Natasha Richardson dies on skiing slope

Originally posted by mlprior
I just looked at the news clip and she was not wearing a helmet.

Very sad.

I can say from experience, they make you look funny but a helmet is so very important.

Last year I got a new snowboard and took it out for the first time, I was trying to get the feel of it and lost control, all of a sudden I was heading for an out of bounds post, tried to ge ...[text shortened]... k. If I hadn't been wearing a helmet, I would have been in a sad state. ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET!

I've never been skiing. Years ago when I was in high school, I saw too many of my friends show up for class in the winter on Mondays hobbling around on crutches, so I never had the inclination to take up the sport.

Originally posted by uzless
Man, it's a good thing you aren't a hunter because your gun is firing blanks...

Jim was pointing out that people who are just regular people in life, people who if someone were to describe them while they were alive, would mostly just get a, "nice person", "decent guy" "kind of a jerk sometimes", whatever, BUT as soon as they die, then all the platitudes ...[text shortened]... akes people think of us angels rather than just the regular person we really were)

Originally posted by trev33
i've only been on a skiing trip once (see profile pic 😀) first couple of days i was with an instructor and on the beginner slopes then when i felt more confident about it i hit a couple of the medium sized hills...not once did i see anyone wearing a helmet.

i actually thought the beginner slopes where more dangerous because of the amount of people who di ...[text shortened]... lways look out for female snowboarders before heading off, they will try and break your leg 😛

Originally posted by mlprior
skiing lesson #2. Beware of the guy who is as skinny as his skis....he is apt to fall sporatically and lay sprawling across the hill so as to trip up everyone else. Keep your tips up and you can use him as a jump. 😛

Originally posted by trev33
LOL

that was me +10 kg's from what i was a year ago 😏

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Tell me those aren't Knee pads.

Originally posted by trev33
knee pads? no. i was wearing a knee support on my left knee though...dodgy ligaments.

Originally posted by shortcircuit
You speak of "Jim" as if you knew him...but of course you didn't. He was nothing special. Just a drunken , drug crazed guy who wrote some songs and played in a band. No real need for hero worship here. Besides, he is dead. Why not quote Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert Zimmerman if you like)?

In society, it is not a common practice to piss on people's grave ...[text shortened]... ccentuate the positive?

Give it a try sometime and maybe you won't be so uzless anymore.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Those, what appear to be blues patches, where your knees would roughly be.

Originally posted by trev33
oh those, no they were part of the rented padded trousers. not sure if that was the flexibility or what.

Originally posted by darvlay
And are you saying your 10 kg lighter now? The guy in your profile picture looks emaciated.

Honestly, who cares if she died? Her face has been plastered on CNN for the past several days now. Isn't there more important news?

If I died on the ski slope would I be on the news?

We place way too much importance on her.

I'm glad she died. Now her rich family can understand a little better what it's like to suffer.

Originally posted by trev33
no, i was 10kg lighter than the profile pic about a year ago. am the about the same weight now as i was in that pic. 65kg.

Originally posted by CombatKarambit
Honestly, who cares if she died? Her face has been plastered on CNN for the past several days now. Isn't there more important news?

If I died on the ski slope would I be on the news?

We place way too much importance on her.

I'm glad she died. Now her rich family can understand a little better what it's like to suffer.