A day in the life of TylerDurden

[miles]

I remember reading something about that Tyler, and it said in the same article that if you wear a wig to look like a woman you're even safer. Was it you who posted that here?

[TylerDurden]

I remember reading something about that Tyler, and it said in the same article that if you wear a wig to look like a woman you're even safer. Was it you who posted that here?

Probably, though I don't recall that bit re the wig.

[michaelwh]

However I will always wear a helmet on motorbike (law or not), because one slip at high speed and you are F.U.C.K.ed...

The same is true for a bike. One time, a relative of mine fell off a bike while going fast, and the helmet cracked in half. It was a pretty strong helmet. If he had no helmet and that impact all went into his skull, he probably would have suffered serious brain damage.

Also, a neighbour of mine is a very serious biker. He has one of those sports bikes with super-thin tires, clothing to minimize air resistance, etc, and he goes really fast. One time, a tire exploded while he was biking, and he ended up in the hospital with broken ribs. If he didn't have a helmet, he probably would have suffered brain damage from the impact to his head.

If you're going slow, say ~20km/h, it's fine to go without a helmet, but at high speeds (say ~30km/h or faster), you're playing with fire.

[TylerDurden]

I just had a great experience in a local gym. The pool was ozone-treated so I was spared the usual horror of having my eyes go completely bloodshot due to chlorine vapours. I also tried an infra-red cabin as an alternative to the gym, though I didn't notice all that much difference to the sauna.

[sabertooth]

I bought an infared sauna when I was trying to detox from heavy metals, I was so deficient at the time that I think I sweated out as much nutrients as I did toxins, although I still use it to warm up after a long day of working in the cold, overall it was a good investment.

I hook up pools with electric for a living and for the past 3 years there has been a move to these new salt systems that are far safer than the old method of poisoning the water

[miles]

Why is it an infra-red sauna? Does that concentrate more of the energy within by stopping energy leaving as light before it can become infra-red?

[sabertooth]

Its been eons since I studied the science behind infrared detoxification, there was a radio guru named Robert Scott bell who would proclaim it as being a safe way to rid the body of toxins, the heat is suppose to build up just under the surface of the body which stimulates the sweat glands into Acton much more safely than just a hot air sauna, it will trigger extreme sweat without causing the overall body temperature to rise above safe levels.

[Hannibal]

The more padding and protection we are wearing the less careful we are. I never wear a helmet when biking either, and I am always paying way more attention on the bike then any other time.

That's utterly preposterous.
You can be careful but the others no. Besides no one is faultless.
Without a helmet I AM a ticking BOMB on a bike. That's obvious and 100% proven.

[TylerDurden]

That's utterly preposterous.
You can be careful but the others no. Besides no one is faultless.
Without a helmet I AM a ticking BOMB on a bike. That's obvious and 100% proven.

Sorry, but statistics show that an increase in wearing helmets has caused more accidents, not fewer:-

http://bicycleuniverse.info/eqp/helmets-nyt.html

"Specialists in risk analysis argue that something else is in play. They believe that the increased use of bike helmets may have had an unintended consequence: Riders may feel an inflated sense of security and take more risks."

"Even cyclists who discount the daredevil effect admit that they may ride faster on more dangerous streets when they are wearing their helmets."

Plus, this article shows that car-drivers take less care around helmeted cyclists as they falsely assume that the helmeted cyclists are better protected against possible injury:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/5334208.stm

[Hannibal]

Sorry, but statistics whow that an increase in wearing helmets has caused more accidents, not fewer:-

Sorry, Tyler, but it's ONLY the CORRELATION and it definitely doesn't mean the causation.

Plus, this article shows that car-drivers take less care around helmeted cyclists as they falsely assume that the helmeted cyclists are better protected against possible injury:-

I'm a car driver and as a matter of fact I care probably more about helmeted, visible and well-equipped cyclists than about some "vagabounds".

