tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post2254418778962330212..comments2023-10-30T01:07:58.781-07:00Comments on Some Untidy Spot: Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle!Petrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15454911336796743360noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-42136706662256591062008-06-20T11:30:00.000-07:002008-06-20T11:30:00.000-07:00Tony--And you would know, what with your most rece...Tony--<BR/><BR/>And you would know, what with your most recent bike trip and all. <BR/><BR/>Ginsberg--<BR/><BR/>It is, you may, and they do.Petrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454911336796743360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-22338591390440932442008-06-17T22:30:00.000-07:002008-06-17T22:30:00.000-07:00Hey, is your title a reference to that Queen song?...Hey, is your title a reference to that Queen song? If so, may I add that fat-bottomed girls make the rockin' world go round?Ginsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309167291152432789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-47137254034916774592008-06-16T15:08:00.000-07:002008-06-16T15:08:00.000-07:00Riding a bike is fascinating because you have to c...Riding a bike is fascinating because you have to constantly calculate who or what is most likely to kill you. At any given time, you can worry about four potential causes of death, even though there are far more than that out there. Your job is to determine which four are most dangerous at any given moment. This list constantly changes. <BR/><BR/>I will dedicate a post to this topic within the next few days. Maybe I'll even link to you ... maybe.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10448399195845434403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-74914346168735119372008-06-15T12:45:00.000-07:002008-06-15T12:45:00.000-07:00you're doing much better than i am with my fear of...you're doing much better than i am with my fear of bikes. i bought a fairly dilapidated bike last year at the police bike sale, walked it to the bike store (the tires were flat) to be fixed up, and just left it there. it's been over a year, and they've never called to say it's done, which should tick me off, but i'm mostly relieved that know i don't have to ride it.annie (the annilygreen one)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484522842275619843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-24305134291349823662008-06-15T08:45:00.000-07:002008-06-15T08:45:00.000-07:00I totally know what you mean here. I started bikin...I totally know what you mean here. I started biking for the first time since I was like 13, and riding with the cars is *frightening*! I completely agree on the need for a "student biker" notification.eleka nahmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085162456388261821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-55525452624787650882008-06-13T10:55:00.000-07:002008-06-13T10:55:00.000-07:00So, imagine this: you get hit riding your bike und...So, imagine this: you get hit riding your bike under the freeway overpass. When you come to, you're brain damaged, only moderately though (just enough to know that it's happened) AND alone in the Rub' al Khali. I'm pretty sure that is, in a word, your hell.aleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07433827353031591799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-48840862379155590282008-06-13T08:31:00.000-07:002008-06-13T08:31:00.000-07:00And and AND I just yesterday read an article in Na...And and AND I just yesterday read an article in <I>National Geographic</I> about Australia's red bulldog ants, which 1. eat bees (!), and can sometimes grab them out of the air (!), 2. can see up to two yards away, and will chase prey that they notice, including humans, 3. have super venemous stingers, 4. have large (for their size) jaws with sharp serrated teeth that they use to bite their prey as they're stinging it, 5. can grow up to 1 1/2 inches long, and 6. have actually killed humans with their stings. <BR/><BR/>Let's go over that again: AUSTRALIA HAS ANTS THAT CAN KILL PEOPLE. I think that pretty much means that <I>everything</I> in Australia can kill you. <BR/><BR/>Boy, I'm sure not helping myself get over my fear here. I'll focus on the positive: they have some really cool languages.Petrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454911336796743360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-48066845160361042782008-06-13T08:20:00.000-07:002008-06-13T08:20:00.000-07:00Okay! I stand corrected--your fears of Australia a...Okay! I stand corrected--your fears of Australia are warranted! That is actually really creepy about the ngardu plant.Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781667687969481705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-43572048704965481542008-06-12T13:05:00.000-07:002008-06-12T13:05:00.000-07:00Update: I just found the Wikipedia article about t...Update: I just found the Wikipedia article about that expedition <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Wills_expedition" REL="nofollow">here</A>. Turns out that plant also depleted the body of Vitamin B1 and so was giving them all beriberi too. EXTRA SCARY.Petrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454911336796743360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-89128121648552685082008-06-12T13:03:00.000-07:002008-06-12T13:03:00.000-07:00Minnie--Dude, have you ever really read about Aust...Minnie--<BR/><BR/>Dude, have you ever really read about Australia? It's terrifying! They've got pretty much every poisonous snake or spider or insect EVER, and they're all like a MILLION times more poisonous than the American or European versions (except, strangely enough, for bees--did you know that some Australian bees don't sting?) plus they've got all kinds of dangerous water creatures--sharks and jellyfish and stonefish and crocodiles and POISONOUS OCTOPI!! Plus most of the country is a desert, and deserts scare me (don't even get me started on Saudi Arabia's Rub' al-Khali, which I have nightmares about someitmes). Plus I read this story once about an exploratory expedition across the Outback where they ran out of food and then started eating this desert plant that kept them full but apparently didn't provide any actual nutrition, so they all slowly starved to death without ever once feeling hungry, and by the time they realized that this plant wasn't providing them nutrition, they were too weak to do anything but starve and die. <BR/><BR/>See?!?! SCARY!!!<BR/><BR/>(I guess all this only applies to the oceans and the Outback. I'm fine with the cities--in fact, the one I've been to, Perth, was very pleasant and not at all frightening.)Petrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454911336796743360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-2109379625432398812008-06-12T09:21:00.000-07:002008-06-12T09:21:00.000-07:001) Did I read correctly that you are afraid of Aus...1) Did I read correctly that you are afraid of Australia?<BR/><BR/>2) After reading about your love for your bike, I think you really need to post a photo! (Huh--that sounded a bit sarcastic, but it wasn't meant to be...)Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781667687969481705noreply@blogger.com