a.m., Graham wrote:
On 2025-06-17 7:24 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
They don't even have Meccano sets anymore. Maybe it is because too
many kids cut their fingers on the sharp edges of the metal pieces.
More likely it's due to shorter attention spans and Lego is so much
easier to handle than those tiny nuts and bolts.
Meccano was certainly more demanding. You needed to think about the
pieces you needed and the order in which to assemble them. It was great
for developing hand eye coordination and digital dexterity. It could be pretty frustrating to get things almost together and then to dismantle
half of it to slip an essential piece into place. It certainly imparted some mechanical skills on our young minds and bodies. We may be the last generation that can assemble steel shelving units without instructions.
I haven't seen this episode on History Channel but I'll bet they're
going to mention playgrounds with metal slides that got hot. Heck, we
had a solution for that. Rub some of the playground sand (none of that chopped up rubbery stuff on the playground back then) to make it slick
then slide down on a towel. We lined up to do that. We also climbed
metal "monkey bars" with nothing but gravel underneath. Oh my.
My brothers had archery sets with metal tipped arrows. We all rode our bicycles without helmets. Ditto roller skating on the streets. I do remember a friend of mine who was on the swing set in her back yard.
This would have been in 1967. Of course we had to swing as high as we could. She decided to jump off when it was at the high point going
forward, landed wrong and broke her arm. It was a bad decision on her part. She got cast (which everyone in the neighborhood signed) and we brought her some magazines that were featuring 'The Monkees'. LOL
We survived.
Jill
On 2025-06-17 11:24 a.m., Graham wrote:
On 2025-06-17 7:24 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
They don't even have Meccano sets anymore. Maybe it is because too
many kids cut their fingers on the sharp edges of the metal pieces.
More likely it's due to shorter attention spans and Lego is so much
easier to handle than those tiny nuts and bolts.
Meccano was certainly more demanding. You needed to think about the
pieces you needed and the order in which to assemble them. It was great
for developing hand eye coordination and digital dexterity. It could be pretty frustrating to get things almost together and then to dismantle
half of it to slip an essential piece into place. It certainly imparted
some mechanical skills on our young minds and bodies. We may be the last generation that can assemble steel shelving units without instructions.
On 6/16/2025 9:04 PM, Ed P wrote:
I'm watching the first episode of a new series on History Channel
called Hazardous History.
I'm sure many of you here would enjoy some of the toys and playgrounds
from childhood. Roller Coasters that pull 12gs, chemistry sets with
radioactive materials, Jarts, glass blowing kits, and so forth.
New episodes Sunday night at 10, this one repeats Sunday at noon.
I remember my oldest brother having a chemistry set that probably
contained a lot of hazardous chemicals. He also had a contraption
called 'The Thing Maker' (aka Creepy Crawlers). It was basically metal molds you heated to extreme temperatures and you poured liquid goop in
to make small rubber toys. I think it was made by Mattel. The whole
thing got very hot! It did turn out some nifty little rubber-like
creepy crawlers, though. :)
I haven't seen this episode on History Channel but I'll bet they're
going to mention playgrounds with metal slides that got hot. Heck, we
had a solution for that. Rub some of the playground sand (none of that chopped up rubbery stuff on the playground back then) to make it slick
then slide down on a towel. We lined up to do that. We also climbed
metal "monkey bars" with nothing but gravel underneath. Oh my.
My brothers had archery sets with metal tipped arrows. We all rode our bicycles without helmets. Ditto roller skating on the streets. I do remember a friend of mine who was on the swing set in her back yard.
This would have been in 1967. Of course we had to swing as high as we could. She decided to jump off when it was at the high point going
forward, landed wrong and broke her arm. It was a bad decision on her part. She got cast (which everyone in the neighborhood signed) and we brought her some magazines that were featuring 'The Monkees'. LOL
We survived.
I don't remember my brothers having a chemistry set but
I remember my oldest brother having a chemistry set that probably
contained a lot of hazardous chemicals.
We used a bit of baby powder on the metal slide at school.I haven't seen this episode on History Channel but I'll bet they're
going to mention playgrounds with metal slides that got hot. Heck, we
had a solution for that. Rub some of the playground sand (none of that
chopped up rubbery stuff on the playground back then) to make it slick
then slide down on a towel. We lined up to do that. We also climbed
metal "monkey bars" with nothing but gravel underneath. Oh my.
Virtually no traffic on our neighborhood streets during the
We all rode our bicycles without helmets. Ditto roller skating
on the streets.
On 6/17/2025 5:29 PM, Ed P wrote:
Yes, and the spinning things that kids got tossed off from the
centrifugal force, onto the hard ground.
Only if your friends could run fast enough to get the metal
merry-go-round spinning fast enough. No one could run that fast and all
you had to do was hold onto the bars as it spun. If you fell off, you
might get a skinned knee. No one cared. It was fun!
Jil
On 6/17/2025 5:10 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
I haven't seen this episode on History Channel but I'll bet they're
going to mention playgrounds with metal slides that got hot. Heck, we
had a solution for that. Rub some of the playground sand (none of
that chopped up rubbery stuff on the playground back then) to make it
slick then slide down on a towel. We lined up to do that. We also
climbed metal "monkey bars" with nothing but gravel underneath. Oh my.
My brothers had archery sets with metal tipped arrows. We all rode
our bicycles without helmets. Ditto roller skating on the streets. I
do remember a friend of mine who was on the swing set in her back
yard. This would have been in 1967. Of course we had to swing as high
as we could. She decided to jump off when it was at the high point
going forward, landed wrong and broke her arm. It was a bad decision
on her part. She got cast (which everyone in the neighborhood signed)
and we brought her some magazines that were featuring 'The Monkees'. LOL
We survived.
Jill
Yes, and the spinning things that kids got tossed off from the
centrifugal force, onto the hard ground.
