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15-06.-2008, 07:03 AM
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Re: Cycling not particularly dangerous
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:14:08 -0500, in rec.bicycles.tech "Edward
Dolan" <edolan@iw.net> wrote: >My home base is ARBR. I only post to the other cycling newsgroups because >they are intellectually deprived. Moreover, most of what I have to say is of >universal interest. And so... are you "the troll" hereabouts? Are you any good? I always like meeting a fellow Usenet troll. So... say something profound, please. What is the meaning of life? You know... something of "universal interest". Jones... who seeks only wisdom and enlightenment... and who trolls a little on the side when he gets time. |
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16-06.-2008, 11:55 PM
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Edward Dolan, Kinky Gay 3some Wild Oral & Asshole Fuck
Edward Dolan, thou second-rate ordinary fool, sit there, the lyingest
knave in Christendom, ye dirged in news:K6mdnXrDqKVk58vVnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@prairiewave.com: > Over-decorated bull-nurse with lethargic little dutch boy, distended > low-hangers, and pummelling gooseberry-grinder hungers for suffering > prince charming for harrowing interspecies sex. > > Email me at mailto:edolan@iw.net. Privacy and discretion assured. |
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16-06.-2008, 11:56 PM
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Green poo
Edward Dolan, thou bloodsucking living murmurer, we may account thee a
whoremaster and knave, ye honked in news:K6mdnXrDqKVk58vVnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@prairiewave.com: > Yes, damnit. And it's contageous. |
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29-06.-2008, 12:55 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> I am ready to do battle with two bus companies; my public city bus > system and a local school bus company. A frequent example of their > disrespect for cyclists involves a maneuver where the bus speeds up > approaching an intersection and the makes a right across the path of > the cyclist (me in this case)! It drives me nuts! The attitude of > the driver is clear. Get out of my way or be crushed! Around here, one of the requirements for hiring school bus drivers is that the applicant must be a cretin. City bus drivers may be more intelligent, but must suffer from either borderline or anti-social personality disorder (per DSM IV). -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 12:55 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> I am ready to do battle with two bus companies; my public city bus > system and a local school bus company. A frequent example of their > disrespect for cyclists involves a maneuver where the bus speeds up > approaching an intersection and the makes a right across the path of > the cyclist (me in this case)! It drives me nuts! The attitude of > the driver is clear. Get out of my way or be crushed! Around here, one of the requirements for hiring school bus drivers is that the applicant must be a cretin. City bus drivers may be more intelligent, but must suffer from either borderline or anti-social personality disorder (per DSM IV). -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 12:55 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> I am ready to do battle with two bus companies; my public city bus > system and a local school bus company. A frequent example of their > disrespect for cyclists involves a maneuver where the bus speeds up > approaching an intersection and the makes a right across the path of > the cyclist (me in this case)! It drives me nuts! The attitude of > the driver is clear. Get out of my way or be crushed! Around here, one of the requirements for hiring school bus drivers is that the applicant must be a cretin. City bus drivers may be more intelligent, but must suffer from either borderline or anti-social personality disorder (per DSM IV). -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 12:57 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> On May 22, 5:25 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote: > >> All that matters when you are cycling is your own safety. Anything else is >> secondary by far. Get the hell out of the way of motor vehicles. They do not >> want you on the road in the first instance and when they run over you, they >> will say they did not see you and get off scot free. > > Ed, there's no better point to make than that one. Anticipate. No > from experience what's going to happen and get OUT of the way! After > that, I would still love to get the driver out of the bus and have a > pleasant, civil, discussion with him. Yeah right... Pleasant and > civil. Ha. A couple of blocks from where I used to work, someone got on a city bus and started whaling on the driver. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 12:57 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> On May 22, 5:25 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote: > >> All that matters when you are cycling is your own safety. Anything else is >> secondary by far. Get the hell out of the way of motor vehicles. They do not >> want you on the road in the first instance and when they run over you, they >> will say they did not see you and get off scot free. > > Ed, there's no better point to make than that one. Anticipate. No > from experience what's going to happen and get OUT of the way! After > that, I would still love to get the driver out of the bus and have a > pleasant, civil, discussion with him. Yeah right... Pleasant and > civil. Ha. A couple of blocks from where I used to work, someone got on a city bus and started whaling on the driver. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 12:57 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> On May 22, 5:25 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote: > >> All that matters when you are cycling is your own safety. Anything else is >> secondary by far. Get the hell out of the way of motor vehicles. They do not >> want you on the road in the first instance and when they run over you, they >> will say they did not see you and get off scot free. > > Ed, there's no better point to make than that one. Anticipate. No > from experience what's going to happen and get OUT of the way! After > that, I would still love to get the driver out of the bus and have a > pleasant, civil, discussion with him. Yeah right... Pleasant and > civil. Ha. A couple of blocks from where I used to work, someone got on a city bus and started whaling on the driver. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 01:00 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
wilson who? wrote:
> [...] What's wrong with getting out of > the way just before a large motorized heavy metal machine hits you when > you are on your bicycle protected by only a spandex racing bike outfit, > leather gloves, and a really cool styrofoam helmet?[...] butbutbut [1], foam bicycle hats prevent 85% of injuries to ALL body parts! Just ask Thompson, Rivara, Thompson.  [1] A gdanielsism. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 01:00 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
wilson who? wrote:
> [...] What's wrong with getting out of > the way just before a large motorized heavy metal machine hits you when > you are on your bicycle protected by only a spandex racing bike outfit, > leather gloves, and a really cool styrofoam helmet?[...] butbutbut [1], foam bicycle hats prevent 85% of injuries to ALL body parts! Just ask Thompson, Rivara, Thompson. [1] A gdanielsism. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 01:00 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
wilson who? wrote:
> [...] What's wrong with getting out of > the way just before a large motorized heavy metal machine hits you when > you are on your bicycle protected by only a spandex racing bike outfit, > leather gloves, and a really cool styrofoam helmet?[...] butbutbut [1], foam bicycle hats prevent 85% of injuries to ALL body parts! Just ask Thompson, Rivara, Thompson. [1] A gdanielsism. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 01:04 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
Jon Meinecke wrote:
> [...] > Rather, to reduce the likelihood of someone being between > that bus and a hard place in the future, I *have* suggested > > 1) educating public bus drivers about driving around cyclists > 2) escalating complaints concerning such drivers' behavior as > appropriate > 3) riding in a manner that improves visibility and promotes > safer interaction with motor vehicles > 4) Development of bicycle mounted RPG launchers. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 01:04 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
Jon Meinecke wrote:
> [...] > Rather, to reduce the likelihood of someone being between > that bus and a hard place in the future, I *have* suggested > > 1) educating public bus drivers about driving around cyclists > 2) escalating complaints concerning such drivers' behavior as > appropriate > 3) riding in a manner that improves visibility and promotes > safer interaction with motor vehicles > 4) Development of bicycle mounted RPG launchers. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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29-06.-2008, 01:04 AM
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Re: Regional and School Buses!
Jon Meinecke wrote:
> [...] > Rather, to reduce the likelihood of someone being between > that bus and a hard place in the future, I *have* suggested > > 1) educating public bus drivers about driving around cyclists > 2) escalating complaints concerning such drivers' behavior as > appropriate > 3) riding in a manner that improves visibility and promotes > safer interaction with motor vehicles > 4) Development of bicycle mounted RPG launchers. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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