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General Discussion / Re: The post your picture thread.

« on: September 19, 2009, 03:56:57 pm »

You're lucky cuz you got the best looking one. :p

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General Discussion / Re: Scots may require registration of bicycles

« on: September 16, 2009, 02:31:21 pm »

I think you missed the part where I said "on the road" with "with traffic" -- I assume the junior isn't going to be cruising down the main thoroughfares.

You'd be surprised how many bad parents there are in this country. I've seen MANY young children and pre-teens biking on streets with no sidewalk and cars going at 55mph.

Heh, guess nobody here had any sort of childhood. You're trying to tell me that you never cruised around with your friends on the streets with your bike as your only mode of transportation when you were in middle and early high school? Don't blame the parents..

Oh, and it's illegal to ride on the sidewalk. Stick to the bike lane.

By the time you're old enough to be in middle/high school, it isn't unreasonable to earn a license of some sort, even if it's specifically a cyclist license. And who's blaming the parents?

I'm not sure about the US, but here it's legal to ride on the sidewalk until you have wheels of a certain size (I forget how big). So it's legal for kids to ride on the street, but not adults (typically).

<edit> For what it's worth, you bounced between "you're a dad, trying to teach your kids how to ride a bike" and being in middle school/highschool and using your bike to commute. You're going to have to pick some arguments and stick with them, otherwise it's impossible to discuss.

I just referenced riding around in middle school because many people were talking about never seeing "kids" in the streets. Hell, we did it during elementary school. How young are you defining "kids"? I don't think it's much of a difference between the two age groups I was mentioning.. I don't expect any 12 year olds to go get a biking license, even if it is required by law. It's just not happening.

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General Discussion / Re: Scots may require registration of bicycles

« on: September 16, 2009, 04:55:49 am »

I think you missed the part where I said "on the road" with "with traffic" -- I assume the junior isn't going to be cruising down the main thoroughfares.

You'd be surprised how many bad parents there are in this country. I've seen MANY young children and pre-teens biking on streets with no sidewalk and cars going at 55mph.

Heh, guess nobody here had any sort of childhood. You're trying to tell me that you never cruised around with your friends on the streets with your bike as your only mode of transportation when you were in middle and early high school? Don't blame the parents..

Oh, and it's illegal to ride on the sidewalk. Stick to the bike lane.

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General Discussion / Re: Scots may require registration of bicycles

« on: September 15, 2009, 09:26:52 pm »

Heh, not really. How do you expect to make sure a certain plate is registered to the bike it's on? It's not like you can compare with the rider's biking license unless you actually, you know, require people to have a license to ride bikes.

Requiring registration for bikes is like requiring registration for guns. Sure, it may help sometimes, but there's always ways to avoid dealing with it. Get caught up with an illegal bike? Who cares. Leave it somewhere and go get another.. they're cheap and easily available.

Would requiring a license to ride a bike be such a bad thing? I mean, if you're on the road, it's assumed you should understand the rules of the road. Requiring a driver license to ride a bike with traffic actually makes sense.

True enough comparing it to gun registration. I think the insurance aspect of it is more important than registering it, really.

Wait until you're a dad, trying to teach your kids how to ride a bike. But first, field trip to the DMV to get your bike license!

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General Discussion / Re: Scots may require registration of bicycles

« on: September 15, 2009, 08:22:52 pm »

How can they even require registration? Last night, I stripped a bike apart into each of its individual pieces in like 10 minutes. Completely down to the bare frame, so that can go and be powdercoated. If you can completely change every piece on the bike, and then go paint the frame.. the only possible way of "registration" would involve some sort of identification number. And that would not be possible on old bikes, nor would it be easy to enforce with the amount of bikes that are stolen these days.

The idea seems like a decent theory, but if you think about it for a minute, it's preposterous. Do I have to contact the Department of Transportation every time I paint my frame a different color, or change the wheels?

They could just make everybody get a license plates, the same way bike couriers (at least here) have.

Boom, done, next.

[img ][ /img]Bike messengers in Philly....that's pretty much them.

You just posted a picture of some random emo-wannabe trendwhore fixed gear rider. What was the point of that, again?

How can they even require registration? Last night, I stripped a bike apart into each of its individual pieces in like 10 minutes. Completely down to the bare frame, so that can go and be powdercoated. If you can completely change every piece on the bike, and then go paint the frame.. the only possible way of "registration" would involve some sort of identification number. And that would not be possible on old bikes, nor would it be easy to enforce with the amount of bikes that are stolen these days.

The idea seems like a decent theory, but if you think about it for a minute, it's preposterous. Do I have to contact the Department of Transportation every time I paint my frame a different color, or change the wheels?

They could just make everybody get a license plates, the same way bike couriers (at least here) have.

Boom, done, next.

Easy to steal plates / such a hassle if you have multiple bikes / old bikes don't have any sort of mounting or standard for it on the frame. Oh, and it'd be terribly hard to enforce, I'd imagine.

Most of those have the exact same issues with cars, and the same solutions, too.

