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[98tls]

Fair Comment

I suppose most started on a smaller bike then progressed often with mates or friends help. They found how ride by themselves etc.

In the last few decades bikes have become progressively faster and people want to do things as fast as possible too.

I have learnt a lot from the internet and books and mates. There has been a few things that I hadnt learnt from these sources, but have learnt the hardway - bymyself.
Yes there is a lot to learn - its ongoing for me.

but I wil admit, the best thing I ever did was go for some longer rides.

so yeah I agree with 'Relax and go ride the thing'

In the last few decades bikes have indeed got faster..people havent but on the internet it says they haveapparently.

[Berries]

I must be the only person on here who hasn't got a Facebook or Twitter account.

Think I'm better off without it, tell me it's a good thing and why ...

I've got neither. Old school friends can ring me old man to get my contact details if they want them, it's not hard. If they haven't bothered after thirty years then fuck them frankly. If I wanted to get in touch with them I would have.

The rest of it looks like pure shit to me "look, Rupert did his first turd in the bath today and Rebecca had a period" etc etc etc. Couldn't give a fuck. If I am interested I will pick up the phone and talk.

[eldog]

In the last few decades bikes have indeed got faster..people havent but on the internet it says they haveapparently.

Correct, they used to do the basics and whatever they could find time to do.

Nowdays there is a lot more things accessible - like the internet, my grand parents would never have believed what you can do with a phone these days.

We seem to be able to do more, but we also waste a lot of time......
hiding away in our internet space etc, rather than tackle whats required.
I am slowly chipping away at the things I need to do.

Each time I complete some of those things are finished I am rewarded with 'get out and ride'

[98tls]

Correct, they used to do the basics and whatever they could find time to do.

Nowdays there is a lot more things accessible - like the internet, my grand parents would never have believed what you can do with a phone these days

Fair call indeed,no idea if your grandfather rode motorcycles at all but will add that if he did i would bet a penny to a pound that his ability to do so would be no different wether he had a phone or one with internet capability.;

[jasonu]

Don't add anyone you wouldn't have a beer with. Problem solved.

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If they live close enough to have a beer with they don't need to be on your FB.



Once you open a FB account it is next to impossible to 100% close and remove it.

[Voltaire]

"I'm more superior than you guys as I don't have Facebook or Twitter account"

[eldog]

Fair call indeed,no idea if your grandfather rode motorcycles at all but will add that if he did i would bet a penny to a pound that his ability to do so would be no different wether he had a phone or one with internet capability.;

He did ride motorcycles - he never lived to even remotely see the digital age.

He had a lot of health issues - when people reel them off - theres a list and look at his photo, I wonder how he managed to live to the age he did.

He seems to me to be the type to get on an ride. Whereas my learning has been accelerated.

you would have won your bet

[Tazz]

If they live close enough to have a beer with they don't need to be on your FB.



Once you open a FB account it is next to impossible to 100% close and remove it.

Depends on your age group too I guess. When I was living in Chch it was awesome for organising parties, camping trips, where to meet at festivals/concerts etc without having to text 30 odd people, which is like herding cats.
Even now I organized a catch up BBQ last xmas while a few people were back from overseas and it took about 5mins to type it up, set a location (on that note, Vic Park does NOT have public BBQ's ) and invite 40 peeps.

As for getting off it, I was reluctant to go on it because of that, and all the personal info on there, but fuck it. Data is gathered from my eftpos spending habits, from my phone habits, probably to the point they can check what I'm doing on my phone on the toilet so who really cares any more. I'm more worried about being locked into kiwisaver than facebook.
A few slightly paranoid friends (fair enough) just don't post pics on there and don't want pics of them added, and also have false names (I don't use my real name often for anything) to make them feel better about it all.

[neels]

The facebook is useful for organising things, but I mainly use it to keep track of motorbiking and mountainbiking stuff that people are doing. All of my 'friends' I actually physically know in real life, and would recognise them on the street if I saw them, requests from anyone other than that get deleted.

Twitter I don't see the point of, I'm pretty sure people aren't interested in what I'm thinking when they're with me in the real world, so why would the wider internet give a shit?

I only just found out the other day that you can block people's crap on facebook, apparently that's more socially acceptable than my previous method of getting sick of their shit and unfriending them. Oh well, never mind.....

[jasonu]

I only just found out the other day that you can block people's crap on facebook, apparently that's more socially acceptable than my previous method of getting sick of their shit and unfriending them. Oh well, never mind.....

I unfriended my wife because of all the pointless shit she was posting. Wasn't the best decision I have ever made...

[J.A.W.]

I unfriended my wife because of all the pointless shit she was posting. Wasn't the best decision I have ever made...

Whipped huh.. Too funny..

Likely you didn't read her pre-nup deal - before you signed up to be her bitch - on a long-term high-interest contract - either, eh, fella..

Guess that might've been an even worse 'decision' - L.O.L...

[slofox]

I've got neither. Old school friends can ring me old man to get my contact details if they want them, it's not hard. If they haven't bothered after thirty years then fuck them frankly. If I wanted to get in touch with them I would have.

The rest of it looks like pure shit to me "look, Rupert did his first turd in the bath today and Rebecca had a period" etc etc etc. Couldn't give a fuck. If I am interested I will pick up the phone and talk.

Well said. Arsebook and Twatter do not live in my world.

[OddDuck]

Twitter: never a site better named

Facebook: everyone else seems to be having more fun than you do

Lately I've been making the effort to ride more, both solo and with mates. Seems to be working pretty well.

[Fatt Max]

I used Facebook for a few years but have disconnected myself from it now. The biggest mistake I made was start up a page for the Fat Bikers. All of a sudden all these so called biker family mates turned into snippy, snobby, clicky, butt hurt bottoms. Facebook was more important than real life. You HAD to check in on a ride, you HAD to 'Like' each others status, food photos and all that rubbish. Then a little bunch of self proclaimed 'Core Members' started their own little group and that made the clickiness even worse.

And then a group ride would end up at a pub and these clowns would pull out the smart phones and stare into them instead of, well, talking to each other.

I made the fatal mistake of trying to declare a 'Facebook Free' day for the Fat Bikers, I was abused for that, told I was destroying their social lives.

Some of these back bottoms have a presence on KB, you know who you are and you are all a bunch of front bottoms.....false plastic clicky snobby little front bottoms....enjoy your life on Facebook

Yep, Facebook biker groups.....masturbaters the lot of em

[J.A.W.]

I used Facebook for a few years but have disconnected myself from it now. The biggest mistake I made was start up a page for the Fat Bikers. All of a sudden all these so called biker family mates turned into snippy, snobby, clicky, butt hurt bottoms. Facebook was more important than real life. You HAD to check in on a ride, you HAD to 'Like' each others status, food photos and all that rubbish. Then a little bunch of self proclaimed 'Core Members' started their own little group and that made the clickiness even worse.

And then a group ride would end up at a pub and these clowns would pull out the smart phones and stare into them instead of, well, talking to each other.

I made the fatal mistake of trying to declare a 'Facebook Free' day for the Fat Bikers, I was abused for that, told I was destroying their social lives.

Some of these back bottoms have a presence on KB, you know who you are and you are all a bunch of front bottoms.....false plastic clicky snobby little front bottoms....enjoy your life on Facebook

Yep, Facebook biker groups.....masturbaters the lot of em

What a snitty tirade.. is it 'cause they made you into a "Butters bottom-bitch"? L.O.L... ( see relevant South Park ep.)

As Butters would also say ( in Lord Humungous mode) "...Just walk away..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKxUfdv_U00