New Bean Protector
Dr Corinne B Leek
Got myself a **New** helmet!
International Riding Helmets, Elite version.
'Spensive. Oy.
My old one is *old* and has hit the ground with me in it. I have been
meaning to get a new one for a while now. This one was twice what I
was hoping to pay, but it fit my head very well and the others in the
place didn't, and, yes, small amount of stock to choose from as it's a
small area.
But the humour? When I was 13, my parents gave me riding lessons that
summer and a pony club membership (long story on that last, but
anyway). We went downtown Montreal to get me a riding helmet. To a
tack shop in some big department store called "Tip Top Tack Shop". The
place I just got the helmet from? Tip Top Tack Shop.
Talk about spooky.
Corinne & Crazy Canuck Crew...
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Emily Brooks
"Dr Corinne B Leek" <cl...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>I just splurged yesterday.
> Got myself a **New** helmet!
> International Riding Helmets, Elite version.
> 'Spensive. Oy.
>
>
only one in the shop that came close to fitting unless I wanted to fork over
hundreds of dollars for a GPA. Actually, I didn't try on any of those - they
may have fit even better :-)
Even so I had to remove one of the "required" pads and replace it with a
thinner one, just to get it on my head. This one looks odd to me, very
mushroom-y, and flat on the back like a cradleboard.
Emily
Splash
> "Dr Corinne B Leek" <cl...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in messagenews:taane45f4ag8952oc...@4ax.com...>I just splurged yesterday.
Colour me jealous! I drool over the IRH's (International Riding
Helmets) but the one I want is soooo far out of my price range - sigh.
I ride in a Tipperary Sportage as well. Envy has me imagining the
IRH's fit better, LOL.
Enjoy Corrine, YAY for you!
Splash
betsey
Hi Corinne--
I'm glad you treated yourself! If you investigate...you should really
replace your helmet every 3/4 years (motorcycle people say every five
for those things) and sooner if you've fallen! I'm so glad you
replaced it....you deserve to take good care of yourself AND look
smashing doing so!
Betsey
Jane Saranac
"Dr Corinne B Leek" <cl...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>I just splurged yesterday.
> Got myself a **New** helmet!
> International Riding Helmets, Elite version.
> 'Spensive. Oy.
> My old one is *old* and has hit the ground with me in it. I have been
> meaning to get a new one for a while now.
Helmet replacement is something we should probably do much more
often than we do. Helmets fall all the time in our barn, off of this or that
where they are propped. They still _look_ the same so they still get
used. You are very smart to replace yours. Nice helmet!! (I have
the same one <g>).
JJ
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<snipped>
> But the humour? When I was 13, my parents gave me riding lessons that
> summer and a pony club membership (long story on that last, but
> anyway). We went downtown Montreal to get me a riding helmet. To a
> tack shop in some big department store called "Tip Top Tack Shop". The
> place I just got the helmet from? Tip Top Tack Shop.
> Talk about spooky.
One of those "coming full circle" moments eh? :-) I should replace my
helmet too now that you've mentioned it! Glad you got a new one - your head
deserves it! ;-) JJ
AKogler
> I just splurged yesterday.
> Got myself a **New** helmet!
> International Riding Helmets, Elite version.
> 'Spensive. Oy. >
I swear, when I saw this thread I thought "what the heck, now Ive
heard everything..!' I only ever think of 'beans..as in weinies'... >;-
>
> But the humour? When I was 13, my parents gave me riding lessons that
> summer and a pony club membership (long story on that last, but
> anyway). We went downtown Montreal to get me a riding helmet. To a
> tack shop in some big department store called "Tip Top Tack Shop". The
> place I just got the helmet from? Tip Top Tack Shop.
> Talk about spooky.>
Well, it *is* almost Halloween, ya know.
Glad your head will be protected, and the wienies can carry on.
Abby
Joyleen E. Seymour
Great minds Abby. I thought exactly the same thing when I saw the
thread. Why do we need to protect the beans? I thought we wanted to
get rid of them!
AKogler
>
I am reassured that I am not the only one Joy! It still makes me
laugh. Shows the context of our world, doesnt it! Hee!
Abby
Brian Whatcott
<sun...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>I just got a Tipperary Sportage Plus. Much like your experience, it was the
>only one in the shop that came close to fitting unless I wanted to fork over
>hundreds of dollars for a GPA. Actually, I didn't try on any of those - they
>may have fit even better :-)
>
>Even so I had to remove one of the "required" pads and replace it with a
>thinner one, just to get it on my head. This one looks odd to me, very
>mushroom-y, and flat on the back like a cradleboard.
>
>Emily
>
I see that Horsloverz are doing the IRH Olympian at $50 plus ship
presently. Pity the sizes only go to 7 1/8
My International #103717 is looking a little scruffy after 2 years.
Oh well...
