Dicky DQ Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 "The wire frame mesh tubes are held together by carbon joints.It is not an overly clean looking machine but it is tough to deny the leap in technology."Hate to ride this in the mad. don't know what it will weigh then.
TNT1 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Posted February 23, 2012 “You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.”
TNT1 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Posted February 23, 2012 “...ideas are definitely unstable, they not only CAN be misused, they invite misuse--and the better the idea the more volatile it is. That's because only the better ideas turn into dogma, and it is this process whereby a fresh, stimulating, humanly helpful idea is changed into robot dogma that is deadly. In terms of hazardous vectors released, the transformation of ideas into dogma rivals the transformation of hydrogen into helium, uranium into lead, or innocence into corruption. And it is nearly as relentless. The problem starts at the secondary level, not with the originator or developer of the idea but with the people who are attracted by it, who adopt it, who cling to it until their last nail breaks, and who invariably lack the overview, flexibility, imagination, and most importantly, sense of humor, to maintain it in the spirit in which it was hatched. Ideas are made by masters, dogma by disciples, and the Buddha is always killed on the road. There is a particularly unattractive and discouragingly common affliction called tunnel vision, which, for all the misery it causes, ought to top the job list at the World Health Organization. Tunnel vision is a disease in which perception is restricted by ignorance and distorted by vested interest. Tunnel vision is caused by an optic fungus that multiplies when the brain is less energetic than the ego. It is complicated by exposure to politics. When a good idea is run through the filters and compressors of ordinary tunnel vision, it not only comes out reduced in scale and value but in its new dogmatic configuration produces effects the opposite of those for which it originally was intended. That is how the loving ideas of Jesus Christ became the sinister cliches of Christianity. That is why virtually every revolution in history has failed: the oppressed, as soon as they seize power, turn into the oppressors, resorting to totalitarian tactics to "protect the revolution." That is why minorities seeking the abolition of prejudice become intolerant, minorities seeking peace become militant, minorities seeking equality become self-righteous, and minorities seeking liberation become hostile (a tight asshole being the first symptom of self-repression).”
TNT1 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Posted February 23, 2012 How can I post a pic ? sorry to ask Try here:https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/90344-tutorial-adding-images-to-posts/ If not pm me.The tutorial for the new forum layout is not yet updated, and I'm too tired (and had too many glasses of wine) to update it now. I will in the morning though. No work for me. Yay!
Mackie Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Try here:http://www.thehubsa....mages-to-posts/ If not pm me.The tutorial for the new forum layout is not yet updated, and I'm too tired (and had too many glasses of wine) to update it now. I will in the morning though. No work for me. Yay!Having the same problem, a few too many Jameson's....
Mackie Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Thanks may I introduce the lovely Zooey deschanel :clap: No, thank you. Wil6 1
TNT1 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Posted February 23, 2012 Thanks may I introduce the lovely Zooey deschanel :clap: No, thank you. I second the motion. Gadzooks. Sammajoor 1
scotty Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Try here:http://www.thehubsa....mages-to-posts/ If not pm me.The tutorial for the new forum layout is not yet updated, and I'm too tired (and had too many glasses of wine) to update it now. I will in the morning though. No work for me. Yay! Would explain your 2 previous posts.
ThePubSA Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) How can I post a pic ? sorry to ask Try more reply options when you post Then "choose file" then "attach this file" Attach Files Used 0bytes of your 1MB global upload quota (Max. single file size:1MB)Try our advanced uploader (requires Flash 9)Hope that help..................... my net doing die antwoord tonight = - freaking out - Edited February 23, 2012 by 2nutz
TNT1 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Would explain your 2 previous posts. I thought they had a certain poetic beauty to them. Not like the poetry that is Zooey Deschanel, but still... Edited February 23, 2012 by TNT1
Mackie Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 On a differant note, cannot wait for the argus to be done with, then we can start whinging about the 94.7, bored of the yearly Argus b1tching.
Wyatt Earp Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 “...ideas are definitely unstable, they not only CAN be misused, they invite misuse--and the better the idea the more volatile it is. That's because only the better ideas turn into dogma, and it is this process whereby a fresh, stimulating, humanly helpful idea is changed into robot dogma that is deadly. In terms of hazardous vectors released, the transformation of ideas into dogma rivals the transformation of hydrogen into helium, uranium into lead, or innocence into corruption. And it is nearly as relentless. The problem starts at the secondary level, not with the originator or developer of the idea but with the people who are attracted by it, who adopt it, who cling to it until their last nail breaks, and who invariably lack the overview, flexibility, imagination, and most importantly, sense of humor, to maintain it in the spirit in which it was hatched. Ideas are made by masters, dogma by disciples, and the Buddha is always killed on the road. There is a particularly unattractive and discouragingly common affliction called tunnel vision, which, for all the misery it causes, ought to top the job list at the World Health Organization. Tunnel vision is a disease in which perception is restricted by ignorance and distorted by vested interest. Tunnel vision is caused by an optic fungus that multiplies when the brain is less energetic than the ego. It is complicated by exposure to politics. When a good idea is run through the filters and compressors of ordinary tunnel vision, it not only comes out reduced in scale and value but in its new dogmatic configuration produces effects the opposite of those for which it originally was intended. That is how the loving ideas of Jesus Christ became the sinister cliches of Christianity. That is why virtually every revolution in history has failed: the oppressed, as soon as they seize power, turn into the oppressors, resorting to totalitarian tactics to "protect the revolution." That is why minorities seeking the abolition of prejudice become intolerant, minorities seeking peace become militant, minorities seeking equality become self-righteous, and minorities seeking liberation become hostile (a tight asshole being the first symptom of self-repression).”Not to worry, you are not the only one who doesn't have a clue what this drivel means.
Tumbleweed Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 That is why virtually every revolution in history has failed… Wrong. Revolution succeeds. Execution of ideals fails. That's democracy for you. The stress is on process not outcome. Show me one secularist revolution that has worked.
Sammajoor Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Three nuns were talking. The first nun said, "I was cleaning in Father's room the other day and do you know what I found? A bunch of pornographic magazines." "What did you do?" the other nuns asked. "Well, of course I threw them in the trash." The second nun said, "Well, I can top that. I was in Father's room putting away the laundry and I found a bunch of condoms!" "Oh my!" gasped the other nuns. "What did you do?" they asked. "I poked holes in all of them!" she replied. The third nun fainted...!!! Edited February 24, 2012 by Sammajoor Wayne Potgieter, Grondpad and MacDaddy 3
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