How long have you been here?
Jason Clishe
Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
I'll start:
I first found out about RMD about 5 or 6 years ago, when I got my first
Internet account. I didn't start reading and posting regularly until about a
year and a half ago.
--
Jason Clishe
98 YZ400
90 Chevy K1500
**Any unsolicited commercial email sent to me will be forwarded to the Spam
Recycling Center at spamr...@chooseyourmail.com where it will then be
forwarded to the appropriate authorities**
bullwinkle
>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
I have been around almost 2 years now. I started lurking and didn't post
much until maybe a year ago. I have been a lot more active since I got my
WR250 and have met several RMD'ers already (High Lord Gomer, Scott Wilson
(the other one in SC), Lee, MX Tuner and soon to meet Freddie (that scares
me).
All the RMD'ers I met have been great. Gomer helped me with a flat about
two weeks ago and Tuner has helped me with various questions via e-mail.
All in all the majority of the people who post to RMD are cool. I pick out
certain posts by those that I have met and others Mike Baxter, Uwe, Rich
Rohrich, Peter Patton, SER, Ghost Rider just to name a few.
I have seen the group decline a little and noticed some people leave and
posts fluctuate in number. However, the core of the group moderates itself
very, very well.
Ivan Liechty
'93 WR250
ilie...@bellsouth.netBULLWINKLE
drop BULLWINKLE to e-mail
http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/~iliechty
Dennis Kennedy
"Jason Clishe" <jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
only be 10-20 new posts a day.
--
Dennis Kennedy
dennisbk at hotmail dot com
kennedy at NOSPAMrogueNOSPAMwave dot com
'78 GL1000, '96 VFR750, '98 XR400
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
YamaDogDad
overflowed .
Gearhead
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
A year and a half now, though I tend to lurk until a thread about ATVs is
posted.
I've learned much from this ng, as well as gotten some good tips from
questions I've posted.
Joe Geary
waiting for my Y2K TRX400EX
NOSPA...@usaor.net
Mike Baxter
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
Well, I'm an old timer when it comes to RMD. Before RMD came about, all we had
was rec.motorcycles. That was OK, but the traffic made it difficult to keep
with all the post on the Unix system at Texas Instruments. No threading
software then. So all of the motorcyclist shared this group until someone
called a vote to start some sub groups. The vote passed and RMD was born along
with r.m.racing and r.m.harley. What most of you guys don't realize is that
you missed the adventures of George Couyant. Those were the days!!!
--
Mike Baxter
Scott Aldrich
>
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
I remember when there was only rec.motorcycles. My first time on line
was about the mid 80's. Back then it was pretty much just academic and
large company access. I remember the discussions that ensued when the
proposal for a rec.motorcycles.dirt was made. When the group was first
formed I joined, but I was more into street bikes so I unsubscribed and
forgot about it. I hooked back up again about the time I took my '85
CR125R out of mothballs which was a few years back. I was amazed at the
difference and happy to see that R.M.D. had survived and prospered into
what it is today.
--
Scott Aldrich / UN*X System Administrator
JBD
>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
lack of knowledge for about a year. Have learned a ton in a very short time &
have met (online) lots of VERY cool people. Can't wait to meet some RMDers
face to face....July 5th meeting Jason Clishe, John Payer...and Kim, and Rob
Schafer. Probably just long enough for them to tell me what an a**hole I
really am <VBG>
Jeff
(old hippie) or as John called me after I described myself...Jesus on a KX (-:
I would do a list of people who's posts I enjoy reading but it would be WAY
too long and I would miss someone. The list of people I don't care for would
be much shorter.
Josh Harmon
> In article <lG5c3.3027$ZV2....@nntp0.detroit.mi.ameritech.net>,
> "Jason Clishe" <jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> > There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> > Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
> Been lurking for about 7 years. Found it in the days when there would
> only be 10-20 new posts a day.
Yea, it was a waste of time to check your news more than once a day,
little traffic back then. There was only 3-4 threads at a time, but still
quality stuff. I have appeared and disappeared many times through out
the last 8 years, usually depending on how new my bike was!
For old times sake: What color are your hand grips?
Josh Harmon
99 300EXC
fas...@my-deja.com
mba...@cybeq.com wrote:
> with r.m.racing and r.m.harley. What most of you guys don't realize
is that
> you missed the adventures of George Couyant. Those were the days!!!
>
> --
> Mike Baxter
>
>
I was around when there was just rec.motorcycles. Mostly at
that time there seemed to be more posts about street bikes and
riding the canyon roads in Cailfornia. I myself had a 83 GPZ750
which I managed to wad up several times. At that time I was riding
KTMS, a '81 KTM250WR and a 83 KTM420WR. Mike Baxter was one of
the first dirt guys I became familar with as he seemed to break
bones alot. I remember when he broke his neck. I think I was
running Hell Hole MX Raceway at that time. ANd I do remember
George! Good grief!..This guy was a hoot! Some of the stories.
Makes ours today look boring.
Freddie
-------------------------------------------------
I want to marry the girl in her twenties
who knows the words to "Sh-Boom." But
if she's got them tattooed on her butt,
forget it, because that's just weird.
DirtCrashr
Uh... a couple years and a half ago, first whilst riding a DramCycle and living
in a dream world? Before the XR400 - it was around the time of the Great
Horned One and Orange Pumps, back when TMaxel posted and raced and posted and
his kids raced and he posted, after George and during BonusSock, after Atlanta
and before the icy Spodefest Norwest, before I ever "raced" an enduro, right
around the birth of the Yellow Turd...
Keith - '97xr400
Dennis Kennedy
cen...@digisys.net wrote:
> For old times sake: What color are your hand grips?
>
> Josh Harmon
> 99 300EXC
Mine are black. Maybe that's why I'm so slow. I think the blue grips
are the fastest.
--
Dennis Kennedy
dennisbk at hotmail dot com
kennedy at NOSPAMrogueNOSPAMwave dot com
'78 GL1000, '96 VFR750, '98 XR400
Jeff Miller
>
It must be at least 4 years??? Time goes by too fast - only post when it
involves old CR500's, NY riding, and stupid questions...(just kidding about the
questions).
FWIW - Black honda grips held on with friction tape - that should date me!
