Computer "life" vs the real deal

GreyBear · Mar 2nd, 2006, 05:28 PM

Well since this place was cherry...I figured i would mozey over and start something....Bears do that ya know, <WEG>. Since I started figuring out the computer deal I have looked around a lot. (As an aside...boy have things changed since we sat around snickering at the shots of bare breasted females in the Narional Geographic) Heck of a oot out there good (like here) bad (a whole bunch of that) and some REAL ugly. But it seems like awhole lot of the younger folks have replaced LIVING life with seeing it through a puter screen. And to me thats just sad. We all watched movies but we didnt LIVE in them. Hell, when I saw the Wild Ones I didnt wanna play a game about being a biker....I wanted to BE one. And did. So it seems strange to me that a lot of folks have become so whats that voyeristic? Probably didnt spell that right but ya get my drift. No wonder the kids are fat and out of shape. And to think they did it and missed out on all the beer and parties to get that way. Between a knee thats stiff from fall throughs and kick back and going down a time or two I am not as nimble as I was...but going lame from sitting in front of a computer? Sheesh!
Ride Free...

chucktx · Mar 2nd, 2006, 07:19 PM

yup, i agree with ya grey bear.......but i have a grey beard also........the younger generation doesnt see it that way....they have a completly different outlook on life......
chuck

CD · Mar 2nd, 2006, 09:57 PM

I hear ya. I got Maico leg though. I used to forget to pull the compression release. That was kick back!

cjborton · Mar 3rd, 2006, 01:41 AM

I agree as well. I'm a young chap myself, can't even buy a beer for another 3 months. In highschool I got far too caught up in the whole computer life and didn't get out and "do" nearly as much as I should have. Sinse I came to the realization that this was not how it should be I've been doing everything I can. Every nice day outside is spent on my bike or on the golf course. Every bad weather day is spent in the bowling ally or somewhere playing my guitar. In two more months when I get out of the Army I'll be hunting and fishing a lot more as well.

What's the point of all this? Just sounding off as one of those people in the younger generation who still knows what life is.

Airborne,

Chris

PS: I can grow a decent beard as well, just not a gray one...

2fastnaz · Mar 3rd, 2006, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CD

I hear ya. I got Maico leg though. I used to forget to pull the compression release. That was kick back!

Had a Maico 400 throw me thru my buddy's front window when I was a teenager. His dad's brand new bike, we weren't supposed to be playing with. **** right that's KICK BACK!

CD · Mar 3rd, 2006, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 2fastnaz

Had a Maico 400 throw me thru my buddy's front window when I was a teenager. His dad's brand new bike, we weren't supposed to be playing with. **** right that's KICK BACK!

Where were you at? Did you race? I was stationed down here in Tucson between 1981-1984 and raced here, Phoenix Raceway, Deer Valley, Black Canyon, Prescott and others. I had two Maico 450's, one was pretty wore out and was a former practice bike for Carlos Serrano a Maico factory racer. Carlos is from Tucson and raced in Europe for a number of years as a Maico factory rider. When he returned to Tucson, he switched to Husqvarna and sold off a ton of Maico stuff. At any rate, if you forgot to pull that compression release, you got a kick back that was worse that anything I ever rode including my Triumph when it was out of tune. I did attempt to kick start a Maico 501 up in Montana...just once. I watched the rider get piched over the bars and figured I liked my foot better than that.

dutch · Mar 3rd, 2006, 10:33 PM

I'm not sure what this has to do with computer life, anyway years ago my roundy round bike was a 441 BSA in a Rickman frame. It had every race part known to the flat track world along with being locked in full advance. The only way it was started was to back it up against compression run jump on the seat and kick it in gear usually started first try. The clutch was good for one weekend if I didn't abuse it to much, worked on it every night during the week for a hour or so of the greatest fun to be had in those days. I do have a couple of things for the soap box but why mess up a old BSA memory. Dutch

FLHTbiker · Mar 5th, 2006, 10:40 AM

I never raced but I sure got beat up on a couple of old Bultaco's up in the woods riding. Rode a 175 and then a 250, man those things could sure climb hills. Really had to watch out for those low tree branches and old barb wire fences hidden in the grass. Went over the bars more than once from that.

