Re: The truth about mountain biking in a nutshell

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:35:51 -0700 (PDT), shragapier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

>On Jul 1, 8:53 pm, 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 am, 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’t
>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."

I didn't say "one time". I said "once", i.e. in the past.

>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.

No, it doesn't. I rode a mountain bike once. I was never a mountain
biker. If you can't understand that, it's because you don't care to.

>> >"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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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