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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:19 PM Original message |
Is the Bicycle Commuter Act more wealth redistribution for the South? |
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hobbit709
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here it would be Ac or heatstroke. |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A can of Coca-Cola or any other fine Southern beverage |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. You are displaying your sloppy thinking and ignorance. n/t |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Fine. Adequate physical conditioning and a Camelbak |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. And you think you will get frostbite in NC in appropriate winter garb? |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Who said anything about NC? |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Your location. Thought you where referring to yourself as you do downthread. n/t |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What the fuck does "Thought you where referring" mean? |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. It means... |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. If you meant to say "were" why did you say "where"? |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I messed up. |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Well since I've fucked up many times I'll forgive you |
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timtom
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Sat Jan-10-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
60. Delete |
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taterguy
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Sat Jan-10-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I hate it when people delete before I see what they wrote |
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JackRiddler
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Sat Jan-10-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #61 |
76. delete |
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taterguy
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Mon Jan-12-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. DTM |
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wolfgangmo
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Mon Jan-12-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
87. News flash. Tater loses his mind. |
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taterguy
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Mon Jan-12-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. It's not a news flash if people have known that for years |
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fed_up_mother
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. If I biked to work |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Holy hyperbole |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. So those who sweat more are being discriminated against? n/t |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. People who make up stuff to win "points" on the Internet bug me |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Congratulations? |
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fed_up_mother
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Sat Jan-10-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
68. On the Gulf Coast? |
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taterguy
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Sat Jan-10-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. You're in Texas. You wouldn't smell as bad as people that ride horses to work |
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fed_up_mother
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Sat Jan-10-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. LOL Not a horse in sight, I'm afraid. |
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Kalyke
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Sat Jan-10-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
70. And I know thin people, like me, who live in Tennessee, who |
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taterguy
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Sat Jan-10-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. The point of this thread is to make fun of people who sweat a lot |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Many people don't |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Did you know that the person who wrote "Give Up the Funk" is from Kannapolis NC? |
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ljm2002
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Summers here are pretty harsh... |
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Sanctified
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well it depends on how serious you are about the environment. |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. So people who don't bike to work just aren't serious about the environment? |
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Sanctified
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No they can still be serious, they are just not dedicated. |
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Spider Jerusalem
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Fri Jan-09-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
57. That would depend |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Some hard core bike commuters do it in all sorts of weather |
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surrealAmerican
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Fri Jan-09-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. That may not be such a good thing. |
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Not Me
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. If we ride to work it leaves more oil for you to heat your home |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Not very helpful to those of us that heat with wood stoves |
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lurky
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. I see plenty of people on the bridge riding into Manhattan, |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. South of Boston. Guy next to me bikes in every day. |
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anigbrowl
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. Slow news day, huh. |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Just something that's troubling me |
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deaniac21
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. You should be taxed for being so dumb. |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. A stupid tax would adversly affect those in the south |
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JackRiddler
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Sat Jan-10-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Judging from this post, it would hit a lot of Northerners HARD. |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. A tax on stupidity sure would drain the treasury of the South |
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deaniac21
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Fri Jan-09-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
58. I would certainly drain your bank account! You might not be |
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taterguy
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Sat Jan-10-09 05:58 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Seriously, I don't own any bike panties |
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ZombieHorde
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Don't we all benefit from people choosing to ride a bike over driving a car? |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. How so? |
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ZombieHorde
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Less polution. |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. So are people who drive excessive polluters? |
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ZombieHorde
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I don't know, but generally speaking, bike riding is better for the enviroment than car driving. |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Reduced pollution? |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. It all that's true why do people drive so much? |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Um... your not serious are you? n/t |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Seriously, I've like to know why an action with so many negative consequences is so prevalent |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. You named the primary reasons yourself. |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Not many people on this site voted for McCain |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. true. But we may have a higher than average bike/walk/pub. transit population too. |
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gratuitous
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. I bike to work quite regularly |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Apparently your employer can reimburse you for bike expenses and take it off their tax bill |
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gratuitous
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Ah well, I won't be greedy |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Might not hurt to ask depending on where you work |
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Realityhack
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I should suggest it at work. May get more people to bike in. n/t |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. That's simultaneously encouraging and depressing |
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PVnRT
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. Wait |
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taterguy
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Fri Jan-09-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. My position has evolved |
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Spider Jerusalem
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Fri Jan-09-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
55. Greenhouse gas emissions? |
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annabanana
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Fri Jan-09-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
56. No skin off MY frostbit nose... |
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Retired AF Dem
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Sat Jan-10-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
62. Why would you bike to work in the south |
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taterguy
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Sat Jan-10-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Because I happen to like this thing called Earth |
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Retired AF Dem
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Sat Jan-10-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Hard to enjoy the earth |
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taterguy
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Sat Jan-10-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. If cycling in the US was deadly I wouldn't be making this post |
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madmom
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Sat Jan-10-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. On the flip side, we have 2 cyclists in this area who refuse to share the road. They |
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ret5hd
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Sat Jan-10-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. How do the people of Copenhagen do it? |
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taterguy
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Sun Jan-11-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Copenhagen's in southern Denmark |
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ret5hd
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Sun Jan-11-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Uhhh,,,yeah. You are right. I believe it gets REALLY cold there too. |
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MH1
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Sat Jan-10-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
65. Oh, get real. |
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JackRiddler
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Sat Jan-10-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
66. More people bike to work in New York City than in the South... |
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Realityhack
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Sat Jan-10-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Well put. n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Sat Jan-10-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
71. Does stupid come from winning elections? |
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taterguy
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Sun Jan-11-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. I'm pretty sure that I was just as stupid before November |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Sun Jan-11-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. LOL, okay that was pretty funny. |
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Lagomorph
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Sat Jan-10-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
79. I say, let them.... |
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Occam Bandage
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Sun Jan-11-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
83. I'd wager you that more people bike to work in NYC and Chicago alone than in the Confederacy. |
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taterguy
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Sun Jan-11-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Ever try to park a car in NYC or Chicago? |
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