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  1. "Wayne Pein" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    M. MacDonald wrote:

    think that's what he meant by "more eventful(less)."

    Quoted message said:


    He did say the motorcyclists bother them (i.e ranchers and farmers) less
    since they all go by in 15 minutes and it doesn't require them to stay
    off the road all day so the bicyclists can ride 3-4 abreast all over the
    roadway like they normally do around here.

    They don't like riding in their "exclusive lanes" because of stickers, so
    they ride in the car track areas of the main roadway.

    No wonder some get run over.

    Mack

    In response to a previous post of yours, bicyclists don't pay registration
    fees or need licenses because they do little damage to other people, the
    roads, or the environment. And quit complaining. If you don't like paying,
    just ride a bicycle. It's free for anyone.

    Many bicyclists don't want "exclusive lanes." We're usually OK with
    generously sharing a part of OUR standard lane with faster motorists. Yes,
    the vehicle operator in front, including bicycle drivers, can claim it's
    their lane.

    Bicycle lanes reduce bicyclists' space, get filled with debris, and are
    first a benefit to motorists for easier passing, and secondly a benefit to
    some bicyclists who are fearful of overtaking traffic.

    I don't have difficulty dealing with bicyclists when I drive my car or
    motorcycle. But apparently inept drivers do. Are you inept?

    Wayne

    Yup. I don't know how to pedal.

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    Quoted message said:
  2. <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    B. Peg said:
    Quoted message said:

    "Wayne Pein" wrote:
    .... bicyclists don't pay registration fees or need licenses because
    they
    do little damage to other people, the roads, or the environment.

    Oh really?

    So how come you don't pay for your special little piece of tarmac?

    Actually, I do. I pay taxes and fees for my cars and motorcycle, plus
    other taxes that end up used for construction and maintenance of
    roads. When I ride my bicycle, I'm on roads I helped pay for.

    And I'm causing far less damage and expense than I do when I'm using
    my other vehicles.

    Quoted message said:

    Should it be free at the exclusion of vehicular traffic?

    In my state, bikes _are_ vehicular traffic. They're defined that way
    in state law. But no, I don't care to exclude motor vehicle traffic
    (assuming that's what you mean). I'm competent at sharing the road,
    and most drivers are. Some yahoos in cars are not, but you can't
    prevent a bell curve from having a bottom tail.

    Quoted message said:

    Why should vehicular
    taxes pay for your free asphalt that impedes their travel?

    'Taint free. I help pay for it. And if my presence impedes your
    travel, it's likely because you're not as competent at driving as one
    would hope. But again, there's that bell curve...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Many bicyclists don't want "exclusive lanes." We're usually OK with
    generously sharing a part of OUR standard lane with faster motorists.

    So you have no problem riding in the middle of the road with traffic?

    I certainly don't. Like Wayne, I'm no fan of bike lanes.

    Quoted message said:

    So we don't need bicycle lanes then.

    Many, many cyclists are of that opinion.

    Quoted message said:

    Give them back to those who did pay for them and could use them.

    You're misinformed about the issue of paying for them, but I'm willing
    to give them up.

    Quoted message said:

    I hope by "generously sharing" you weren't
    referring to bicyclists who ride side-by-side and take up the entire
    rural
    byways.

    In actual fact, that is generally legal. Read the state laws, or the
    Uniform Vehicle Code. Most states specifically permit two-abreast
    riding. And it is sometimes necessary for a cyclist to take a lane,
    for reasons many motorists don't comprehend.

    One difficulty cyclists have is that there are too many people who
    think they know all about how it should be done, but who actually are
    - well, the bottom of yet another bell curve. Cyclists you think of
    as rude may simply be careful, and reacting to situations you're not
    even dimly aware of.

    Of course, it _is_ possible some cyclists are just rude. But
    motorists are hardly innocent of that!

    Quoted message said:

    Sorry, but you seem more inept at understanding your selfish demands on
    road
    usage and encroach into the lanes of those who do pay for their use. As
    it
    is, you pay nothing for something that costs a lot to maintain and build.

