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  1. At 10:05 AM 10/21/03 -0700 said:
    At 06:31 PM 10/17/2003 -0700 said:

    1. You said I exaggerated. That's a lie.

    Quoted message said:

    No, that's a subjective assessment.

    "I think you exaggerated" would be a "subjective assessment". "You exaggerated" is a lie. It doesn't
    surprize me that a mountain biker dioesn't know the difference between truth and lies.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    2. You just agreed with me: "mountain bikes don't warrant the attention..."


    means that the damage they do is acceptable.

    Quoted message said:

    You continue to miss the point of relative severity here.

    As I said, you continue to rationalize mountain biking by claiming that it's less damaging than
    something else. Is burglary okay, just because it's less harmful than murder? Of course not!

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    3. You threatened to join IMBA, to retaliate against me, and even carried out


    your threat.

    Quoted message said:

    Technically, a threat is an expression of intent. Since I had already joined


    IMBA before responding to you, I was not expressing intent but rather reporting the facts. If you
    find it threatening for someone to join the IMBA, then I suppose that's your choice.

    You used it as a threat, to intimidate me. Of course, it didn't work. 🙂

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    In other words, you are a 100% typical mountain biker.

    Quoted message said:

    There is no such thing. Some mountain bikers are honest and pure and always


    try to do the right thing, and some are selfish inconsiderate [censored]. Most are somewhere in
    between. Just like life. Surely you understand this reality of statistical variation but choose to
    ignore it because stereotypes are so much simpler.

    100% of the mountain bikers I have met have lied. That is statistically improbable, but true. It
    proves that mountain bikers are different.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    If you weren't so busy lying, you might get some respect. If you pass my email


    to your parents, as you promised (mountain bikers are NOTORIOUSLY unreliable), you will see that
    they are very disappointed.

    Quoted message said:

    I hate to disrupt your exaggerated stereotype of unreliability, but here's part


    of my mother's response: "You, as a son, are not only a thrill but the farthest thing from a
    disappointment. You are considered as a kind and caring person in regards to the environment and
    others." Of course, she may not realize what a belligerent, aggressive, unreliable, lying, nature
    hater I am...

    True. Mothers wear rose-colored glasses, especially when outsiders are concerned. I'm not surprized
    that she doesn't understand the damage that mountain biking does. She has YOU for a teacher.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    No parent I have ever met would teach their kid to lie. You do it, because you


    want to get your way. Mountain bikers are like that: belligerent, aggressive, and dishonest.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I don't have time to teach all mountain bikers ethics, but I will give you ONE


    more chance to prove that you have a shred of integrity, by how you respond. Good luck.

    Quoted message said:

    In the end, I do appreciate what folks like you say and do for the sake of the


    environment, that's why I joined the Sierra Club, and give money to Greenpeace, and even voted for
    Mr.Nader in the last election. But if Greenpeace spent their time and energy trying to ban scuba
    diving because divers often insist on touching marine life with their bare hands (which can cause
    disease and even death in some species), then I would stop supporting them.

    As I said, you value human pleasure above wildlife protection -- like ALL mountain bikers.

    Quoted message said:

    It's not because scuba diving is harmless to the environment, but rather


    because it is more important to address the unconscionable mass polluting of the oceans by
    government and mega-corporations around the world, It's all about relative severity. Until you get
    that concept, I'm afraid you will just continue to be a frustrated and angry man (not a lie, just
    another subjective assessment, take it or leave it).

    I just tell the truth -- something you have yet to learn, although you should have known by
    kindergarten.

    Quoted message said:

    Have a good day.

    Quoted message said:

    - Mike

    Mike Stewart <[email hidden]> wrote: Yep, you got me. I'm one of those mountain bikers. I didn't
    mention it because I don't think its relevant, not because I wasn't being honest enough to admit it.
    Actually, I have two mountain bikes. Twice the evil.