Jeff Miller jeff...@ibm.net
nospam/binger
: Jason Clishe wrote:
: > There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
: > Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
: >
: Well, I'm an old timer when it comes to RMD. Before RMD came about, all we had
: was rec.motorcycles. That was OK, but the traffic made it difficult to keep
: with all the post on the Unix system at Texas Instruments. No threading
: software then. So all of the motorcyclist shared this group until someone
: called a vote to start some sub groups. The vote passed and RMD was born along
: with r.m.racing and r.m.harley. What most of you guys don't realize is that
: you missed the adventures of George Couyant. Those were the days!!!
: --
: Mike Baxter
Yeah, George. He was an Aussie, no? And the Texas Neon Glitter Boyz... and a
whole lot of other folks, too.
Hmm. Let's see. Add the 1, carry the 5... about 6 or 7 years, anyway.
Black grips. Black _BIKE_, too. 6 volts, even.
"Hey old man."
"I'm not old. I'm only 37."
"Well I can't just call you _man_."
binger
'75 XL250 - "The Angry Lawnmower"
'86 XR80R - "The Kid"
Mike Baxter
>
> Yeah, George. He was an Aussie, no?
George was definitely an Aussie living in Melborne and working for Convex Computers.
I have tried tracking him down via the net, but failed. I wonder if he didn't make
it back from one of his big treks into the Simpson desert???
--
Mike Baxter
VLJ
>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
Since the CFV for rec.motorcycles.dirt (to dodge the 'net primadonnas that
hijacked rec.motorcycles) and its inception. Got into rec.motorcycles in
1989 ...
Good ridin' to ya,
Victor Johnson
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'75 Goldwing "Big air. Kids today, that's all they want, big air.
'89 Hawk GT I say keep it on the dirt, that's where the fun is.
'98 XR400R You want big air kid? Pull my finger."
http://www.vlj.com - Smooth Johnson (master of the berm)
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Douglas K Landau
1987
-jc
>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
Since somewhere around 92 ....
- Jeff
- 99 KX250
- 96 ZX-9R
- To reply via email use: campbell at juniper dot net
SCW
--
"SpodeKill"
Scott Wilson
Pile of KLX Parts
93 RM-125 (Cameron)
96 KX-100 (Corey)
Pony
first time last week and so far i have had several good laughs, been proposed to
three times and accidentally started a contest to see who had the most property
and wild life in their yard and who could supply the best Mexican food.
Pony
94 peddle bike (with flat tire)
88 shetland pony (lame but cute)
Jason Clishe wrote:
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
> I'll start:
> I first found out about RMD about 5 or 6 years ago, when I got my first
> Internet account. I didn't start reading and posting regularly until about a
> year and a half ago.
>
Jim Hall
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
Active for a little under three years. Occasional lurking before. I
was starting to consider myself a bit of an old timer, but now I see
that I;m just a young'un
Jim Hall
380 EXC and others
turning Money into Noise...
Thank you Big Joe's Cycle; Plateau Engineering
Wesley Grass
--
Only a few months, but I followed it briefly during the summer of '95, if
I remember correctly. Now that I think of it, that was back when I didn't
have anything to do at THAT company.
Black grips. It's a practical thing, black rubber is tougher. It's got
absolutely nothing to do with my age.
Wes
Tim - fusion1
>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
Since I invented the internet.
These other old-timers talk a lot of shit, but they're all newbies to
me.
OK, OK, it was around 6 or 7 years ago, from a cryptic, non-threading
Unix shell account provided by a hacker BBS called Hals Muffler
Palace. I was dir...@overture.pha.pa.us back in the stone age. :-)
Tim
Rob Shafer
Jason Clishe <jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:lG5c3.3027$ZV2....@nntp0.detroit.mi.ameritech.net...
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
I don't know.. a couple years I guess maybe a little longer. Lots of amazing
things have happened in that short time on this news group. It's a bummer we
don't hear much from Troy any more. (TMaxel)
Black!
Rob
Uwe Hale
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
I started after living in DFW for a year and finally getting enough time away
from work to go ride.
Just checked DejaNews. My first post was in 1997/09/09
I used to be pretty busy on Compuserve in the Borland C++ forums. The usenet
C++ groups had too much crap for my taste. But RMD has just the right amount
of crap.<VBG>
Uwe Hale - 89 YZ250WR, 99 GasGas EC200
http://www.rrdr.org
http://www.smackovermotorsports.com
Burt B. Lamborn
real pain to access, so I quit lurking. Changed jobs, and have been
checking posts daily for maybe a year. I rarely post; I generally don't
have a lot to say. It's fun to read everyone's opinions on various
things, though. In general it's a pretty classy bunch.
I has been interesting to me to read threads by people who obviously
know each other well; it's amazing how you can get a feel for people's
personalities. I have not met any RMD'ers in person yet.
Burt Lamborn
KTM 380EXC
Logan, Utah
KD
>how long have *you* been here?
I do ALOT of lurking around..just readin posts..not participating a whole
lot..like to read tho'.
Since I've been back into bikes...I guess late in '98...I found out about
this group, got back into bikes and met some great people. Right JC..? ;o)
Ken and Jen Murphy
Dennis Kennedy wrote in message <7krg3d$hlk$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>In article <3771296D...@digisys.net>,
> cen...@digisys.net wrote:
>> For old times sake: What color are your hand grips?
>>
>> Josh Harmon
>> 99 300EXC
>
>Mine are black. Maybe that's why I'm so slow. I think the blue grips
>are the fastest.
Wrong, BGRM rule. Right Deeney?
What's Deeney famous for crashing into?
M
janet
wrote:
> Well, I have only been lurking here since I went on-line in March...
posted the
> first time last week and so far i have had several good laughs, been
proposed to
> three times and accidentally started a contest to see who had the most
property
> and wild life in their yard and who could supply the best Mexican food.
>
> Pony
>
I'm with her....a newbie....been online for years but found this wealth of
useful info about 3 weeks ago..the natives are quite friendly...pony..ever
thought about woving to Hawaii?? I could use a good moto/horse galfriend
around here....
