Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Ryder Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Most significant advance in bike technology for speed? Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:36:37 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 88 Message-ID: References: <54h0qjpr6cplhtbpcncn57rarfe06mlape@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:36:39 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="71f34793c8a9c63464de70ced021040b"; logging-data="1997033"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19B8ApNd9pB3u7wCrKXp5FJrjrpfE9O914=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:kmhsLlk8DFyQgVIHuqk3CVWkU7w= Bytes: 4592 On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 15:28:36 +0100, Rolf Mantel wrote: >Am 04.02.2025 um 13:59 schrieb Catrike Ryder: >> On 4 Feb 2025 12:43:35 GMT, Roger Merriman wrote: >> >>> Catrike Ryder wrote: >>>> On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 20:51:37 -0500, Frank Krygowski >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2/3/2025 10:12 AM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>> On 2/3/2025 8:54 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Youngstown has much more crime than Poland. So does Philadelphia, >>>>>>> Cleveland, DC, LA, Atlanta, Oklahoma City, etc etc etc >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But I've ridden in all of them, always unarmed. I've ridden in most >>>>>>> neighborhoods in Youngstown. The worst crime I ever encountered was to >>>>>>> have a cyclometer swiped, once in Poland Township, once in Ireland. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> After 70+ years of such experiences, am I really supposed to pretend >>>>>>> "This could be the day I'll have to blow somebody away to save my life"? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No. At some point, repeatedly fearing something that has never >>>>>>> happened crosses over into phobia. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, small but not zero. >>>>>> p.s. nice snip. >>>>> >>>>> Andrew, you've certainly been here long enough to understand the ancient >>>>> Usenet recommendation to trim content except what one's responding to. >>>>> >>>>> I notice that practice has faded. We have posts that roll on for screen >>>>> after screen after screen, six or seven responses deep. But trimming is >>>>> still a good idea. As always, a person can scroll upward to see what was >>>>> posted. Usenet doesn't forget. >>>> >>>> Snipping works well for people who don't have the backbone to reply to >>>> all that the original poster said. >>> >>> No it is good practice, makes posts more readable, I don’t trim enough >>> mainly by time it’s some monster thread when no one’s trimmed it’s >>> difficult to make a start frankly! >> >> I'd argue that it's not a good practice when it's done specifically >> not to have to reply to, or to take out of context, something in the >> original post, > >I think this is a strawman. > >> which is so often the case with Krygowski's snippage. > >Accusation without proof is libel. ********************************************* On 1/31/2025 4:42 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:24:14 -0500, Frank Krygowski > wrote: > >> >> One persistent problem with trolls and other obnoxious Usenet posters is >> this: When you ignore them, they think they've somehow won. >> >> Sorry to take away your reason for rising in the morning. Now you'll >> have to find something else to do with your life. > > This is a discussion group, Frank. :-) Hey! After I've posted "this is a discussion group" dozens of times, our tricycle rider has finally memorized it! I've proven my teaching skills by getting even him to learn something! :-) > But hey, as long as you sit at the table, the game is still on. Troll on. -- - Frank Krygowski *********************************************************** -- C'est bon Soloman