    I am curious as to how you figured my mountain bike status given that:

    (1) I didn't lie to you. Your letters did frighten me, and I did join the IMBA immediately after
    reading them.
    (2) I didn't imply that what mountain bikes are doing is ok, that's your inference. I only pointed
    out that in the greater reality of environmental issues, mountain bikes do not warrant the
    attention you are giving them.
    (3) I didn't threaten you.

    My parents must be pretty disappointed? Well I'm sure they're not thrilled with me but I wouldn't go
    so far as to say they are disappointed. I'll forward your email to them anyway, just to make sure.
    Still, I don't see what they have to do with this. Seems to me like a pretty desperate attempt on
    your part to make me feel bad about myself or something.

    Happy Friday.

    - Mike

    At 06:01 PM 10/16/2003 -0700, you wrote: One way you can tell that you are dealing with a mountain
    biker is that:
    (1) They lie. A LOT.
    (2) They tell you that they aren't as bad as someone else, implying that what they are doing is
    therefore okay.
    (3) They threaten you in some way. I guess you must be a mountain biker, although you weren't honest
    enough to admit it. Didn't your parents teach you to tell the truth? Most parents DO, you know.
    They must be pretty disappointed....

    Mike Stewart <[email hidden]> wrote: Mike - Just ran across some of your letters on the web
    regarding mountain biking. home.pacbell.netwc14.htm
    home.pacbell.netmtb121.htm

    "One look at a mountain bike is enough to tell you that it is up to no good: the knobby tires are
    designed to rip up the soil, and the suspension systems are designed to insulate the rider from the
    shocks, as they beat the trail to a pulp."

    "We are literally creating a generation that is too lazy to walk..."

    Frightening stuff. Truly, something needs to be done. Your painfully exaggerated descriptions of
    mountain bikes and their irresponsible, environmentally unconscious owners has already motivated me
    to join the IMBA. I do share your environmental concerns in general, but your focus on mountain
    bikes as a nature damaging component is like complaining that kids are spitting in the river
    downstream from the Dow chemical plant. Your target cause is just, but your aim is senseless.

    - Mike

    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.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

    ===
    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.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  2. Sheesh. Arguing with zealots is such a waste of time.

    Ken Campbell Bigfork, Montana

  3. Ken says:

    Quoted message said:

    Sheesh. Arguing with zealots is such a waste of time.

    If you can make the next logical step from there, and live by it, you will be doing well,
    Grasshopper....

    Steve

  4. Let's argue about something meaningful, like Campy vs. Shimano, Ksyrium vs. Zipp, steel vs. carbon or Coke vs. Pepsi.

    Quoted post said:

    Originally posted by Mike Vandeman

    BAt 10:05 AM 10/21/03 -0700 said:
    At 06:31 PM 10/17/2003 -0700 said:

    1. You said I exaggerated. That's a lie.

    Quoted message said:

    No, that's a subjective assessment.

    "I think you exaggerated" would be a "subjective assessment". "You exaggerated" is a lie. It doesn't
    surprize me that a mountain biker dioesn't know the difference between truth and lies.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    2. You just agreed with me: "mountain bikes don't warrant the attention..."


    means that the damage they do is acceptable.

    Quoted message said:

    You continue to miss the point of relative severity here.

    As I said, you continue to rationalize mountain biking by claiming that it's less damaging than
    something else. Is burglary okay, just because it's less harmful than murder? Of course not!

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    3. You threatened to join IMBA, to retaliate against me, and even carried out


    your threat.

    Quoted message said:

    Technically, a threat is an expression of intent. Since I had already joined


    IMBA before responding to you, I was not expressing intent but rather reporting the facts. If you
    find it threatening for someone to join the IMBA, then I suppose that's your choice.

    You used it as a threat, to intimidate me. Of course, it didn't work. 🙂

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    In other words, you are a 100% typical mountain biker.

    Quoted message said:

    There is no such thing. Some mountain bikers are honest and pure and always


    try to do the right thing, and some are selfish inconsiderate [censored]. Most are somewhere in
    between. Just like life. Surely you understand this reality of statistical variation but choose to
    ignore it because stereotypes are so much simpler.