[TylerDurden]

Sorry, Tyler, but it's ONLY the CORRELATION and it definitely doesn't mean the causation. I'm a car driver and as a matter of fact I care probably more about helmeted, visible and well-equipped cyclists than about some "vagabounds".

A clear case of self-denial.


I have had personal experience with helmeted skiers, and have been acutely aware of how unsafe they are, and how much more willing they are to take foolish risks. The trouble with ski-helmets is that they block peripheral vision, and the thick ski-helmets reduce the effectiveness of one's hearing, thus causing more injuries.

Bicycle helmets, by the way, are notoriously bad at preventing injuries, according to reports:-

http://bicyclesafe.com/helmets.html
unlike ski-helmets, bicycyle helmets are far too hard inside etc.

[Hannibal]

I have had personal experience with helmeted skiers, and have been acutely aware of how unsafe they are, and how much more willing they are to take foolish risks.

On the other hand there are plethora of unhelmed ones who ski dangerously.

The trouble with ski-helmets is that they block peripheral vision, and the thick ski-helmets reduce the effectiveness of one's hearing, thus causing more injuries.

If so it's probably due to some bad helmets. The good ones are not reducing anything. 

Bicycle helmets, by the way, are notoriously bad at preventing injuries, according to reports:-

That's what I've said. It's a CORRELATION -
The main problem with helmets is not with the helmets themselves, it's with the attitude towards them, the idea that they're the first and last word in bike safety.
So you can wear a helmet and have got a right and safe attitude towards it. It's very simple.

unlike ski-helmets, bicycyle helmets are far too hard inside etc.

I've got a Giro helmet and it's very comfortable.

[TylerDurden]

On the other hand there are plethora of unhelmed ones who ski dangerously. 

  Far fewer though in number than the dangerous, helmeted ones.

If so it's probably due to some bad helmets. The good ones are not reducing anything.

No good ones - all ski-helmets are harmful.

  That's what I've said. It's a CORRELATION -
The main problem with helmets is not with the helmets themselves, it's with the attitude towards them, the idea that they're the first and last word in bike safety.
So you can wear a helmet and have got a right and safe attitude towards it. It's very simple.

The whole point is that wearing a helmet makes you far more likely to change your attitude so that you are far more likely to take more unnecessary risks.

I've got a Giro helmet and it's very comfortable.

Exception, not the rule.

[Hannibal]

Ok, so don't wear it.
I do wear it and nobody will change my mind.
Period.

[wodgina]

The new standards of helmets in Australia are to be made much softer. Helmets are very much comfortable and seem to get more comfortable every year.

It seems you weren't anticipating other skiers in the area so got hit, it was partly your fault. Don't put yourself in that position, I'm always anticipating others moves or watching body language to pick out less coordinated skiers/drivers/cyclists then stay away.

[ForTheHunt]

Ok, so wear a helmet and make sure you stay responsible. Problem solved.

There have been two occurrences where I'd be 100% dead if I hadn't been
 wearing a helmet. Wear helmets. Bitches love helmets.

[yuli]

Most the adults riding in Toronto do not wear a helmet and are fine, its less common to see someone biking with a helmet then without, just be attentive have lights on your bike, and wear something bright and visible especially in the dark, and you will be ok.
Yes there is always a chance you'll break your head, my dad and I have never worn helmets and bike all our lives, I guess its a family tradition.
Personally the helmet makes me feel uncomfortable and if I am uncomfortable I don't bike as well...I'd rather be more careful and take side-roads and park roads then wear a sweaty nasty helmet on a summer day, its just not enjoyable.
There is also people that died on a bike even with a helmet and there are people that got hit by a car just crossing the street, what are they gonna do next, make us wear helmets to go run outside?
Its one thing if you choose to wear a helmet, if it makes you feel safer then great, but another thing if they MAKE you wear one - grrr, especially on something like a bicycle. If I see a road I don't feel is safe I just don't bike on it or I move to the sidewalk, so yeah, I try to be more careful because I am not wearing protection, and it does actually result in me biking more cautiously, its how I am used to doing it.

