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Plato wrote:
> Voltardo wrote:
>>
>> Remember fender skirts, curb feelers? How about Continental kits, baby
>> moons or furry dice th hang on the mirror? To research your question,
>> burn orange candles in your house...supposed to keep elephants out.
>
> The curb feelers were really odd.

I think you can still see them on the occasional low rider.

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Troy Piggins wrote:

> My girlfriend gets carsick. She heard those rubber strips that hang
> from underside of car and touch the road help stop carsickness. I had
> also heard about that, and that it had something to do with getting rid
> of static in the car.
>
> Is that correct? How does it work?

Metal or rubber, it sounds like Bad Science to me. Don't waste your
money on it. If they work for some people, you can just about bet it's
a psychological effect and the problem was psycholical in the first
place.

> Also - what's the diff between a rubber strip connected to the car and
> the 4 tyres? They're rubber and connected to the car and touching the
> road.

Metal or rubber, the difference is the money you waste on them.


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Voltardo wrote:

> Troy Piggins wrote:

>>
> Remember fender skirts, curb feelers? How about Continental kits, baby
> moons or furry dice th hang on the mirror? To research your question,
> burn orange candles in your house...supposed to keep elephants out.

Sorry this showed up twice...something happened...

* Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Troy Piggins wrote:
>
>> My girlfriend gets carsick. She heard those rubber strips that hang
>> from underside of car and touch the road help stop carsickness. I had
>> also heard about that, and that it had something to do with getting rid
>> of static in the car.
>>
>> Is that correct? How does it work?
>
> Metal or rubber, it sounds like Bad Science to me. Don't waste your
> money on it. If they work for some people, you can just about bet it's
> a psychological effect and the problem was psycholical in the first
> place.
>
>> Also - what's the diff between a rubber strip connected to the car and
>> the 4 tyres? They're rubber and connected to the car and touching the
>> road.
>
> Metal or rubber, the difference is the money you waste on them.

Placebo effect, eh? Probably.

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> Placebo effect, eh? Probably.

Dumbass effect if you aske me. Car sickness is caused by one thing; the
motion of the car affects the inner ear, which in turn causes car sickness.
Period.

Captain America wrote:
> "Troy Piggins"

>> Placebo effect, eh? Probably.
>
> Dumbass effect if you aske me. Car sickness is caused by one thing;
> the motion of the car affects the inner ear, which in turn causes car
> sickness. Period.

I'm not a believer or proponent of auto antistatic products, but...

There are studies of the effect of EMR and static electricity on nausea,
dizziness, and other symptoms mimicking 'motion sickness'.

Some pets which have problems with motion sickness allegedly benefit
from anti-static electricity strategies, and pets are generally pretty
unresponsive to placebos. They are very smart, but they aren't
typically placebo respondents.

Sounds like a good opportunity for a well controlled pet vet research
project.

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On 2005-08-21, Troy Piggins <usenet-> wrote:
> My girlfriend gets carsick. She heard those rubber strips that hang
> from underside of car and touch the road help stop carsickness. I had
> also heard about that, and that it had something to do with getting rid
> of static in the car.
>
> Is that correct? How does it work?
>
> Also - what's the diff between a rubber strip connected to the car and
> the 4 tyres? They're rubber and connected to the car and touching the
> road.

I don't know if that one works, but the 'earthing strips' can be seen
dangling from a few cars so there are 'believers' out there.

This advice looks realistic
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/travelsickness1.shtml>

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Captain America wrote:
>
> "Troy Piggins" <usenet-> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>> Placebo effect, eh? Probably.
>
> Dumbass effect if you aske me. Car sickness is caused by one thing;
> the motion of the car affects the inner ear, which in turn causes car
> sickness. Period.

Having not had much experience with boats, I was doing some writing and
photography about the US Coast guard once upon a time, and discovered
that if the horizon was in sight I was fine, but if it wasn't I'd get
seasick just like throwing a switch -- bang! I first noticed this when
I had to change a roll of film; looking down and losing sight - even
peripherally - of the outside world was not a Good Thing. As soon as I
looked up, again, and my body was again supplied with a reference point
I was fine. For me, it wasn't the motion itself, but the motion without
context. Datapoint, if relevant: this was a 41-foot boat in probably
5-foot swells, not a slowly rolling or pitching cutter.


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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 05:18:34 -0700, "Captain America"
<wedy19836@@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Troy Piggins" <usenet-> wrote in message
>news:...
>
>> Placebo effect, eh? Probably.
>
>Dumbass effect if you ask me. Car sickness is caused by one thing; the
>motion of the car affects the inner ear, which in turn causes car sickness.
>Period.
>
I have two daughters who do not get sick in planes, trains, buses.

But every time they are in an automobile, they whoop it up unless the
car is equipped to discharge the static charge.

Placebo.. no

Neurotic..hmmm maybe although I seem to recall them being surprised
when not car sick only to find out later that the chassis was
"stapped".

Malcolm

Voltardo wrote:
> Troy Piggins wrote:
>
>> My girlfriend gets carsick. She heard those rubber strips that hang
>> from underside of car and touch the road help stop carsickness. I
>> had also heard about that, and that it had something to do with
>> getting rid of static in the car.
>>
>> Is that correct? How does it work?
>>
>> Also - what's the diff between a rubber strip connected to the car
>> and the 4 tyres? They're rubber and connected to the car and
>> touching the road.
>>
> Remember fender skirts, curb feelers? How about Continental kits, baby
> moons or furry dice th hang on the mirror? To research your question,
> burn orange candles in your house...supposed to keep elephants out.

It works - haven't seen an elephant here in years <g>

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