Gadgets that make you look like a jerk

Helen,

Yes and Yes.  I also checked on a coworkers system and the story doesn't display there either.

Helen,

Internet Explorer
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Helen,

Scanning through other stories, about half show and the others don't.  I get the full web page except the story.

Helen,

Yes, No, Maybe.  Then why do some of the stories show and some don't?  If that were the case then it should be all or none.

I made the same mistake and couldn't see the rest of the story.  Look back up to the title.  Just under the subtitle are arrows to click "Next".    I was looking below the story for the next page instead of above (under the subtitle). 

How on earth is the Blackberry on this thing and not the iPhone. Everyone I know with a Blackberry uses it for work. People with iPhones act like everytime they pull it out people should gather around like they are making balloon animals or something.

The blackberry is on there because it never really was anything interesting, but everyone who considered themselves upper-middle class bought one. The iPhone, on the other hand, is something. It is exactly what I was looking to find the moment I slipped by iPod mini (yes, mini) in my pocket next to my phone and digital camera Christmas evening. The blackberry from the start seemed like an overpriced and over-marketed gadget that nobody really wanted anyway. The iPhone felt more like a demand that was being fulfilled, but I still won't buy one to surf the internet. And I sure as hell won't pay the price their asking for phone + internet. Who wants to see their porn on a 3" screen anyway?

The blackberry & the iPhone appeal to 2 different markets.  The blackberry is perfect for the business user who needs to stay in contact via push email.  The iPhone is for the consumer-level user who wants the fancy media features.  The business user couldn't care less about being able to listen to music or watch video on the go.  The consumer-level user doesn't need the immediacy of push email because they're not getting 20 emails an hour that require a response.  I think the biggest mistake that RIM has made has been to try to cross over into the consumer market with a business tool.

Helana, are you a shill for Microsoft or what. You work for MS nbc and most of the items on your article about items that make you look like a jerk are made by Apple. Too bad you did not mention anything by Microsoft.
But then again, the truth hurts and you would not want to byte (pun intended) the hand that force feeds such winners as Vista (or Mojave or what ever else you want to call that trash heap).

As a woman with a congenital hearing loss that makes it necessary to wear a hearing aid in one ear, the blue tooth is great. My husband has a medical condition that means when he needs to reach me, he NEEDS to reach me NOW. If I can't hear my cell phone, it could be dire. So please try not to color all people with one paint brush. For some I suppose it makes them feel important. For some of us, it is a blessing.

Rik's problem might be that he has to update his Java to the new version, and then manually delete the others from his computer.

Rik's problem might be that he is using an outdated, inferior browser and will not get to experience websites the same as everyone who uses modern browsers.

May we please delete the above chunk of IT related boondoggery?

Please?

The most annoying has to be the bluetooth ear device. Every time I see someone with one in their ear at walmart I want to slap it off, stomp on it into a million pieces, and exclaim, "Dude....did you see the size of that bug attached to your ear?" You remember the whole "if you wear an earring in your right ear...your gay" That rumor worked for a few years anyway. Maybe we can start a rumor that if your seen with a bluetooth at any place other than the office you are advertising that "that it's mating season and you are looking for a husky four legged farm animal"...or something

Try Firefox

Actually I had TiVo and it was one of the first things to go when we had to cut back and frankly I don't miss it.  I don't see how it makes a list of gadgets that make you obnoxious, but it wasn't the best thing since sliced bread either.

I laughed about all of these things because it's so true!  I've often wondered about blackberry people, do they really work or are they pretending to look good?  And the bluetooth thing drives me nuts.  There was once a lady at a baby shower with one.  If you have something so important, why are you somewhere else?  And the one earbud dangling from the ipod--soooooo true!  I was laughing, more because i agreed and this was right on the mark. 

This story had me cracking up the entire time I was reading it!  Love the author's sense of humor as well as his sense of observation.  The Segway riders look ridiculous and don't get me started on the Bluetooth users.  I think my biggest peeve is when the Bluetooth users feel the need to include everyone around them in their unimportant conversations.  Very annoying and they look absolutely silly.

ITA   a former friend of mine had that BIG BLUE gadget on her ear out in public with me and to me it said, "look at me, I am so important that I MUST always be available." She was that type of person also. I will not wear such a tacky thing on my ear!!! lol 

But Tivo? C'mon - only someone who has never lived with it (or even worse, tried to live without it later) could say that!

