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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
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From: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
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Subject: Re: What does DoD mean?
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Message-ID: <1993Feb22.051425.14200@ncsu.edu>
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Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 05:14:25 GMT
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~ Make no Mistake, I am the Red Fishnet. ~
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~ DoD#1919 ~
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This is a periodic posting intended to answer the Frequently Asked
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Question: What is the DoD? It is posted the first of each month, with
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an expiration time of over a month. Thus, unless your site's news
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software is ill-mannered, this posting should always be available.
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This WitDoDFAQ is crossposted to all four rec.motorcycles groups in an
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attempt to catch most new users, and followups are directed to
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rec.motorcycles.
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Last changed 3-Nov-92 to add a section containing updates to some stats
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and the List Of Rides, credit to creators of various DoD trinkets, and
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some minor formatting changes. Also the first attempt at automating the
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posting of this FAQ. A version number has also been added. Since all
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previous version were before recorded history, I declare this to be:
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VERSION 1.00
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This collection was originally assembled by Lissa Shoun, from the
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original postings. With Lissa's permission, I have usurped the title of
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KotWitDoDFAQ. Any corrections, additions, bribes, etc. should be aimed at
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blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com.
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Contents:
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How do I get a DoD number? by Blaine Gardner DoD #46
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DoD "Road Rider" article by Bruce Tanner DoD #161
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What is the DoD? by John Sloan DoD #11
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The DoD Logo by Chuck Rogers DoD #3
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The DoD (this started it all) by The Denizen of Doom DoD #1
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The DoD Anthem by Jonathan Quist DoD #94
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Why you have to be killed by Blaine Gardner DoD #46
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The rec.moto.photo.archive courtesy of Bruce Tanner DoD #161
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Patches? What patches? by Blaine Gardner DoD #46
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Letter from the AMA museum by Jim Rogers, Director DoD #395
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The DoD Rules by consensus
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Other rec.moto resources by various Keepers DoD #misc
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The rec.moto.reviews.archive courtesy of Loki Jorgenson DoD #1210
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Updated stats & rides info by Ed Green (DoD #111) and others
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If the most Frequently Asked Question in rec.motorcycles is "What is the
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DoD?", then the second most Frequently Asked Question must be "How do I
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get a DoD number?" That is as simple as asking the Keeper of the List
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(KotL, accept no substitue Keepers) for a number. If you're feeling
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creative, and your favorite number hasn't been taken already, you can
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make a request, subject to KotL approval. (Warning, non-numeric, non-
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base-10 number requests are likely to earn a flame from the KotL. Not
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that you won't get it, but you will pay for it.)
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By now you're probably asking "So who's the KotL already?". Well, as
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John Sloan notes below, that's about the only real "secret" left around
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here, but a few (un)subtle hints can be divulged. First, it is not myself,
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nor anyone mentioned by name in this posting (maybe :-), though John was
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the original KotL. Second, in keeping with the true spirit of Unix, the
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KotL's first name is only two letters long, and can be spelled entirely
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with hexadecimal characters. (2.5, the KotL shares his name with a line-
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oriented text utility.) Third, he has occasionally been seen posting
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messages bestowing new DoD numbers (mostly to boneheads with bad e-mail
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addresses). Fourth, there is reason to suspect the KotL of being a
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Dead-Head.
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(PS: While John mentions below that net access and a bike are the only
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requirements for DoD membership, that's not strictly true these days, as
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there are a number of Denizens who lack one or both.)
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Blaine (Dances With Bikers) Gardner blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
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"Denizens of Doom", by Bruce Tanner (DoD 0161)
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[Road Rider, August 1991, reprinted with Bruce's permission]
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There is a group of motorcyclists that gets together and does all the normal
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things that a bunch of bikers do. They discuss motorcycles and
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motorcycling, beverages, cleaning fluids, baklavah, balaclava, caltrops,
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helmets, anti-fog shields, spine protectors, aerodynamics, three-angle valve
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seats, bird hits, deer whistles, good restaurants, racing philosophy,
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traffic laws, tickets, corrosion control, personalities, puns, double
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entendres, culture, absence of culture, first rides and friendship. They
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argue with each other and plan rides together.