    Sorry, but you seem to be inept at understanding the relevant laws,
    and the reasons cyclist sometimes must be in your precious way, as
    well as the economics of road and traffic expense.

    Quoted message said:

    I agree that the debris problem comes from their lack of usage - which
    could
    be put to better use for traffic flow and parking. If you want it clean,
    why
    not pay for it? It shouldn't be paid out of the pockets of those who
    don't
    or cannot use a bicycle.

    If you're talking about debris in bike lanes, I don't want to clean
    them, because I don't want bike lanes at all, at least in any
    situation I've encountered. Take that issue up with a bike lane fan.

    Quoted message said:

    I wouldn't have a problem with bicycles paying a license fee in states
    where
    they wish to have exclusive lanes or paved trails. Might even serve to
    help
    locate lost or stolen bikes as well. Would you be opposed to paying a
    $100
    year for a license/sticker like dirt bikers who don't use the tarmac?

    Hell yes. It would be like paying a $100 fee for a walking license.

    Cyclists cause zero road damage. They require zero police enforcement
    expense. They don't generate the need for expensive infrastructure
    like freeways, heavy-duty bridges, or even traffic lights. They
    generate zero pollution, zero health problems. They cause nearly zero
    injuries to any other road user.

    If you accurately figured the true costs of your motoring, you'd
    probably find you're paying a tiny fraction of it. Non-drivers are
    subsidizing you.

    - Frank Krygowski

    You guys are rude, inconsiderate and a danger to motorists.

    Thumper

    Quoted message said:



  3. Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Well, THAT settles it ! If some random [censored] walking the
    street in Moscow says 'It's like such and such in America', it must be
    true !

    Besides, anyone else remember the stories of how difficult it was to buy a
    loaf of bread in the old Soviet Union? 🙂

    --
    "Outback" Jon - KC2BNE

    Do you have a hatred of women? What is your problem that you have to label
    someone you don't even know like that?

    <plonk>

  4. Curtis L. Russell said:

    On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:35:59 -0400, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com

    Quoted message said:

    Let's face it, there's a very different culture at work there.
    One that accepts things like whoring, crack-smoking, 15 year old
    unmarried mothers, vanishing fathers, family and friends in prison or
    dead, nightly gunfire in the neighborhood, etc, all as 'normal'. One
    that also leads to them periodically burning down their own
    neighborhoods in some kind of misguided protest against people who
    live in OTHER neighborhoods. Real bright !

    I congratulate you on being able to respond so quickly and only
    occasionally letting your code words slip. The problems are real, but
    so is being a racist.

    You are a racist.

    I am a REALIST. That's different. My statement above it true
    fact, and you know it. Speaking the truth is not being '[censored]-ist'.

    If you can't admit that ghetto 'culture', which is mainly
    black and latino 'culture', is decidely different than non-ghetto
    culture ( which is both black and white, a little bit of latino, a
    good bit of Asian ), you are blind or a fool.

    Quoted message said:


    Curtis L. Russell
    Odenton, MD (USA)
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  5. One thing I have never understood is why some people think bicyclists pay no
    taxes! And yet, the more idiotic of them will bring up this red-herring
    again and again. Do they think that we are all monks who do not own other
    vehicles? Do they think we're all homeless, or something?

    I don't get it!

    Pat in TX

  6. "Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message ://webspawner.com/users/bikeforpeace

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

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    I think there are way to many guns, way to easy to get them BUT they
    are there and are not going to go away but a clearly insane person
    like Cho should not have been able to buy a gun..THAT needs to be
    fixed somehow.

    I got a handgun permit.
    Took an application asking for EVERY job and residence I've ever had.
    And references, all of which they called.
    Took six months for it to be approved.
    Then I had to go to the main police station to get interviewed and
    fingerprinted.

    Now I've got a permit that allows me to buy a handgun.
    That entails going to the gun shop, buying the handgun,
    bringing the receipt back out to the main station to be examined
    and the serial number recorded, returning to the shop with a signed
    approval, taking possession of the gun, and bringing it back to the
    station so they can examine the gun and make sure the numbers match.
    Then I can bring it home.