Brian W
Dr Corinne B Leek
wrote:
>On Oct 7, 11:26 am, Dr Corinne B Leek <cl...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> I just splurged yesterday.
>> Got myself a **New** helmet!
>> International Riding Helmets, Elite version.
>> 'Spensive. Oy. >
>
>I swear, when I saw this thread I thought "what the heck, now Ive
>heard everything..!' I only ever think of 'beans..as in weinies'... >;-
ROFLMAO!
Nothing like words and language to provide humour when viewed from a
different angle.
>> But the humour? When I was 13, my parents gave me riding lessons that
>> summer and a pony club membership (long story on that last, but
>> anyway). We went downtown Montreal to get me a riding helmet. To a
>> tack shop in some big department store called "Tip Top Tack Shop". The
>> place I just got the helmet from? Tip Top Tack Shop.
>> Talk about spooky.>
>
>Well, it *is* almost Halloween, ya know.
And the full moon is sooner than that...
>Glad your head will be protected, and the wienies can carry on.
Scheduled to try out the new beanie on Thursday at Olga's.
Now to just get myself to actually put the old one *in* the garbage
can, not just on top of it.... It looks so nice and new an' all,
since it had a plastic protector cover on it.
Dr Corinne B Leek
<jefferson...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Dr Corinne B Leek" <cl...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>
><snipped>
>
>> But the humour? When I was 13, my parents gave me riding lessons that
>> summer and a pony club membership (long story on that last, but
>> anyway). We went downtown Montreal to get me a riding helmet. To a
>> tack shop in some big department store called "Tip Top Tack Shop". The
>> place I just got the helmet from? Tip Top Tack Shop.
>> Talk about spooky.
>
>One of those "coming full circle" moments eh? :-)
Yeah.
Weird.
>I should replace my
>helmet too now that you've mentioned it! Glad you got a new one - your head
>deserves it! ;-) JJ
So does yours. ;-)
Dr Corinne B Leek
<joyleen...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>AKogler wrote:
>> On Oct 7, 11:26 am, Dr Corinne B Leek <cl...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>> I just splurged yesterday.
>>> Got myself a **New** helmet!
>>> International Riding Helmets, Elite version.
>>> 'Spensive. Oy. >
>>
>> I swear, when I saw this thread I thought "what the heck, now Ive
>> heard everything..!' I only ever think of 'beans..as in weinies'... >;-
>Great minds Abby. I thought exactly the same thing when I saw the
>thread. Why do we need to protect the beans? I thought we wanted to
>get rid of them!
Not me.
I like beans in my chili. :-))
But I do want to protect my bean. ;-)
Cricket
"AKogler" <ako...@san.rr.com> wrote in message
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Me three - then I'm trying to figure out - maybe it (whatever "it" may be)
somehow *prevents* beans???
I could get behind that...I'm the one with the strong but skinny fingers
around here...
Cricket
Abby
Splash
Brian, you are joking right? You OWN a helmet but don't INSIST that
children riding your horse wear one????
Splash
Brian Whatcott
<s_pi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> My International #103717 is looking a little scruffy after 2 years.
>> Oh well...
>>
>> Brian W
>
>Brian, you are joking right? You OWN a helmet but don't INSIST that
>children riding your horse wear one????
>
>Splash
I own four helmets.
Did you ever wear high heels?
Why woiuld you do that?
They are risky on the ankles, aren't they?
:-)
Brian W
JC Dill
> I own four helmets.
> Did you ever wear high heels?
> Why woiuld you do that?
> They are risky on the ankles, aren't they?
> :-)
Twisted ankles heal, smashed brains don't. The worst that happens if
someone twists an ankle is that they can't wear high heels anymore. The
worst that happens if someone damages their brain is that they become a
a hugh emotional burden on their loved ones and a financial burden on
the medical system.
If you had any brains worth protecting, you would know this. The fact
that you repeatedly do stupid things shows you don't have any brains,
and that somewhat explains why you keep thinking it's unnecessary to
wear a helmet. One of these days the odds are going to catch up with
you and you are going to have a bad fall. What if that bad fall leaves
you incapacitated with a head injury, one that would have been avoidable
if you had only worn a helmet? What about your wife? Will she enjoy
taking care of an invalid because he was too pig headed to wear a
helmet? Will she enjoy changing your diaper?
With what little brains you have, think about that. Think long and
hard. Talk it over with your wife. Who cares what WE think - ask her
what SHE thinks. If you dare.
jc
Jill
> Brian Whatcott wrote:
>
>> I own four helmets.
>> Did you ever wear high heels?
>> Why woiuld you do that?
>> They are risky on the ankles, aren't they?
>> :-)
>
> Twisted ankles heal, smashed brains don't. The worst that happens if
> someone twists an ankle is that they can't wear high heels anymore. The
> worst that happens if someone damages their brain is that they
> become a a hugh emotional burden on their loved ones and a financial
> burden on the medical system.
