Riding vs Flying -- How many here ride?

"Newps" wrote in message
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Nope. In this house the boys have known since day one that any road
vehicle they are interested has a four wheel minimum.

At Casa d'Barrow; it's four legs minimum...also, no bareback riding and you
better use a saddle blanket if you don't want to give that animal a four
hour rubdown afterwards.

Motorcycle? Don't even ask. Same goes for tattoos and earrings.

Me talking to daughter: So, did you date that football player that asked you
out?
Daughter: Hell, no; he wears an earring when he's not playing!
Me (facetiously): So what's wrong with that?
Daughter: Because I don't know what other holes he has in his head!


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

"Newps" wrote in message
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And absolutes only make teens try absolutely as hard as possible to get
around them.

Actually that's not the case. My kids ridicule kids with tattoos. They
see the idiot teenage motorcycle drivers and know that's why they won't be
on one. The rules make sense and they can see that. It's not even a
battle.

Evidently you started raising your kids to think rationally as soon as they
were born instead of waiting until they were well into their teens.

Did you manage (as my wife and I did) to never once hit them?

"Skywise" wrote in message
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"Morgans" wrote in
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"Skywise" wrote

You seem to be in the same vein as Morgans, and not
listening to what I am saying. I do what I do because of
what others do on the road.

It seems that you did not listen to my post, where I suggested how to
drive safely; more safely than doing what you are doing, and staying in
the pack of traffic. They are like blockers on a
"student-body-up-the-middle" football play.

And you are not listening to me. I have found it to be more
dangerous at times to remain in a block of traffic than to
be on my own between blocks of traffic.

Quite so! Morgans remark has to be the most ignorant, naive tripe in this
whole thread.

"Skywise" wrote in message
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Reading isn't really the problem. It more an apparent inability to
understand that there can be many possible motivations for a behavior.

If you want to get all self righteous and condecending, go ahead.
But you're not the one on the motorcycle with the idiot on the
cell phone driving next to you. I am.


DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!


Unless you have been riding a motorcycle as long as I have on
the same streets I have, I really think you have no right nor
place to chide me on how to drive. Just the same, since I am not
a pilot, I would have no right to chide you for the way you fly.

You must remember, Brian, that many (most?) people can't break past what
they think the law says. Further, that some would think for themselves and
go against the grain is, well...un-American :~(

"Skywise" wrote in message
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Bob Noel wrote in
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In article ,
"John Gaquin" wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message news:wBWpg.143

I agree, but the issue is that the rule is stupid and should be
changed.

And you have some inherent right to arbitrarily disregard rules you
consider stupid? Work to get the rule changed. Until such time, abide
by the rules.

otoh - he isn't disregarding a rule because he thinks he is more
important than me. His stated reason is that he believes he is safer.
Let's not lose sight of the fact that four wheel drivers are a major
risk for motorcycle riders.

Thank you!!!! I do this because I have founf through empirical
evidence that it is safer.

One of the "rules" that Bondurant Schools teach for high-speed driving is:
"Don't let yourself get boxed in." It's amazing how many people blithely go
about oblivious to what's around them until it's too late.

"Skywise" wrote in message
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"Morgans" wrote in newsd_pg.3581$YN4.1028
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"John Clear" wrote

The rules depend on the location. In CA, lane splitting is legal,
so the motorcyclist who passes cars at a light is following the
rules. Even the motorcycle cops in CA lane split.

Cal is strange. (there's a news flash ! g) It is illegal to buy
acetone,
but you can zoom between cars on a bike.

Really? I can go down to my local Home Depot and by acetone
by the gallon.

Snipola
I'll be the one out beside the others, forming the rolling roadblock, to
keep ALL of the traffic moving at a good speed.

Geee...what an ass. You might get run off the road or shot
at for doing that. And here I'm the bad guy for whitelining,
which does not interfere with other's driving.

Morgan is utterly clueless on this and so many other subjects; you're
wasting your time trying to reason with him.

Jay Honeck wrote:
-- do you
currently ride a motorcycle? Did you in the past?
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Been riding since I was 16. Currently ride Harley Davidson 87 XLH. I
ride often--even running local errands on bike. I immediately feel
about 15 years younger when I sit on my motorcycle G

www.Rosspilot.com

In article .com,
Jay Honeck wrote:

It used to be that most pilots I knew rode motorcycles, but that seems
to be less of a correlation lately. Wot say the group -- do you
currently ride a motorcycle? Did you in the past?

I rode a bike to work for a couple of years. First a Yamaha Twin Special,
then a Honda CX500 and then a Suzuki Katana.

I had a LOT of close calls. One day, I had one too many and sold the bike
to get a VW Beetle. It took me 2 years to stop wearing boots and leather
every day.



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Matt Barrow wrote:

Me talking to daughter: So, did you date that football player that asked you
out?
Daughter: Hell, no; he wears an earring when he's not playing!
Me (facetiously): So what's wrong with that?
Daughter: Because I don't know what other holes he has in his head!


Boy, I hope my two daughters turn out like that. :-) Way to go Matt!

Monk

Matt Barrow wrote:

"Newps" wrote in message
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And absolutes only make teens try absolutely as hard as possible to get
around them.

Actually that's not the case. My kids ridicule kids with tattoos. They
see the idiot teenage motorcycle drivers and know that's why they won't be
on one. The rules make sense and they can see that. It's not even a
battle.


Evidently you started raising your kids to think rationally as soon as they
were born instead of waiting until they were well into their teens.

Did you manage (as my wife and I did) to never once hit them?

No, they got whacked every once in a while until about age 5.