Janet
Marty Wicks
<jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
well, first posted 12/12/96. Tend to keep my trap shut unless I can
contribute more than a "me too" kinda post. Oh yeah.. I used to
spout off about Wattsy kicking a lot of US butt.. but I can't even do
that now :(
Cheers,
Marty
'98 KTM 250EGS
C5FltEngnr
>spout off about Wattsy kicking a lot of US butt.. but I can't even do
>that now :(
>
>Cheers,
>
>Marty
What more can you say about the dude? He's: young, talented, fast as hell,
the only guy to consistantly give Rodney Smith a run for the money, is a bit
arrogant( what fast guy isn't? Don't even say JMG),has a hell of a future ahead
of himself, and is busted up.
I can only think of three words.
HE'LL BE BACK!!!
Forest Gump mode on: " and that's about all I got to say about that." Gump mode
off.
If KTM lets another good rider slip through there fingers, they are complete
freaking idiots!
Mark (aka XC Racer)
'99 YZ 250
#567 OCCRA
Wishing i was half as good as I'd like to be!
http://www.members.aol.com/occra
Steven Eric Romer
>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
Great idea, Jason!
I have always been here. Before I got a computer I was here. I was
here the first time any of you watched while the posts were downloaded
for this newsgroup. I was there the first time you read that post that
hit home so much that you began sobbing uncontrollably. I was there
when we found out our good friends got injured--staring at the screen
in disbelief. You were all here when I bought my dream cycle. I was
there when you bought yours. I was there, man!
The internet connection we have is only symbolic of the real eternal
bond we all share. A simple electronic toy. Maybe its real value is to
underline this point. It is especially obvious with this common
interest that we are as one! In our hearts and souls we know each
other all too well. Are we really separate? What are we really doing
when we compete against each other at times? Is this insanity? For
some, maybe. For others, just an excuse to get out and ride with their
brothers. These technological terrors we ride are nothing compared to
the power of the eternal soul--our connection to God or spirit or
whatever you want to call it!! Our connection to each other! Time and
space are nothing to this--like the feathers filling a pillow of God's
own dreams!
We must listen to our souls sweet harmonies, see with the inner light
the things God would have us see. Unsheath the sword of truth bound in
the stone of our blindness. That is the mighty aspiration God has for
each of us. See that all beauty and meaning comes from oneness.
Realize truly that your fellow man is as important to you as any
family member--as important as yourself! fear is one end of a
continuum, and faith is on the other end. Oh, the unspeakable power
and beauty of it! That's how long I have been here!
Other than that, in earth time, I have been on this group just over a
year--right after I bought this new computer with an adequate modem
(my last computer was a 386SX, but I did like the "SX" part!).
You guys are all great--I have enjoyed it immensely and look forward
to more of the same, and more of the different perhaps too! Thanks!
Steve A-#1 rider in the world
94 XR650L dream cycle
Cam Mitchell
<jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>I first found out about RMD about 5 or 6 years ago, when I got my first
>Internet account. I didn't start reading and posting regularly until about a
>year and a half ago.
It seems like I've been on here for ages, at least to me. I checked
with dejanews, and my first post was only four and a half years ago,
not as far back as I thought.
I really miss some parts of the old RMD but change is to be expected.
I've learned almost everything about motorcycle maintenance etc. from
RMD.
--
ICQ #15223254
94 KX500 #71, CMA Open C.
Thanks to Racer's Edge Motorsports, Race Tech, Applied Racing.
YamaDogDad
> Well, I have only been lurking here since I went on-line in March...
> posted the
> first time last week and so far i have had several good laughs, been
> proposed to
> three times and accidentally started a contest to see who had the most
> property
> and wild life in their yard and who could supply the best Mexican
> food.
> Pony
> 94 peddle bike (with flat tire)
> 88 shetland pony (lame but cute)
>
I recall youi won that contest too !
YamaDogDad
I used to be pretty busy on Compuserve in the Borland C++ forums. The
usenet
> C++ groups had too much crap for my taste. But RMD has just the right
> amount
> of crap.<VBG>
>
After watching how conversations here go on subjects like grip glue &
oiling an O-ring chain the though of following threads on that forum
makes me shutter. I haven't been there but I can only imagine !
'Where does a curly brace REALLY belong ? " AAAAAHHHHHHH.
I brings to mind a quote from someone I heard some time ago :
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud. Sooner
or later you will come to realize that pigs likes the mud.
steven...@trw.com
urge to get back into motocross.
Steve
In article <lG5c3.3027$ZV2....@nntp0.detroit.mi.ameritech.net>,
"Jason Clishe" <jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
> I'll start:
> I first found out about RMD about 5 or 6 years ago, when I got my
first
> Internet account. I didn't start reading and posting regularly until
about a
> year and a half ago.
>
> --
> Jason Clishe
> 98 YZ400
> 90 Chevy K1500
>
> **Any unsolicited commercial email sent to me will be forwarded to the
Spam
> Recycling Center at spamr...@chooseyourmail.com where it will then
be
> forwarded to the appropriate authorities**
>
>
--
If at first you fail,
destroy all evidence
that you ever tried
in the first place.
J Payer
> Jason Clishe wrote:
> >There was a thread going a while ago about how long
> >RMD has been here. Here's a new twist: how long
> >have *you* been here?
I've been here about the same amount of time you have J, approximately a
year and a half.
<snip>
> It's a bummer we don't hear much from Troy any more. (TMaxel)
I'll second that. Troy needs to quit work, get on welfare, then he'd
have LOTS of time to ride and post. Hell...I might do that myself.
<VBG>
J&K
BTW - We both run black grips.
Dennis Kennedy
ha...@texas.net wrote:
> I used to be pretty busy on Compuserve in the Borland C++ forums. The
usenet
> C++ groups had too much crap for my taste. But RMD has just the right
amount
> of crap.<VBG>
>
Hey, a fellow C++ programmer. I still lurk in those groups.
comp.lang.c++.moderated is actually quite readable.
--
Dennis Kennedy
dennisbk at hotmail dot com
kennedy at NOSPAMrogueNOSPAMwave dot com
'78 GL1000, '96 VFR750, '98 XR400
Blaine S. Gardner
Well, maybe not quite always, but I was branded a "proponent" in the flame
wars preceeding the creation of rec.motorcycles.dirt and
rec.motorcycles.harley out of rec.motorcycles.
I was here before DejaNews.
I was here when rec.motorcycles was created out of net.motorcycles
during the Great Reorg.
If you want to put a date on it, 1986. Though I'm reduced to occasional
lurking these days.
