Re: cycling links

"Peter Clinch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Dave Kahn said:

Right on the front page you have "You can save your life and prevent
crippling bike injuries if you wear a helmet when you ride."

Cycling must be really dangerous. Is all the information on your site
based on the same deep knowledge and understanding?

Presumably he meant something like, "there is an outside chance that a
cycle helmet will prevent a serious injury if you /crash/, but it is
highly unlikely and should not be relied upon for anything much beyond
preventing grazes".

Or perhaps one of the sites he should be adding is www.cyclehelmets.org
and having a good hard read of it too.

Oh my God, now we are going to hear from Guy Chapman of England about bike
helmets and how worthless they are. I think I am going to go down to my
basement and shoot myself in order to escape the misery of his post.

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Regards,

Ed Dolan (who always wears a helmet) - Minnesota

On 16/11/04 11:24 am, in article [email hidden],

Edward Dolan said:

"Peter Clinch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Dave Kahn said:

Right on the front page you have "You can save your life and prevent
crippling bike injuries if you wear a helmet when you ride."

Cycling must be really dangerous. Is all the information on your site
based on the same deep knowledge and understanding?

Presumably he meant something like, "there is an outside chance that a
cycle helmet will prevent a serious injury if you /crash/, but it is
highly unlikely and should not be relied upon for anything much beyond
preventing grazes".

Or perhaps one of the sites he should be adding is www.cyclehelmets.org
and having a good hard read of it too.

Oh my God, now we are going to hear from Guy Chapman of England about bike
helmets and how worthless they are. I think I am going to go down to my
basement and shoot myself in order to escape the misery of his post.

Ed Dolan (who always wears a helmet) - Minnesota

Always? Don't you find it a bit inconvenient in the shower or at the
barbers?

Hmm.. Must be off. I can sense some hands just needing to be wrung..

...d

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:24:27 -0600, "Edward Dolan" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I am going to go down to my
basement and shoot myself

I wondered what all the cheering was about.

Guy
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May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
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88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:24:27 -0600, "Edward Dolan" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Oh my God, now we are going to hear from Guy Chapman of England about bike
helmets and how worthless they are. I think I am going to go down to my
basement and shoot myself in order to escape the misery of his post.

Ha! You don't get away that easily!

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

Edward Dolan said:

I think I am going to go down to my basement and shoot myself in order
to escape the misery of his post.

Sounds good to me -- but why slow down the process by going to the
basement? Do it where you are now, preferably on web-cam!

Mike

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

Oh my God, now we are going to hear from Guy Chapman of England about bike
helmets and how worthless they are. I think I am going to go down to my
basement and shoot myself in order to escape the misery of his post.

I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry. I
wonder if anyone is interested...
--
..paul

If at first you don't succeed...
Skydiving is probably not the sport for you.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

Oh my God, now we are going to hear from Guy Chapman of England about bike
helmets and how worthless they are. I think I am going to go down to my
basement and shoot myself in order to escape the misery of his post.

I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry. I
wonder if anyone is interested...
--
..paul

If at first you don't succeed...
Skydiving is probably not the sport for you.

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:39:15 +0000 (UTC), paul
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

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I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry

A write-in for Nixon is my bet ;-)

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

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:39:15 +0000 (UTC), paul
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry

A write-in for Nixon is my bet ;-)

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

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

paul [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry. I
wonder if anyone is interested...

Yet to locate a link for the research but someone recently demonstrated
that the lower the IQ, the more likely a person was to vote for Bush.

Jon

Jon Senior <jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk> opined the following...

Quoted message said:

paul [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry. I
wonder if anyone is interested...

Yet to locate a link for the research but someone recently demonstrated
that the lower the IQ, the more likely a person was to vote for Bush.

Sadly it's a satire, but the concept is interesting and is (vaguely)
supported in other ways (Poll into voting habits compared to belief that
Saddam Hussein was behind 11/9/01).

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=17627

Jon

Voting would have taken too much time away from Ed's newsgroup postings

"paul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

Oh my God, now we are going to hear from Guy Chapman of England about

bike

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

helmets and how worthless they are. I think I am going to go down to my
basement and shoot myself in order to escape the misery of his post.

I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry. I
wonder if anyone is interested...
--
.paul

If at first you don't succeed...
Skydiving is probably not the sport for you.

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:39:15 +0000 (UTC), paul
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry

A write-in for Nixon is my bet ;-)

Anyone who posts a message to more than one newsgroup is a [censored] idiot,
but then we already know that much about Guy Chapman. What the [censored] is this
uk.rec.cycling? What do they have to do with ARBR? Cross posting is for
idiots - or did I already say that? But it bears repeating - cross posting
is for idiots!

