From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:26:29 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey,
Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote:

> On Aug 9, 8:37 am, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote:
>> On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:24:27 -0700, N8N wrote:
>> > On Aug 8, 2:13 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:49:21 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey,
>> >> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote:
>>
>> >> > A couple of days ago, my good but unintelligent neighbor got mad when
>> >> > I told him of my campaign to TAKE THE LANE.
>>
>> >> Not a problem. If you TAKE THE LANE like one lame-brain did on a blind
>> >> corner, there will be one less bicyclist on the road as well.
>>
>> > As someone who was run off the road once because some numbnuts decided
>> > to pass a cyclist on a blind corner, I am going to have to disagree
>> > with your position. Had that cyclist taken the lane, perhaps the
>> > idiot driver wouldn't have tried to pass him where it was unsafe to do
>> > so. (then again, I might have been in a head-on instead of just
>> > getting some scrapes from the shrubbery on the pass. side of my
>> > car...)
>>
>> > nate
>>
>> LOL! Not laughing at your misfortune, but I am NOT in the habit of running
>> down bicyclists! I have a couple myself, but haven't been out this year
>> (too damn hot!)
>>
>> Perhaps it was because she was in the middle of the road that I WAS able
>> to stop, where if she had been on the side I may not have seen her as
>> soon. However, if she had been to the side I would not have had to slam on
>> the brakes to avoid her. The road was not that narrow and I could have
>> negotiated around both of them no problem if they had been single file on
>> the side (as the law warrants under the conditions)
>
> I know your only problem is like Toyotas. But that's not a crime
> either, and you don't even drive one.
>
> If it had been a Toyota you drove, she may have been dead now. ;)


I think I was either driving the Scion, or, more likely, the Supra.

But that's an '88. The only acceleration proplem that has is my right foot...


From: edspyhill01 on
On Aug 9, 11:24 am, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
Movement of Tantra-Hammock" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is how "moderated bicycle groups" (aka censored) solve the
> problem we have with cycling...
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/bicycledriving/browse_thread/thread/e6...
>
> The same for "Bike Forums" and the Florida Bicycle Association
> (offending God worshipers in a Religious/Political forum and offending
> the Republican respectively).
>
> The American Taliban work by self-censorship so the bubble (democracy)
> doesn't pop.

I'm a bit too left wing and an agnostic so I can't be an American
Taliban. Bicylists are like mimes - nobody likes them.
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on
On Aug 9, 11:18 am, edspyhill01 <edspyhil...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 9, 11:24 am, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
> Movement of Tantra-Hammock" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > This is how "moderated bicycle groups" (aka censored) solve the
> > problem we have with cycling...
>
> >http://groups.google.com/group/bicycledriving/browse_thread/thread/e6...
>
> > The same for "Bike Forums" and the Florida Bicycle Association
> > (offending God worshipers in a Religious/Political forum and offending
> > the Republican respectively).
>
> > The American Taliban work by self-censorship so the bubble (democracy)
> > doesn't pop.
>
> I'm a bit too left wing and an agnostic so I can't be an American
> Taliban.  Bicylists are like mimes - nobody likes them.

But you can still act like one. How about you qualifying this
statement I just made:

On Aug 9, 11:32 am, Drafterman <drafter...(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Why do you continue to litter this board with posts like these?

"Riding a bike is the best thing a human being can do to change the
world, not wait for Jesus to come and rescue us from this mess."
From: Spartakus on
"His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-
Hammock" <nolionnoprob...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> edspyhill01 <edspyhil...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> > I'm a bit too left wing and an agnostic so I can't be an American
> > Taliban.  Bicylists are like mimes - nobody likes them.

> But you can still act like one. How about you qualifying this
> statement I just made:
>
> On Aug 9, 11:32 am, Drafterman <drafter...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Why do you continue to litter this board with posts like these?
>
> "Riding a bike is the best thing a human being can do to change the
> world, not wait for Jesus to come and rescue us from this mess."

"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the
future of the human race." -- H. G. Wells
From: Spartakus on
edspyhill01 <edspyhil...(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm a bit too left wing and an agnostic so I can't be an American
> Taliban.  Bicylists are like mimes - nobody likes them.

Does anyone like mimes? People aren't signing up for mime school, but
they are going for bikes in a big way. You may as well resign
yourself to having to share the road with ever-increasing numbers of
cyclists.