    100% of the mountain bikers I have met have lied. That is statistically improbable, but true. It
    proves that mountain bikers are different.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    If you weren't so busy lying, you might get some respect. If you pass my email


    to your parents, as you promised (mountain bikers are NOTORIOUSLY unreliable), you will see that
    they are very disappointed.

    Quoted message said:

    I hate to disrupt your exaggerated stereotype of unreliability, but here's part


    of my mother's response: "You, as a son, are not only a thrill but the farthest thing from a
    disappointment. You are considered as a kind and caring person in regards to the environment and
    others." Of course, she may not realize what a belligerent, aggressive, unreliable, lying, nature
    hater I am...

    True. Mothers wear rose-colored glasses, especially when outsiders are concerned. I'm not surprized
    that she doesn't understand the damage that mountain biking does. She has YOU for a teacher.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    No parent I have ever met would teach their kid to lie. You do it, because you


    want to get your way. Mountain bikers are like that: belligerent, aggressive, and dishonest.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I don't have time to teach all mountain bikers ethics, but I will give you ONE


    more chance to prove that you have a shred of integrity, by how you respond. Good luck.

    Quoted message said:

    In the end, I do appreciate what folks like you say and do for the sake of the


    environment, that's why I joined the Sierra Club, and give money to Greenpeace, and even voted for
    Mr.Nader in the last election. But if Greenpeace spent their time and energy trying to ban scuba
    diving because divers often insist on touching marine life with their bare hands (which can cause
    disease and even death in some species), then I would stop supporting them.

    As I said, you value human pleasure above wildlife protection -- like ALL mountain bikers.

    Quoted message said:

    It's not because scuba diving is harmless to the environment, but rather


    because it is more important to address the unconscionable mass polluting of the oceans by
    government and mega-corporations around the world, It's all about relative severity. Until you get
    that concept, I'm afraid you will just continue to be a frustrated and angry man (not a lie, just
    another subjective assessment, take it or leave it).

    I just tell the truth -- something you have yet to learn, although you should have known by
    kindergarten.

    Quoted message said:

    Have a good day.

    Quoted message said:

    - Mike

    Mike Stewart <[email hidden]> wrote: Yep, you got me. I'm one of those mountain bikers. I didn't
    mention it because I don't think its relevant, not because I wasn't being honest enough to admit it.
    Actually, I have two mountain bikes. Twice the evil.

    I am curious as to how you figured my mountain bike status given that:

    (1) I didn't lie to you. Your letters did frighten me, and I did join the IMBA immediately after
    reading them.
    (2) I didn't imply that what mountain bikes are doing is ok, that's your inference. I only pointed
    out that in the greater reality of environmental issues, mountain bikes do not warrant the
    attention you are giving them.
    (3) I didn't threaten you.

    My parents must be pretty disappointed? Well I'm sure they're not thrilled with me but I wouldn't go
    so far as to say they are disappointed. I'll forward your email to them anyway, just to make sure.
    Still, I don't see what they have to do with this. Seems to me like a pretty desperate attempt on
    your part to make me feel bad about myself or something.

    Happy Friday.

    - Mike

    At 06:01 PM 10/16/2003 -0700, you wrote: One way you can tell that you are dealing with a mountain
    biker is that:
    (1) They lie. A LOT.
    (2) They tell you that they aren't as bad as someone else, implying that what they are doing is
    therefore okay.
    (3) They threaten you in some way. I guess you must be a mountain biker, although you weren't honest
    enough to admit it. Didn't your parents teach you to tell the truth? Most parents DO, you know.
    They must be pretty disappointed....

    Mike Stewart <[email hidden]> wrote: Mike - Just ran across some of your letters on the web
    regarding mountain biking. home.pacbell.netwc14.htm
    home.pacbell.netmtb121.htm

    "One look at a mountain bike is enough to tell you that it is up to no good: the knobby tires are
    designed to rip up the soil, and the suspension systems are designed to insulate the rider from the
    shocks, as they beat the trail to a pulp."

    "We are literally creating a generation that is too lazy to walk..."

