JD's Trek Posts

BB

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:53:59 -0700, Penny S wrote:
> BB wrote: (some way off-topic crap about trebuchets)

> There are lots of cool web site out there dedicated to building these
> things!!

No kidding! There were probably a dozen at least. Hers is nearly a
duplicate of one she saw on a website - 12" tall and fires a ball 33 feet
with high accuracy!

How did we EVER get by when we were kids?!?!

--
-BB-
To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)

Dan Volker

"Penny S" <pennysinvalid@cetinvalid.com> wrote in message
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> Dan Volker wrote:
> > "G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
> There is a dominant posting presence on this
> > NG from people who either are fanatical SSers, or who are buddies of
> > these guys, and so they enjoy playing the same posting game.
> > Dan V
>
>
> cool Dan... care to show us the statiscal breakdown on that? Do you have a
> breakdown by topic or poster, and did you use a percentile basis,
> estimation, or are you manually tallying everything.
>
> this I gotta see.
>
> penny
>

Great Penney, I suppose if you went to dinner with 8 people, you'd enter the
evening's discussion threads into an excel sheet, and create statistical
models of each person????

Dan V

MattB

BB wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:21:05 -0600, MattB wrote:
>
>> I sure do like to ride. Had a fine SS outing last night despite cold
>> and wind. Good stuff!
>
> Uh-oh, he said the "S" word. ;-)
>

Whoops! I guess it slipped out. Well, to make up for it I'll point out that
I rode my geared FS twice last week. I'd like to think I'd don't fit very
neatly into any of the stereotypes presented here. All the resta' y'all do
though! Every one! (well, except for some).

> I nearly had a fine outing despite cold and wind. Ended up spending
> all evening helping my daughter with a school project - couldn't
> resist, it was a trebuchet! I let her do all the design work, making
> me mostly a laborer, but it was still fun just doing things together.
>

Cool. I'm looking forward to making stuff like that with my boy.

>> Matt (although sometimes, like a black hole I get sucked in no
>> matter how hard I try to resist)
>
> I know, I know.

Maybe we should just try to hijack all these threads and send them spiraling
into the abyss of talk about actual riding!
Oh the horror!

Matt (motivational problems at work today - I should be riding!)

Paladin

"Dan Volker" <dvolker@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<xJSec.10273$Yw5.7109@bignews4.bellsouth.net>...
> "bomba" <myarse247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> newsan.2004.04.13.14.08.38.856616@hotmail.com...
> > On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:23:25 -0400, Dan Volker wrote:





> But of course, if JD was on a SS at Quiet Waters, I would also enjoy having to
> wait for him to catch up every 5 minutes or so :-)
>
> Dan V


You've got a great imagination, but I suppose stranger things may have happened.

paladin

P e t e F a g e r l i n

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:16:02 -0400, "Dan Volker"
<dvolker@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>
>"Penny S" <pennysinvalid@cetinvalid.com> wrote in message
>news:107o6bnoles7j97@corp.supernews.com...
>> Dan Volker wrote:
>> > "G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
>> There is a dominant posting presence on this
>> > NG from people who either are fanatical SSers, or who are buddies of
>> > these guys, and so they enjoy playing the same posting game.
>> > Dan V
>>
>>
>> cool Dan... care to show us the statiscal breakdown on that? Do you have a
>> breakdown by topic or poster, and did you use a percentile basis,
>> estimation, or are you manually tallying everything.
>>
>> this I gotta see.
>>
>> penny
>>
>
>Great Penney, I suppose if you went to dinner with 8 people, you'd enter the
>evening's discussion threads into an excel sheet, and create statistical
>models of each person????


Nice dodge cluewbie.

Perhaps if you truly thought about the answer, you would realize how
utterly foolish your claims are.

I doubt you'll do that though. The thinking part that is.

kantspel

Dan Volker wrote:
> "Penny S" <pennysinvalid@cetinvalid.com> wrote in message
> news:107o6bnoles7j97@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>Dan Volker wrote:
>>
>>>"G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
>>
>> There is a dominant posting presence on this
>>
>>>NG from people who either are fanatical SSers, or who are buddies of
>>>these guys, and so they enjoy playing the same posting game.
>>>Dan V
>>
>>
>>cool Dan... care to show us the statiscal breakdown on that? Do you have a
>>breakdown by topic or poster, and did you use a percentile basis,
>>estimation, or are you manually tallying everything.
>>
>>this I gotta see.
>>
>>penny
>>
>
>
> Great Penney, I suppose if you went to dinner with 8 people, you'd enter the
> evening's discussion threads into an excel sheet, and create statistical
> models of each person????
>
> Dan V
>

can't...stop...laughing...
Dude, are you capable of carrying on a normal conversation? Every time
you open your mouth (keyboard, whatever) you flare up and get pushed
into a corner. Please, never go away, your threads are a blast to read.

Your quickly becoming my favorite poster.

Stephen Baker

Dan V says:

> There is a dominant posting presence on this NG from
>people who either are fanatical SSers,

Not really - just Bill...