    One wonders why some states make it easier to buy a gun than
    get a driver's license.

    JP

  7. On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:35:59 -0400, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com

    Quoted message said:

    Let's face it, there's a very different culture at work there.
    One that accepts things like whoring, crack-smoking, 15 year old
    unmarried mothers, vanishing fathers, family and friends in prison or
    dead, nightly gunfire in the neighborhood, etc, all as 'normal'. One
    that also leads to them periodically burning down their own
    neighborhoods in some kind of misguided protest against people who
    live in OTHER neighborhoods. Real bright !

    I congratulate you on being able to respond so quickly and only
    occasionally letting your code words slip. The problems are real, but
    so is being a racist.

    You are a racist.

    Curtis L. Russell
    Odenton, MD (USA)
    Just someone on two wheels...

  8. B. Peg said:
    Quoted message said:

    "Wayne Pein" wrote:
    .... bicyclists don't pay registration fees or need licenses because they
    do little damage to other people, the roads, or the environment.

    Oh really?

    So how come you don't pay for your special little piece of tarmac? Should
    it be free at the exclusion of vehicular traffic? Why should vehicular
    taxes pay for your free asphalt that impedes their travel?

    You're a hoot. Bicyclists DO pay for their tarmac. It's called taxes.
    And most bicyclists are also motorists. Quit your whining.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Many bicyclists don't want "exclusive lanes." We're usually OK with
    generously sharing a part of OUR standard lane with faster motorists.

    So you have no problem riding in the middle of the road with traffic? So
    we don't need bicycle lanes then. Give them back to those who did pay for
    them and could use them. I hope by "generously sharing" you weren't
    referring to bicyclists who ride side-by-side and take up the entire rural
    byways.

    Sometimes we generously share, sometimes we don't. Get used to it. I
    don't have to give you a piece of my birthday cake if I don't want to.

    If you can't deal with slow traffic on rural byways, learn how to drive
    better. I don't have a problem, why do you? Do you also have a problem
    with slow moving farm tractors?

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Bicycle lanes reduce bicyclists' space, get filled with debris, and are
    first a benefit to motorists for easier passing, and secondly a benefit to
    some bicyclists who are fearful of overtaking traffic.

    I don't have difficulty dealing with bicyclists when I drive my car or
    motorcycle. But apparently inept drivers do. Are you inept?

    Sorry, but you seem more inept at understanding your selfish demands on road
    usage and encroach into the lanes of those who do pay for their use. As it
    is, you pay nothing for something that costs a lot to maintain and build.

    The fact that gas taxes in part pay for roads doesn't mean that non gas
    users can't use them. If you don't like paying gas tax, ride a bike.
    Decision makers have decided that is free. Quit whining. Or whine to
    decision makers, but don't whine at bicyclists for using what we are
    entitled to.

    Quoted message said:


    I agree that the debris problem comes from their lack of usage - which could
    be put to better use for traffic flow and parking. If you want it clean, why
    not pay for it? It shouldn't be paid out of the pockets of those who don't
    or cannot use a bicycle.

    I don't want it clean. I don't want it at all.

    Quoted message said:


    I wouldn't have a problem with bicycles paying a license fee in states where
    they wish to have exclusive lanes or paved trails. Might even serve to help
    locate lost or stolen bikes as well. Would you be opposed to paying a $100
    year for a license/sticker like dirt bikers who don't use the tarmac?

    I don't want exclusive space, so no, I won't pay. If decision makers
    make me pay, I'll agree to pay 1/100 of what motorists pay since that is
    about what a bike weighs. Factor in the fact that bikes don't use gas
    (that's a good thing) and one could justify even less fee.

    Wayne

  9. Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

    On Apr 19, 9:34 am, donquijote1954 <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Hey, we get screamed at, doored at, spitted upon, pushed around and
    even killed, isn't it time we enjoy the same benefits as other
    Americans? When is a cyclist going into a rage and mow down all those
    careless SUV drivers who make us feel worthless?

    Imagine this scenario: You get hit and as you roll down the pavement
    you draw and...

