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DS4DUMMIES -> RE: the biker (4/27/2008 8:04:12 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pagansub77 <FR> Goods may cross the country by rail but they still have to be hauled from the rail depot to distribution centers and then to your local Wal-Mart or mom-n-pop store. They also need to be hauled from manufacturing plants to the rail depot. Ever notice how many cars on that passing train are trailers? Company name on the side and wheels on the ground, to be offloaded from train and hooked to a tractor at depot, then driven to destination. Ok, rant over... ps77 ......but...they are STILL...for MOST of their trip...on a train....not on a road wasting fuel and polluting the air, and running people off the road ... so in reality it is a rail cargo...not a truck cargo. the same thing holds true now with containers. All the major truck companies like Schneider, hunt, US Express, etc., use rail for long distance work. :) When I worked for Penn Central, that most illustrious of corporate failures....we did have one train we ran with the Santa Fe Railway....called SV-7, which ran truck trailers from Weehawken, NJ, on PC, to Los Angleles, CA (Barstow) on the SantaFe, in 57 hours. That train averaged over 70 MPH even with fuel stops, in 1972. It was a fun train to come across if you were assigned it on the extra list. I had it once bewteen Selkirk, NY and Syracuse and it was a blast to run....set it in notch 8 and watch the world fly by at 79 MPH. They'd get everything out of our way, and at some terminals you did not stop to make a crew change. There was a long trackside platform and you'd slow to 3 mph....one crew would get off one side...another would stop on, on the other side....then off they'd go. Pretty neat stuff......and just to keep this all in D/s mode...we'd beat the pants off the best times a trucker could make by over 2 days:)

Smith117 -> RE: the biker (4/27/2008 4:43:54 PM)
Just as a side-update -- I drove past or near 3 motorcycles on the tollway this weekend. One was a crotch rocket going the other way, but we were both in our side's respective fast lanes.......didn't hear a peep. The second was going the opposite way as well on my return trip, though we were farther apart. Again, not a peep. The third and final one was today...going my way. I got right next to him and even cracked my window. Nothing. Not a sound. I guess "stock" pipes aren't that loud after all.

Smith117 -> RE: the biker (4/27/2008 5:12:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: domiguy I was driving on the crowded expressway and one bike went "between" the lanes of traffic while another shot up along the shoulder. When I was living in Cali, I saw that ALL the time. Hadn't seen it for awhile until a bad traffic jam a week or so ago here.

Twicehappy2x -> RE: the biker (4/27/2008 5:14:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ElectraGlide Slaveboy you seem so angry. It's only because he can't afford a Harley EG. Been up to the Grand Union yet this year? Go check this film out; http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Riders/Creed_Video.jsp?locale=en_US&locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US BIKER BORN, BIKER BRED WHEN I DIE, I'LL BE BIKER DEAD

MMistress -> RE: the biker (4/27/2008 5:29:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Twicehappy2x quote: ORIGINAL: ElectraGlide Slaveboy you seem so angry. It's only because he can't afford a Harley EG. Been up to the Grand Union yet this year? Go check this film out; http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Riders/Creed_Video.jsp?locale=en_US&locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US BIKER BORN, BIKER BRED WHEN I DIE, I'LL BE BIKER DEAD Thanks for the link. I've been on the H-D website a lot lately and I never saw that before. Very cool.

domiguy -> RE: the biker (4/27/2008 5:35:00 PM)
I think it would be cool to ride a bike again...It's just that they have no place in Chicago. You really have to be carefull and although my response is rather callous you are far too often perceived by the actions of other riders....So while many bikers get upset as to how people relate to them they probably only need to look at the actions of many of their fellow riders to see where the problems lie.

MMistress -> RE: the biker (4/27/2008 5:53:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: domiguy I think it would be cool to ride a bike again...It's just that they have no place in Chicago. You really have to be carefull and although my response is rather callous you are far too often perceived by the actions of other riders....So while many bikers get upset as to how people relate to them they probably only need to look at the actions of many of their fellow riders to see where the problems lie. I agree with you whole heartedly domiguy about the actions of fellow riders that cause problems. I'm also thankful that I live in a rural area and it is the perfect place to ride, respect the rights of others that I share the road with, taken a riders safety course, always wear a helmet, and have stock pipes on my bike. There isn't much else I can do to project a positive image for others.

