Ragnarok, or, please quit being fucking stupid.

[WeAintFoundShit]

I don't know if I can make it to Ragnarok; it's a money/school thing.
I'm pretty sure I will, but there's that chance.
If I DO make it, though, I would like it so the behavior on the boards, from old and new alike, doesn't keep me from seeing people I really want to meet (like Scotty) and people that I really miss and want to reconnect with (like about a fucking bajillion of you).

And if I DO make it, I've decided to turn it into one stop on a summer long, dual sport, dirt adventure, and I REALLY want that all to work out.

Please, for the love of Christ, Ala, Benelli, or whatever you bow down in front of and pray to at night (or only on Sunday, or five times a day, as the case may be) quit acting like a retard on here.

Please.
Pretty please.

There are lots of us that would really like y'all to quit arguing.

Now who likes rainbows?





See, look at the nice twisty road, with the pretty tree and the rainbow.

Wouldn't you like to drop a nuclear bomb right there, and then run over the ashes of that tree with a paving machine to make that twisty road even bigger and twistier?

I know I would, so let's get back to happy times, you fucking jerkface rainbow lovers.

[Metalredneck]

I'm too poor and too far away, so can I start a piss-fight? Please?

If you want to punch me in person, I am trying to get to DOOM this year, if it exists. You get one free shot, so make it a good one.

[piccini9]

I'm too poor and too far away, so can I start a piss-fight? Please?

If you want to punch me in person, I am trying to get to DOOM this year, if it exists. You get one free shot, so make it a good one.

Are you the guy who just went for his Black-Belt test?

[Sisyphus]

Can we have a special section called "Arguments and pissing contests" so the rest of us will know what all these references to arguments and pissing contests actually refer to?

[sun rat]

Can we have a special section called "Arguments and pissing contests" so the rest of us will know what all these references to arguments and pissing contests actually refer to?

+100!

[motorpsycho67]

I may be a dick upon ocassion, but I don't take any of it seriously. I hope none of you do.

Nothing said here will deter me from drinkin the night away with any of you.

You're all my kinda peeps.

[WeAintFoundShit]

For those of you who aren't familiar with the arguments and pissing contests, stick to the forums you are reading and remain in sublime oblivion.

For those of you who are, I was just thinking about the event, and the trip I decided to make of it if I can, and got to thinking that it would be a huge bummer if it got less rad because of dumb internet crap, so I had to voice my plea. And yes, that IS a plea.

That is all.

[Metalredneck]

I don't test until August, which is another reason I have to stay home.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the DOOM! thing.

[Bigshankhank]

Fuck I'll be happy if I can make any rides this year. The Rags is in doubt right now unless work comes along and blows up my bank account again. Of course if I am working I may not have the time off from a new job, so ironically, if I don't find work then at least I will have the time. Kif, we have a conundrum!

[Zer0]

I know, what was once 98% definite is now degrading down to I hope I can. I really don't know if I can afford to miss those days from work. I know it's far away, but that's how tight things are for my family.

I feel like an ass backpedaling like this.

[rolly]

^ASS.

My EI application got lost in the bureaucratic machine and I'm very close to not having enough money for razors. Or beer. So I know what you're saying. Still hope to see y'all there though.

[Rench]

Still in. Suggested name change: Rench's Solo Ride to an Empty Campground in CO 2010".

-Rench

[piccini9]

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[erosvamp]

Still in. Suggested name change: Rench's Solo Ride to an Empty Campground in CO 2010".

-Rench

I'll be there. I have started building my whiskey collect just for the trip. So if worse come to worse, we can get shit faced, play goldfish and crash my scooter into a tree.

[Jaeger]

So if worse come to worse, we can get shit faced, play goldfish and crash my scooter into a tree.

Heh, only if I get to ride bitch.

Ask Problemaddict what happens after that.



(I'm really sorry, Mike! I swear it wasn't my idea!)

--Jaeger

[Beemer Dan]

The internet spats have rarely reared their ugly heads when in meatspace, and usually they start and end with "you're wrong, and to prove my point, I'm buying beers this round". Of course, this doesn't include the time that I rode 6 states to punch the face off of this noob dickface motherfucker that was team killing in a game of Halo. That guy didn't ride a motorcycle anyway, so it don't count. Boy were his parents mad.

As for me, I got no money, no job and a two headed dog chewing my leg off. I'll be at Ragnarok if I'm not dead or pregnant (or both!).

As for those of you still employed (there's what, 3 or 4 left?) it's kind of surprising how you can get a break from work by wording things proper:

"I need time off to meet up with the fellow members of the cult I belong to." (best said when packing your briefcase/toolbox with a leopard print Snuggie™, syringe, tattered copy of Where the Red Fern Grows, a porno mag and a bottle of moonshine.

"I'm going to raid a small village with my biker gang, stress relief ya know? You wouldn't want me to be stressed right?"

"I'm going to raid a small village with my biker gang, they voted me the cow fucker this year!"

"I'm going to raid a small village with my biker gang. I know it sound scary but they're all gay policemen so it's all legal. Well, depending on the state it's in heh. I mean I guess we could have it here... Hey!! You should come! I'll show you the pictures from last year! "

"think of it as a flu shot, I'm going to get all my fluid consumption, cold sweats, barfing and sleeping in the toilet out of the way."

of course, the number one way of getting time off of work, no questions asked:

"I can't come in, my asshole hurts"

Of course, that one might not work depending on your profession.

[guitargeek]

The internet spats have rarely reared their ugly heads when in meatspace, and usually they start and end with "you're wrong, and to prove my point, I'm buying beers this round".

:ahem:

It's been pointed out several times that the board is just a tool of the UTMC, but the UTMC wouldn't be the UTMC without the board. It'd be an isolated pocket, not a worldwide disorganization. Y'all remember how it was back in the 80s, right? We had to base our relationships on proximity, rather than common interest. You were lucky if you knew half a dozen like-minded people you could ride with and talk about bikes and drink beers with.

Sure, there's friction on the board and I'm no more innocent of it than the next crazy person, but it's the internet and nuance can get lost in conversation.

The sure cure for bad juju is for people to meet up and hang out, breathe the same air, go ride together, drink many beers, etc. Who knows, there might even be a little friction in meatspace, but life is messy. These things tend to work themselves out, and we go on with our lives.

I've met Pattio, ridden with him, and I'm going to go out on a limb and call him my friend. Same with SomeFuckingMook, remember when we used to type angrily at one another? Man, I love that dude like a brother now, or a cousin at the very least.

[roadmissile]

As for me, I got no money, no job and a two headed dog chewing my leg off. I'll be at Ragnarok if I'm not dead or pregnant (or both!).

It warms the cockles to hear that, perhaps even the sub-cockle area...

/RM