Cycles. (contains some strong language)
05-03-07 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by auroch
good post. have you posted pics of the masi?
"Yojimbo's, the name comes from some old Asian chop-chop samurai movie"
Let's give credit where credit is due. Yojimbo is one of Akira Kurosawa's many masterpieces. It isn't a "chop-chop" samurai flick, you should check it out. Sergio Leone later remade it with Clint Eastwood as "A fistful of dollars" Marcus' shop is an amazing place and it's good to know he named it after something equally special.
jeff
"Yojimbo's, the name comes from some old Asian chop-chop samurai movie"
Let's give credit where credit is due. Yojimbo is one of Akira Kurosawa's many masterpieces. It isn't a "chop-chop" samurai flick, you should check it out. Sergio Leone later remade it with Clint Eastwood as "A fistful of dollars" Marcus' shop is an amazing place and it's good to know he named it after something equally special.
jeff
05-03-07 | 08:43 PM
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Great post Mayo. You are a word artist.
While your heart is in the right place RegGuy, and your arguments eloquent, you remind me of the kid who informed the teacher on Friday afternoon at 3:45 that she hadn't assigned weekend homework yet.
When i lived in the US south in the early 1960s, I was too young to understand why the colored kids couldn't go to the same school as us. They had to ride a bus instead.
Later on in the late 1960s negroes in urban areas, Detroit and Watts, rioted. By 1970 Negro was offensive, now we were to refer to them as "black".
In the early 1990s we were introduced to the term "African-American", even tho most who choose to call themselves that have never ventured past the Eastern Seaboard. And "black" was added to the offensive list.
Well, screw that. I know too many white Africans to ever use the term unless the person actually moved to the US from Africa; and skin color will have nothing to do with it.
As for "darky", "colored", and the n-word which i dare not even type in full: Black people will never get the power and justice they want and deserve as long as they allow themselves to be controlled by a stupid word.
Please rent the movie Lenny, starring Dustin Hoffman. The best scene revolves around Lenny Bruce’s use of the n-word, and explains how easy it would be for blacks to take it back. The GLB community learned the lesson and now possesses the q-word.
But what do I know? I'm merely a redneck honkey cracker.
While your heart is in the right place RegGuy, and your arguments eloquent, you remind me of the kid who informed the teacher on Friday afternoon at 3:45 that she hadn't assigned weekend homework yet.
When i lived in the US south in the early 1960s, I was too young to understand why the colored kids couldn't go to the same school as us. They had to ride a bus instead.
Later on in the late 1960s negroes in urban areas, Detroit and Watts, rioted. By 1970 Negro was offensive, now we were to refer to them as "black".
In the early 1990s we were introduced to the term "African-American", even tho most who choose to call themselves that have never ventured past the Eastern Seaboard. And "black" was added to the offensive list.
Well, screw that. I know too many white Africans to ever use the term unless the person actually moved to the US from Africa; and skin color will have nothing to do with it.
As for "darky", "colored", and the n-word which i dare not even type in full: Black people will never get the power and justice they want and deserve as long as they allow themselves to be controlled by a stupid word.
Please rent the movie Lenny, starring Dustin Hoffman. The best scene revolves around Lenny Bruce’s use of the n-word, and explains how easy it would be for blacks to take it back. The GLB community learned the lesson and now possesses the q-word.
But what do I know? I'm merely a redneck honkey cracker.
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05-03-07 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Surferbruce
good way to get a cap in your a$$, at least here in l.a.
unless of course the l.a.p.d. get you first....
unless of course the l.a.p.d. get you first....
05-03-07 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mayonnaise
These type of situations happen nearly once a week, mostly just shouting matches. Since last Spring I've driven to work maybe 10 times, I cycle most days. One tank of gas in the car lasts one month. I've come to hate what the automobile has done to our society, how it turns perfectly fine people into aggressive threats. Asphalt, aggression, and pollution everywhere. Right now I smell of soot and tar after riding 20 miles through the city.
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05-03-07 | 09:39 PM
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From: Los Angeles/Aveyron France
Originally Posted by William Karsten
LA PD was a bit heavy handed with the demonstrations the other day... weren't they?
05-03-07 | 09:39 PM
#62
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poor cabrini green:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7xzKVVrT8
anyone who fronts like they'd rather roll through there than wrigleyville is 100% full of ****.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7xzKVVrT8
anyone who fronts like they'd rather roll through there than wrigleyville is 100% full of ****.
05-03-07 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Surferbruce
chances are sadly that it'll probably blow over with the next news cycle and nothing will change.
I should go live away from here.
05-07-08 | 09:55 AM
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So. I did move away from here. Far away.
and as [expletive deleted] up as that place was then, there are far worse places to be.
Morale of the story: home aint near as bad as people would think.
Edited by EivlEvo: I suggest using a word such as... baseball or howler monkey.
and as [expletive deleted] up as that place was then, there are far worse places to be.
Morale of the story: home aint near as bad as people would think.
Edited by EivlEvo: I suggest using a word such as... baseball or howler monkey.
Last edited by EivlEvo; 05-08-08 at 12:48 PM.
05-07-08 | 12:07 PM
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Stay well William, and watch out for the asshats.
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05-07-08 | 09:28 PM
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Sounds to me as if you're the one with an aggression problem. Do you really think that you've endeared cyclists to that van driver? You had the opportunity to calmly point out the guys error so that he would drive with more care in the future. Instead you've probably made the guy hate all cyclists. Thanks for nothing.
05-08-08 | 12:39 AM
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i got the chance to flip off some [] girl that told me to use the sidewalk the other week.
i felt initiated into the world of cyclists.
Edited by EivlEvo
i felt initiated into the world of cyclists.
Edited by EivlEvo
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05-08-08 | 07:44 AM
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