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: > >Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a : > >chance of injury. : Well skiing, bicycling and hiking have been as injurous to me as : whitewater kayaking, technical climbing and mountaineering. Most dangerous : (though not a recreation) is just working around the house & yard! I would concur with that, last year was a bad year.. running ( 
) total commuting by bike to work – 2 soccer - 2 playing catch w/ kids – 1 martial arts - 1 rock climbing – 0 ice climbing – 0 working with a computer all day – too numerous to mention – carpal tunnel, eyesight, cholestrol, obesity, lethargy, irradiation As someone else said, preserve us from statisticians and insurance brokers… andrew — Mitel Corporation * korectly, dus note inply 350 Legget Drive * tat iss woz wurth riting, Kanata, Ontario K2K 1X3 * knor tat it woz intelijent"
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->A Very Short Survey. >If you would be interested in participating in a short survey (5 questio >ns) regarding risk recreation please e-mail me and I will send you the >survey via e-mail. You may also respond through e-mail. Your participati >on would be greatly appreciated. >Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a >chance of injury. >Thanks in advance. >JP Graham
Don’t they all? dillon PADI AI-54909 USPSA A-26031 "Don’t be an idiot, the fall will probably kill you"
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: This makes the hair on the back of my neck rise. Just *what* are you going to : use this info. for? You sound suspiciously like an insurance type looking for : stats to justify a rate boost. If so, TAKE A HIKE YA GREEDY BASTARD. If not, : sorry, hope your survey works out. : JB (Geyser) : "I know I’m paranoid, but am I as paranoid as Doug Devin?" Say, this JB guy is developing a real pointed sense of humour. Good thing I know he’s only kidding. My guess is this survey is being done by a student. I had to fill out dozens of the things years ago whenever the marketing or statisitics classes released their hordes upon the world. — "JB? Isn’t that a cheap brand of bourbon?"
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > : A Very Short Survey. > : If you would be interested in participating in a short survey (5 questio > : ns) regarding risk recreation please e-mail me and I will send you the > : survey via e-mail. You may also respond through e-mail. Your participati > : on would be greatly appreciated. > : Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a > : chance of injury. > I once dislocated my knee while getting into bed. Hurt like hell, I can > truthfully say. And for the record: There was no one else in the bed at > the time and I consider sleeping a recreational pursuit. > Les 
Well, my brother was sitting on a swing about 3 feet off the groud when ^^^^^^^ he slipped off the back and broke his arm. Try and top that! Brad | "Battle doesn’t need a purpose; the battle is it’s own purpose. | | You don’t ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don’t | | ask why I fight" |
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I’ve received a number of requests for participation in this survey. It is NOT my survey — follow the thread back to the original post. Thank you. — Dan Suthers | Learning Research & Development Center (412) 624-7036 voice | 3939 O’Hara Street (412) 624-9149 fax | Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412) 363-3992 home | http://www.pitt.edu/~suthers/
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: A Very Short Survey. : If you would be interested in participating in a short survey (5 questio : ns) regarding risk recreation please e-mail me and I will send you the : survey via e-mail. You may also respond through e-mail. Your participati : on would be greatly appreciated. : Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a : chance of injury. I once dislocated my knee while getting into bed. Hurt like hell, I can truthfully say. And for the record: There was no one else in the bed at the time and I consider sleeping a recreational pursuit. Les
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Oh yeah!?!?!, well, I was coaching a JV Wrestler who was in his base ( on his hands and kness), and he bobbed up a little bit, then I watched as his forearm snapped in half (both damned bones!). Still can’t figure out how he got enough pressure to do that…I felt horrible, poor kid was in major pain. // // | ____| |____ // /—– /- // / | _| Riot’s Autococker // / | | | Drawn 12/18/94 —– | | | by Sean "riot" Smagalski | |_| |___| – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> : A Very Short Survey. > : If you would be interested in participating in a short survey (5 questio > : ns) regarding risk recreation please e-mail me and I will send you the > : survey via e-mail. You may also respond through e-mail. Your participati > : on would be greatly appreciated. > : Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a > : chance of injury. > I once dislocated my knee while getting into bed. Hurt like hell, I can > truthfully say. And for the record: There was no one else in the bed at > the time and I consider sleeping a recreational pursuit. > Les > Well, my brother was sitting on a swing about 3 feet off the groud when > ^^^^^^^ > he slipped off the back and broke his arm. Try and top that! > Brad > | "Battle doesn’t need a purpose; the battle is it’s own purpose. | > | You don’t ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don’t | > | ask why I fight" |
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> >Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a >chance of injury. > Hmmmm….. > That would include walking, gardening, and once I got a really nasty paper cut > turning a page while reading. :-)
A friend of mine – a climber – tore ligaments in her ankle really badly last year playing badminton. Another climber I know was out of climbing for several weeks due to a groin injury playing cricket. A couple of years ago I fell off my bicycle, pulled a muscle in my shoulder and had back spasms for weeks – but that was commuting to work, so I suppose it doesn’t count as a SPORTS injury – but road cycling would certainly come well up any realistic list of hazardous sports – way above rock climbing, I think. — Alan Little
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> How about diving off the Bahamas and running into about a dozen Black Tips > who were pissed that I did not have any chum?
^^^^ In this case, the definition for chum could also apply to a dive buddy, couldn’t it? ("I don’t HAVE to outswim the shark…I only have to outswim YOU!") 
