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Author: Bob MyersBob Myers Date: Apr 25, 2008 22:54
"P. Roehling" uh-uh.edu> wrote in message
news:4811033d$0$12950$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
[much scary stuff deleted]
Jeeze...this must be the week for cager idiocy (or at least more
than usual). I haven't had anything that bad, but did witness
some notable stunts along similar lines (and in one case, gave
fervent thanks to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that I was in the
pickup and not on the bike at the time), and....well....sheeeet.
Seconds re the "glad to hear you're OK" sentiments.
Bob M.
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Author: Susan (CobbersMom)Susan (CobbersMom) Date: Apr 25, 2008 23:50
<<"Susan \(CobbersMom\)" >
wrote:> A crow has seven pinion feathers at the ends of his wings and a
raven has> eight. Therefore the difference between a crow and a raven is a
matter of a> pinion.>>
<"Nameless 1" <> wrote in message
Rather than count the pinion feathers on either bird's wing, just lookat the
shape of its head. The crow's head is low and sloping, but the
raven's head has a high rounded dome, inferring that there is a much larger
brain in its skull.>
It's a play on words - matter of a pinion....
< When identifying crows and ravens, you cannot go by relative size, there
are some crows that are as big as a raven.>
That information will come in handy as I plan my dinner party this weekend.
I'd hate to serve crow when the guests are expecting raven.
Sue
Minocqua, WI
Yamaha '00 VStar 650
'04 TW200 (mud = fun)
Kawasaki '95 Vulcan 1500 V#15937
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Author: Sean_Q_Sean_Q_ Date: Apr 26, 2008 03:26
Nameless 1 wrote:
> Rather than count the pinion feathers on either bird's wing, just look
> at the shape of its head...
If you can get close enough to count the pinions, or examine the head
structure it's probably a crow. Ravens are more cautious around humans
and tend to keep their distance; crows are bold and saucy and like
to get in your face (and loot your Glad bags on garbage day).
SQ
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Author: S'meeS'mee Date: Apr 27, 2008 23:29
On Apr 24, 4:01 pm, "P. Roehling" uh-uh.edu> wrote:
SNIP
IF those were what you call pucker factors quit riding. You are too
much a panywaist to be riding.
> Some days you should just walk.
Yes you should. Me I've yet to get a pucker and I've been on the road
for 30years. THE closest I've come was when some assclown tried to
murder me when I was on a Jawa Trail 90. I just dodged the moron...
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Author: Ben KaufmanBen Kaufman Date: Apr 28, 2008 01:49
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:01:29 -0700, "P. Roehling" uh-uh.edu> wrote:
>Just got back from a quick trip to visit a buddy who had his innards
>rearranged by the V.A.'s finest surgeons last week, and who needed some
>company.
>
>As I entered I-10 westbound, I noticed an old...
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Author: Nameless 1Nameless 1 Date: Apr 28, 2008 01:54
On Apr 27, 2:29�pm, "S'mee" hotmail.com> wrote:
> IF those were what you call pucker factors quit riding. You are too
> much a panywaist to be riding.
I don't care whether Pete quits riding or not, but it would be nice if
his computer would blow up or something, so he'd quit posting...
> So realisticly... No puckers. Riding has never been a fearful thing
> for me. Unlike some people.
Yabbot, you're *special*.
As in "special education" and "riding the short bus"...
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Author: P. RoehlingP. Roehling Date: Apr 28, 2008 04:19
"S'mee" hotmail.com> wrote
>> Some days you should just walk.
> Yes you should. Me I've yet to get a pucker and I've been on the road
for 30years.
Gee, I don't suppose the differences in our locations and pure chance might
have something to do with that?
Nah! It's no doubt my fault that some doofus on the freeway failed to tie
down his cargo. Likewise it was *obviously* my fault that a driver ahead of
me tried to pass on a blind corner.
And as for making the mistake of being in the wrong place at the wrong
time -while at a dead stop- and almost being collected by a crazy driver;
WELL! I don't know *how* I could have been so careless!
> So realisticly... No puckers. Riding has never been a fearful thing
for me. Unlike some people.
Sure. Your adrenal glands no doubt atrophied decades ago from sheer lack of
use, hero.
(BTW: Isn't it a little early in the day to be loaded?)
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Author: ~kurt~kurt Date: Apr 28, 2008 06:08
S'mee hotmail.com> wrote:>
> same line as someone else. (Hi Pechhammer!) grounded the right side
> crash bar which lofted the rear wheel a couple inches, countersteered
Ah, one of those bikes....
> it wasn't no dramatics, no real scare and I bullied every cager out of
> my way so I could take the 56th street exit in Tacoma (northbound
> lane)
I'm sure the cagers' all felt like they had been pushed around.
>
> So realisticly... No puckers. Riding has never been a fearful thing
> for me. Unlike some people.
If bikes don't scare you, then I don't think you fully appreciate just
what they can do to you. They scare the hell out of me, but I still love
riding them. What is more respectable - the person who fears what can happen
to them on a bike, yet still can't stop riding, or the one who is oblivious to
it, and continues to just lumber around not knowing any better?
- Kurt
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Author: barbbarb Date: Apr 28, 2008 17:30
P. Roehling wrote:
> Just got back from a quick trip to visit a buddy who had his innards
> rearranged by the V.A.'s finest surgeons last week, and who needed some
> company.
>
> As I entered I-10 westbound, I noticed an old red pickup go past in the slow
> lane with a large innerspring and mattress taking up the entire bed of the
> truck. Sure enough, just as I thought to myself "The dumb fuck didn't tie it
> down!", the mattress caught the slipstream and went airborne, coming down
> one lane to the left and draping itself across the hood and windshield of a
> small blue sedan whose driver jerked his wheel to the left; promptly
> impacted the center divider, and then rebounded into the side of another
> pickup truck.
>
> I slowed down fast, pulled all the way to the right edge of the onramp, and
> was prepared to climb the unpaved verge if anything had ricocheted in my
> direction, but the carnage remained to my left and I accelerated the heck
> out of there watching tire smoke and zig-zagging cars in my mirrors.
>
> Whew! ...
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