>
> If you had any brains worth protecting, you would know this.
What is worse, to me, is that he is teaching the child to have no
consideration for safety, or for his loved ones, whatsoever, what an
appaling legacy to pass down the generations.
--
regards
Jill Bowis
Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Food
http://www.kintaline.co.uk
Splash
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:23:28 -0700 (PDT), Splash
>
> >> My International #103717 is looking a little scruffy after 2 years.
> >> Oh well...
>
> >> Brian W
>
> >Brian, you are joking right? You OWN a helmet but don't INSIST that
> >children riding your horse wear one????
>
> >Splash
>
> I own four helmets.
> Did you ever wear high heels?
> Why woiuld you do that?
> They are risky on the ankles, aren't they?
> :-)
>
> Brian W
I don't wear heels, ;-) except the ones on my riding boots.
Though I did come across a fellow equestrian last weekend that drives
her car with spurs on!!!
Who does that? How do they do that?
Splash
Splash
>
> - Show quoted text -
I grew up riding Western without a helmet. When I rediscovered riding
I had my then 11 year old son along. He is not allowed to skateboard,
snowboard or unicycle without a helmet. It would be a poor example if
I didn't wear one riding. More to the point I thought a lot about
would happen to him if I was killed or injuried riding without one and
I decided it wasn't worth the risk. I love my son enough do what is
necassary to be around for him while he grows up.
Splash - who is admittedly a fanatic about safety in that regard.
Brian Whatcott
<s_pi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I grew up riding Western without a helmet. When I rediscovered riding
>I had my then 11 year old son along. He is not allowed to skateboard,
>snowboard or unicycle without a helmet. It would be a poor example if
>I didn't wear one riding. More to the point I thought a lot about
>would happen to him if I was killed or injuried riding without one and
>I decided it wasn't worth the risk. I love my son enough do what is
>necassary to be around for him while he grows up.
>
>Splash - who is admittedly a fanatic about safety in that regard.
I speculate that you wore no helmet because you had no role
models in that area. In some western riding strongholds, safety
helmets are not yet encouraged for kids. But the situation is
changing in that respect. Slowly. Helmets are used by kids in
the English classes, I notice.
Brian W
Brian Whatcott
<s_pi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I don't wear heels, ;-) except the ones on my riding boots.
>
>Though I did come across a fellow equestrian last weekend
> that drives her car with spurs on!!!
>Who does that? How do they do that?
>
>Splash
A small spur and/or a favorable pedal to floor angle, I imagine.
Brian W
John Hasler
> Though I did come across a fellow equestrian last weekend that drives her
> car with spurs on!!! Who does that? How do they do that?
Carefully. Spur it in a tender spot and your could get pretty cranky.
--
John Hasler Boarding, Lessons, Training
jo...@dhh.gt.org Hay, Jumps, Cavallox
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
Splash
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:31:57 -0700 (PDT), Splash
>
Brian, kids have worn "crash hats" in english classes forever! Even
before government safety approval ratings.
I live in the back of beyond and still, we have TV and internet, only
idiots ride without helmets.
Don't speculate. I concede, I'll NEVER convince you to put a helmet on
yourself, I am incorrigible when it comes to the issue of helmets on
children. Still, you win. Just don't ask me to attend the grandkid's
funeral.
40 years ago no one wore seatbelts, now they are proven to prevent
death as are helmets.
The world march's on. Darwin wasn't far off. You are an exception,
not the rule.
Splash
Jill
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:31:57 -0700 (PDT), Splash
> <s_pi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I grew up riding Western without a helmet. When I rediscovered
>> riding I had my then 11 year old son along. He is not allowed to
>> skateboard, snowboard or unicycle without a helmet. It would be a
>> poor example if I didn't wear one riding. More to the point I
>> thought a lot about would happen to him if I was killed or injuried
>> riding without one and I decided it wasn't worth the risk. I love
>> my son enough do what is necassary to be around for him while he
>> grows up.
>>
>> Splash - who is admittedly a fanatic about safety in that regard.
>
>
> I speculate that you wore no helmet because you had no role
> models in that area.
Which is what makes your actions so iniquitous.
Cricket
"Splash" <s_pi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I've spaced out and done it in English spurs...not a biggie...but western
spurs, not so good.
Cricket
Splash
Hunter Hampton
wrote:
>
>Though I did come across a fellow equestrian last weekend that drives
>her car with spurs on!!!
>Who does that? How do they do that?
>
>I've spaced out and done it in English spurs...not a biggie...but western
>spurs, not so good.
I see people around here in places like Walmart, and feed stores, in
roweled western spurs. I know they drove with them on.
I remember once seeing a couple driving to their lesson wearing hunt
caps..... I about fell off my horse I was laughing so hard.
Hunter