Daily or weekly updates on an app and if need be a zoom call work just fine for me. I'm not going to take off early to go talk in person when technology allows other options.
OK, but, when the road and city planners think that 5 inches of tarmac is sufficient to designate as a "bicycle lane", how's that going to work out?
Of course, when I think about bicycle lanes I think of the one's where I lived in Europe, because, well, they actually had bicycle lanes. People could walk there, too. And cross the street without having to dodge multiple lanes of traffic.
And we wonder why we have an obesity problem.
And the seeming response to the obesity problem is to scream "fat-shamer" at anyone foolish enough to point out that we have an obesity problem.
We, inclusive, I'm still tipping the scales at 260 or so.
I miss bicycle lanes.
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@Amos_Umwhat said:
OK, but, when the road and city planners think that 5 inches of tarmac is sufficient to designate as a "bicycle lane", how's that going to work out?
Of course, when I think about bicycle lanes I think of the one's where I lived in Europe, because, well, they actually had bicycle lanes. People could walk there, too. And cross the street without having to dodge multiple lanes of traffic.
And we wonder why we have an obesity problem.
And the seeming response to the obesity problem is to scream "fat-shamer" at anyone foolish enough to point out that we have an obesity problem.
We, inclusive, I'm still tipping the scales at 260 or so.
I miss bicycle lanes.
Well, in the spirit of sharing the road with bicyclists… Bicyclists should also have to procure a license, registration, insurance to put towards the road tax if they truly want us to ‘share’ the road with them. Just saying…🤔🤫🤫
I assume that's meant as facetious humor. Any other explanation is, well, demeaning, to say the very least.
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New rule in MA, you have to give bikes 4' in passing and it is ok to cross the center line without penalty if the oncoming traffic allows, otherwise you have to wait until the coast is clear. Killing someone for convenience isn't ok, sad there needs to be a law for that.
To be clear, I love my Dodge Ram Longhorn with the 5.7l Hemi engine. It's awesome in every way.
With that said, apologies for letting my concern for a serious topic override my sense of humor on this subject. 30 seconds of serious pro and con societal cost/benefit analysis and it's a simple matter to see that the benefits to everyone, everywhere in the world that would derive from reformation of our personal transport systems, to include bicycles and realistic public transportation, will far outweigh the personal satisfaction of each of us demanding our "Right" to operate single vehicles that are rapidly consuming and destroying our world.
I shouldn't have to explain farther. It would take too much of my time, and, if I have to explain, well, those requiring explanation wouldn't understand it.
Now, with that out of the way, I've also seen, here in America, bicyclists who seem to think that everyone on the road should slow down to their speed as they pedal slowly up the hill on a main thoroughfare. I say here in America, because elsewhere they have real bicycle lanes. At any rate, I admit that it is tempting to give them a nudge to get them the hell off the roadway. People have places to go and the only way you CAN get there is by automobile.
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@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
I ride bikes too. My just has a motor and a throttle and you can hear me coming blocks away…😎🤣🤣
Mine's kind of quiet.
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Nice!!! Common ground 🤙🏼…nice bargain price for $7.29 good deal🤣🤣🤣. I have always wanted to try out a beemer.
I started out on a Suzuki, their biggest road bike at the time, 500cc. Moved on to one of those in-line 4 Hondas after that, and then 30 years on only Harleys. For retirement, the lack of adequate suspension on the Harleys had become too much. Or, maybe not enough is a better way to put it. I, too, had always wanted to try out a Beemer.
It was kind of like trading a B-17 WWII bomber for a Stealth Fighter jet. Took some getting used to. But well worth it. I'm only moderately adventurous in my old age, I've only had it up over 125 mph a couple times. Push-button suspension adjustment, on a suspension that really works. Smooth, quiet, comfortable. It's an amazing machine.
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Oh, this is the Things I hate thread, so, I hate that I didn't also keep my FXR. Best bike Harley ever built. One mans opinion.
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Professor Cameron adds, "Sexist and misogynist language is everywhere, it's insidious, and in an age when we're often told it's no longer a problem the forms it takes can be subtle. To fight it we need to be able to see it and understand how it works, and that's really what this book is for."
The World is under attack by Evil. Its weapons are chaos, hate, madness, revenge, pride, war, and all of the "isms", Pride needs to mentioned twice, the list goes on. And we're all suckers for it.
The greatest teacher of all time, with supreme inside information and awareness walked among us teaching and warning and instructing, finally even giving up his earthly life to try to inform us of what we are, and who we should be.
And still we don't hear, don't see, and fly to evil as surely as the flames fly upward.
Help us, Lord.
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@Amos_Umwhat said:
Oh, this is the Things I hate thread, so, I hate that I didn't also keep my FXR. Best bike Harley ever built. One mans opinion.
I just so happen to have a ‘93 FXR I’m letting go but still haven’t posted online
See PM
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I'm convinced that if every Harley rider spent 100 miles on the Indian equivalent of their Harley, the entire industry would look a lot different. I do understand the brand image and nostalgia aspect though for those who value that. Since this is the Things I Hate thread, let's all just unite in our hate for the people who ride 500 miles a year and have $500 worth of clothing and bumper stickers, and keep it at that.