Heh, not really. How do you expect to make sure a certain plate is registered to the bike it's on? It's not like you can compare with the rider's biking license unless you actually, you know, require people to have a license to ride bikes.

Requiring registration for bikes is like requiring registration for guns. Sure, it may help sometimes, but there's always ways to avoid dealing with it. Get caught up with an illegal bike? Who cares. Leave it somewhere and go get another.. they're cheap and easily available.

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General Discussion / Re: Scots may require registration of bicycles

« on: September 15, 2009, 06:45:32 pm »

How can they even require registration? Last night, I stripped a bike apart into each of its individual pieces in like 10 minutes. Completely down to the bare frame, so that can go and be powdercoated. If you can completely change every piece on the bike, and then go paint the frame.. the only possible way of "registration" would involve some sort of identification number. And that would not be possible on old bikes, nor would it be easy to enforce with the amount of bikes that are stolen these days.

The idea seems like a decent theory, but if you think about it for a minute, it's preposterous. Do I have to contact the Department of Transportation every time I paint my frame a different color, or change the wheels?

They could just make everybody get a license plates, the same way bike couriers (at least here) have.

Boom, done, next.

Easy to steal plates / such a hassle if you have multiple bikes / old bikes don't have any sort of mounting or standard for it on the frame. Oh, and it'd be terribly hard to enforce, I'd imagine.

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General Discussion / Re: Scots may require registration of bicycles

« on: September 15, 2009, 05:59:02 pm »

How can they even require registration? Last night, I stripped a bike apart into each of its individual pieces in like 10 minutes. Completely down to the bare frame, so that can go and be powdercoated. If you can completely change every piece on the bike, and then go paint the frame.. the only possible way of "registration" would involve some sort of identification number. And that would not be possible on old bikes, nor would it be easy to enforce with the amount of bikes that are stolen these days.

The idea seems like a decent theory, but if you think about it for a minute, it's preposterous. Do I have to contact the Department of Transportation every time I paint my frame a different color, or change the wheels?

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General Discussion / Re: UC proposing 32% fee increase by next fall

« on: September 12, 2009, 09:46:45 pm »

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13311456?nclick_check=1

What do you think? I think it's crap, but hey, I don't see any students outlashing in masses over this (because most of their parents are paying for school) so it'll probably pass.

Yeah, but the parents probably carry more weight than the students do. It's just a matter of how many parents will actually say something.

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General Discussion / Re: Is Joe's real name Khai?

« on: September 11, 2009, 04:20:27 am »

No. b/c ergot is azn.

Tran is more commonly a Vietnamese last name, although could possibly be Chinese. But Ergot doesn't play WoW. And that's not his name. And he's not that much of a nerd. More likely Newby, he's pretty nerdy. :p

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General Discussion / Re: Let's hear it!

« on: September 10, 2009, 04:20:25 pm »

I've chilled with Newby, Towelie, leet_muffin, and Ergot. Does that help? :p

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General Discussion / Re: Let's hear it!

« on: September 09, 2009, 03:28:39 pm »

Comcast blows. Hard. Only 3 days in and I hate them.

Get used to it bitch, you don't have many alternatives.

Heh, Comcast's cable doesn't have the consistent uptime that'd be nice, but other than that I haven't had much of a problem.. What's your qualm?

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General Discussion / Re: Let's hear it!

« on: September 06, 2009, 05:38:10 am »

Fill your bong with Dr. Pepper instead.

Think about how much harder maintenance would be if you made this a regular habit. I wonder if you'd be able to taste dried up soda-tar in a resin bowl.

I'm not a pothead, and have therefore never owned a bong. However, I have friends that put other liquids (Gatorade, soda, etc.) into their hookahs, and it gets nasty real quickly. I'd imagine it'd be worse with a bong.

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General Discussion / Re: Let's hear it!

« on: September 05, 2009, 03:06:24 pm »

Damn you towelie. Making me look like some stoner punk.

I wonder how filtered bong water would taste, though.

Fill your bong with Dr. Pepper instead.

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General Discussion / Re: Let's hear it!

« on: September 04, 2009, 02:13:31 pm »

Or be like me, all I own are tshirts and jeans so I just take whatever is on top. Picking out what you are going to wear is for girls.

Does this mean you wash things after every use? If you wear a shirt, take it off, do you fold it up and put it at the bottom of the drawer? Or do you just wear the same thing every day until it gets dirty / starts to smell?

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General Discussion / Re: Let's hear it!

« on: September 04, 2009, 01:35:47 am »

Built my furniture today.

Still need to get a mattress. And I kinda wish I had picked out a 6 drawer dresser instead of a 4... I filled my 4 immediately. No breathing room for extra stuff.

I hate not having enough room for clothes. I filled up a 4 drawer dresser and two sides of a closet pretty quickly.. I don't even like having a dresser for clothing anyway. How are you supposed to pick what to wear easily if it's all stacked on top of each other and hard to see? Big walk-in closet ftw.