On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 23:19:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/17/2025 5:29 PM, Ed P wrote:A boy in my second-grade class got slung off the spinning
Yes, and the spinning things that kids got tossed off from the
centrifugal force, onto the hard ground.
Only if your friends could run fast enough to get the metal
merry-go-round spinning fast enough.� No one could run that fast and all
you had to do was hold onto the bars as it spun.� If you fell off, you
might get a skinned knee.� No one cared.� It was fun!
Jil
merry-go-round and it broke his arm.� He's the only kid
I knew that ever received a broken bone on the playground.
But I remember my knees, elbows, and toes were a perpetual
shade of red all summer due to the applications of Merthiolate/ mercurochrome.
On 6/17/2025 1:31 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-06-17 11:24 a.m., Graham wrote:I preferred Lincoln Logs (still building stuff but without the sharp
On 2025-06-17 7:24 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
They don't even have Meccano sets anymore. Maybe it is because too
many kids cut their fingers on the sharp edges of the metal pieces.
More likely it's due to shorter attention spans and Lego is so much
easier to handle than those tiny nuts and bolts.
Meccano was certainly more demanding. You needed to think about the
pieces you needed and the order in which to assemble them. It was
great for developing hand eye coordination and digital dexterity. It
could be pretty frustrating to get things almost together and then to
dismantle half of it to slip an essential piece into place. It
certainly imparted some mechanical skills on our young minds and
bodies. We may be the last generation that can assemble steel shelving
units without instructions.
metal parts) and Tinker Toys.� As a kit I assembled the image of a
Clipper Ship using Tinker Toys with spools and rods and ran paper on
thread as the sails.� It took a long time but also a lot of
concentration and attention to detail.� Oh, and knowing how to follow blueprints is important even in today's world of building stuff.
Jill
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff? I remember he loved ships,
for a long time before he died.
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available
so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride
lol.
On 2025-06-17, flood of sins <[email protected]> wrote:
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available
so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride
lol.
I agree. Having to think for oneself promotes common sense. Having the government think for oneself, promotes whatever "this" is.
On 6/17/2025 9:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-06-17, flood of sins <[email protected]> wrote:
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available
so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride
lol.
I agree. Having to think for oneself promotes common sense. Having the
government think for oneself, promotes whatever "this" is.
Where do you draw the line? How many injuries allowed before
regulation? How many kids can die before regulation?
Automobiles would cost less without air bags and seat belts but the >government forces them on us.
On 6/17/2025 9:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-06-17, flood of sins <[email protected]> wrote:
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available
so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride
lol.
I agree. Having to think for oneself promotes common sense. Having the
government think for oneself, promotes whatever "this" is.
Where do you draw the line? How many injuries allowed before
regulation? How many kids can die before regulation?
Automobiles would cost less without air bags and seat belts but the government forces them on us.
On 2025-06-17 10:30 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/17/2025 9:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-06-17, flood of sins <[email protected]> wrote:
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available
so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride
lol.
I agree. Having to think for oneself promotes common sense. Having the
government think for oneself, promotes whatever "this" is.
Where do you draw the line? How many injuries allowed before
regulation? How many kids can die before regulation?
Automobiles would cost less without air bags and seat belts but the
government forces them on us.
Back in the 60s my wife's cousin's 7 year old daughter was killed in a
car mishap. It was before seatbelts were required. Her father was
driving. Someone pulled out in front of him and he hit the brakes. She stopped in good time and avoided a crash but the little girl flew into
the dash board and was killed.
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear seatbelts.
On 2025-06-17 10:30 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/17/2025 9:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-06-17, flood of sins <[email protected]> wrote:
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available
so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride
lol.
I agree. Having to think for oneself promotes common sense. Having the
government think for oneself, promotes whatever "this" is.
Where do you draw the line? How many injuries allowed before
regulation? How many kids can die before regulation?
Automobiles would cost less without air bags and seat belts but the
government forces them on us.
Back in the 60s my wife's cousin's 7 year old daughter was killed in a
car mishap. It was before seatbelts were required. Her father was
driving. Someone pulled out in front of him and he hit the brakes. She >stopped in good time and avoided a crash but the little girl flew into
the dash board and was killed.
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of >crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear >seatbelts.
Where do you draw the line? How many injuries allowed before
regulation? How many kids can die before regulation?
Automobiles would cost less without air bags and seat belts but the government forces them on us.
Leo would rather die in a car accident than have communists save his
life!
North American safety stands tend to be pretty high. We were in Estonia
about 10 years ago and I was shocked at the absence of safety concerns.
I can think of three situations that would never be tolerated here.
In the first case my wife wanted me to try the archery just outside the
old town walls. I was given a bow and a handful of arrows and there was
a target set up about 25m away. I knocked an arrow, drew the bow and
took aim at the target. I was just about to release the arrow when a
person walked out from behind some bushes and walked in front of my target.
We used a bit of baby powder on the metal slide at school.
Virtually no traffic on our neighborhood streets during the
day as households had only one car.
As technology develops, airbags, seat belts and motorcycle helmets should
be an option. Those who are too dim to use them should bump into Darwin.
On 6/17/2025 10:54 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of
crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear
seatbelts.
Some people don't like wearing them. A few years back a pickup got into
an accident, not enough to kill someone. Unfortunately, it was enough
to open the door, eject the driver and run over him to kill him.
On 6/17/2025 10:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote
In the first case my wife wanted me to try the archery just outside
the old town walls. I was given a bow and a handful of arrows and
there was a target set up about 25m away. I knocked an arrow, drew the
bow and took aim at the target. I was just about to release the arrow
when a person walked out from behind some bushes and walked in front
of my target.
When I was in high school, one of the optional activities was archery.
For some unfathomable reason, the phys ed teachers insisted on setting
up the targets in front of the entrances to the changing areas and
equipment rooms. The opposite side of the room was blank, but there were
big windows. Apparently, they were more worried about breaking glass,
than injuring students.
