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Really?

May 23, 2013

Despite only having three items to share with you for this edition of Really?, I couldn’t wait to share the first one.

There’s a chance you may have already read about this one. If not, it’s quite the story. It also ranks right up there with some of the more dumber social media things I’ve ever seen — and that’s saying something.

On Instagram, I’ve seen many people show their love of weed. There are images of people smoking, bowls and everything else. Alas, those don’t even come close to this one.

See, there was a bike race in England. During the race, somebody got hit by a car. The driver then took off.

Now I have heard and read stories about road rage in the states, especially against bikers. Stories such as a driver staying right behind a biker and laying on the horn, rather than go around the bike. It’s pretty obnoxious.

But this takes the cake.

See, some time later, this driver — identified as Emma Way — took it to Twitter.

No, people, I’m not kidding.

The tweet and its account seem to have been deleted.

Here’s what our future brain surgeon had to say, though. You have to love the Internet — things like this live forever.

Really?

Apparently, according to some reports, she only had 100 followers or so.

But when did we ever expect social media to keep quiet, especially in times like this? Exactly.

This is where it gets even more fun. See, apparently the Norwich (UK) police were notified of said Tweet. So what did they do? What any good social media account would do — they responded!

@emmaway20 we have had tweets ref an RTC with a bike. We suggest you report it at a police station ASAP if not done already & then dm us

— Norwich Police (@NorwichPoliceUK) May 19, 2013

Well, that’s interesting, no?

Apparently the investigation is still underway, but they’ve chatted with Emma Way. The Daily Mail article linked above has quotes from the biker, as well as one of Way’s friends. It’s even better as, according to the ipayroadtax.com report, police found some interesting photos connected to Way’s social media profiles, including shots of tailgating other motorists and one of her speedometer showing a speed of 95 mph!

 

Turns out she’s apparently been suspended from her place of employment, too.

Way has talked publicly (video in link, well worth watching), now. And, of course, she is apologizing for the comment on Twitter. Alas, she said she didn’t think she hit the rider, or if she did, she didn’t stop because she didn’t think he was hurt or came off the bike.

Really?

Also, she claims to be a cyclist. Yeah, of course.

The biggest thing to take out of this is how crazy social media is. The younger generation doesn’t always take into account what can come from these photos. Whether it’s stuff like this, drugs, alcohol items or sexual things — these follow you around. We’re in a generation where things are easily found online. Be smart.

Thankfully, in this spot, the person wasn’t smart and hopefully the justice system in England will take care of the situation.

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Time for a little more absurdity.

Apparently, a young lad in kindergarten is quite the nuisance when he has a Mohawk haircut. For real.

And with that comes some serious reprimands.

See, this five-year-old kid returned from spring break to his school in Springfield, Ohio. He had begged his mother to get the new hairdo, and she relented.

Why not?

Alas, when he showed up at school with the short, albeit spiky, Mohawk haircut, the top school official didn’t agree with classmates that the cut was cool. In fact, he said the haircut was disruptive.

Then he sent the kid home until he adopted a tamer cut.

Yeah, a 5-year-old was suspended for a Mohawk haircut.

Really?

Apparently one of the issues was because classmates and such were in awe of the awesome cut. They were even touching and feeling it. Maybe a whole class full of Mowhawks could have followed?

So, superintendent Gregg Morris acted quickly.

In the report on Yahoo! Shine, Morris, through a statement, explained the decision.

Our dress and grooming policies are designed to ensure that clothing and hairstyles do not cause a distraction to the learning environment.

This is just ridiculous.

These are kids in kindergarten. A haircut isn’t going to cause a distraction to the learning environment. What in the heck could it disrupt? Nap time? Counting? Show and tell?

Come on, people. This stuff is starting to become absolutely idiotic.

I do realize society has changed since I was a kid, but being an individual is part of growing and learning. With more and more regulations being put on what kids can and can’t do, we suffer in the long run. This is downright moronic and people need to look in the mirror a bit more when it comes to situations like this.

