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From: toddv@copper.UUCP (Todd Vierheller)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: most obnoxious drivers awards
Message-ID: <195@copper.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 10:26:38 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 10:26:38 1986
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Keywords: macho, turtle bkiike, wimp

[EAT ME]

I received this in my private mail, but upon reflection (and since it is now
*MY* mail), I decided to post it to the net so everyone can benefit from the
wisdom of Jack Hodges (and the last word in macho).  This cracked me up.
Thanks for a good laugh, Jack.  My comments are in brackets [].

                            Todd Vierheller  (the wimpy one)

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+ 
+ From: Jack Hodges <unc!seismo!columbia!locus.ucla.edu!hodges>
+ Organization: UCLA Computer Science Dept.
+ 
+ In reply to you posting about four wheelers...you sound like a sissy
+ wimp who rides one of those sit-up 400cc turtle bikes.  I suppose
+ that you have a visor-type helmet too?  And you ride in the rain because
+ you have one of those snazzy suits?

[That's me all right.  I lay awake nights hoping to be a cool guy like you
someday.]

                                       You see, anyone can generate a stupid
+ prototype based on limited experience.

[You do an admirable job.]

+ 
+ Have you ever stopped to wonder how many people driving trucks do so 
+ because they own bikes?

[Well, well, well.  And I thought *I* was the only one who ever used a pickup
to transport my bike.  You mean to say other people do that too?]

                           Some guys like to haul their bikes to remote
+ areas and get crazy on real roads or in the dirt.  MOST of the people
+ that I know who own trucks are pretty considerate.  If there is a group
+ of people driving cars that is consistently known for eating bikers I

[Who said they eat bikers?  I said they tried...   These guys are too stupid
to pull it off.]

+ have yet to see the statistic...all car drivers seem to be blind to
+ bikers!  But then again, I am blind to bikers while driving MY 4X4
+ too!

[You macho guy!]

+ 
+ You don't have much of a complaint, friend, and most of your woes would
+ be erradicated by being a little more aggressive on the road.  Lane
+ splitting is not something most bikers do for kicks, but because (until
+ recently, and certainly not on turtle wimp bikes) BIKES BREATHE AIR AND
+ ARE COOLED BY AIR.  The law lets us split lanes so that we don't burn up
+ in b/b traffic.  Ask a chp sometime if you wonder.  As for your problems
+ sounds like a little power and a squeeze of the throttle would help a lot.
+ NO car gets that close to me, I've only one body and I want to keep it
+ for a while.  Its quite another matter to race the white line at 100 mph
+ but surely everyone would agree with that.  I've talked to chp bikers
+ about jumping, and staying in front of traffic.  They agree that this is
+ wise for bikers (as long as you don't get overzealous).  Have you ever seen
+ a chp biker ride the line?  Are they crazy too?  Have you ever seen a chp
+ biker closed in on by a truck?  They get the F*& out of there.  A rule of
+ thumb for bikers is that "safety is a state of the wrist".  Use it and use it
+ often.

[Oh..... Jack!  You make my wimpy heart dizzy with trepidation.]

+ 
+ I see people on bikes all the time which frighten me like you won't believe,
+ and you sound like one.

[You?  Frightened?  Come on now!]

                           Riding a bike in traffic is not for the weak of
+ heart, hell riding isn't.  If you're not willing to be aggressive and
+ confident (not crazy - they ARE different) then you're looking for death
+ more than me riding between lanes.  Maybe you should join the ranks of
+ nameless people in those little box cars in b/b traffic and be "safe", its
+ really no loss to the M/C community as far as I can tell.
+ 
[Thanks for the thoughtful advice Jack;  I'll give it all the consideration it's
due.  Really!  :-)]
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