    I guess we cyclists are too pacific for that (or just that we aren't
    Republicans), but in light of all that violence out there, shouldn't
    we rethink our strategy (everyone to himself) and get together to
    launch a good nonviolent campaign?

    Here's a good identifying T-shirt...http://www.cafepress.com/burncalories

    Still Bush defends the right to bear arms

    EVEN as President George Bush told the nation he was praying for the
    victims, and that the killings in a place of learning would affect
    "every American classroom and community", a White House official said
    Mr Bush continued to believe in the "right to bear arms".

    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/17/1176696841532.html?from=top5

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    I think there are way to many guns, way to easy to get them BUT they
    are there and are not going to go away but a clearly insane person
    like Cho should not have been able to buy a gun..THAT needs to be
    fixed somehow.

    It would be nice.

    Then again, the largest mass murder in US history occured in
    1990 ( I may have the year wrong ) when an unemployed Cuban in NYC
    torched a nightclub called, funny enough, HappyLand, killing 87
    people. His weapon was a gallon of gas and a match. In 1986, an
    arson in a hotel in SAn Jaun killed 97.

    How do we stop deadly things from falling into the wrong hands ?
    Often we can't.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_toll#Murder_.28criminal_rather_than_terrorism_or_state_sponsored.29

    Murder (criminal rather than terrorism or state sponsored)
    See also List of serial killers by country and Spree killer

    50,000 - Thugee cult, India ~1700 - 1890
    931 - Behram, Thugee cult leader, India, (1790 - 1830)
    ~650 - Erzsébet Báthory, Kingdom of Hungary, (c.1585 - 1610) - total
    disputed
    500 - Circus arson, (Niterói, Brazil, 1961)
    400 - Abadan theater arson (Abadan, Iran, 1978)
    300+ - Pedro Lopez, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, (1969 - 1980) - total
    disputed
    ~250 - Dr. Harold Shipman, Hyde, United Kingdom, (1970s?-1998)
    198 - Daugu Subway Fire (Daegu, South Korea, 2003)
    163+ - Dr John Bodkin Adams, Eastbourne, United Kingdom, (1946-1956).
    Acquitted controversially but pathologist Francis Camps suspected him
    of killing 163 patients.[6]
    140 - Luis Garavito, Colombia, (1992-1998)
    100 - Donald Henry "Pee Wee" Gaskins, serial killer from Johnsonville,
    South Carolina who prior to his execution, claimed over 100 killed
    97 - Dupont Plaza Hotel arson, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986)
    87 - Happyland Fire, New York City, (1990)
    80+ - Bruno Ludke, Germany, (1928 - 1943) there is some evidence that
    Ludke may have been framed by the Nazis
    65 - Yang Xinhai, China (PRC), (1999 - 2004)
    63 - Arson at a Macedonian disco in Gothenburg, Sweden (1998)
    58+ - Giuseppe Greco, Mafiosi from Sicily (1977 - 1985)
    57 - Woo Bum-Kon, South Korea (1982)
    53 - Andrei Chikatilo, Ukraine, (1982 - 1990)
    52 - Anatoly Onopriyenko, Ukraine, (1996)
    48+ - Gary Ridgway, Green River Killer, Washington, USA (1980s)
    45 - Bath School Disaster, Bath, Michigan, USA (1927)
    38 - Moses Sithole, South Africa, (1994 - 1995)
    35 - Port Arthur Massacre, Australia (1996)
    33 - Virginia Tech Massacre, (2007)
    33 - John Wayne Gacy, Chicago, (1970s)
    29-40 - Charles Cullen, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA (1988 - 2003)
    27–63 Marcel Petiot, France, (1926 - 1944)
    27+ - Cedric Maake, South Africa, (1996 -1997)
    27 - Dean Corll, Houston, Texas, USA (1970 - 1973)
    27 - Maria Swanenburg Leiden, Netherlands, (1880-1883)
    24+ - Fritz Haarmann, Hanover, Germany (1919-1924)
    24 - Bela Kiss, Cinkota, Hungary (1912 - 1916)
    23 - Albert Guay, Quebec, (1949)
    23 - Ted Bundy, Florida, (1970s)
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  10. Pat said:

    One thing I have never understood is why some people think bicyclists pay no
    taxes! And yet, the more idiotic of them will bring up this red-herring
    again and again. Do they think that we are all monks who do not own other
    vehicles? Do they think we're all homeless, or something?