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The difference between this group and your local motorcycle club is that,
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although they get together just about everyday, most have never seen each
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other face to face. The members of this group live all over the known world
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and communicate with each other electronically via computer.
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The computers range from laptops to multi-million dollar computer centers;
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the people range from college and university students to high-tech industry
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professionals to public-access electronic bulletin-board users. Currently,
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rec.motorcycles (pronounced "wreck-dot-motorcycles," it's the file name for
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the group's primary on-line "meeting place") carries about 2250 articles per
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month; it is read by an estimated 29,000 people. Most of the frequent
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posters belong to a motorcycle club, the Denizens of Doom, usually referred
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to as the DoD.
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The DoD started when motorcyclist John R. Nickerson wrote a couple of
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parodies designed to poke fun at motorcycle stereotypes. Fellow computer
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enthusiast Bruce Robinson posted these articles under the pen name, "Denizen
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of Doom." A while later Chuck Rogers signed off as DoD nr. 0003 Keeper of
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the Flame. Bruce was then designated DoD nr. 0002, retroactively and, of
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course, Nickerson, the originator of the parodies, was given DoD nr. 0001.
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The idea of a motorcycle club with no organization, no meetings and no rules
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appealed to many, so John Sloan -- DoD nr. 0011 -- became Keeper of the
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List, issuing DoD numbers to anyone who wanted one. To date there have been
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almost 400 memberships issued to people all over the United States and
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Canada, as well as Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France,
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Germany, Norway and Finland.
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Keeper of the List Sloan eventually designed a club patch. The initial run
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of 300 patches sold out immediately. The profits from this went to the
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American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation. Another AMHF fund raiser --
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selling Denizens of Doom pins to members -- was started by Arnie Skurow a
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few months later. Again, the project was successful and the profits were
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donated to the foundation. So far, the Denizens have contributed over $1500
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to the AMA museum. A plaque in the name of the Denizens of Doom now hangs
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in the Motorcycle Heritage Museum.
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As often as possible, the DoD'ers crawl out from behind their CRTs and go
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riding together. It turns out that the two largest concentrations of
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DoD'ers are centered near Denver/Boulder, Colorado, and in California's
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"Silicon Valley." Consequently, two major events are the annual Assault on
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Rollins Pass in Colorado, and the Northern versus Southern California
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"Joust."
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The Ride-and-Feed is a bike trip over Rollins Pass, followed by a big
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barbecue dinner. The concept for the Joust is to have riders from Northern
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California ride south; riders from Southern California to ride north,
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meeting at a predesignated site somewhere in the middle. An additional plan
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for 1991 is to hold an official Denizens of Doom homecoming in conjunction
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with the AMA heritage homecoming in Columbus, Ohio, in July.
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Though it's a safe bet the the Denizens of Doom and their collective
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communications hub, rec.motorcycles, will not replace the more traditional
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motorcycle organizations, for those who prowl the electronic pathways in
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search of two-wheeled camaraderie, it's a great way for kindred spirits to
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get together. Long may they flame.
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"Live to Flame -- Flame to Live" [centerbar]
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This official motto of the Denizens of Doom refers to the ease with which
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you can gratuitously insult someone electronically, when you would not do
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anything like that face to face. These insults are known as "flames";
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issuing them is called "flaming." Flames often start when a member
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disagrees with something another member has posted over the network. A
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typical, sophisticated, intelligent form of calm, reasoned rebuttal would be
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something like: "What an incredibly stupid statement, you Spandex-clad
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poseur!" This will guarantee that five other people will reply in defense
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of the original poster, describing just what they think of you, your riding
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ability and your cat.
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_The Denizens of Doom: The Saga Unfolds_
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by John Sloan DoD #0011
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Periodically the question "What is DoD?" is raised. This is one of
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those questions in the same class as "Why is the sky blue?", "If there
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is a God, why is there so much suffering in the world?" and "Why do
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women inevitably tell you that you're such a nice guy just before they
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dump you?", the kinds of questions steeped in mysticism, tradition,
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and philosophy, questions that have inspired research and discussion
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by philosophers in locker rooms, motorcycle service bays, and in the
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halls of academe for generations.
