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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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Not sure what I am supposed to say? How do you respond to some 60-something adult man exhibiting adolescant attention-seeking behavior ....
Well, usually we don't read such posts, but you are childishly persistent.

What happened to Mr. Spellchecker ?
 
Old Oct 30, 2012 | 01:09 PM
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Then stop coming to this forum..... Problem solved, you're welcome.

You just don't respond to the adults who are acting like teens. When they want to know why you aren't responding, you tell them, like I just did.
 
Old Oct 30, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MiniWolf
You just don't respond to the adults who are acting like teens. When they want to know why you aren't responding, you tell them, like I just did.
Well you sure as hell seem to respond to everything. As for acting like a teen, sorry to tell you this but you need to get out more. I'm actually the reserved one in the circle of friends that I run with.
 
Old Oct 30, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by MiniWolf
You just don't respond to the adults who are acting like teens. When they want to know why you aren't responding, you tell them, like I just did.
Seriously man,you keep starting threads or posting to others with paragraph after paragraph of bs then when someone gives you a little ribbing about your semi novels,you get your panties in a bundle.
Like an earlier post said,some of us read your posts simply for the enjoyment of us seeing what your next essay is gonna be about. Then I myself just sit back and watch how much reaction you get from others.
It's almost getting to the point where it's not that people are laughing with you,more like they're laughing at you.
For some reason or another you just keep on and on until it gets annoying but like I said,I read your posts purely out of the fact that it's entertaining.
I'm starting to lean towards the fact that you are trolling looking for any bites. You do seem to get plenty tho including myself.
Well,I'm gonna kick back and see how much more entertainment you bring to the table.
Have a good day Cliff.
 
Old Oct 30, 2012 | 01:49 PM
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I will agree with something you've said miniwolf. There are a few folks around here who resort to childish, personal attacks when asked to back up their statements. I'm not saying it has or hasn't happened in this thread.

People make remarks and when asked to back them up with something more than an opinion they go on the offensive. The first thing I learned about this place is to not take things personal. Makes a big difference to come here.

Best of luck to you and the rest of the gang.
 
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Originally Posted by MiniWolf
.....they just read another one of my posts. Which, as I said, makes absolutely no sense. It is absurd.....
Agreed. ALL of your posts are absurd and make no sense.

But people like to make fun of you, which gives your posts value.

Keep up the, uhm, work. You are obviously impressed with yourself in a much different way than we are.

If you could see yourself from outside, you'd laugh too. The Class of 2012.
 
Old Oct 30, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickd
I will agree with something you've said miniwolf. There are a few folks around here who resort to childish, personal attacks when asked to back up their statements. I'm not saying it has or hasn't happened in this thread.

People make remarks and when asked to back them up with something more than an opinion they go on the offensive. The first thing I learned about this place is to not take things personal. Makes a big difference to come here.

Best of luck to you and the rest of the gang.
Thanks.

For the most part, I have seen the same thing reading many of the posts on the forum, from the same folks going off here. But I have to admit it is not unique to this forum. It's par for the course on pretty much any internet forum or blog. You put a bunch of anonymous people together and it gets crazy. I think it's just the nature of this forum that you are going to see a lot more of the the aggressive hardcore posing type of stuff mixed in with the taking the offensive part. You just filter the static.
 
Old Oct 30, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by MiniWolf
Thanks.

For the most part, I have seen the same thing reading many of the posts on the forum, from the same folks going off here. But I have to admit it is not unique to this forum. It's par for the course on pretty much any internet forum or blog. You put a bunch of anonymous people together and it gets crazy. I think it's just the nature of this forum that you are going to see a lot more of the the aggressive hardcore posing type of stuff mixed in with the taking the offensive part. You just filter the static.
MiniWolf, posting this thread, and then responding to the flack you received, is a cross between Don Quixote tilting at windmills and putting on a meat suit and jumping into a pit filled with starving wolves.

Just sayin'
 
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 07:34 PM
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when i was 15 in the late 70s my friends dad owned a Harley shop in Texas and we rode Harley dirtbikes then onto actual street bikes.you didnt have to have an endorsement then and up tp a few years ago in Oklahoma. my Insurance agent siad i had to get the endorsement so a few months ago i studied for the test and passed it.i am also a longtime guitar player and just like riding (IMO) you either have it or you dont in terms of playing guitar or riding a Motorcycle.
 
Old Oct 30, 2012 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Mercyfulfate
when i was 15 in the late 70s my friends dad owned a Harley shop in Texas and we rode Harley dirtbikes then onto actual street bikes.you didnt have to have an endorsement then and up tp a few years ago in Oklahoma. my Insurance agent siad i had to get the endorsement so a few months ago i studied for the test and passed it.i am also a longtime guitar player and just like riding (IMO) you either have it or you dont in terms of playing guitar or riding a Motorcycle.
Guitar definitely takes a lot of skill. I always wished I could play but can't. I can read music and understand chords and such. I just can't make it all come together.

I am not sure how much innate abiltiy is involved in riding a motorcycle, though. I remember in our MSF class, one of the instructors said anyone can learn to ride a motorcycle, given enough effort and practice. Some people will take to it quicker than others. Whether this is true or not I am not sure. He then went on to say that even though anyone can learn to operate and ride a bike, not everyone should. Personally, I didn't find it overly challenging from a technical standpoint. I would say the biggest challenge for me was more mental than anything else--confidence, overcoming anxiety or fear when first going out on the roads or getting into a new situation etc...
 



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