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- From: jac@ds8.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Carr)
- Newsgroups: rec.skiing
- Subject: Re: Helmets (again): Skiing Safety
- Message-ID: <11845@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 15:15:11 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.195644.23815@nas.nasa.gov> <1993Jan26.040209.10530@wam.umd.edu> <1993Jan26.041459.10890@wam.umd.edu> <1993Jan27.002222.19545@edsr.eds.com>
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- Reply-To: jac@ds8.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Carr)
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- In article <1993Jan27.002222.19545@edsr.eds.com> hkelly@tantalum.eds.com (Kelly Shuldberg) writes:
- > ... The
- >kid, either because of panic at the possible impact, or simple his
- >inability to control his speed, came apart in a tangle of limbs, snow and
- >skis off to my right a few yards. ...
-
- > ... I looked up to see this guy coming and put my head and
- >shoulder down to take the blow. It didn't knock me down, but this guy
- >exploded, pretty much like the kid.
-
- Wow, does Dave Barry know about this? One person encountering two
- different exploding skiers? Sounds like a trend.
-
- And I thought we only had to watch out for exploding cows....
-
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- J. A. Carr | "The New Frontier of which I
- jac@gw.scri.fsu.edu | speak is not a set of promises
- Florida State University B-186 | -- it is a set of challenges."
- Supercomputer Computations Research Institute | John F. Kennedy (15 July 60)
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