12 month ban for racing
05-24-2006, 06:41 AM
#72
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Hey, if you're good enough, you're old enough! 
Its just that if you tell people something enough times, they start to believe. I just like to challenge those common assumptions. Only the other day my girlfriend thought I was going to suffocate because I put a carrier bag over my head (I was just doing a piss take of something). Why? Because thats what is common knowledge. Stop believeing, do your own thinking.
Its just that if you tell people something enough times, they start to believe. I just like to challenge those common assumptions. Only the other day my girlfriend thought I was going to suffocate because I put a carrier bag over my head (I was just doing a piss take of something). Why? Because thats what is common knowledge. Stop believeing, do your own thinking.
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05-24-2006, 07:07 AM
#78
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That was a horse?! I know, I get that often. When I was a child 'Because it is' was a common response from my parents! Still, I only ever discuss in order to gather the truth. I hold everyones opinion as high as my own. If I cant understand something about their opinion, I will ask them to explain/challenge it. I have no problem with being 'wrong' so to speak, as long as I have learned something.
05-24-2006, 07:25 AM
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I still stand by my first post on this topic. Racing is a contest by its definition and neither 'racing' nor 'contest' fit the activity that I and many other car enthusiasts will engage in on the public road.
If I thump it off the last rights at the roundabout up the bypass to 110mph with a scooby trailling (hopefully) a car length behind then I'll happily take my points/ban for speeding. I'll also accept dangerous driving if there were other mitigating factors (rain, fog, lots of other cars around, etc) but I won't accept racing. I'm sorry but a race has a start, finish, purpose and objective and when I play with scooby's, vx-whatevers, etc I have no desire to win, lose, or get a hard-on. I'm simply enjoying my car and getting an appreciation for the relative performance of another vehicle. I'll shut down as soon as I want to or feel the conditions merit it no matter who is 'in front'.
Crail is racing, vtec 2nd through 4th for a bit of banter isn't...
If I thump it off the last rights at the roundabout up the bypass to 110mph with a scooby trailling (hopefully) a car length behind then I'll happily take my points/ban for speeding. I'll also accept dangerous driving if there were other mitigating factors (rain, fog, lots of other cars around, etc) but I won't accept racing. I'm sorry but a race has a start, finish, purpose and objective and when I play with scooby's, vx-whatevers, etc I have no desire to win, lose, or get a hard-on. I'm simply enjoying my car and getting an appreciation for the relative performance of another vehicle. I'll shut down as soon as I want to or feel the conditions merit it no matter who is 'in front'.
Crail is racing, vtec 2nd through 4th for a bit of banter isn't...
05-24-2006, 07:27 AM
#80
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Originally Posted by Hypersonik,May 24 2006, 02:41 PM
my girlfriend thought I was going to suffocate because I put a carrier bag over my head
and when drunk
to be sure that it doesn't work?
best to check these things thoroughly