"Ken and Jen Murphy" <thm...@rmi.net> writes:
>What's Deeney famous for crashing into?
A barbed wire fence. Though the root cause was llamas. :-)
And George Couyant's outback trips were something else! Too bad DejaNews
doesn't go back far enough to have archived them.
Did the mass exodus to Australia to join one of George's rides ever
happen?
--
Blaine Gardner bla...@xmission.com DoD#46 UB#2 FJ1200 XR600R LT250R
"Cannot run out of time. Time is infinite. You are finite. Zathras is
finite. This... is wrong tool."
Pony
every since I saw the cheesy video "No Respect" where Brian Deegan and Larry
Linkogle terrorize the islands I have thought how amazing that would be... I
mean to go there and ride, not to terrorize the place... :-) I'm too fond of
my Michigan climate... ever thought of moving to MI? I could use the same up
here! Hehehe!
janet wrote:
> In article <37717F15...@centuryinter.net>, cen6...@centuryinter.net
> wrote:
>
> > Well, I have only been lurking here since I went on-line in March...
> posted the
> > first time last week and so far i have had several good laughs, been
> proposed to
> > three times and accidentally started a contest to see who had the most
> property
> > and wild life in their yard and who could supply the best Mexican food.
> >
> > Pony
> >
Pony
Just beautiful. (seriously, and also with a smile...)
Steven Eric Romer wrote:
> "Jason Clishe" <jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> >There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> >Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
Tom and Michelle Harvanek
Pony wrote
>I think I need to dry my eyes, that was beautiful man!!!! *sniff-sniff*
>Just beautiful. (seriously, and also with a smile...)
>
Don't encourage him! ;-]
But seriously, this is so much better then the old SER..
Tom
Steven Unruh
: There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
: Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
i read rec.motorcycles way back before they even started the DoD group.
probably more than 8+ years.
steve
lunch...@aol.com
riding for a few years but couldn't really find a decent source of
information/conversation untill rmd. very nice ng for sure.
unfortunately, i'm trying to find a cheap used bike (read older than
dirt) for a friend of mine who wants to learn how to ride so i've been
forced to post a lot of "knowledge withdrawal" type questions right off
the bat.
gotten really usefull responses (along with some subtle suggestions
that my riding habits resemble a lot of peoples wives - ex. "yeah thats
a thing you could do to your bike, i did it for my wife's bike and it
worked fine") oh well, i like a thinly veiled insult as much as the
next guy so keep it coming.
anyway, i'll try not to get to needy with my questions.
"jump off your couch and play air guitar."
lunchblaze.
In article <lG5c3.3027$ZV2....@nntp0.detroit.mi.ameritech.net>,
"Jason Clishe" <jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
> I'll start:
> I first found out about RMD about 5 or 6 years ago, when I got my
first
> Internet account. I didn't start reading and posting regularly until
about a
> year and a half ago.
>
> --
> Jason Clishe
> 98 YZ400
> 90 Chevy K1500
>
> **Any unsolicited commercial email sent to me will be forwarded to
the Spam
> Recycling Center at spamr...@chooseyourmail.com where it will then
be
> forwarded to the appropriate authorities**
>
>
lunch...@aol.com
lunch...@aol.com
Stephen Bobic
Tim - fusion1 wrote:
> "Jason Clishe" <jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> >There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> >Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
> Since I invented the internet.
Al? Al Gore? You're doing a great job of hiding behind that personna!
Steve
Men...@hotmail.com
-Eric
Cliff Polston
>
> Uwe Hale wrote:
> I used to be pretty busy on Compuserve in the Borland C++ forums. The
> usenet
>
> > C++ groups had too much crap for my taste. But RMD has just the right
> > amount
> > of crap.<VBG>
> >
>
> oiling an O-ring chain the though of following threads on that forum
> makes me shutter. I haven't been there but I can only imagine !
> 'Where does a curly brace REALLY belong ? " AAAAAHHHHHHH.
>
> I brings to mind a quote from someone I heard some time ago :
> Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud. Sooner
> or later you will come to realize that pigs likes the mud.
NOT the mud, just the feeling from it scratching the nose during a good
root. So there pbtptptptt!
Cliff
(Chemically displaced Petroleum Engineer)
Russ Schooley
<jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
As I recall I've been on RMD since '92 or '93.
Russ Schooley Over 25 & Over 30 Int.
Allen, TX '97 XR400 - the rehab bike ;)
Russ Schooley
<thm...@rmi.net> wrote:
>What's Deeney famous for crashing into?
Don't recall, but I do remember something about "blue" grips. ;)
Uwe Hale
> Hey, a fellow C++ programmer. I still lurk in those groups.
> comp.lang.c++.moderated is actually quite readable.
I looked through that today and the moderated version seemed pretty decent. I
was trying to find ways to improve std::string performance in large std::map.
800,000 plus records of 200+ length. The profiler pegs at the operator< used
for traversing.
Now that C++ has evolved into a standard and me having used it for the last 6
years, there isn't as much to learn about it and most of the groups get
repetitive. Too many kids wanting you to do their homework.<g>
To stay on topic - Programming is one of the worst careers for staying in shape
for dirt bike riding. My wife is amazed that my hands are softer than hers.
Plus I have little grip strength. Carpentry would probably keep you in decent
riding shape. Thoughts?
klassic
shape
> for dirt bike riding. My wife is amazed that my hands are softer than
hers.
> Plus I have little grip strength. Carpentry would probably keep you in
decent
> riding shape. Thoughts?
>
bad back from constently bending over.
After baking in the sun all day, all week , its tough to go racing in the
sun all day (but worth it).
Any falls that leave wounds on the hands, ankles,knees, back and arms make
Monday a little tough to deal with.
Sometimes it's hard to get the pants done up over the beer gut, cause you
can't pound nails without pounding ales.
But I have great grip strength! (from work??)
Here's a thought.... Stay in your air conditioned office and exersize!
I'm sure your wife loves your baby soft hands.
--
Later.....Klassic
98 CR 250
Thunderin'Bird
XR250L. I look forward to the helpful tech and the humorous bs.
"Newbie" Dale
Hanse
and my hands could probably do a better sanding job then 80 grit sandpaper,
I have a real strong grip, but when i'm riding my hands go numb, and i'll
have to shake them to get the blood flowing again. I would give anything to
be sitting behind a desk with great legs walking around! anyone wanna trade
places for a while?
