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06-21-2004, 11:48 AM

"John Everett" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].BOTS.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:05:33 -0500, "Michael"
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
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> >Which is less dorky: a mirror on the helmet or a mirror
> >on the handlebars?
>
> All mirrors are dorky! ;-)

Agreed...but, better a live dork, than a dead duck!

GG

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06-21-2004, 12:17 PM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:17:16 GMT, maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:07:45 -0700, Bill wrote:
>
>> It has kept me alive and unhit since I started doing it
>
>Are you sure it wasn't wearing the same underwear everyday or some other
>superstitous falsehood?
>
>Look, I got yelled at by an older fellow on a bike a couple weeks ago, and
>by the looks of his gear I assumed he's been in the saddle a number of
>years--I turned into the alley to get to my garage [in a car of course]
>and he was riding on the wrong side of the road and had just turned onto
>the street we were sharing. He wiped out pretty hard from his brakes
>seizing, but no major damage was done. There was no way I could have seen
>him because of his behaviour and an inch more and I would have perhaps
>killed the guy. He layed into me with this anti-motorist rant, not knowing
>that I cycle many more miles than I drive per year--I responded that this
>ain't Britain and if he continues to break the law in such fashion I won't
>have any sympathy if I kill him next time. Such is the law of Darwin.

So much for making friends with the dogs...er wrong thread.

Bet he'd like you if he knew you though. ;-)

-B

06-21-2004, 12:17 PM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:17:16 GMT, maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:07:45 -0700, Bill wrote:
>
>> It has kept me alive and unhit since I started doing it
>
>Are you sure it wasn't wearing the same underwear everyday or some other
>superstitous falsehood?
>
>Look, I got yelled at by an older fellow on a bike a couple weeks ago, and
>by the looks of his gear I assumed he's been in the saddle a number of
>years--I turned into the alley to get to my garage [in a car of course]
>and he was riding on the wrong side of the road and had just turned onto
>the street we were sharing. He wiped out pretty hard from his brakes
>seizing, but no major damage was done. There was no way I could have seen
>him because of his behaviour and an inch more and I would have perhaps
>killed the guy. He layed into me with this anti-motorist rant, not knowing
>that I cycle many more miles than I drive per year--I responded that this
>ain't Britain and if he continues to break the law in such fashion I won't
>have any sympathy if I kill him next time. Such is the law of Darwin.

So much for making friends with the dogs...er wrong thread.

Bet he'd like you if he knew you though. ;-)

-B

06-21-2004, 12:17 PM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:17:16 GMT, maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:07:45 -0700, Bill wrote:
>
>> It has kept me alive and unhit since I started doing it
>
>Are you sure it wasn't wearing the same underwear everyday or some other
>superstitous falsehood?
>
>Look, I got yelled at by an older fellow on a bike a couple weeks ago, and
>by the looks of his gear I assumed he's been in the saddle a number of
>years--I turned into the alley to get to my garage [in a car of course]
>and he was riding on the wrong side of the road and had just turned onto
>the street we were sharing. He wiped out pretty hard from his brakes
>seizing, but no major damage was done. There was no way I could have seen
>him because of his behaviour and an inch more and I would have perhaps
>killed the guy. He layed into me with this anti-motorist rant, not knowing
>that I cycle many more miles than I drive per year--I responded that this
>ain't Britain and if he continues to break the law in such fashion I won't
>have any sympathy if I kill him next time. Such is the law of Darwin.

So much for making friends with the dogs...er wrong thread.

Bet he'd like you if he knew you though. ;-)

-B

06-21-2004, 12:17 PM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:17:16 GMT, maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:07:45 -0700, Bill wrote:
>
>> It has kept me alive and unhit since I started doing it
>
>Are you sure it wasn't wearing the same underwear everyday or some other
>superstitous falsehood?
>
>Look, I got yelled at by an older fellow on a bike a couple weeks ago, and
>by the looks of his gear I assumed he's been in the saddle a number of
>years--I turned into the alley to get to my garage [in a car of course]
>and he was riding on the wrong side of the road and had just turned onto
>the street we were sharing. He wiped out pretty hard from his brakes
>seizing, but no major damage was done. There was no way I could have seen
>him because of his behaviour and an inch more and I would have perhaps
>killed the guy. He layed into me with this anti-motorist rant, not knowing
>that I cycle many more miles than I drive per year--I responded that this
>ain't Britain and if he continues to break the law in such fashion I won't
>have any sympathy if I kill him next time. Such is the law of Darwin.

So much for making friends with the dogs...er wrong thread.

Bet he'd like you if he knew you though. ;-)

-B

06-21-2004, 12:17 PM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:17:16 GMT, maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:07:45 -0700, Bill wrote:
>
>> It has kept me alive and unhit since I started doing it
>
>Are you sure it wasn't wearing the same underwear everyday or some other
>superstitous falsehood?
>
>Look, I got yelled at by an older fellow on a bike a couple weeks ago, and
>by the looks of his gear I assumed he's been in the saddle a number of
>years--I turned into the alley to get to my garage [in a car of course]
>and he was riding on the wrong side of the road and had just turned onto
>the street we were sharing. He wiped out pretty hard from his brakes
>seizing, but no major damage was done. There was no way I could have seen
>him because of his behaviour and an inch more and I would have perhaps
>killed the guy. He layed into me with this anti-motorist rant, not knowing
>that I cycle many more miles than I drive per year--I responded that this
>ain't Britain and if he continues to break the law in such fashion I won't
>have any sympathy if I kill him next time. Such is the law of Darwin.

So much for making friends with the dogs...er wrong thread.

Bet he'd like you if he knew you though. ;-)

-B

06-21-2004, 02:01 PM

> >
> >> This sounds like a good case for riding on the wrong side of the road.

This is why it is called THE WRONG SIDE of the road.

It's W-R-O-N-G. and you know it.

Pat in TX

06-21-2004, 02:01 PM

> >
> >> This sounds like a good case for riding on the wrong side of the road.

This is why it is called THE WRONG SIDE of the road.

It's W-R-O-N-G. and you know it.

Pat in TX

06-21-2004, 02:01 PM

> >
> >> This sounds like a good case for riding on the wrong side of the road.

This is why it is called THE WRONG SIDE of the road.

It's W-R-O-N-G. and you know it.

Pat in TX

06-21-2004, 02:01 PM

> >
> >> This sounds like a good case for riding on the wrong side of the road.

This is why it is called THE WRONG SIDE of the road.

It's W-R-O-N-G. and you know it.

Pat in TX