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I'm really annoyed right now. I got into an e-mail discussion with a co-worker regarding riding motorcycles. Here's a little taste of her views:


If you want to race down the road at 60-70 mph virtually unprotected… weaving in and out of traffic that’s fine. But when you cause an accident, don’t complain to me about your headache… since I’m sure a helmet would have cramped your style too much…. When you hit a patch of dirt, gravel, sand or dust on the road and fall over sliding into other traffic, don’t complain to me about the way my SUV tires feel on your back.… When a bug flies into your eye and you hit the curb… don’t complain when the guy in the SUV behind you runs over your ass and doesn’t even feel it…. IT IS your personal right to put yourself in harms way, cause this is America after all, but don’t blame me and start going after my pocketbook when you get hurt. Had you been in an enclosed vehicle, the dust on the road probably wouldn’t have affected you, you wouldn’t be weaving in and out of places you don’t belong just because “you can”, and bugs wouldn’t fly in your eyes… AND you would have been required by LAW to have a seatbelt on, so even if you do wreck, you still would have been safe.

Geez. We've got a long way to go before we change the attitudes of these folks. Scary eh? Who gave her this opinion of motorcylists?



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It started out innocently enough. We started trading pics, and I thought I'd gross her out with one of those 'faces of death' pics of a m/c accident. That resulted in her first response along the lines of "just another reason that "those things" don't belong on the road".

What!? "Those things" don't belong on the road? That's what started all this.

You can probably see where all this is heading. Gonna have to shoot her. (j/k) :D

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My apologies. I neglected to observe the rule about the "shag factor". I should have replied..."that's alright that you ran me over...shall we shag now or shag later?". :p
As far as her karma, her opinionated views are probably what got her happy ass divorced. Now she's a frustrated single mom driving around listening to her voice-mail replies from her singles ad. "oops - what was that thump?"

In the end, she apologized - she knew she hit a hot button.

I think I'll still shoot her. :D :D :D :D :D

PS - do the smilies qualify as some kind of legal disclaimer in the event there's a report of a motorcycle/SUV shooting later this week?

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