Matt
99YZ400
>
> For such a softie you sure ride pretty good. <G> Imagine how
> you could ride if you quite programming and got a real job such as
> roofing! <G> Of course your increased grip may be needed if you ever
> make Cindy mad.
> I couldn't resist. :0)
> Mark Nelson
> #567 OCCRA
> '99 YZ 250
> AKA C5FltEngnr
Jon Sosa
JS
Jason Clishe <jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:lG5c3.3027$ZV2....@nntp0.detroit.mi.ameritech.net...
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
BM
crazy, because I can't wait to read all the posts every night!
#@it!, I'm an RMD junkie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOB
WR 400
Jason Clishe wrote in message ...
XC Racer
>To stay on topic - Programming is one of the worst careers for staying in shape
>for dirt bike riding. My wife is amazed that my hands are softer than hers.
>Plus I have little grip strength. Carpentry would probably keep you in decent
>riding shape. Thoughts?
>
> Uwe Hale - 89 YZ250WR, 99 GasGas EC200
> http://www.rrdr.org
> http://www.smackovermotorsports.com
>
Uwe
Jason Clishe
news:377284CF...@centuryinter.net...
> Ah, never thought of moving to Hawaii, though it would be nice to visit...
> every since I saw the cheesy video "No Respect" where Brian Deegan and
Larry
> Linkogle terrorize the islands I have thought how amazing that would be...
I
> mean to go there and ride, not to terrorize the place... :-) I'm too fond
of
> my Michigan climate... ever thought of moving to MI? I could use the same
up
> here! Hehehe!
Where at in Michigan you from? Us Michiganders get together rather
frequently. I'm from Clarkston, John Payers' in Ann Arbor, Rob Shafer is
near Grand Rapids, JBD is near Lansing (I think)...
We're all going riding on Monday July 5. Email me if you're interested.
YamaDogDad
> in shape
> for dirt bike riding. My wife is amazed that my hands are softer than
> hers.
> Plus I have little grip strength.
Ditto on the soft hands, but I keep a hand exercizer next to the
keyboard and use it while compiles run. Since alot of of my compiles
run 15- 60 sec and I do about a zillion compiles a day the old grip is
pretty good. It helps that I let the compiler find all my syntax
errors.
YamaDogDad
Gary M
wrote:
>"Jason Clishe" <jcl...@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>>There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
>>Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
>Since I invented the internet.
>These other old-timers talk a lot of shit, but they're all newbies to
>me.
>
>OK, OK, it was around 6 or 7 years ago, from a cryptic, non-threading
>Unix shell account provided by a hacker BBS called Hals Muffler
>Palace. I was dir...@overture.pha.pa.us back in the stone age. :-)
>
>Tim
I was confused bout who you wuz for a bit when you dropped dirtboy.
Thought that was a cool moniker too.
Gary M
Dennis Kennedy
"Hanse" <Ha...@voicenet.com> wrote:
> I would give
anything to
> be sitting behind a desk with great legs walking around! anyone wanna
trade
> places for a while?
>
> Matt
> 99YZ400
>
profession. Just a bunch of ugly guys with pocket protectors. ;)
--
Dennis Kennedy
dennisbk at hotmail dot com
kennedy at NOSPAMrogueNOSPAMwave dot com
'78 GL1000, '96 VFR750, '98 XR400
Jeff Deeney
: I was here when rec.motorcycles was created out of net.motorcycles
: during the Great Reorg.
Man, this thread is bringing out all the oldies. I think I came on
board just after the reorg. 87-88ish. It was before Shamu was even
born.
Re: grip colors, I've attached the definition from an earlier post.
Re: crashing into things, I can repost the 4/1/92 Llama incident if
there's any interest. I got me into quite a bit of trouble at the time.
Someone even called the burn unit at the local hospital to find out how
I was doing.
-Jeffrey Deeney- DoD#0498 NCTR UTMA BRC COHVCO AMA
j...@fc.hp.com '85 XT600-Willy '88 XR600-Shamu
We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.
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Pat Burroughs (pat...@airmail.net) wrote:
: Please!! Any suggestions on how to prevent/deal with hand blisters
: would be appreciated. I have tried: NewSkin, UnderWare, Scott MX-2
: grips, all to no avail...I've gotten a pair of Renthal full diamond
: soft compound grips and we'll see how they work this weekend.
This may sound far-fetched, but it is a well known fact that the color
of your grips plays a big role in blister formation. If I were to
hazard a guess, I would say that you have black grips. Black is a
brutish, harsh, masculine color. Black grips are usually formulated
from a mixture of spent ammo and recycled monster truck tires. Black
grip riders usually secure the grips to the bike with a combination of
fish hooks, barbed wire, and razor blades.
Try switching to grips that are a quiet pastel, polite earthtone, or, if
you feel like making a statement, a bold neon color. Glue them on with
an environmentally friendly adhesive, such as a mixture of flour &
water. For maximum effect, repaint & anodize parts of your bike to
match your kinder, gentler grips. Become a Sensitive New Age Rider.
Take care now.
-Jeffrey Deeney- DoD#0498 NCTR FOLMA#2 UTMA BRC
j...@fc.hp.com AMA#540813 COHVCO '85 XT600-Willy '88 XR600-Shamu
"I honor my Inner Warrior. Otherwise he will hurt me. Badly."
-Shanti Goldstein
Josh Harmon
klassic wrote:
> I am a full time carpenter with extremely rough hands (ask my wife) and a
> bad back from constently bending over.
> After baking in the sun all day, all week , its tough to go racing in the
> sun all day (but worth it).
> Any falls that leave wounds on the hands, ankles,knees, back and arms make
> Monday a little tough to deal with.
> Sometimes it's hard to get the pants done up over the beer gut, cause you
> can't pound nails without pounding ales.
I have two carpenters that work for me that spend their freetime riding
bulls. I don't know about staying in shape, but one
downside is if they get injured bull riding and can't work, they
don't get paid.
My office job can still be performed if I can speak, hear, see and type [with
at least one hand]. Last Spring I had to
business from my hospital bed after crushing my fermal artery
on the handle bars while trying to dismount in fifth gear. I
now have a 2" section of Dacron in my leg to connect the
two ends of the artery.
