Airfree Tires: RIPOFF SCAM

wrote:


I can't visualize what sort of bicycling you do with solid tires, but
exceeding 15mph while riding over even a 1/2" step in the pavement
will damage rims, there being insufficient compression in a
non-pneumatic tire to absorb such shock. Just the same, there is a
use for these tires but it is not a reasonable solution to flat tires
considering how many thousand miles most riders cover between flats.
I can't imagine riding 1000 miles on "Airfree Tires".

Jobst Brandt

I do recreational riding.
I was getting at least 1 flat a week.
Can't jump curbs with a recumbent.
I tried jumping a curb with a Waterford road bike and went over the
handlebars.
I hit a pot hole with aired tires with my recumbent, and blew the tire
and bent the rim (flared out on both sides).

On 15 Sep 2004 11:40:11 GMT, (TDWFL) wrote:

The name is derived from the shape of the inlet, not any characteristics of the
city. Boca is quite a nice place to ride through.

It's not apparent from the current map or the current state of the
environs, of course, but the Spanish explorers named it for the
characterisitcs they found present in the 1500s, when the only local
people were the Tequesta. On the few surviving Spanish maps, it's
reportedly "Boca de Ratones", which was later shortened to the current
form. Idiomatically, I'm told that they may have been inferring that
this was an inlet whose surrounding area was infested with mice rather
than shaped like a mouse's mouth, though, which would fit the lack of
real physical resemblance. There is no record of what name the
natives may have had for the area. Exploration records from that era
are scant at best in any event, and the Tequesta left no written
record at all.


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dictis, factisque ex posteritate et infamia metus sit." - Tacitus

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:02:27 GMT, Werehatrack
wrote:

It's not apparent from the current map or the current state of the
environs, of course, but the Spanish explorers named it for the
characterisitcs they found present in the 1500s, when the only local
people were the Tequesta. On the few surviving Spanish maps, it's
reportedly "Boca de Ratones", which was later shortened to the current
form. Idiomatically, I'm told that they may have been inferring that
this was an inlet whose surrounding area was infested with mice rather
than shaped like a mouse's mouth, though, which would fit the lack of
real physical resemblance. There is no record of what name the
natives may have had for the area. Exploration records from that era
are scant at best in any event, and the Tequesta left no written
record at all.

Who can blame them for not keeping memoranda when Mark Hickey was
around?

http://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/econ/history.cfm

http://floridaindianmounds.com/Tequesta.htm

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John Dacey
Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
Since 1983
Our catalogue of track equipment: online since 1996.
http://www.businesscycles.com

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:59:13 -0400, John Dacey
wrote:

"Praecipium munus annalium reor, ne virtutes sileantur, utque pravis
dictis, factisque ex posteritate et infamia metus sit." - Tacitus

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:02:27 GMT, Werehatrack
wrote:

It's not apparent from the current map or the current state of the
environs, of course, but the Spanish explorers named it for the
characterisitcs they found present in the 1500s, when the only local
people were the Tequesta. On the few surviving Spanish maps, it's
reportedly "Boca de Ratones", which was later shortened to the current
form. Idiomatically, I'm told that they may have been inferring that
this was an inlet whose surrounding area was infested with mice rather
than shaped like a mouse's mouth, though, which would fit the lack of
real physical resemblance. There is no record of what name the
natives may have had for the area. Exploration records from that era
are scant at best in any event, and the Tequesta left no written
record at all.

Who can blame them for not keeping memoranda when Mark Hickey was
around?

http://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/econ/history.cfm

http://floridaindianmounds.com/Tequesta.htm

-------------------------------
John Dacey
Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
Since 1983
Our catalogue of track equipment: online since 1996.
http://www.businesscycles.com

Dear John and Werehatrack,

Since written records require writing, it's a bit redundant
to say that a pre-Columbian North American Indian tribe left
no written records. For anything beyond pictographs, you
have to go south.

Carl Fogel

"Non opus est verbis, credite rebus." - Ovid
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:04:03 -0600, "Indiana" Fogel wrote:

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:59:13 -0400, John Dacey
wrote:

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:02:27 GMT, Werehatrack
wrote:

It's not apparent from the current map or the current state of the
environs, of course, but the Spanish explorers named it for the
characterisitcs they found present in the 1500s, when the only local
people were the Tequesta. snip There is no record of what name the
natives may have had for the area. Exploration records from that era
are scant at best in any event, and the Tequesta left no written
record at all.

Who can blame them for not keeping memoranda when Mark Hickey was
around?

http://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/econ/history.cfm

http://floridaindianmounds.com/Tequesta.htm

Dear John and Werehatrack,

Since written records require writing, it's a bit redundant
to say that a pre-Columbian North American Indian tribe left
no written records. For anything beyond pictographs, you
have to go south.

Carl Fogel

I appreciate your interest in redacting a redundancy. In the same
spirit however, I encourage you to similarly reconsider your
description of a tribe's practices in the 1500s and beyond as
"pre-Columbian."