--
Regards,

Ed Dolan the Scourge of Idiots - Minnesota

"Mark Leuck" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Voting would have taken too much time away from Ed's newsgroup postings

All top posters are idiots!

Leuck no doubt thinks the folks over at uk.rec.cycling are interested in our
battles here on ARBR. This is from a previous post of mine about another
idiot, Guy Chapman, but it apples with equal force to Leuck:

"Anyone who posts a message to more than one newsgroup is a [censored] idiot,
but then we already know that much about Guy Chapman. What the [censored] is this
uk.rec.cycling? What do they have to do with ARBR? Cross posting is for
idiots - or did I already say that? But it bears repeating - cross posting
is for idiots!"

--
Regards,

Ed Dolan the Scourge of Idiots - Minnesota

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"paul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

Oh my God, now we are going to hear from Guy Chapman of England about

bike

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

helmets and how worthless they are. I think I am going to go down to my
basement and shoot myself in order to escape the misery of his post.

I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry. I
wonder if anyone is interested...
--
.paul

If at first you don't succeed...
Skydiving is probably not the sport for you.

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:27:31 -0600, "Edward Dolan" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Anyone who posts a message to more than one newsgroup is a [censored] idiot,

Exhibit A: Message-ID: <[email hidden]>,
posted my one Mr Ed Dolan to more than one newsgroup

Quoted message said:

What the [censored] is this
uk.rec.cycling? What do they have to do with ARBR? Cross posting is for
idiots - or did I already say that? But it bears repeating - cross posting
is for idiots!

It's the group to which "[censored] idiot" Ed Dolan cross-posted the
message referenced above.

What does it have to do with ARBR? This: Several urc regulars ride
recumbents for daily transport. One of them is also the editor of the
British Human Power Club newsletter.

As to why the thread was cross-posted in the first place, you'd have
to ask the OP. Judging from the content of his website his critical
faculties are somewhat lacking.

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

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:27:31 -0600, "Edward Dolan" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Anyone who posts a message to more than one newsgroup is a [censored] idiot,

Exhibit A: Message-ID: <[email hidden]>,
posted my one Mr Ed Dolan to more than one newsgroup

Quoted message said:

What the [censored] is this
uk.rec.cycling? What do they have to do with ARBR? Cross posting is for
idiots - or did I already say that? But it bears repeating - cross posting
is for idiots!

It's the group to which "[censored] idiot" Ed Dolan cross-posted the
message referenced above.

What does it have to do with ARBR? This: Several urc regulars ride
recumbents for daily transport. One of them is also the editor of the
British Human Power Club newsletter.

As to why the thread was cross-posted in the first place, you'd have
to ask the OP. Judging from the content of his website his critical
faculties are somewhat lacking.

I do not always look at what newsgroup the thread is going. If I had I would
have eliminated any other group as I only post to ARBR. I have never yet
seen a thread that was posted to more than one group that did not end up a
mess. The fact is that every group over time will develop a unique culture
which does not transfer well to other groups. The only thing that will ensue
from such cross posting is confusion and mayhem.

--
Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

"Edward Dolan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Anyone who posts a message to more than one newsgroup is a [censored] idiot,
but then we already know that much about Guy Chapman.

The original crosspost was spam from Dan about his wretched "Cycling
Links" website.

Quoted message said:

What the [censored] is this uk.rec.cycling?

It's a [censored] newsgroup related to [censored] cycling in the [censored] UK.
I admit the naming scheme is a bit cryptic so I hope this helps.

Quoted message said:

What do they have to do with ARBR?

That's a question you might usefully address to Dan. There is,
however, a legitimate overlap as there is a strong 'bent contingent in
urc. This of course includes Guy Chapman whom you apparently admire so
much.

--
Dave...

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 04:26:11 -0600, "Edward Dolan" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I do not always look at what newsgroup the thread is going.

Guess what? Neither do I.

As to why it was cross-posted in the first place, you will need to
take that up with the OP.

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

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

Jon Senior said:

paul [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

I wonder if we can guess whether ED voted for DubYa or or Kerry. I
wonder if anyone is interested...

Yet to locate a link for the research but someone recently demonstrated
that the lower the IQ, the more likely a person was to vote for Bush.

Not quite the same thing, but this is pretty good:

http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/academia/number36.html

James
--
If I have seen further than others, it is
by treading on the toes of giants.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/julesandjames/home/