Joined: 13 Jan 2007Posts: 15Location: Victoria, BC
advance warning, my southeastern friends...
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Did you miss out on your high school prom?
Did you go but wish it never ended?
Do you hate proms but love your bike?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you may need to find yourself a date for the...
***Bike Rider's Ball!***
A Recyclistas and Bike Lab Event
Friday April 27 – Wednesday May 2
Victoria, BC
Bike Inspired Art Show, Race, Rides, Dance Troupes, Bike Polo, Live Music, Costumes, Food and one heck of a Prom. This weekend bash is to raise money for the Bike Lab Society's Youth Programs. Be there!
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
apparently it's ~ $30 to greyhound it to vancouver, then you could take the tswasasasasessewsn ferry over.
jeff
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:58 am
SOC pussyJoined: 05 May 2006Posts: 4501
lantius wrote:
apparently it's ~ $30 to greyhound it to vancouver, then you could take the tswasasasasessewsn ferry over.
That's actually a pretty good deal, I'll have to check to see if the dirty dog allows bikes.
applesauche
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:02 am
Joined: 08 Oct 2006Posts: 337Location: Capitol Hill
I'm pretty sure a whole group of us was already planning on riding our bikes up there together, and then taking the ferry across. It's on some other thread.
Only the dates have changed now, so I'm out. Bummer! Anyone else want to go on a bike-trip with me mid-April? I have the time off work for it now and everything.
speed king!
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:32 pm
Joined: 13 Jan 2007Posts: 15Location: Victoria, BC
oh no! well, we'd love to have ya visit and all, anyway... our moonlight midnight mystery ride is april 13th, and there's a potluck chez moi beforehand. it'll be good times, prom or no prom.
applesauche
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:41 pm
Joined: 08 Oct 2006Posts: 337Location: Capitol Hill
Anyone else in to head up there for this then?
mississippi
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:10 pm
Joined: 02 Feb 2007Posts: 258Location: cap hill
like i have said before, i am down for any epic rides.
just have to let me know if it's a certainty.
applesauche
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:19 pm
Joined: 08 Oct 2006Posts: 337Location: Capitol Hill
If we can get a group together, it's a certainty.
mississippi
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:22 pm
Joined: 02 Feb 2007Posts: 258Location: cap hill
99% of seattlities are flakes. getting promises is the easy part, people who say they will show showing up for the event is another story.
applesauche
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:26 pm
Joined: 08 Oct 2006Posts: 337Location: Capitol Hill
SUre, I agree. I already put in for the time off work, so I'll go if a group gets together to go.
I'm not going to commit any more than that when there's just two of us for right now. Anyone else?
mississippi
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:31 pm
Joined: 02 Feb 2007Posts: 258Location: cap hill
dually noted.
should bring this up on a ride or 2 and see if we can fish some others out.
after seeing 3 kids last week at polo who are looking to find our ride times and location, i am realizing that many people don't check the board for updates. might be able to fish a few out that way.
Happy Stick Person
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:40 pm
Joined: 20 Sep 2006Posts: 1168Location: Leschi
mississippi wrote:
after seeing 3 kids last week at polo
fucking TRAITOR!!! bike polo is lame, like in a canadian sorta way.
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speed king!
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:46 pm
Joined: 13 Jan 2007Posts: 15Location: Victoria, BC
well, i guess i should tell y'all now: we don't let homophobes into canada.
oh yeah, and recyclistas is chock full o'queers, as well as a ton of folks who are good friends of queers. so... if you use the term "gay" as a synonym for "crappy", "dumb", "boring", "pathetic", etc., you're not welcome in our bike community either.
just so that's all clear before y'all bother getting passports or riding all this way.
;)
zuvembi
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:52 pm
Joined: 24 Jul 2005Posts: 942Location: Little Addis Ababa
mississippi wrote:
99% of seattlities are flakes. getting promises is the easy part, people who say they will show showing up for the event is another story.
I'm interested, but I'm not promising anything yet. I'll check my commitments.