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>>Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a >chance of injury. >Okay, I’ll take the survey, GARDENING does fit the definition. Come to think >of it: sleeping (and the potential of falling out of bed) – I quess that would >be stretching things a bit…
A true story… A friend of mine tore his ACL (ligament on back side of knee) in a gardening accident! He had to wear an anti-rotation brace for a few months (could still ski & bike) but has just undergone surgery to correct the problem; he’ll be out of commission for about 9 months. I’m amazed that there are no classes or books on safe gardening techniques! Jeff Gauvin, Design Engineer Symbios Logic Inc.
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^^^^ >In this case, the definition for chum could also >apply to a dive buddy, couldn’t it? ("I don’t HAVE to outswim >the shark…I only have to outswim YOU!")
Aren’t sharks the reason you dive with a buddy AND a bang stick? — URL http://www.gate.net/~barry/
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: ^^^^ : >In this case, the definition for chum could also : >apply to a dive buddy, couldn’t it? ("I don’t HAVE to outswim : >the shark…I only have to outswim YOU!") : Aren’t sharks the reason you dive with a buddy AND a bang stick? : — : URL http://www.gate.net/~barry/ According to John McCosker, noted expert on white sharks, the reason you dive with a buddy is to reduce your risk by 50% Alan Houser
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Too true. I my work with kids in the bush, camp causes mroe injuries than does the canoing/hiking/dogsledding. Usually stupid things, like stepping into the pot of hot chocolate, or hitting the back of the hand holding the stake, when pound in with a rock. Biking to work is the most dangerous thing I do on a regular basis. — => Physics Dept, U of A SysAdmin, Space Physics Group <= => Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2J1 403 492-3713 fax: 403 492-0714 <= => Contract sysadmin, tech writing, & unix troubleshooting. <=
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How about diving off the Bahamas and running into about a dozen Black Tips who were pissed that I did not have any chum?
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What will the survey be used for?
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>Tongue placed firmly in cheek… >D.
Now who’s tounge would be in who’s cheek here? *8-> — URL http://www.gate.net/~barry/
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> My guess is this survey is being done by a student. I had to fill out > dozens of the things years ago whenever the marketing or statisitics > classes released their hordes upon the world.
I’m not sure, but wasn’t it started when someone posted that P-Balling was safer than Fishing and a bunch of other sports? I believe that the survey is on part of just a curious sole. Oh well..que cera cera! Later, Carl Parker
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>Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a >chance of injury.
Okay, I’ll take the survey, GARDENING does fit the definition. Come to think of it: sleeping (and the potential of falling out of bed) – I quess that would be stretching things a bit… E.Stefke
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A Very Short Survey. If you would be interested in participating in a short survey (5 questio ns) regarding risk recreation please e-mail me and I will send you the survey via e-mail. You may also respond through e-mail. Your participati on would be greatly appreciated. Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a chance of injury. Thanks in advance. JP Graham
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> A Very Short Survey. > If you would be interested in participating in a short survey (5 questio > ns) regarding risk recreation please e-mail me and I will send you the > survey via e-mail. You may also respond through e-mail. Your participati > on would be greatly appreciated. > Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a > chance of injury. > Thanks in advance. > JP Graham
This makes the hair on the back of my neck rise. Just *what* are you going to use this info. for? You sound suspiciously like an insurance type looking for stats to justify a rate boost. If so, TAKE A HIKE YA GREEDY BASTARD. If not, sorry, hope your survey works out. JB (Geyser) "I know I’m paranoid, but am I as paranoid as Doug Devin?"
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Short reply to short survey: by far the highest risk activity I engage in is computer use. My wrist and back are all screwed up from sitting around and typing. Risk to my eyes, skin, etc. is unknown as of this time. If the survey must be limited to recreation, we can call surfing the net and reading newsgroups recreation. ; A Very Short Survey. ; If you would be interested in participating in a short survey (5 questio ; ns) regarding risk recreation please e-mail me and I will send you the ; survey via e-mail. You may also respond through e-mail. Your participati ; on would be greatly appreciated. — Dan Suthers | Learning Research & Development Center (412) 624-7036 voice | 3939 O’Hara Street (412) 624-9149 fax | Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412) 363-3992 home | http://www.pitt.edu/~suthers/
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>>Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a >chance of injury. >Hmmmm….. >That would include walking, gardening, and once I got a really nasty paper cut >turning a page while reading. :-)
Yeah, and note that all "risk-free" sports like, boxing, football, hockey, etc., are missing from the newsgroup line. :) –steve — "Everything in this message may be wrong." / "Make love, not Perl code." "There’s a fine line between participation and mockery" — Dilbert http://warpig.cati.csufresno.edu/steve.html
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> A Very Short Survey. > If you would be interested in participating in a short survey (5 questio > ns) regarding risk recreation please e-mail me and I will send you the > survey via e-mail. You may also respond through e-mail. Your participati > on would be greatly appreciated. > Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a > chance of injury. > This makes the hair on the back of my neck rise. Just *what* are you going to > use this info. for? You sound suspiciously like an insurance type looking for > stats to justify a rate boost. If so, TAKE A HIKE YA GREEDY BASTARD. If not, > sorry, hope your survey works out.
Every aspect of the life has an associated risk attached to it. Be it driving to work or going down a flight of steps, risks are involved. I must admit jumping out of an airplane may have a different set of risks than walking across the street. Point is, people have been killed doing both. email: |"You can’t take life too seriously,
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>Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a >chance of injury.
Hmmmm….. That would include walking, gardening, and once I got a really nasty paper cut turning a page while reading. :-) Tongue placed firmly in cheek… D.
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> >Risk recreation is defined as any recreational pursuit where there is a >chance of injury.
Well skiing, bicycling and hiking have been as injurous to me as whitewater kayaking, technical climbing and mountaineering. Most dangerous (though not a recreation) is just working around the house & yard! Steve —
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