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A long, long time ago (in computer time, where anything over a few
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minutes is an eternity and the halting problem really is a problem) on
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a computer far, far away on the net (topologically speaking; two
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machines in the same room in Atlanta might route mail to one another
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via a system in Chicago), a chap who wished to remain anonymous (but
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who was eventually assigned the DoD membership #1) wrote a satire of
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the various personalities and flame wars of rec.motorcycles, and
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signed it "The Denizen of Doom". Not wishing to identify himself, he
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asked that stalwart individual who would in the fullness of time
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become DoD #2 to post it for him. DoD #2, not really giving a whit
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about what other people thought and generally being a right thinking
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individual, did so. Flaming and other amusements followed.
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He who would become the holder of DoD membership #3 thought this was
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the funniest thing he'd seen in a while (being the sort that is pretty
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easily amused), so he claimed membership in the Denizens of Doom
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Motorcycle Club, and started signing his postings with his membership
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number.
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Perhaps readers of rec.motorcycles were struck with the vision of a
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motorcycle club with no dues, no rules, no restrictions as to brand or
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make or model or national origin of motorcycle, a club organized
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electronically. It may well be that readers were yearning to become a
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part of something that would provide them with a greater identity, a
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gestalt personality, something in which the whole was greater than the
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sum of its parts. It could also be that we're all computer nerds who
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wear black socks and sneakers and pocket protectors, who just happen
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to also love taking risks on machines with awesome power to weight
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ratios, social outcasts who saw a clique that would finally be open
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minded enough to accept us as members.
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In a clear case of self fulfilling prophesy, The Denizens of Doom
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Motorcycle Club was born. A club in which the majority of members have
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never met one another face to face (and perhaps like it that way), yet
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feel that they know one another pretty well (or well enough given some
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of the electronic personalities in the newsgroup). A club organized
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and run (in the loosest sense of the word) by volunteers through the
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network via electronic news and mail, with a membership/mailing list
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(often used to organize group rides amongst members who live in the
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same region), a motto, a logo, a series of photo albums circulating
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around the country (organized by DoD #9), club patches (organized by
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#11), and even an MTV-style music video (produced by #47 and
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distributed on VHS by #18)!
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Where will it end? Who knows? Will the DoD start sanctioning races,
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placing limits on the memory and clock rate of the on-board engine
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management computers? Will the DoD organize poker runs where each
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participant collects a hand of hardware and software reference cards?
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Will the DoD have a rally in which the attendees demand a terminal
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room and at least a 386-sized UNIX system? Only time will tell.
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The DoD has no dues, no rules, and no requirements other than net
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access and a love for motorcycles. To become a member, one need only
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ask (although we will admit that who you must ask is one of the few
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really good club secrets). New members will receive via email a
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membership number and the latest copy of the membership list, which
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includes name, state, and email address.
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The Denizens of Doom Motorcycle Club will live forever (or at least
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until next year when we may decided to change the name).
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Live to Flame - Flame to Live
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The DoD daemon as seen on the patches, pins, etc. by
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Chuck Rogers, car377@druhi.att.com, DoD #0003
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The DoD
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by the Denizen of Doom DoD #1
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Welcome one and all to the flamingest, most wonderfullest newsgroup of
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all time: wreck.mudder-disciples or is it reak.mudder-disciples? The
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Names have been changes to protect the Guilty (riders) and Innocent
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(the bikes) alike. If you think you recognize a contorted version of
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your name, you don't. It's just your guilt complex working against
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you. Read 'em and weep.
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We tune in on a conversation between some of our heros. Terrible
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Barbarian is extolling the virtues of his Hopalonga Puff-a-cane to
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Reverend Muck Mudgers and Stompin Fueling-Injection:
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Terrible: This Hopalonga is the greatest... Beats BMWs dead!!
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Muck: I don't mean to preach, Terrible, but lighten up on the BMW
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crowd eh? I mean like I like riding my Yuka-yuka Fudgeo-Jammer
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11 but what the heck.
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Stompin: No way, the BMW is it, complete, that's all man.
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Terrible: Nahhhh, you're sounding like Heritick Ratatnack! Hey, at
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least he is selling his BMW and uses a Hopalonga Intercorruptor!
