Riding vs Flying -- How many here ride?

Morgans wrote:
"Newps" wrote


Nope. In this house the boys have known since day one that any road
vehicle they are interested has a four wheel minimum. Motorcycle? Don't
even ask. Same goes for tattoos and earrings.


You may someday learn that parenting sometimes has to pick and choose which
battles to fight. One of those may not be worth fighting, someday.

I'm well aware of that and make those decisions daily, like any parent.
But these are absolutes.

"Newps" wrote

I'm well aware of that and make those decisions daily, like any parent.
But these are absolutes.

One day, they will be out from under your control. If you forbid them, they
may very likely go out and do what you forbade.

That is what I did, regarding the bike issue.

Now, 25 years later, they think I still came out OK. g

Really, I encourage you to examine what you forbid, and why. Giving them
good values, and letting them make their own decisions at an appropriate
age, is in my opinion, a far better course to take.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

"Newps" wrote


I'm well aware of that and make those decisions daily, like any parent.
But these are absolutes.


One day, they will be out from under your control.

These are not lifelong rules, just rules while they live here.




That is what I did, regarding the bike issue.

A teenager has zero business riding a motorcycle in traffic.

Newps wrote:



Morgans wrote:

"Newps" wrote


Nope. In this house the boys have known since day one that any road
vehicle they are interested has a four wheel minimum. Motorcycle?
Don't even ask. Same goes for tattoos and earrings.



You may someday learn that parenting sometimes has to pick and choose
which battles to fight. One of those may not be worth fighting, someday.


I'm well aware of that and make those decisions daily, like any parent.
But these are absolutes.

And absolutes only make teens try absolutely as hard as possible to get
around them. Your kids will make sure now to get some motorcycle time
with friends or friends of friends. I'm going to make sure my son
learns to ride from me in conditions I can control. I've seen the
result of kids learning from other kids. It isn't pretty.


Matt

Matt Whiting wrote:
Newps wrote:



Morgans wrote:

"Newps" wrote


Nope. In this house the boys have known since day one that any road
vehicle they are interested has a four wheel minimum. Motorcycle?
Don't even ask. Same goes for tattoos and earrings.




You may someday learn that parenting sometimes has to pick and choose
which battles to fight. One of those may not be worth fighting,
someday.



I'm well aware of that and make those decisions daily, like any
parent. But these are absolutes.


And absolutes only make teens try absolutely as hard as possible to get
around them.

Actually that's not the case. My kids ridicule kids with tattoos. They
see the idiot teenage motorcycle drivers and know that's why they won't
be on one. The rules make sense and they can see that. It's not even a
battle.

Morgans wrote:

"Newps" wrote


Nope. In this house the boys have known since day one that any road
vehicle they are interested has a four wheel minimum. Motorcycle? Don't
even ask. Same goes for tattoos and earrings.


You may someday learn that parenting sometimes has to pick and choose which
battles to fight. One of those may not be worth fighting, someday.

Very true. I agree though with the tattoos and ear rings, but banning
motorcycles is simply crossing the line. :-)


Matt

"Newps" wrote in message
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Nope. In this house the boys have known since day one that any road
vehicle they are interested has a four wheel minimum.

At Casa d'Barrow; it's four legs minimum...also, no bareback riding and you
better use a saddle blanket if you don't want to give that animal a four
hour rubdown afterwards.

Motorcycle? Don't even ask. Same goes for tattoos and earrings.

Me talking to daughter: So, did you date that football player that asked you
out?
Daughter: Hell, no; he wears an earring when he's not playing!
Me (facetiously): So what's wrong with that?
Daughter: Because I don't know what other holes he has in his head!


--
Matt
---------------------
Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

Matt Barrow wrote:

Me talking to daughter: So, did you date that football player that asked you
out?
Daughter: Hell, no; he wears an earring when he's not playing!
Me (facetiously): So what's wrong with that?
Daughter: Because I don't know what other holes he has in his head!


Boy, I hope my two daughters turn out like that. :-) Way to go Matt!

Monk

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
Having just returned from a 3-day motorcycle camping trip, the riding
experience is once again fresh in my mind. (Alas, I don't get to ride
much nowadays; but there was a time when Mary and I rode
coast-to-coast...)



I started riding dirt bikes at 55 years young and owned three.
the last was a Yamaha 175. I rode for 10 years and decided I
would quit while I was ahead.Always wanted a Harley road
bike but having been run into by hairbrain drivers twice I decided
against it.I'll stick with my Cessna.

Bob Barker N8749S

On 1 Jul 2006 05:35:24 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

snip

It used to be that most pilots I knew rode motorcycles, but that seems
to be less of a correlation lately. Wot say the group -- do you
currently ride a motorcycle? Did you in the past?

Yes & yes.

Trying to explain to someone why you need to ride (or need to fly) is
semi-pointless.

If they've been there, you don't need to explain it. If they haven't,
you can't explain it.

First tandem skydiving lesson I ever took, the instructor was
surprised that I appeared to me calm, cool, and collected all the way
down.

I explained that falling toward the surface of the earth @ 120mph from
a mile up is pretty tame compared to travelling horizontally across it
@ 140mph on 2 wheels.

Currently ride a 40 hp "thumper". I can still be stupid, but I can't
be really stupid.

TC