They had nothing bad to say about Tivo, just about the people who insisted on telling everyone around them about their Tivo!

It's not the TiVo itself,, as they say in the article, it's the people who bring it up in regular conversation praising it like they don't know how they could have lived so long without it.

What do you mean the Bluetooth?  Its been a blessing to schizophrenics everywhere.  Now a person with a psychological diagnosis can put on a Bluetooth headset and look like every other "connected" idiot out there.

I laughed so hard at all of these, especially the Segway (or however you spell it).  The only thing I had a bit of a problem with was the fact that they DIDN'T have the iphone on here.  Maybe it's because I don't live in a big city, or maybe it's because I don't use mass transit and don't really need an mp3 player except for when I go on airplanes, but the iphone just seems like an overpriced phone with a touch screen.  I had to smile when they released the second one and dropped the price by $100, because you know that all of those rich, pretentious bastards that waited in line for the first ones were kicking their own asses.

The bluetooth 'ear' set is at its most ridiculous when you see someone wandering around the Safeway store apparently talking to themselves...until you get look at the OTHER side of their head and spot the cyborg attached to their ear.

Until then, you figure they might be schitzophrenic or something.

Robert, I call them the Borg.  But, I'm a Star Trek geek, so, there ya go.  In general, anything can make you a jerk, and really to pick on Linux and not Apple fanboys is ludicrous.   

I call the Bluetooth thingy a giant tick in their ear.

There is a commercial for some crappy towel or something that has a jerk wearing one of those bluetooth things....  I laugh out loud at him every time, hes a total jerk and calls the 'cameraguy'  hey cameraguy....  I would never buy what that guys sells.  If he can't bother to take that crap out of his ear and act civil to the person manning the camera he doesn't deserve a job at all.

I broke up with a girl shortly after the got a bluetooth earpiece. I lost all attraction.

The bluetooth and its corded contemporaries allow people with arthritis in the elbow and wrist to talk on the phone in comfort. I'm in my late 30's and am so thankful to have them as I live far from home and am on the phone a great deal with family and old friends.

Andy:

Bluetooth is a very useful tool.  I am not a young yuppie chatting up trivial minutia with his buds.  I am an older guy who finds it very valuable to keep in touch with his disabled mate while out shopping or taking care of business.  It is insurance and security for both of us.

The world is not just made up of shallow 20-30 somethings like Helena Popkin who worry about looking cool to their peers.  There are more important things in life for many who have achieved maturity in life. 

I'll continue to use blue-tooth "CONSIDERATELY" in public for our benefit and not give one iota if someone like Helena or you thinks me a jerk.  Don't judge others by yourself.  Just because you use something like technology foolishly does not mean we all do.

Consideration is the key. I have a bluetooth earpiece but it is usually in the front pocket of my laptop bag. Unless I have a pressing need to have a hands-free conversation I don't use it. If I'm using it and someone walks up for a face-to-face conversation, I politely tell the person on the phone that I'll need to call back and I hang up.

Consideration is the key. I have a bluetooth earpiece but it is usually in the front pocket of my laptop bag. Unless I have a pressing need to have a hands-free conversation I don't use it. If I'm using it and someone walks up for a face-to-face conversation, I politely tell the person on the phone that I'll need to call back and I hang up.

I'll never forget the first time I encountered a bluetooth earpiece. It was about 8 years ago, I worked at Eckerds Drug Store. There was a man who came in every so often and every time, he would walk around the store talking to himself very loudly. I remember telling my co-workers, "there's that man that talks to himself all the time". I thought he was absolutely nuts...until he came up to my cash register with the "piece" in his ear and I learned that he was really on the phone the whole time (as he continued to carry on with his ever so important conversation while I was ringing him up). It's so tacky...If I ever got one, the only time I would use it would be in the car, at home cleaning, in private. Not walking around the store for everybody to see and hear.

.If I ever got one, the only time I would use it would be in the car, at home cleaning, in private. Not walking around the store for everybody to see and hear.

Exactly. I use mine when I need to be hands-free, and that's it. Otherwise I leave it in my laptop bag. In most cases when I need to have a phone conversation I'll go find a private spot for it, like around the side of the building or at least several paces from anyone else and out of the flow of foot traffic. I don't talk on my phone in restaurants. I turn it off before entering a church. I set it to vibrate when I'm in meetings.