As for computers my hard drive took a dump last month, and lost everything, no retrieval. I now have a separate stand alone hard drive just for that purpose.
Good thing for Backs ups.

Here in the state of Oregon they are talking about increasing the hunting and fishing licenses as the younger generation is just simple not doing it and the license purchases are way down.

Sleepy · Mar 6th, 2006, 08:18 AM

The world is a different place now. I got quite the chuckle out of the National Geographic reference..brings me back to a simpler time. I've found that there is a lot less social interaction. People are plugged in to their MP3 player..Bluetooth..gaming on a X-Box or the like...they don't have time for you...I remember reading in the paper..the online version

, about the police busting some teen sex ring a while back. Basically some teens would log on with a camera, find a partner and work on "getting themselves off" They interviewed a young male who had a girlfriend in this ring and one of the things he liked about the cyber sex was that he didn't have to go over to her place to get off...I'm not quite there with that one.

FLHTbiker · Mar 6th, 2006, 08:39 AM

Bob, at least she doesn't get pregnant from cyber sex.

GreyBear · Mar 6th, 2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sleepy

The world is a different place now. I got quite the chuckle out of the National Geographic reference..brings me back to a simpler time. I've found that there is a lot less social interaction. People are plugged in to their MP3 player..Bluetooth..gaming on a X-Box or the like...they don't have time for you...I remember reading in the paper..the online version

, about the police busting some teen sex ring a while back. Basically some teens would log on with a camera, find a partner and work on "getting themselves off" They interviewed a young male who had a girlfriend in this ring and one of the things he liked about the cyber sex was that he didn't have to go over to her place to get off...I'm not quite there with that one.

I am not really sure if ya should laugh or cry over something like that...or maybe both. .....Ride Free

Killer-B · Mar 9th, 2006, 08:16 PM

Yepper GreyBear, it was just the other day that I was telling my daughter how I thought this new crises/epidemic of America's fat kids, is because of all the soda/sugar and the video gaming. Just get out and do SOMETHING please.

GreyBear · Mar 10th, 2006, 05:48 AM

I read that and was thinking of something I saw back some years ago on TV. Some guy had rigged up a generator to a stationary bicycle. His two kids could watch all the TV they wanted....but they had to peddle to power it. Seems in the first 90 days they had lost a total of around 40 pounds. Pity theres not something like that around. Of course if there were it probably wouldnt do much good, when my grandkids visited I put that parental control thing on the dish remote...it took them all of 20 mins to crack that. The kids may be getting fatter and pastier..but theres some techno geniuses out there. Just think what they might be if they had the physical to go with the mental. (As to the spiritual, I don't know it thats even part of much anymore. I am not a religious person, but its hard to ride and feel the wind in your face, sleep out under the stars, see the oceans and forests and mountains...and nt realize that theres a spiritual side to it all)

Killer-B · Mar 10th, 2006, 12:22 PM

Yup, I spotted that generator on Gilligan’s island, it did not help much either.

Killer-B · Mar 10th, 2006, 01:32 PM

Found this on one of the HTT boards, the author is unknown.
It’s a little long but, I thought it was cool and true and fitting for the previous posts…enjoy.

> THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
> 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
> First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while
> they carried us.
> They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and
> didn't get tested for diabetes.
> Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright
> colored lead-based paints.
> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and
> when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks
> we took hitchhiking.
> As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
> Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special
> treat.
> We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE
> actually died from this.
> We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with
> sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
> WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
> We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we
> were back when the streetlights came on.
> No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
> We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride
> down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running
> into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
> We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at
> all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,
> no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat
> rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
> We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
> and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
> We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt
> and the worms did not live in us forever.
> We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
> made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told
> it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or
> rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
> Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who
> didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
> The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard
> of. They actually sided with the law!
> This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem
> solvers and inventors ever!
> The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
> We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
> HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
> And YOU are one of them!
> CONGRATULATIONS!
> You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow
> up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives
> for our own good.
> and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how
> brave their parents were.
> Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