In fourteen ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. . .
^^^^^^^
As for pictographs, they are still the principal method of
communication among primitives in Florida:
http://www.cooperativeresearch.net/t...shatbooker.jpg

-------------------------------
John Dacey
Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
Since 1983
Our catalogue of track equipment: online since 1996.
http://www.businesscycles.com

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:24:10 -0400, John Dacey
wrote:

"Non opus est verbis, credite rebus." - Ovid
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:04:03 -0600, "Indiana" Fogel wrote:

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:59:13 -0400, John Dacey
wrote:

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:02:27 GMT, Werehatrack
wrote:

It's not apparent from the current map or the current state of the
environs, of course, but the Spanish explorers named it for the
characterisitcs they found present in the 1500s, when the only local
people were the Tequesta. snip There is no record of what name the
natives may have had for the area. Exploration records from that era
are scant at best in any event, and the Tequesta left no written
record at all.

Who can blame them for not keeping memoranda when Mark Hickey was
around?

http://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/econ/history.cfm

http://floridaindianmounds.com/Tequesta.htm

Dear John and Werehatrack,

Since written records require writing, it's a bit redundant
to say that a pre-Columbian North American Indian tribe left
no written records. For anything beyond pictographs, you
have to go south.

Carl Fogel

I appreciate your interest in redacting a redundancy. In the same
spirit however, I encourage you to similarly reconsider your
description of a tribe's practices in the 1500s and beyond as
"pre-Columbian."

In fourteen ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. . .
^^^^^^^
As for pictographs, they are still the principal method of
communication among primitives in Florida:
http://www.cooperativeresearch.net/t...shatbooker.jpg

-------------------------------
John Dacey
Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
Since 1983
Our catalogue of track equipment: online since 1996.
http://www.businesscycles.com

Dear John,

Can you point me to any pre-1600 records written by North
American Indian tribes?

Curiously,

Carl Fogel

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:20:36 -0600, wrote:

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:24:10 -0400, John Dacey
wrote:

Since written records require writing, it's a bit redundant
to say that a pre-Columbian North American Indian tribe left
no written records. For anything beyond pictographs, you
have to go south.

I encourage you to similarly reconsider your
description of a tribe's practices in the 1500s and beyond as
"pre-Columbian."

In fourteen ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. . .

Dear John,

Can you point me to any pre-1600 records written by North
American Indian tribes?

Curiously,

Carl Fogel

I'm surprised you're not familiar with "Hiawatha's Shopping List"
which was shamelessly ripped off by Longfellow some centuries later as
"The Song of Hiawatha". Regrettably, the veracity of this seminal
poem by an Algonquin from the 1500s has been impeached by Republicans
for containing certain anachronisms in language and font type. Decide
for yourself:
********************************************
Hiawatha's Shopping List

Honey, on your way home to me,
Pass the mall at Gitchigumee;
Don't forget to trade some pelts for
A jug or two of Schlitz malt liquor.

See the Shaman for some leeches;
Go to Zabar's for fresh peaches.
I'd love to have a warm new blanket
And beads to make a sexy anklet.

For cooking I could use new pottery
And get five tix for Friday's Lottery.
Deerskin's s'posed to have my new bra.
Be home by six or else - Minn'haha
********************************************

Can you point me to any North
American Indians who, after 1500, are properly described as
PRE-Columbian?


-------------------------------
John Dacey
Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
http://www.businesscycles.com
Since 1983
Our catalog of track equipment: online since 1996
-------------------------------

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:35:03 -0400, John Dacey
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:20:36 -0600, wrote:

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:24:10 -0400, John Dacey
wrote:

Since written records require writing, it's a bit redundant
to say that a pre-Columbian North American Indian tribe left
no written records. For anything beyond pictographs, you
have to go south.

I encourage you to similarly reconsider your
description of a tribe's practices in the 1500s and beyond as
"pre-Columbian."

In fourteen ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. . .

Dear John,

Can you point me to any pre-1600 records written by North
American Indian tribes?

Curiously,

Carl Fogel

I'm surprised you're not familiar with "Hiawatha's Shopping List"
which was shamelessly ripped off by Longfellow some centuries later as
"The Song of Hiawatha". Regrettably, the veracity of this seminal
poem by an Algonquin from the 1500s has been impeached by Republicans
for containing certain anachronisms in language and font type. Decide
for yourself:
********************************************
Hiawatha's Shopping List

Honey, on your way home to me,
Pass the mall at Gitchigumee;
Don't forget to trade some pelts for
A jug or two of Schlitz malt liquor.

See the Shaman for some leeches;
Go to Zabar's for fresh peaches.
I'd love to have a warm new blanket
And beads to make a sexy anklet.

