This has got to be some sort of record!

Frank Krygowski wrote:

Very nice people! One gentleman heard us trying to phone ahead about
motel rooms (since tornadoes were forecast, we didn't want to camp),
and said "Oh, they'll have rooms available. If they don't, just call
me" and gave us his card.

Well, they didn't have rooms, so he led us to his families home and
set us up for the night - after we spent time playing tunes with his
kids, who were (amazingly) into the same odd music I love. I was able
to help his son set up his first fiddle, and give him some beginner
lessons. And BTW, the storms that night would have had us airborne in
our tents.

That's the great experience that comes with touring by
bike that a motor vehicle or train just can't compare.

The US is a big country and there really are a lot of
fine people in it. We only hear about the whacko's
unfortunately.


SMH

On Oct 26, 12:03*pm, Stephen Harding wrote:
On Oct 25, 9:28 pm, (It's Chris) wrote:



What's the farthest y'all have ever been chased by the same dog?

Not chased per se, but had a fox run along side me (about 15-20 feet
off the side of the road) for a good 300 yards or so.

Very strange. *I saw him, he saw me, both going the same direction
along a local side road out near a horse farm. *Expected him to bolt
but he stayed right in step, loping along.

Thought at first he might be rabid, but seems we were just heading
the same direction and he was fairly tolerant of people.

SMH

I was in our front yard one evening and a fox blasted through it with
two more right on its tail in what looked like hot pursuit. I was
simply stunned at their speed, faster than any dog I've ever seen
except maybe for my only visit to a greyhound track, and I'm not sure
about that. So the next time you see your little red friend challenge
him to a sprint. Tailwind and twelve, it won't matter, he's going to
kick your ass.

sa

thirty-six wrote:

The herdsman fears that any disturbance will affect the milk quality.
This could mean his milk is rejected which means he's worked for
nothing. It's a risk he'd rather not take. Dont upset the herdsman
or mysterious punctures you may encounter at the least.

This is ND/MT I was talking about.

Cattle are largely Heifer or Black Angus and are grown
for a couple years for grills and MacDonald's.

I'm fairly certain that most of these cattle wouldn't
take too kindly to being milked!


SMH

It's Chris wrote:
Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009, 2:03pm From:
(Stephen Harding)


Not chased per se, but had a fox run
along side me (about 15-20 feet off the
side of the road) for a good 300 yards or
so.

Very strange. I saw him, he saw me,
both going the same direction along a
local side road out near a horse farm.
Expected him to bolt but he stayed ri
ht in step, loping along.

Thought at first he might be rabid, but
seems we were just heading the same
direction and he was fairly tolerant of
people.

SMH


That IS unusual; foxes are particularly skittish, especially around
humans. I've rarely seen them (only twice in the nine years I've lived
here), an I live and ride in the country.

- -
Compliments of:
"Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

If you want to E-mail me use:
ChrisZCorner "at" webtv "dot" net

Yes I agree. It was extremely unusual and I've seen plenty
of foxes (for brief periods of time).

A couple weeks ago a bobcat strolled leisurely across the
back yard (in a wooded and fielded area) of my office.
Couldn't believe it! Went out a side door and he just glared
back at me and continued to saunter along as if he was in the
Great North Woods!

In general, critters don't get much more skitterish than
bobcats!


SMH

On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:28:06 -0400,
(It's Chris) wrote:

What's the farthest y'all have ever been chased by the same dog?

I think I've told this story here a while ago, but it's pretty
good and worthy of a repeat (IMHO).

Many years ago I was out for a local ride and took a side road
I was not familiar with. A farm dog intercepted me as I rode
by, or at least tried to.

I saw him coming and accelerated, turning into him at the last
moment as he closed on me, which caused him to "brake hard" at
which point with uninterrupted momentum, I continued to
accelerate past him.

He chased me and was slowly gaining on me, but he was tiring
and at about 5-10 yards behind me, we held the same speed. I
knew I had him beat!

I very distinctly remember yelling at the dog telling him he
was stupid and I was smart and my maneuver outclassed him...
until just ahead of me the road was closed off; Interstate 91
had cut the road and I couldn't go any farther.

