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[Schrödinger's Gerbil]

This may seem off the wall, but right before I read your post I had seen a plane in the sky that originated in Manchester and is headed to Vegas. Every London to LAX flight passes over our house. But I have never seen a flight overhead from Manchester. Then I started resuming reading your post 2-3 seconds later.

Summer miracle. This is the kind of luck God bestows upon me to justify things like the Jazz moving to 5th. I’m not sure it’s a fair trade but I’ve got no choice.

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LOL, it's got to mean something, right?

Years ago, my cellphone ringtone was the opening stanza of Take on Me by Ah-Ha (I'm an 80s New Wave fan, sue me, and Ah-Ha is a criminally underrated band--aside from this one iconic hit and video). On driving with my daughter to go skiing at Alta, just as we were entering Little Cottonwood Canyon, Take on Me started playing on the radio at the exact moment my phone rang. The radio and my phone played the opening stanza of Take on Me almost perfectly synchronized. What were the odds of this happening? Pretty remote, maybe 1-1,000,000, or thereabouts. (1-1,000,000 is not meant to be literal but a marker of order of magnitude.)

The lesson I learned that day is that 1-1,000,000 odds events happen, and given that the world is comprised of billions of people interacting in billions of ways each day with other people, media, nature, etc., 1-1,000,000 odds events almost certainly occur every day, thousands if not millions of times. Because we humans are wired to see patterns and possess a deep need to feel like we matter in the grand scheme of the cosmos, we tend to attach significance to these 1-1,000,000 events (frequently in the form of divine intervention) when in fact they are no more than common synchronistic coincidences.

 

[David Hume]

I am 2 days from my 3rd anniversary of a major concussion. I think i am mostly through it but I keep crossing nouns in a weird way.

Still, that is a lot better than most of the symptoms I have dealt with. Concussions and TBIs are awful. I dont think my journey is over yet.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

 

[infection]

LOL, it's got to mean something, right?

Years ago, my cellphone ringtone was the opening stanza of Take on Me by Ah-Ha (I'm an 80s New Wave fan, sue me, and Ah-Ha is a criminally underrated band--aside from this one iconic hit and video). On driving with my daughter to go skiing at Alta, just as we were entering Little Cottonwood Canyon, Take on Me started playing on the radio at the exact moment my phone rang. The radio and my phone played the opening stanza of Take on Me almost perfectly synchronized. What were the odds of this happening? Pretty remote, maybe 1-1,000,000, or thereabouts. (1-1,000,000 is not meant to be literal but a marker of order of magnitude.)

The lesson I learned that day is that 1-1,000,000 odds events happen, and given that the world is comprised of billions of people interacting in billions of ways each day with other people, media, nature, etc., 1-1,000,000 odds events almost certainly occur every day, thousands if not millions of times. Because we humans are wired to see patterns and possess a deep need to feel like we matter in the grand scheme of the cosmos, we tend to attach significance to these 1-1,000,000 events (frequently in the form of divine intervention) when in fact they are no more than common synchronistic coincidences.

I'm always amazed that "The Sun Always Shines on TV" didn't have the same kind of staying power for radio play. That chorus melody outshines "Take on Me," but I understand the rest of the song may seem more choppy (comparatively) for radio play. Anyway, the weirdest radio thing I ever had was like 5 years ago I was on 94.1 and the were playing KC and the Sunshine Band's "Play That Funky Music White Boy" and it came to the line “got to start to feel so low,” and, because I do not like KC and the Sunshine Band, I changed it to X96 right before the lyric “so low.” The song on 96.3 was The Offspring’s “Self Esteem” and was on the lyric line “this rejection’s got me so low,” but it went straight from cutting off “so low” from KC and the Sunshine Band to The Offspring completing the lyric. It was really bizarre. I had posted about it somewhere and then people started responding to me like I was saying it had some kind of meaning, which was surprising to me. I don't know why people would think that I thought that had meaning. It was odd, nonetheless.

 

[The Midnight]

Soccer has the second most concussions after football. And his two concussions were from indoor soccer.

Well that’s indoor… soccer’s meant to be played outdoor…. no walls.