> or who are buddies of these guys,

Yeah - kinda.

> and
>so they enjoy playing the same posting game.

Y'know, Danny boy, if you don't like the grouip as it is, you are welcome to
leave - just don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Steve "Buh-Bye...."

TBF

"Dan Volker" <dvolker@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>
> "G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
> news:EgEec.21868$Oy.11081@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> > TBF wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Everyone wants to be the man in their own hood. Alt.MTB is obviously
his
> > > thing, but it's you groupies that make me laugh. Your so eager to kiss
> his
> > > ass that your probably staking out the bathrooms in his town.
> > >
> >
> > You and Dan still don't get it. It has absofuckinlutely nothing to do
> with
> > JD. It has everything to do with heaping grief on 2 completely fucking
> > pompous cockheads like you and Dan V.
> >
> > Greg
>
> Greg, pull your nose out of the pubic hairs in JD's asshole. You don't
even
> know what the real argument has been about, even though you have been
> chiming in from the start. Aside from the backslapping among you and the
> other circle jerkers, the dispute has little to do with good mountain
> biking....the dispute is much more about two views of the sport. There is
> the SS group, that thinks REAL MOUNTAINBIKING is about simplifying,
> lightening, spending less, and somehow getting back to basics ( and of
> course, forgetting that hiking would be the ultimate extension of
> this)....and there is another group of mountain bikers, that is always
> looking for the Magic Carpet ride...they want the technological marvel
that
> will allow them to do more, easier. If someone in this category was given
a
> rigid SS bike to ride, they would feel that they were being robbed of a
huge
> part of the experience of mountain biking---the feeling that they had all
> these technological solutions, all dialed in just for them, each
> contributing perfectly to the ideal performance for a thrilling ride on a
> good trail.
> The people who resemble either of these two the most, don't think THE
SPORT
> OF MOUNTAIN BIKING should be enjoyed any other way than their approach.
> Both groups forget that we are all doing this for the thrill and for the
> outdoor adventure... They are really arguing about who knows how to have
> fun, and this is a pretty stupid thing to argue about. I've been pretty
stu
> pid in that I've allowed myself to be sucked in to such a ridiculous
> argument, by people so far away that settling the argument is a huge, long
> distance ordeal. Such a ridiculous argument could only be created in a
> place like the Internet, and there is no guarantee it can be settled with
> some kind of "group get-together" .... you still have the two conflicting
> ideas of what fun is, even after all the fitness and skill posturing get
> sorted out in a group ride.
>
> Dan V
>
>

So how about that Victoria's Secrets thing huh....yeesh

Who cares what a handful of people think? At the end of the day I ride
because I love being outdoors. Whether it's in the woods hiking, climbing or
the motorcycle on a nice stretch of country road doing 160, it's all good to
me.

When I had my roadster, there were people who constantly fought about
everything under the sun...biggest pipes, better engine, nicest rims,
yadayadayada. Now that I sold the car and bought a motorcycle, same thing
every Friday night, bunch of people and a pissing contest over who rocks...

I really just like reading about the rides ya'll go on and seeing the odd
pictures of singletrack back home, I could care less what other people are
riding, as long as it's safe...we got fuck all in Canada, LOL, nah that's
not true but the USA rocks for MTB!

BTW: much as I think he's a jerk, somebody once told me something
outstanding about JD that didn't have anything to do with bikes. He can't be
all that bad if it was true.

So now back to the VC thing, we should start a petition to bring it back!!

BB

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:24:07 GMT, TBF wrote:

> I really just like reading about the rides ya'll go on and seeing the odd
> pictures of singletrack back home, I could care less what other people are
> riding, as long as it's safe.

Who says he doesn't get it?

> So now back to the VC thing, we should start a petition to bring it back!!

The Viet Cong?

--
-BB-
To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)

TBF

> The Viet Cong?
>


Sure if they look good in a two piece !

Dan Volker

"G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:cwYec.36585$4L6.20638@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com...
>>
> 2nd funniest thing I've read here today. You and Dan V are the two
biggest
> instigators of pissing contests because neither of you have a clue.
>
> Greg
>

Greg,
Now that its firmly established that you are the "one true keeper of the
clue" , do you mind if I check with you before posting anything? ;-)


Dan V

G.T.

