Dear Red States:

[*Robert* 2]

I'm seeing double of Brother Dean.... must of had too much of what Bosco is drinking!!!

[IAMX 3,055]

Then you have azzhole bike riders zooming down the sidewalks with no bells, horns or lights before dawn or after dark. Some of us with less than 20/20 vision can't see you in time - can't count the near misses I have had. Another pet peeve of mine is bike riders who think red lights don't apply to them and go through the crosswalk at full speed.

Depending on where you live, bicyclists can run red lights.

[tmma 467]

We have the oil ( they are drilling, drilling, drilling here in E Texas and mining the shale oil too..), the refineries and massive wind farms already operational. We also get the cotton, I guess.

Oh and Texas is home to the best aviation meteorologist ...[me]!

You predict the weather inside airplanes?

Are you wrong as often as your terrestrial brethren?

Oh you did it now-I can and do talk forever about the weather and forcasting-I love it!!!!

I do [ did] flight planning. It's alot more involved than most people can imagine.

Aviation meteorology and terminal forcasts are [and are expected to be] alot more accurate than surface forcasts/models. I have 1000's of error free accurate flight weather plans and flight weather en route for countless of locations at numerous altitudes for every weather element including turbulence and icing ( which varys by altitude along a given path) and impact on any civilian and military aircraft... Any...I've studied them all ( and some new ones too).

The problem with surface weather as opposed to weather at altitude is obviously varying terrain at the surface and boundry layer of the atmosphere.

Local terrain has an enormous impact on surface conditions. Forcasters observing weather elements remotly ( either radar or sat) have a much, much harder job doing a preceise pinpoint forcast for a wide area. That's why it appears that forcasters are either too general ( large spread of high and low temp, for example) or completely wrong for your exact area.

It's a tougher job than most think, and the college needed is a #######.

Edited November 3, 2008 by tmma

[natty bumppo 297]

Then you have azzhole bike riders zooming down the sidewalks with no bells, horns or lights before dawn or after dark. Some of us with less than 20/20 vision can't see you in time - can't count the near misses I have had. Another pet peeve of mine is bike riders who think red lights don't apply to them and go through the crosswalk at full speed.

Depending on where you live, bicyclists can run red lights.

and die ...

bicyclists need to obey traffic laws if they want an expectation of a potentially longer life. motorists should treat bicyclists as they would other vehicles ... and bicyclists should treat motorists like the life threatening inconsiderate beings they are (always distrust a motorist cause there is a lot less protection on a bicycle).

[*JG* 2]

I also cannot wait for tomorrow. I am SO tired of all of the political #######. ...... People are going positively INSANE this election.

ita

one ot style question ...

lots of people want tax breaks ... so which candidate is going to promote a tax incentive for people who commute on their bicycle more that 10 miles one way (>20 mile round trip)?

The tax break would be in the form of not paying gasoline tax. Seriously, if they'd just build some g-ddamn bike lanes (meaning bike roads/highways) in this country, we wouldn't need any tax breaks or such.

How awesome would it be to have a route that parallels I-70 (or US40) for instance, from coast to coast. Only needs to be 2-3 feet wide. Or a bike highway system that would allow me to ride from Greencastle to Indianapolis withOUT having to go way the hell out of my way because of the current highway structure. Not to mention the roads in/near Indy are Death waiting to happen. They've replaced I-70, they've replaced most of I-465; how hard would it have been to have added a bike lane to them?

there needs to be some sort of incentive ... just like all those "rumored" incentives for the hybrid automobiles that saved the owners $$$ at the pumps

it would be nice to have a good system of parallel roads for bicycles. Especially roads that kept all the idiots on 4-wheelers, dirt bikes, skate boards, etc off the roads. Rails to trails was a good concept ... only I've seen more trails used for "sunday stroll" use making them more hazardous than I-85 in ATL.

We have bike lanes all over the place here in the cities. As for hybrids, along with a rebate, free access to the carpool lane (regardless of how many are in the car) is a pretty good incentive, meaning not only are you getting superior mileage, but you're coasting past everyone else dragging ### in 10-20mph traffic.

bike lanes in the city should be outlawed unless a cyclist is allowed to inflict serious damage to an azzholes car after the driver tries to hit a cyclist who is using the bike lane properly ... idiot drivers and poorly designed bike lanes make hitting a cyclist with a car easier than fishing in a barrel with a hand grenade.

Then you have azzhole bike riders zooming down the sidewalks with no bells, horns or lights before dawn or after dark. Some of us with less than 20/20 vision can't see you in time - can't count the near misses I have had. Another pet peeve of mine is bike riders who think red lights don't apply to them and go through the crosswalk at full speed.

I was stopped for a school bus a few weeks ago that had it's lights flashing and stop sign out, letting kids off the bus. In what seemed like slow motion, I saw a bike rider, who thought the laws didn't apply to him, go around the side of the bus, right past that stop sign and nearly take out a couple of kids crossing in front of the bus.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I like to throw rocks at bicyclists from the 4th floor of my office building.

[AlHayatZween 2]

sorry little sis, i got carried away...

it's okay, friend.

herewith, me and habib on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway...

[*JG* 2]

I like to throw rocks at bicyclists from the 4th floor of my office building.

Are you a good aim?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

sorry little sis, i got carried away...

it's okay, friend.

herewith, me and habib on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway...

On the BQE on that?

How exactly are you still alive?

[AlHayatZween 2]

I like to throw rocks at bicyclists from the 4th floor of my office building.

that was you??

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I like to throw rocks at bicyclists from the 4th floor of my office building.

Are you a good aim?

[AlHayatZween 2]

How exactly are you still alive?

B)

[natty bumppo 297]

I like to throw rocks at bicyclists from the 4th floor of my office building.

are these the same rocks your co-workers toss in your direction?

[Tsup2 0]

You can have Richard Simmons too.

[HAL 9000 96]

Man I better beware when I get on my second hand road bike!