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Subject: Re: Even more derailleur fun
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:05:42 -0500
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On 6/11/2025 5:29 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:29:12 -0000 (UTC), Beej Jorgensen
> <beej@beej.us> wrote:
> 
>> In article <91gj4k9nh8iau3u6bppgvdbhf9aaan7t1u@4ax.com>,
>> Catrike Ryder  <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>> I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
>>> tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
>>
>> Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
>>
>> Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough. And I check and
>> lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more inspection on
>> that timeframe.
>>
>> The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the MTB, but I do ride
>> it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute. Also the
>> commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting tons of mileage
>> on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
>>
>> But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
> 
> I've learned by experience...
> 
> --
> C'est bon
> Soloman

Mr Jorgensen brings up a real and valid concern, something 
for which I have no snappy solution.

Let's say we're looking for Juan Valdez who has a prior 
deportation order and a felony conviction.  How do you know 
the guy in front of you, named Juan Valdez, is the same 
person?  You don't.

I linked earlier to one of the several dozen per year US 
citizens who spent days or weeks jailed just because their 
own valid ID matches the name of a wanted person. No easy 
answer to that either.  Expecting competence from government 
employees, MVD clerks to police, is more hope than plan.

And for people not wanting to be deported, there's a rich 
selection of fake ID now, muddling an already murky situation.

I did some three-day sentences under a fake name (wanted 
elsewhere) back in the pre computer days. You'd think modern 
technology would clear up details, what with iris scans and 
facial recognition.  We're not there yet.  Being _not_ 
recognized as a citizen or lawful visitor or lawful resident 
alien is not yet certain enough.

Which leaves us yet within the judgement of the LE in the 
moment. Errors will be made, both ways, regardless of policy.

-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971