As Keith, he's into the pink suits and teddy bears.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>
To: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Cc: "LSR" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: Non Dzus
> On Friday, January 6, 2006, at 12:29 PM, drmayf wrote:
>
>> Ok, now that I have ordered my panel fasteners, I have another
>> question...aw crap you say...but here it is anyway: Some helmets can
>> be had with different tints to the face shield. Some are dark some are
>> clear and some can be amber colored. I know some yellow colors absord
>> blue and make for some dright day vision improvements (like shooters
>> glasses) so is there any experience with using something like a blue
>> blocker visor on your helmet? Are do we just squint a lot...
>>
>> mayf, the rednecked ignorant desert rat in Pahrump
>
> Ah, finally a question where I have some experience. I prefer to
> screen out some of the brilliance, and so normally wear polarized
> sunglasses. When I wear them inside the helmet/through the face
> shield, though, the stresses in the plastic make pretty colored wavy
> lines in my field of view. Very nice if you're a child of the 60's,
> maybe ("Yeah, man, I see it too. . ."), but not quite what I have in
> mind for going down the salt. So I tried a "dark smoke"-tinted shield
> -- neutral color, that is -- with my regular glasses, and I've had no
> difficulties at all. I haven't tried colored shields.
>
> Nancy uses clear shield/cheapo sunglasses, reports no difficulties.
> She hasn't tried colored shields, either, but may be looking for a pink
> shield to go along with her pink flamingo motif on the bike. Her
> tattoos are pink, too, but that's another story.
>
>
> Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's 'way up north)
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