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I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) and got an
early awakening from the kids who decided to watch TV at 5:00 AM.
Rather than yell, scream, and rant go back to bed I suited up, loaded
the SS and went to Wharton SF. Parking lot was empty but it is Saturday
in hunting season. I didn't care. In fact I was dressed in grey and
black. Then a hiker told me it was "youth" day. Agghhhh!!! Kids with
guns! Piney kids with guns, even worse! I didn't hear any gunshots
where I was so I head up Quakerbridge road to the defunct
smithville-Hammonton RR line that goes right through the largest state
forest in NJ. It's on old glass/iron bog RR line that shut in the 70's
and had saplings planted on both sides of the tracks, but they left the
rails. On the side of it is some singletrack with whoopdeedoos. So I
turned onto the trail and just kept going. It's flat and straight with
some old rotting bridges crossing creeks. After a couple of hours I
turned around and started back taking an old fire cut singletrack back
to Quakerbridge. A nice long stress reliever. Which was good because
then I had to take my son and three of his non-stop talking friends to
the IMAX in King of Prussia, PA to see Harry Potter (good movie BTW).
Of course, that meant an 1.5 hours of traffic each way there (should
take 20 minutes each way), $65 in tickets for me and the kids, and $85
worth of concessions. So much for the stress relief. Thank god I'm
riding again tomorrow.


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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
 
Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) and got an
> early awakening from the kids who decided to watch TV at 5:00 AM.
> Rather than yell, scream, and rant go back to bed I suited up, loaded
> the SS and went to Wharton SF. Parking lot was empty but it is
> Saturday in hunting season. I didn't care. In fact I was dressed in
> grey and black. Then a hiker told me it was "youth" day. Agghhhh!!!
> Kids with guns! Piney kids with guns, even worse! I didn't hear any
> gunshots where I was so I head up Quakerbridge road to the defunct
> smithville-Hammonton RR line that goes right through the largest state
> forest in NJ. It's on old glass/iron bog RR line that shut in the
> 70's and had saplings planted on both sides of the tracks, but they
> left the rails. On the side of it is some singletrack with
> whoopdeedoos. So I turned onto the trail and just kept going. It's
> flat and straight with some old rotting bridges crossing creeks. After a
> couple of hours I turned around and started back taking an
> old fire cut singletrack back to Quakerbridge. A nice long stress
> reliever. Which was good because then I had to take my son and three
> of his non-stop talking friends to the IMAX in King of Prussia, PA to
> see Harry Potter (good movie BTW). Of course, that meant an 1.5 hours
> of traffic each way there (should take 20 minutes each way), $65 in
> tickets for me and the kids, and $85 worth of concessions. So much
> for the stress relief. Thank god I'm riding again tomorrow.

Solution: Eliminate all kids.
--
Phil, Squid-in-Training
 
Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) and got an
>> early awakening from the kids who decided to watch TV at 5:00 AM.
>> Rather than yell, scream, and rant go back to bed I suited up, loaded
>> the SS and went to Wharton SF. Parking lot was empty but it is
>> Saturday in hunting season. I didn't care. In fact I was dressed in
>> grey and black. Then a hiker told me it was "youth" day. Agghhhh!!!
>> Kids with guns! Piney kids with guns, even worse! I didn't hear any
>> gunshots where I was so I head up Quakerbridge road to the defunct
>> smithville-Hammonton RR line that goes right through the largest state
>> forest in NJ. It's on old glass/iron bog RR line that shut in the
>> 70's and had saplings planted on both sides of the tracks, but they
>> left the rails. On the side of it is some singletrack with
>> whoopdeedoos. So I turned onto the trail and just kept going. It's
>> flat and straight with some old rotting bridges crossing creeks. After a
>> couple of hours I turned around and started back taking an
>> old fire cut singletrack back to Quakerbridge. A nice long stress
>> reliever. Which was good because then I had to take my son and three
>> of his non-stop talking friends to the IMAX in King of Prussia, PA to
>> see Harry Potter (good movie BTW). Of course, that meant an 1.5 hours
>> of traffic each way there (should take 20 minutes each way), $65 in
>> tickets for me and the kids, and $85 worth of concessions. So much
>> for the stress relief. Thank god I'm riding again tomorrow.
>
> Solution: Eliminate all kids.

Nah. Still the one thing in my life I would never change.

