The Derailed Thread...

Discussion in 'Free Zone' started by Mikie, Sep 18, 2016.


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  1. herzalot

    herzalot iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Laguna Beach
    Name:
    Chris
    Current Bike:
    2020 Revel Rail,Yeti SB 130 LR
  2. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    Short version: Colorado moron walks out to edge of Old Faithful in Yellowstone, apparently urinates on it. Cited on four charges.
     
  3. Cyclotourist

    Cyclotourist iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Redlands
    Name:
    David
    Current Bike:
    Don't fence me in!
    The Google widget thing is pretty great today, neighbor.
     
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  4. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    I just spent an hour with (insert telecom name) about my bill. Every time I have to talk to them I once again understand why people climb clock towers with high-powered weapons.

    That doesn't mean I think it's okay...just means I understand.
     
  5. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    Exposure? Climb this....:p

    https://weather.com/travel/news/scariest-roads-photos

    North Yungas Road, Bolivia

    Also known as "Death Road," North Yungas Road connects the city of La Paz to Coroico in North Yungas, Bolivia and is considered the world's most dangerous road. The narrow dirt road, which was built into the side of the Cordillera Oriental Mountain chain by Paraguayan prisoners in the 1930s, has a death toll of about 300 people a year, according to the History Channel. The path, most of which is no wider than 12 feet, descends nearly 11,800 feet in just 40 miles, and travelers have to deal with dangers such as aconstant fog, heavy rain, loose rocks, limited visibility and 2,000-foot drop-offs. But that doesn't stop thrill-seeking tourists from traveling (and even bicycling) the infamous road, which has become one of Bolivia's most popular attractions.
     
  6. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
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  7. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
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  8. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    Water World was a movie. Not even a a good movie.

    I don't suffer from motion sickness so they'd lose money on me.
     
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  9. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    Have you ever been on a boat in 20 foot seas at 11 seconds with 55 knot winds?

    I was on a 90 foot sportboat once in those conditions out at San Miguel Island. When it's that rough, you are too scared to get seasick. :eek:
     
  10. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    I'm smarter than that. My "boat" was 1,100 feet long.

    But to answer your question, yes. 45 foot swells and solid water over the bow of a ship with 85 feet of freeboard. :thumbsup:
     
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  11. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    This statement:
    "As temperatures increased throughout the 20th century because of humans, Greenland's ice mass decreased."
    In the article bugs me.

    Call me a skeptic, but I still doubt very seriously that we are causing the earth to melt. No doubt this will flame a debate. I think NASA is looking for more funding for research and scare tactics is a great way to obtain them. What "do" I believe. I think the earth is warming on it's own despite our activity. "Everyone... open up your freezers so we can chill the earth back down... :rolleyes:"
     
  12. mtnbikej

    mtnbikej J-Zilla

    Location:
    Orange
    Name:
    J
    Current Bike:
    SC Chameleon SS, SC Hightower

    Nah, we are causing it. We have over inhabited the planet. We have now become the pest that is damaging it.

    You live out in the sticks, so you experience it differently than we do. Night time temps stay much warmer these days....why? Over development. All of these unnatural materials: concrete/asphalt hold in the heat. No longer are we getting the overnight cool down. Head out into undeveloped areas, the temps are cooler.

    Eventually the planet will say enough and hit the reset button again.
     
  13. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    I, for one, think we are contributing but I do not think we are the cause. It's been proven that this is a natural and normal global cycle.

    When all the glaciers finally do melt (the end of our current Ice Age), many of us will have beach front property. Now, how can you go wrong with that?!
     
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  14. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    Ah, that's refreshing. It would seem that you agree with me that we should go back to living in simplicity that is not over-taxing our planet: Living in handmade huts and spending our days farming and hunting (and mountain biking).
     
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  15. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    I’m with the snake on this one, I don’t think we’re the cause, but we’re not helping matters! It’s all cyclical, nothing stays the same.
     
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  16. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    I wrote something then I read it then I deleted it.
     
  17. LLPoolJ

    LLPoolJ iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Moreno Valley
    Name:
    James Johnson
    Current Bike:
    Specy Epic, Stumpu and Enduro
    Maturity perhaps
     
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  18. kioti

    kioti iMTB Rockstah

    Name:
    Jim Jennings
    Current Bike:
    ibis ripley
    I don't know, it seem's like the world's mostly sticks (we tend to congregate) and (concrete-free) puddles. Here's a map:

    http://luminocity3d.org/WorldPopDen/#3/12.00/10.00
     
  19. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    Ha! Again here I wrote something, read it, and deleted it.
     
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  20. LLPoolJ

    LLPoolJ iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Moreno Valley
    Name:
    James Johnson
    Current Bike:
    Specy Epic, Stumpu and Enduro
    Lol
     
  21. Danmtchl

    Danmtchl iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Bakersfield
    Name:
    Dan
    Current Bike:
    2020 Trek Fuel EX 9.7
    My dad and I went out on his Sailboat, a 45 foot Catalina off the coast of Pt. Fermin, Waves were huge and the Mainsail got stuck and yours truly had to climb the mast to get it unstuck. Scary stuff.
     
  22. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    Clueless spouses are the best.

    My wife's birthday is this coming Saturday. She learned at last to just tell me what she wants, and so I got it for her. It was to be delivered today, so I boogie home to get it and stash it before she gets home. I pull up and, crap, she's already home.

    Double crap, the neighbor saw it delivered to the porch and retrieved it.

    Triple crap - the neighbor flags down the wife to give it to her. :bang:

    It only says Sephora on the box...she never really looked at it, and she hands it to me and says "here's your bike parts.":p:p:p:p

    Thanks, honey!!! :thumbsup: Birthday rescued.
     
  23. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    Lol, that was like a mini movie in my head:laugh:
    You lucked out:thumbsup:
     
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  24. doublewide

    doublewide iMTB Rockstah

    Name:
    Mark
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Tallcan
    It's very important to stretch those hips when you're a mountain biker....just saying.

     
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  25. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    Get her signed up for the auto-delivery! A box every couple weeks for the entire year... :thumbsup:





    Edit: And no... I didn't think of this on my own. I was instructed.
     
  26. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    This grosses even me out and I’m a yoga instructor!:eek: When the body is over flexible it can actually be
    harmful.
    But I’ll let you guys have your fun;)
     
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  27. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    Jeesh, Sephora auto delivery?! I never set foot in those stores:thumbsdown: I hope my hubby knows he’s got it easy:laugh:
     
  28. doublewide

    doublewide iMTB Rockstah

    Name:
    Mark
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Tallcan
    Nothing wrong with pretzels and beer. :laugh:
     
  29. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    LOL, enjoy..life is short:D
     
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  30. Cyclotourist

    Cyclotourist iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Redlands
    Name:
    David
    Current Bike:
    Don't fence me in!
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