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The Devil Inside

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daisycutter Legend

daisycutter   29,331

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Isn't the impact of your brain crashing against your skull what's doing the damage? I don't think a helmet would have any effect on that.

basically, yes

it's also a repetition type injury where the damage aggregates with subsequent hits

a helmet might avoid a skull fracture by absorbing energy but not the concussion to the brain tissue.

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Isn't the impact of your brain crashing against your skull what's doing the damage? I don't think a helmet would have any effect on that.

The helmet would reduce the force to your head though and thereby reduce any brain 'movement'. The helmet would compress slightly on impact and increase the time for which the force acts on the player's head. This creates a smaller average force.

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The helmet would reduce the force to your head though and thereby reduce any brain 'movement'. The helmet would compress slightly on impact and increase the time for which the force acts on the player's head. This creates a smaller average force.

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The helmet would reduce the force to your head though and thereby reduce any brain 'movement'. The helmet would compress slightly on impact and increase the time for which the force acts on the player's head. This creates a smaller average force.

Would it help if the helmet had ivory horns?

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don't know if this is so, but our main aim should be to build the list & make the right choices at this stage of our team development... so If Jetta has to miss another just to be safe, I'm OK with another player getting a chance to show if he's up to it, or not.

we have to shed some more players at years end & we are now into the meat of the season, where most players are up to speed now, so its the time IMO, to see who's able to cut 'the Keens Mustard' thus far, & who can't do it beyond here.

Cut 'em out, ride 'em in,

Ride 'em in, let 'em out,

Cut 'em out, ride 'em in

Rawhide!

source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/rawhidelyrics.html

Thanks for that. Frankie Laine was always my favourite singer. Great masculine voice.

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The helmet would reduce the force to your head though and thereby reduce any brain 'movement'. The helmet would compress slightly on impact and increase the time for which the force acts on the player's head. This creates a smaller average force.

Creates a ​marginally smaller average force, it's really quite minuscule.

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Dunstall wore one for a few years after Earl Spalding fractured his skull accidentally. It didnt work for Jason either he has been speaking jibberish since he retired.

Looks like he might have swallowed it as well. Been in a good paddock that bloke.

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The Helmut would be on a hiding to nothing trying to protect that melon

Helmut Kohl the German Chancellor? Didn't know he was into personal protection.
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Sorry I have been offline since yesterday and didn't see that post, I will go as far as saying it was Wiseblood altering one of my posts, seems to enjoy doing that, of course from behind the safety of his keyboard

Excuse me? I altered one post in the Petracca thread that I quoted, I have no idea where you're pulling this from.

Edit - And I'll be waiting here for an apology. I can't alter your own posts, I can only do it when it's quoted and as you'll see this is the first post I've had in this thread. You can retract your above post any time you like, but if you want to make an accusation then at least get it right first.

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