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
 
Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) '


Ride-A-Lot's wife: "If you love your bikes so much, why don't you go
sleep with *them* ?" <door slams>


Ride-A-Lot: "Actually, that's not a bad idea. At lest their bushings
aren't all loose and sloppy!" <second door slams>
 
Slack wrote:
> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) '
>
>
> Ride-A-Lot's wife: "If you love your bikes so much, why don't you go
> sleep with *them* ?" <door slams>
>
>
> Ride-A-Lot: "Actually, that's not a bad idea. At lest their bushings
> aren't all loose and sloppy!" <second door slams>
>

LOL! That's actually part true. All my bikes are kept in the basement
(the garage is just too cold for them).

As for the real reason: Let's just say that on work nights I sleep with
ear plugs in my ears.

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
 
Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
>> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>>> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) and got
>>> an early awakening from the kids who decided to watch TV at 5:00 AM.
>>> Rather than yell, scream, and rant go back to bed I suited up,
>>> loaded the SS and went to Wharton SF. Parking lot was empty but it
>>> is Saturday in hunting season. I didn't care. In fact I was
>>> dressed in grey and black. Then a hiker told me it was "youth"
>>> day. Agghhhh!!! Kids with guns! Piney kids with guns, even worse!
>>> I didn't hear any gunshots where I was so I head up Quakerbridge
>>> road to the defunct smithville-Hammonton RR line that goes right
>>> through the largest state forest in NJ. It's on old glass/iron bog
>>> RR line that shut in the 70's and had saplings planted on both
>>> sides of the tracks, but they left the rails. On the side of it is
>>> some singletrack with whoopdeedoos. So I turned onto the trail and
>>> just kept going. It's flat and straight with some old rotting
>>> bridges crossing creeks. After a couple of hours I turned around
>>> and started back taking an old fire cut singletrack back to
>>> Quakerbridge. A nice long stress
>>> reliever. Which was good because then I had to take my son and
>>> three of his non-stop talking friends to the IMAX in King of
>>> Prussia, PA to see Harry Potter (good movie BTW). Of course, that
>>> meant an 1.5 hours of traffic each way there (should take 20
>>> minutes each way), $65 in tickets for me and the kids, and $85
>>> worth of concessions. So much for the stress relief. Thank god I'm
>>> riding again tomorrow.
>>
>> Solution: Eliminate all kids.
>
> Nah. Still the one thing in my life I would never change.

What about the ones with guns in the forest?

Ever watch Supernanny? Man, some of those kids can scream!
--
Phil, Squid-in-Training
 
Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>> Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
>>> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>>>> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) and got
>>>> an early awakening from the kids who decided to watch TV at 5:00 AM.
>>>> Rather than yell, scream, and rant go back to bed I suited up,
>>>> loaded the SS and went to Wharton SF. Parking lot was empty but it
>>>> is Saturday in hunting season. I didn't care. In fact I was
>>>> dressed in grey and black. Then a hiker told me it was "youth"
>>>> day. Agghhhh!!! Kids with guns! Piney kids with guns, even worse!
>>>> I didn't hear any gunshots where I was so I head up Quakerbridge
>>>> road to the defunct smithville-Hammonton RR line that goes right
>>>> through the largest state forest in NJ. It's on old glass/iron bog
>>>> RR line that shut in the 70's and had saplings planted on both
>>>> sides of the tracks, but they left the rails. On the side of it is
>>>> some singletrack with whoopdeedoos. So I turned onto the trail and
>>>> just kept going. It's flat and straight with some old rotting
>>>> bridges crossing creeks. After a couple of hours I turned around
>>>> and started back taking an old fire cut singletrack back to
>>>> Quakerbridge. A nice long stress
>>>> reliever. Which was good because then I had to take my son and
>>>> three of his non-stop talking friends to the IMAX in King of
>>>> Prussia, PA to see Harry Potter (good movie BTW). Of course, that
>>>> meant an 1.5 hours of traffic each way there (should take 20
>>>> minutes each way), $65 in tickets for me and the kids, and $85
>>>> worth of concessions. So much for the stress relief. Thank god I'm
>>>> riding again tomorrow.
>>> Solution: Eliminate all kids.
>> Nah. Still the one thing in my life I would never change.
>
> What about the ones with guns in the forest?
>
> Ever watch Supernanny? Man, some of those kids can scream!

The ones with guns are Piney kids. Ever see the kid that plays the
banjo in deliverance. That's what they look like. The Pineys are the
hicks of New Jersey. Some even still have outhouses.

