ok so yea back on June 26th i had a car fall on me and did some major damage it folded my right leg behind my head and crushed my skull the diameter of a skoal can so a few inches? and while all this was happenening i was awake i did'nt get knocked out sadly enough and there were no wheels on the car so should have killed me.

now i have a TITANIUM plate in my head and before ya ask no it dont set off metal detectors its non metalic but here are the pics i just took.

http://www.zdwebhosting.com/zacscar1.jpg
http://www.zdwebhosting.com/zacscar2.jpg

Wait, you have a non-metal titantium plate in your head?

dunno all i know is i stick maganets on my head or go through air port detectors and it dont work :)

so you decide :)

Ouch.

Not trying to put any downer on the thread or anything but I would be quite concerned if I didn't know exactly what had been inserted into my head..? ;)

cna I ask how a car landed on your head?

Originally posted by Chewnet
Not trying to put any downer on the thread or anything but I would be quite concerned if I didn't know exactly what had been inserted into my head..? ;)

lol @ the time i could'nt move i did'nt care as long as they fixed me

Originally posted by interactive
cna I ask how a car landed on your head?

guy i know needed help putting back in his gas tank after he put in a new fuel pump anyhow he needed me to hold up gas tank with my legs while he pushed up on the gas nozzle that hooks to the body so he was pushing up on the nozzle to bend itup and i was pushin up on tank so he could bend his end and since nozzle on side of car is pushed the car off the jack stands and they fell over sideways and car fell on me :(

if need more details ask i will try to be more specific when i get home from church

bbl

Thats enough details, just wondering. That seems pretty brutal, I take it you got a concussion?

Yeah, I had a close call similar to that working on my jeep before. Doesn't take much sometimes to slide vehicles off the stands when using excessive lateral force on the vehicle :(

Wow. Glad you were OK in the longterm anyway.

Wow. . strange accident . . good thing you're all ok now :)

Originally posted by zdwebhosting
dunno all i know is i stick maganets on my head or go through air port detectors and it dont work :)

Titanium isn't magnetic, so magnets won't be attracted to it.

The airport detectors may not be calibrated to be too sensitive in the skull area. They tend to focus on the "shoulders to floor" area. If you're hiding a knife in your skull, it is kinda difficult to take it out mid-flight...


Glad to hear you're better. That was a close one.

If you're hiding a knife in your skull, it is kinda difficult to take it out mid-flight...

ever heard of a wig?

So you're saying if I bring a titanium knife in my wig, airport sensor won't detect it?

Originally posted by interactive
Thats enough details, just wondering. That seems pretty brutal, I take it you got a concussion?

nope no concussion , no knock out none of that i was just really really scared and was sort of in shock while i was laying there they were trying to stop the bleeding it looked like a cow had just been cut open and blood ran over everywhere or like a murder or somthing under his car

anyhow hope that answers that

haha ya, I got in a bicycle accident like a year and a half ago, rolled a mountain bike (pretty heavy) 3 times over, and cracked my skull in 3 different places. Got a ride in a helocopter which was fun, lol even though I don't remember it. Got a concussion your lucky, head injuries suck.

lol i remember my ride i never once cried although my sister and parents and family was thought i would die in surgery since doctor was'nt sure on all if anything was damaged

and then on teh ride to hospital omg was 14 miles i belive anyhow ambulances are the most unconfortable especially after you hurt your leg very bad i was tryin to lean on my left side lol but could'nt lol

Glad you made it; you need to see the movie "Bringing out the dead" :D

damn that seems pretty brutal :|

Glad your ok tho!

Originally posted by Mike the newbie
The airport detectors may not be calibrated to be too sensitive in the skull area. They tend to focus on the "shoulders to floor" area. If you're hiding a knife in your skull, it is kinda difficult to take it out mid-flight...

There's another reason: An awful lot of people have metallic dental work. (Incidentally, people with implants elsewhere are usually advised to carry a medical certificate for exactly this reason.)

Yeah and some of it uses mercury !

