From: "Hugh Barber" <tr6nut@sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Phil Ethier'" <pethier@isd.net>; "'Eric Salem'" <ebsalem1@cox.net>;
"'Ms Katie Kelly'" <aceontour@yahoo.com>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:40 PM
Subject: RE: Potential new helmet rule would affect autocrossers
> Phil Ethier wrote:
> >>.. Gotta' ten dollar head?
> >
> >Could you please explain the meaning and relevance of this query in the
> >context of the present discussion?
>
> I believe that's a reference to an old Bell helmet ad (If you've got a ten
> dollar head... buy a ten dollar helmet)
I know the old saying.
In the context of Snell-approval (not to mention price inflation) this
phrase seems to me meaningless today.
Even if it had some general meaning, its relevance to SCCA's recent advisory
about closed helmets continues to elude me, even after reading my private
mail.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
"TOOLS? Hell, any fool can work with tools. It takes a real mechanic to
work with this junk." -Orv Ethier, 1921-2004. First Shot Naval Vets, Pearl
Harbor Survivor.
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