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Not as good as a Puff-a-cane, should have been called a
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Woosh-a-stream.
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Stompin: You mean Wee-Stream.
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Terrible: Waddya going to do? Call in reinforcements???
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Stompin: Yehh man. Here comes Arlow Scarecrow and High Tech. Let's see
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what they say, eh?
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Muck: Now men, let's try to be civil about this.
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High Tech: Hi, I'm a 9 and the BMW is the greatest.
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Arlow: Other than my B.T. I love my BMW!
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Terrible: B.T.???
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Arlow: Burley Thumpison, the greatest all American ride you can own.
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Muck: Ahhh, look, you're making Terrible gag.
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Terrible: What does BMW stand for anyway???
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Muck, Arlow, High: Beats Me, Wilhelm.
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Terrible: Actually, my name is Terrible. Hmmm, I don't know either.
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Muck: Say, here comes Chunky Bear.
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Chunky: Hey, Hey, Hey! Smarter than your average bear!
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Terrible: Hey, didn't you drop your BMW???
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Chunky: All right eh, a little BooBoo, but I left him behind. I mean
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even Villy Ogle flamed me for that!
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Muck: It's okay, we all makes mistakes.
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Out of the blue the West coasters arrive, led by Tread Orange with
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Dill Snorkssy, Heritick Ratatnack, Buck Garnish, Snob Rasseller and
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the perenial favorite: Hooter Boobin Brush!
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Heritick: Heya Terrible, how's yer front to back bias?
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Terrible: Not bad, sold yer BMW?
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Heritick: Nahhh.
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Hooter: Hoot, Hoot.
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Buck: Nice tree Hooter, how'd ya get up there?
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Hooter: Carbujectors from Hell!!!
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Muck: What's a carbujector?
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Hooter: Well, it ain't made of alumican!!! Made by Tilloslert!!
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Muck: Ahh, come on down, we aren't going to flame ya, honest!!
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Dill: Well, where do we race?
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Snob: You know, Chunky, we know about about your drop and well, don't
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ride!
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Muck: No! No! Quiet!
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Tread: BMW's are the greatest in my supreme level headed opinion.
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They even have luggage made by Sourkraut!
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High: My 9 too!
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Terrible, Heritick, Dill, Buck: Nahhhhh!!!
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Stompin, Tread, High, Chunky, Snob: Yesss Yessssss!!!
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Before this issue could be resolved the Hopalonga crew called up more
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cohorts from the local area including Polyanna Stirrup and the
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infamous Booster Robiksen on his Cavortin!
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Polyanna: Well, men, the real bikers use stirrups on their bikes like
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I use on my Hopalonga Evening-Bird Special. Helpful for getting
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it up on the ole ventral stand!
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Terrible: Hopalonga's are great like Polyanna says and Yuka-Yuka's and
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Sumarikis and Kersnapis are good too!
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Booster: I hate Cavortin.
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All: WE KNOW, WE KNOW.
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Booster: I love Cavortin.
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All: WE KNOW WE KNOW.
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Muck: Well, what about Mucho Guzlers and Lepurras?
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Snob, Tread: Nawwwwww.
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Muck: What about a Tridump?
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Terrible: Isn't that a chewing gum?
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Muck: Auggggg, Waddda about a Pluck-a-kity?
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Heritick: Heyya Muck, you tryin' to call up the demon rider himself?
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Muck: No, no. There is more to Mudder-Disciples than arguing about make.
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Two more riders zoom in, in the form of Pill Turret and Phalanx Lifter.
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Pill: Out with dorsal stands and ventral stands forever.
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Phalanx: Hey, I don't know about that.
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And Now even more west coasters pour in.
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Road O'Noblin: Hopalonga's are the greatest!
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Maulled Beerstein: May you sit on a bikejector!
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Suddenly more people arrived from the great dark nurth:
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Kite Lanolin: Hey, BMW's are great, men.
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Robo-Nickie: I prefer motorcycle to robot transformers, personally.
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More riders from the west coast come into the discussion:
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Aviator Sourgas: Get a Burley-Thumpison with a belted-rigged frame.