 

[Schrödinger's Gerbil]

I'm always amazed that "The Sun Always Shines on TV" didn't have the same kind of staying power for radio play. That chorus melody outshines "Take on Me," but I understand the rest of the song may seem more choppy (comparatively) for radio play. Anyway, the weirdest radio thing I ever had was like 5 years ago I was on 94.1 and the were playing KC and the Sunshine Band's "Play That Funky Music White Boy" and it came to the line “got to start to feel so low,” and, because I do not like KC and the Sunshine Band, I changed it to X96 right before the lyric “so low.” The song on 96.3 was The Offspring’s “Self Esteem” and was on the lyric line “this rejection’s got me so low,” but it went straight from cutting off “so low” from KC and the Sunshine Band to The Offspring completing the lyric. It was really bizarre. I had posted about it somewhere and then people started responding to me like I was saying it had some kind of meaning, which was surprising to me. I don't know why people would think that I thought that had meaning. It was odd, nonetheless.

Agreed, Sun Always Shines is a great song. Hunting High and Low is one of my all-time favorite albums.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

Thanks for sharing.
Are different concussions different?
Like in MMA dudes get hit in the jaw (the "button") and get knocked out on the regular so I'm assuming those concussions aren't as bad as the football kind that are like skulls getting crushed.

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Concussions can vary DRAMATICALLY. I have seen people with what seems like a minor concussion that end up out for years and never quite finding their way back.

I have seen people that get their shart knocked out and they hop back up and play and it doesn't seem to affect them.

It is about how many head injuries you have had, where you got hit, how hard your brain jossled around, how much inflammation you have, and who you go see and how soon you see them.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

Soccer has the second most concussions after football. And his two concussions were from indoor soccer.

I got mine playing indoor soccer. The game was over... 30 seconds left. I was subbing for another team so I didn't know anyone.

We were up 6 - 1. I jumped up and headered the ball away. It was 45 feet away hitting the top net at let's play soccer.

The other guy didn't jump for the ball. He waited for me to come down. He drove his head like a weapon through my temple. I flipped and landed on my head. He straddled me and refused to apologize.

He got a yellow card. If he had punched me, I would not have had any long term issues. 3 years of depression, insomnia, no energy, no patience, different character, not telling dad jokes (i always tell dad jokes), all sorts of head aches and dizziness. No solutions by doctors.

No fun.

 

[fishonjazz]

Soccer has the second most concussions after football. And his two concussions were from indoor soccer.

TIL

 

[fishonjazz]

I got mine playing indoor soccer. The game was over... 30 seconds left. I was subbing for another team so I didn't know anyone.

We were up 6 - 1. I jumped up and headered the ball away. It was 45 feet away hitting the top net at let's play soccer.

The other guy didn't jump for the ball. He waited for me to come down. He drove his head like a weapon through my temple. I flipped and landed on my head. He straddled me and refused to apologize.

He got a yellow card. If he had punched me, I would not have had any long term issues. 3 years of depression, insomnia, no energy, no patience, different character, not telling dad jokes (i always tell dad jokes), all sorts of head aches and dizziness. No solutions by doctors.

No fun.

Damn bro. Thats horrible. Much love your way man.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

Damn bro. Thats horrible. Much love your way man.

Add on 5 kids, 4 startups, and a foster baby and it was a mess. Things are looking up millhouse now.

 

[The Midnight]

I got mine playing indoor soccer. The game was over... 30 seconds left. I was subbing for another team so I didn't know anyone.

We were up 6 - 1. I jumped up and headered the ball away. It was 45 feet away hitting the top net at let's play soccer.

The other guy didn't jump for the ball. He waited for me to come down. He drove his head like a weapon through my temple. I flipped and landed on my head. He straddled me and refused to apologize.

He got a yellow card. If he had punched me, I would not have had any long term issues. 3 years of depression, insomnia, no energy, no patience, different character, not telling dad jokes (i always tell dad jokes), all sorts of head aches and dizziness. No solutions by doctors.

No fun.

So would you say indoor soccer is more dangerous vs outdoor re concussion risk?

Since you’re dealing with limited space, congestion, less space to spread around, and also dealing with the walls, etc?

 

[Sardines]

A few times when I was in elementary school I hit my head very very hard directly into another kid's head. Complete accidents just playing on the playground, usually playing smear the, uh, odd man out or whatever they call that game nowadays. In these cases the other kid would be writhing in pain on the ground just having a very bad time and it wasn't exactly fun for me but didn't hurt too bad and I was back on my feet trying to help the other kid out. I'm not saying I'm like tough or whatever but I do suspect I have a relatively high tolerance for pain and probably an abnormally thick skull.

If I ever get in a serious life or death fight I'm going for the head butt.