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[k650dsn@aol.com]

I had to make a quick trip to Denver and back on Wednesday and Thursday and saw two great candidates for the Darwin awards. On the way to Denver, just north of Colorado Springs, we (my wife and I in our Subaru) drove into a pretty fierce thunderstorm. We passed a guy on a loaded down Harley (no helmet but had sunglasses, jeans and jacket) shielding his eyes with his left hand and cruising along at about 70mph in driving rain and traffic. We had just passed a couple of freeway overpasses, so no excuses there. He was a bonafide idiot. On the way back, just south of Trinidad, again another wild thunderstorm, heavy driving rain which forced us to slow to about 65mph, semi-trucks on the road kicking up all kinds of spray and a BMW oilhead RT almost runs into the semi we are passing then squirts between us and the truck and disappears into the mist and rain. Is getting there quickly that important? Gino

[Don Detloff]

> We passed a > guy on a loaded down Harley (no helmet but had sunglasses, jeans

and

> jacket) shielding his eyes with his left hand and cruising along at > about 70mph in driving rain and traffic. We had just passed a

couple

> of freeway overpasses, so no excuses there. He was a bonafide

idiot.

> > .... > Gino

My candidates for the Darwin award goes to the grandpa & grandma I saw a couple of days ago driving a Chrysler minivan. Grandpa is driving and Grandma has a little boy about 3 or 4 years old sitting on her lap. The seat belt is around the little boy. DAMN!!! If something happened, that kid gets squashed flat between grandma and the air bag. Evertime I think I have seen everything, another idiot comes along to prove me wrong. Don Detloff Fair Haven, MI '00 KLR650 '00 Triumph Sprint RS '64 Yamaha Trail 80 (ret)

[David Kelly]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 02:37:28PM -0000, Don Detloff wrote:

> > Evertime I think I have seen everything, another idiot comes along to > prove me wrong.

It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board -- Mark Twain Idiot, n.: A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@... ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.

[Steve Green]

Hi Gino, You know, many people would call us all idiots for even riding these "murdercycles" and all of us prime candidates for the Darwin Award. My general take on things is: if you are not hurting others it's OK. Thus the Harley guy was cool, but the Beemer guy who cut you off was questionable...but then again he did not hurt you. Steve - who loves to ride in rain if his face shield is not fogged.

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., k650dsn@a... wrote: > I had to make a quick trip to Denver and back on Wednesday and > Thursday and saw two great candidates for the Darwin awards. > > On the way to Denver, just north of Colorado Springs, we (my wife and > I in our Subaru) drove into a pretty fierce thunderstorm. We passed a > guy on a loaded down Harley (no helmet but had sunglasses, jeans and > jacket) shielding his eyes with his left hand and cruising along at > about 70mph in driving rain and traffic. We had just passed a couple > of freeway overpasses, so no excuses there. He was a bonafide idiot. > > On the way back, just south of Trinidad, again another wild > thunderstorm, heavy driving rain which forced us to slow to about > 65mph, semi-trucks on the road kicking up all kinds of spray and a BMW > oilhead RT almost runs into the semi we are passing then squirts > between us and the truck and disappears into the mist and rain. > > Is getting there quickly that important? > > Gino

[Scott Adams]

From: "Steve Green" > My general take on things is: if you are not hurting others it's

> OK. Thus the Harley guy was cool, but the Beemer guy who cut you off > was questionable...but then again he did not hurt you.

Steve - that is a position that is pretty easy to take in principal but very hard to live out in reality. Just out of curiosity, how do you define "not hurting others"? An oft-cited example is insurance rates. Riders without helmets are more seriously injured in accidents, thus causing more medical bills and in turn higher insurance rates. This is then used to say that riders without helmets ARE hurting me everytime I pay an insurance premium. I don't necessarily like that example but it is true. Not intended to troll but probably am... -Scott Scott C. Adams Scott@... or www.attorneyadams.com 20565 S.W. Tualatin Valley Hwy., #301, Aloha, Oregon 97006 (503) 324-0111 or fax (503) 324-1127

[BKGADGET@aol.com]

A couple of weeks ago I passed a BMW (car) on the Hwy 401 in Toronto. The driver was doing about 140 kph. (about 87mph) while eating Chinese food..... from a takeout container.....using chopsticks.....steering with his knees. At least he wasn't using his cellphone/laptop/fax at the same time. Inspector Gadget A15 (still have it-still for sale) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[KLR650Pilot@aol.com]

Hi Folks, Recently I have had some computer problems and I have lost all of your e-mail addresses. Please send me an e-mail so I can put you back in and maybe in a database to make things a little safer. Thank you. Oh and by the way, I am located in Austin, Texas KLR650Pilot