Killer Squirrel attack

still just me

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:32:41 -0500, "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox.net>
wrote:

>That said, I was simply trying to ascertain if there would be any benefit to
>breakaway parts, somewhat akin to designed-in crumple zones on cars. Could
>injury generally be lessened if a breakaway part was engineered so that you
>could have more of a sliding impact rather than a direct impact? <>


Note that the fork breaking is somewhat akin to the wheels and front
suspension falling off as a "crush zone" in an auto accident. I've
never seen that as an engineered solution :-)

Tom Kunich

"still just me" <wheeledBobNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:32:41 -0500, "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>>That said, I was simply trying to ascertain if there would be any benefit
>>to
>>breakaway parts, somewhat akin to designed-in crumple zones on cars. Could
>>injury generally be lessened if a breakaway part was engineered so that
>>you
>>could have more of a sliding impact rather than a direct impact? <>
>
>
> Note that the fork breaking is somewhat akin to the wheels and front
> suspension falling off as a "crush zone" in an auto accident. I've
> never seen that as an engineered solution :-)

And I'm still recovering from the bones broken in my face from that front
fork failing instead of cutting my foot off. If it wasn't for that I
wouldn't have been too seriously injured in the capital wreck.

Chalo

Dan O wrote:
>
> > Mike A Schwab wrote:
> > >
> > >http://picasaweb.google.com/dbiked/...key=iOs1rM3MJzo
>
> Since, thankfully, "... he's now ok" I can say it: *Steel is real.

Let me add that high-spoke-count wheels are also real.

Chalo

Chalo

Brian Huntley wrote:
>
> Carl Sundquist wrote:
> >
> > That said, I was simply trying to ascertain if there would be any benefit to
> > breakaway parts, somewhat akin to designed-in crumple zones on cars. Could
> > injury generally be lessened if a breakaway part was engineered so that you
> > could have more of a sliding impact rather than a direct impact?
>
> Perhaps something made of sacrificial foam, wrapped around one's
> head...

That's just for shipping. You can keep it in case you need to send
your head back to the manufacturer for service, but you should not use
it when the head is in operation. It can cause overheating.

Tom Kunich

"Chalo" <chalo.colina@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:a3c505d8-8207-4a89-8ae0-bb4e1c685efd@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Dan O wrote:
> > > Mike A Schwab wrote:
> > > >
> > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/dbiked/...key=iOs1rM3MJzo
> >
> > Since, thankfully, "... he's now ok" I can say it: Steel is real.
>
> Let me add that high-spoke-count wheels are also real.

Meaning more than 12 spokes by the way.

Me

Chalo wrote:
> Dan O wrote:
>>> Mike A Schwab wrote:
>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/dbiked/...key=iOs1rM3MJzo
>> Since, thankfully, "... he's now ok" I can say it: Steel is real.
>
> Let me add that high-spoke-count wheels are also real.
>
> Chalo

WORD!

Cal

chatnoir

On Jun 19, 12:05*pm, "Pat" <tm...@tmail.com> wrote:
> > Yikes! Was there nothing that could be done for the squirrel?
>
> Bury it! It's nothing but a rat with a long tail!
>
> Pat in TX

Pat in Repose!:

http://latinolaughter.files.wordpre...007/12/camp.jpg

Brian Huntley

On Jun 22, 12:44 am, Chalo <chalo.col...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian Huntley wrote:
>
> > Carl Sundquist wrote:
>
> > > That said, I was simply trying to ascertain if there would be any benefit to
> > > breakaway parts, somewhat akin to designed-in crumple zones on cars. Could
> > > injury generally be lessened if a breakaway part was engineered so that you
> > > could have more of a sliding impact rather than a direct impact?
>
> > Perhaps something made of sacrificial foam, wrapped around one's
> > head...
>
> That's just for shipping. You can keep it in case you need to send
> your head back to the manufacturer for service, but you should not use
> it when the head is in operation. It can cause overheating.

My mother probably wouldhave objected to that idea.

Tom Keats

In article <a43413e9-9573-4379-991f-d35dd021c8c1@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
Brian Huntley <brian_huntley@hotmail.com> writes:
> On Jun 20, 8:32 pm, "Carl Sundquist" <carl...@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> That said, I was simply trying to ascertain if there would be any benefit to
>> breakaway parts, somewhat akin to designed-in crumple zones on cars. Could
>> injury generally be lessened if a breakaway part was engineered so that you
>> could have more of a sliding impact rather than a direct impact?
>
> Perhaps something made of sacrificial foam, wrapped around one's
> head...

.... mmmm ... Guinness ... next best thing to Greene King Harvest
Brown Ale. Anaesthetic sacrificial (oblationary) foam.


http://montypyhttp://montypython.50...Series_3/48.htm


-- Surgeon: Ooh! We forgot the anesthetic!

-- Operating Gumbys: The anesthetic! The anesthetic!

(At that moment a Gumby anesthetist comes crashing through
the wall with two gas cylinders.)

-- Gumby Anesthetist: I've come to anesthetize you!!

(He raises a gas cylinder and strikes Gumby hard over
the head with it. Bong. Blackness.

Anyways, my heart goes out to Mrs Squirrel and all the li'l
squirrelets. Maybe Mark Knopfler and the Boomtown whatevers
could pitch a benefit concert for them.


cheers, & my brain hurts,
Tom

--
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Michael Press

In article
<c044017f-c57d-46b0-a9ce-f9966311dbbd@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com>,
Chalo <chalo.colina@gmail.com> wrote:

> Brian Huntley wrote:
> >
> > Carl Sundquist wrote:
> > >
> > > That said, I was simply trying to ascertain if there would be any benefit to
> > > breakaway parts, somewhat akin to designed-in crumple zones on cars. Could
> > > injury generally be lessened if a breakaway part was engineered so that you
> > > could have more of a sliding impact rather than a direct impact?
> >
> > Perhaps something made of sacrificial foam, wrapped around one's
> > head...
>
> That's just for shipping. You can keep it in case you need to send
> your head back to the manufacturer for service, but you should not use
> it when the head is in operation. It can cause overheating.

<http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/text/head.html>

--
Michael Press