HOSEHEAD
>
> There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been here.
> Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
>
Well, lets see....I was around when this forum was a mailing list.
Anyone else remember those days?
That was 6 jobs ago..before RMD was spun off from rec.motorcycles and
usenet was popular...say 1990 or 1991? Damn, I'm getting old.....but
still riding!
MVCronk
> Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud. Sooner
>or later you will come to realize that pigs likes the mud.
>
Hey now,
Just cause we engineers didn't actually make it down out of "the tree"until
quite recently, doesn't mean we are an easy target. ~:-) Its occasionally
useful to tell people that one of the prime constituents of chocolate is
'dirt', and more specifically, clay.
Some of us *actually* think we know the caramilk secret. Hanging car stunts
aren't as easy as they look. 5 man concrete toboggans that do 60km/hr are
way cool, especially the ones that can stop in less than 5 ft! No joke. I
wouldn't ride it - got the Mechy's to pilot the thing. Heh heh! I should
get the video clip out for you guys to witness........Tomfoolery of the best
kind.
Due to the known presence of big brothers - I deny everything!
Mark Cronk
swivel geer
JBD
<snip>
>Re: crashing into things, I can repost the 4/1/92 Llama incident if
>there's any interest. I got me into quite a bit of trouble at the time.
>Someone even called the burn unit at the local hospital to find out how
>I was doing.
I'd like to hear it. And I'm sure Freddie would be interested in anything
involving Llamas if he hasn't already heard it.
>-Jeffrey Deeney- DoD#0498 NCTR UTMA BRC COHVCO AMA
>j...@fc.hp.com '85 XT600-Willy '88 XR600-Shamu
>We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.
Jeff
(old hippie)
JBD
>In article <ueCc3.196$VL6....@news2.voicenet.com>,
> "Hanse" <Ha...@voicenet.com> wrote:
>> I would give
>anything to
>> be sitting behind a desk with great legs walking around! anyone wanna
>trade
>> places for a while?
>>
>> Matt
>> 99YZ400
>>
>Unfortunately, computer science doesn't attract many women to the
>profession. Just a bunch of ugly guys with pocket protectors. ;)
>
riots :) Sit at a desk with beeeuuuuteeefuuul 18-23 yr. old girls walking by
ALL day long. I think I feel a mid-life crisis coming on.
Jeff
(oldroolinghippie) ;-p
Bret McFarland
into the java forum. HEH!
Bret McFarland
98 KDX220
merf...@my-deja.com
HOSEHEAD <DontSpa...@zk3.nospam.com> wrote:
> Jason Clishe wrote:
> >
> > There was a thread going a while ago about how long RMD has been
here.
> > Here's a new twist: how long have *you* been here?
> >
>
> Well, lets see....I was around when this forum was a mailing list.
> Anyone else remember those days?
Yea! Wasn't the list, di...@zygot.com
O aka Ken Murphy (thm...@rmi.net)
<M>erfman Thanks to: DNA Racing, MSR, FMF,
_/ \_ Race Tech, Boyesen/Twin Air and
Works Connection
Jim Hall
>... and have you noticed how the C++ crap has now spewed itself over
>into the java forum. HEH!
Not to mention another newsgroup.... <g>
Jim Hall
380 EXC and others
turning Money into Noise...
Thank you Big Joe's Cycle; Plateau Engineering
Tim - fusion1
>I was confused bout who you wuz for a bit when you dropped dirtboy.
>
>Thought that was a cool moniker too.
Thanks Gary, but I hated it!
When I signed on for access at the BBS I used, it immediately asked
for a screen name. I typed in the first stupid thing that came to my
head, and it was dirtboy.
When I finally got rid of it, I just wanted to use my first name, then
realized about 4 different "Tim's" were posting. =8^/
98 XR400, 93 CR250
http://www.users.fast.net/~fusion1
Rat Bikes, Trail Riding, Rental Car Abuse
HOSEHEAD
>
> > Well, lets see....I was around when this forum was a mailing list.
> > Anyone else remember those days?
>
> Yea! Wasn't the list, di...@zygot.com
>
Yeah, that was it! I thought it was the coolest thing when a buddy
told me about it. At the time I didn't think there were that many of us
dirt-bike types around. Man, I sure have met and made a bunch of good
friends and riding buddies thanks to those humble beginnings. Heck,
I've even learned a trick or two.....
Rob Shafer
I'll second that. Troy needs to quit work, get on welfare, then he'd
have LOTS of time to ride and post. Hell...I might do that myself.
<VBG>
J&K
BTW - We both run black grips.
** I knew there was a reason I liked you JP... Yep, impeccable choice in
grip color, that's it for sure! <LOL> It's either that or Kim ;-)
Rob
Blaine S. Gardner
>Re: crashing into things, I can repost the 4/1/92 Llama incident if
>there's any interest. I got me into quite a bit of trouble at the time.
>Someone even called the burn unit at the local hospital to find out how
>I was doing.
I'd have probably been doing the same thing if you hadn't of warned me of
the April Fools prank you were staging. :-) Your "Llama Incident" post
itself was just about perfect, but the setup beforehand with 6-12 cohorts
posting "news reports" and "eyewitness accounts" of some horrific
motorcycle accident was too darn convincing.
Just like "War of the Worlds" all over again! :-)
--
Blaine Gardner bla...@xmission.com DoD#46 UB#2 FJ1200 XR600R LT250R
"Cannot run out of time. Time is infinite. You are finite. Zathras is
finite. This... is wrong tool."
Jeff Deeney
: I'd have probably been doing the same thing if you hadn't of warned me of
: the April Fools prank you were staging. :-) Your "Llama Incident" post
: itself was just about perfect, but the setup beforehand with 6-12 cohorts
: posting "news reports" and "eyewitness accounts" of some horrific
: motorcycle accident was too darn convincing.
For those who requested it, and in spite of those who insisted that I
not rekindle this story, here's the Llama Incident, complete with the
prelude:
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From ron Tue Mar 31 09:55:05 1992
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From: r...@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1992 16:55:05 GMT
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Subject: Some bad news
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It is with a heavy heart that I regret to inform you that Jeff Deeney
appears to have been seriously injured during some sort of
motorcycle accident.