    Frightening stuff. Truly, something needs to be done. Your painfully exaggerated descriptions of
    mountain bikes and their irresponsible, environmentally unconscious owners has already motivated me
    to join the IMBA. I do share your environmental concerns in general, but your focus on mountain
    bikes as a nature damaging component is like complaining that kids are spitting in the river
    downstream from the Dow chemical plant. Your target cause is just, but your aim is senseless.

    - Mike

    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.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

    ===
    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.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande [/B]

  5. "Justine7458" wrote <SNIP>

    Quoted message said:

    Let's argue about something meaningful, like Campy vs. Shimano, Ksyrium
    vs. Zipp, steel vs. carbon or Coke vs. Pepsi.


    Or snipping meaningless content vs. not snipping...

    cg

  6. "Justine7458" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Mike Vandeman wrote:

    {SEE THIS??? THIS IS A SNIP!!!}

    Quoted message said:

    Let's argue about something meaningful, like Campy vs. Shimano, Ksyrium
    vs. Zipp, steel vs. carbon or Coke vs. Pepsi.

    So you left hundreds of lines of Vandedrivel just to tack on that tacky little...uh, tack-on?

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    --------------------------<


    Posted via cyclingforums.com

    Now THERE's a shock.

    Bill "maroon convention around here lately" S.

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

    Quoted message said:

    100% of the mountain bikers I have met have lied. That is statistically improbable, but true. It
    proves that mountain bikers are different.

    Psychologists have measured the frequency of lying in everyday social interactions. Everyone lies,
    on averate one statement in three. So what's different?

    --------------

    ob·ses·sion
    n.
    1) Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied
    by symptoms of anxiety.
    2) A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion.

    --------------------
    Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder American Description

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Diagnostic Criteria A pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental
    and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency, beginning by
    early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the
    following:

    3) is preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that
    the major point of the activity is lost
    4) shows perfectionism that interferes with task completion (e.g., is unable to complete a project
    because his or her own overly strict standards are not met)
    5) is excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and
    friendships (not accounted for by obvious economic necessity)
    6 ) is overconscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about matters of morality, ethics, or values
    (not accounted for by cultural or religious identification)
    7) is unable to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value
    8) is reluctant to delegate tasks or to work with others unless they submit to exactly his or her
    way of doing things adopts a miserly spending style toward both self and others; money is viewed
    as 7) something to be hoarded for future catastrophes shows rigidity and stubbornness

    European Description

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders World Health Organization,
    Geneva, 1992
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    F60.5 Anankastic (Obsessive-Compulsive) Personality Disorder Personality disorder characterized by
    at least 3 of the following:

    (G) feelings of excessive doubt and caution;
    (H) preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization or schedule;
    (I) perfectionism that interferes with task completion;
    (J) excessive conscientiousness, scrupulousness, and undue preoccupation with productivity to the
    exclusion of pleasure and interpersonal relationships;
    (K) excessive pedantry and adherence to social conventions;
    (L) rigidity and stubbornness;
    (M) unreasonable insistence by the patient that others submit to exactly his or her way of doing
    things, or unreasonable reluctance to allow others to do things;
    (N) intrusion of insistent and unwelcome thoughts or impulses.

    Includes:
    * compulsive and obsessional personality (disorder)
    * obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

    Excludes:
    * obsessive-compulsive disorder

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Personality Disorders A personality disorder is a severe disturbance in the characterological
    constitution and behavioural tendencies of the individual, usually involving several areas of the
    personality, and nearly always associated with considerable personal and social disruption.
    Personality disorder tends to appear in late childhood or adolescence and continues to be manifest
    into adulthood. It is therefore unlikely that the diagnosis of personality disorder will be
    appropriate before the age of 16 or 17 years. General diagnostic guidelines applying to all
    personality disorders are presented below; supplementary descriptions are provided with each of
    the subtypes.