Moloch -> RE: the biker (4/27/2008 5:59:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Smith117 quote: ORIGINAL: domiguy I was driving on the crowded expressway and one bike went "between" the lanes of traffic while another shot up along the shoulder. When I was living in Cali, I saw that ALL the time. Hadn't seen it for awhile until a bad traffic jam a week or so ago here. thas because lane splitting is LEGAL in california

Smith117 -> RE: the biker (4/27/2008 6:09:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Moloch thas because lane splitting is LEGAL in california It's also dangerous as hell, but the officials there don't see that. And it SURE ain't legal here.

Twicehappy2x -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 4:59:01 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slaveboyforyou What do a Hoover vacuum and a Harley have in common? They both have dirtbags on the back of them. Here is a partial list of fellow cm members who ride, a whole lot but not all of them on Harleys. You might want to rethink the whole "dirt bag" comment. Most of these folks are well respected posters. ScooterTrash, ShiftedJewel, twicehappy2x, JohnWarren, meatcleaver, Phoenixandnika, ElectraGlide, MyCaptainsPet, Cloudz, pgqosk, BadDaddyNJ, Harleysandbdsm, Abraxus, Mistoferin, Wulfchyld aka FukinTroll, MasterHawg, SirSRussell, LadyArakney, Mac, MstrFury, Kedikat, denika, topcat, Riff, NinaSharp, unownedredhead, apb, Moloch, badpaliden, Lashra, Frankspl, MMMMudd, InkedMaster, eyesopened, SirDiscipliner69, savannasub, DianeB269, FreeRider, tOxicsslave, MasterNdorei, stockingluvr54, LordVelvet, WorldofSilence, Chakota, BlackKnight, demimistress, LadyHeart, idiot,

KatyLied -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 5:01:35 AM)
quote: you are far too often perceived by the actions of other riders....So while many bikers get upset as to how people relate to them they probably only need to look at the actions of many of their fellow riders to see where the problems lie. So true.

Aileen1968 -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 5:08:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Twicehappy2x quote: ORIGINAL: slaveboyforyou What do a Hoover vacuum and a Harley have in common? They both have dirtbags on the back of them. Here is a partial list of fellow cm members who ride, a whole lot but not all of them on Harleys. You might want to rethink the whole "dirt bag" comment. Most of these folks are well respected posters. ScooterTrash, ShiftedJewel, twicehappy2x, JohnWarren, meatcleaver, Phoenixandnika, ElectraGlide, MyCaptainsPet, Cloudz, pgqosk, BadDaddyNJ, Harleysandbdsm, Abraxus, Mistoferin, Wulfchyld aka FukinTroll, MasterHawg, SirSRussell, LadyArakney, Mac, MstrFury, Kedikat, denika, topcat, Riff, NinaSharp, unownedredhead, apb, Moloch, badpaliden, Lashra, Frankspl, MMMMudd, InkedMaster, eyesopened, SirDiscipliner69, savannasub, DianeB269, FreeRider, tOxicsslave, MasterNdorei, stockingluvr54, LordVelvet, WorldofSilence, Chakota, BlackKnight, demimistress, LadyHeart, idiot, I park my ass on the back of a Harley as often as possible.

Twicehappy2x -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 5:14:24 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 I park my ass on the back of a Harley as often as possible. Ass parked on one, bent over one, it is all good, weg..........

DesFIP -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 5:37:08 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Smith117 quote: ORIGINAL: domiguy I was driving on the crowded expressway and one bike went "between" the lanes of traffic while another shot up along the shoulder. When I was living in Cali, I saw that ALL the time. Hadn't seen it for awhile until a bad traffic jam a week or so ago here. Couple of years ago some twit did this and hit The Man. Tried to sue claiming it was all his fault. Problem was, his own passenger wouldn't sign a deposition saying he was driving in the lane instead of between.

slaveboyforyou -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 6:39:45 AM)
quote: Here is a partial list of fellow cm members who ride, a whole lot but not all of them on Harleys. You might want to rethink the whole "dirt bag" comment. Most of these folks are well respected posters. It was a joke. It's not one I came up with. It was told to me years ago by a co-worker when a biker convention was in town. I'm sure he heard it from someone else. I thought it was funny. Why exactly should I rethink anything? Because you put up a list of names of people "most of" whom are respected? By the way if most of them are respected, than that implies some of them are not (your words). So which ones are not respected, and which ones are? I reckon you'd know since you seem to presume to tell me what I should think or rethink. Lighten up and get a sense of humor would be my advice for you.