[TylerDurden]

The new standards of helmets in Australia are to be made much softer. Helmets are very much comfortable and seem to get more comfortable every year.

Just as well. I always hated the old hard helmets I've seen bikers wear.

It seems you weren't anticipating other skiers in the area so got hit, it was partly your fault. Don't put yourself in that position, I'm always anticipating others moves or watching body language to pick out less coordinated skiers/drivers/cyclists then stay away.

  I am actually a good skier. I will admit that , in hindsight, I had been given some really horrible ski-boots in the hire-shop so that I had been unable to close the 2 upper "schnallen" on one of the ski-boots, so that might have slowed me down a crucial fraction of a second. But it is true that helmeted skiers go faster and take more risks. The other problem is, of course, beginners who go on pistes which are too difficult for them - they take so long to go slowly  sideways across the piste that they get in the way of more experienced skiers who just ski straight down.

[Hannibal]

There is also people that died on a bike even with a helmet and there are people that got hit by a car just crossing the street, what are they gonna do next, make us wear helmets to go run outside?

The helmet doens't make you 100% safe; but it makes you safer, esp. me with a weaker scull with a cranial implant (after the severe accident 5 years ago).

[TylerDurden]

Well, I have been eating a lot of "vanillekipferl" and "mohnkugeln"(aka "rum-balls) throughout Christmas and New Year, and feeling "hung-over" afterwards. Other times of the year, I avoid these "foods". The trouble is that there is  no "rawpalaeo" community in the UK, like there is in the USA, so Christmas always involves a SAD diet to some extent.

[TylerDurden]

Well, I'm back on the waggon re buying raw wild stagmeat and raw wild boar as my usual staple. But, for this week's shop, I decided to buy some cold-smoked sausages as well for my meat. I have never had cold-smoked stuff before(except possibly some cold-smoked farmed salmon many years ago, though not sure) so I am curious to see if this has a negligible effect on me. Unless I have made an error of assumption, I presume "cold-smoked" means raw/not heated past 40 degrees Celsius, and just has a few nasty extra chemicals from the smoke(like nitrates which are hardly beneficial, to put it mildly, but still). The idea is that I could buy such fare for going hiking up the Alps next summer.I suppose I could make my own jerky by building  my own dehydrator viz Lex's useful instructions, but I am not a fan of DIY stuff and would probably botch it. I'll see nearer the time, though.

[wodgina]

I botched it and it still did the job. I was just worried I would burn the house down with it.

[TylerDurden]

I botched it and it still did the job. I was just worried I would burn the house down with it.

  The thing is, I just left some candles lit up on New Year's Eve for a few minutes,  and one of them ended up lighting the presumably very  flammable artificial arrangement around it, and I duly found roaring flames going feet-high into the air. Well, I can always try doing it in a hut in summer since I have a garden, then.


The experiment with the cold-smoked sausages went OK.  They were surprisingly free of preservatives, with no E- numbers and the like.

[TylerDurden]

Well, now that I'm abroad, I've resorted to things like raw wild stagmeat/wild boar meat in lieu of raw grassfed/organic meats, as "grassfed" means nothing yet over here(although meats are less intensively farmed as in the US). My problem now is that my cheapest source of raw wild stagmeat has suddenly dried up(hopefully only temporarily). I can still get raw wild stagmeat but only at twice the price of before; admittedly, the latter source seems to be of an even higher quality as this new raw stagmeat is darker and redder in colour and tastes way better. The real problem I face is later, when the hunting season ends(presumably around March/April) when I will have to resort to standard, grainfed beef and supplement with raw organic/free-range eggs plus  the few really cheap, raw wildcaught fish like mackerel etc. available here.

[TylerDurden]

While I usually stick  to the raw diet, there is the occasional exception. I had some alcohol(schnaps) yesterday. Not the wisest option as I overdid it. Still, if I do drink alcohol , I usually make sure it is a clear liquor as it's notorious that the congeners in the alcohol, which make the hangovers worse, are found in much higher amounts in coloured alcoholic drinks.