njrazd
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posted on March 3, 2001 02:46:52 PM
VeryModern...glad to have you back among the law-abiding! 
No go and speed no more!
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VeryModern
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posted on March 3, 2001 02:52:47 PM
njrazd - no, I am going to putt from now on.
Cluck at the speeders and deny my innate urge to hit the gas, pass, and pull in front of them.
I suppose that I will have to divert the energy into sex to avoid becoming overly frustrated. 
VeryModern Space Junk
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Shadowcat
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posted on March 3, 2001 07:16:36 PM
Gravid: I live in Europe, where the highway cops drive Porsches so they can have a fighting chance.
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gravid
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posted on March 3, 2001 07:46:23 PM
One night on my police scanner the Ohio State police radioed ahead to the county deputies and asked them to go to an interchange and block it because they were in pursuit of a black Corvette that had easily pulled away from them when they were doing 160 mph which was as fast as they could go. They radioed back and said the Corvette had come off the ramp and disappeared down the local road before they could get to the interchange. "Are you in pursuit Sir? the State Cop asked. "Are you out of your mind?" the deputy asked - "I wouldn't take this piece of crap to a hundred on a bet." It sort of amused me.
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gravid
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posted on March 3, 2001 07:52:58 PM
Very Modern - If it helps I had a boyhood friend who lost his license because of speeding and had to ride his bicycle to work.
The first week he was ticketed for doing 40 in a 25 zone on the bicycle by the same neighborhood cops who gave him most of the other tickets. We had never heard of anyone getting ticketed on a bicycle - it made him into sort of a folk hero.
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VeryModern
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posted on March 3, 2001 08:07:41 PM
you know gravid, I have a bicycle story too.
I used to ride a bicycle to work and they had the street all torn up. Dubbed "the ugliest street in America" and they were tearing up the median to accommodate more traffic.
Anyway I used to ride this bike and all the construction guys would hoot and crap because they were working in front of the restaurant that I worked at. I knew them to some extent because they would come eat. This is the same restaurant where I got sexually harassed as an aside.
Anyway, one morning I am coming down the hill to glide into the parking lot and several of them are waving the morning paper.
Huh?
Turns out some newspaper photographer with a sense of humor who was taking pictures of the upheaval on this main road, snapped a pic as I rode by (I never saw him). Because of the kind of camera lens and the angle I guess, 30% of the picture was my BUTT on this bicycle with all the scenery and ugly signs of the road around it. It was just this moment in time with the angle just so.
Anyway they were all saying "your a$$ made the front page, and actually it did
VeryModern Space Junk
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gravid
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posted on March 3, 2001 08:12:14 PM
I am laughing like crazy because I have done some serious photography and it was always drummed into me to get a release if a person was RECOGNIZABLE in a shot.
Sue VM, sue! I'm sure the construction workers were all saying - Yup know that fanny anywhere!
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kcpick4u
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posted on March 3, 2001 08:48:49 PM
VM
Sounds like my kind of guy! If you get a chance post that pic of him on the bike! Flying Saucers are good as well as space beings! I haven't seen one yet still looking tho! The simply fact of our presence in the galaxy increases the odds of others being out there! Thanks for the offer! However, I can't really say I agree with all that stuff any way. I wouldn't feel right exploiting such passion for the simple novelty of amusement! I might go out on limb one of these days and try to guess yours! If you haven't already divulged your sign in all this chattiness! This space junk entertains me something like magic and you know it aint so, its gotta be a trick, yet it still makes you grin!
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kcpick4u
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posted on March 3, 2001 11:38:09 PM
VM
I asked if you were a vegetarian, you know the people, that don't eat anything that has a face.
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VeryModern
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posted on March 4, 2001 05:49:14 AM
I was veggie until my first pregnancy when I would grab the meat right off your plate. Now I eat meat about once every 3 weeks or so. Could give it up pretty easy because there are many many things like better, but don't really think about it.
VeryModern Space Junk
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angelstruck
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posted on March 4, 2001 07:55:22 AM
Congratulations Very Modern !!!
They did at least tell you that they revoked you.
mine was revoked for a year and I had no idea until recently when it expired and I went to get a new one.
