Posted by Road Glidin' Don on October 15, 2008, 9:00 pm
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:12:45 -0700 (PDT), ComandanteBanana
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>> > > > In that case, the solution is obvious.
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>> > > > You guys need to get engines.
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>> > > Yup. Major difference between bicycles and motorcycles is that one runs
on
>> > > muscle and the other on brains.
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>> > I think the survival strategy of a cyclist requires more brain. You
>> > worry about the cars hitting you from behind, while on a motorcycle
>> > you just worry about not rear-ending some driver talking on the phone.
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>> > Prove of that is that many motorcyclists drink and drive. I did
>> > anyway. It doesn't get any more stupid than that.
>>
>> Yeah, and you're on a mission to prove *other* people are stupid...
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>> Guess that proves Vito's point.
>I quit drinking after I stopped motorcycling.
Stupid is something you won't be able to change.
Posted by Road Glidin' Don on October 15, 2008, 9:01 pm
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:18:33 -0700 (PDT), ComandanteBanana
>I can afford to be stupid, but not be stupid toward others.
With you, "afford" has nothing to do with it.
Posted by Road Glidin' Don on October 15, 2008, 11:38 pm
wrote:
>On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:44:33 -0400
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>> > In that case, the solution is obvious.
>> >
>> > You guys need to get engines.
>> >
>> >
>> Yup. Major difference between bicycles and motorcycles is that one
>> runs on muscle and the other on brains.
>>
>ITYM one runs on legs and the other on the right wrist - both require a
>modicum of grey matter if one is to survive long.
But only one of the two requires enough skill that a test must be
passed to acquire a license to operate one, while we deem 6 year olds
sufficiently developed for riding the other on city streets.
Posted by ComandanteBanana on October 16, 2008, 11:31 am
On Oct 15, 11:38 pm, langkd_NO_S...@shaw.ca (Road Glidin' Don) wrote:
> wrote:
> >On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:44:33 -0400
> >> > In that case, the solution is obvious.
> >> > You guys need to get engines.
> >> Yup. Major difference between bicycles and motorcycles is that one
> >> runs on muscle and the other on brains.
> >ITYM one runs on legs and the other on the right wrist - both require a
> >modicum of grey matter if one is to survive long.
> But only one of the two requires enough skill that a test must be
> passed to acquire a license to operate one, while we deem 6 year olds
> sufficiently developed for riding the other on city streets.
I've never seen one on city streets. Just parks.
There are kids competing with motorcycles though.
Posted by Jym Dyer on October 16, 2008, 3:21 am
>> You guys need to get engines.
> Yup. Major difference between bicycles and motorcycles
> is that one runs on muscle and the other on brains.
=v= Hey, we've got it all: brains *and* beauty.
=v= Please don't make the mistake of confusing Comandante
Dipshit with "us guys." We don't like him either. He's
just trying to increase his audience because nobody in the
bicycles newsgroups (including the U.K. one) likes him.
<_Jym_>
>>
>>
>> > > > In that case, the solution is obvious.
>>
>> > > > You guys need to get engines.
>>
>> > > Yup. Major difference between bicycles and motorcycles is that one runs
on
>> > > muscle and the other on brains.
>>
>> > I think the survival strategy of a cyclist requires more brain. You
>> > worry about the cars hitting you from behind, while on a motorcycle
>> > you just worry about not rear-ending some driver talking on the phone.
>>
>> > Prove of that is that many motorcyclists drink and drive. I did
>> > anyway. It doesn't get any more stupid than that.
>>
>> Yeah, and you're on a mission to prove *other* people are stupid...
>>
>> Guess that proves Vito's point.
>I quit drinking after I stopped motorcycling.