The Segueway is very useful for my friend who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy and cannot walk very long distances such as through malls or airports.  It allows her to be mobile without a wheelchair and was given to her by a company who has her in their experimental drug plan.

I have epilepsy and Segway and my bike have been a great form of transportation.  Sorry I look like a rich jerk or nerd

Yeah, the Segway is great for the mildly disabled. And in the above cases, it can be quite helpful. But when I see perfectly able-bodied people with it, it makes me think of the people who ride around in the grocery store scooters rather than walking their well-proportioned azzes.

Seriously.  Lock it up outside.  That is the reason it has an alarm!  Never taken one in a grocery store or any building for that matter, only my home.

Aside from use by the disabled, the Segway is just ridiculous.   You're already standing....why not walk??   

I want to steal something from Target just so I can be chased by the security guard on a Segway.

Ruthee,  hilarious!  I would love to see that!

I'm sorry, but the Segway needed to be invented.  Could you see Gob from Arrested Development riding around on anything else?  It just isn't as funny.

Ruthee...LMAO.

The Segway is the Sinclair C5 for the 2000's.  Another transportation concept that just needed a better design.  They seemed to have gotten the same shocked reaction out of people when they made their debut.

An iPod is an average quality product?  The software and user experience alone are a huge step above anything else on the market.

The DRM sucks, and the fact that it is closed to iTunes sucks, but the product itself is an amazing feat of engineering.

It plays mp3s. Just don't convert to AAC.

The iPod is especially great for driving: easy to pick out hours of music beforehand so no need to divert attention from the drive.

Honestly, I don't get why the somewhat bitter author of the article thinks technolgy makes us look like jerks.  What's wrong with people walking around talking to thier friends on thier bluetooth devices if they want to? Driving with the bluetooth, which this author seems to support, is a different story - too distracting. I might have thought the first person I saw talking into a cell phone with a headset was wierd, but that was a decade ago. It's a new era where we are far more free to communicate - Luddites deal with it.

Nothing is wrong with Segway, other than being before its time. As our cities get more and more crowded you'll be seeing more devices like these along with a lot of very tiny cars. As for Linux, it's an exceptionaly stable platform for people with the skill to use it. That Mac is not supposed to have an optical drive - one of a new generation of lightwieght computers with extended battery time. What is this person doing writing about technology or what is and isn't cool anyway?

Yes, I would not say people with Bluetooth devices in public places look like jerks, but it took me a while to get used to them talking (in public places) out loud and alone ! And sometimes involved in serious discussions ! They just used to freak me out, my first impression was to walk away from them as I thought they were sort of crazy...

I wonder if the bluetooth earbud encourages you to talk loudly because that is always my experience. These people are always talking like the person is across the room rather than right on the side of their head. I think there's some kind of link between holding something to your ear and usually speaking as though the other person is right next to your ear. As soon as you are free to wave your hands, you do. And then the volume of the conversation goes up. Hi-freaking-larious.

I wonder if the bluetooth earbud encourages you to talk loudly because that is always my experience.

You've got it backwards. Being an obnoxious jerk leads to talking loudly, and buying earbuds.

Every study done says that, even in the car, the conversation is the distraction--not the phone. Hands-free devices do nothing to cut down on the danger of driving while chatting on a cell phone.

They do, however, make you look like a crazy person.

I wonder if the bluetooth earbud encourages you to talk loudly because that is always my experience.

Cell phones period encourage you to talk loudly.  What's been termed "cell yell" is the result of the lack of feedback.  On a regular landline phone you can hear your own voice coming back at you through the earpiece, so you know how loud you're talking and whether or not you can be heard.  There's no such feedback mechanism with a cell phone.  You can't hear yourself, so you don't know if your whisper is loud enough to be picked up or not.  As a result, you talk louder than is really necessary.  Try it.  Talk on a landline phone then talk to the same person on your cell phone.

I don't mind the use of them anywhere, BUT what chaps my hide is a person having a Bluetooth and paying for groceries with foodstamps. Come on now, I had to cut back luxeries to survive why can't they. Sounds like I'm mad at the world but I'm not. I work two jobs to KEEP what I have and GET what I NEED. Anywho, just my personal observation.