It seems that in 98 while driving across country I had gotten a ticket in Alabama.
Well I brought it home and stuck it up on the wall where we kept bills and stuff. My then husband was less than thrilled.
That same month I moved out and forgot to take the ticket with me. I asked him about it and he said he didn't know where it was ( Ya right!) Eventually I forgot about it....Until now.
So mine has been revoked since Oct 99.
Now don't you think they could have said something??
I don't mind paying the fines it is my own fault but still what if I had gotten pulled over driving on a revoked liscence? I would have argued myself into jail of course!
Oh well you just can't win with Big Brother.
well must run Congrats !!!
Angel
"Go sell crazy someplace else, We are all stocked up here"
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VeryModern
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posted on March 5, 2001 10:20:09 AM
Here is the handstand on the bike pic. 1931 I think.
Impressive, you gotta admit.
[ edited by VeryModern on Mar 5, 2001 10:21 AM ]
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kcpick4u
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posted on March 5, 2001 02:08:42 PM
Hello, VM
Well, that is impressive! Thank You! My old scoot buddies are gonna love it! That would be a extremely difficult maneuver to master! Did you ever try that on a pogo stick? I have a few of those unconventional thinking people in my lineage, that would throw caution to the wind in a heartbeat to pursue their passions and I don't regret it one bit. It is truly a special thing to have some one like your grandfather so close to you during your youth. I know your grandfather left you with many indelible memories that you cherish to this day. Your grandfather's true spirited zeal for life never fades, even tho the earthly race may be over, it just grows stronger in the mind's of those it has touched. So how is the Space Junk page going, I know your having too much fun with it!
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VeryModern
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posted on March 5, 2001 02:25:42 PM
kc - I a writing space junk as fast as I can. I know a lot of stories.
I am not so able on the handstand front, but the yoga stays with me. I can put my feet behind my head in 2 seconds and expect that will always be the case.
My grandfather ditched his career as a professor of library sciences and spent his life building mud (adobe) houses instead.
That is another thing I know how to do, btw.
Same guy who took me to meet Peace Pilgrim in the 60's, and lots of commune people stopping by to play ping pong. He got the #2 ranked player from China to come over when he was on tour. Thrill of his life, and the only person he never beat. He was in awe of the guy. Ping pong groupie I guess.
VeryModern Space Junk
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VeryModern
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posted on March 5, 2001 02:28:37 PM
oh and kc...
That bike is moving.
VeryModern Space Junk
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kcpick4u
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posted on March 5, 2001 02:45:15 PM
Vm
That is a feat moving or not! Lucky you, I have wanted to kick myself in the head many times. I was going to ask you about the yoga stuff. You beat me to it! I new a person that could do several of the positions. However, it would be hard to describe! You will probally know which one I am trying to describe. Something about Locust Laying Eggs? You lay on your stomach bring your legs up over your head and touch the floor with your feet in front of your face.
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VeryModern
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posted on March 5, 2001 02:49:25 PM
I know the one you mean, but it is out of my league!
VeryModern Space Junk
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kcpick4u
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posted on March 5, 2001 03:05:48 PM
VM
What was wild about this! He didn't even practice any of it. He could just do it! I have to admire anybody that can do any of it!
I have to think to spell the word, let alone do any of it. So tell me If you care too! Are you a person of small stature?
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VeryModern
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posted on March 5, 2001 03:28:04 PM
You asked this before. Why?
VeryModern Space Junk
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kcpick4u
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posted on March 5, 2001 03:39:13 PM
VM
I have known several people like you! Very similar to you in many ways. Which I have drawn comparisons from that seems to be present in all of them, they were of small stature which I believe you are as well. However, I you are not comfortable in answering that question. No problem! After all I am trying to guess your sign!
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VeryModern
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posted on March 5, 2001 03:47:52 PM
kc - I am a little beyond 5'5".
I thought my sign was obvious, but if not I will let the mystery be.
VeryModern Space Junk
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kcpick4u
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posted on March 5, 2001 03:58:08 PM
VM
Your off the hook, I was looking for 5 ft even. In addition, you have debunked my theory! It may be obvious to those schooled in you field of expertise. Like I claimed before I don't really no much about your endeavor.
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