    Diagnostic Guidelines Conditions not directly attributable to gross brain damage or disease, or to
    another psychiatric disorder, meeting the following criteria:

    (a) markedly dysharmonious attitudes and behaviour, involving usually several areas of functioning,
    e.g. affectivity, arousal, impulse control, ways of perceiving and thinking, and style of
    relating to others;
    (b) the abnormal behaviour pattern is enduring, of long standing, and not limited to episodes of
    mental illness;
    (c) the abnormal behaviour pattern is pervasive and clearly maladaptive to a broad range of personal
    and social situations;
    (d) the above manifestations always appear during childhood or adolescence and continue into
    adulthood;
    (e) the disorder leads to considerable personal distress but this may only become apparent late in
    its course;
    (f) the disorder is usually, but not invariably, associated with significant problems in
    occupational and social performance.

    For different cultures it may be necessary to develop specific sets of criteria with regard to
    social norms, rules and obligations. For diagnosing most of the subtypes listed below, clear
    evidence is usually required of the presence of at least three of the traits or behaviours given in
    the clinical description.

  8. On 22 Oct 2003 10:52:30 -0700, [email hidden] (RK) wrote:

    .Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>... . .> .> .> 100% of the mountain bikers I have
    met have lied. That is statistically .> improbable, but true. It proves that mountain bikers are
    different. .> . .Psychologists have measured the frequency of lying in everyday social
    .interactions. Everyone lies,

    BS. Don't judge everyone else by mountain biker standards.

    on averate one statement in three. So .what's different?

    Mountain bikers do it more than anyone else.

    .ob·ses·sion .n. .1) Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling .or emotion,
    often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety. .2) A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion. .
    .-------------------- .Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder .American Description .
    .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . .Diagnostic
    Criteria .A pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, .and mental and
    interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, .openness, and efficiency, beginning by early
    adulthood and present in .a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the .following: .
    .1) is preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or .schedules to the extent that
    the major point of the activity is lost .2) shows perfectionism that interferes with task completion
    (e.g., is .unable to complete a project because his or her own overly strict .standards are not met)
    .3) is excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of .leisure activities and
    friendships (not accounted for by obvious .economic necessity) .4 ) is overconscientious,
    scrupulous, and inflexible about matters of .morality, ethics, or values (not accounted for by
    cultural or .religious identification) .5) is unable to discard worn-out or worthless objects even
    when they .have no sentimental value .6) is reluctant to delegate tasks or to work with others
    unless they .submit to exactly his or her way of doing things .adopts a miserly spending style
    toward both self and others; money is .viewed as 7) something to be hoarded for future catastrophes
    .shows rigidity and stubbornness
    . .European Description .
    .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .The ICD-10
    Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders .World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992
    .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . .F60.5
    Anankastic (Obsessive-Compulsive) Personality Disorder .Personality disorder characterized by at
    least 3 of the following: . .(a) feelings of excessive doubt and caution; .(b) preoccupation with
    details, rules, lists, order, organization or .schedule; .(c) perfectionism that interferes with
    task completion; .(d) excessive conscientiousness, scrupulousness, and undue .preoccupation with
    productivity to the exclusion of pleasure and .interpersonal relationships; .(e) excessive
    pedantry and adherence to social conventions; .(f) rigidity and stubbornness; .(g) unreasonable
    insistence by the patient that others submit to .exactly his or her way of doing things, or
    unreasonable reluctance to .allow others to do things; .(h) intrusion of insistent and unwelcome
    thoughts or impulses. . .Includes: .* compulsive and obsessional personality (disorder) .*
    obsessive-compulsive personality disorder . .Excludes: .* obsessive-compulsive disorder . .
    .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . .Personality
    Disorders .A personality disorder is a severe disturbance in the .characterological constitution
    and behavioural tendencies of the .individual, usually involving several areas of the personality,
    and .nearly always associated with considerable personal and social .disruption. Personality
    disorder tends to appear in late childhood or .adolescence and continues to be manifest into
    adulthood. It is .therefore unlikely that the diagnosis of personality disorder will be
    .appropriate before the age of 16 or 17 years. General diagnostic .guidelines applying to all
    personality disorders are presented below; .supplementary descriptions are provided with each of
    the subtypes. . .Diagnostic Guidelines .Conditions not directly attributable to gross brain damage
    or disease, .or to another psychiatric disorder, meeting the following criteria: . .(a) markedly
    dysharmonious attitudes and behaviour, involving usually .several areas of functioning, e.g.
    affectivity, arousal, impulse .control, ways of perceiving and thinking, and style of relating to
    .others; .(b) the abnormal behaviour pattern is enduring, of long standing, and .not limited to
    episodes of mental illness; .(c) the abnormal behaviour pattern is pervasive and clearly
    .maladaptive to a broad range of personal and social situations; .(d) the above manifestations
    always appear during childhood or .adolescence and continue into adulthood; .(e) the disorder
    leads to considerable personal distress but this may .only become apparent late in its course;
    .(f) the disorder is usually, but not invariably, associated with .significant problems in
    occupational and social performance. . .For different cultures it may be necessary to develop
    specific sets of .criteria with regard to social norms, rules and obligations. For .diagnosing
    most of the subtypes listed below, clear evidence is .usually required of the presence of at least
    three of the traits or .behaviours given in the clinical description.

