Gentle Reminder for Every Week

[ggw]

http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html
 
 

Originally posted by mark e smith:
 Force= Mass x Acceleration
 
 Even if you ignore the speed element,say you get hit by both a car and a bike going 10 miles an hour, the lightest current cars in America weigh about 3000lbs. The lightest bikes weigh half of one percent of that. With rider you are looking at around 5-10% of the energy involved in the impact...

[mankie]

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
   

[/b]

Let's not forget, though, how many people drunk driving kills, compared to drunk biking.
 
 Cars are homocidal machines.  Bikes, well, you'd have to be really screwed up. [/QB]

I bet getting hit by a plane would fuck you up more than a car, what about those big-arsed passenger ships, OUCH!.....and how about an elephant? If you're minding your own business swimming in the sea and a whale comes along not watching what he's doing so bumps into, he'd really fuck you up chimbly.
 
 Let's rid the world of everything except bikes and people.

[thirsty moore]

This is hilarious.
 
 

Originally posted by Bollocks:
 I bet getting hit by a plane would fuck you up more than a car, what about those big-arsed passenger ships, OUCH!.....and how about an elephant? If you're minding your own business swimming in the sea and a whale comes along not watching what he's doing so bumps into, he'd really fuck you up chimbly.

[markie]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
 [QB] http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html
 
 

 I still have never solved a rubicks cube. I did sonsider taking all of the stickers off and then re-applying them.

[mankie]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
 [QB]   http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html  
 
 

 I still have never solved a rubicks cube. I did sonsider taking all of the stickers off and then re-applying them. [/b]

The fact you actually read the test speaks volumes.

[markie]

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  The fact you actually read the test speaks volumes.

It has been on the board multiple times.
 
 I scored well in it, like I do all tests.

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by grotty:
   

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
 [/b]

well, that's interesting. one of my friends got bike-jacked in san diego comeing back from the bar. he was pretty fucked up, i hear [/QB]

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 Not that I condone either, but it's much more difficult to ride a bike when you are under-the-influence than it is to drive a car.          
 
 I still find cabs to be the best option for show going if you're in a 'festive' mood. [Assuming I can remember to save the fare $$.]
 Too bad Pittsburgh only has about 5 cabs total. And no public trans other than buses. Now here's a city that could use your help Chimbly. [/QB][/QUOTE]you obviously don't live between dahtahn and south hills village. my old roommate lives in dormont, and the "t" is good stuff for going home. when i worked downtown, i used to get trashed all the time as i road the bus to and from work. good times.
 
 the night before my sisters wedding i was blown away. we were in cabs in pittsburgh for one, and the cabbies spoke english. crazy town

[brennser]

Do Brennser and Chimbly also weave in and out of a line of cars then get all pissed off when they nearly get hit by a car very legally turning....do they also ride on the sidewalk and scare the crap out of pedestrians as they speed by, even though it's called a sideWALK, not a sideCYCLE?  

umm, no - never ride on sidewalks and don't get pissed off at a car legally turning provided it signals which about 50% of the drivers in DC fail to do

[brennser]

Originally posted by keithstg:
   

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  I bet you red light running bikers would be the first to piss and moan if you got whacked by a car who was very legally going through on green.
 
 Do Brennser and Chimbly also weave in and out of a line of cars then get all pissed off when they nearly get hit by a car very legally turning....do they also ride on the sidewalk and scare the crap out of pedestrians as they speed by, even though it's called a sideWALK, not a sideCYCLE?

Is there any doubt in your mind what the answer to this question is? [/b]

who the hell do you think you are? - you don't know me from Adam and you think you can say what I do and don't do?

[mankie]

Originally posted by brennser:
   

Do Brennser and Chimbly also weave in and out of a line of cars then get all pissed off when they nearly get hit by a car very legally turning....do they also ride on the sidewalk and scare the crap out of pedestrians as they speed by, even though it's called a sideWALK, not a sideCYCLE?  

umm, no - never ride on sidewalks and don't get pissed off at a car legally turning provided it signals which about 50% of the drivers in DC fail to do [/b]

Why would there be a need to signal your turn unless some fucking cyclist was running a red?
   

[brennser]

the sooner we get you on a plane to Ireland the better.....    [/b][/quote]

[mankie]

Originally posted by brennser:
 [QB] the sooner we get you on a plane to Ireland the better.....  

[jkeisenh]

again, time to explore citizenship options... frlom the G8 Summit:
 "The only senior official who has outright refused to use a GEM (fancy golf cart) is European Commission President Romano Prodi, Izvestia reported. He asked for a bicycle."

[Bags]

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  I do whatever is safe to get me where I'm going quickly.  I weave through traffic, but only when it's stopped at a red light or going significantly slower than me.

It's not safe if you're not obeying the same laws that the cars are.  You will have saved some small portion of the ozone, but may well end up road kill for your efforts.

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
   

Originally posted by grotty:
  Not that I condone either, but it's much more difficult to ride a bike when you are under-the-influence than it is to drive a car.              
 

Let's not forget, though, how many people drunk driving kills, compared to drunk biking.
 
 Cars are homocidal machines.  Bikes, well, you'd have to be really screwed up. [/b]

Speaking from personal experience, I've had more severe physical harm done to myself, several times, in biking accidents than in any car accident I've been in. None of them, be it bikes or cars, were under the influence.