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horror story...
#11
(05-21-2017, 11:17 PM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: ClassicVW: I'm going to modify that last one. Do you think, "Honey, I knew a guy that died taking the garbage to the curb" can get me out of that chore?

It's certainly worth giving it a shot! Let us know how it works out for you.....Big Grin
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#12
(05-23-2017, 10:23 PM)ClassicVW_imp Wrote:
(05-21-2017, 11:17 PM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: ClassicVW: I'm going to modify that last one. Do you think, "Honey, I knew a guy that died taking the garbage to the curb" can get me out of that chore?

It's certainly worth giving it a shot! Let us know how it works out for you.....Big Grin

It's certainly worth giving it a shot! Let us know how it works out for you.....Big Grin
The swelling is almost gone but it's still black and blue
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#13
(05-22-2017, 12:23 PM)Stichill_imp Wrote: I think they mean well and just don't realize how patronizing and insulting it is to the rider. Doesn't make it any less annoying. It seems to be more likely to occur when someone starts riding or returns to riding, or a person meets someone who is a rider for the first time. After a while people come to accept that you ride and stop talking about it with alarm.

You just know: many of these people use their smartphones while driving, endangering themselves and others more than they could every realize. I just read about a 21 year old young man in Kenosha, Wisconsin who drove a Ford E250 van into the back of a stopped school bus at full highway speed...no sign of applied brakes. He was killed; luckily no children suffered serious injury.

If I'm feeling peevish, I will sometimes ask people if they wear a helmet in the car to prevent head injury from impact with the side window or roof in event of a serious accident. Or, have they considered installation of a 4-point seatbelt harness. They look at me like I have two heads.

This is an older piece but still relevant.

https://rideapart.com/articles/an-open-l...motorcycle

Absolutely love it !!!
I cuss you not, cannot go for a ten minute drive without witnessing several idiots either self-crotch-watching or checking their i-tards.

Today was a typical day. Nearly sideswiped twice by someone checking something "important" on their i-tard and watched a road train nearly destroy a car who decided it was more important to sit at the lights checking facetard than actually move when it goes green.

Darwin awards will be overflowing in 2017.
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(05-21-2017, 09:59 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: When I was in motorcycle sales I was amazed at the people who would come into the shop to look at motorcycles and then regal to me horror stories. They would usually end up saying something like " I could never ride a motorcycle because my (cousin, brother, friend) was killed on one" to which I usually replied " gee it's a good thing they weren't killed in a car or you would have to walk everywhere".

witty comeback The Ferret! Im using this quote from now on haha
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