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Guess Gasket: Go with a BMW or Burley-Thumpison.
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With a roar and a screech the latest mudder-disciple thundered in. It
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was none other that Clean Bikata on her Hopalonga CaBammerXorn.
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Clean: Like look, Hopalonga are it but only CaBammerXorns.
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Muck: Why??
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Clean: Well, like it's gotta be a 6-banger or nothin.
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Muck: But I only have a 4-banger.
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Clean: No GOOD!
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Chunky: Sob, some of us only have 2-bangers!
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Clean: Inferior!
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Stompin: Hey, look, here's proof BMW's are better. The Bimmer-Boys
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burst into song: (singing) Beemer Babe, Beemer Babe give me a
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thrill...
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Road, Terrible, Polyanna, Maulled, Dill etc.: Wadddoes BMW stand for?
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Heritick, Stompin, Snob, Chunky, Tread, Kite, High, Arlow: BEAT'S ME,
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WILHEM!
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Road, Terrible, Polyanna, Maulled, Dill etc.: Oh, don't you mean BMW?
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And so the ensuing argument goes until the skies clouded over and the
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thunder roared and the Greatest Mudder-Disciple (G.M.D.) of them all
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boomed out.
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G.M.D.: Enough of your bickering! You are doomed to riding
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Bigot & Suction powered mini-trikes for your childish actions.
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All: no, No, NO!!! Puhlease.
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Does this mean that all of the wreck.mudder-disciples will be riding
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mini-trikes? Are our arguing heros doomed? Tune in next week for the
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next gut wretching episode of "The Yearning and Riderless" with its
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ever increasing cast of characters. Where all technical problems will
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be flamed over until well done. Next week's episode will answer the
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question of: "To Helmet or Not to Helmet" will be aired, this is heady
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material and viewer discretion is advised.
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Script for the Denizens of Doom Anthem Video
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by Jonathan E. Quist DoD #94
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[Scene: A sterile engineering office. A lone figure, whom we'll call
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Chuck, stands by a printer output bin, wearing a white CDC lab coat,
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with 5 mechanical pencils in a pocket protector.]
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(editor's note: For some reason a great deal of amusement was had at
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the First Annual DoD Uni-Coastal Ironhorse Ride & Joust by denizens
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referring to each other as "Chuck". I guess you had to be there. I
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wasn't.)
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Chuck: I didn't want to be a Software Systems Analyst,
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cow-towing to the whims of a machine, and saying yessir, nosir,
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may-I-have-another-sir. My mother made me do it. I wanted
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to live a man's life,
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[Music slowly builds in background]
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riding Nortons and Triumphs through the highest mountain passes
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and the deepest valleys,
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living the life of a Motorcyclist;
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doing donuts and evading the police;
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terrorizing old ladies and raping small children;
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eating small dogs for tea (and large dogs for dinner). In short,
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I Want to be A Denizen!
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[Chuck rips off his lab coat, revealing black leather jacket (with
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fringe), boots, and cap. Scene simultaneously changes to the top of
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an obviously assaulted Rollins Pass. A small throng of Hell's Angels
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sit on their Harleys in the near background, gunning their engines,
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showering lookers-on with nails as they turn donuts, and leaking oil
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on the tarmac. Chuck is standing in front of a heavily chromed Fat
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Boy.]
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Chuck [Sings to the tune of "The Lumberjack Song"]:
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I'm a Denizen and I'm okay,
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I flame all night and I ride all day.
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[Hell's Angels Echo Chorus, surprisingly heavy on tenors]:
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He's a Denizen and he's okay,
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He flames all night and he rides all day.
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I ride my bike;
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I eat my lunch;
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I go to the lavat'ry.
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On Wednesdays I ride Skyline,
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Running children down with glee.
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[Chorus]:
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He rides his bike;
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He eats his lunch;
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He goes to the lavat'ry.
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On Wednesdays he rides Skyline,
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Running children down with glee.
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[Chorus refrain]:
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'Cause He's a Denizen...
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I ride real fast,
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My name is Chuck,
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It somehow seems to fit.
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I over-rate the worst bad f*ck,
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But like a real good sh*t.
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Oh, I'm a Denizen and I'm okay!