There is a woman whose son is on my sons team. She has 4 kids- 2 under 15 months, she talks openly about being on welfare, getting food and medical and some of her housing paid. Her children's father is a doctor. They chose not to get married so she can claim single and they get lots of benefits. She just tells the state that she isn't sure who the dad is. She tells others how to do this. She dresses very nice, manicure, pedicure and every gadget available. I phone, laptop are commonly with her at practice. Things may be nice, but not worth your integrity. Just frustrates me that we bust our backs to EARN what we own and a doctor and his woman work the system to get freebies. 

If you have every wanted to tell the world "I am a douchebag" without having to wear a flourescent sign, please put a Bluetooth headset in your ear and just leave it there.....even when you are not using it.

Much like Bill Engall used to say about people wearing a "Stupid" sign, and that sign helping us know who is stupid, the Bluetooth headset is basically the national flag for  UNOSID (United Nation Of Self Indulgent Douchebags). Thanks for making my job of identifying you an easy one.

"I wonder if the bluetooth earbud encourages you to talk loudly because that is always my experience."

BT is like gay sex.   Let me explain.

The earpiece goes in the ear - so far so good.   Then the mic goes...surprise...also close to the ear.   Does anyone see a small problem with this?  You need to shout because the mic (phone input device) is next to the person's ear (human input device) instead of being next to the mouth (human output device).    In other words, certain human orifices are meant to be inputs, and others are meant to be outputs.   When you mix them up, you either have a BT headset or gay sex.    Both can lead to shouting.

Brillant!

Oh, don't get me started on these bluetooth, earpod devices!!! I have walked up to people w/ them and pretended like I had no idea what they were and announced they had something stuck in their ears. Nothing is more frustrating and ignorant than someone wearing one around...especially when they are w/ others. Hellllllloooo, AIN'T NOBODY THAT IMPORTANT! Well, no...maybe walking along in the mall w/ one attached is probably just as goofy. Obviously, there are too many people who demonstrate an urgent need to make others think they are important. Please Nin-com-poops, we see you and think you are simply STUPID. Get the thing out of your ear and stop making a fool of yourself!!!

Frankly, I'd rather have gay sex than use a Bluetooth phone - it's probably more fun.

On a more serious note, I could see using one if physical conditions (i.e. being significantly handicapped) left you with little other choice; same goes for using a Segway. But the Bluetooth and the Crackberry are unquestionably accessories for any member in good standing of the International Brotherhood of Douchebags - sorry, folks.

Apple products? Overpriced junk for self-important twits - they're worse than Linux junkies when it comes to proselytising about how Bill Gates is really Satan. In fact, I've never been pestered by a Linux junkie, but I've frequently gotten the sermons and the speechifying from Mac evangelists. I like my PCs with Vista, thank you very much. They work just fine, and if you do have problems, there are helpful support techs with most every major PC manufacturer willing to help bail you out of a serious jam. (Props to the Dell Support office in Bangalore!)

Backround...My father is an emotionally challenged, keep-it-simple type guy.  We were sitting in his backyard recently when out of the blue or in between conversations about high school football he blurts out:

 I HATE Hummers! 

I say,

'Ok, well they are pretty huge and you can't see anything other than the spare tire and the bobbing head of a soccer mom on her cell, putting on make-up.'

After several more minutes, my father blurts out:

 AND I HATE THOSE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE THEM! 

That's kind of harsh...but now I understand.

I always figured that people that drive Hummers actually need them to haul around the huge EGO that is always with them!!

I always thought guys that drive Hummers were overcompensating for lack of something else...

Mac stuff is for digital artists and self absorbed bohemian types.

Macs are for people who want a product designed by smart people who actually took the time to decide what should go where and how it should look and behave.

The MacBook Air shouldn't be in that list of gadgets, either. First of all, the Brick process used to make the MacBook and MacBook Pro is how they made the Air in the first place; they just didn't talk about the process until they expanded it to the entire lineup. Is it Apple's weakest computer? Yes, but that doesn't make it underpowered. With the new graphics from the most recent update, it is considerably more powerful than the fastest of PowerBooks, which are still quite capable machines. It runs the current version of OS X (Leopard) quite well, and will actually improve performance next year with the release of the next OS update (Snow Leopard). It's still a niche product, but it's a great product for people who carry their computer around with them everywhere and place a high value on size, weight, and durability.

Tivo, you can actually get DVRs with free Tivo so why pay monthly for it?

