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Welcome to the Nanny state:
New York State Senate introduces bill to make texting while walking illegal
New York State Senate introduces bill to make texting while walking illegal
They’ve gone Waaay beyond NannyWelcome to the Nanny state:
New York State Senate introduces bill to make texting while walking illegal
Most people are so frickin' dumb these days... You older guys like me know that it wasn't always like this.
us older guys .. if we had smartphones back then .. .. watch me jump 20 trash cans with a bicycle and no helmet or knee pads while texting my buddies .. LOL .,.
we didn't have any safe pillows back then .. tuff it out ..
I think about this occasionally. Us "old guys" in our 50's are among the last to remember the freedom of actually being unavailable when you weren't at home with a landline.Yep, no safety gear back then, no one thought about it, not even the parents.
Your post got me to thinking about Mercurochrome. When I was a kid I would always have the red Mercurochrome spots on me.
I would install a big front sprocket on the bicycle for top end speed, place a big ole' take off ramp at the bottom of a big ole' hill.
By the time I hit the ramp I would be peddling as fast as I possibly could.
It would of been so cool to be able to take video of stuff like that back then, like we can now.
With that being said, I would much rather go back to the way things used to be. Before PC's, internet, social media,
cell phones, cameras everywhere, etc.
Life back then was so much simpler, so much better... IMHO
I think about this occasionally. Us "old guys" in our 50's are among the last to remember the freedom of actually being unavailable when you weren't at home with a landline.
It's for the children.
How will cops enforce this? With a net?
20 trash cans!!?? That would be a feat in itself. I managed 8 with a 10 speed before I crashed and burned. Broke my ankle and snapped the bike in two.us older guys .. if we had smartphones back then .. .. watch me jump 20 trash cans with a bicycle and no helmet or knee pads while texting my buddies .. LOL .,.
we didn't have any safe pillows back then .. tuff it out ..
Using a 10 speed is a no go for catching big air. The frame and or rims will not hold up to that kind of abuse.20 trash cans!!?? That would be a feat in itself. I managed 8 with a 10 speed before I crashed and burned. Broke my ankle and snapped the bike in two.
LoL, I held the record in my neighborhood for jumping trash cans with a huffy. Nobody was brave enough to try and beat me. I got bored with the competition and started using my beefed up 10 speed. I got air over 6 cans, landed on the back tire and crushed the rim, but I cleared them. 8 was the no go. My dad was a dirt track and enduro racer. My brother and I had several dirt bikes to choose from and ride anytime. My favorite was a Bultaco 250 . That was one snotty ass dirt bike.Using a 10 speed is a no go for catching big air. The frame and or rims will not hold up to that kind of abuse.
But you all ready know that... Maybe not before the fact, but you did after the fact.
I used a single speed Huffy Thunder Road. When my Uncle seen what I was doing he re enforced the frame.
But then I started blowing out rims.
That lead to dirt bikes, that lead to 12 years of motocross racing, that lead to numerous broken bones over the years.
Turning pro did not work out for me. But it was a lot of fun, no regrets, I would do it all over again.
1979 -- I was 14 years old then.
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