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That is what I'm fixing right now. Every time we upgrade the message board software we have to reinstall the "hacks" like the latest topics and such. It's a royal pain in the

You know you got problems when you start getting spam in Chinese.

So I was riding home from work on the bus the other night, and well traffic sucked so I whipped out my TiBook to catch up on my email, and came to the grim realization that there were email messages from you folks going months back with questions or login problems. I'm sorry if we didn't get back to you guys, if anyone has login problems or whatever email us again and we'll get you straightened out. Unfortunately we just get inundated with spam mail and the klez virus crap so it's not unusaul to get like 30+ emails a day. Enough with the excuses. Jon

Hey folks, I'm going to adding some features to the message board tonight starting in a few minutes. If Murphy's law isn't correct then everything should be transparent to you, but in case you see an occasional error message it's my fault and you can give me my lashes at the next pub club I show up at. Have a and a for me! Jon

Ken must be a relative of Larry the Tool.

sweet edog another thing I have to fix

Put some bikinis on these guys and throw them in the mud pit cause you sound like a bunch of bitches. What sport are you two doing anyways, last time I checked climbing was fun.

This story is too funny not to share. So I took some friends up to Ingalls lake the other day for a hike. I "accidently" forgot to get a forest pass and my buddy was driving. When we reached that Y in the road were they have the pay box we stopped, contemplated the whole thing, and my buddy not having any cash on him put $1 in the box (instead of the $5 for the day pass) and we were on our way laughing our asses off. On our way back to the parking lot we noticed a FS truck and first thoughts are shit we got a ticket. I hesitantly approach our car with an FS dude standing near it, I say hi to him, and start looking to see if we got a ticket. No ticket thank god, but the guy is kinda eyeing us and i'm like this better not be Larry the Tools brother/son. While taking my boots off I notice two FS guys doing something in the creek. I eventually go over to pump some water into my nalgene. As I'm getting my water I'm watching these guys and can't figure out what the hell they are doing, are they counting fish, making wading pools for fish, clearing out debrit? They look over eventually and I say hi, then ask what they are doing. "We're building a dam" one of the guys says. I'm a little confused by it and ask "Why are you doing that?" The dude gives me kind of a strange look and retorts "Just for the hell of it". Guys get up, walk over to the FS truck to their supervisor, get in and drive off. I guess that's better than them giving us a ticket.

Word on the street is the Buckaroo is a total dive, overrun with wannabe biker dudes.

Julie why is your dog in my avatar? That's right people you are all my crack whores, especially that erik guy.

Chat room will come back but it isn't high on the priority list. Things that need to be fixed: 1. PM Inbox indicator (need to click on MY PROFILE) for the time being. 2. Latest Topics on front page. 3. Calendar that never gets used. 4. Chat New features that I know of: 1. User Avatars. Apparently we've been misusing the word avatar, and an avatar is really an image associated with your screen name. This feature will be enabled for fun today. You can select your avatar in MY PROFILE. 2. Custom Titles based on post count. We are no longer limited to the two titles for members, and can assign names based on post count.

All done! Explain new features later when I understand them

Hey, I'll be upgrading the message board here in a few starting at 10:45 PM. It should only take a few minutes so no need to find something productive to do with your lives. Go grab a cold one from the fridge while your waiting.

Hey Dennis weren't you the one saying people were cursing too much. Rumor has it Caveman forgot his password.

Squirrel with enormous nutz says "both of you shut up before I come and give a you good ole teabagging!"

Hey all, I'm going to be upgrading the message board to the new version at some point this week. This is to add a little stability and speed after the other day's incident as well as add a few new feature. I'll be doing this in the evening and it shouldn't take much longer than 10 minutes if everything goes smoothly which it usually doesn't Every time we upgrade we have to reinstall certain features that we have "hacked" into the message board. One of these is the chat feature, and I'm curious as to how many people actually use it and whether it is worth my time reinstalling it, so answer my freakin poll will ya! Werd

quote: Originally posted by Fairweather: Bicyclists=Tele Skiers.....arrogant, holier-than-thou, snobs. It's attitudes like yours why riding is dangerous for us. I don't go out riding looking for confrontations unfortunately they just happen sometime, in fact I try to stay off heavily traveled roads as much as possible for this very reason. I wish more cyclists road in a safe, legal, and consistant manner. I wish drivers would do the same. I can alway dream I guess. Hey Larson I got something that will piss you off. My good friend works for the DOT and they are planning on decreasing the width of the pedestrian walkway over I-90 by 3 feet so they can add another lane for people to sit in traffic in. Another day, another rant......

per week. I like to ride my bike.

I was just joking about my Air Tech though carrying it has crossed my mind. Just retorting with a statement that I'd actually never in reality execute. I ride in the middle of the lane under three conditions. If I'm at a stop light I get in the middle of the lane so I don't get cut off at the end of the intersections, and I never pass cars to get up to the front of the light because even that pisses me off. I also ride in the middle of the road if I'm travelling at the speed limit (or above). At that speed it makes me more visible to people pulling out and such and give both parties time to react. Sorry if you don't like following me if I'm doing the speed limit. Lastely I'll get in the middle if the shoulder sucks and I'm going around a blind corner. Like Greg said we can spew all we want but it doesn't make the road safer. All I can do is ride responsibly and hopefully some motorist will recognize that there are some of us out there who do follow the rules. I'm putting over 15 hours in the saddle now so I have be safe otherwise I'll end up splattered on the road eventually.

In that case make sure to watch your head when my Air Tech comes flying through your windshield.

I totally agree that cyclists have to follow the same laws as motorized vehicles I'm not arguing that. There are those who ride bikes who don't feel inclined to follow the rules no matter how insignificant the rule is and they should be ticketed just like cars. For instance there is a helmet law in King County yet you still see people riding around, families with kids for that matter, riding without helmets. Not only is it unsafe and outright stupid your breaking a law that is there solely to protect you. These people should get tickets. Here's the problem. As much as people in Seattle would like to say that it is a bike friendly place it is anything but. The roads suck. There are very few trails or bike lanes and ones like the Burke are of such poor quality in areas it is just unsafe. Additionally the drivers here are assholes. For a city that in general is pretty nice you get these people in a cars and it is like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, people screaming and honking. You can tell all the stories about bikes not yielding or taking up too much road but cars to the same things if not worse and more frequently. Fact is the reason why you see so many angry cyclists out there is because of the drivers out there who not only don't shar the road which is a law, but who puprosely try to endanger you, and they are everywhere. A car cutting in front of another is an accident, a car cutting in front a of a bike can be a life threatening accident. When Ken Schram writes editorials like this he is targeting a group of people who are very very vulnerable, some who are very dedicated riding everyday in all sorts of weather, because of a few rotten apples. All he is doing is angering more moterists and making it harder on the rest of us who try to abide by the rules.