Folding bikes "unsanitary"?
07-31-08, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by snafu21
I ate a $1 note once.
07-31-08, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by joose
This isn't a rant just on folding bikes owners, more that alot of the people i meet in life have lost the ability to see issues from the other's side and make compromises to live together better.
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07-31-08, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by snafu21
I ate a $1 note once.
That explains a few things then.........
07-31-08, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by snafu21
I ate a $1 note once.
07-31-08, 06:32 PM
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I would have been very happy to have the store manager's offer of an approved place to stow my bike while shopping. Most of the time in a store it would be best to just leave the bike somewhere near the doors. That way there's no question of what to do the next time and you won't have to lift the bike into and out of the shopping cart.
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07-31-08, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by striegel
I would have been very happy to have the store manager's offer of an approved place to stow my bike while shopping. Most of the time in a store it would be best to just leave the bike somewhere near the doors. That way there's no question of what to do the next time and you won't have to lift the bike into and out of the shopping cart.
Sometimes I don't do the shopping on my R20, but on our tandem with the BoB trailer attached....it takes a hell of a lot of dismantling to fit that outfit into a shopping trolley...and the stares I get from nosey customers......
07-31-08, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by makeinu
...is that what you aussies feed your young? 
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07-31-08, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Sianelle
Worms too, and snails - Yum
We won't even mention what Kiwis feed their offspring......
07-31-08, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by stevegor
We won't even mention what Kiwis feed their offspring......
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07-31-08, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by stevegor
At last...somebody who understands my sense of humour
08-01-08, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by mulleady
I do! After all I'm Irish and you are bound to have some green convict blood in you!
As far as I know, it's English blood all the way, if you count Norman blood as British.....but to redeem myself in your "Irish eyes", my wife, like you, has leprechaun ancestors and she has alluring GREEN eyes
sigh.
08-01-08, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by stevegor
As far as I know, it's English blood all the way, if you count Norman blood as British.....but to redeem myself in your "Irish eyes", my wife, like you, has leprechaun ancestors and she has alluring GREEN eyes sigh.
sigh. There are **** sapien sapien Irish too haha!
08-01-08, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by mulleady
Leprechauns as folklore goes are not human There are **** sapien sapien Irish too haha!
There are **** sapien sapien Irish too haha! 
08-01-08, 08:49 PM
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[QUOTE=gdh81;7163049]They should totally make "hair panties"! That was hilarious, well done.
This close enough for ya?
https://www.keithhearn.net/skirts.htm
This close enough for ya?
https://www.keithhearn.net/skirts.htm
08-02-08, 03:22 AM
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[QUOTE=Clownbike;7187897]
Now that's funny. Of course this leads to the fact some of them will go the next step and pretend they have printed skirts when they really have see-through ones on. This will have the Eva Longoria 'Hello Boys' Billboard impact. This time loads of Japanese men will be crashing their folding bikes around Tokyo.
Originally Posted by gdh81
They should totally make "hair panties"! That was hilarious, well done.
This close enough for ya?
https://www.keithhearn.net/skirts.htm
This close enough for ya?
https://www.keithhearn.net/skirts.htm
08-02-08, 03:38 AM
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Originally Posted by striegel
I would have been very happy to have the store manager's offer of an approved place to stow my bike while shopping. Most of the time in a store it would be best to just leave the bike somewhere near the doors. That way there's no question of what to do the next time and you won't have to lift the bike into and out of the shopping cart.
08-03-08, 03:40 PM
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When people see a bike, they will automatically try and find a reason to hate you. I'm sure I don't need to explain this to anyone here
08-04-08, 02:56 AM
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Originally Posted by operator
When people see a bike, they will automatically try and find a reason to hate you. I'm sure I don't need to explain this to anyone here
I guess I may be an exception then operator because you do need to explain this to me.
08-06-08, 04:50 PM
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I had a funny experience at my bank. I rode up to a drive-up window to make a quick deposit.
They told me I could not be served here since I was not in a vehicle.
"I am in a street legal vehicle"
They told me no dice, but that I could bring my bike into the lobby and roll it right up to the tellers, so it worked out fine.
They told me I could not be served here since I was not in a vehicle.
"I am in a street legal vehicle"
They told me no dice, but that I could bring my bike into the lobby and roll it right up to the tellers, so it worked out fine.
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08-06-08, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by BB49
I had a funny experience at my bank. I rode up to a drive-up window to make a quick deposit.
They told me I could not be served here since I was not in a vehicle.
"I am in a street legal vehicle"
They told no no dice, but that I could bring my bike into the lobby and roll it right up to the tellers, so it worked out fine.
They told me I could not be served here since I was not in a vehicle.
"I am in a street legal vehicle"
They told no no dice, but that I could bring my bike into the lobby and roll it right up to the tellers, so it worked out fine.
At best (if you have a really wacky looking folder) they might actually believe you. At worst they appease you because they think you're a ********. Although people hate bicycles, they're generally pretty accommodating to ******** folks (especially businesses).
08-06-08, 08:49 PM
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Tried that trick at McDs, ordered what we wanted and when we rode through to pay, the girl said they weren't allowed to serve us then told us our order was processed and we could get it at the front counter...that my friends is Corporate Discrimination against cyclists.
