tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post2123009726080989560..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Evolution InactionJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-87218516684947168732007-10-04T18:24:00.000-05:002007-10-04T18:24:00.000-05:00I have nothing against riders (being one myself), ...I have nothing against riders (being one myself), but it does raise the penalty for stupidity and I think that is the salient point -- evolution in action. Being stupid on a bike is more likely to lead to death, penalizing the genetically challenged.<BR/><BR/>What "chaps my ass" is when you see a rider with a helmet and his girlfriend on the back without one. The first time I rode on the back of a bike, the guy wasn't prepared with a second helmet. He insisted that I wear the one he did have. Fortunately, it was a ride of about a mile on residential streets.Anne C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09444051201220766948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12192236088152777632007-10-03T21:32:00.000-05:002007-10-03T21:32:00.000-05:00I ride bikes myself (well, once I get a working on...I ride bikes myself (well, once I get a working one again, oh please Mr. Santa). Out here we get idiots on 4 wheelers. Idiots that don't seem to understand the concept of Private Property. But we get them on our major roads (not good, especially at night). Most of it young kids, even some with girl friends riding on the back. <BR/><BR/>As for kids in running cars, I guess this parent never heard that when the sun is out, it doesn't matter what air temp is, that can heat the inside of the car to dangerous levels quickly, and keeping it in park and running, there's something called CO backup. You don't want a part of that.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-49040278228675504022007-10-03T10:14:00.000-05:002007-10-03T10:14:00.000-05:00Anne, could be that motorcycles are the modern equ...Anne, could be that motorcycles are the modern equivalent of the saber-tooth. I used to ride extensively, but I had four accidents in a 8 months (none of them my fault) and I took that as sign and gave it up. I've got nothing against those who do ride, including kids.<BR/><BR/>Kids on ATVs and dirt bike are pretty common here in Alaska. I let my son drive my smaller Arctic Cat 4-wheeler as long as he has proper safety equipment on and I'm following him on my own machine. He was taught how to ride safely at an early age. What I object to are the kids I see doing 60 - 100mph down the public road without supervision or safety equipment. Crazy, even for Alaska.<BR/><BR/>And nothing chaps my ass more than some idiot parent who leaves their small children in a running car.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-32721703027393815642007-10-02T20:00:00.000-05:002007-10-02T20:00:00.000-05:00I think motorcycles are a modern attempt at a sabe...I think motorcycles are a modern attempt at a sabertoothed tiger. I should know, I drive one. Give the motorcycle some time.<BR/><BR/>Don't know what to do about the SUV lady tho. She's destroying the environment with her idling gas guzzler, but that won't kill her, just her idotic-parent DNA bearing children.Anne C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09444051201220766948noreply@blogger.com