I turned the bike around and out in the distance, the dog was
crouched at the side of the road...waiting.

He actually did bite me on my way back past him but nothing
serious.

Very humbling.


SMH

Simon Lewis wrote:
Bill Baka writes:

Simon Lewis wrote:
Bill Baka writes:

Simon Lewis wrote:
Cows are not as dumb as people think and they know the farmer. And the
farmer is rarely on a bike for this.

Cycling through Cows can be very, very dangerous as I discovered this
year.


Cows????
Try Buffalo.
I might have known "Crazy Bill Baka" would improve on this. Even though
I wasn't offering my experience as that of a seasoned survival expert
and dog whisperer like you Bill
Well, dip ****, I tried sneaking past a few on foot many years ago, and
the males don't want any one or anything on their turf. Experienced at
running from a *huge* male buffalo.
One might EXPECT hassle with Buffalo .. but many dont with normally
docile Cows.
I don't think the cows would chase you but if there was a bull in the
mix you would certainly have an interesting ride *through* cows, your
words.

Through cows yes. There were many. And they DO run and chase. And DO
kill.

So you can even **** off a cow?

Hint do you never weave/cycle through traffic? You're such an arse at
times.

I cycle through traffic at the lights setting up for a left turn and
such, but the cars are barely moving, so I can get between them.

They look innocent but are worse than bulls if they decide to have a bad
day.
They look innocent? Right ....

How does one cycle 'through' a cow?
Your words, fool.

Yes. And anyone sane would understand them.

I guess the same way a Bull ****s using you.
Am I squeezing your head?

Wrecking it, maybe.


Good!
Bill Baka
Again.

Simon Lewis wrote:
Dan C writes:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:01:40 -0700, Bill Baka wrote:

Bill, where are the pics you promised to post? How about you post
some pics of these high-speed cows and other farm animals that you
play with. Can you do that, Bill, or is all of this just more fantasy
and fabrication?
Dunno about high speed, but they can certainly do a decent trot,
probably more typically about 8mph, use the stile, dont try to use a
gate , they'll push through and you'll get the blame.
First, they didn't pace me for a full mile.
Well, you *said* they did, Bill. Here's your direct quote:

Last year I was out in the boondocks pushing about 12 MPH into a
headwind when a small herd of cows decided to pace me. With all the
bells it was a constant dingle-ling for about a mile then they had to
stop for a fence.
What do you have to say about that, Bill? It's right there. You said
they followed you until they hit the fence, for a mile. Can you wiggle
out of that?

Yes. I said 'about' a mile, not 'over' a mile. Maybe 3/4.

Second, 12 MPH is kind of a light trot for a cow.
Wrong, Bill. That's pretty fast for a cow, and there's no way they would
do it for an entire mile.

Oh, actually you claimed they did it for *another* mile on your way back,
sometime later in the day:

On the way back they did the same thing, following next to me until
they hit the fence.
That's another direct quote, Bill.

What say you, Bill?

I say the same as before, they were just curious and I was not going out
to play road racer wannabe.


Bill's posts are so extreme I googled some more. He seems even more of a
bull****ter when it comes to Operating Systems. Some of his claims
beggar belief. Is he trolling?


Extreme?
I have Sun Virtual Box and VMware server for virtual OS's so I installed
everything I could. XP works under Ubuntu like XP. I also have DOS,
Windows 3.11, and all the Linux versions I could download.
This does not hold true for Linux working under XP.
My computer is a toy after 30+ years of using one, so why not???
I think Simon is a bit overwhelmed or just a city boy who never ventured
very far from home.

Bill Baka

smharding wrote:
Dan C wrote:

So, Bill, you're asking us to believe that *cows* paced you at 12 MPH
for a mile? Really, Bill? Cows routinely travel at 12 MPH for a
whole mile? Come on Bill, who do you think you're fooling with
bull**** like that?

Can't speak for Bill and don't really recall how fast I was
going, but yes, the cows definitely followed be along the
fence line for quite some time.