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I flame all night and I ride all day.
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[Chorus refrain]:
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Oh, He's a Denizen...
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I wear high heels
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And bright pink shorts,
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full leathers and a bra.
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I wish I rode a Harley,
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just like my dear mama.
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[Chorus refrain]
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Why you have to be killed.
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Well, the first thing you have to understand (just in case you managed
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to read this far, and still not figure it out) is that the DoD started
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as a joke. And in the words of one Denizen, it intends to remain one.
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Sometime in the far distant past, a hapless newbie asked: "What does DoD
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stand for? It's not the Department of Defense is it?" Naturally, a
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Denizen who had watched the movie "Top Gun" a few times too many rose
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to the occasion and replied:
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"That's classified, we could tell you, but then we'd have to kill you."
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And the rest is history.
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A variation on the "security" theme is to supply disinformation about
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what DoD stands for. Notable contributions (and contributers, where
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known) include:
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Daughters of Democracy (DoD 23) Doers of Donuts
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|
Dancers of Despair (DoD 9) Debasers of Daughters
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Dickweeds of Denver Driveway of Death
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|
Debauchers of Donuts Dumpers of Dirtbikes
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Note that this is not a comprehensive list, as variations appear to be
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|
limited only by the contents of one's imagination or dictionary file.
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The rec.moto.photo archive
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First a bit of history, this all started with Ilana Stern and Chuck
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Rogers organizing a rec.motorcycles photo album. Many copies were made,
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|
and several sets were sent on tours around the world, only to vanish in
|
|
unknown locations. Then Bruce Tanner decided that it would be appropriate
|
|
for an electronic medium to have an electronic photo album. Bruce has not
|
|
only provided the disk space and ftp & e-mail access, but he has taken
|
|
the time to scan most of the photos that are available from the archive.
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|
Not only can you see what all these folks look like, you can also gawk
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|
at their motorcycles. A few non-photo files are available from the
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|
server too, they include the DoD membership list, the DoD Yellow Pages,
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|
the general rec.motorcycles FAQ, and this FAQ posting.
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|
Here are a couple of excerpts from from messages Bruce posted about how
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to use the archive.
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**********************************************************
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Via ftp:
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cerritos.edu [130.150.200.21]
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Via e-mail:
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|
The address is server@cerritos.edu. The commands are given in the body of the
|
|
message. The current commands are DIR and SEND, given one per line. The
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|
arguments to the commands are VMS style file specifications. For
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|
rec.moto.photo the file spec is [DOD]file. For example, you can send:
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dir [dod]
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send [dod]bruce_tanner.gif
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send [dod]dodframe.ps
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and you'll get back 5 mail messages; a directory listing, 3 uuencoded parts
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of bruce_tanner.gif, and the dodframe.ps file in ASCII.
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|
Oh, wildcards (*) are allowed, but a maximum of 20 mail messages (rounded up to
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the next whole file) are send. A 'send [dod]*.gif' would send 150 files of
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50K each; not a good idea.
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|
--
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Bruce Tanner (213) 860-2451 x 596 Tanner@Cerritos.EDU
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Cerritos College Norwalk, CA cerritos!tanner
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**********************************************************
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|
A couple of comments: Bruce has put quite a bit of effort into this, so
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|
why not drop him a note if you find the rec.moto.photo archive useful?
|
|
Second, since Bruce has provided the server as a favor, it would be kind
|
|
of you to access it after normal working hours.
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Patches? What patches?
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|
You may have heard mention of various DoD trinkets such as patches &
|
|
pins. And your reaction was probably: "I want!", or "That's sick!", or
|
|
perhaps "That's sick! I want!"
|
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|
Well, there's some good news and some bad news. The good news is that
|
|
there's been an amazing variety of DoD-labeled widgets created. The bad
|
|
news is that there isn't anywhere you can buy any of them. This isn't
|
|
because of any "exclusivity" attempt, but simply because there is no
|
|
"DoD store" that keeps a stock. All of the creations have been done by
|
|
individual Denizens out of their own pockets. The typical procedure is
|
|
someone says "I'm thinking of having a DoD frammitz made, they'll cost
|
|
$xx.xx, with $xx.xx going to the AMA museum. Anyone want one?" Then
|
|
orders are taken, and a batch of frammitzes large enough to cover the
|
|
pre-paid orders is produced (and quickly consumed). So if you want a
|
|
DoD doodad, act quickly the next time somebody decides to do one. Or
|
|
produce one yourself if you see a void that needs filling, after all
|
|
this is anarchy in action.