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 2:54:08 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-06-17 10:30 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/17/2025 9:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-06-17, flood of sins <[email protected]> wrote:
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available
so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride
lol.
I agree. Having to think for oneself promotes common sense. Having the >>>> government think for oneself, promotes whatever "this" is.
Where do you draw the line? How many injuries allowed before
regulation? How many kids can die before regulation?
Automobiles would cost less without air bags and seat belts but the
government forces them on us.
Back in the 60s my wife's cousin's 7 year old daughter was killed in a
car mishap. It was before seatbelts were required. Her father was
driving. Someone pulled out in front of him and he hit the brakes. She
stopped in good time and avoided a crash but the little girl flew into
the dash board and was killed.
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of
crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear
seatbelts.
My mom's 1970 Barracuda was one of the first cars to have 3 point seat
belts. The shoulder belt was stashed above the drivers window with clips
to hold it in place. To use it, you'd unclip it and attach it to the lap
belt latch. After use, you'd detach it from the lap belt and stow it
back where it belonged. Stowing the shoulder belt took a while. It would
also never look like it came from the factory because it would be loose
and floppy. I tried it a couple of times before giving up on it.
You didn't need the shoulder belt anyway since the flat steering wheel
would keep you from crashing into the dash. The steering wheel was one
of the first to have a collapsible steering column. I suppose that car
was one of the safer cars of the era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Ub4ZO0yIA&t=695s
On 2025-06-17 10:30 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/17/2025 9:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-06-17, flood of sins <[email protected]> wrote:
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available
so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride
lol.
I agree. Having to think for oneself promotes common sense. Having the
government think for oneself, promotes whatever "this" is.
Where do you draw the line? How many injuries allowed before
regulation? How many kids can die before regulation?
Automobiles would cost less without air bags and seat belts but the
government forces them on us.
Back in the 60s my wife's cousin's 7 year old daughter was killed in a
car mishap. It was before seatbelts were required. Her father was
driving. Someone pulled out in front of him and he hit the brakes. She stopped in good time and avoided a crash but the little girl flew into
the dash board and was killed.
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear seatbelts.
On 2025-06-18 8:23 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 2:54:08 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:I remember shoulder straps in my father's 63 Pontiac.
On 2025-06-17 10:30 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/17/2025 9:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-06-17, flood of sins <[email protected]> wrote:
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available
so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride
lol.
I agree. Having to think for oneself promotes common sense. Having the >>>>> government think for oneself, promotes whatever "this" is.
Where do you draw the line? How many injuries allowed before
regulation? How many kids can die before regulation?
Automobiles would cost less without air bags and seat belts but the
government forces them on us.
Back in the 60s my wife's cousin's 7 year old daughter was killed in a
car mishap. It was before seatbelts were required. Her father was
driving. Someone pulled out in front of him and he hit the brakes. She
stopped in good time and avoided a crash but the little girl flew into
the dash board and was killed.
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of
crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear
seatbelts.
My mom's 1970 Barracuda was one of the first cars to have 3 point seat
belts. The shoulder belt was stashed above the drivers window with clips
to hold it in place. To use it, you'd unclip it and attach it to the lap
belt latch. After use, you'd detach it from the lap belt and stow it
back where it belonged. Stowing the shoulder belt took a while. It would
also never look like it came from the factory because it would be loose
and floppy. I tried it a couple of times before giving up on it.
You didn't need the shoulder belt anyway since the flat steering wheel
would keep you from crashing into the dash. The steering wheel was one
of the first to have a collapsible steering column. I suppose that car
was one of the safer cars of the era.
Seatbelts prevent you from crashing into the steering wheel. One off the fatal crashes I attended involved a guy who didn't have time to scrap
off his windshield before heading off to work. He crossed the centre
line and ran headfirst into a dump truck. He was thrown against the
steering wheel with enough force to crack his chest wide open. It was
like one of those models of the abdomen in a biology class. The ribs
were splayed open exposing the lungs, stomach, liver and intestines. He
had died on impact so there was no blood. It was a valuable lesson to
me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Ub4ZO0yIA&t=695s
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:05:34 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-06-18 8:23 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 2:54:08 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:I remember shoulder straps in my father's 63 Pontiac.
On 2025-06-17 10:30 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/17/2025 9:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-06-17, flood of sins <[email protected]> wrote:
*PEOPLE* are hazardous. all this stuff should still be available >>>>>>> so Darwinism / Natural Selection can run its course. Except the
12g roller coasters, i enjoy being conscious for the entire ride >>>>>>> lol.
I agree. Having to think for oneself promotes common sense. Having >>>>>> the
government think for oneself, promotes whatever "this" is.
Where do you draw the line? How many injuries allowed before
regulation? How many kids can die before regulation?
Automobiles would cost less without air bags and seat belts but the
government forces them on us.
Back in the 60s my wife's cousin's 7 year old daughter was killed in a >>>> car mishap. It was before seatbelts were required. Her father was
driving. Someone pulled out in front of him and he hit the brakes. She >>>> stopped in good time and avoided a crash but the little girl flew into >>>> the dash board and was killed.
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of >>>> crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear
seatbelts.
My mom's 1970 Barracuda was one of the first cars to have 3 point seat
belts. The shoulder belt was stashed above the drivers window with clips >>> to hold it in place. To use it, you'd unclip it and attach it to the lap >>> belt latch. After use, you'd detach it from the lap belt and stow it
back where it belonged. Stowing the shoulder belt took a while. It would >>> also never look like it came from the factory because it would be loose
and floppy. I tried it a couple of times before giving up on it.
You didn't need the shoulder belt anyway since the flat steering wheel
would keep you from crashing into the dash. The steering wheel was one
of the first to have a collapsible steering column. I suppose that car
was one of the safer cars of the era.