For cooking I could use new pottery
And get five tix for Friday's Lottery.
Deerskin's s'posed to have my new bra.
Be home by six or else - Minn'haha
********************************************

Can you point me to any North
American Indians who, after 1500, are properly described as
PRE-Columbian?


-------------------------------
John Dacey
Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
http://www.businesscycles.com
Since 1983
Our catalog of track equipment: online since 1996
-------------------------------

Dear John,

Okay, any written records before 1700?

Carl Fogel

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:53:46 -0600, wrote:

Can you point me to any pre-1600 records written by North
American Indian tribes?

Curiously,

Carl Fogel

I'm surprised you're not familiar with "Hiawatha's Shopping List"
which was shamelessly ripped off by Longfellow some centuries later as
"The Song of Hiawatha". Regrettably, the veracity of this seminal
poem by an Algonquin from the 1500s has been impeached by Republicans
for containing certain anachronisms in language and font type. Decide
for yourself:
********************************************
Hiawatha's Shopping List

Honey, on your way home to me,
Past the mall in Gitchigumee;
snip
Be home by six or else - Minn'haha
********************************************

Okay, any written records before 1700?

Carl Fogel

Well, the form isn't as attractive as that taken by Hiawatha's bride
in the document referenced above, but there _is_ evidence that written
records were kept:
********************************************
Invoice
28 December 1621

To: Maffachufettf Bay Colonie, Inc.
17 Rock Landing
Plimouth Plantation, New Englande

From: Squanto's Catering GmbH
Cranberry Bog
Hyannifport, Cape Codde

Event/(Date): Firft Thankfgivinge (Thurfday, November 24, 1621)

Turkey (50 @$5.00) $250.00
Pumpkin (80 @ $1.00) 80.00
Corn (9 bushels @ $4.50) 40.50
Cranberry Sauce (20 cans @ $1.00) 20.00
Venison (100lb @ $1.95) 195.00
Clams
Casino (our specialty!) 92.50
Ala Puritani 74.50
Nuts and berries 48.00
TOTAL $800.50

Your account is past due. Please remit.
********************************************

-------------------------------
John Dacey
Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
Since 1983
Our catalogue of track equipment: online since 1996.
http://www.businesscycles.com

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:33:32 -0400, John Dacey
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:53:46 -0600, wrote:

Can you point me to any pre-1600 records written by North
American Indian tribes?

Curiously,

Carl Fogel

I'm surprised you're not familiar with "Hiawatha's Shopping List"
which was shamelessly ripped off by Longfellow some centuries later as
"The Song of Hiawatha". Regrettably, the veracity of this seminal
poem by an Algonquin from the 1500s has been impeached by Republicans
for containing certain anachronisms in language and font type. Decide
for yourself:
********************************************
Hiawatha's Shopping List

Honey, on your way home to me,
Past the mall in Gitchigumee;
snip
Be home by six or else - Minn'haha
********************************************

Okay, any written records before 1700?

Carl Fogel

Well, the form isn't as attractive as that taken by Hiawatha's bride
in the document referenced above, but there _is_ evidence that written
records were kept:
********************************************
Invoice
28 December 1621

To: Maffachufettf Bay Colonie, Inc.
17 Rock Landing
Plimouth Plantation, New Englande

From: Squanto's Catering GmbH
Cranberry Bog
Hyannifport, Cape Codde

Event/(Date): Firft Thankfgivinge (Thurfday, November 24, 1621)

Turkey (50 @$5.00) $250.00
Pumpkin (80 @ $1.00) 80.00
Corn (9 bushels @ $4.50) 40.50
Cranberry Sauce (20 cans @ $1.00) 20.00
Venison (100lb @ $1.95) 195.00
Clams
Casino (our specialty!) 92.50
Ala Puritani 74.50
Nuts and berries 48.00
TOTAL $800.50

Your account is past due. Please remit.
********************************************

-------------------------------
John Dacey
Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
Since 1983
Our catalogue of track equipment: online since 1996.
http://www.businesscycles.com

Dear John,

I fear that you have been hoodwinked by an unknown and
unscrupulous forger!

I assume that the "original" bill was in Times Old Puritan,
not some new-fangled Papist font, but I forebear to pursue
the typographical details. The content reeks of fraud.

The date is a dead giveaway. All that we know is that the
original 1621 feast took place during several days between
September 21 and November 11:

http://ca.essortment.com/whatwasthefir_rksf.htm

(Note this chilling line from the page above: "The four
surviving housewives along with their teenage daughters made
preparation for the feast. ")

In any case, November 24th, 1621, was a Wednesday:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/ut...dayofweek.html

It is also notorious that the "$" was not in use at that
time. Even if the tribal caterer had wished to submit a bill
in dollars instead of pounds or wampum, he would have had to
switch to a special quill feather to create the unusual
symbol.

And no caterer would have forgotten to include the lobsters
on the bill--I have repeatedly tested this at Red Lobster,
Legal Seafood, and other establishments.

Carl Fogel