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I'm with Howard on this one.  And once I put my helmet on, I forget it is 
there.  Furthermore, I don't care if my hair comes out wet, making me look 
like a drowned rat.  I consider it a badge of honor.
I like wearing my helmet because it gives me the opportunity to believe I 
have done something positive to protect myself, thereby allowing me to 
concentrate on riding the particular horse I am on.  Most horses have some 
issue or other that the rider needs to concentrate on dealing with, and 
knowing I have done something to protect myself allows me to think about the 
horse and not myself.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 11:24 AM
Subject: [RC] Why Brainless Riders Don't Wear Helmets


> Please Reply to: Howard Bramhall howard9732@xxxxxxx or 
> ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> Football players wear helmets.  It's required. So do hockey players.  Even 
> bull riders are starting to put them on (about time).  When I played 
> football in high school, during the Civil War, even back then we had 
> helmets and were required to wear them.  Even with the helmet, I was 
> knocked unconscious 3 times during my illustrious football career, with my 
> helmet on (this explains everything you need to know about "Howard"). 
> Coaches really should not allow players who weigh 130 lbs (this was before 
> I discovered beer) to run back punts.
>
> I'm sorry, but if you don't wear a helmet, while riding a horse who 
> travels much faster than any football player I've ever encountered, you 
> have as much intelligence as our Special Ed President who thinks UAE is 
> the right place to protect our port security (even nut-job Ann Coulter 
> disagrees with dumbass on this one).
>
> You can scream freedom and "my rights" till the cows come home but if you 
> don't protect that head of yours, well, maybe what's inside doesn't matter 
> all that much to the world and you're only confirming what Darwin meant 
> when he said dumbass's will die early and help thin out the herd.
>
> Wear that helmet, for yourself and those who care about you.  I just don't 
> get it.  I'm afraid of nothing (except for flying in airplanes and Jesus) 
> but I put that helmet on because I know it's the right thing to do.
>
> If the only reason you have for not wearing one has to do with "how you 
> look" while riding a horse, forget about it.  Nobody cares. Real riders 
> aren't looking at you anyway.  They're looking at the trail.  If you want 
> my attention, ride nakid (females only); I'll look up for that one, but, 
> please, put on that helmet.  I ain't lookin at your head anyway.
>
> cya,
> Howard
>
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>
>
> We all make choices we feel are right for us. And when it comes to wearing 
> helmets, it sure is not because we are "afraid of our horses".
>
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