2fastnaz · Mar 10th, 2006, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by CD

Where were you at? Did you race? I was stationed down here in Tucson between 1981-1984 and raced here, Phoenix Raceway, Deer Valley, Black Canyon, Prescott and others. I had two Maico 450's, one was pretty wore out and was a former practice bike for Carlos Serrano a Maico factory racer. Carlos is from Tucson and raced in Europe for a number of years as a Maico factory rider. When he returned to Tucson, he switched to Husqvarna and sold off a ton of Maico stuff. At any rate, if you forgot to pull that compression release, you got a kick back that was worse that anything I ever rode including my Triumph when it was out of tune. I did attempt to kick start a Maico 501 up in Montana...just once. I watched the rider get piched over the bars and figured I liked my foot better than that.

Sorry CD I didn't see that. 79-84 I was stationed in Japan. Prior to that I raced a Yamaha up in Mayer on the old MX track. It hadn't been open long at that point. I grew up south of Mayer in Crown King till after 8th grade, then we moved to the valley so I could go to High school.

Man you guys bring back good memories. Maicos, Huskys, Hodakas, man I miss the days of all those old bikes. I rode em all no brand loyalty for me when it came to dirt. I think out of all of them I'd like to have my DIRT SQUIRT back the most. One of my buddies has an old Macio 400 he's trying to find a mag stator for.

I have a 3 inch scar on the arch of my right foot from a 79 RM 400 kicking back and ripping my Tony Lamma open and my foot to. I was about 30 at the time and thought I knew it all. My buddy had told me go put on my boot but noooooo.... I've been starting big bores my whole life I tell him, 20 minutes later in the emergency room........

scooter · Mar 10th, 2006, 06:02 PM

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am not really sure if ya should laugh or cry over something like that...or maybe both. .....Ride Free

Both. Definitely BOTH.

My little crew is currently grounded from TV and the PS2 due to the whole "health" issue.

Yep, they promptly went outside to play then...and I'm thinkin' YEAH, guess I showed them.

Noticed how quiet it was about an hour later, figured they must've got tired, right?

Nope, all along they was out there playin' in the dirt with cars and figures and blocks makin' cities and whatnot...sittin' on their fat BEHINDS!!! Yeah, that's gonna help, right??

scooter · Mar 10th, 2006, 06:08 PM

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am not really sure if ya should laugh or cry over something like that...or maybe both. .....Ride Free

Both. Definitely BOTH.

My little crew is currently grounded from TV and the PS2 due to the whole "health" issue.

Yep, they promptly went outside to play then...and I'm thinkin' YEAH, guess I showed them.

Noticed how quiet it was about an hour later, figured they must've got tired, right?

Nope, all along they was out there playin' in the dirt with cars and figures and blocks makin' cities and whatnot...sittin' on their fat BEHINDS!!! Yeah, that's gonna help, right??

GreyBear · Mar 10th, 2006, 06:52 PM

Well maybe that won't help the health part, although being outside would seem to help but they were at least using thier imagination. To me, aside from the health issues thats the biggest downer about the whole techno play deal. It's all right there up in thier face. No getting a towel for a cape so you can jump off the garage like Superman. No being able to take an old broom and by **** it wasn't just a broom it was a horse. And on and on. I remember listening to the radio before TV and seeing the characters in my head, same when I read a book....I am afraid a lot of that is lost now. I someties wonder if people like Spielberg would have had the creativity if he had grown up like the PS2 kids are.

scooter · Mar 10th, 2006, 09:06 PM

How about using a Hefty bag for a parachute off the garage?

Ever do that one? I did....once.

Somehow I lived as well.

I think one way that we've really helped ours as they've grown up, and it ain't been easy to do, is to not be so overprotective every time they've wiped out or fallen down or been knocked out of a tree or something.

Gotta let 'em figure out how to help themselves every once in a while too!

Seems like every time kids fall down these days, there's a government program around to pick 'em up.

We gotta just let 'em grow up. Sorry to rant, it's just a sore subject with me, and I got four of the little munchkins at the house still. Always SOMEBODY wanting to get in your business.

Sheesh.