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Started by alfred russel, June 21, 2012, 09:08:49 PM

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Did you wear a bicycle helmet as a kid?

35 or older - yes
3 (5.1%)
Younger than 35 - yes
2 (3.4%)
35 or older - no
28 (47.5%)
Younger than 35 - no
24 (40.7%)
Like Jaron, I never rode a bike as a kid
2 (3.4%)

Total Members Voted: 59

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alfred russel

June 21, 2012, 09:08:49 PM
Inspired by a picture of a kid without a helmet in another thread--which looks a bit odd now. But there was one kid on my block growing up that wore a helmet, and he caught some beatings and grief for it. His parents probably didn't realize that helmet put him more at risk of a head injury.
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dps

#1
June 21, 2012, 09:39:51 PM
Darn it.  Hit the wrong thing and voted "35 or older--yes" by mistake.  Should be "35 or older--no".  Heck, modern-type bike helmets weren't even commercially available AFAIK when I was a little kid.

CountDeMoney

#2
June 21, 2012, 09:44:48 PM
Quote from: dps on June 21, 2012, 09:39:51 PM
Darn it.  Hit the wrong thing and voted "35 or older--yes" by mistake.  Should be "35 or older--no". 

I reset the poll to allow voters to change their vote.  Because I want a straight "35 or older--no" run on the table.  :P

dps

#3
June 21, 2012, 09:47:44 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 21, 2012, 09:44:48 PM
Quote from: dps on June 21, 2012, 09:39:51 PM
Darn it.  Hit the wrong thing and voted "35 or older--yes" by mistake.  Should be "35 or older--no". 

I reset the poll to allow voters to change their vote.  Because I want a straight "35 or older--no" run on the table.  :P

Cool.

11B4V

#4
June 21, 2012, 09:56:15 PM
The answer: No, no, no are you fucking kidding. Wearing a bike helmet in the -70's and very early '80's would get your ass pummeled.
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#5
June 21, 2012, 10:24:10 PM
My hometown is too small for bicycles. 

Neil

#6
June 21, 2012, 10:25:24 PM
Fuck no.  That's the sort of thing a homo would do.
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#7
June 21, 2012, 10:27:09 PM
Nowadays only white people wear helmets(or the spandex)...or ride bikes where their knees don't go higher than their butts for that matter. 

jimmy olsen

#8
June 21, 2012, 10:37:41 PM
Turn 30 in August and no. Though if I were to buy a bicycle now I would.

The vast majority of Korean kids do not.
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Maximus

#9
June 21, 2012, 10:38:31 PM
No one would have gotten beaten up for being strange -- we weren't troglodytes -- but it would have made you a laughingstock.

Tonitrus

#10
June 21, 2012, 10:40:22 PM
I didn't as a kid, but I do know.

And the woman I crashed into, and landed on top of, back in Alaska was fortunate to have been.

CountDeMoney

#11
June 21, 2012, 10:44:32 PM
Fuck, we used to jump fire ditches, make 6' ramps at construction sites, and generally do shit with bikes, wood and cinder blocks that would make a Soccer Mom today pass out with ocular hemorrhages.

And no, no bicycle helmets.

Barrister

#12
June 21, 2012, 10:45:27 PM
I of course voted 35+ and no.

But times change.  My kid is 2.  He wears a bike helmet when he pushes (not pedals :() his tricycle around.  Once he starts on a two-wheeler, I want to get one again - and I'll wear a bike helmet too.
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#13
June 22, 2012, 12:45:46 AM
No.
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#14
June 22, 2012, 01:22:35 AM
When I was 5 or so yeah. Most of the time no.
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