Klarinet Archive - Posting 000198.txt from 1996/08

From: B HUDSON <XDPW41A@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Neckstraps
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 18:01:39 -0400

So Barry, My generation and my kids generation wizzed around on bikes
without the slightest thought to bike helmets and head injuries. Now
American bike racers enjoy a substantial per capita decrease in deaths and
serious head injuries because national accrediting American racing
association demands helmets in this country. If people try straps they can
make up their own minds, but the idea that diseases or injuries don't exist
because we see counter examples (my grand-daddy lived to be 85 and smoked a
pack of Pall Malls every day), or injuries failed to register according to
some historical grid from which events were recorded in the past and
flippant remarks about stuff to add to the clarinet case are in my attitude
contrary to the cooperative, open attitude which typifies this list. For
those who want to tell Ricardo Morales that he just likes to add gadgets to
his clarinet case, let me know, I can supply his address.

Bruce Hudson, xdpw41a@-----.com