goodfornothing
Spicey!
gribbs said:
That's exactly what I thought after I took apart the ignition switch/lock. It's TOO simple to steal this bike.
stolen, jacked, robbed, lifted.
- Thread starter chris73cb175
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That's exactly what I thought after I took apart the ignition switch/lock. It's TOO simple to steal this bike.
it takes a piece of wire to hotwire a vintage bike.
i guess i've got a few stories, mostly things that happened to friends but i've got one that happened to me.
i was in spain with a friend, and we were walking back to our hotel. two guys tried to take our purses. my friend willingly gave hers, but i clutched onto mine and told the guy "no!" he kept trying to pull it from me, so i punched him in the face. the guys ran off and we were able to recover my friend's purse. i guess they took her money and dropped her purse in a park, where some older lady found it and called the hotel we were staying at (she had the room key in her wallet and it had the hotel's phone number on it)
some teenagers tried to steal my friend's sumo. the steering lock was on, so they could only turn the bike in a circle and ended up dropping the bike. it was early evening on a main road.. someone saw him do it and took down his license plate. the kid was caught and forced to write an apology. i don't remember what his other punishment was.
i used to live in texas, and my family still does. during one of the hurricanes a few years ago the whole city tried to evacuate, which ended up taking them days (literally) to move a few miles. some family friends own a small grocery store and were getting ready to leave the store with a few goods. two guys come in and just start taking stuff. the family asks what they think they're doing and they guys basically tell them that they're doing the same thing; getting some goods. the family informs them that they own the store and are going to call the cops if they don't leave, so the guys pull out guns. then this family of four pulls out their guns.. the guys apologized and left.
on the subject of having guns in the house, my SO keeps his in his dresser next to the bed. we figure that if someone were to come into our house in the middle of the night, it would be with malicious intent. we don't want to wait and find out.
he does carry when we go into the city because he's always felt uncomfortable outside his small town
i guess i've got a few stories, mostly things that happened to friends but i've got one that happened to me.
i was in spain with a friend, and we were walking back to our hotel. two guys tried to take our purses. my friend willingly gave hers, but i clutched onto mine and told the guy "no!" he kept trying to pull it from me, so i punched him in the face. the guys ran off and we were able to recover my friend's purse. i guess they took her money and dropped her purse in a park, where some older lady found it and called the hotel we were staying at (she had the room key in her wallet and it had the hotel's phone number on it)
some teenagers tried to steal my friend's sumo. the steering lock was on, so they could only turn the bike in a circle and ended up dropping the bike. it was early evening on a main road.. someone saw him do it and took down his license plate. the kid was caught and forced to write an apology. i don't remember what his other punishment was.
i used to live in texas, and my family still does. during one of the hurricanes a few years ago the whole city tried to evacuate, which ended up taking them days (literally) to move a few miles. some family friends own a small grocery store and were getting ready to leave the store with a few goods. two guys come in and just start taking stuff. the family asks what they think they're doing and they guys basically tell them that they're doing the same thing; getting some goods. the family informs them that they own the store and are going to call the cops if they don't leave, so the guys pull out guns. then this family of four pulls out their guns.. the guys apologized and left.
on the subject of having guns in the house, my SO keeps his in his dresser next to the bed. we figure that if someone were to come into our house in the middle of the night, it would be with malicious intent. we don't want to wait and find out.
he does carry when we go into the city because he's always felt uncomfortable outside his small town
liam
1970 cb350/1980 xs250/2004 klx400/BMW E30 323I
this thread is kind of weird.
australians don't hate americans as individuals,
a large proportion of our tv programming and movies are american. australians worry that we are too like americans (perhaps why all of a sudden we became so keen on asia, an opportunity to be a big fish in a small pond), and the natural reaction to that, is to talk about how much better we are then America. as far as i know anyway...
australians don't hate americans as individuals,
a large proportion of our tv programming and movies are american. australians worry that we are too like americans (perhaps why all of a sudden we became so keen on asia, an opportunity to be a big fish in a small pond), and the natural reaction to that, is to talk about how much better we are then America. as far as i know anyway...
locOleoN
Is that the best you got? OK.. now my TURN...
well the only thing I had stolen, jacked, robbed, or lifted.... was dignity and pride whenever my bike breaks down on me a km down the street and I have to do the walk-of-shame as I push the bike back home...
ya know.. the looks you get from other pedistrians: "what the matter with your bike fucker?.. not so cool now eh?"...
damn..
ya know.. the looks you get from other pedistrians: "what the matter with your bike fucker?.. not so cool now eh?"...
damn..
chris73cb175
Been Around the Block
liam said:
this thread turned into something totally different haha. but yeah the bike breaking down has to be the worst.
anotherkindofmonday
I like to make things and think about them.
You know, I would totally get a CCP in Pennsylvania. It's a breeze compared to New York, where I used to live. The problem is that I don't know how I feel about owning a gun. I know this sounds bass-ackwards, but keep with me:
- Part of me says, get the carry permit while it is still easy, or before it's legislated out of existence.