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mississippi
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:56 pm
Joined: 02 Feb 2007Posts: 258Location: cap hill
woah!!!
i cuss like a sailor, sorry for the problems caused by it before hand.
polo sucks for you man because most polo bikes put your knees at your ears. don't hate on the vertically challenged.
applesauche
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:00 pm
Joined: 08 Oct 2006Posts: 337Location: Capitol Hill
speed king! wrote:
well, i guess i should tell y'all now: we don't let homophobes into canada.
oh yeah, and recyclistas is chock full o'queers, as well as a ton of folks who are good friends of queers. so... if you use the term "gay" as a synonym for "crappy", "dumb", "boring", "pathetic", etc., you're not welcome in our bike community either.
just so that's all clear before y'all bother getting passports or riding all this way.
;)
I'm pretty sure gay was being used as a synonym for crappy in a making-fun-of-people-who-use-gay-as-a-synonym-for-crappy kind of way. We're way progressive on the progressives down here. No homophobes in .83
In fact, lots of queers ourselves. Didn't you check out the April spread in our calendar? Or see the thread earlier today where people were talking about how I am a gender therapist?
Basically, no worries. We're cool.
speed king!
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:00 pm
Joined: 13 Jan 2007Posts: 15Location: Victoria, BC
Happy Stick Person wrote:
fucking TRAITOR!!! bike polo is lame, like in a canadian sorta way.
ah yes, well... we are pretty boring people, it's true. but we have good beer.
SeditiousCanary
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:06 pm
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speed king! wrote:
so... if you use the term "gay" as a synonym for "crappy", "dumb", "boring", "pathetic", etc., you're not welcome in our bike community either.
While being like minded, it's nearly impossible to not make a joke about this somehow. I think I'll resolve this internal conflict of "respect for people" versus "humor at someone's expense" by mocking your inclusion of the word either at the end of the sentence. Seeing as there were no other options for rejection from your bicycle community, it seems silly to imply there were other reasons your community would reject anyone from Seattle.
Muhahaha! Your sentence has been mocked.
speed king!
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:10 pm
Joined: 13 Jan 2007Posts: 15Location: Victoria, BC
applesauche wrote:
I'm pretty sure gay was being used as a synonym for crappy in a making-fun-of-people-who-use-gay-as-a-synonym-for-crappy kind of way. We're way progressive on the progressives down here. No homophobes in .83
In fact, lots of queers ourselves. Didn't you check out the April spread in our calendar? Or see the thread earlier today where people were talking about how I am a gender therapist?
Basically, no worries. We're cool.
it's difficult, just from message boards, to gauge these things. all i could think was "oh fuck, i'm gonna get in so much shit if .83 kids come up here and throw around homophobic slurs!"... i figured i might as well put it out there that we don't like that sorta thing.
yeah, i saw april in the calendar ;)
but... i mean, girls getting all kissy is pretty common and doesn't mean there isn't gonna be queer hatin' going on!
and no, i'm afraid i missed the post re: your gender therapy career... but i'll go look for it now.
it's fine.... now y'all know who you might be dealing with if you come to vic, and we know that you're cool with it!
jeff
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:14 pm
SOC pussyJoined: 05 May 2006Posts: 4501
No need to worry this group is made up of mostly faux-mosexuals.
absinthemyth
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:15 pm
Joined: 13 Jan 2007Posts: 2Location: victoria, bc
Happy Stick Person wrote:
mississippi wrote:
after seeing 3 kids last week at polo
fucking TRAITOR!!! bike polo is lame, like in a canadian sorta way.
i'm canadian, and i can walk just fine.
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mississippi
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:16 pm
Joined: 02 Feb 2007Posts: 258Location: cap hill
canada: the country to the north that lacks a sense of humor.
speed king!
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:18 pm
Joined: 13 Jan 2007Posts: 15Location: Victoria, BC
absinthemyth wrote:
i'm canadian, and i can walk just fine.
...but let's face it, you're better at cycling.
henry
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:26 pm
somewhat piggishJoined: 05 Aug 2005Posts: 5415Location: on porch with shotgun
Hmmm. sounds like the canucks are a bit sensitive. that probably stems from their lack of an economy.
Joined: 24 Jul 2005Posts: 942Location: Little Addis Ababa
Before we got thread derailed by the insidious Canadians and Henry's Donkey Penis, we were talking about riding up to Victoria
mississippi wrote:
should bring this up on a ride or 2 and see if we can fish some others out.
It looks like I'm able to make this one. We should definitely start prosyletizing for the ride, though it would help if we nailed at least the basics down.
When were you fine folks planning on leaving? The morning of 4/12?
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