Re: The truth about mountain biking in a nutshell

On Jul 1, 8:53=A0pm, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:47:01 -0700 (PDT), shragap...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> >On Jun 30, 12:21=A0am, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >> >There you go again...Liar. I don't mountain bike. Therefore you lie
> >> >again by saying i do.
>
> >> You did once, making you a mountain biker, LIAR.
>
> >He did once, making him a mountain biker?
>
> >So did you, once:
>
> Learn to read. He used to be a mountain biker, once. I didn't say he
> mountain biked one time. DUH!

Why are you being so defensive? I just made an observation about the
words you wrote.

There is no reason for a rational reader to interpret the above
exchange as he "used to be a mountain biker, once." Those words aren=92t
there. These are:

maguahiker: "I don't mountain bike."
Dr. Vandeman: "You did once, making you a mountain biker"

In other words, you wrote, "You did [mountain bike] once, making you a
mountain biker."

You also mountain biked once, according to your own letter to the East
Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors, which makes you a
mountain biker.


> >"Consequently I borrowed a friend's mountain bike. It was lucky that I
> >did, because I discovered that, contrary to what the mountain bikers
> >claim, riding a bike off of paved roads is no fun at all! I rode only
> >on fire roads, but even there, I was continually subject to violent
> >jarring, due to the hoof- and tire-pocked "washboard" surface of the
> >road."
>
> >Full text here:http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/ebrpd16
>
> >Clearly, you mountain-biked once. By your own "logic" you are a
> >mountain biker too, Dr. Vandeman.
>
> > - Shraga
>
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