- I live in an apartment, so a long-gun for home defense is useless. Plus, I don't want something punching through a wall and hitting one of the gay guys next door.
- With any gun, just owning it isn't enough. You have to train with it regularly so that you can react automatically in high stress situations. Assuming the equation: GUN + SITUATION = high stress...you get my point.
- Studies have shown (I know, poor support, but I'm too lazy to Google) that police officers, who train and qualify frequently with their firearms, show poorer accuracy in the real world than in training because of stress or exertion.
- I don't have the time to go, hire an instructor, burn through ammo...
- I have poor impulse control
So, in my mind, I can't have a handgun. If I can't take the responsibility to train with a tool, I shouldn't use that tool. That's it. The stakes are just too high.
And I know this, I worked as a paramedic in NYC and Buffalo for 10 years. Little guns / big holes. And it's even more tragic when it's a mistake. Holy shit, I can tell you some stories.
Then again...I haven't really factored zombies into the equation...
- Part of me says, get the carry permit while it is still easy, or before it's legislated out of existence.
- I live in an apartment, so a long-gun for home defense is useless. Plus, I don't want something punching through a wall and hitting one of the gay guys next door.
- With any gun, just owning it isn't enough. You have to train with it regularly so that you can react automatically in high stress situations. Assuming the equation: GUN + SITUATION = high stress...you get my point.
- Studies have shown (I know, poor support, but I'm too lazy to Google) that police officers, who train and qualify frequently with their firearms, show poorer accuracy in the real world than in training because of stress or exertion.
- I don't have the time to go, hire an instructor, burn through ammo...
- I have poor impulse control
So, in my mind, I can't have a handgun. If I can't take the responsibility to train with a tool, I shouldn't use that tool. That's it. The stakes are just too high.
And I know this, I worked as a paramedic in NYC and Buffalo for 10 years. Little guns / big holes. And it's even more tragic when it's a mistake. Holy shit, I can tell you some stories.
Then again...I haven't really factored zombies into the equation...
goodfornothing
Spicey!
Guns are like motorcycles if you really think about it...
alexcb360t
Active Member
anotherkindofmonday said:
that is a very good point, imagine a zombie tried to steal your motorcycle? I bet you would wish you had a gun then!
boomshakalaka
Over 1,000 Posts
anotherkindofmonday said:
is it bad that I often day dream about "what if" scenarios that involve zombies and other post apocalyptic scenarios of survival?
boomshakalaka
Over 1,000 Posts
Chivatty said:
there are so many good zombie movies and 28 days definitely ranks up there, but Im a huge fan of dawn of the dead, campy 70's is the perfect setting for zombie movies
. And I was very pleasantly surprised with the remake. 28 weeks later was a little bit of a let down as an overall movie I thought, at least in comparison to the first one, however there were some spectacularly cool and creative action sequences.alexcb360t
Active Member
I love where this topic has gone!!! Zombie movies are the shit!
in terms of new Zombie movies, I was PLEASANTLY SURPRISED with Planet Terror.
in terms of new Zombie movies, I was PLEASANTLY SURPRISED with Planet Terror.
arsey
Been Around the Block
haha
robberies -> arms control -> zombies
it is the natural progression.
i've never been robbed, would probably own a gun if the bike weren't taking my money, and have a copy of the zombie survival guide. y'know. in case.
i know at least a couple of people with a zombie contingency plan.
robberies -> arms control -> zombies
it is the natural progression.
i've never been robbed, would probably own a gun if the bike weren't taking my money, and have a copy of the zombie survival guide. y'know. in case.
i know at least a couple of people with a zombie contingency plan.
zombies, now where talkin
i have a zombie contingency plan we keep at least one assault rifle just in case of zombies, there was a story on the news a while back about zombies and i about shat, they where talking about someone hacking the road signs in texas and putting zombies ahead or something i though it was for real for a minute and about called my friend in texas to see if i could stay wit him for awhile and shoot some zombies
i have not read the zombie survival guide though, i need to borrow it from my little cousin, he was having nightmares about zombies and his parents bought him the book, it ended up being a bad idea though, it only made things worse
i have dreams about shooting zombies
you cant go wrong with a good zombie movie
i have a zombie contingency plan
we keep at least one assault rifle just in case of zombies, there was a story on the news a while back about zombies and i about shat, they where talking about someone hacking the road signs in texas and putting zombies ahead or something i though it was for real for a minute and about called my friend in texas to see if i could stay wit him for awhile and shoot some zombies
i have not read the zombie survival guide though, i need to borrow it from my little cousin, he was having nightmares about zombies and his parents bought him the book, it ended up being a bad idea though, it only made things worse
i have dreams about shooting zombies
you cant go wrong with a good zombie movie
Flugtechnik
My bike is not transportation, it is a respite
Welcome to the wayward thread.
boomshakalaka
Over 1,000 Posts
ya, grindhouse as a whole was amazing. I almost missed it in theatres.. so glad I was able to see it on the big screen. Bruce Willis' cameo was so awesome. I love when bad ass directors are able to get big names to do things they never would do for anyone else. Like theres no way bruce willis is playing such a small roll in anyone elses film.
