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Mountain Biker Brain Damaged, and Divorced

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  1. On September 23, 2000, a mountain bike race was held in Briones Regional Park,
    near Walnut Creek, California (see http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/ebrpd16). A
    37-year-old man crashed and ended up in a coma for a long time. I asked the Park
    District and the race sponsor what eventually happened to him, but they refused
    to tell me. I finally found out yesterday: he ended up brain damaged, and
    divorced.

    Both the East Bay Regional Park District and the race organizer deny
    responsibility, and refuse to talk about this incident, and the utter
    irresponsibility of allowing mountain biking RACES in wildlife habitat, in
    public parks, and in places not suited and designed for racing. Serious injuries
    and deaths from this destructive sport have become an almost weekly occurrence.
    Meanwhile, the International Mountain Bicycling Association continues to lobby
    hard in Congress for mountain biking, for allowing bikes in Wilderness, and for
    promoting mountain biking among CHILDREN (they would like the entire nation to
    celebrate a "Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day"😉!

    It's high time that we put a halt to this abuse and sacrifice of our natural
    areas and of our young people. Mountain biking accelerates erosion, creates
    V-shaped ruts in trails, kills small animals and plants on and next to the
    trail, and drives wildlife and other trail users off the trails and out of the
    parks. What's good about THAT???

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
    years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

  2. "Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    .. I finally found out yesterday: he ended up brain damaged, and

    Quoted message said:

    divorced.

    At least he had something to damage, more than you can claim. Plus,
    someone did marry him, what about you?

  3. I submit that on or about Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:06:13 GMT, the person
    known to the court as Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> made a
    statement (<[email hidden]> in Your
    Honour's bundle) to the following effect:

    Quoted message said:

    I finally found out yesterday: he ended up brain damaged, and divorced.

    Whereas as you were born brainless and your personality means you will
    never have a girlfriend. I think he's the winner in this little
    pissing contest :-)

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

    85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound

  4. Just zis Guy said:

    I submit that on or about Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:06:13 GMT, the person
    known to the court as Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> made a
    statement (<[email hidden]> in Your
    Honour's bundle) to the following effect:

    Quoted message said:

    I finally found out yesterday: he ended up brain damaged, and
    divorced.

    Whereas as you were born brainless and your personality means you will
    never have a girlfriend. I think he's the winner in this little
    pissing contest :-)

    Not true. Mikey found his wife here:
    http://www.xxxsexdotcum.com/big/graphics/naked-fat-chicks.jpg

    (Heard he picked a really hairy one.)

    <eg> ! ROTFL ! <eg>

  5. "di" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RJrLe.136$P34.32@okepread07...

    Quoted message said:


    "Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    . I finally found out yesterday: he ended up brain damaged, and

    Quoted message said:

    divorced.

    At least he had something to damage, more than you can claim. Plus,
    someone did marry him, what about you?

    Read the eighth paragraph
    http://www.ptreyeslight.com/columns/sparsely/sparsely1126_03.html Mike
    has stated in other posts that he thinks highly of Synanon, He may be
    unable to have children.

  6. "Sohn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "di" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RJrLe.136$P34.32@okepread07...

    Quoted message said:


    "Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    . I finally found out yesterday: he ended up brain damaged, and

    Quoted message said:

    divorced.

    At least he had something to damage, more than you can claim. Plus,
    someone did marry him, what about you?

    Read the eighth paragraph
    http://www.ptreyeslight.com/columns/sparsely/sparsely1126_03.html
    Mike has stated in other posts that he thinks highly of Synanon, He may
    be unable to have children.


    That's a great mercy for mankind.

    El

  7. "Sohn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "di" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RJrLe.136$P34.32@okepread07...

    Quoted message said:


    "Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    . I finally found out yesterday: he ended up brain damaged, and

    Quoted message said:

    divorced.

    At least he had something to damage, more than you can claim. Plus,
    someone did marry him, what about you?

