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  1. Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!

    Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are looking day by
    day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in full body
    armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young woman with a
    serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree stump---OUCH!! I happened to
    pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a rescue vehicle out for that
    one, while heading out on a Sunday outing. The other had a suspected spinal
    trauma, but he got lucky.
    About a year ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible injury to
    his brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had to be
    amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was hopeful. With
    regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady sings". You
    made my day with this poem. Thanks.

    ===
    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. more people die or are injured from accidents that occur in the home.

    therefore, we should focus all energies on banning homes for the safety of
    everybody.

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

    Quoted message said:

    Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!

    Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are looking


    day by

    Quoted message said:

    day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in full


    body

    Quoted message said:

    armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young woman with a
    serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree stump---OUCH!! I


    happened to

    Quoted message said:

    pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a rescue vehicle out for


    that

    Quoted message said:

    one, while heading out on a Sunday outing. The other had a suspected


    spinal

    Quoted message said:

    trauma, but he got lucky.
    About a year ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible injury


    to

    Quoted message said:

    his brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had to be
    amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was hopeful.


    With

    Quoted message said:

    regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady sings".


    You

    Quoted message said:

    made my day with this poem. Thanks.

    ===
    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

  3. Funny stuff? I can only come to one of two conclusions regarding this
    post...

    1)That MV thinks anyone who wears protective gear, yet still can get
    injured, is silly. This group would also include:

    All cyclists (both off and on road)
    Equestrians
    Motorcyclists (both off and on road)
    Firefighters
    Construction workers
    Downhill ski racers
    Skate boarders
    Hockey players
    Football players
    Baseball players at bat
    Police and Military wearing body armor
    Mountain climbers
    Kayakers
    And so on.

    I suppose it's possible that all of the above are "silly," but more then
    likely..

    2)"Silly" is just an excuse for Mike to revel in human pain.

    Quoted message said:

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

    Quoted message said:

    Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!

    Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are
    looking


    day by

    Quoted message said:

    day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in
    full


    body

    Quoted message said:

    armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young woman
    with a serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree
    stump---OUCH!! I


    happened to

    Quoted message said:

    pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a rescue vehicle out
    for


    that

    Quoted message said:

    one, while heading out on a Sunday outing. The other had a suspected


    spinal

    Quoted message said:

    trauma, but he got lucky.
    About a year ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible
    injury


    to

    Quoted message said:

    his brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had
    to be amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was
    hopeful.


    With

    Quoted message said:

    regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady
    sings".


    You

    Quoted message said:

    made my day with this poem. Thanks.

    ===
    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

  4. Mike Vandeman said:

    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    humans ("pure habitat"😉.

    How will we know that it's working if you do create it? However we check
    we'll be disturbing things and that'll upset the fluffy little animals that
    haven't been around and able to cope with humans for the last several
    million years.

  5. Mike Vandeman said:

    Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!
    Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are looking
    day by day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in
    full body armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young
    woman with a serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree stump---
    OUCH!! I happened to pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a
    rescue vehicle out for that one, while heading out on a Sunday outing.
    The other had a suspected spinal trauma, but he got lucky. About a year
    ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible injury to his
    brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had to be
    amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was hopeful.
    With regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady
    sings". You made my day with this poem. Thanks.
    ===
    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/mjvandehttp://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

    XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
    spell out HUFFY down the side?

    --

  6. On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 01:07:00 GMT, Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!

    You
    made my day with this poem. Thanks.


    Um, didn't you post that butchered poem?

    Is this one of Mikey's voices talking to another?

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

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

  7. On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:40:26 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    ..
    ..
    ..Mike Vandeman wrote:
    ..
    ..> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    ..> humans ("pure habitat"😉.
    ..
    ..How will we know that it's working if you do create it?

    We don't need to know. DUH!

    However we check
    ..we'll be disturbing things and that'll upset the fluffy little animals that
    ..haven't been around and able to cope with humans for the last several
    ..million years.
    ..

    ===
    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

  8. SWorksRider said:


    XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
    spell out HUFFY down the side?

    I Ride XC in Body Armor, and so do all the people I ride with
    and quite often i have been very happy to be wearing it !
    Come ride the "vietnam" you'll learn real fast why we wear armor
    and No we don't ride Huffy's :-) ( althouth there is one in a tree )

  9. On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 02:49:47 GMT, JJG <[email hidden]> wrote:

    ..On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 07:50:09 GMT, SWorksRider
    ..<[email hidden]> wrote:
    ..
    ..
    ..>
    ..>XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
    ..>spell out HUFFY down the side?
    ..
    ..I Ride XC in Body Armor, and so do all the people I ride with
    ..and quite often i have been very happy to be wearing it !
    ..Come ride the "vietnam" you'll learn real fast why we wear armor
    ..and No we don't ride Huffy's :-) ( althouth there is one in a tree )

    Only sissies wear body armor.
    ===
    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

  10. On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 14:58:23 GMT, Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 02:49:47 GMT, JJG <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 07:50:09 GMT, SWorksRider
    .<[email hidden]> wrote:
    .
    .
    .>
    .>XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
    .>spell out HUFFY down the side?
    .
    .I Ride XC in Body Armor, and so do all the people I ride with
    .and quite often i have been very happy to be wearing it !
    .Come ride the "vietnam" you'll learn real fast why we wear armor
    .and No we don't ride Huffy's :-) ( althouth there is one in a tree )

    Only sissies wear body armor.
    ===

    Spoken Like a true Non-rider.