Seatbelts prevent you from crashing into the steering wheel. One off the
fatal crashes I attended involved a guy who didn't have time to scrap
off his windshield before heading off to work.� He crossed the centre
line and ran headfirst into a dump truck. He was thrown against the
steering wheel with enough force to crack his chest wide open. It was
like one of those models of the abdomen in a biology class. The ribs
were splayed open exposing the lungs, stomach, liver and intestines. He
had died on impact so there was no blood.� It was a valuable lesson to
me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Ub4ZO0yIA&t=695s
The Barracuda had a collapsible steering column which was probably
better than nothing at all. Those days were the start of designing for vehicle safety which is a good thing. Most of the safety features were
better than nothing at all. My guess is that the most effective safety feature would be to have no human steering, braking, or accelerating,
the vehicle. That's in the future.
When I left home, I got myself a Barracuda too. It was a 67 and it had
the standard safety feature of the time: lap belts. I liked it better
than my mom's Barracuda - it didn't keep losing traction on the rear and sitting in it was more pleasant. Sitting in the rear seats was a fun and
airy experience. My mom's car was like being in a dark, airless,
dungeon.
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 0:21:44 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
Sheldon's dead???????
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff? I remember he loved ships,
for a long time before he died.
Jill McQuown wrote on 6/18/2025 4:23 PM:
On 6/17/2025 8:30 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 0:21:44 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
Sheldon's dead???????
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff? I remember he loved ships, >>>> for a long time before he died.
No, Sheldon is not dead.
Jill
Same as. He's locked away due to some type of severe mental disease or >dementia, (which is the nice word for alzheimers). At any rate, he is
non functional.
We shall never hear another nautical sex story.
On 6/17/2025 8:30 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 0:21:44 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
Sheldon's dead???????
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff? I remember he loved ships,
for a long time before he died.
No, Sheldon is not dead.
Jill
On 6/17/2025 8:30 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 0:21:44 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
Sheldon's dead???????
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff? I remember he loved ships,
for a long time before he died.
No, Sheldon is not dead.
Jill
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 21:23:33 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/17/2025 8:30 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:Thanks!
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 0:21:44 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
Sheldon's dead???????
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff? I remember he loved ships,
for a long time before he died.
No, Sheldon is not dead.
Jill
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:31:34 -0500, Hank Rogers <[email protected]d>
wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote on 6/18/2025 4:23 PM:
On 6/17/2025 8:30 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 0:21:44 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
Sheldon's dead???????
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff? I remember he loved ships, >>>>> for a long time before he died.
No, Sheldon is not dead.
Jill
Same as. He's locked away due to some type of severe mental disease or
dementia, (which is the nice word for alzheimers). At any rate, he is
non functional.
We shall never hear another nautical sex story.
Or stories about nuns who spontaneously dropped their habit when they
saw him.
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 21:23:33 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/17/2025 8:30 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:Thanks!
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 0:21:44 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
Sheldon's dead???????
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff? I remember he loved ships,
for a long time before he died.
No, Sheldon is not dead.
Jill
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:27:34 +0000, Bruce wrote:
Phew, where would we be without Sheldon's unique blend of racism,
homophobia and misogyny? Oh wait, there's always Trump!
Uncle was all that - at least he was entertaining. I suspect that he had
a traumatic brain injury that caused a personality change. The people
that replaced him are not entertaining - mostly they're boring,
repetitious, and got nothing to say. Uncle would be totally out of
control but half the time, he knew what he was talking about.
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.food.cooking/c/W0OpjvU_dQY/m/6fkek5OTDAAJ
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:15:26 +0000, [email protected] (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 21:23:33 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/17/2025 8:30 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:Thanks!
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 0:21:44 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
Sheldon's dead???????
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff? I remember he loved ships, >>>>> for a long time before he died.
No, Sheldon is not dead.
Jill
Phew, where would we be without Sheldon's unique blend of racism,
homophobia and misogyny? Oh wait, there's always Trump!
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 01:37:32 +0000, [email protected] (dsi1) wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:27:34 +0000, Bruce wrote:
Phew, where would we be without Sheldon's unique blend of racism,
homophobia and misogyny? Oh wait, there's always Trump!
Uncle was all that - at least he was entertaining. I suspect that he had
a traumatic brain injury that caused a personality change. The people
that replaced him are not entertaining - mostly they're boring,
repetitious, and got nothing to say. Uncle would be totally out of
control but half the time, he knew what he was talking about.
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.food.cooking/c/W0OpjvU_dQY/m/6fkek5OTDAAJ
I think he always had those obnoxious ideas, but his dementia made him express them unfiltered. It's strange that RFC women liked him, in
spite of his misogyny. Just like some of them apparently didn't mind
Trump's "Grab them by the pussy" comment and still voted for him.
Clearly, they secretly thought "Finally a man who knows what we want!"
On 6/18/2025 9:52 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 01:37:32 +0000, [email protected] (dsi1) wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:27:34 +0000, Bruce wrote:I think he always had those obnoxious ideas, but his dementia made him
Phew, where would we be without Sheldon's unique blend of racism,
homophobia and misogyny? Oh wait, there's always Trump!
Uncle was all that - at least he was entertaining. I suspect that he had >>> a traumatic brain injury that caused a personality change. The people
that replaced him are not entertaining - mostly they're boring,
repetitious, and got nothing to say. Uncle would be totally out of
control but half the time, he knew what he was talking about.
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.food.cooking/c/W0OpjvU_dQY/m/6fkek5OTDAAJ >>
express them unfiltered. It's strange that RFC women liked him, in
spite of his misogyny. Just like some of them apparently didn't mind
Trump's "Grab them by the pussy" comment and still voted for him.
Clearly, they secretly thought "Finally a man who knows what we want!"
Going back a few years, he was not so bad. His last year or so here was
full blown obnoxious. Aging was not kind to him.
Bruce wrote on 6/18/2025 4:36 PM:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:31:34 -0500, Hank Rogers <[email protected]d>
wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote on 6/18/2025 4:23 PM:
On 6/17/2025 8:30 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 0:21:44 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
Sheldon's dead???????
