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From: Catrike Rider <soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: New years bah humbug
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 20:08:19 -0500
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On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 07:33:55 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:02:19 -0500, Catrike Rider
><soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 11:46:20 -0500, Frank Krygowski
>><frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On 1/1/2025 3:19 AM, Catrike Rider wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The simple fact is that somebody decided a long time ago that an
>>>> arbitrary time should be the designated ending of one day and the
>>>> beginning of the next. I suspect there was a group thinking session to
>>>> decide on the exact raltionship to the sun that designation should be.
>>>> Simiarly, a designated relationship with the sun was group thought to
>>>> detirmine the day to start counting days.
>>>> 
>>>> Now, after many years, people still get together to celebrate those
>>>> group thinking session by unknown people, as if they were signicant of
>>>> something.
>>>>   
>>>> As for me, a new day does not really begin until I wake up and
>>>> acknowledge it. A new year does not really begin until I acknowledge
>>>> springtime.
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah, I'm a bit grouchy because of being woke up by the sound of
>>>> fireworks going off. Three and a half hours of sleep is not going to
>>>> work for me, so now, when I finish my 2nd cup of coffee coffee, I'm
>>>> going back to bed.
>>>
>>>Damn! What a miserable old man!
>>
>>Who isn't perturbed by being woke up in the middle of the night?
>>
>>It seems to me that Krygowski is the one who lives a miserable,
>>unhappy existence. A good share of his RBT posts involve him whining
>>and complaining about something. He doesn't like how the bicycling
>>trends are heading; he doesn't like the frame designs; he doesn't like
>>the newer bicycle components; he doesn't like the newer accessories;
>>he doesn't like bicycle helmets, flashy shirts, or SPD shoes and
>>pedals; he doesn't like the bicycle infrastructure trends; he doesn't
>>like bicycle trails; he doesn't like guns; he doesn't like the
>>marketing of anything, he clearly dislikes the current political
>>trend, he hates people who ignore his advice; he hates that people
>>drive instead riding their bikes to their jobs or the grocery store. 
>>When he's not complaining about something, he trying to get people to
>>change their minds and agree with him, which doesn't happen very
>>often, so then he whines and complains about that. His brags and lies
>>are scattered among his constant complaints and attempts to manipulate
>>others. His need for imaginary friends is hardly surprising. He has
>>probably driven away all the people who know him.
>
>Hey! Don't forget the terrifying black pickup truck and the guy with
>the machine gun :-)

Most of Krygowski's RBT posts are about something he's unhappy about,
and he says I'm a miserable old man.

Clearly a case of projection.