    Mike just remeber where I ride . Mt bikers Bought the land!

  11. Mike Vandeman said:

    On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:40:26 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>
    wrote:

    .
    .
    .Mike Vandeman wrote:
    .
    .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    .> humans ("pure habitat"😉.
    .
    .How will we know that it's working if you do create it?

    We don't need to know. DUH!

    How do we know that it's any better than a normal national park type
    scenario, which is a a few paths criss crossing a vast area of land?

  12. Whoa Mikey Spinner Rama! You rock! A finer example of consideration I've never seen!
    Whirrr Whirrr Whirrrrrrrrr

    hahahahahahahahahaha

    SNI

    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    morons ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
    Years fighting idiots and cretins.)
    P

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Mike Vandeman<[email hidden]> 4/2/2004 6:07:00 PM >>>

    Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!

    Funny stuff!

  13. On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 01:52:28 GMT, JJG <[email hidden]> wrote:

    ..On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 14:58:23 GMT, Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]>
    ..wrote:
    ..
    ..>On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 02:49:47 GMT, JJG <[email hidden]> wrote:
    ..>
    ..>.On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 07:50:09 GMT, SWorksRider
    ..>.<[email hidden]> wrote:
    ..>.
    ..>.
    ..>.>
    ..>.>XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
    ..>.>spell out HUFFY down the side?
    ..>.
    ..>.I Ride XC in Body Armor, and so do all the people I ride with
    ..>.and quite often i have been very happy to be wearing it !
    ..>.Come ride the "vietnam" you'll learn real fast why we wear armor
    ..>.and No we don't ride Huffy's :-) ( althouth there is one in a tree )
    ..>
    ..>Only sissies wear body armor.
    ..>===
    ..
    ..Spoken Like a true Non-rider.

    BS. I have biked for 56 years.

    ..Mike just remeber where I ride . Mt bikers Bought the land!

    ===
    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

  14. On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:51:11 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    ..
    ..
    ..Mike Vandeman wrote:
    ..> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:40:26 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>
    ..> wrote:
    ..>
    ..> .
    ..> .
    ..> .Mike Vandeman wrote:
    ..> .
    ..> .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    ..> .> humans ("pure habitat"😉.
    ..> .
    ..> .How will we know that it's working if you do create it?
    ..>
    ..> We don't need to know. DUH!
    ..
    ..How do we know that it's any better than a normal national park type
    ..scenario, which is a a few paths criss crossing a vast area of land?

    Because we are still losing species from national parks.
    ===
    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

  15. On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 07:46:38 -0600, "Ken Campbell" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    ..Whoa Mikey Spinner Rama! You rock! A finer example of consideration I've never seen!
    ..Whirrr Whirrr Whirrrrrrrrr
    ..
    ..hahahahahahahahahaha
    ..
    ..
    ..SNI
    ..
    ..I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    ..morons ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
    ..Years fighting idiots and cretins.)
    ..P
    ..>>> Mike Vandeman<[email hidden]> 4/2/2004 6:07:00 PM >>>
    ..
    ..Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!
    ..
    ..Funny stuff!

    Thanks.
    ===
    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

  16. I saw a woman fall off a horse and hurt her back. I also read about a
    hikers that were killed by bee stings, a mountain lion, a bear and
    fall off a cliff. Oh and don't forget about all the pedestrians in
    Oakland that are injured and killed by cars (more than San
    Francisco!).
    All this is to show how stupid your post is, but then Vandeman spells
    stupid. I don't usually call people names but I notice you do it
    constantly and must like it. I'm sure if I go down this post I'll
    find some more of your stupid psuedo science and the thing is you
    don't even realize it!

    On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 01:07:00 GMT, Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!

    Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are looking day by
    day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in full body
    armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young woman with a
    serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree stump---OUCH!! I happened to
    pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a rescue vehicle out for that
    one, while heading out on a Sunday outing. The other had a suspected spinal
    trauma, but he got lucky.
    About a year ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible injury to
    his brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had to be
    amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was hopeful. With
    regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady sings". You
    made my day with this poem. Thanks.

    ===
    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

  17. On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 10:56:23 -0700, [email hidden] wrote:

    ..I saw a woman fall off a horse and hurt her back. I also read about a
    ..hikers that were killed by bee stings, a mountain lion, a bear and
    ..fall off a cliff. Oh and don't forget about all the pedestrians in
    ..Oakland that are injured and killed by cars (more than San
    ..Francisco!).
    ..All this is to show how stupid your post is,

    BS. All it shows is how hard mountain bikers try to avoid the truth, by changing
    the subject.

    but then Vandeman spells
    ..stupid. I don't usually call people names but I notice you do it
    ..constantly and must like it. I'm sure if I go down this post I'll
    ..find some more of your stupid psuedo science and the thing is you
    ..don't even realize it!
    ..
    ..On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 01:07:00 GMT, Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]>
    ..wrote:
    ..
    ..>Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!
    ..>
    ..>Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are looking day by
    ..>day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in full body
    ..>armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young woman with a
    ..>serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree stump---OUCH!! I happened to
    ..>pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a rescue vehicle out for that
    ..>one, while heading out on a Sunday outing. The other had a suspected spinal
    ..>trauma, but he got lucky.
    ..>About a year ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible injury to
    ..>his brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had to be
    ..>amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was hopeful. With
    ..>regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady sings". You
    ..>made my day with this poem. Thanks.
    ..>
    ..>===
    ..>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

    ===
    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

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