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Let me leave you with something quite interesting.

Tattoos.

I’ve always thought tattoos should be something to truly matter. After all, it’s something that goes with you for life, unless you opt for expensive surgery to remove it. And, in that case, why get it at all?

But one New York company is taking it to a new level. See, this real estate company is offering a raise should you get its logo tattooed somewhere — anywhere — on your body. If you do so, it’s a 15 percent increase on your salary. And, the company said no size or location restrictions. So one can, essentially, hide it.

Apparently the idea came about when one employee opted to do the tattoo on his own. He told the boss and the idea came about.

It seems at least 40 employees have already done it. But at least the tattoo is paid for by the business owner.

There was one employee, only with the company for about a month, who took part in it.

Really?

What will society think of next? I’m not sure I want to know.

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Filed Under: My world Tagged With: bike, company tattoo raise, company tattoos, cyclists, hit cyclist, hoo haa really, kid suspended mohawk, mohawk, mohawk haircut, really, really column, tattoo, tattoos, twitter cyclist hit

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Caching failure!

March 30, 2011

At least I got a workout, even without a find!

Fail.

Seriously.

Fail.

The plan for this afternoon, after I had done some applying and job hunting in the morning, was to go get a cache. But because I took my time with some of the job things, two of us kind of rushed into action.I didn’t load my GPS, figuring I could do it on the spot after getting info from my phone.

The first stop was to the local bike shop because something was off with my rear wheel. I had taken it in to get tuned up a week or so ago and the rear wheel was rubbing the brake. I brought it in and they did some quick adjusting of the spokes and I was good to go. I’m thankful about that, too, as I hadn’t messed with it and am glad I didn’t.

A couple other errands needed to be done as well and it ended up with Brent purchasing a bike. That was going to make it a lot easier for us to do the distance needed to get two caches — a multi I have and one neither of us have.

Off we went to the spot where we needed to park. My phone app with the Geocaching info wasn’t working, so Brent used his. He gave me the coordinates and something seemed off. The cache was only .13 of a mile away. That should have been the light to go off. Instead, I thought nothing of it.

See, I knew the ratings for this cache. I also knew that not many people had done it because it’s a big hike. But .13 of a mile from a spot you can park? Many people would have done it.

So we did the multi puzzle so Brent could get it. It was fun doing it again. Then we headed back to the car, stopping off at an old, run-down and abandoned house to explore a bit. (That likely be tomorrow’s blog post as I have some cool photos).

We then headed back to where the cache was supposed to be.

Turns out it was one across the highway in another park. This was a cache Brent didn’t have. So we find it. Guess what? The cache is a mile back on the trails. It was getting dark, I was tired and hungry and didn’t want to turn around and head back.

No find for me today.

<sigh>

So, while it’s disappointing that I didn’t end up with a find, I got out for a good haul on the bike for the second straight day. It felt good. I had to walk it a few times (even though it’s a mountain bike, there were certain parts I wasn’t comfortable riding on… not yet anyway!), but overall it was nice. Plus, it gives us a reason to bike back here again to make this find. And explore a little more. I’d like to bring my tripod with me as there’s a cool view of the Southside Dam from the trail, so that would be a cool photo, I think.

I’ll look forward to getting on the bike again, though Mother Nature seems to really want to mess with us. Apparently, our area could get upwards of 3-8 inches of snow late Thursday night into Friday. It’s odd how the storm is tracking, however, so we’ll see. I’m hoping to head to Albany to play in the disc golf league Thursday — maybe beating the story — but I’ll have to see how it all tracks. Damn this snow. Enough!

Anyway, maybe there will be some caches and discs being thrown in my future. We’ll see!

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog [at] gmail.com.

Filed Under: bike riding, Exercise, My world Tagged With: bike, biking, cache, caching, geocache, geocaching, mother nature, mountain bike, snow, weather

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