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Velo Vol 07-14-10 08:50 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11110319)
so why did that idiot drive off the road at slow speed

Obviously not slow enough.

As anywhere, I suppose, most of the bikers on that road are reasonable. But a few of them (especially on crotch rockets) think it's their personal race track. And once in a while one of them ends up in a tree.

Then, when the Tennessee Highway Patrol takes the outrageous step of putting a patrol car out there every once in a while, the clowns act as if the sky has fallen and Stalinism reigns the land.

Idiots.

Tulex 07-14-10 08:51 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11110341)
you really don't want to feud with a neighbour. that makes life very awkward. I chopped down some of my neighbour's shrubs (not the chicago family) and part of a big tree because she saw me doing my side and asked me to do the same for her because she couldn't control the growth. Then she accused me of killing off her plants! I was doing her a favour at her request! That was last year and then last week she tells me how wonderful the flowers are this year and the pruning i did last year really helped. Not a word of apology about accusing me of killing her plants.

I live in a nice development, but the lots are only about .7 acres. So people are close. Doesn't take much for someone to do something othes don't like. When a hillbilly moves next door, it gets fun... or not so much.

Velo Vol 07-14-10 08:55 AM

http://killboy.blogspot.com/

coasting 07-14-10 08:57 AM

somewhere on the interweb, a motorcycle nut is posting in amotorcycle forum pics of idiotic cyclists.

coasting 07-14-10 09:02 AM

how much do you freds eat when riding? i think i don't eat enough.

i ate nothing for 30 miles to the first feed station where i ate a cupcake, a mini muffin and a banana then nothing until mile 85 where i shoved 2 cliff bars and 2 muesli bars into my mouth as i was close to turning the lights out.

don't blame me. the feed stations ran out of food.

WhyFi 07-14-10 09:05 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11110438)
how much do you freds eat when riding? i think i don't eat enough.

i ate nothing for 30 miles to the first feed station where i ate a cupcake, a mini muffin and a banana then nothing until mile 85 where i shoved 2 cliff bars and 2 muesli bars into my mouth as i was close to turning the lights out.


don't blame me. the feed stations ran out of food.

I blame you for not getting to the feed stations fast enough.

patentcad 07-14-10 09:06 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11110341)
you really don't want to feud with a neighbour.

Correct. I am getting that invisible fence going and I will endeavor to never talk to the ahole ever again. That would be fine.

Tulex 07-14-10 09:06 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11110438)
how much do you freds eat when riding? i think i don't eat enough.

i ate nothing for 30 miles to the first feed station where i ate a cupcake, a mini muffin and a banana then nothing until mile 85 where i shoved 2 cliff bars and 2 muesli bars into my mouth as i was close to turning the lights out.

don't blame me. the feed stations ran out of food.

I don't ride long enough to need food...... But, 2 years ago, when I rode 82 miles, I didn't eat enough on the ride, finished the end like a zombie.

patentcad 07-14-10 09:07 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11110438)
how much do you freds eat when riding? i think i don't eat enough.

i ate nothing for 30 miles to the first feed station where i ate a cupcake, a mini muffin and a banana then nothing until mile 85 where i shoved 2 cliff bars and 2 muesli bars into my mouth as i was close to turning the lights out.

don't blame me. the feed stations ran out of food.

I usually ride 110 miles and I wind up eating two small packs of Fig Newtons and downing a Gatorade or two. That's it. But then I am considerably less Fredly than most of you idiots.

Tulex 07-14-10 09:09 AM

My 3 dogs don't leave our yard, and they haven't worn their invisible fence collars for years.

Velo Vol 07-14-10 09:23 AM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11110438)
how much do you freds eat when riding? i think i don't eat enough.

It depends on the route. On the century I do that goes through the Dragon I eat a lot at the 50 mile rest stop. Maybe two or three times what you ate. Epic climbing on the VeloVolmobile requires lots of calories.


I love a happy ending.

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/183189/thu...AGED-large.jpg

patentcad 07-14-10 09:25 AM


Originally Posted by Tulex (Post 11110481)
My 3 dogs don't leave our yard

Wussies.

Sam is a Danger Dog.

coasting 07-14-10 09:29 AM

i think i need a dog. one of my neighbours got burgled and he said that the burglars came back and knocked n the door a couple of weeks later to try their luck again seeing if anyone was in. That means they are watching our street.

mzeffex 07-14-10 09:31 AM

Well, the Trek Y-33 is dead. I was taking apart the swing arm to make it stop clicking (which it did finally), when I found that the part the shock bolts to (aluminum) where it meets the frame (carbon) is quite loose. Oh well.

Tulex 07-14-10 09:44 AM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 11110563)
Wussies.

Sam is a Danger Dog.

HA!

They are border collies, very smart dogs. They know they could if they wanted to, but that they shouldn't, so they don't.

I used to have 2 Norwegian elkhounds at our other house. I don't think it was invisible fence, but some other brand. The smarter of the 2 would go to the fence where it would make the noise, and lie there till the noise drained the battery. When it would stop, he would cross the line.

patentcad 07-14-10 10:46 AM


Originally Posted by Tulex (Post 11110673)
The smarter of the 2 would go to the fence where it would make the noise, and lie there till the noise drained the battery. When it would stop, he would cross the line.

Wow. That's one smart friggin dog right there.

ElJamoquio 07-14-10 10:55 AM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 11111096)
Wow. That's one smart friggin dog right there.

He should've gotten the other dog to drive into town and pick up some replacement batteries.

patentcad 07-14-10 11:08 AM


Originally Posted by ElJamoquio (Post 11111143)
He should've gotten the other dog to drive into town and pick up some replacement batteries.

See, now the whole point is to kill the stupid batteries, so I'd say that dog is smarter than both of us put together.

Which is no great stretch.

coasting 07-14-10 11:12 AM

If I were a dog, I would be a border collie.

sbxx1985 07-14-10 11:43 AM

A barking dog is worth his weight in gold to prevent a home invasion. Trust me on this (and not because I do the burgling). Suffice to say I have spoken to enough folks who say trying to break into a house with a dog simply isn't worth it. For every house that has a dog, there are three others that don't.

WhyFi 07-14-10 11:44 AM


Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 11111466)
A barking dog is worth his weight in gold to prevent a home invasion. Trust me on this (and not because I do the burgling). Suffice to say I have spoken to enough folks who say trying to break into a house with a dog simply isn't worth it. For every house that has a dog, there are three others that don't.

Dogs have long been the most effective home security system available.

patentcad 07-14-10 11:57 AM

If I were a dog, I wouldn't be Sam.

I am not worthy.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...thehigrass.jpg

Velo Vol 07-14-10 12:09 PM

Vanderbilt's football coach is resigning. Who saw that one coming?

Velo Vol 07-14-10 12:32 PM

I weedeated through some poison ivy a few days ago and now I have itchy spots on my legs. Who saw that coming?

midgetmaestro 07-14-10 12:45 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 11111558)
If I were a dog, I wouldn't be Sam.

I am not worthy.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...thehigrass.jpg

I bought one of these (except in Newfie form) for my parents...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...GL._SS500_.jpg

It was just a joke amongst the family, but apparently one of the neighbors' friends quickly took note of it and was a bit worried about our black bears (formerly known as Newfoundlands). :D


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