    I don't get it!

    Like you said, they are idiots. And whiners. And instead of taking
    advantage of something that they deride as "free," they CHOOSE to use a
    motor vehicle which they upfront know has registration, licensing, and
    gas tax requirements. They see bicyclists as freeloaders, but it is not
    bicyclists who make the rules that bicycling is "free," it's motor
    vehicle driving legislators.

    Wayne

  11. Thumper said:

    You guys are rude, inconsiderate and a danger to motorists.

    Thumper

    Better watch out Thumper. Spike Bike is gonna get you.

    Wayne

  12. "Wayne Pein" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Thumper said:

    You guys are rude, inconsiderate and a danger to motorists.

    Thumper

    Better watch out Thumper. Spike Bike is gonna get you.

    Why for telling the truth? Don't ask what happened to the last Mass...what ever
    those morons call themselves that tried one of their little trick when I when by
    at the legal limit. Insurance is a good thing to have a vehicle why don't you
    have it on that push bike?

  13. Thumper said:

    You guys are rude, inconsiderate and a danger to motorists.

    Thumper

    Hilarious! Talk about the bottom of the bell curve... :-)

    - Frank Krygowski

  14. M. MacDonald said:
    Quoted message said:

    "Thumper" wrote:
    Definitely, all motorcycle riders should carry sidearm's (not bicyclists
    though, they're all fruitcakes).

    LOL!

    I wish they'd (bicyclists) would pay something to ride the things on the
    streets. Around here, they take one entire lane away from vehicle traffic
    and give it to bicyclists who I rarely see riding in one. They sure get a
    lot of free asphalt and impede the traffic flow for their selfishness.

    You must envious that we hold the moral ground. Otherwise they can
    make bike lanes for us --which take no more than 3 feet-- and then you
    can trade your bike for this other bike...

    http://www.sunbicycles.com/sun/bicycles/cruiserBikes/stretchCruiser/stretchCruiser.htm

  15. sqidbait said:

    On Apr 19, 8:34 am, donquijote1954 <[email hidden]>
    wrote:> Hey, we get screamed at, doored at, spitted upon, pushed around and

    Quoted message said:

    even killed, isn't it time we enjoy the same benefits as other
    Americans? When is a cyclist going into a rage and mow down all those
    careless SUV drivers who make us feel worthless?

    [snip]

    SpikeBike did this *years* ago. Weren't you paying attention?

    http://members.aol.com/clubnbc/spike_1.htm

    -- Michael

    Is he in Guantanamo now (along with other terrorists) or still doing
    his war? I read chapter one and enjoyed it thoroughly. This time
    however we only aim with a banana. It's entirely legal, and can be
    replaced with the middle finger if the need arises.

  16. --Why do they do this? Are they environmentalists protesting car
    usage? Not a very good way to bring positive attention to their cause.
    I can't understand why someone being attacked like that wouldn't just
    step on the gas or door the heck out them. Sound's like self-defense
    to me. The means to end rarely justify actions like this regardless of
    the value in a cause.--

    The way to do it --and this is the official viewpoint of the
    revolution-- we should not block the streets (stupid), but WE SHOULD
    TAKE THE LANE (smart), because WE TOO ARE VEHICLES and driving on the
    right hand gutter only lends to invisibility and discrimination. So as
    our official T-shirt says, "We will TAKE THE LANE, until we get BIKE
    LANES, so we can RIDE FOR PEACE"...

  17. Dane Buson said:
    In rec.bicycles.soc Road Glidin' Don said:
    asshat1954 said:

    On Apr 19, 1:11 pm, Road Glidin' Don <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    > Hopefully a door opener gets you some day, so we don't have to put up
    > with your retarded cross-posts anymore.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I'd consider it an act of terrorism. Bicycles should have the right to
    be free from opening doors as well as from invasive cars. If someone
    has the right ot bear arms, we should have the right to ride a bike
    SAFELY on the streets, ie. WE NEED BIKE LANES.

