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01-22-08, 12:30 PM
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The best part of this "not anonymous" blog rant is the potential future repercussions. If this person is ever involved in an incident with a cyclist a civil litigator or prosecutor will have a field day. This blogger's words may one day come back and bite them on the ass.
01-22-08, 12:36 PM
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extra bitter
For me, that's the hardest thing about reading the blog. This self-described "writer at heart" seems content bypassing the brain. Leaving aside the content of the argument, it's totally disconnected and redundant. And what is a "protocal?" For that matter, how exactly would comments "phase" people? Do they alter biorhythms?
01-22-08, 12:39 PM
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I didn't explain it very well. There was a bike lane and some of the group were riding in the "car lane" as she called it. If they were all in the bike lane she could have gone right by them. Since the road was curvy with a double yellow center stripe, she couldn't pass safely.
Now I don't know that it meant she had to sit behind these guys for miles or just until the road straightened out 1/4 mile later.
Now I don't know that it meant she had to sit behind these guys for miles or just until the road straightened out 1/4 mile later.
Even my wife believes that a bike has the right to be in the road "as long as they're going the speed of traffic" -- and will explain that they shouldn't be holding up traffic. It pisses me off to no end.
01-22-08, 12:43 PM
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The best part of this "not anonymous" blog rant is the potential future repercussions. If this person is ever involved in an incident with a cyclist a civil litigator or prosecutor will have a field day. This blogger's words may one day come back and bite them on the ass.
She's just ranting for her friends anyway - and doesn't seem to have a thought in her head that wasn't placed there by the pop culture advertising machine.
01-22-08, 12:53 PM
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Today's youth live in a culture of entitlement. The world revolves around their wants and desires, without any consideration for others.
01-22-08, 01:03 PM
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I was making a generic comment related to the bulk of the complaints I hear, not this specific incident.
Even my wife believes that a bike has the right to be in the road "as long as they're going the speed of traffic" -- and will explain that they shouldn't be holding up traffic. It pisses me off to no end.
Even my wife believes that a bike has the right to be in the road "as long as they're going the speed of traffic" -- and will explain that they shouldn't be holding up traffic. It pisses me off to no end.
It's a common view, and one that even I can slip into while I'm driving. I have no problem with a slow moving bike taking the lane, - as long it's me and I don't have to drive behind myself.
01-22-08, 01:46 PM
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C'mon guys, take it easy on her....she's getting married in May for pete's sake!
Seriously, I 'hate' it when people like her get their shorts up in a bunch and lump us all together with those groups that do ride like that....bunches of cyclists taking up a lane and just chatting and not paying attention to what's behind them....well, I'm thinkin' that would enrage just about anybody....
Personally, when I'm approaching a group of cyclists while in my car, I'll bump the horn a couple of times just to let them know I'm there and then when I see them start to single or double file, I'll make a safe pass on the left....usually waving at them when I go by.....hopefully they see my cycling friendly bumper stickers on my pickup truck and notice the 3-bike bike rack in the bed.
....if they make no attempt to move over, I'll follow behind them , accelerating slightly, bumping them off the road, one by one.....
Seriously, I 'hate' it when people like her get their shorts up in a bunch and lump us all together with those groups that do ride like that....bunches of cyclists taking up a lane and just chatting and not paying attention to what's behind them....well, I'm thinkin' that would enrage just about anybody....
Personally, when I'm approaching a group of cyclists while in my car, I'll bump the horn a couple of times just to let them know I'm there and then when I see them start to single or double file, I'll make a safe pass on the left....usually waving at them when I go by.....hopefully they see my cycling friendly bumper stickers on my pickup truck and notice the 3-bike bike rack in the bed.
....if they make no attempt to move over, I'll follow behind them , accelerating slightly, bumping them off the road, one by one.....
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01-22-08, 07:11 PM
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01-22-08, 07:47 PM
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01-22-08, 08:06 PM
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Guys i have found a blog with a post that someone thinks cyclists should be run over, hated etc etc
https://ajafern.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/i-hate-bicyclists/#comment-610
i have commented it would be nice if we can hit it with as many comments as possible to maybe show her the errors of her ways
thanks
https://ajafern.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/i-hate-bicyclists/#comment-610
i have commented it would be nice if we can hit it with as many comments as possible to maybe show her the errors of her ways
thanks
01-22-08, 09:03 PM
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Like, OMG, I remember being 21 and hating the world too!
How totally rude for them not realizing it's about me. Me!
Do you believe the nerve?!?!?!
How totally rude for them not realizing it's about me. Me!
Do you believe the nerve?!?!?!
01-22-08, 09:12 PM
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A&S on the other hand... That would be a barrel of laughs. Oooo I have an evil idea, lets post it there and enjoy the bickering. 
01-22-08, 10:36 PM
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Humbled on to the stage,
writting in forzen lines,
taking blogs by the dogs.
Reaching for the some gears,
making news on the humble pie.
Mixed up on the wrong ice,
Cream left with the winnings.
Left you holding the humbled world.
that left ahead of your rule.
bump
writting in forzen lines,
taking blogs by the dogs.
Reaching for the some gears,
making news on the humble pie.
Mixed up on the wrong ice,
Cream left with the winnings.
Left you holding the humbled world.
that left ahead of your rule.
bump
01-23-08, 07:52 AM
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Sounds to me that she really needs a good, hard ********...
"I believe the children are our future..." Lord help us if it's true...
"I believe the children are our future..." Lord help us if it's true...
01-23-08, 02:05 PM
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Looks like both posts are gone. I get 404's on both of them. At any rate, if that's her, she's HOT!
(Insert joke about "hitting")
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01-23-08, 02:13 PM
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My blog is far from being anonymous. Keep the comments comming. They WILL be approved for the world to see...they WON'T phase me, change what I wrote, affect your daily lives (aside from you taking the time to visit my blog, read the blog, let the "idiot" offend you, leave a comment, etc.), or the fact that in my OPINION, some bike laws should be changed.
Thanks for playing. Try again next week.
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01-23-08, 02:52 PM
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Cached version of the original post. Oddly enough, google doesn;'t have the second post cached.
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01-23-08, 03:53 PM
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She's the type who would say it when they're scraping you off her hood ..."I didn't see him!"
01-23-08, 04:00 PM
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from the blog:
"I'm Aja. I'm 21.
Welcome to the Totally Dedicated Blog. Here you will find anything from movie reviews, in depth philosophical theories, creative writing, and everyday rants"
whew. you go girl. go find someone who gives a tiny little raisin
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Welcome to the Totally Dedicated Blog. Here you will find anything from movie reviews, in depth philosophical theories, creative writing, and everyday rants"
whew. you go girl. go find someone who gives a tiny little raisin
01-23-08, 04:55 PM
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While you need a micrometer caliper to measure it, even a puddle has depth... And I've got to admit, her spelling counts as 'creative'.
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01-24-08, 01:11 PM
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For what it's worth, she has now deleted her blog posts as well as all the responses, which she specifically solicited in this thread. Apparently the *****storm was a bit too much for her after all, and I hope against hope that she'll take something constructive from the experience.
01-24-08, 07:46 PM
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not only has she deleted her posts which as mentioned she claimed she would never do, the comments that people were leaving on her humble post have also now been deleted..... this girl really is a joke
01-24-08, 08:00 PM
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