I wasn't listening closely enough to the local cable-station news to
catch what it was all about. I also haven't been able to contact his
wife, he may not even be in the local hospitals because they seem to
have no knowlege of him. (Flight for Life will often take victims to
their own facility)
The news said it was "awful." I hope they're wrong.
Hopefully,
Ron Miller
DoD 693
From vlj Tue Mar 31 12:37:08 1992
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From: v...@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1992 19:37:08 GMT
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In rec.motorcycles, r...@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller) writes:
> It is with a heavy heart that I regret to inform you that Jeff Deeney
> appears to have been seriously injured during some sort of
> motorcycle accident.
>
> I wasn't listening closely enough to the local cable-station news to
> catch what it was all about. I also haven't been able to contact his
> wife, he may not even be in the local hospitals because they seem to
> have no knowlege of him. (Flight for Life will often take victims to
> their own facility)
>
> The news said it was "awful." I hope they're wrong.
They're not.
A guy a couple of cubicles down is always plugged into a scanner so
I asked him if he picked up anything on this. After giving me the
usual ".. those thing are dangerous ...you're all nuts ...", he said there
had been a single vehicle accident involving a motorcycle seven miles
southwest of town. There was a fire involved as the Masonville Volunteer
Fire Dept. was called to the scene to put out a grass fire and the rider
was airlifted to DGH Burn Unit. Not good. I'm trying to find out more.
Damn!
Victor Johnson
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From matt...@ajsh.colorado.edu Tue Mar 31 15:37:10 1992
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I heard the strangest story today. Those of you who live away from
the Colorado Front Range are probably often amused by the strange
juxtiposition of civilized and backwoods mentalities here in
Colorado, but you local folks should listen up seriously because it
looks like this time we have a real maniac to deal with.
I was just down at a local shop to pick up some fork dust boots
that I ordered for the GS450s, and one of the parts guys was all aflame
about an "accident" he saw on his way into work today. He
was riding in through the foothills and was nearly run off the
road by - get this - a truck with *llamas* in it! That by itself
might not be too bad, even a bit amusing on a good day, but later on
down the road he came across a group of emergency trucks strung out
across a field, with oil on the outside of a turn and what looked like
a burning motorcycle over across a field. He was nearly stopped anyway
trying to tiptoe around the oil, so he rode up to one of the
firemen and asked what was happening. The reply was that the
cyclist was pretty badly burned and they were clearing a helicopter
landing area to fly him to a hospital. The fireman didn't know how
it happened, so the parts guy told him about the crazy truck driver,
thinking that the truck ran the bike off the road.
The fireman said he'd radio it in, so the driver is probably behind
bars now, but it left all of us with major new jitters about meeting
trucks on the wrong side of a canyon road. With the laws as lax as they
are we can probably look forward to meeting up with this idiot
truck in the near future, as the courts will probably just slap his
wrist and let him keep his license "for the continuance of his
business." Business? Llamas? Sheesh, let the granola yuppies
grow their own pack animals; let's put this driver in the electric
chair and pour gasoline over him.
Sorry for the diatribe, but after having been run off the road once
by a drink driver I don't take too kindly to that sort of lunacy.
*sigh* April's just around the corner, maybe I should just take a
deep breath, wait for spring, and leave the flaming to someone else.
--
-Alex Matthews (matt...@ajsh.colorado.edu)
DoD #0010
"Every particle continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a
straight line except insofar as it doesn't." -- Sir Arthur Eddington
From jld Wed Apr 1 08:20:14 1992
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From: j...@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1992 15:20:14 GMT
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Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, I had a mishap,
but I've been released from the hospital and I'm now at home for a few
weeks. Too bad I can't say the same for my motorcycle. Writing is a
little awkward with some of the bandages, so please excuse any errors.
I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that I finally got
the 750 put back together. Ron Miller was over a couple of nights ago
and helped me wrestle the engine back into the frame. Another late
night in the garage had the pipes and carburetors back on. The next
morning, I hooked up the fuel and fired it up. It took a few minutes
for the engine to catch, but it eventually started firing. First on
one, two, three, and finally all four cylinders. The garage and
driveway were filled with blue smoke as the assembly lubrication burned
off.
Before I tell you any more, I have a confession to make. Ron knows all
about this and has threatened to make my frugality public, so I may as
well beat him to it. Because I place little value on the street pig, I
didn't want to invest any more than necessary to get her running again.
The only new parts I bought for the top end rebuild were one exhaust
valve and a top end seal kit. I reused the cam chains, the chain wear
blocks, and even the piston rings. Everything was still well within
specification after 37k miles and 11 years and I saw no reason to
replace them. If only I'd known then what I know now. :-(
After about an hour of gentle riding around town, I decided to take her
out in the country for some high speed break-in. There's a nice little
two-lane here that winds around Horsetooth Reservoir above town. After
warming up on several miles of twisties, I turned South at Masonville.
There are some good straight stretches here so I decided to open it up
for a long burst.
Not long after the 85mph speedometer buried the needle, I begin to
detect that something was not right. Within a matter of seconds, a dull
ticking grew to a loud clacking and the entire motorcycle begin to
shudder. I just started to shut down the throttle when one of the rods
snapped and proceeded to ventilate the crankcases. The engine suddenly
stopped turning and locked the rear wheel; which was now thoroughly
coated with oil.
The back end came around on me just before I regained enough composure
to pull the clutch in. Being halfway sideways, the bars violently
wrenched my shoulders and I was almost tossed off as the bike
straightened out. By this time, I would estimate that I was still doing
at least 80 miles per hour. Having focused on getting the bike back
under control, I had failed to notice the sharp corner coming up. When
I tried the brakes, I quickly learned that the engine had hurled oil
over all three disks. What I wouldn't have given for good old drum
brakes right about then!
When it became obvious that there was no way I was going to make the
corner with no brakes and oil covered tires, I stood the bike up and
tried to pick a path with the minimum number of hazards. I think that I
got some air as I left the roadway and dropped down the slight bank into
a field. I narrowly missed a fence post and punched through a barbed
wire fence.
If you've ridden along the county road South of Masonville, you've
probably seen the large llama ranch to the East of the County road.
