speaking of Jobst

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There are no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.

~ Suzuki Roshi

pass the Rustoleum

On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:07:29 -0400, Radey wrote:
Dan O writes:

On Friday, June 6, 2014 8:07:41 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/6/2014 6:10 AM, Duane wrote:
avagadro wrote:

cyclists challenging 3500 pound vehicles driven by strangers, are
psychotic


Clear and concise. +1.

Hmm. What does that mean, practically speaking? "Stop your bicycle
and kowtow when a motorist approaches from a side street"? "Always
ride in the gutter or on the sidewalk if motor vehicles are anywhere
nearby"? Or just "Ride bikes only on bike paths"?

I think it means that it's crazy to challenge 3500 pound vehicles
driven by strangers.


To me, the statement is similar to the advice to "Always ride as if
you're invisible." It sounds smart only until you engage your
brain.

Clutch slipping on the ol' Amygdala?

You read that in the new DSM?
Page 421:

Cognitive Clutch Slippage, 306.83

On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:13:52 -0500, AMuzi wrote:
On 6/5/2014 8:20 PM, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jun 2014 07:28:48 -0500, AMuzi
wrote:
On 6/3/2014 8:49 PM, Dan O wrote:
On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:29:02 PM UTC-7, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jun 2014 08:37:36 -0700 (PDT) wrote:
On Saturday, October 27, 2012 6:09:27 PM UTC+1, LF wrote:

Anyone know how my eFriend Jobst is doing?

Still nobody know anything about Jobst? It's very strange.

http://rayhosler.wordpress.com/2013/...moon-and-back/

Not much news, but then it is a private matter. Ray occasionally
posts mention of a visit with Jobst.

It is what it is, and that's all right (what else could it be?)

Hey BTW, Tim... (picture me as Steve Martin as Navin Johnson
jumping up-and-down with a thick [phone] book in his hands), "The
DSM-V is here! The DSM-V is here!" :-)


Oh, joy. Now you can scientifically prove that each and every one of
us is an outlier in need of expensive treatment.

One of my gripes is exactly that. The statstics about the prevalence
of mental health problems suggest that about 137% of the population
suffers from one mental illness or another. I'm being a little
facetious there.

But most of us get along fine- we get to work, we maintain family
relationships and friendships, we get done the stuff we need to get
done. There's a good sized chunk of us that aren't doing so well for
a variety of reasons- schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major
depression, autism, substance abuse, brain injuries, etc.- and
getting good help can be critical for them to be as safe, healthy and
productive as they can.

Frankly there are enough of those folks that it's not necessary to
cast a wider net and convince even more people that there is
something wrong with them; the mental health system as it stands now
can barely keep up with the load and sometimes muffs it big time.


That's listed now- you have asymptomatic nonspecific psychological
troubles.

LOL!

On 6/6/2014 1:47 PM, Duane wrote:
On 6/6/2014 12:45 PM, Dan O wrote:
On Friday, June 6, 2014 8:07:41 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/6/2014 6:10 AM, Duane wrote:
avagadro wrote:

cyclists challenging 3500 pound vehicles driven by strangers, are
psychotic


Clear and concise. +1.

Hmm. What does that mean, practically speaking? "Stop your bicycle and
kowtow when a motorist approaches from a side street"? "Always ride in
the gutter or on the sidewalk if motor vehicles are anywhere nearby"?
Or just "Ride bikes only on bike paths"?

I think it means that it's crazy to challenge 3500 pound
vehicles driven by strangers.


Amazing. Maybe he doesn't understand the word challenge since he's
always controlling them...

Duane, why not give a clear and concise example of how you avoid
challenging 3500 pound vehicles driven by strangers?

For example, what _do_ you do when you're riding in an ten-foot-wide
lane, and an eight foot wide truck approaches from the rear?

Or do you simply refuse to ride such a street?

My ride today was over 25 miles across town, to an oddball hardware
store for some specialty items. It involved park roads, suburban
residential streets, suburban collector roads, city streets and busy
highways. Whenever necessary (which was often) I rode near lane center
to prevent dangerously close passes. There was not one negative
reaction during the entire ride.

If I were to avoid "challenging" drivers by staying out of their way -
assuming that's what was meant - I'd have had to drive to that store.

--
- Frank Krygowski

There was not one negative
reaction during the entire ride.

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

? WOW ! outstanding beyond category .....

on TODAYS RIDE in GooMaps http://goo.gl/HeTEbZ

which is more interesting by far than your .....


I had several choices of going around dangerous intersection with a short scenic bypass...provided by the county or state...cannu believe it ?

I AM THE ONLY RIDER TAKING THAT PATH

The other witless riders go thru 1.5 miles of get hit from behind..

with a unused sidewalk bike path 200 yards away.