You can get free DVR service, but there is a world of difference between TiVo and the stuff that cost-cutting cable/satellite companies offer. It's all about the software. I think of TiVo as the Mac of DVRs; if you get it, you get it. Everything else is imitative garbage in comparison. 

Macs are for people who want a product designed by smart people who actually took the time to decide what should go where and how it should look and behave.

Kirk...in hindsight, do you realize that you made the author's point, don't you?

Linux isnt bad unless your personality is so horrible than you geek out over it (it puts people off)

but it's just so cool that all this software that costs so many of us HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS is FREE and works just as well if not better!  I'm not a fan-boy of anything except products that work nicely.  It's great to not pay any money for good software and you even get the bonus of nice people supporting it.

Kirk...in hindsight, do you realize that you made the author's point, don't you?

I'm neither a digital artist nor a self-absorbed boho. In fact, I'm pretty sure most Mac users aren't either. It's just a matter of caring about quality.

I think that qualifies as Super-jerk, along with self-absorbed powers of intellectual ineptitude.

OMG! I've actually SEEN the above described scenario! As an aside I'm waiting to hear about the lawsuit where the driver who caused the accident claims he was distracted by matching the movie / video game in SOMEONE ELSE"S vehicle!

Thats Brilliant!!!!

Love it! But he's more likely to have a buzzcut and a rather wispy goatee. Other than that detail, spot on and MAJOR a-hole! Who, incidentally, ought to have his driver's license revoked permanently.

I too only watch television when something I want to see is on right now. I wouldn't have a laptop and the accompanying bill if my IT daughter had not forced it on me under the guise of the perfect and expensive gift. I have refused any cellular devices until the same daughter forced a pre-paid phone on me, which requires intermittent costs instead of monthly charges.

Now, I am thankful for gifts, its wonderful that others give you things they know you could not afford or simply just don't have. I'm hesitant to say just what that shows, but I told my daughter that I am paring back expenses not taking on new ones. There has only been one emergency where a cell phone was trequired and that, over a year ago.

I don't know why a person with an impairment would be on a Segway. What about seizures? Moments of weakness or lightheadedness? There could be damages and wouldn't the electric wheelchairs and motor scooters suffice? I know standing is good but its not as safe as sitting is it?

Even better: when a beige Camry sedan dusts that dolled-up econobox.

Yeah I hate that too, usually some young punk thats too broke to buy a real muscle car.  Damn things sound like a drowning bumble bee

Typically, to get it that loud they have removed or destroyed the catalytic converter, which also compromises the whole engine management system these days. Losers. They are a burden on the whole planet. Garbage wrapped in skin.

Ever notice that these morons can waste a hundred dollars in the most stupidest fashion, but have you noticed that they never seem to have 99 cents to pick up a pair of  turnsignal or stoplight bulbs. No courtesy or regard to anyone else at all.

Greg-348307- you mean farting in a can

hehe....farty cars.  0 to 60 in 120 db

JW, too damn funny.....garbage wrapped in skin, thanks for the laugh!! great reply and IMHO it couldn't be said any better!!

LOL! Love it, JW, and agree 100%!

Actually I think the gadget is the problem.  They are virtually worthless...  Ipods, can't use other programs or even port stuff yourself, they make you use their crappy program that has to be redownloaded every other week, installs a lot of crap you don't want, and locks you out of your own music.  MACbooks/etc - garbage... I get so many tech calls from these elitists trying to find their settings, only to find it doesn't have a network adapter at all.  Its expensive, poorly designed, and generally bought by people who don't know any better.

Well said. I also have worked in IT for many years and would never recommend anything currently made by Apple, over priced, over hyped, bug ridden and not even good at doing the few things that they're supposed to. Good for graphics? Bollocks, a pc can do better, faster and cheaper. It's purely because the myths continue and people buy into the idea that Macs are better at this or that, or that the Ipod is in fact a decent piece of kit (when in fact it's not in comparison), that Apple manages to carry on selling under powered cute looking garbage to the gullible. I can instantly tell when someone is clueless about computers or IT in general if they are using anything from Apple.

Honestly I do not know anyone of my friends who do not work a minimum of 80 hours a week, I end up with being on call, etc putting in nearly 90. This is the new America - want a modicum of the middle class life? 80 hours is the new 40. 

Not the topic, but since you brought it up...