Did you help Popeye with his ship stuff?ÃÂ I remember he loved ships,
for a long time before he died.
No, Sheldon is not dead.
Jill
Same as. He's locked away due to some type of severe mental disease or
dementia, (which is the nice word for alzheimers). At any rate, he is
non functional.
We shall never hear another nautical sex story.
Or stories about nuns who spontaneously dropped their habit when they
saw him.
And all those Squirting pussies and enormous titties.
He would definitely have nailed Queen McCrone, had her Majesty not found
out he was married.
Can't have a royal consort married to a mexican woman.
On 6/17/2025 5:10 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
I haven't seen this episode on History Channel but I'll bet they're
going to mention playgrounds with metal slides that got hot. Heck, we
had a solution for that. Rub some of the playground sand (none of
that chopped up rubbery stuff on the playground back then) to make it
slick then slide down on a towel. We lined up to do that. We also
climbed metal "monkey bars" with nothing but gravel underneath. Oh my.
My brothers had archery sets with metal tipped arrows. We all rode
our bicycles without helmets. Ditto roller skating on the streets. I
do remember a friend of mine who was on the swing set in her back
yard. This would have been in 1967. Of course we had to swing as high
as we could. She decided to jump off when it was at the high point
going forward, landed wrong and broke her arm. It was a bad decision
on her part. She got cast (which everyone in the neighborhood signed)
and we brought her some magazines that were featuring 'The Monkees'. LOL
We survived.
Jill
Yes, and the spinning things that kids got tossed off from the
centrifugal force, onto the hard ground.
On 6/18/2025 9:52 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 01:37:32 +0000, [email protected] (dsi1) wrote:
I think he always had those obnoxious ideas, but his dementia made him
express them unfiltered. It's strange that RFC women liked him, in
spite of his misogyny.
Going back a few years, he was not so bad. His last year or so here was full blown obnoxious. Aging was not kind to him.
On 6/17/2025 10:54 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Back in the 60s my wife's cousin's 7 year old daughter was killed in a
car mishap. It was before seatbelts were required. Her father was
driving. Someone pulled out in front of him and he hit the brakes. She
stopped in good time and avoided a crash but the little girl flew into
the dash board and was killed.
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of
crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear
seatbelts.
Some people don't like wearing them. A few years back a pickup got into
an accident, not enough to kill someone. Unfortunately, it was enough
to open the door, eject the driver and run over him to kill him.
On 2025-06-18, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of
crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear
seatbelts.
Some people don't like wearing them. A few years back a pickup got into
an accident, not enough to kill someone. Unfortunately, it was enough
to open the door, eject the driver and run over him to kill him.
i have a friend who was involved in a rollover accident which ended
upside down in a creek when we was kid. said he nearly drowned
while freeing himself from the seatbelt. he refuses to wear a
seatbelt and has been cited for it many times.
i've been using them since i took drivers education in my senior
year in high school. can't say seatbelts have saved my life,
never been in a bad car accident. motorcycle helmets saved my
life, or at least saved be from becoming a vegetable in a
wheelchair, multiple times. when i go out west to visit my
inlaws, i cringe when i see bikers without helmets. which is
nearly all of them as there is no helmet law. i never swing a
leg over a bike without putting on a helmet first.
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
On 2025-06-20 7:00 a.m., flood of sins wrote:
I do! I had an accident on my bike and the helmet cracked. I was
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
OK so I would never ride without one.
i have a friend who was involved in a rollover accident which ended
upside down in a creek when we was kid. said he nearly drowned
while freeing himself from the seatbelt. he refuses to wear a
seatbelt and has been cited for it many times.
i've been using them since i took drivers education in my senior
year in high school. can't say seatbelts have saved my life,
never been in a bad car accident. motorcycle helmets saved my
life, or at least saved be from becoming a vegetable in a
wheelchair, multiple times. when i go out west to visit my
inlaws, i cringe when i see bikers without helmets. which is
nearly all of them as there is no helmet law. i never swing a
leg over a bike without putting on a helmet first.
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
On 2025-06-20 9:00 a.m., flood of sins wrote:
On 2025-06-18, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
I am very much pro seat belt and always wear mine. I attended a lot of >>>> crashes over the years and saw what happens to people who don't wear
seatbelts.
Some people don't like wearing them. A few years back a pickup got into >>> an accident, not enough to kill someone. Unfortunately, it was enough
to open the door, eject the driver and run over him to kill him.
i have a friend who was involved in a rollover accident which ended
upside down in a creek when we was kid. said he nearly drowned
while freeing himself from the seatbelt. he refuses to wear a
seatbelt and has been cited for it many times.
Every truck driver I ever talked to about seatbelts would tell me he
once saw a crash where the driver died because he was wearing a
seatbelt. I would look them straight in the eye and say "bullshit". If
a person is stuck in a position like your friend was they are at lease
alive. If not for the seatbelt they would likely have been ejected from
the vehicle, and that is where so many deaths and injuries occur.
i've been using them since i took drivers education in my senior
year in high school. can't say seatbelts have saved my life,
never been in a bad car accident. motorcycle helmets saved my
life, or at least saved be from becoming a vegetable in a
wheelchair, multiple times. when i go out west to visit my
inlaws, i cringe when i see bikers without helmets. which is
nearly all of them as there is no helmet law. i never swing a
leg over a bike without putting on a helmet first.
I used to think motorcycle helmets were useless. A helmet did nothing to
help my friend when a car pulled in front of him and he Tboned it. He
was killed on impact. A number of years later I had a mishap and dropped
a bike. Other than damaging my rotator cuff when I picked the big up, I
was unhurt. My helmet was a write-off. One side of it was scrapped
almost right through. Had I not had the helmet on it would have been my
ear and the side of my head scrapped off on the road.
