> At 11:05 AM 9/3/02 -0400, Crail, Todd wrote:
> >I stand firm in the belief that any time there is a substaintial amount
of
> >motorized power available to any individual, their IQ drops by about 20
> >(myself included, I'm sure everyone has experienced this :). Put a video
> >camera on it, and you loose another 10. For *some* individuals, this
severely
> >impairs their ability to reason, and unfortunately, their "afterglow"
> >sometimes continues on into the rest of their activities.
>
> Have you seen the new TV commercial for the "eco-friendly 4WD"?
> A couple, in their "quiet" scaled down sport utility stares in wonder
> at the pretty deer who are then run off my the roar of a HUGE SUV.
> Ha! As a hiker in the off season, the concept of a quieter SUV
> sorta misses the mark for me.
>
> But I had a jeep in my early twenties and it didn't make me want
> to "rape and kill" or even litter.
> Maybe it's a "guy thang" <ducking and running and grinning>
>
> Back to the greatest test of my patience...uploading pics to Yahoo.
> I should have something to show ya'll later this week but at one
> pic every five mins......<g>
>
>
> >Then, just add alcohol and you have Instant Jack_at_$$ (tm)!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Bruce Stallsmith
> >
> >What is it about motorized
> >"sports" in open areas that often gets people (guys, of course...) acting
> >like this? Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) access is a major dispute in a lot of
> >federal lands, from Cape Cod, MA, to Death Valley, CA, and southern Utah.
I
> >don't think that the majority of ORV people are total a**holes like in
> >Casper's story, but you certainly give any goofballs easy access to
places
> >they wouldn't get to otherwise.
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