Posted on 05/13/2008 11:32:36 AM PDT by JZelle
“Marital Status: Single. Still. Looking. Still.”
Gosh. Just. Can’t. Imagine. Why.
“Gosh. Just. Can’t. Imagine. Why.”
Maybe it’s got something to do with all the time I spent overseas and back here working weird hours keeping the bad guys from killing you and your family.
Sorry I don’t have the time to make a cutesie home page.
Don't open the door, then.
Oh, gawd....~here~ we go.
And I should put stock in that claim *why*?
Seems like we bikers have more to fear from *you* than “the bad guys”.
I haven’t had any terrorists make thinly veiled cracks about opening doors in front of my moving motorcycle, yet.
Wrap your flag around something else.
“Service to our country” is no excuse for your agonistic/antagonistic behavior.
I was discussing this thread with hubby tonight and he’s actually seen cagers do that on purpose....in Maryland.
Imagine that.
I wish I had a dollar for every time I was cut off, with eye contact with the driver (they could not have NOT known I was there)--not just the numb and dumb cell phone zombies or make-up artists--when I had the right of way.
Thankfully, I don't trust anyone on the road.
We don't do lane splitting here, (not that much traffic), but I always check for heads in parked cars...and ride to the left center of the right traffic lane when I'm over there. Corner cutters at intersections are pretty bad here, too. Concrete 'islands' interfere with snow removal and are a rarity.
Riding season is just getting going here, the die-hards have been out for about a month.
I have been working so much, I have an engine to swap and another to assemble, and have not gotten to it in a couple of years. 'Baby' needs new shoes, too.
We lost two cages this past winter to accidents where the other driver failed to yield. (Oldest granddaughter driving, no one hurt, thankfully--now the newest defensive driver in the family...) Both of the other drivers were on cell phones and not paying attention.
Be careful out there...
Doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. Maryland is full of idiots from other states; mostly Dhims because the welfare is better here.
But if people are sitting in traffic the last thing they want to see is somebody they think is only obeying the laws they want to. Kind of like someone in a “cage” zooming up the shoulder. After the first idiot does it a car will usually move over far enough that no more get through.
” “Service to our country” is no excuse for your agonistic/antagonistic behavior.”
Sorry I voiced my opinion. I can at least find that right in the Constitution.
Again, I apologize for being single and subsidizing everyone else’s kids with my tax dollars.
And for the record, I wasn’t making any threats, veiled or otherwise about opening car doors to clothesline bikers, merely pointing out the dangers of being where you’re not expected to be.
Ciao.
What he didn't count on was some livid, Irish biker chick riding drag in a car behind the biker.
Suffice to say he now understands exactly what it looks like to have a maniac barreling at him head-on, with no intention of “chickening out”.
He ran up over a curb to avoid me and yeah, it was stupid and I caught holy hell from hubby but I'd do it again.
Bet the punk never tried to ‘scare a biker’ again.
When we went to the state ABATE parties in Cumberland, Pappy [Gary Boward mentioned in the article] always had me ride drag for the group in my car.
He *knew* if they needed a clear lane for scores of bikes, I *would* get it for them.
We know all about the “jokers” and have lost too many friends to them.
We drive like we're behind enemy lines...because judging by some of the vitriol spewed here, we *are*.
You ride safe too, Joe.
BTW, Pappy is the guy wearing the Grim Reaper getup in the Halloween party photo on my page.
You can’t miss that long white beard.
Coolest dude who ever straddled Milwaukee Iron....:)
Pssssst - there are 45K human beings killed on our highways each year and all of them aren’t riding motorcycles.
Your terror of motorcycles is hilarious.
I’ll bet motorcycles aren’t the only thing that freaks you out.
“Your terror of motorcycles is hilarious.”
Well, I understand the math: a 5000 lb SUV goes over a 200 lb biker in the road once with no remainder. I really don’t want to run over anybody, even if it happens because the other person did something stupid. So I just back off and let the motorcycle get ahead of me which isn’t hard because they’re usually speeding on a crotch rocket.
Enjoy your fear, paranoia and misery - I’m not sharing it with you.
Goodbye and watch those crotch rockets.
PS and don’t drive in Calif, you might have a coronary from those lane splitters.
Ride safe, don’t do anything that’ll get you an impromptu lesson in physics!
Take care. :)
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