It's "The American Way". Don't try to take our guns from us. Don't limit how fast we can drive, or the size of the obnoxious vehicle we drive. Don't make us wear a helmet when we ride a motorcycle.

We're AMERICAN. We chew up fireworks and spit out sparks!:rolleyes:

Americans: Fighting since 1776 for the right to steal potted plants from your porch and to blow our fingers off.

Brits: they're not sorry about our fingers.

:lol:

Yeah. I still have the images of horribly scarred children burned (if you'll pardon the pun) into my brain.

Cajun Blackened Battered Children~ $7.99

I saw that Pico. Weird huh?

You know what though? I keep seeing signs in people's yards about being sure to keep an eye out for motorcycle riders. I completely agree with this, and I do look for them and I'm very careful around them. We all have to share the road.

But see, the thing is, out of the last I don't know how many motorcycle accidents with injuries or fatalities that I've heard about, almost all have involved just that motorcycle, with the exception of some where the motorcycle rider was at fault in a two vehicle collision.

I'll look for you, will you look for me?

I found myself on the NJ Turnpike a week ago. It was a beautiful day, and there were a lot of motorcycles on the road. Most of them were speeding, and a small percentage of them were speeding so much as to be almost unbelievable. I was doing 70 at one point in the middle lane and was passed by one guy who had been in the left lane, he swooped across behind me over into the right lane, and passed me on the right, and swooped back across into the left lane. It was honestly like I was standing still and it happened so fast he was out of sight ahead of me in 2-3 seconds. I estimate he was going about 110 to 120 in fairly heavy traffic.

He seemed to be in control of the bike, but honestly, at that speed, and with that kind of riding, it's only a matter of time before you make a minor miscalculation and lose it.

I was really hoping he wouldn't lose it, because with him in front of me now, it would only cause a traffic jam and slow me down.

If the kill themselves, I don't mind so much. I mind when they are damaged so badly that the government pays for their care or subsidizes their income.

In my junior high school, they showed us pictures of people with STDs instead.

Uh-huh.
Same with maimed/ disabled kids.
If their parents didn't bother with firework safety, road-crossing rules, swimming lessons et al, the fuckers deserve to live with untreated pain.

I think kids have to wear helmets on mopeds and such. The law protects them from stupid parents, in this case.

My cousins & their friends shot bottle rockets AT each other all the time as teens. They literally had fights like kids who play paintball nowadays.

Years back I whiled away a few dull hours browsing the Darwin Awards website.

The phrases "home made fireworks" and "home made explosives" probably came up more than any other. Except maybe "hold my beer".

And yet you turned out just fine...:right:

I saw that story...hate to say it, but, I larfed. And I don't like helmet laws.

:D