Ironic. You look like a friend of mine who many people have no doubt wished that a large heavy object had been dropped on his head. :D

Glad you see you came out of it more or less in one piece.

Greg Moore

Originally posted by akashik
Ironic. You look like a friend of mine who many people have no doubt wished that a large heavy object had been dropped on his head. :D
:angry:
s/who/of whom/;

:D

Originally posted by Mike the newbie
The airport detectors may not be calibrated to be too sensitive in the skull area. They tend to focus on the "shoulders to floor" area. If you're hiding a knife in your skull, it is kinda difficult to take it out mid-flight...


Hm ... that may not be the explanation ... How if you hide a knife under your hat? Or put a small knife under your tounge. It won't be detected? Is it that easy?

What one should wonder is how does that metal detectors a metal? My educated guess will tell that a metal detector is nothing but a device that detects changes in magnetic field. A magnetic (ferromagnetic, mostly) will change the mangnetic fields set by the "door" in this metal detectors. Hence, the detector will beep if it detects this magnetic field changes. I will bet if you wear your stainless steel watch and walk through this detector, it won't even beep, no matter where you put your watch; in your pocket, under your tounge, inside your head, etc.

So we should probably call it "magnetic-metal detector" :)

PS: Zack, I am sorry about what happened to you, and I am glad to hear you are recovering well.

Originally posted by FHDave
I will bet if you wear your stainless steel watch and walk through this detector, it won't even beep, no matter where you put your watch; in your pocket, under your tounge, inside your head, etc.

So we should probably call it "magnetic-metal detector" :)

Nope. They make knives out of stainless steel, you know. And when the NTL people drilled holes in the walls here to install cable on Thursday, they were using metal detectors to locate the copper pipes.

What the "metal detectors" really are is "conductive material detectors" -- they react to the magnetic field emitted when a current is induced in a piece of metal by the varying magnetic field emitted by the detector.

Originally posted by akashik
Ironic. You look like a friend of mine who many people have no doubt wished that a large heavy object had been dropped on his head. :D

Glad you see you came out of it more or less in one piece.

Greg Moore

not very nice :bawling: but kinda funny :stickout:

Originally posted by cperciva
And when the NTL people drilled holes in the walls here to install cable on Thursday, they were using metal detectors to locate the copper pipes.


But copper is highly magnetic, isn't it?

What the "metal detectors" really are is "conductive material detectors" -- they react to the magnetic field emitted when a current is induced in a piece of metal by the varying magnetic field emitted by the detector.

Actually, it turns out that the detector sends EM pulse which upon hitting a metallic object, the object will generate its own EM pulse in response to the detector's EM pulse. The detector then will "detect" this metal in response to the EM pulse received from the metal.

Now things start to make sense again :)

Originally posted by FHDave
But copper is highly magnetic, isn't it?

No, it isn't. It is highly conductive, but it is entirely non-magnetic. (Well, in its normal state.)

Actually, it turns out that the detector sends EM pulse which upon hitting a metallic object, the object will generate its own EM pulse in response to the detector's EM pulse. The detector then will "detect" this metal in response to the EM pulse received from the metal.[/B]

That's what I said. The detector generates a varying magnetic field (an EM pulse) which induces a current in the object, causing another varying magnetic field to be generated (another EM pulse).

You guys got to stop your making me think of the simpsons :homer:. I'm, just sitting here in my ;)executive chair at 1:22am lmao.

Originally posted by cperciva
No, it isn't. It is highly conductive, but it is entirely non-magnetic. (Well, in its normal state.)


Yes, copper is non magnetic. Thanks

That's what I said. The detector generates a varying magnetic field (an EM pulse) which induces a current in the object, causing another varying magnetic field to be generated (another EM pulse).

Hm ... varrying B field is not an EM field ;) I can rotate a magnet bar in space and it won't produce any EM field/pulse :) On the other hand, the source of EM field need not be a varying B field, but can be with varying E field (radio station, etc). In the case of the metal detector, the detector produces EM pulse/field because of a varying E field.