|
|
|
|
Here's a possibly incomplete list of known DoD merchandise (and
|
|
perpetrators). Patches (DoD#11), pins (DoD#99), stickers (DoD#99),
|
|
motorcycle license plate frames (DoD#216), t-shirts (DoD#99), polo shirts
|
|
(DoD#122), Zippo lighters (DoD#99) [LtF FtL], belt buckles (DoD#99), and
|
|
patches (DoD#99) [a second batch was done (and rapidly consumed) by
|
|
popular demand].
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|
|
|
All "profits" have been donated to the American Motorcyclist Association
|
|
Motorcycle Heritage Museum. As of June 1992, over $5500 dollars has been
|
|
contributed to the museum fund by the DoD. If you visit the museum,
|
|
you'll see a large plaque on the Founders' Wall in the name of "Denizens
|
|
of Doom, USENET, The World", complete with a DoD pin.
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|
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|
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|
|
Here's a letter from the AMA to the DoD regarding our contributions.
|
|
|
|
~Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
|
|
~From: Arnie Skurow <arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
|
|
~Subject: A letter from the Motorcycle Heritage Museum
|
|
~Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 11:04:58 GMT
|
|
|
|
I received the following letter from Jim Rogers, director of the Museum,
|
|
the other day.
|
|
|
|
"Dear Arnie and all members of the Denizens of Doom:
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|
|
Congratulations and expressions of gratitude are in order for you and the
|
|
Denizens of Doom! With your recent donation, the total amount donated is
|
|
now $5,500. On behalf of the AMHF, please extend my heartfeld gratitude
|
|
to all the membership of the Denizens. The club's new plaque is presently
|
|
being prepared. Of course, everyone is invited to come to the museum to
|
|
see the plaque that will be installed in our Founders Foyer. By the way,
|
|
I will personally mount a Denizens club pin on the plaque. Again, thank
|
|
you for all your support, which means so much to the foundation, the
|
|
museum, and the fulfillment of its goals.
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|
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|
Sincerely,
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|
|
Jim Rogers, D.O.D. #0395
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Director
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|
P.S. Please post on your computer bulletin board."
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|
|
|
As you all know, even though the letter was addressed to me personally,
|
|
it was meant for all of you who purchased DoD goodies that made this
|
|
amount possible.
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|
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|
Arnie
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|
The Rules, Regulations, & Bylaws of the Denizens of Doom Motorcycle Club
|
|
|
|
From time to time there is some mention, discussion, or flame about the
|
|
rules of the DoD. In order to fan the flames, here is the complete text
|
|
of the rules governing the DoD.
|
|
|
|
Rule #1. There are no rules.
|
|
Rule #0. Go ride.
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|
Other rec.motorcycles information resources.
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|
|
|
There are several general rec.motorcycles resources that may or may not
|
|
have anything to do with the DoD. Most are posted on a regular basis,
|
|
but they can also be obtained from the cerritos ftp/e-mail server (see
|
|
the info on the photo archive above).
|
|
|
|
A general rec.motorcycles FAQ is maintained by Dave Williams.
|
|
Cerritos filenames are FAQn.TXT, where n is currently 1-5.
|
|
|
|
The DoD Yellow Pages, a listing of motorcycle industry vendor phone
|
|
numbers & addresses, is maintained by bob pakser.
|
|
Cerritos filename is YELLOW_PAGES_Vnn, where n is the rev. number.
|
|
|
|
The List of the DoD membership is maintained by The Keeper of the List.
|
|
Cerritos filename is DOD.LIST.
|
|
|
|
This WitDoD FAQ (surprise, surprise!) is maintained by yours truly.
|
|
Cerritos filename is DOD_FAQ.TXT.
|
|
|
|
Additions, corrections, etc. for any of the above should be aimed at
|
|
the keepers of the respective texts.
