Linking MC riding to life and work...

[Cormanus]

Chip, you're braver than me! I hope it was worth it.

You're the second forum pilot to own up to a dislike of heights except when flying. I'm not a pilot, but I love flying and I'm also afraid of heights. My father, who was a pilot, was also afraid of them. What is it, I wonder?

Fabulous report and pictures, Flyn. Reminds me why "Seat Time" is my favorite forum section. I'd love to ride in that country, deer or no deer.

I noticed your remark about not liking heights. Funny how many people don't much like heights but enjoy flying.

I've noticed that as well. I can hang upside down in an open cockpit biplane or jump out of a plane at 13,000 ft, but climbing up a ladder onto the roof of my house is next to impossible. Go figure!!

I've noticed that as well. I can hang upside down in an open cockpit biplane or jump out of a plane at 13,000 ft, but climbing up a ladder onto the roof of my house is next to impossible. Go figure!!

[furious_blue_imp]

In High School I was an 'artsy' kind of person. My life was art and music with absolutely no interest in Mathematics or the Quantitative Sciences. A few years after graduation I needed a job and a cheap means of transport to get to the job. Thus was acquired my first bike a '73 CB350. Having no money, and this being a late 60's early 70's bike meant that there was lot of maintenance to do and that I was going to be doing it myself.
This was my first introduction to the world of cause and effect. That there are predictable physical consequences from specific quantitative inputs..
As my interest in motorcycles grew so did my desire to understand just what in the heck is going on with these things and the physical world in general.
This led to taking remedial High School math classes at the local Junior College along with basic Chemistry and Physics classes.. leading to a 4 year BS in Physics.. And now a life immersed in computers and software.

The irony of the scholarly pursuit was of course that I was introduced to modern physics in which there is no direct quantitative cause and effect (quantum physics).. and the world in which things physically shorten, time moves slower or faster, or things can 'weigh' more or less depending on how fast they are going. The thing we measured to be 5 feet long will be measured to be 4 feet long by someone else..

But I'm content riding Newtonian motorcycles and reveling in the predictable numbers...

[redbirds_imp]

In High School I was an 'artsy' kind of person. My life was art and music with absolutely no interest in Mathematics or the Quantitative Sciences. A few years after graduation I needed a job and a cheap means of transport to get to the job. Thus was acquired my first bike a '73 CB350. Having no money, and this being a late 60's early 70's bike meant that there was lot of maintenance to do and that I was going to be doing it myself.
This was my first introduction to the world of cause and effect. That there are predictable physical consequences from specific quantitative inputs..
As my interest in motorcycles grew so did my desire to understand just what in the heck is going on with these things and the physical world in general.
This led to taking remedial High School math classes at the local Junior College along with basic Chemistry and Physics classes.. leading to a 4 year BS in Physics.. And now a life immersed in computers and software.

The irony of the scholarly pursuit was of course that I was introduced to modern physics in which there is no direct quantitative cause and effect (quantum physics).. and the world in which things physically shorten, time moves slower or faster, or things can 'weigh' more or less depending on how fast they are going. The thing we measured to be 5 feet long will be measured to be 4 feet long by someone else..

But I'm content riding Newtonian motorcycles and reveling in the predictable numbers...

What an interesting story, the need for cheap transportation indirectly leading to a career.

[fritzwilliger_imp]

Wow, furious_blue! Terrific story, well told, about how one thing led to another, which in turn led to still others! Guess your journey exemplifies an appreciation for "cause and effect" occurrences in everyday life, along with a sense of the "cloud effect" of quantum features in an internet-interconnected world!

Cheers!
fritz

[GoldOxide_imp]

Chip, I'm glad they tied you on before that girl pushed you. What did you say to her?

But seriously, some well worded perspectives in this thread.