    Read the eighth paragraph
    http://www.ptreyeslight.com/columns/sparsely/sparsely1126_03.html
    Mike has stated in other posts that he thinks highly of Synanon, He may
    be unable to have children.

    good, the genes stop here, but I still think his personality is more
    effective

  8. I submit that on or about Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:21:33 GMT, the person
    known to the court as "Bill Sornson"
    <[email hidden]> made a statement
    (<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's bundle) to
    the following effect:

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.xxxsexdotcum.com/big/graphics/naked-fat-chicks.jpg

    You think his inanity comes from typing with one hand?

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

    85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound

  9. Bill Sornson said:

    Not true. Mikey found his wife here:
    http://www.xxxsexdotcum.com/big/graphics/naked-fat-chicks.jpg

    Never crude?

    You are a liar, my dear man.

    E.P. "harumph."

  10. Quoted message said:
    Bill Sornson said:

    Not true. Mikey found his wife here:
    http://www.xxxsexdotcum.com/big/graphics/naked-fat-chicks.jpg

    Never crude?

    Some man...came in thru the window...and posted that link. (Hint: I didn't
    /write/ anything crude.) Hint Two: the subject was MIKEY. Standards
    drop...dramatically.)

  11. Bill Sornson said:
    Quoted message said:


    Never crude?

    Some man...came in thru the window...and posted that link. (Hint: I didn't
    /write/ anything crude.) Hint Two: the subject was MIKEY. Standards
    drop...dramatically.)

    :toes tapping, arms crossed:

    Not buyin' it...

    *Even* in a Vandespam thread.

    :stern look, small shake of head:

    E.P.

  12. On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:20:22 -0500, "di" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    ..
    .."Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ..news:[email hidden]...
    ..
    ..
    ... I finally found out yesterday: he ended up brain damaged, and
    ..> divorced.
    ..>
    ..
    ..At least he had something to damage, more than you can claim. Plus,
    ..someone did marry him, what about you?

    Leave it to a mountain biker to totally miss the point.
    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
    years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

  13. Quoted message said:

    It's high time that we put a halt to this abuse and sacrifice of our
    natural
    areas and of our young people. Mountain biking accelerates erosion,
    creates
    V-shaped ruts in trails, kills small animals and plants on and next to the
    trail, and drives wildlife and other trail users off the trails and out of
    the
    parks. What's good about THAT???

    Why are you wasting your time here, when the obvious problem is at the very
    top? This isn't a conspiracy, it's right out there in the open.

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-08-13-bush-bike_x.htm

    So I'd suggest you stop hanging out here and go do the protest thing in
    Lafayette Square, across from the White House, and try to do something about
    getting rid of the guy in the oval office who thinks mountain bikes are so
    cool, he's probably going to open up *every* National Park to them. No
    kidding. In fact, you might even be concerned about his future plans for
    Iraq; it's just possible he might allow mountain biking there as well.

    --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
    www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

  14. Mike Jacoubowsky said:
    Quoted message said:

    It's high time that we put a halt to this abuse and sacrifice of our
    natural
    areas and of our young people. Mountain biking accelerates erosion,
    creates
    V-shaped ruts in trails, kills small animals and plants on and next
    to the trail, and drives wildlife and other trail users off the
    trails and out of the
    parks. What's good about THAT???

    Why are you wasting your time here, when the obvious problem is at
    the very top? This isn't a conspiracy, it's right out there in the
    open.
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-08-13-bush-bike_x.htm

    So I'd suggest you stop hanging out here and go do the protest thing
    in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, and try to do
    something about getting rid of the guy in the oval office who thinks
    mountain bikes are so cool, he's probably going to open up *every*
    National Park to them. No kidding. In fact, you might even be
    concerned about his future plans for Iraq; it's just possible he
    might allow mountain biking there as well.

    I hear there's some brutal "urban" riding in Iraq.

    8-)

  15. Bill Sornson said:
    Mike Jacoubowsky said:
    Quoted message said:

    It's high time that we put a halt to this abuse and sacrifice of our
    natural
    areas and of our young people. Mountain biking accelerates erosion,
    creates
    V-shaped ruts in trails, kills small animals and plants on and next
    to the trail, and drives wildlife and other trail users off the
    trails and out of the
    parks. What's good about THAT???

