|
|
Joined:
March 2005
Posts: 12750
Location: Boise, Idaho | We usually only have one or two a year, but I don't think we get anywhere near the number of skier days that Colorado does. Don't know how it compares to other sports, but I suspect there are far fewer deaths per skier hour than there are drownings per swimmer hour. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw | We used to go skiing out west every winter....haven't gone now for a few years. Now that I've hit 50, I have no desire to ever go again. I HATE cold weather. Anyone want a good deal on used ski clothing? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2004
Posts: 4394
Location: East Tennessee | Hey dark,
Have you gotten together with "iffy" yet?
My son used to live in Bradenton a few years ago. About two or three blocks from iffy. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2006
Posts: 1477
Location: Michigan | my only thought on snow sking
sony bono. GWB |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Capo Guy:
Hey dark,
Have you gotten together with "iffy" yet?
My son used to live in Bradenton a few years ago. About two or three blocks from iffy. Did he leave BECAUSE he lived 2 or 3 blocks from iffy?
No, I haven't gotten together with iffy yet 'cause I'm still dealing with my back (neurologists, neurosurgeons, and pain management doctors)then I got this nasty virus from my daughter....Jeez!
But I'm looking forward to meeting him soon and getting some iffy guitar instructions. "When you are ready to learn, the teacher will come."
By the way, how did you come up with the handle "capo guy?" |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2006
Posts: 6268
Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Capo Guy:
Have you gotten together with "iffy" yet? Mike,
Bob and I swapped emails and phone numbers. He asked for a couple of weeks to deal with his back issue. Plus I just got over a cold 'bug' that's going around. (Bob, do I know your daughter? :D )
The po' guy's time is coming... 
BTW, it did hit 82 at my place yesterday... shorts and sandals! :cool: |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2004
Posts: 4394
Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
By the way, how did you come up with the handle "capo guy?" 
And that's not all of them. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw | Ahhhh....I see.
And you have 5 million capos because.......???? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2005
Posts: 12750
Location: Boise, Idaho | Found some stats on skiing/swimming/ biking fatalities from 2004: 45 skiers died that year, 2900 swimmers and 900 bikers. That equates to .79 skier deaths per million skiers per day/ 1.26 for swimmers and .38 for bikers. 3.69/million skiers died. 54.3/million swimmers and 22.3/million bikers.
Looks lots safer than swimming or biking. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2004
Posts: 4394
Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Ahhhh....I see.
And you have 5 million capos because.......???? We need a reason???? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Found some stats on skiing/swimming/ biking fatalities from 2004: 45 skiers died that year, 2900 swimmers and 900 bikers. That equates to .79 skier deaths per million skiers per day/ 1.26 for swimmers and .38 for bikers. 3.69/million skiers died. 54.3/million swimmers and 22.3/million bikers.
Looks lots safer than swimming or biking. 377 people died (.22) from severe brain aneurisms due to looking up crazy death statistics on the internet. Stop while you still have a chance! |
|
| |
|
Joined:
November 2003
Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Gloria: "65 percent of the people murdered in the last 10 years were killed by hand guns"
Archie Bunker: "Would it make ya feel any better little girl, if dey was pushed outta windas?" |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2004
Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I'm betting that in Colorado, death by skiing ranks way ahead of swimming. Now bikers, they are probably still right up there. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2004
Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | and I think to really be comparing apples to apples you would have to compare snow skiing fatalities to water skiing fatalities. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2005
Posts: 12750
Location: Boise, Idaho | You just want me to have an aneurism looking up those statistics. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2004
Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | only if John Denver tunes are playing non-stop in the background ;) |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2005
Posts: 12750
Location: Boise, Idaho | I couldn't find any data specific to Colorado, except a study from 2000 that only compared the total number of deaths. Swimming was actually quite high, but Colorado broke its skier death record twice since then. Deaths from hiking/climbing was the highest among recreational activities. Of course, all of the recreational activities deaths accounted for 5% of the total, while car accidents accounted for 45%.
I stopped when I started turning up the lawyer ads. Those will give me an aneurism. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 379
Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Hey, since you are into it, how many deaths of people lying in beds? I wonder if THAT wouldn´t be a real high risk activity? :D |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2008
Posts: 2683
Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Actually, more people die in bed than anywhere else. Makes sense. If you're sick, you will probably go lie down. The second most common place to die is - on the can. Probably for the same reason - it's a likely place to go when you're not feeling well. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2005
Posts: 12750
Location: Boise, Idaho | I'll see if I can find statistics on how many people die on the can after struggling to get their ski bibs off. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
November 2003
Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | March 2008 (AP):
A 35-year-old woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time he called police had a phobia about leaving the bathroom, the boyfriend said.
"She is an adult; she made her own decision," said her boyfriend, Kory McFarren. "I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it."
The case drew nationwide attention after Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said it appeared the Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat in the two years she apparently was in the bathroom.
"We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it."
McFarren, 36, said he can't be certain how long Pam Babcock stayed in the bathroom because "time just went by so quick I can't pinpoint how long." He said beatings she received in her childhood caused her phobia.
"It just kind of happened one day; she went in and had been in there a little while, the next time it was a little longer. Then she got it in her head she was going to stay - like it was a safe place for her," McFarren said.
But McFarren said she moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into the clothes he brought her. He brought food and water to her. They had conversations and had an otherwise normal relationship - except it all happened in the bathroom.
Bryan Whipple said he finally called police Feb. 27 after he became worried because Babcock was acting groggy - like she didn't know what was going on, except she was awake.
What emergency responders found when they went into bathroom has left residents of this small western Kansas town buzzing, and law enforcement officials incredulous.
Police found the clothed woman sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to mid-thigh. She was "somewhat disoriented," and her legs looked like they had atrophied, Whipple said.
"She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body," Whipple said. "It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself."
She initially refused emergency medical services, but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.
"She said that she didn't need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave," he said.
Whipple said the county attorney will determine whether any charges should be filed against McFarren.
McFarren, who works at an antique store, said he has been taking care of Babcock for the 16 years they have lived together. He insisted that he tried to coax her out of the bathroom every day.
"And her reply would be, `Maybe tomorrow,"' Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."
She was reported in fair condition Wednesday at a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City. Whipple said she has refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.
Babcock has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves, and there is a possibility she may wind up in a wheelchair, McFarren said.
James Ellis, a neighbor, said he had known the woman since she was a child, but that he had not seen her for at least six years.
"I don't think anybody can make any sense out of it," Ellis said.
Babcock had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up, he said.
"It really doesn't surprise me," Ellis said. "What surprises me is somebody wasn't called in a bit earlier." |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2005
Posts: 12750
Location: Boise, Idaho | As usual, Jeff put an end to my quest for knowledge. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw | The last time I had bad mexican food I thought I was gonna die on the toilet. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2006
Posts: 6268
Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
March 2008 (AP): I've experienced, seen and read about many 'odd' occurrences in my life. But when this first broke in the news, it exceeded even my imagination! :eek:
Curse ya for the 'flashback'... |
|
| |
|
Joined:
October 2005
Posts: 5327
Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
The last time I had bad mexican food I thought I was gonna die on the toilet. The last time I had GOOD mexican food I thought I was gonna die on the toilet. |
|
| |
OT: Sunny Day in Ohio