    ===
    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.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  9. On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:02:16 GMT, "Sorni" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    ."Justine7458" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ."]news:[email hidden]... .> Mike Vandeman wrote: . .{SEE THIS??? THIS IS A SNIP!!!}
    . .> Let's argue about something meaningful, like Campy vs. Shimano, Ksyrium .> vs. Zipp, steel vs.
    carbon or Coke vs. Pepsi. . .So you left hundreds of lines of Vandedrivel just to tack on that tacky
    .little...uh, tack-on?

    Yes. You guys are BY FAR my best publicists.
    ===
    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.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  10. Quoted message said:

    BS. Don't judge everyone else by mountain biker standards.

    What makes you capable of judging everybody else by some flawed standard and nobody else capable of
    making judgements based upon real standards?

    Oh wait, I am not a biker so I never lie, which means you are not talking to
    me.

  11. On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:43:02 -0700, "Jeff Strickland" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .> BS. Don't judge everyone else by mountain biker standards. .> . .What makes you capable of
    judging everybody else by some flawed standard and .nobody else capable of making judgements
    based upon real standards? . .Oh wait, I am not a biker so I never lie, which means you are not
    talking to .me.

    ORV users are even worse than mountain bikers. That's OBVIOUS. Especially YOU. Anyone can see from
    your posts that you lie CONSTANTLY1
    ===
    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.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  12. Mike Vandeman said:

    On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:43:02 -0700, "Jeff Strickland" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .> BS. Don't judge everyone else by mountain biker standards. .> .What makes you capable of
    judging everybody else by some flawed standard and .nobody else capable of making judgements
    based upon real standards? . .Oh wait, I am not a biker so I never lie, which means you are not
    talking to .me.

    ORV users are even worse than mountain bikers. That's OBVIOUS. Especially YOU. Anyone can see from
    your posts that you lie CONSTANTLY1
    ===

    Can you accept that it is possible for ANYONE to tell the truth without having to agree with you?

    Or, are you the source of all truth?

    Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear)
    ------------------------------------------------
    at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

    Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

  13. On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:59:16 GMT, Mike Vandeman scribbled with a red crayon:

    Quoted message said:

    On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:43:02 -0700, "Jeff Strickland" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .> BS. Don't judge everyone else by mountain biker standards. .> . .What makes you capable of
    judging everybody else by some flawed standard and .nobody else capable of making judgements
    based upon real standards? . .Oh wait, I am not a biker so I never lie, which means you are not
    talking to .me.

    ORV users are even worse

    Wait a minute. I a previous reply you stated that" everyone lies". So
    .....which is it???? Or is this simply a case of do as I say not as I do.

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

    Quoted message said:

    On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:43:02 -0700, "Jeff Strickland" <[email hidden]>


    Quoted message said:


    .> BS. Don't judge everyone else by mountain biker standards. .> . .What makes you capable of
    judging everybody else by some flawed standard


    and

    Quoted message said:

    .nobody else capable of making judgements based upon real standards? . .Oh wait, I am not a biker
    so I never lie, which means you are not talking


    to

    Quoted message said:

    .me.