|
|
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|
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|
|
(Loki Jorgenson loki@Physics.McGill.CA) has provided an archive site
|
|
for motorcycle and accessory reviews, here's an excerpt from his
|
|
periodic announcement.
|
|
|
|
**********************************************************
|
|
|
|
The Rec.Motorcycles.Reviews Archives (and World Famous Llama
|
|
Emporium) contains a Veritable Plethora (tm) of bike (and accessories)
|
|
reviews, written by rec.moto readers based on their own experiences.
|
|
These invaluable gems of opinion (highly valued for their potential to
|
|
reduce noise on the list) can be accessed via anonymous FTP, Email
|
|
server or by personal request:
|
|
|
|
Anonymous FTP: ftp.physics.mcgill.ca (132.206.9.13)
|
|
under ~ftp/pub/DoD
|
|
Email archive server: rm-reviews@ftp.physics.mcgill.ca
|
|
Review submissions/questions: rm-reviews@physics.mcgill.ca
|
|
|
|
NOTE: There is a difference in the addresses for review submission
|
|
and using the Email archive server (ie. an "ftp.").
|
|
|
|
To get started with the Email server, send an Email message with a line
|
|
containing only "send help".
|
|
|
|
NOTE: If your return address appears like
|
|
domain!subdomain!host!username
|
|
in your mail header, include a line like (or something similar)
|
|
path username@host.subdomain.domain
|
|
|
|
If you are interested in submitting a review of a bike that you
|
|
already own(ed), PLEASE DO! There is a template of the format that the
|
|
reviews are kept in (more or less) available at the archive site .
|
|
For those who have Internet access but are unsure of how anonymous
|
|
FTP works, an example script is available on request.
|
|
|
|
**********************************************************
|
|
|
|
Reviews of any motorcycle related accessory or widget are welcome too.
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|
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|
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|
|
Updated stats & rec.motorcycles rides info
|
|
|
|
Some of the info cited above in various places tends to be a moving
|
|
target. Rather than trying to catch every occurence, I'm just sticking
|
|
the latest info down here.
|
|
|
|
Estimated rec.motorcycles readership: 35K [news.groups]
|
|
|
|
Approximate DoD Membership: 975 [KotL]
|
|
|
|
DoD contributions to the American Motorcyclist Association Motorcycle
|
|
Heritage Museum. Over $5500 [Arnie]
|
|
|
|
Organized (?) Rides:
|
|
|
|
Summer 1992 saw more organized rides, with the Joust in its third
|
|
year, and the Ride & Feed going strong, but without the Rollins Pass
|
|
trip due to the collapse of a tunnel. The East Coast Denizens got
|
|
together for the Right Coast Ride (RCR), with bikers from as far north
|
|
as NH, and as far south as FL meeting in the Blueridge Mountains of
|
|
North Carolina. The Pacific Northwest crew organized the first Great
|
|
Pacific Northwest Dryside Gather (GPNDG), another successful excuse for
|
|
riding motorcycles, and seeing the faces behind the names we all have
|
|
come to know so well. [Thanks to Ed Green for the above addition.]
|
|
|
|
Also worth mentioning are: The first rec.moto.dirt ride, held in the
|
|
Moab/Canyonlands area of southern Utah. Riders from 5 states showed up,
|
|
riding everything from monster BMWs to itty-bitty XRs to almost-legal
|
|
2-strokes. And though it's not an "official" (as if anything could be
|
|
official with this crowd) rec.moto event, the vintage motorcycle races
|
|
in Steamboat Springs, Colorado always provides a good excuse for netters
|
|
to gather. There's also been the occasional Labor Day gather in Utah.
|
|
European Denizens have staged some gathers too. (Your ad here,
|
|
reasonable rates!)
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--
|
|
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com BIX:blaine_g
|
|
580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Favorite road signs:
|
|
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46 FJ1200 Winding Road Next 77 Miles
|
|
My other motorcycle is a Quadracer Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
|
|
--
|
|
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com BIX:blaine_g
|
|
580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Favorite road signs:
|
|
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46 FJ1200 Winding Road Next 77 Miles
|
|
My other motorcycle is a Quadracer Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
|
|
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