TBF wrote:
> "Dan Volker" <dvolker@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:eRRec.24129$UC4.21610@bignews2.bellsouth.net...
>
>>"G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
>>news:EgEec.21868$Oy.11081@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
>>
>>>TBF wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Everyone wants to be the man in their own hood. Alt.MTB is obviously
>
> his
>
>>>>thing, but it's you groupies that make me laugh. Your so eager to kiss
>>
>>his
>>
>>>>ass that your probably staking out the bathrooms in his town.
>>>>
>>>
>>>You and Dan still don't get it. It has absofuckinlutely nothing to do
>>
>>with
>>
>>>JD. It has everything to do with heaping grief on 2 completely fucking
>>>pompous cockheads like you and Dan V.
>>>
>>>Greg
>>
>>Greg, pull your nose out of the pubic hairs in JD's asshole. You don't
>
> even
>
>>know what the real argument has been about, even though you have been
>>chiming in from the start. Aside from the backslapping among you and the
>>other circle jerkers, the dispute has little to do with good mountain
>>biking....the dispute is much more about two views of the sport. There is
>>the SS group, that thinks REAL MOUNTAINBIKING is about simplifying,
>>lightening, spending less, and somehow getting back to basics ( and of
>>course, forgetting that hiking would be the ultimate extension of
>>this)....and there is another group of mountain bikers, that is always
>>looking for the Magic Carpet ride...they want the technological marvel
>
> that
>
>>will allow them to do more, easier. If someone in this category was given
>
> a
>
>>rigid SS bike to ride, they would feel that they were being robbed of a
>
> huge
>
>>part of the experience of mountain biking---the feeling that they had all
>>these technological solutions, all dialed in just for them, each
>>contributing perfectly to the ideal performance for a thrilling ride on a
>>good trail.
>>The people who resemble either of these two the most, don't think THE
>
> SPORT
>
>>OF MOUNTAIN BIKING should be enjoyed any other way than their approach.
>>Both groups forget that we are all doing this for the thrill and for the
>>outdoor adventure... They are really arguing about who knows how to have
>>fun, and this is a pretty stupid thing to argue about. I've been pretty
>
> stu
>
>>pid in that I've allowed myself to be sucked in to such a ridiculous
>>argument, by people so far away that settling the argument is a huge, long
>>distance ordeal. Such a ridiculous argument could only be created in a
>>place like the Internet, and there is no guarantee it can be settled with
>>some kind of "group get-together" .... you still have the two conflicting
>>ideas of what fun is, even after all the fitness and skill posturing get
>>sorted out in a group ride.
>>
>>Dan V
>>
>>
>
>
> So how about that Victoria's Secrets thing huh....yeesh
>
> Who cares what a handful of people think? At the end of the day I ride
> because I love being outdoors. Whether it's in the woods hiking, climbing or
> the motorcycle on a nice stretch of country road doing 160, it's all good to
> me.
>
> When I had my roadster, there were people who constantly fought about
> everything under the sun...biggest pipes, better engine, nicest rims,
> yadayadayada. Now that I sold the car and bought a motorcycle, same thing
> every Friday night, bunch of people and a pissing contest over who rocks...
>
>

2nd funniest thing I've read here today. You and Dan V are the two biggest
instigators of pissing contests because neither of you have a clue.

Greg

JD

"Dan Volker" <dvolker@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<xJSec.10273$Yw5.7109@bignews4.bellsouth.net>...
> No matter how much of a challenge I may
> have aimed at JD, when I do get the chance to ride with him, I am going to
> be planning on a fun trip, and I'm going to expect him to be alot more
> enjoyable to ride with in real life, than to talk to on the NG.

You don't get it at all, Vo2lker. Your one chance to put up or shut
up has been presented. If you have any marbles at all in your pants,
you'll be in Lake City on the date at the time I previously stated.
Anyone who has read this newsgroup for any amount of time knows that I
vehemently oppose amateur racing on public lands, but am making this
one exception for you to prove your mettle. As far as getting
together for a friendly ride with you, ask a snowball how much chance
they'll have in Hell. About as much chance as anyone from the Western
US taking a mountain biking vacation in Florida.

JD

Dan Volker

"JD" <dij@usafcct.com> wrote in message
news:ebf270c9.0404131304.14e964e0@posting.google.com...
> "Dan Volker" <dvolker@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:<xJSec.10273$Yw5.7109@bignews4.bellsouth.net>...
> > No matter how much of a challenge I may
> > have aimed at JD, when I do get the chance to ride with him, I am going
to
> > be planning on a fun trip, and I'm going to expect him to be alot more
> > enjoyable to ride with in real life, than to talk to on the NG.
>
> You don't get it at all, Vo2lker. Your one chance to put up or shut
> up has been presented. If you have any marbles at all in your pants,
> you'll be in Lake City on the date at the time I previously stated.
> Anyone who has read this newsgroup for any amount of time knows that I
> vehemently oppose amateur racing on public lands, but am making this
> one exception for you to prove your mettle. As far as getting
> together for a friendly ride with you, ask a snowball how much chance
> they'll have in Hell. About as much chance as anyone from the Western
> US taking a mountain biking vacation in Florida.
>
> JD

That's very cool JD. Lets ignore the big expense and the huge block of time
this trip will require. I suppose I should quit my job so that I can make it
to your Lake City ride at a date and time you just pulled out of a hat or
something ?
Most people have to take vacation weeks at planned times within the year,
and can't just leave at the drop of a hat.
If you wanted to weigh in, you would find the time in the fall for this, and
make the exception. Its your back yard, your altitude, pretty much all your
advantage. And now it can only be at one single time of your choosing?
Not very big of you....

Dan V