justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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FWIW, If I was Paladin, I wouldnt wear a helmet either. Ive always "Pushed it" if not a lot, then at least a little. Ive hit 3 cars with bicycles (One wasnt my fault, an angry woman turned across my path on purpose). & Ive totaled 3 motorcycles. The last one I crashed, I had NO business even being on the road, in fact, I was so messed up( No, not drunk,, Ive been sick for years, sometimes Im okay to do things,, sometimes, Im not,, I havent accomplished ANYTHING for 2 weeks, cuz Ive been feeling pretty bad. No way wopuld I ride a bike right now) , I was on the Wrong road.. I was supposed to be going to Tyler, but was on the road to Lindale,, it was another of those day I shouldnt have even been out of the house,, but I had promised a friend Id come over,, stupid me..
Anyway, the point is, who you are, how youve lived your life. Those things play into whether or not you SHOULD be wearing a helmet. How many trips to the ER have you made in your life? How many times have you cut yourself working on things? Ever break any bones? How many times have you been knocked out? Me,, 13 or 14. I have a picture of me standing on the VERY Top Rail of a drilling rig derrick,, I walked the rail on an overpass over a busy highway out about 1/4 the way to the other side once,, I WEAR a helmet,, Paladin, OTOH,, ha lived more reasonable life, a life more likely to be a long one,, his whole approach to life is one of carefully & painlessly doing what he wants to do, & I respect that & I am working to adopt.
FWIW, if I had been wearing a helmet on the first bike I totaled, Id be dead. I cracked 3 vertebrae in my neck when I landed on my head & shoulder, If a helmet had been in between head & shoulder, it would have worked as a fulcrum, & separated those fractures into serious breaks.. When it comes to this decision, its like Popeye said,
Ya pays yer money & ya takes yer chances.
I hope you make the right choice for YOU. Oh,, I wasnt wearin a helmet on the 2nd crash, either,, my head never touched the ground or anything else,, I did get 4 days in hospital from the hematoma at the thigh/torso junction where I broke the handlebars. But I walked away, went to ER about 4 hours later.
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