    Why are you wasting your time here, when the obvious problem is at
    the very top? This isn't a conspiracy, it's right out there in the
    open.
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-08-13-bush-bike_x.htm

    So I'd suggest you stop hanging out here and go do the protest thing
    in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, and try to do
    something about getting rid of the guy in the oval office who thinks
    mountain bikes are so cool, he's probably going to open up *every*
    National Park to them. No kidding. In fact, you might even be
    concerned about his future plans for Iraq; it's just possible he
    might allow mountain biking there as well.

    I hear there's some brutal "urban" riding in Iraq.

    It's important to "accessorize" there...

    http://www.cyclingcentralva.org/pics/displayimage.php?album=28&pos=29

    Mike

  16. * Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]>:

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    | Please |
    | don't feed the |
    | TROLL's ! |
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    ooO Ooo

    Jason

  17. "Michael Dart" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Bill Sornson said:
    Mike Jacoubowsky said:

    > It's high time that we put a halt to this abuse and sacrifice of our
    > natural
    > areas and of our young people. Mountain biking accelerates erosion,
    > creates
    > V-shaped ruts in trails, kills small animals and plants on and next
    > to the trail, and drives wildlife and other trail users off the
    > trails and out of the
    > parks. What's good about THAT???

    Why are you wasting your time here, when the obvious problem is at
    the very top? This isn't a conspiracy, it's right out there in the
    open.
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-08-13-bush-bike_x.htm

    So I'd suggest you stop hanging out here and go do the protest thing
    in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, and try to do
    something about getting rid of the guy in the oval office who thinks
    mountain bikes are so cool, he's probably going to open up *every*
    National Park to them. No kidding. In fact, you might even be
    concerned about his future plans for Iraq; it's just possible he
    might allow mountain biking there as well.

    I hear there's some brutal "urban" riding in Iraq.

    It's important to "accessorize" there...

    http://www.cyclingcentralva.org/pics/displayimage.php?album=28&pos=29

    Mike


    Hahaha nice one Mike. :-)

  18. On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 05:30:46 GMT, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email hidden]>
    wrote:

    ..> It's high time that we put a halt to this abuse and sacrifice of our
    ..> natural
    ..> areas and of our young people. Mountain biking accelerates erosion,
    ..> creates
    ..> V-shaped ruts in trails, kills small animals and plants on and next to the
    ..> trail, and drives wildlife and other trail users off the trails and out of
    ..> the
    ..> parks. What's good about THAT???
    ..
    ..Why are you wasting your time here, when the obvious problem is at the very
    ..top? This isn't a conspiracy, it's right out there in the open.
    ..
    ..http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-08-13-bush-bike_x.htm
    ..
    ..So I'd suggest you stop hanging out here and go do the protest thing in
    ..Lafayette Square, across from the White House, and try to do something about
    ..getting rid of the guy in the oval office who thinks mountain bikes are so
    ..cool, he's probably going to open up *every* National Park to them. No
    ..kidding. In fact, you might even be concerned about his future plans for
    ..Iraq; it's just possible he might allow mountain biking there as well.
    ..
    ..--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
    ..www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

    Bush is a good example of the typical arrogant mountain biker, who thinks that
    nature exists only for his selfish pleasure.
    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
    years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

  19. I submit that on or about Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:16:33 GMT, the person
    known to the court as Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> made a
    statement (<[email hidden]> in Your
    Honour's bundle) to the following effect:

    Quoted message said:

    Bush is a good example of the typical arrogant mountain biker, who thinks that
    nature exists only for his selfish pleasure.

    What a coincidence! You are a good example of the typical arrogant
    Usenet kook, who thinks Usenet exists only for his own pleasure!

    Perhaps if you started by typing with more than one hand, and followed
    that up by thinking with more than one synapse...

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

    85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound

  20. Mike Vandeman said:

    Bush is a good example of the typical arrogant mountain biker, who
    thinks that nature exists only for his selfish pleasure.

    As opposed to, say, hikers.

    Oh, wait!

    ROTFL

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