I was riding an 80 pound bike but was in pretty good shape
by Montana/North Dakota, but don't really recall how fast I
was going.

Weight is not an issue since it was flat, just windy.

Twelve mph seems about right though.

11-12, somewhere in there, but not fast.

They weren't doing centuries with me though.

What would you talk about?
I don't get why Dan is picking this nit, the cows just paced me so what
would I be bragging about or making up???
Bill Baka


SMH

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:37:48 -0700, Bill Baka wrote:

Simon Lewis wrote:
Bill Baka writes:

Simon Lewis wrote:
Bill Baka writes:

Simon Lewis wrote:
Cows are not as dumb as people think and they know the farmer. And
the farmer is rarely on a bike for this.

Cycling through Cows can be very, very dangerous as I discovered
this year.


Cows????
Try Buffalo.
I might have known "Crazy Bill Baka" would improve on this. Even
though I wasn't offering my experience as that of a seasoned survival
expert and dog whisperer like you Bill
Well, dip ****, I tried sneaking past a few on foot many years ago,
and the males don't want any one or anything on their turf.
Experienced at running from a *huge* male buffalo.
One might EXPECT hassle with Buffalo .. but many dont with normally
docile Cows.
I don't think the cows would chase you but if there was a bull in the
mix you would certainly have an interesting ride *through* cows, your
words.

Through cows yes. There were many. And they DO run and chase. And DO
kill.

So you can even **** off a cow?

Hint do you never weave/cycle through traffic? You're such an arse at
times.

I cycle through traffic at the lights setting up for a left turn and
such, but the cars are barely moving, so I can get between them.

Jesus, I wish you'd weave in front of me in traffic.


--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
"Bother!" said Pooh, as he garotted another passing Liberal.
Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:48:09 -0700, Bill Baka wrote:

Simon Lewis wrote:
Dan C writes:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:01:40 -0700, Bill Baka wrote:

Bill, where are the pics you promised to post? How about you post
some pics of these high-speed cows and other farm animals that you
play with. Can you do that, Bill, or is all of this just more
fantasy and fabrication?
Dunno about high speed, but they can certainly do a decent trot,
probably more typically about 8mph, use the stile, dont try to use a
gate , they'll push through and you'll get the blame.
First, they didn't pace me for a full mile.
Well, you *said* they did, Bill. Here's your direct quote:

Last year I was out in the boondocks pushing about 12 MPH into a
headwind when a small herd of cows decided to pace me. With all the
bells it was a constant dingle-ling for about a mile then they had to
stop for a fence.
What do you have to say about that, Bill? It's right there. You said
they followed you until they hit the fence, for a mile. Can you
wiggle out of that?

Yes. I said 'about' a mile, not 'over' a mile. Maybe 3/4.

You're trying to wiggle, Bill, but it's not working. It's hard when I
post your direct quotes, isn't it? Anyway, you still claim that these
cows paced you at 12MPH for "about a mile"? Is that your claim, Bill?


Second, 12 MPH is kind of a light trot for a cow.
Wrong, Bill. That's pretty fast for a cow, and there's no way they
would do it for an entire mile.

Oh, actually you claimed they did it for *another* mile on your way
back, sometime later in the day:

On the way back they did the same thing, following next to me until
they hit the fence.
That's another direct quote, Bill.

What say you, Bill?

I say the same as before, they were just curious and I was not going out
to play road racer wannabe.

This doesn't address the basic question of how cows were able to pace you
at 12MPH for "about" 2 miles, with some amount of rest interval between
the two 1-mile events. Would you like to try again, Bill, or are you
just gonna admit that you're bull****ting?




Bill's posts are so extreme I googled some more. He seems even more of
a bull****ter when it comes to Operating Systems. Some of his claims
beggar belief. Is he trolling?


Extreme?
I have Sun Virtual Box and VMware server for virtual OS's so I installed
everything I could. XP works under Ubuntu like XP. I also have DOS,
Windows 3.11, and all the Linux versions I could download.

Sure you do, Bill. Sure.


--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
"Bother!" said Pooh, as he garotted another passing Liberal.
Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/