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
I do. I forgot it one day when I went riding along the Niagara
Parkway with my wife. That was the day I got hit by a car. As I flew
through the air in slow motion I was picturing my helmet hanging in the closet.
If not for the seatbelt they would likely
have been ejected from the vehicle, and that
is where so many deaths and injuries occur.
On 2025-06-20, Dave Smith wrote:
If not for the seatbelt they would likely
have been ejected from the vehicle, and that
is where so many deaths and injuries occur.
The exception to complete this rule was my
Dad's friend Tony. Tony had a bad(?) habit
of detaching his seat belt as he left the
highway to enter the residential road
close to his house. One night, he failed
to notice that there was a freight train
(going from his left to right) on the tracks
parallel to the highway *immediately* after
exiting the highway.
The train clipped his truck, essentially
knocking it rightwards instantly. Tony
went out the driver's door, which
apparently had a latch problem, or maybe
was not closed tight. Tony was left
unharmed on the road before the tracks.
He could not even find his truck. He walked
home and found his wrecked truck the next day.
dark
On 2025-06-20 7:55 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Dave Smith wrote:
If not for the seatbelt they would likely
have been ejected from the vehicle, and that
is where so many deaths and injuries occur.
The exception to complete this rule was my
Dad's friend Tony. Tony had a bad(?) habit
of detaching his seat belt as he left the
highway to enter the residential road
close to his house. One night, he failed
to notice that there was a freight train
(going from his left to right) on the tracks
parallel to the highway *immediately* after
exiting the highway.
The train clipped his truck, essentially
knocking it rightwards instantly. Tony
went out the driver's door, which
apparently had a latch problem, or maybe
was not closed tight. Tony was left
unharmed on the road before the tracks.
He could not even find his truck. He walked
home and found his wrecked truck the next day.
dark
I have to wonder if that crash would have happened if he had been sober.
A friend of mine once had a train incident. He had been drinking and was
on his way home. He had pulled out to pass a couple of stopped cars and
ran into the 42nd car of a 60 car train. Ironically, he had an uncle who
was killed at the same crossing. The guy had just returned from a couple years in the UK and fighting his way across Europe. He got back to
Canada and went out for a drunken welcome home bash with his friends.
The crash happened on the way home after the party.
On 2025-06-20 7:55 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Dave Smith wrote:
I have to wonder if that crash would
have happened if he had been sober.
On 2025-06-20 7:00 a.m., flood of sins wrote:
I do! I had an accident on my bike and the helmet cracked. I was
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
OK so I would never ride without one.
On 2025-06-18, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:I was dumb enough to roll over a '96 S10 pickup about 8 years ago. I
Some people don't like wearing them. A few years back a pickup got into
an accident, not enough to kill someone. Unfortunately, it was enough
to open the door, eject the driver and run over him to kill him.
i have a friend who was involved in a rollover accident which ended
upside down in a creek when we was kid. said he nearly drowned
while freeing himself from the seatbelt. he refuses to wear a
seatbelt and has been cited for it many times.
i've been using them since i took drivers education in my senior
year in high school. can't say seatbelts have saved my life,
never been in a bad car accident. motorcycle helmets saved my
life,
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:57:26 +0000, Graham wrote:
On 2025-06-20 7:00 a.m., flood of sins wrote:Me, too. I don't know if my bike helmet saved my
I do! I had an accident on my bike and the helmet cracked. I was
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
OK so I would never ride without one.
life, but it probably prevented me from taking my
meals through a feeding tube. I never get on my
bike without one.
https://i.postimg.cc/T10WN8Wp/Helmet.jpg
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:57:26 +0000, Graham wrote:
On 2025-06-20 7:00 a.m., flood of sins wrote:Me, too. I don't know if my bike helmet saved my
I do! I had an accident on my bike and the helmet cracked. I was
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
OK so I would never ride without one.
life, but it probably prevented me from taking my
meals through a feeding tube. I never get on my
bike without one.
https://i.postimg.cc/T10WN8Wp/Helmet.jpg
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
sadly, we had a local lady who normally wore a helmet but
one day she didn't take it with her on the bike trail. for
some reason she ended up being hit by or hitting someone
and didn't survive. her husband heard of the accident on
the radio but didn't worry because his wife always wore hers
but then he got home and her helmet was on the table when
he walked in...
after reading all the comments about not wearing a helmet when
bicycling, i have been not only lucky, i have been enlightened.
before my next ride i'll be stopping at a bike shop to buy a
helmet. although i avoid main roads as much as possible which
contributes to the luck
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]My son was cycling with a friend (at speed) on lonely
single-track Highland road when she fell off. Despite
wearing a helmet her head hit the road hard enough to
shock her brain, knocked her out and she stopped
breathing. He had to do CPR and resuscitate her. Had she
been alone she'd have been dead within minutes.
Since then, on a 66 mile etape race round Loch Ness, he
had to resuscitate a stranger who had a cardiac arrest and
fell off his bike right in front of him.
Damn those bicycles are dangerous. I knew a guy who was an avid cyclist.
He had a heart issue and had had a bypass operation. He was cycling with
his club one day and all of a sudden went down dead from a heart attack.
At least he died doing something that was good for him.
On 2025-06-20, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
sadly, we had a local lady who normally wore a helmet but
one day she didn't take it with her on the bike trail. for
some reason she ended up being hit by or hitting someone
and didn't survive. her husband heard of the accident on
the radio but didn't worry because his wife always wore hers
but then he got home and her helmet was on the table when
he walked in...
after reading all the comments about not wearing a helmet when
bicycling, i have been not only lucky, i have been enlightened.
before my next ride i'll be stopping at a bike shop to buy a
helmet. although i avoid main roads as much as possible which
contributes to the luck (i don't actually believe in luck, good
fortune is probably a more appropriate term), dipshittery can
happen on side streets too.
thanks folks!
