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Post #261,065
by inthane-chan
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7/8/06 11:44:42 AM
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New My current line of thought on this is that I should...
...join [link|http://www.seattlecriticalmass.org/|Critical Mass] and hit on hawt biker chicks!

Wait... [link|http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/saturdayspin/276857_sorbo08.html|That might not be such a good idea...]
Hurt me if you must, but let the duckie go!
Post #261,068
by Yendor
7/8/06 12:02:49 PM
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New IME, avoid Critical Mass
In the name of "promoting bicycling" they do things as mentioned in the second article you linked to...Such as riding against red lights, thereby blocking the flow of traffic through downtown $CITY at 5:30 pm on Friday. This has the effect of severely PISSING OFF MOTORISTS who are TRYING TO GET HOME.

I've been to one CM ride a few years back when I was cycling heavily. I heard people walking up Michigan Avenue alongside us asking some riders "What's with all the bikes?" The sole reply was "Critical Mass"...As if that were supposed to explain everything.

After riding about 2 miles, I'd been through enough red lights and seen enough pissed off pedestrians and motorists to know that I wasn't quite so activist in my cycling. I was there for a ride, not to get people angry at me...So I stopped riding. Never again for me.
-YendorMike

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
     I was in a car wreck today. - (inthane-chan) - (47) - July 8, 2006, 12:12:23 AM EDT
         Wow. :-( - (Another Scott) - July 8, 2006, 12:20:46 AM EDT
         Sorry to hear it, Thane. - (a6l6e6x) - July 8, 2006, 12:41:25 AM EDT
         5 years? - (broomberg) - (25) - July 8, 2006, 12:42:47 AM EDT
             I'm already nearly broke. - (inthane-chan) - (24) - July 8, 2006, 01:15:19 AM EDT
                 OK, understoood - (broomberg) - (22) - July 8, 2006, 01:18:37 AM EDT
                     What part of "I can't afford insurance" did you miss? - (inthane-chan) - (21) - July 8, 2006, 01:30:34 AM EDT
                         Untrue, at least here. - (Steve Lowe) - July 8, 2006, 04:54:55 AM EDT
                         I thought so too - (imric) - (19) - July 8, 2006, 07:04:35 AM EDT
                             That's weird. - (inthane-chan) - (18) - July 8, 2006, 11:21:46 AM EDT
                                 Consider a used Vespa. - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 8, 2006, 11:30:02 AM EDT
                                     Make sure it's not a Druish Vespa -NT - (imqwerky) - July 8, 2006, 02:43:15 PM EDT
                                 Risk assessment - (ChrisR) - (2) - July 8, 2006, 11:39:17 AM EDT
                                     Unuzeer Reesk Essessment (now with SUPER translation) - (folkert) - (1) - July 11, 2006, 09:50:02 AM EDT
                                         Yeah! What he said! - (jb4) - July 10, 2006, 02:08:22 PM EDT
                                 Paranoia Is a Survival Trait - (imric) - (6) - July 8, 2006, 12:33:19 PM EDT
                                     Difference in the usage. - (inthane-chan) - July 8, 2006, 12:50:32 PM EDT
                                     Chicks don't dig motorcycles. They dig the LEATHER! -NT - (imqwerky) - (1) - July 8, 2006, 02:45:29 PM EDT
                                         Ummm... - (bionerd) - July 8, 2006, 08:26:19 PM EDT
                                     ICLRPD (new thread) - (ben_tilly) - July 8, 2006, 02:57:21 PM EDT
                                     remember its either raining or snowing 340 days a year -NT - (boxley) - (1) - July 8, 2006, 04:59:22 PM EDT
                                         Not quite that bad here. -NT - (inthane-chan) - July 8, 2006, 07:26:01 PM EDT
                                 Boy are you naive - (drewk) - (1) - July 8, 2006, 09:23:23 PM EDT
                                     Snark much? - (inthane-chan) - July 8, 2006, 09:41:38 PM EDT
                                 The scooter/bike drill, then - - (Ashton) - (3) - July 9, 2006, 12:19:43 AM EDT
                                     "Fun" isn't the issue any more. :( - (inthane-chan) - (2) - July 9, 2006, 01:25:32 AM EDT
                                         Re: "Fun" isn't the issue any more. :( - (Ashton) - July 9, 2006, 05:54:14 AM EDT
                                         I'm glad you're allright, Thane. -NT - (Nightowl) - July 12, 2006, 12:34:44 AM EDT
                 OK, understoood - (broomberg) - July 8, 2006, 01:18:48 AM EDT
         Ouch, I hope nobody is hurt! - (ben_tilly) - July 8, 2006, 12:51:05 AM EDT
         Refrain echoed - (imqwerky) - July 8, 2006, 01:29:18 AM EDT
         Sorry to hear, glad everyone's ok. - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - July 8, 2006, 04:56:42 AM EDT
             No whiplash as of now. - (inthane-chan) - July 8, 2006, 11:22:39 AM EDT
         OMG! - (bionerd) - (2) - July 8, 2006, 11:29:30 AM EDT
             My current line of thought on this is that I should... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - July 8, 2006, 11:44:42 AM EDT
                 IME, avoid Critical Mass - (Yendor) - July 8, 2006, 12:02:49 PM EDT
         Glad you're OK. - (pwhysall) - (1) - July 8, 2006, 11:46:03 AM EDT
             Yeah, learned one thing. - (inthane-chan) - July 8, 2006, 11:56:03 AM EDT
         Glad to hear you're ok. - (Yendor) - July 8, 2006, 12:03:19 PM EDT
         totalled or butt ugly? -NT - (boxley) - (4) - July 8, 2006, 12:10:16 PM EDT
             Re: totalled or butt ugly? - (inthane-chan) - (3) - July 8, 2006, 12:41:01 PM EDT
                 What about a replacement wheel from the scrappy? - (pwhysall) - (2) - July 8, 2006, 12:46:24 PM EDT
                     Axle is bent too. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - July 8, 2006, 01:01:33 PM EDT
                         Ya might not have to donate it - (imric) - July 8, 2006, 01:43:40 PM EDT
         I'll just echo the main sentiment - Glad you're ok. -NT - (jbrabeck) - July 8, 2006, 01:10:18 PM EDT
         Wow, that sucks -NT - (JayMehaffey) - July 8, 2006, 03:29:19 PM EDT
         yikes - (cforde) - July 9, 2006, 02:06:15 AM EDT
         E-comma-gad! - (jb4) - July 10, 2006, 02:06:06 PM EDT

Mmmmmm... IFKK!
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