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Old 09-26-11 | 07:05 AM
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Old 09-26-11 | 09:23 AM
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OK, ed, I have a question: If I kept riding east, I would eventually wind up on your front porch. Now, as I see it, that's damn near as far east as I could ride before it actually became 'East.' So, how in the ^$#&%^%*@ is that the 'Midwest?' Seems to me, mid-West would really be somewhere around Jackson Hole.

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Old 09-26-11 | 10:08 AM
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Now, as I see it, that's damn near as far east as I could ride before it actually became 'East.'
Very close! A monument at Meades Ranch KS was the geodetic center of the lower 48 for many years.
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Who is they guy with the stick in D minor's avatar . . . .?
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The guy in Doug's avatar is actually Doug...50yrs ago when he was in his prime.
Close; but, as you can see, I wasn't nearly as handsome nor have I ever been able to grow a real beard:




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And why has gastro changed his account name to something unpronouncable . . . ?
He does that to get us scrambling for our dictionaries. He is - - sometimes disgustingly - - well-read.
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Originally Posted by dminor
OK, ed, I have a question: If I kept riding east, I would eventually wind up on your front porch. Now, as I see it, that's damn near as far east as I could ride before it actually became 'East.' So, how in the ^$#&%^%*@ is that the 'Midwest?' Seems to me, mid-West would really be somewhere around Jackson Hole.

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Well over here we don't call it the Midwest, we call it crap.




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Very close! A monument at Meades Ranch KS was the geodetic center of the lower 48 for many years.
See...it's proof that the world revolves around me.
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Old 09-26-11 | 02:57 PM
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Very close! A monument at Meades Ranch KS was the geodetic center of the lower 48 for many years.
*cough* *cough* Surveyor nerd.
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Old 09-26-11 | 04:12 PM
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I believe "geek" is the more correct term, but I don't expect a dork like you to know the difference.

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Old 09-26-11 | 04:55 PM
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Hey ed, long-time poster, first-time pain-in-the-ass here with a question:

When you gonna huck that bad boy Parker off of some elementary school roof? Like 10-feet-to-flat or so? And will you plz put the vid on PinkBike? Thx.

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It's too bad we have to work. Can you imagine how much riding we'd get to do if we didn't have to spend time on BF? Makes me cry. Ed, can I ride my bike now?
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the porker is out of commission for a while i was shredding the MUP with it and came to a cross street and saw that there was a curb but it was like a 6 foot to flat curb so i hucked it and it did fine but then i got back on the mup and got mugged but then i got it back because i'm so hard and then i felt invinsible and rode it over a speedbump and must have overcompressed my rockshocks and brake my forks
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I believe "geek" is the more correct term, but I don't expect a dork like you to know the difference.

Ah yes, the surveyor DNA is just teeming with social genes.

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I don't think "sociopath" is the same as "socially inept."

Did I ever mention that I was totally set up for that pic? 66 was like "here, hold this" and I was thinking "okay, now why the hell did he bring a bush axe to the gathering, that seems pretty odd, i better keep an eye on this dude" and then he was like <click>.
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Originally Posted by cryptid01
I don't think "sociopath" is the same as "socially inept."

Did I ever mention that I was totally set up for that pic? 66 was like "here, hold this" and I was thinking "okay, now why the hell did he bring a bush axe to the gathering, that seems pretty odd, i better keep an eye on this dude" and then he was like <click>.
So your saying you were out smarted by the dude from Podunk?
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Ed,

Why am I such a hack?

Why are BMXers more often ******-bags than MTBers?

When will I have time/transportation to go to the trails again?

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1 Why am I such a hack?

2 Why are BMXers more often ******-bags than MTBers?

3 When will I have time/transportation to go to the trails again?

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1. Because you seek me for advice.
2. BMX'ers rock. The only ones who rock harder are urban BMX'ers...and me, of course.
3. When you become friends with the BMX'ers and talk them into driving you to the trails.

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1. Because you seek me for advice.
2. BMX'ers rock. The only ones who rock harder are urban BMX'ers. (don't tell any 20" riders I called them urban BMX'ers...they'll never talk to me again)
3. When you become friends with the BMX'ers and talk them into driving you to the trails.
Can't speak on the attitude of any urban riders, as I haven't exchanged words with any. I definitely like/envy their style more though.

I showed up at the BMX track with my newly acquired 20" bike yesterday when they happened to be working on the track & the first thing I hear is "who the f*** is this guy?" in an unpleasant tone, proving that I'm well within earshot. Then I asked politely if the track was closed & I got completely ignored after asking three times before someone decent came over & talked to me. If they were working & tired/grouchy, I could understand it, but these guys were just sitting on top of a berm while everyone around them was working. The track wasn't closed after all (with the exception of the last straight) but then it occurred to me that I had no brakes & there were a few dozen people working/riding around the track, which might prove to be dangerous. So I left feeling somewhat defeated.

I guess it should be noted that they were all much younger (maybe 15-16?) & I never really got along with the average guy that age, even when I was one of them. But still, I didn't have the same problem with any of the skaters/bikers at the skatepark.

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Originally Posted by cryptid01
Did I ever mention that I was totally set up for that pic? 66 was like "here, hold this" and I was thinking "okay, now why the hell did he bring a bush axe to the gathering, that seems pretty odd, i better keep an eye on this dude" and then he was like <click>.
Are you still sticking to that "brush axe" story? That wasn't the way I heard it.

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I got a sickness, and the prescription is........
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Why did the Broncos hire a looooooser for a new head coach?
Who are the Broncos?

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I got a sickness, and the prescription is........
I dunno...but these muscle relaxers I'm on today are doin' it for me!
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what would the muscle relaxers do combined with hydrcodone? Oh and maybe alchohol??? Equivalent to watching Hugh Grant in another Romantic comedy probably
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