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Old 03-21-10 | 07:43 AM
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Please join us for a Critical Mass in St Petersburg FL Thursday March 26 at 8am Northshore pool downtown. This will not be a long ride we will make a loop downtown and back to the pool.
Just trying to let the public know how many we are and that it should be safe for us too.
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it should be safe for us too.
who is the them it is safe for?
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Old 03-22-10 | 05:57 AM
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who is the them it is safe for?
The bicyclest,
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Old 03-22-10 | 09:48 PM
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Just trying to let the public know how many we are and that it should be safe for us too.

We, me, us, them, those.
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The bicyclest,
Good to see the level of intelligence that's organizing this mob.
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Originally Posted by lmethot
Please join us for a Critical Mass in St Petersburg FL Thursday March 26 at 8am Northshore pool downtown. This will not be a long ride we will make a loop downtown and back to the pool.
Just trying to let the public know how many we are and that it should be safe for us too.
Is this "early" morning ride to replace the one normally scheduled for Friday 26 March 2010 at 1730 leaving from Williams Park in Downtown St. Pete?

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lmethot - a couple of pointers:

#1. Despite the fact this is the A&S forum, proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar is - ironically enough - often used and highly advised.
#2. A&S is not CM-friendly.
#3. Therefore, following the lead from #1 and #2, don't post in A&S about upcoming CM events using chatspeak.

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lmethot - a couple of pointers:

#1. Despite the fact this is the A&S forum, proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar is - ironically enough - often used and highly advised.
#2. A&S is not CM-friendly.
#3. Therefore, following the lead from #1 and #2, don't post in A&S about upcoming CM events using chatspeak.

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The bicyclest,
Who is the 'we' and the 'us'?
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Bite the wax Critical Mass tadpole. It's simple.

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Oh, to the contrary, dear sirs: a loosely assembled cluster of cyclists enjoying an exuberant, spontaneous evening ride on the public thoroughfares is quite refreshing, and an aspect of the sport of safety bicycling everyone should strive to participate in as often as providence allows.
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Originally Posted by cudak888
lmethot - a couple of pointers:

#1. Despite the fact this is the A&S forum, proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar is - ironically enough - often used and highly advised.
#2. A&S is not CM-friendly.
#3. Therefore, following the lead from #1 and #2, don't post in A&S about upcoming CM events using chatspeak.

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Each of the sentences above is incorrect. Were you going for the irony?
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Each of the sentences above is incorrect. Were you going for the irony?
I think he was going more for middle school cliquishness.
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Old 03-23-10 | 10:40 PM
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You could show me that picture a hundred times and I would still have no idea who it is or why it's relevant to this lame discussion. So I guess I'm not one of the kewl kidz.
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Originally Posted by cudak888
#2. A&S is [often] not friendly [about anything].
Fixed #2 for you. It's hardly specific to CM ...
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So I guess I'm not one of the kewl kidz.
Ah, but now you have taken the first step along the path to becoming one!
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I was going to join this ride in Atl last month. Afterward, there is a story on the news about a group of ******bag cyclists taking some agression out on a group of non cyclists (I can't recall if they were drivers or peds) and getting the police involved. I am all for some activism, and have no idea if the offending group of cyclists were actually there for the event, or just to cause trouble...but the end result was turning me off to the whole thing. I will not be attending any of the upcoming rides, just due to not wanting to get caught up in something like that. Talking to a friend who live in Atl and attends regularly, says this is a common occurance for these rides here in Atl.
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Oh, to the contrary, dear sirs: a loosely assembled cluster of cyclists enjoying an exuberant, spontaneous evening ride on the public thoroughfares is quite refreshing, and an aspect of the sport of safety bicycling everyone should strive to participate in as often as providence allows.
CM has nothing to do with safety or true advocacy....it is a bunch of self centered cyclists flaunting the law (why have corkers to illegally block lanes of traffic). It is not safe and it is the epitome of anti advocacy, in that it puts cyclists in nothing but a negative light.
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Originally Posted by Roody
You could show me that picture a hundred times and I would still have no idea who it is or why it's relevant to this lame discussion.
Precisely. That photo is as pertinent to this thread as CM is to A&S.



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