On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:08:43 GMT, "S o r n i" wrote:
..spademan o---[) * wrote:
.. "Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
.. ...
.. On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:11:20 +0100, "spademan o---[\) *"
.. cc.gov.uk wrote:
.. .
.. .I feel your pain. Hope you can get another spot running, either
.. through the .council or out of the way somewhere. Our local council
.. just spent 20k on a .small cookie-cutter skatepark which although
.. I'm grateful for means they .won't donate any land for trails. At
.. the moment we have a mutual agreement .on a privately owned piece of
.. land. As long as we keep the place relatively .litter free and don't
.. have any late night bonfires etc we're okay. The .landowner figures
.. we keep the land looking 'used' and stops people .fly-tipping,
.. gypsies camping there and leaving all kinds of **** (literally)
.. .etc. Still have to put up with random acts of vandalism from people
.. that .ought to know better though. .
.. .Steve.
..
.. Note the "entitlement attitude", fostered by IMBA, which encourages
.. mountain bikers to do whatever they like to right this alleged
.. "discrimination". The only mystery is why anyone supports them in
.. taking land away from wildlife and other trail users....
..
..
.. You dope. The paths we maintain and clear are used by dog walkers and
.. the like which would not be possible if it weren't for our hard work.
.. The area is hardly prime wilderness, its on the outskirts of a town
.. and as I stated the fact that we keep the place tidy and in obvious
.. use means that people are less likely to dump garbage/stolen cars and
.. other threats to wildlife far more serious than a few paths.
..
..First of all, Steve, thanks for trimming the JILLION LINES of unintelligible
..gobbledygook that Vandekook inexplicably attaches to such posts. Between
..that and his ridiculous "one dot" quoting method ("style" clearly not
..appropriate word), it's no wonder that NO ONE reads his rants 'n ramblings,
..even if they were slightly interested.
..
..Second, it should be pointed out that Vandecrit sees a pic of a muddy,
..plowed hill -- no telling how much "habitat" was destroyed -- and rather
..than condemn it, all he does is exploit it to advance his wacky, useless
.."cause".
..
..Bill "taste of bait in mouth, but so what" S.
Too bad you don't have the guts to tell the TRUTH: that it was created
ILLEGALLY. DUH! No wonder you guys get no respect: you haven't earned it.
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years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
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