There are problems with courteous female drivers holding traffic back to let me across before they run me down.

I use obscenity for moving traffic, closing first and thumb in hole on left hand, poking index of right into hole several times then repeating the motion to get on with it...that lane has a separate merge lane on the main drag. previously posted.

I refuse these baboons rights for directing traffic

I WILL DIRECT TRAFFIC !

On Friday, June 6, 2014 3:07:25 PM UTC-4, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:07:29 -0400, Radey wrote:

Dan O writes:



On Friday, June 6, 2014 8:07:41 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 6/6/2014 6:10 AM, Duane wrote:

avagadro wrote:



cyclists challenging 3500 pound vehicles driven by strangers, are

psychotic





Clear and concise. +1.



Hmm. What does that mean, practically speaking? "Stop your bicycle

and kowtow when a motorist approaches from a side street"? "Always

ride in the gutter or on the sidewalk if motor vehicles are anywhere

nearby"? Or just "Ride bikes only on bike paths"?



I think it means that it's crazy to challenge 3500 pound vehicles

driven by strangers.





To me, the statement is similar to the advice to "Always ride as if

you're invisible." It sounds smart only until you engage your

brain.



Clutch slipping on the ol' Amygdala?



You read that in the new DSM?

Page 421:



Cognitive Clutch Slippage, 306.83

oxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

nit a 421 but close enough... a pig !

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...x/1647971.html

Tim McNamara writes:

On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:07:29 -0400, Radey wrote:
Dan O writes:

On Friday, June 6, 2014 8:07:41 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/6/2014 6:10 AM, Duane wrote:
avagadro wrote:

cyclists challenging 3500 pound vehicles driven by strangers, are
psychotic


Clear and concise. +1.

Hmm. What does that mean, practically speaking? "Stop your bicycle
and kowtow when a motorist approaches from a side street"? "Always
ride in the gutter or on the sidewalk if motor vehicles are anywhere
nearby"? Or just "Ride bikes only on bike paths"?

I think it means that it's crazy to challenge 3500 pound vehicles
driven by strangers.


To me, the statement is similar to the advice to "Always ride as if
you're invisible." It sounds smart only until you engage your
brain.

Clutch slipping on the ol' Amygdala?

You read that in the new DSM?
Page 421:

Cognitive Clutch Slippage, 306.83

You got me. I'm certainly not going to buy it.

--

Tim McNamara writes:

On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:13:52 -0500, AMuzi wrote:
On 6/5/2014 8:20 PM, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jun 2014 07:28:48 -0500, AMuzi
wrote:
On 6/3/2014 8:49 PM, Dan O wrote:
On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:29:02 PM UTC-7, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jun 2014 08:37:36 -0700 (PDT) wrote:
On Saturday, October 27, 2012 6:09:27 PM UTC+1, LF wrote:

Anyone know how my eFriend Jobst is doing?

Still nobody know anything about Jobst? It's very strange.

http://rayhosler.wordpress.com/2013/...moon-and-back/

Not much news, but then it is a private matter. Ray occasionally
posts mention of a visit with Jobst.

It is what it is, and that's all right (what else could it be?)

Hey BTW, Tim... (picture me as Steve Martin as Navin Johnson
jumping up-and-down with a thick [phone] book in his hands), "The
DSM-V is here! The DSM-V is here!" :-)


Oh, joy. Now you can scientifically prove that each and every one of
us is an outlier in need of expensive treatment.

One of my gripes is exactly that. The statstics about the prevalence
of mental health problems suggest that about 137% of the population
suffers from one mental illness or another. I'm being a little
facetious there.

But most of us get along fine- we get to work, we maintain family
relationships and friendships, we get done the stuff we need to get
done. There's a good sized chunk of us that aren't doing so well for
a variety of reasons- schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major
depression, autism, substance abuse, brain injuries, etc.- and
getting good help can be critical for them to be as safe, healthy and
productive as they can.

Frankly there are enough of those folks that it's not necessary to
cast a wider net and convince even more people that there is
something wrong with them; the mental health system as it stands now
can barely keep up with the load and sometimes muffs it big time.


That's listed now- you have asymptomatic nonspecific psychological
troubles.

LOL!

Watch out, that ****'s idiopathic.

--

LOL!
Watch out, that ****'s idiopathic.

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

would you say cycling is a pure activity more productive of positive mental health ?

On Friday, June 6, 2014 8:50:57 PM UTC-7, wrote:

snip

would you say cycling is a pure activity more productive of positive mental health ?


Yes, definitely - pure and purifying.

(But a duck can't change its spots.)

Except that I don't call it "cycling".
My washing machine cycles; I Ride Bike!