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Started by Pablo Escobar in Ski Chatter - 143 Replies

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Pablo Escobar
reply to 'Natasha Richardson'
posted Mar-2009

Unfortunately I have a Risk Manager with me everywhere I go :(

Ise
reply to 'Natasha Richardson'
posted Mar-2009

Timeforabeer wrote:Unfortunately the 'outcome' which prompted all this discussion is the death of a woman who probably perceived the 'risk' to be pretty minimal.

I agree that the apocryphal tales of 'I know a bloke who...' warp the reality of the serious events per day of injury-free skiing.

Now, no-one wants to take a risk assessor with them on holiday. So we either trust the bald stats that, on any given day, the risk of what we do is acceptable; or we over-compensate with bits of plastic and padding...


But you won't. I guarantee you that more lives will be saved if car passengers wear helmets, there's been deaths just today as a result but you're not going to wear a helmet next time you're in the car.

Ise
reply to 'Natasha Richardson'
posted Mar-2009

Pablo Escobar wrote:Unfortunately I have a Risk Manager with me everywhere I go :(


I rather thought we all did :D The common sense someone mentioned earlier you'd hope :lol:

Timeforabeer
reply to 'Natasha Richardson'
posted Mar-2009

ise wrote:

But you won't. I guarantee you that more lives will be saved if car passengers wear helmets, there's been deaths just today as a result but you're not going to wear a helmet next time you're in the car.


I take your point... we could always do more to mitigate against potentially bad outcomes, but it comes down to personal choice and, to a degree, expedience. And for some people, it makes little sense to protect against an outcome they expect not to befall them.
Yeah, I knew that.

Ise
reply to 'Natasha Richardson'
posted Mar-2009

Timeforabeer wrote: And for some people, it makes little sense to protect against an outcome they expect not to befall them.


aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :lol: :lol:

That was exactly the point I was making and have made a few hundred times before :D

Edited 1 time. Last update at 20-Mar-2009

Timeforabeer
reply to 'Natasha Richardson'
posted Mar-2009

Sorry to be slow, not made a study of your previous work.
Yeah, I knew that.

Timeforabeer
reply to 'Natasha Richardson'
posted Mar-2009

Just popping out for lunch now, obviously I will be wearing my meteorite collision mitigation headgear.
Yeah, I knew that.

Pablo Escobar
reply to 'Natasha Richardson'
posted Mar-2009

Timeforabeer wrote:Just popping out for lunch now, obviously I will be wearing my meteorite collision mitigation headgear.


No good wearing the headgear if you are not keeping an eye on the sky :wink:

Topic last updated on 22-March-2009 at 09:53