Well, the field that I had rocketed into happened to be occupied by a
herd of very surprised llamas. They scattered as I approached, but I
still managed to clip the hindquarters of a large brown and white male,
sending waves of pain through my left hand and forearm. Having cleared
the shaggy creatures, I found myself headed for a ditch with a berm on
the side that I was approaching. I had the choice of hitting the ditch
square, or trying to lay the bike down. I realized that with my current
rate of speed, even sliding, I would still hit the ditch at high speed,
so I opted to square up as best I could, stand up on the pegs, and
prepare for the impact. It's really amazing how fast the brain
processes information in the adrenelin induced time expansion.
The suspension bottomed with a loud Ker-THUNK at both ends as I hit the
embankment. I pulled back hard on the bars as I crested the mound to
prevent the back end from kicking up into the air. Ideally I would have
used a burst of throttle at this point to maintain the proper attitude.
For a while, I thought that I was going to clear the entire ditch, but
when I landed, the frame smacked into the soft dirt lining the opposite
lip of the ditch. I could hear the pipes crumple and grind beneath me.
The impact tore my hands from the bars and the chin of my helmet smacked
into the tank, scattering stars across the inside of my faceshield. I
was actually quite lucky that my hands were not on the bars at this
point. You see, as irrigation ditches in Colorado often have, this one
was lined with large cottonwood trees. Through some kind of divine
intervention, my trajectory took me squarely between two of them. This
would have been OK if the trees were six inches further apart. Each end
of the handlebars sent up a shower of coarse, dry bark as the bars
received a modified cafe racer bend.
I managed to wrestle control of the mangled handlebars just as I looked
up to see an electric fence approaching. By this time, my speed had
been slowed considerably. I was able to bring the back end around and
slide to a stop within inches of the fence. I sat there for a few
moments to take inventory of all major limbs. I was astounded to
discover that other than some sore muscles, I was pretty much unscathed.
Then I noticed the strong smell of gasoline. I stepped of the bike and
put it on the sidestand. The source of the gasoline was a deep gouge in
the leading edge of the tank, probably from the barbed wire fence.
Hearing an approaching vehicle, I turned to see the llama rancher
blazing across the field on a 4-wheeler. The last thing I remember was
walking toward him, loosening my helmet, and trying to think up an
appropriate opening line like, "I meant to do that! He-He".
I'm told that the fireball created when the sidestand sunk in the soft
dirt and the bike tipped into the electric fence was quite spectacular.
I was very fortunate that the rancher was able to douse my flaming
clothing in short order. Unfortunately, the only thing he had to douse
the flames with was a couple gallons of insecticide. Nevertheless, the
doctors tell me that my chances of leading a normal life are pretty
good. The bandages should be off in time for our dirt riding trip to
Canyonlands, but I would imagine I'll have to stay out of the sun as
much as possible.
So here it is, the first of April, spring is here in full force, and I'm
stuck inside until some of these lesions either explode or fall off. Let
this be a lesson, don't scrimp on repairs, or you'll pay, painfully. :-/
-Jeff Deeney- DoD#0498 NCTR '88 XR600(Shamu)
j...@hpfcla.fc.hp.com AMA#540813 COHVCO '81 CB750F(In Cinders)
"...and that was only one of the many occasions on which I met my death;
an experience which I don't hesitate to strongly recommend."
-Baron Von Munchausen
Jason Clishe
Jason Clishe
HOSEHEAD <DontSpa...@zk3.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:3777B6...@zk3.nospam.com...
> merf...@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > > Well, lets see....I was around when this forum was a mailing list.
> > > Anyone else remember those days?
> >
> > Yea! Wasn't the list, di...@zygot.com
> >
>
> Yeah, that was it! I thought it was the coolest thing when a buddy
> told me about it.
Does anyone know who started the mailing list? It'd be interesting to find
out who started this whole thing.
Kenneth Murphy
: >Re: crashing into things, I can repost the 4/1/92 Llama incident if
: >there's any interest. I got me into quite a bit of trouble at the time.
: >Someone even called the burn unit at the local hospital to find out how
: >I was doing.
: I'd have probably been doing the same thing if you hadn't of warned me of
: the April Fools prank you were staging. :-) Your "Llama Incident" post
: itself was just about perfect, but the setup beforehand with 6-12 cohorts
: posting "news reports" and "eyewitness accounts" of some horrific
: motorcycle accident was too darn convincing.
: Just like "War of the Worlds" all over again! :-)
Yea, I must admit the bast^H^H^H^HJeff got *me* hook, line and sinker.
I've never forgiven him for it either.... I WILL get even Deeney. ;)
It was without doubt the best AFJ I've ever seen on usenet.
BTW, Welcome BACK Blaine!
O aka Ken Murphy (kmur...@ford.com) Owner/Operator: 98YZ250
<M>erfman Thanks to: Jen, Erin, DNA Racing, MS Racing, FMF, Race Tech
_/ \_ Boyesen/Twin Air, Works Connection <Your name here>
Disclaimer: Don't even pretend you thought I spoke for Visteon
Kenneth Murphy
: Does anyone know who started the mailing list? It'd be interesting to find
: out who started this whole thing.
Hmmm, ya got me there. I don't remember any names being associated
with the list... Maybe Deeney or Vic or Blaine can remember...
: Jason Clishe
Blaine S. Gardner
>Jason Clishe (jcl...@ameritech.net) wrote:
>: Does anyone know who started the mailing list? It'd be interesting to find
>: out who started this whole thing.
>Hmmm, ya got me there. I don't remember any names being associated
>with the list... Maybe Deeney or Vic or Blaine can remember...
Hmph! Once you get a reputation as being older than dirt, I guess it
sticks. :-)
I'm drawing a blank on who started the mailing list, but it almost seems
he was a doctor? I've probably got some stuff archived at home, but it's
on the old Amiga 3000, and it is temporarily offline.
Blaine S. Gardner
>Yea, I must admit the bast^H^H^H^HJeff got *me* hook, line and sinker.
>I've never forgiven him for it either.... I WILL get even Deeney. ;)
>It was without doubt the best AFJ I've ever seen on usenet.
Yep, the standard by which all others shall be judged!
>BTW, Welcome BACK Blaine!
Thanks! Just to let you know my luck hasn't changed at all: I got back
from a fun, but uneventful weekend of trail riding with a friend, parked
the XR600 and went to get the monster cable lock, and while my back was
turned the sidestand dug in and the bike went flatside down. The result
was a shattered clutch perch, and silly thing was stationary at the time.