On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:00:12 +0000, flood of sins wrote:
On 2025-06-20, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
sadly, we had a local lady who normally wore a helmet but
one day she didn't take it with her on the bike trail. for
some reason she ended up being hit by or hitting someone
and didn't survive. her husband heard of the accident on
the radio but didn't worry because his wife always wore hers
but then he got home and her helmet was on the table when
he walked in...
after reading all the comments about not wearing a helmet when
bicycling, i have been not only lucky, i have been enlightened.
before my next ride i'll be stopping at a bike shop to buy a
helmet. although i avoid main roads as much as possible which
contributes to the luck (i don't actually believe in luck, good
fortune is probably a more appropriate term), dipshittery can
happen on side streets too.
thanks folks!
My wife used to have some nice stems back in the day. She was riding her >Gitane down Keeaumoku street in Honolulu when she attracted the
attention of a car full of young military men. Had she been wearing
loose fitting pants instead of shorts on that day, she could have
prevented a vehicle of distracted young boys from hitting the car in
front of them.
My guess is that wearing a helmet would have been disastrous because in
those days, wearing a helmet to ride a bicycle was unheard of. Wearing a >helmet and shorts back in the day would have been way too provocative
and would have caused accidents all the way down the street. Sometimes
you just got to think about the safety of others instead of just
yourself.
Sometimes
you just got to think about the safety of others instead of just
yourself.
On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:36:29 +0000, [email protected] (dsi1) wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:00:12 +0000, flood of sins wrote:
On 2025-06-20, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
sadly, we had a local lady who normally wore a helmet but
one day she didn't take it with her on the bike trail. for
some reason she ended up being hit by or hitting someone
and didn't survive. her husband heard of the accident on
the radio but didn't worry because his wife always wore hers
but then he got home and her helmet was on the table when
he walked in...
after reading all the comments about not wearing a helmet when
bicycling, i have been not only lucky, i have been enlightened.
before my next ride i'll be stopping at a bike shop to buy a
helmet. although i avoid main roads as much as possible which
contributes to the luck (i don't actually believe in luck, good
fortune is probably a more appropriate term), dipshittery can
happen on side streets too.
thanks folks!
My wife used to have some nice stems back in the day. She was riding her >>Gitane down Keeaumoku street in Honolulu when she attracted the
attention of a car full of young military men. Had she been wearing
loose fitting pants instead of shorts on that day, she could have
prevented a vehicle of distracted young boys from hitting the car in
front of them.
My guess is that wearing a helmet would have been disastrous because in >>those days, wearing a helmet to ride a bicycle was unheard of. Wearing a >>helmet and shorts back in the day would have been way too provocative
and would have caused accidents all the way down the street. Sometimes
you just got to think about the safety of others instead of just
yourself.
Is "stems" the same kind of jargon that calls women birds and men
cats? Some old rockers talk like that.
Is "stems" the same kind of jargon that calls women birds and men
cats? Some old rockers talk like that.
On 2025-06-27, dsi1 <[email protected]> wrote:
Sometimes
you just got to think about the safety of others instead of just
yourself.
No, I don't. My safety comes first. Or second, if my husband
is involved. Happily, ensuring my safety generally ensures his,
too. And vice versa.
On 2025-06-27, Bruce <[email protected]d> wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:36:29 +0000, [email protected] (dsi1) wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:00:12 +0000, flood of sins wrote:
On 2025-06-20, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
perhaps oddly, i don't use a helmet when bicycling. :shrug:
sadly, we had a local lady who normally wore a helmet but
one day she didn't take it with her on the bike trail. for
some reason she ended up being hit by or hitting someone
and didn't survive. her husband heard of the accident on
the radio but didn't worry because his wife always wore hers
but then he got home and her helmet was on the table when
he walked in...
after reading all the comments about not wearing a helmet when
bicycling, i have been not only lucky, i have been enlightened.
before my next ride i'll be stopping at a bike shop to buy a
helmet. although i avoid main roads as much as possible which
contributes to the luck (i don't actually believe in luck, good
fortune is probably a more appropriate term), dipshittery can
happen on side streets too.
thanks folks!
My wife used to have some nice stems back in the day. She was riding her >>>Gitane down Keeaumoku street in Honolulu when she attracted the
attention of a car full of young military men. Had she been wearing
loose fitting pants instead of shorts on that day, she could have >>>prevented a vehicle of distracted young boys from hitting the car in >>>front of them.
My guess is that wearing a helmet would have been disastrous because in >>>those days, wearing a helmet to ride a bicycle was unheard of. Wearing a >>>helmet and shorts back in the day would have been way too provocative
and would have caused accidents all the way down the street. Sometimes >>>you just got to think about the safety of others instead of just >>>yourself.
Is "stems" the same kind of jargon that calls women birds and men
cats? Some old rockers talk like that.
Your artificial friend might tell you that "stems" for "legs" dates
back to 1860 in the UK.
I had a cop give me a warning and a lecture. He said that the worst
aspect of his job was having to deal with people who were dead from accidents, and that was way more likely if the person wasn't wearing a
seat belt. He asked me if I thought it was fair that he had to do that.
It made an impression on me.
BryanGSimmons wrote:
I had a cop give me a warning and a lecture.� He said that the worst
aspect of his job was having to deal with people who were dead from
accidents, and that was way more likely if the person wasn't wearing a
seat belt.� He asked me if I thought it was fair that he had to do that.
� It made an impression on me.
HAPPY Friday, BRYAN...!!!
The Trump FORCES of GOOD once again DEFEAT the lefty forces of EVIL...
GAWD, I LUV it, heehee...!!!
NY POST:
Trump scores major win in birthright citizenship case as Supreme Court
curbs nationwide injunctions
https://nypost.com/2025/06/27/us-news/trump-scores-major-win-in-birthright-citizenship-case-as-supreme-court-curbs-nationwide-injunctions/
"WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that nationwide
injunctions issued by lower-court judges “likely exceed” the judicial branch’s constitutional authority — handing a major boost to President Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship...