Twicehappy2x -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 7:14:17 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slaveboyforyou quote: Here is a partial list of fellow cm members who ride, a whole lot but not all of them on Harleys. You might want to rethink the whole "dirt bag" comment. Most of these folks are well respected posters. Because you put up a list of names of people "most of" whom are respected? By the way if most of them are respected, than that implies some of them are not (your words). " Most of " referred to the fact that most of them are well known well respected posters, while some of them post so rarely that their nics would be unfamiliar, not unworthy of respect. As to getting a sense of humor, i have one, just not when some body slams an entire group of people based on their own prejudices. If i came on here and slammed an entire ethnic group or an entire group of a particular type of folks, say male submissives, and members of said group got angry, would you tell them to get a sense of humor? You slammed my brothers and sisters, my family (blood and otherwise) my Masters both current and long gone, my friends, and me. "I believe the Harley is the ultimate symbol of American freedom.....I believe that my motorcycle represents all the reasons I have spent so many years of my life overseas fighting for this great nation. I look at my Harley and I see my family and friends, I see Americans hard at work to be the best at everything we do. I look at my Harley and I see America." The above is a direct quote by an American soldier who is also a biker. So much for your "dirt bags"

parttimehotty -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 7:47:02 AM)
This is a combo of another thread..."How can you tell if you're a CM addict" and this thread..... I was watching Oz last night (HBO prison series so VERY graphic) and there was a committee mtg w/some of the inmates/admin personnel. One of the biker inmates mentioned that an older inmate just found out that his grandson had leukemia and the grandson's dying wish was to go to Disneyworld but they didn't have the $3k to send him. The biker suggested that instead of everyone spending their $$ on "shit", they could donate it toward this fund. He said that his biker buddies had raised thousands of $$'s for "Ronald McDonald House".............................. How do I know I'm addicted to CM? Because I immediately thought of this thread!

mistoferin -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 8:07:13 AM)
Wow, what a thread! I'm not even going to try to touch the "loud pipes" issue. There are lots of things in this world that I hear that bother my serenity. The neighbors dog barking, their kids screaming, the abusive pricks that call their wives all sorts of obscenities, the guy next door that has lawn tractor races in his backyard......get over it. I will try to touch on the helmet thing though. There are a lot of statistics out there that are really hard to sort through. We all hear that motorcycle fatalities are up in states that don't have helmet laws. Well they are up in states that have them too. So are the numbers of riders....drastically. When we read statistics, in order to get an accurate picture you have to look at the whole picture. There is evidence that helmets reduce fatality. There is also evidence that helmets increase debilitating neck injury (of the paralyzing kind). There is also evidence that crash rates are lower in states that have no helmet laws because helmets DO limit vision and hearing and NOT wearing one allows you to be more aware of what is going on around you. But the point of the helmet debate goes far beyond injury and accident statistics. It is about government MANDATING. It is about government taking away your ability to decide what is right for you. Do you realize just how many helmet wearing motorcyclists....and hell....even NON motorcyclists fight for the repeal of helmet laws? Maybe when the government decides that everyone will have to wear a helmet while driving their car it will become clearer to those who can't understand it now? Maybe then they will understand how important being able to see and hear the cars in your periphery is? Another popular biker saying...."If I have to explain it to you, you probably wouldn't understand". quote: slaveboyforyou Most motorcycle accidents are the result of rider error, not error on the part of other drivers. I'd be interested to see the statistics that led up to your comment....and I'd be interested to see if they included "avoiding a collision with a motorist" in their "rider error" designation. Just a few links for balance (and because I try not to let my mouth write checks that my ass can't cash (another popular biker phrase).....there are plenty more out there available for those who want to see BOTH sides of the issue..... http://www.bikersrights.com/ http://www.abateflorida.com/dot-statistics.php http://www.bikersrights.com/statistics/stats.html http://www.bikersrights.com/statistics/goldstein/goldstein.html http://web.tampabay.rr.com/ourplace/Biker/forbes.htm