If you're a supervisor of a tech team, you're making good money and no one HAS to work 80 hours a week to be "middle-class" unless you're allowing yourself to be taken advantage of to support a lifestyle that is anything but middle-class.

Not necessarily, _kes, More hours does not necessarily mean more money...It is easy to work 80 hours, on salary, and get the same pay as someone who works 40.  I usually work 50-60 and make no more than I do when working 40. 

As matter of fact, many companies downsize or take on more work with the same staff, and it is often necessary to work more and more hours, for the same pay, in order to keep a job. I am a tech supervisor, as well, and I can fully understand the previous poster.

While the pay is decent it does not make me a rich person by any means. yes the job requires it, yes I am compensated (25+ years in the industry). But I have not worked less then 60-70 hours a week since I was 22.  This is in part due to the nature of the custom install | event staging world and in part due to the fact that I work until the job is done.  I have two kids who need a decent education and i want to make sure they have opportunities

Regardless, while the the items can be fun they are in the end -tools. They help me get though the day and to actually get away from the office.

JnickJ6 has it.

GPSes are far more affordable now. Plus, I use mine for its Bluetooth - much less distracting that fiddling with the cell phone while driving.

I have to say my Dad just got a GPS, and now he no longer gets hopelessly lost when he has absolutely no idea where he's going.  I think a GPS is a good device when used in the right way.  Also, they're useful for locating your work area when doing field work in geology. 

I travel.  A lot.  On average about every 3 weeks or so I'm in a different city or town.  Without a GPS I'd be lost.  By far the most useful feature is being able to get redirected after missing a turn.  The second most useful feature is being able to wander anywhere I care to go in a city and always be able to get back to my hotel.

I love my GPS. I have a son who is autistic and has medical appointments all over. I can now find them safely. The only thing I found vaguely annoying is when my hubby drives it is either the voice of Darth Vader directing us to the dark side, or Yoda telling us " you will be where you are at, when you reach where you are going".  

My dad wants to get the Mr. T voice on his.  It sounds cool, but I'm guessing if he does get that voice I'll find it annoying after about five minutes. 

Hey now...a GPS is handy when you're in a city you don't know too well or one with a crazy street layout (e.g. Boston - love the city, but the streets can be a nightmare! Which is why it's a better walking city than one for driving). It's also very eco-friendly - less paper used to print out Mapquest directions! Downside - sometimes puts you short of your destination, which is lousy programming.

In comparison Ipods are inferior to much cheaper Mp3 players such as several models from Sandisk. Good point about Itunes, though btw you don't have to use it to transfer music to the Ipod, that can also be done using alternative and better software.

Ear roach!  I love it.

Ear roach, hahahahahahaahhaahahaha, I truly laughed out loud when I read that

Ear Roach!  Ha!

I have a friend who is never without his, even in church on Sunday.

Risking exposing my geekness, I always thought they looked like the Borg had taken over the guy's brain.

I think people using the earbuds have got to be the most annoying people on Earth.  The people using them appear to have just escaped Bellevue.  Take the thing out when you're not using it.  How hard is that?

The next most annoying people are those that simply cannot get off the phone at the check out line.  It takes much longer to complete the transaction and is incredibly disrespectful to the cashier and those of us on line.  I have news for these people.  There are other people in this world and the world does not revolve around.

Finally, people should not be on their cell while sitting in the public bathroom.  Emily Post must be spinning in her grave. 

OMG, I cannot stop laughing....ear roach!!!!

I don't ride them or own one but recumbent bikes are functional. Nothing like a Segway. They are better than having a bike seat crammed up your a$$ and better than exercising on a stationary bike. At least you go somewhere under your own power. I think they are a great invention especially for elderly or those less physically agile to ride a normal bike. It seems less stressful on the back than normal riding. Again, I've never rode on but my neighbor has one.

Recumbent bikes are actually easier on your back and they're more efficient aerodynamically. In fact, they're so efficient, they were banned from major cycling competitions because they achieve higher speed with less effort.

my father in law lost a leg in an accident after biking up Mt St Helens, He now uses a recumbent. Easier on the prosthetic limb and the back. Great invention!

I was LMAO when I read this. Very Funny!

You are a really cool jackass, though!!  I don't think I would mind meeting up with you and your iPhone in the grocery store.  I am still LMFAO!!

You hit the nail on the head. 

That's "Gob".