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Daily or weekly updates on an app and if need be a zoom call work just fine for me. I'm not going to take off early to go talk in person when technology allows other options.
Between Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday I have probably deleted 200 pleas for money in the guise of great deals and feeling good.
When bicyclists ride on the car lane side of the bicycle lane white line.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
If they cross over the line, they're fair game.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
OK, but, when the road and city planners think that 5 inches of tarmac is sufficient to designate as a "bicycle lane", how's that going to work out?
Of course, when I think about bicycle lanes I think of the one's where I lived in Europe, because, well, they actually had bicycle lanes. People could walk there, too. And cross the street without having to dodge multiple lanes of traffic.
And we wonder why we have an obesity problem.
And the seeming response to the obesity problem is to scream "fat-shamer" at anyone foolish enough to point out that we have an obesity problem.
We, inclusive, I'm still tipping the scales at 260 or so.
I miss bicycle lanes.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Well, in the spirit of sharing the road with bicyclists… Bicyclists should also have to procure a license, registration, insurance to put towards the road tax if they truly want us to ‘share’ the road with them. Just saying…🤔🤫🤫
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
I assume that's meant as facetious humor. Any other explanation is, well, demeaning, to say the very least.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
There’s a reason why I extend my truck mirrors ALL the way out 😜😜
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Let me guess...dodge
Of course Dodge 🤩💯. Is there any other choice…short answer NO 😜
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
^^^ no, he was saying if you're riding a bike and you see Jeff coming, you better dodge.
Hopefully it's a RAM.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
New rule in MA, you have to give bikes 4' in passing and it is ok to cross the center line without penalty if the oncoming traffic allows, otherwise you have to wait until the coast is clear. Killing someone for convenience isn't ok, sad there needs to be a law for that.
To be clear, I love my Dodge Ram Longhorn with the 5.7l Hemi engine. It's awesome in every way.
With that said, apologies for letting my concern for a serious topic override my sense of humor on this subject. 30 seconds of serious pro and con societal cost/benefit analysis and it's a simple matter to see that the benefits to everyone, everywhere in the world that would derive from reformation of our personal transport systems, to include bicycles and realistic public transportation, will far outweigh the personal satisfaction of each of us demanding our "Right" to operate single vehicles that are rapidly consuming and destroying our world.
I shouldn't have to explain farther. It would take too much of my time, and, if I have to explain, well, those requiring explanation wouldn't understand it.
Now, with that out of the way, I've also seen, here in America, bicyclists who seem to think that everyone on the road should slow down to their speed as they pedal slowly up the hill on a main thoroughfare. I say here in America, because elsewhere they have real bicycle lanes. At any rate, I admit that it is tempting to give them a nudge to get them the hell off the roadway. People have places to go and the only way you CAN get there is by automobile.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Hate to hear what you guys think about runners on the road
At least they ain't fat....
Whoever put the S in fast food is a marketing genius.
--anonymous
I ride bikes too. My just has a motor and a throttle and you can hear me coming blocks away…😎🤣🤣
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Mine's kind of quiet.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Nice!!! Common ground 🤙🏼…nice bargain price for $7.29 good deal🤣🤣🤣. I have always wanted to try out a beemer.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
I started out on a Suzuki, their biggest road bike at the time, 500cc. Moved on to one of those in-line 4 Hondas after that, and then 30 years on only Harleys. For retirement, the lack of adequate suspension on the Harleys had become too much. Or, maybe not enough is a better way to put it. I, too, had always wanted to try out a Beemer.
It was kind of like trading a B-17 WWII bomber for a Stealth Fighter jet. Took some getting used to. But well worth it. I'm only moderately adventurous in my old age, I've only had it up over 125 mph a couple times. Push-button suspension adjustment, on a suspension that really works. Smooth, quiet, comfortable. It's an amazing machine.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Oh, this is the Things I hate thread, so, I hate that I didn't also keep my FXR. Best bike Harley ever built. One mans opinion.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
misogyny
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-internet-fueling-misogyny-linguistics-expert.html
Professor Cameron adds, "Sexist and misogynist language is everywhere, it's insidious, and in an age when we're often told it's no longer a problem the forms it takes can be subtle. To fight it we need to be able to see it and understand how it works, and that's really what this book is for."
Misandry.
Wonder if the good professor even considered it before writing a book that is full of it.
The World is under attack by Evil. Its weapons are chaos, hate, madness, revenge, pride, war, and all of the "isms", Pride needs to mentioned twice, the list goes on. And we're all suckers for it.
The greatest teacher of all time, with supreme inside information and awareness walked among us teaching and warning and instructing, finally even giving up his earthly life to try to inform us of what we are, and who we should be.
And still we don't hear, don't see, and fly to evil as surely as the flames fly upward.
Help us, Lord.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I just so happen to have a ‘93 FXR I’m letting go but still haven’t posted online
Cigars are great and so is this
See PM
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Still a Harley guy….
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
I'm convinced that if every Harley rider spent 100 miles on the Indian equivalent of their Harley, the entire industry would look a lot different. I do understand the brand image and nostalgia aspect though for those who value that. Since this is the Things I Hate thread, let's all just unite in our hate for the people who ride 500 miles a year and have $500 worth of clothing and bumper stickers, and keep it at that.
No pics? Booo!