From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Aug 2010 13:56 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 9 Aug 2010 14:18 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 9 Aug 2010 17:34 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 9 Aug 2010 19:16 "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 9 Aug 2010 19:19
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. |