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« Reply #30 on: November 12, 2013, 07:33:08 pm » |
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Next time, I'll make sure I'm driving when she's under the influence of pain meds. Damn it!
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Someone get Hoss a pacifier.
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« Reply #31 on: November 13, 2013, 07:02:13 pm » |
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God forbid parents talk to the kids in the back seat. I'd like to see a study on that.
Can we make that retroactive about 50 years and get the old man to stay facing forward?? With both hands if possible.... (No real complaint - I deserved a lot more than I ever got caught for.) |
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« Reply #32 on: November 13, 2013, 09:58:44 pm » |
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Can we make that retroactive about 50 years and get the old man to stay facing forward?? With both hands if possible.... (No real complaint - I deserved a lot more than I ever got caught for.)
They had cars back then? |
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« Reply #33 on: November 14, 2013, 09:00:42 pm » |
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They had cars back then?
Chebbies!! (Bow-Ties) 34, 48, 52, 57, 61, 64, 70. Then on to the Buicks and Oldsmobiles!! Three 57 Chevies in the family at one time! Geez, I wish we had kept them! |
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« Reply #35 on: November 14, 2013, 09:50:29 pm » |
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I rode 3 centuries and one century and a half. One of the centuries was the day after the the 1 1/2.... Went way up into Kansas to visit friends/family, then came back the next day...ran out of steam at 104 miles near Bartlesville, so had to get a ride the rest of the way. Fantastic ride, though. Gotta get back on that bike. Rode 6,200 miles in 9 days on the Harley one time, with half day stop to visit friend in Spokane. About as much fun between bicycle and 'bike'.... wind is good! Looking forward to an "Iron Butt Rally" sometime soon....have done several Saddle Sore rides over the years. |
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« Reply #36 on: November 15, 2013, 08:34:53 am » |
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"Why would someone want to get up at 5 a.m. and run 10 miles adorned with fluorescent tape to avoid being struck by someone who has the good sense to use a car for a 10-mile journey?"I've heard that same gripe (critique, etc..) about almost every sport/recreational activity there is, and almost always by somebody who doesn't participate in that particular activity. "Why would somebody want to drive all the way to South Dakota to hunt pheasants?", "Why would anybody want to ride 100 miles on on a bike", etc. But this guy sounds more like the purist who takes excessive pride in "doing it for the pleasure of it", and will lord it over anybody who (a) doesn't do it like he does, and/or (b) ever mentions any sort of personal achievement to anyone. I saw a similar rant the other day related to taking and posting the requisite "hero shot" of a big fish somebody might want to brag about, before the fish is released. I haven't caught a 20" Brown Trout, or finished a 100 miles on a bike in under five hours, or run a marathon. ("yet", to all...), but if you did, brag about it. You earned it, and it gives me something to shoot for. Because really, if that idiot with the sticker on their car do it, I figure I can too.
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« Reply #37 on: November 15, 2013, 09:31:30 am » |
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Yes, I have to confess to being guilty of having a “look at me” sticker on my car for the LT-100. Being an LT finisher is a pretty neat feeling. I’m going back for my third one next summer.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-e9kJflyMw[/youtube]
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« Reply #38 on: November 15, 2013, 10:59:27 pm » |
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Look at me stickers and t-shirts are awesome. If you worked hard enough to participate in the event then why not brag about it. Sports are hard work.
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« Reply #40 on: November 27, 2013, 07:07:20 am » |
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Guido, you should ride with me sometime.
I saw that piece some time ago. The officer did indeed screw up by stepping out in front of a group of cyclists. Cops get hurt doing that and in a group ride, those in back can't see him. A sudden, unexpected change in speed or direction can cause collisions, too.
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« Reply #41 on: November 27, 2013, 09:06:02 am » |
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« Reply #42 on: November 27, 2013, 10:38:06 am » |
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I’m going to start trolling 111th and ride right in the middle of the road Would you rather get hit by a car, SUV, or pickup? No arrangements necessary. It will happen.  |
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« Reply #43 on: November 27, 2013, 11:57:26 am » |
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Contrary to popular belief, getting hit from behind is comparatively rare as it comprises about 8% of all crashes, and the majority are at night with unlit cyclists. If I remember right, about 60% of crashes occur at int err sections when someone fails to yield, and fault is about evenly divided btw cyclists and motorists. Riding in the middle of a lane that's too narrow to share safely side by side with a motor vehicle (almost all Tulsa streets) makes a bicyclist more visible and forces motorists to wait until it's safe to pass.
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« Reply #44 on: November 27, 2013, 12:03:33 pm » |
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Would you rather get hit by a car, SUV, or pickup? No arrangements necessary. It will happen. I’m holding out for a Caterpillar D-9 |
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