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[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

You were probably distracted by that loud "WHOOSH" noise as you finished reading it.

Cause it didn’t align with my situation in any way.

[fotze2]

When Facebook suggests friends and it’s your mom who died five years ago. Damn!

[getbak]

12 degrees on a Saturday afternoon... I guess it's a-holes on loud motorbikes season again.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Cause it didn’t align with my situation in any way.

Yeah, the whoosh was the person who responded missing the point of the OP..

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by getbak

12 degrees on a Saturday afternoon... I guess it's a-holes on loud motorbikes season again.

Time to get my quiet Gold Wing out?

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by getbak

12 degrees on a Saturday afternoon... I guess it's a-holes on loud motorbikes season again.

Too much gravel on the roads.

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by getbak

12 degrees on a Saturday afternoon... I guess it's a-holes on loud motorbikes season again.

“It’s loud ‘cause for safety!”

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Too much gravel on the roads.

My neighbour has decided otherwise. At least he's finally gone for a bit instead of revving the engine for an hour in his garage every night this week.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Too much gravel on the roads.

Well, I hope they fall and break their legs so this will be the last day they're out and I can have peace and quiet over the summer.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by fotze2

When Facebook suggests friends and it’s your mom who died five years ago. Damn!

Have you memorialised the account?

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by getbak

Well, I hope they fall and break their legs so this will be the last day they're out and I can have peace and quiet over the summer.

I don’t typically wish harm on people. But I make an exception for the obnoxious morons who ride loud bikes and treat the roads like their playground.

A couple years ago my wife and I were stopped at the lights at Anderson and 14th when we heard a loud whining behind us. A dude on a crotch-rocket wove in and out of traffic, then took the turn-off to 14th street without slowing down. He lost control, dropped the bike, and rag-dolled onto the meridian.

My wife got out of the car to see if he was alright and wait for the ambulance. Meanwhile, as a line of cars taking the 14th street turnoff slowly drove past the broken dude laying on the meridian, several of them rolled down their windows and gave him the finger or yelled at him.

Obnoxious motorcycle riders: You are hated.

[WideReceiver]

Even those of us who sensibly ride quiet bikes hate them.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Have you memorialised the account?

What is that? If it’s like trying to get an estate probated then f that.

Just email them and say dead?

My buddy’s wife killed herself a few years ago, but her LinkedIn saying her “open for work” anniversary comes up every year…..and people actually congratulate it. Brutal.

[8 Ball]

It would be interesting to see the per capita death rate of motorcycle enthusiast in Calgary compared to let’s say San Francisco. They have lane splitting there and it works flawlessly. Here it seems like cars want to try and kill motorcyclists because they beat them to the light. Not to mention the ####ty roads, gravel, and everything else they have to contend with.

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by 8 Ball

….it seems like cars want to try and kill motorcyclists because they beat them to the light….

You can’t be serious. Car drivers want to kill motorcyclists because they beat them to a light? I’ll assume you’re being hyperbolic.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

You can’t be serious. Car drivers want to kill motorcyclists because they beat them to a light? I’ll assume you’re being hyperbolic.

Not just hyperbolic but parabolic!

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by fotze2

What is that? If it’s like trying to get an estate probated then f that.

Just email them and say dead?

My buddy’s wife killed herself a few years ago, but her LinkedIn saying her “open for work” anniversary comes up every year…..and people actually congratulate it. Brutal.

There's an option where you can report an account for "Something else" and click "Memorialize account" and provide Facebook with some evidence of passing -- an online obituary, for example -- and they'll put it into a memorialized status where it is basically left as a tombstone of sorts. People can leave messages and view whatever pictures and things they had posted if they fit that audience, but it limits what the account can do.

It's intended for the person's family to use, but anyone technically can do it.

Originally Posted by Facebook

After someone has passed away, we want to respect their wishes for what should happen to their account. If a family member or friend uses this form to submit a request, the account goes into a special memorialised state, unless the person has requested to have their account removed when they pass away.

Please bear in mind that memorialisation is a big decision. If you're not a family member or close friend of the person who has passed away, we recommend contacting the person's family before requesting memorialisation.

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by 8 Ball

It would be interesting to see the per capita death rate of motorcycle enthusiast in Calgary compared to let’s say San Francisco. They have lane splitting there and it works flawlessly. Here it seems like cars want to try and kill motorcyclists because they beat them to the light. Not to mention the ####ty roads, gravel, and everything else they have to contend with.

Flawlessly? 20% of accidents are caused by lane splitting in California. Which is the ONLY state dumb enough to have it not being illegal, and even then is only supposed to occur at 30mph or less.

I'm sure much of that is drivers being totally unaware that motorcycles have unique laws and are allowed to drive down the f-cking highway lines for some insane reason.

Thus, lane splitting itself does not increase motorcycle accidents in California when done correctly. However, the majority of bikers in California do not follow the proper precautions and expert guidance on how to safely practice lane splitting, resulting in the nearly 20% of motorcycle accidents that are attributed to the behavior.

https://www.lehrlawgroup.com/does-la...in-california/

Honestly though (and I'm assuming you are a motorcyclist) we probably agree 100% that MOST people shouldn't be driving most of the time. Because they're angry, drunk, tired, distracted, or just learned to operate a car decades ago and are somehow "good to go" until they drop dead.

The only difference being - you're riding an engine with 2 wheels, and I'm surrounded by airbags and anti-lock brakes. So when some donkey goofs up in front of me it's a fender bender I walk away from.

As for you... well... with all honesty... it's just a question of time.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by TimSJ

got called up and played his first Junior A game last night!

Hope he grabbed an armful of sticks!

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by getbak

12 degrees on a Saturday afternoon... I guess it's a-holes on loud motorbikes season again.

But only after it warms up for three hours in the driveway.