    ORV users are even worse than mountain bikers. That's OBVIOUS. Especially


    YOU.

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone can see from your posts that you lie CONSTANTLY1

    You say that I lie "CONSTANTLY", I challenge you to cite one single lie. Any
    lie. You pick it, and prove it is mine. You are the one with a long history of lying, not me.

  15. Can any one please explain why any of you respond to Vandeman's idiotic posts? Its like arguing with a tree stump (only a tree stump is more intelligent.) He is a waste of bandwidth and time. 😠 😎 --------------Dave

  16. DaveWV said:

    Can any one please explain why any of you respond to Vandeman's idiotic posts? Its like arguing
    with a tree stump (only a tree stump is more intelligent.) He is a waste of bandwidth and time.
    😠 😎 --------------Dave

    I actually thought we'd cracked it in this thread - it was 3 days without a response, and then Mike
    responded himself!

    Hey everybody, if you ignore him, he might even go away!

    --
    Colin Swan

  17. On 25 Oct 2003 06:11:21 +0950, DaveWV <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .Can any one please explain why any of you respond to Vandeman's idiotic .posts? Its like arguing
    with a tree stump (only a tree stump is more .intelligent.) He is a waste of bandwidth and time.
    😠 😎

    Then why did you post this drivel? Hypocrite. 🙂

    .--------------Dave

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  18. On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 22:42:42 +0100, Colin Swan <colin AT nildram DOT net> wrote:

    .On 25 Oct 2003 06:11:21 +0950, DaveWV <[email hidden]> .wrote: . .>Can any one
    please explain why any of you respond to Vandeman's idiotic .>posts? Its like arguing with a tree
    stump (only a tree stump is more .>intelligent.) He is a waste of bandwidth and time. 😠
    😎 .>--------------Dave . .I actually thought we'd cracked it in this thread - it was 3 days
    .without a response, and then Mike responded himself! . .Hey everybody, if you ignore him, he
    might even go away!

    Now THERE'S an original thought. 🙂
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    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

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  19. On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:34:30 GMT, Gary S. <Idontwantspam@net> wrote:

    .On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:59:16 GMT, Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> .wrote: . .>On Thu, 23 Oct
    2003 12:43:02 -0700, "Jeff Strickland" <[email hidden]> wrote: .> .>.> BS. Don't judge everyone
    else by mountain biker standards. .>.> .>.What makes you capable of judging everybody else by some
    flawed standard and .>.nobody else capable of making judgements based upon real standards? .>. .>.Oh
    wait, I am not a biker so I never lie, which means you are not talking to .>.me. .> .>ORV users are
    even worse than mountain bikers. That's OBVIOUS. Especially YOU. .>Anyone can see from your posts
    that you lie CONSTANTLY1 .>=== . .Can you accept that it is possible for ANYONE to tell the truth
    .without having to agree with you?

    Of course. If you don't know what a lie is, ask your mommy.

    .Or, are you the source of all truth? . .Happy trails, .Gary (net.yogi.bear)
    .------------------------------------------------ .at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence .
    .Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA .Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

    ===
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    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

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  20. On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:08:23 -0700, Lou W <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:59:16 GMT, Mike Vandeman scribbled with a red .crayon: . .> On Thu, 23 Oct
    2003 12:43:02 -0700, "Jeff Strickland" <[email hidden]> wrote: .> .> .> BS. Don't judge everyone
    else by mountain biker standards. .> .> .> . .> .What makes you capable of judging everybody else by
    some flawed standard and .> .nobody else capable of making judgements based upon real standards? .>
    . .> .Oh wait, I am not a biker so I never lie, which means you are not talking to .> .me. .> .> ORV
    users are even worse .
    . Wait a minute. I a previous reply you stated that" everyone lies". So ......which is it???? Or
    is this simply a case of do as I say not as I do.

    That wasn't me.
    ===
    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.)

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