Re: "Danger! Danger!" - or not!

On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 11:31:42 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 5/31/2025 11:40 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Sat May 31 20:26:51 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

On 5/31/2025 3:56 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Fri May 30 20:43:02 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

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Zen is apparently the only one posting here who still races. He should
take comfort in the fact that they found racing to be safer than badminton!

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And you don't find those numbers peculiar? What injuries are sustained in badmitten as opposed to riding down mountain passes in the rain at 50 mph?

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Well, Tom, the data I cited was injuries per 1000 hours activity for all
the hours spent doing that activity. The bicycling data was for all
hours riding bikes. What percentage of _your_ bicycling time is spent
descending mountain passes in the rain at 58 mph? For most riders, the
answer is zero - meaning your oh-so-scary fantasy is just a fantasy. IOW
you're one of those avid cyclists who revel in "Danger! Danger!"
warnings about your favorite sport. That's just weird.
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And what kind of injuries in badminton? (Or "badmitten" [sic])
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I think badminton is vaguely similar to pickleball, which the survey
doesn't mention. Many of my club mates have taken up pickleball. As club
safety chairman, I've noted we could use a separate pickleball safety
chairman, because it's producing FAR more injuries than bicycling,
despite club members accumulating much more time on bikes.
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Pickleball injuries I've heard of are severe back injuries (one guy is
almost unable to walk weeks after that injury), double broken wrists,
twisted knees, sprained ankles, mild head injuries, various abrasions
and bruises and more. Most of those seem to be a result of falls, but
some are just due to the sudden motions of lunging for the ball. I
suppose it would be similar for badminton, but I'm not involved in
either sport.
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BTW, Tom, if you disagree with the data, you should dig up better data.
Nobody here has respect for your WAGs.

 
 
 
 
I understand that you being a teacher and all makes you believe that you have access to all of the world's data. But exactly what makes you think that?

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Not all the world's data. But I think I have better than average skill
at locating data regarding my areas of interest. I've certainly done
better than you! Maybe if you ever returned to those libraries you
claimed to have "read out" you could improve!
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Let's note that I frequently post links or citations for my data
sources. You almost never do. Really, your so-called "memory" is not a
valid source.
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What is and injury and how does it become reported as such?
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injury /?n?j?-r?/ noun
    Damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing.
    "escaped from the accident without injury; a scandal that did
considerable injury to the campaign."
    A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss.
    "a leg injury."...
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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See? That wasn't hard!   ;-)
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One of the necessities of being a teacher is the ability to totally turn
off that part of your mind that has the least skepticism.
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Bullshit. I'm terrifically skeptical of anything you ever post! As a
matter of fact, if you post something, I assume it's wrong.

As a matter of fact, if krygowski posts something, I assume it's
either a lie, or useless.

--
C'est bon
Soloman