The case, Trump v. CASA, Inc., revolved around the administration’s challenge to multiple lower courts’ sweeping injunctions against the president’s Day One order overturning the longstanding constitutional protection...
At the White House, Trump called the ruling a “monumental victory for
the Constitution” and announced plans to advance his birthright
citizenship order as well as other policies that have been blocked by
federal courts..."
gm wrote on 6/27/2025 5:12 PM:
BryanGSimmons wrote:
I had a cop give me a warning and a lecture. He said that the worst
aspect of his job was having to deal with people who were dead from
accidents, and that was way more likely if the person wasn't wearing a
seat belt. He asked me if I thought it was fair that he had to do that. >>> It made an impression on me.
HAPPY Friday, BRYAN...!!!
The Trump FORCES of GOOD once again DEFEAT the lefty forces of EVIL...
GAWD, I LUV it, heehee...!!!
NY POST:
Trump scores major win in birthright citizenship case as Supreme Court
curbs nationwide injunctions
https://nypost.com/2025/06/27/us-news/trump-scores-major-win-in-birthright-citizenship-case-as-supreme-court-curbs-nationwide-injunctions/
"WASHINGTON â The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that nationwide
injunctions issued by lower-court judges âlikely exceedâ the
judicial
branchâs constitutional authority â handing a major boost to
President
Trumpâs push to end birthright citizenship...
The case, Trump v. CASA, Inc., revolved around the administrationâs
challenge to multiple lower courtsâ sweeping injunctions against the
presidentâs Day One order overturning the longstanding constitutional >> protection...
At the White House, Trump called the ruling a âmonumental victory for >> the Constitutionâ and announced plans to advance his birthright
citizenship order as well as other policies that have been blocked by
federal courts..."
Is it true that trump has switched to gorilla glue to anchor his blond hairpiece?
Hank Rogers wrote:
gm wrote on 6/27/2025 5:12 PM:
BryanGSimmons wrote:
I had a cop give me a warning and a lecture. He said that the worst
aspect of his job was having to deal with people who were dead from
accidents, and that was way more likely if the person wasn't wearing a >>>> seat belt. He asked me if I thought it was fair that he had to do
that.
It made an impression on me.
HAPPY Friday, BRYAN...!!!
The Trump FORCES of GOOD once again DEFEAT the lefty forces of EVIL...
GAWD, I LUV it, heehee...!!!
NY POST:
Trump scores major win in birthright citizenship case as Supreme Court
curbs nationwide injunctions
https://nypost.com/2025/06/27/us-news/trump-scores-major-win-in-birthright-citizenship-case-as-supreme-court-curbs-nationwide-injunctions/
"WASHINGTON â The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that nationwide
injunctions issued by lower-court judges âlikely exceedâ the
judicial
branchâs constitutional authority â handing a major boost to
President
Trumpâs push to end birthright citizenship...
The case, Trump v. CASA, Inc., revolved around the administrationâs >>> challenge to multiple lower courtsâ sweeping injunctions against
the
presidentâs Day One order overturning the longstanding
constitutional
protection...
At the White House, Trump called the ruling a âmonumental
victory for
the Constitutionâ and announced plans to advance his birthright
citizenship order as well as other policies that have been blocked by
federal courts..."
Is it true that trump has switched to gorilla glue to anchor his blond
hairpiece?
JUST this past WEEK, Sire Hank:
- SUCCESS in IRAN
- SUCCESS at the NATO Summit
- SUCCESS with today's Supreme Court ruling regarding lower court
injunctions
ALL this SUCCESS is so SEXUALLY "exciting" it makes me wanna CUM...
SQUIRT SQUIRT SQUIRT...!!!
gm wrote on 6/27/2025 5:43 PM:
Hank Rogers wrote:
gm wrote on 6/27/2025 5:12 PM:
BryanGSimmons wrote:
I had a cop give me a warning and a lecture. He said that the worst >>>>> aspect of his job was having to deal with people who were dead from
accidents, and that was way more likely if the person wasn't wearing a >>>>> seat belt. He asked me if I thought it was fair that he had to do >>>>> that.
 It made an impression on me.
HAPPY Friday, BRYAN...!!!
The Trump FORCES of GOOD once again DEFEAT the lefty forces of EVIL... >>>> GAWD, I LUV it, heehee...!!!
NY POST:
Trump scores major win in birthright citizenship case as Supreme Court >>>> curbs nationwide injunctions
https://nypost.com/2025/06/27/us-news/trump-scores-major-win-in-birthright-citizenship-case-as-supreme-court-curbs-nationwide-injunctions/
"WASHINGTON â The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that nationwide >>>> injunctions issued by lower-court judges âÂÂlikely exceedâ the
judicial
branchâÂÂs constitutional authority â handing a major boost to
President
TrumpâÂÂs push to end birthright citizenship...
The case, Trump v. CASA, Inc., revolved around the administrationâÂÂs
challenge to multiple lower courtsâ sweeping injunctions against
the
presidentâÂÂs Day One order overturning the longstanding
constitutional
protection...
At the White House, Trump called the ruling a âÂÂmonumental
victory for
the Constitutionâ and announced plans to advance his birthright >>>> citizenship order as well as other policies that have been blocked by
federal courts..."
Is it true that trump has switched to gorilla glue to anchor his blond
hairpiece?
JUST this past WEEK, Sire Hank:
- SUCCESS in IRAN
- SUCCESS at the NATO Summit
- SUCCESS with today's Supreme Court ruling regarding lower court
injunctions
ALL this SUCCESS is so SEXUALLY "exciting" it makes me wanna CUM...
SQUIRT SQUIRT SQUIRT...!!!
Glad to see you finally getting off after so many years of abstinence
and sexual frustration caused by the damn libs.
Can't imagine how hard that would be for any homosexual christian.
Now, you should celebrate by whacking off for the next few days while
looking at a photo of your hero. This man set you free!
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