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- From: paynter@bnr.ca (Stuart Paynter)
- Subject: Re:Skiing Safety OOCY stories
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.134104.1542@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- References: <C1Fppv.2n6C@austin.ibm.com> <1k3k6sINN3d5@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> <1993Jan26.232650.10435@newshost.lanl.gov>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 13:41:04 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.232650.10435@newshost.lanl.gov>, davids@gardener.lanl.gov (David G. Simmons) writes:
- |>
- |>
- |> While this may have been true at one time, the number of head injuries from
- |> skiing is increasing. On Sunday a (probably out of control) skier went into
- |> the trees and shattered his jaw, among other things (no damage to the juggler[sic]
- |> vein, thank goodness ;-), or he'd never make it as a circus performer!) Last
- |> year at Santa Fe a kid did the same thing, but he died of his injuries--head
- |> injuries.
- |>
- |> I'm not advocating everybody skiing in helmets mind you. Actually, both of
- |> these yahoos were skiing out of control when they bought it. I think maybe
- |> ski patrol should tighten up a bit on the "Ski out of control, lose your pass
- |> or ticket" rule that exists most places. If we could cut down on the number
- |> of OOCYs (Out Of Control Yahoos)
-
- Sometimes the OOCYs get what they deserve. The best one I know of was last
- year about this time at Big Mountain (Montana) where there were a bunch of
- lads who were having a good time (read: piss drunk) when one of them thought
- it would be funny to moon his buddies while going down the hill. It "ended"
- up that he got spun around backwards and slammed into a pine tree with his
- pants down. Explain that to the patrollers :).
-
- Stu
-