    Quoted message said:

    You've got a newsgroup for bicycles which you don't stay in. No
    reason to suppose, if you had bike lanes, you'd stay in them either.

    I've never seen him post to the bicycle group except to troll via
    crosspost. He's a miserable hypocritical mouth breathing cretin, and
    I'm not sure he's ever seet foot to pedal on a bicycle.

    Quoted message said:

    You've got a lot to learn about responsible use and sharing before you
    start preaching to others, [censored].

    I've got a call from the Mentally Handicapped Anti-Defamation League on
    line one for you. :-)

    Are you a member of the NRA, or you are a partaker of that mentality
    that bikers are fair game? Do you realize that the law of the jungle
    that prevails on our roads should be replaced with rules of the roads,
    and that all those sharing the road --bikes, motorcycles and cars--
    should agree to it? Can't we all get along? 😉

  18. DougC said:
    donquijote1954 said:

    Still Bush defends the right to bear arms

    Quoted message said:

    EVEN as President George Bush told the nation he was praying for the
    victims, and that the killings in a place of learning would affect
    "every American classroom and community", a White House official said
    Mr Bush continued to believe in the "right to bear arms".

    Naaaa, guns are fun. Everybody should have one.

    Regular people should be allowed to carry firearms if they want
    to--*nothing* ruins a criminal's day faster than an armed victim.

    -----------

    Here's a fun question (totally off-topic for this newsgroup)--narcotics
    are already illegal in the USA and criminals don't have any problem
    getting them; what makes you think that declaring guns illegal will get
    rid of guns?

    Anti-gun activists are (a few) liars and (the rest) fools.
    Anyone telling you that they're going to *take* *away* some of your
    rights to *protect* you is a liar--and if you believe it, you're a fool.

    Two of the classic high-crime areas in the US are NYC and Washington
    DC--and both of those places have handgun bans in effect.....

    Come to think of it, narcotics is illegal in NYC and DC too, and guess
    what? 😉

    Fine, let's legalize (or regulate) narcotics. But how your armed
    citizens would have prevented this particular incident, an armed
    professor or armed students?

    This is fine in Switzerland where people are trained in the militias
    and they take a rifle (not a handgun) home. But America can't even
    make fine cheese! (or chocolate)

  19. Thumper said:


    You guys are rude, inconsiderate and a danger to motorists.

    That's an interesting thing for a member of the "loud pipes save
    lives" group to say.

  20. donquijote1954 said:
    Dane Buson said:
    In rec.bicycles.soc Road Glidin' Don said:

    On Apr 19, 2:22 pm, asshat1954 <[email hidden]> > wrote:
    > On Apr 19, 1:11 pm, Road Glidin' Don <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:

    > > Hopefully a door opener gets you some day, so we don't have to put up
    > > with your retarded cross-posts anymore.

    Quoted message said:

    > I'd consider it an act of terrorism. Bicycles should have the right to
    > be free from opening doors as well as from invasive cars. If someone
    > has the right ot bear arms, we should have the right to ride a bike
    > SAFELY on the streets, ie. WE NEED BIKE LANES.

    Quoted message said:

    You've got a newsgroup for bicycles which you don't stay in. No
    reason to suppose, if you had bike lanes, you'd stay in them either.

    I've never seen him post to the bicycle group except to troll via
    crosspost. He's a miserable hypocritical mouth breathing cretin, and
    I'm not sure he's ever seet foot to pedal on a bicycle.

    Quoted message said:

    You've got a lot to learn about responsible use and sharing before you
    start preaching to others, [censored].

    I've got a call from the Mentally Handicapped Anti-Defamation League on
    line one for you. :-)

    Are you a member of the NRA, or you are a partaker of that mentality
    that bikers are fair game? Do you realize that the law of the jungle
    that prevails on our roads should be replaced with rules of the roads,
    and that all those sharing the road --bikes, motorcycles and cars--
    should agree to it? Can't we all get along? 😉

    Shut up, Rotney :-)

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