Posted by Chuck Rhode on December 6, 2007, 10:00 pm
> Blazing Laser wrote:
>> Doesn't -everyone- have that first lowside on gravel? It's just part
>> of learning, isn't it?
> I have yet to drop a moving bike.
> On the other hand, there are those 0mph drops when I forgot to put the
> stand down all the way (or at all)....
Exact opposite here. I've never dropped a bike after
coming to a stop and/or parking the thing - but I had the
traditional Newbie Learning Experience the VERY first
time I tried to pull off a paved road and into a gravel-covered
parking area. Absolute classic lowside, and the immediate
"Oh, yeah, they DID say something about this in the class"
sort of recollection immediately after the Most Common Two
Words To Occur When Dropping A Bike.
Bob M.
Posted by Calgary on December 6, 2007, 10:30 pm
On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:00:17 -0000, Chuck Rhode
>I'm trying out my shiny new *pan* newsreader. To celebrate the
>holidays I'm converting from Linux_from_Scratch to Debian. It's a big
>deal to get all the config tweaks just right and then load up my
>laptop. What else am I going to do while it snows every other day?
>Monday we had half a foot of snow the heft and hardness of concrete.
>Wednesday we had four inches that could be pushed aside. Tomorrow we
>get another couple of inches. At that rate we'll be back down to bare
>ground by Christmas, and I can mow off my flower beds, which I've been
>meaning to do and never got around to. Woo hoo!
>I haven't been on the bike since I drove back from Dayton, OH, after
>Thanksgiving. I wanted to come on Monday, but it rained. Tuesday
>evening the temp got down to 17° before I got home, which is why I
>haven't bragged about the trip.
Interesting the mischief we can get into while snow bound.
I hope the roads clean up for you soon.
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Posted by Mark Olson on December 6, 2007, 10:33 pm
Chuck Rhode wrote:
> I'm trying out my shiny new *pan* newsreader. To celebrate the
> holidays I'm converting from Linux_from_Scratch to Debian. It's a big
> deal to get all the config tweaks just right and then load up my
> laptop. What else am I going to do while it snows every other day?
Welcome to the one true Linux.
$ uname -or
2.4.27-2-686 GNU/Linux
I've been discovering the joys of Puppy Linux on a USB stick
for quickly booting and using any computer that boots from
USB without needing to use the hard drive. It's amazing how
much functionality you can pack into _part of_ a 1GB memory
stick. With a 4GB stick you've got so much space it's
criminal.
> Monday we had half a foot of snow the heft and hardness of concrete.
> Wednesday we had four inches that could be pushed aside. Tomorrow we
> get another couple of inches. At that rate we'll be back down to bare
> ground by Christmas, and I can mow off my flower beds, which I've been
> meaning to do and never got around to. Woo hoo!
There's no chance of riding here for the immediate future.
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Posted by Susan \(CobbersMom\) on December 7, 2007, 8:23 am
"Chuck Rhode" <> wrote in message >> Monday we had half a foot of snow the
heft and hardness of concrete.
> Wednesday we had four inches that could be pushed aside. Tomorrow we> get
> another couple of inches. At that rate we'll be back down to bare> ground
> by Christmas, and I can mow off my flower beds, which I've been
> meaning to do and never got around to. Woo hoo!
Hi Chuck, why don't you come up here. Snowmo trails open next Wednesday.
Yesterday I was out deer hunting in the Sayner area and the trails already
have been groomed. Walking off the trails, you will find yourself in a good
foot of fluffy snow that came down all at once last Saturday.
What is good to hear is that you folks down state seem to be getting hit
with snow more than us up here. That's how I like it!
Sue
Minocqua, WI
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Posted by Chuck Rhode on December 7, 2007, 6:19 pm
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 23:02:48 +0000, totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The
Older Gentleman) wrote:
>> Now, here's a better one - the Kosovo situation was based on
>> ethnicity, not religion.
>About as much as the Irish strife is.
The Troubles were more about independence from English rule in
Northern Ireland than religion per se. While it so happened to also
divide up across sectarian lines of Catholic vs Protestant, The
Troubles would have been the same regardless of the religions
involved. It was not a case of one religion forcing itself on
another, as Islam seeks to do.
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>> Doesn't -everyone- have that first lowside on gravel? It's just part
>> of learning, isn't it?
> I have yet to drop a moving bike.
> On the other hand, there are those 0mph drops when I forgot to put the
> stand down all the way (or at all)....