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
 
"Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Slack wrote:
>> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>>> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) '
>>
>>
>> Ride-A-Lot's wife: "If you love your bikes so much, why don't you go
>> sleep with *them* ?" <door slams>
>>
>>
>> Ride-A-Lot: "Actually, that's not a bad idea. At lest their bushings
>> aren't all loose and sloppy!" <second door slams>
>>
>
> LOL! That's actually part true. All my bikes are kept in the basement
> (the garage is just too cold for them).
>
> As for the real reason: Let's just say that on work nights I sleep with
> ear plugs in my ears.
>
> --
> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
> www.schnauzers.ws

remind me not to go camping with your wife though I might give her a run for
her money.
 
Solution: Eliminate all kids.
> --
> Phil, Squid-in-Training

aren't you just past that part of your life? A couple of years ago you
would have been included.

kids are ok.....if they didn't make any sounds

Gary
 
Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> Slack wrote:
>
>> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>>
>>> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) '
>>
>>
>>
>> Ride-A-Lot's wife: "If you love your bikes so much, why don't you go
>> sleep with *them* ?" <door slams>
>>
>>
>> Ride-A-Lot: "Actually, that's not a bad idea. At lest their bushings
>> aren't all loose and sloppy!" <second door slams>
>>
>
> LOL! That's actually part true. All my bikes are kept in the basement
> (the garage is just too cold for them).
>
> As for the real reason: Let's just say that on work nights I sleep with
> ear plugs in my ears.
>

hehehe....get our wives together and we could have a snore-off. I'd be
forced to wager heavily on Mrs. Psycho though. There is a reason she
and I live in a low eathquake possibility zone ;)

Psycho Mike
 
GeeDubb wrote:
> Solution: Eliminate all kids.
>> --
>> Phil, Squid-in-Training
>
> aren't you just past that part of your life? A couple of years ago
> you would have been included.

Just past? Nah, I'm still included ;)

> kids are ok.....if they didn't make any sounds

*peep*

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training
 
Michael Halliwell wrote:
> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>> Slack wrote:
>>
>>> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) '
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ride-A-Lot's wife: "If you love your bikes so much, why don't you go
>>> sleep with *them* ?" <door slams>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ride-A-Lot: "Actually, that's not a bad idea. At lest their bushings
>>> aren't all loose and sloppy!" <second door slams>
>>>
>>
>> LOL! That's actually part true. All my bikes are kept in the
>> basement (the garage is just too cold for them).
>>
>> As for the real reason: Let's just say that on work nights I sleep
>> with ear plugs in my ears.
>>
>
> hehehe....get our wives together and we could have a snore-off. I'd be
> forced to wager heavily on Mrs. Psycho though. There is a reason she
> and I live in a low eathquake possibility zone ;)
>
> Psycho Mike

My wife inherited it from her mother. I used to have to go and pick up
the loose shingles that fell off the roof when she stayed over to watch
the kids.

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
 
> (the garage is just too cold for them).

wtf?

> As for the real reason: Let's just say that on work nights I sleep
> with ear plugs in my ears.

Time to rebuild the crank?
 
Michael Halliwell wrote:
> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>
>> Slack wrote:
>>
>>> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was sleeping in my basement office last night (don't ask) '
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ride-A-Lot's wife: "If you love your bikes so much, why don't you go
>>> sleep with *them* ?" <door slams>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ride-A-Lot: "Actually, that's not a bad idea. At lest their bushings
>>> aren't all loose and sloppy!" <second door slams>
>>>
>>
>> LOL! That's actually part true. All my bikes are kept in the
>> basement (the garage is just too cold for them).
>>
>> As for the real reason: Let's just say that on work nights I sleep
>> with ear plugs in my ears.
>>
>
> hehehe....get our wives together and we could have a snore-off. I'd be
> forced to wager heavily on Mrs. Psycho though. There is a reason she
> and I live in a low eathquake possibility zone ;)

Ooohhh, *snoring*! Thought you meant something further south. ;-)

Shawn
 
[email protected] wrote:
> Should've went to Pa and Sesamestreet.
>

Oh God, no! I took my oldest there way back when. Very scary place!
The whole park is built on asphalt (no grass at all). The park goers
are even scarier. I think they bus in ghetto and barrio families, half
of which don't speak English. The kids pee freely in the pools, too.
There's all kinds of stuff growing on the bottom too. Even with the
chlorine count so high it burn your skin, I still saw stuff growing.

My kid went into the ball pit and came out covered in black gooey grime.
I shudder thinking about that experience.

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
 
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