On May 30, 11:12 am, PatOConnell <gypkap.figureit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Enoch wrote:
> > On May 20, 8:41 pm, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 20 May 2008 17:49:07 -0700 (PDT), Ed Pirrero
>
> >> <gcmschem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>> On May 20, 5:42 pm, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>> On Tue, 20 May 2008 11:03:53 -0700, SMS <scharf.ste...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> I really hate these extremists that try to create artificial
friction
> >>>>> between trail users.
> >>>> There is no friction "between users". It is between BIKES and other
> >>>> trail users. The BIKES are the only problem.
> >>> How did the bikes get out there without any riders? And why are
they
> >>> bothering you?
> >> Because they are destroying the environment and aren't natural. I go
> >> to parks to see nature, NOT large pieces of machinery like bikes.
>
> >>> They're just sitting there. Walk around them.
> >>> E.P.
> >> --
> >> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
> >> humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
> >> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
>
> >> Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you
are fond of!
>
> >>http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
>
> > I'm confused, I signed up for this forum to enjoy chatter about the
> > backcountry, not trail user conflict and maintenance.. this belongs in
> > a park or open space maintenance forum.
>
> Welcome to Usenet, and the "forums" are called newsgroups. This one
> discusses lots of things about the backcountry, not just hiking.
> Actually trail maintenance is on topic here.
>
> Mikey is a particularly single minded troll, hellbent on changing
> backcountry from something people enjoy to a tree museum that no one
> gets to pay a buck and a half just to see. MTBers particularly make him
> froth, even if they behave themselves. He doesn't even want hikers out
> there, except for himself apparently.
>
> Ignore him; learn how to put a filter on your newsreader.
Maybe better to call it "argue group" instead of newsgroup. A place
where everyone can fight to prove their superior knowledge and
opinions over others. I'll comply with your orders and find a way to
filter folks out, thanks.
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