slaveboyforyou -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 8:34:47 AM)
quote: As to getting a sense of humor, i have one, just not when some body slams an entire group of people based on their own prejudices. Again, it was a joke. I assume you're an adult, so stop acting like you're a victim. You're being ridiculous. I didnt "slam" anyone. I made a joke that you didn't like based on a stereotypical image of the dirty, greasy headed biker. quote: If i came on here and slammed an entire ethnic group or an entire group of a particular type of folks, say male submissives, and members of said group got angry, would you tell them to get a sense of humor? I wouldn't care. I don't get upset about what people say on an internet message board. You'll be hard pressed to find anything that offends me. I am not a member of any group. I don't define myself by my sexuality alone, so slam away at male subbies all you want. You're not going to hurt my feelings. quote: You slammed my brothers and sisters, my family (blood and otherwise) my Masters both current and long gone, my friends, and me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXkpmS_d1mg I thought that quote needed some music to accompany it. sniffles quote: "I believe the Harley is the ultimate symbol of American freedom.....I believe that my motorcycle represents all the reasons I have spent so many years of my life overseas fighting for this great nation. I look at my Harley and I see my family and friends, I see Americans hard at work to be the best at everything we do. I look at my Harley and I see America." The above is a direct quote by an American soldier who is also a biker. So much for your "dirt bags" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RssIN3ustUw That one needed some music to accompany it too. Again you're being ridiculous. Harley Davidson's are not anymore sacred than John Deere tractors or Ford trucks. It's a motorcycle, not the Lincoln Memorial. So stop acting as though I just walked up and threw a bag of shit all over the Statue of Liberty. It was a joke, and an admittedly corny joke at that. Stop trying to act like a victim.

Twicehappy2x -> RE: the biker (4/28/2008 11:03:04 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slaveboyforyou That one needed some music to accompany it too. Again you're being ridiculous. Harley Davidson's are not anymore sacred than John Deere tractors or Ford trucks. It's a motorcycle, not the Lincoln Memorial. So stop acting as though I just walked up and threw a bag of shit all over the Statue of Liberty. It was a joke, and an admittedly corny joke at that. Stop trying to act like a victim. Do you come to the forums and tell African American, Jewish, Irish, or any other all type of group jokes? Some Jokes you keep to yourself. Or better still, try walking into your local biker event and repeating said joke. Perhaps you should go reread all of your comments, not just your bad joke. From the Library of Congress, the title for the article in the link below; "Harley Davidson, An American Legend" http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/harley100/ As to your repeated attempts to call me a victim and ridiculous; well first i must inquire, did you run out of insults or is that the best you've got? Second, I pity you. Is there nothing you hold sacrosanct , nothing you deem so inviolable, so hallowed in the pith of your marrow that you would ward it against the intransigent vilifications of those whose mealy mouthed mumblings resemble the pathetic whimpers of a mange ridden cur snapping and snarling at his betters ? The biker, what he represents, holds such sacred lodging in my heart. Or is it that there is something, any one thing that you would enter the fray to defend except that you lack the wherewithal to present any significant display of intestinal fortitude to do so? I give you a quote from a fellow American, one who has went to war so you can keep your precious freedom and you mock said upright defender of your homeland with violin music? Very adult and patriotic. I can only draw the conclusion that i am dealing with one whose mental capacity, sense of civic pride and personal belief system equate to that of a infant who knows no loyalty except to the teat he suckles upon. And by way of providing proof of this lack mocks those who possess such. Or as i previously suggested has a rather bad case of Harley envy. At any rate, please do come back and throw another temper tantrum, perhaps given long enough you can do better than "ridiculous" and "victim". Proud to be owned and operated by a long haired occasionally greasy biker, who FYI, is also an American veteran.

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