I keep idly thinking about getting a tricycle (I never learned to ride a bike and I don't want to start now), but then I glumly contemplate bike helmets, find nothing that I like, and give up on the whole notion.
Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?
Snyder ,'Empty Places'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Atropa - Apr 01, 2009 12:14:23 pm PDT #5211 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Trudy Booth - Apr 01, 2009 12:18:39 pm PDT #5212 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Museum of Hoaxes offers its Top 100 April Fool's Hoaxes of All Time.
Does ita know about this one?
#71: Michigan Shark Experiment
In 1981 the Herald-News in Roscommon, Michigan reported that 3 lakes in northern Michigan had been selected to host "an in-depth study into the breeding and habits of several species of fresh-water sharks." Two thousand sharks were to be released into the lakes including blue sharks, hammerheads, and a few great whites. The experiment was designed to determine whether the sharks could survive in the cold climate of Michigan. The federal government was said to be spending $1.3 million to determine this. A representative from the National Biological Foundation was quoted as saying that there would probably be a noticeable decline in the populations of other fish in the lake because "the sharks will eat about 20 pounds of fish each per day, more as they get older." County officials were said to have protested the experiment, afraid of the hazard it would pose to fishermen and swimmers, but their complaints had been ignored by the federal government. Furthermore, fishermen had been forbidden from catching the sharks. The Herald-News received a flurry of letters in response to the announcement.
JZ - Apr 01, 2009 12:19:49 pm PDT #5213 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
But, Jilli, think of how charming you'd look riding around on this!
Laga - Apr 01, 2009 12:19:57 pm PDT #5214 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I went in thinking I'd spend $200 on a new one-speed (only to find that the cheapest was $299) and I ended up spending $130 on a used ten speed plus all the gear. You can bet I'll be back there for a basket & a bell & probably a more comfy seat.
Atropa - Apr 01, 2009 12:23:46 pm PDT #5215 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
JZ, I would love to have a bike like that. It's the whole helmet issue that thwarts me.
omnis_audis - Apr 01, 2009 12:23:56 pm PDT #5216 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Dear God. I have to live in one of the most problematic and difficult to-change cities on earth while he's the PM.C'mon down to Texas. Half the guns, and less warfare. Just stay away from the border. The Mexican Drug Lords are battling it out. What? Can't blame a guy for trying, right?
so the rental thing. We are trying to get a keyboard for the musical. The Music Director finally decided on just *A* keyboard, not piano/keyboard/budget buster they were debating for weeks now. And the keyboard they pick is a rather pricey one at $3,599.99 at Guitar Center. The local rental shop has it for $600/week. We need it for 6 weeks. Since it's easy for them to rent out, they don't feel the need to give a price break on the keyboard. So, it would actually cost 1¢ more to rent the damn thing than to buy it! I found a guy in NY who will rent us one for $1,400. But now the theater is debating, why not just buy it. um. well. um. ok. but. aren't we hurting for cash?? @@@@ Whatever. Let me know. I'll head to Guitar Center if ya want.
omnis_audis - Apr 01, 2009 12:28:21 pm PDT #5217 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I went in thinking I'd spend $200 on a new one-speed (only to find that the cheapest was $299) and I ended up spending $130 on a used ten speed plus all the gear. You can bet I'll be back there for a basket & a bell & probably a more comfy seat.This is what I fear as I contemplate getting a Trike. The odds of getting a used one are low. But once I get it, buying a good bike lock, helmet, reflectors, head light, tail light, bell or horn of some sort, will add a ton more to the cost.
lisah - Apr 01, 2009 12:29:22 pm PDT #5218 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
You can bet I'll be back there for a basket & a bell & probably a more comfy seat.
If by "comfy" you mean "big and cushy" you really don't want that. More surface area = more areas to chafe. Instead invest in a good pair of padded bike shorts...and some Butt'r! (This message brought to you by someone whose ass has spent MANY hours on a bike.)
JZ, I would love to have a bike like that. It's the whole helmet issue that thwarts me.
Well, everyone looks like a dork in a bike helmet. It's worth it to have a safe noggin! I did, however, see a SUPER cute one recently online somewhere...or possibly in a magazine. Shoot. OH! I found it (googling "cute bike helmets" haha). It's in England, sadly, and spendy but worth it if that's really all that's holding you back!
Laga - Apr 01, 2009 12:30:14 pm PDT #5219 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Jilli- do any of these strike your fancy? I think mine is the "swirl". On the back it says, "I love my brain."
beth b - Apr 01, 2009 12:34:01 pm PDT #5220 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
buy a bike helmet glue a tiny top hat to it and a veil.
Or steampunk it.
useing a hot glue gun on your bike helmet shouldn't hurt it - but if you want I'll check to make sure it is they right type of glue with DH.