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The Lounge / Vegas or San Diego

« on: November 05, 2015, 10:16:29 PM »

I have next Wednesday off and I'm taking my little brother on a little day trip to some skateparks because he's finally getting back into skating. I'd like to do San Diego, but I'm also thinking Vegas.

Question 1: What are some bike friendly (bust free) parks in the San Diego area?

Question 2: If we go to Vegas, any one know what's up with the Craig Ranch park? Are bikes good to go 24/7, or are there specific times bikes are allowed.

Question 3: Mike, what is your phone number?

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The Lounge / Re: The Music Thread

« on: October 30, 2015, 08:00:00 AM »

Any of you guys watch the AV Club undercover series?

I can't stop listening to this. I don't know why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1-bVYio1k

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The Lounge / Re: New Star Wars trailer.

« on: October 21, 2015, 09:15:45 PM »

More interested to see if like is wearing the mask or not

Nah, that's Adam Driver

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The Lounge / Re: New Star Wars trailer.

« on: October 21, 2015, 12:01:45 PM »

DNA running out... Like they only had enough to base 1m clones?

I guess, I'm second guessing that that is the canon reason. But I do know they stopped using clones.

This dude kind of touches on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MoT12K424s

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The Lounge / Re: New Star Wars trailer.

« on: October 21, 2015, 08:20:54 AM »

Do you think the Caminoans stopped cloning after Revenge of the Sith? Because between order 66 and this is the equivalent of Luke's lifespan. If that's true, let's say that a clone's life is n/2 where n=average life of a Mandalorian, then we can assume that at the end of A New Hope the Caminoans would have had had produced another population. This seems logical because if the whole population of clones died from age, they would have to have the next series immediately ready. Having separate populations of clones ready at the half life of their previous series allows the stability of the clone army. Knowing this, either they all dropped dead after discovering Ewoks or a second populace was ready when Luke was still bragging to Ben about shooting womp rats. If that's true, then that motherfucker in the trailer is a damn mutant. Mandalorians ain't got no time to compromise their unit with dam mutants.

I think the in canon reason is that Kaminoans just ran out of Jango DNA by the time the Clone Wars ended. I think I read that by the time of ANH about 5% of the storm troopers were clones. So, that mother fucker: Not a mutant.

I think in one of the Battlefront games Kamino created another clone army, but because of the new authoritarian rule they altered something in the DNA so the clones had complete loyalty to Kamino instead of the Empire. In response, the Empire sent veteran Clone Troopers (now Stormtroopers) to stamp out these new untested Clones. Once that was taken care of, Palpatine experimented with other DNA sources, but they never lived up to the original clones, so eventually they were fazed out.

But I'm not sure if the old Battlefront games are canon.

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The Lounge / Re: New Star Wars trailer.

« on: October 20, 2015, 12:05:01 PM »

Why is there a non Boba clone? Why aren't there anymore Jedi? Luke isn't around but Han is?

Clones aged faster than a normal person. By the time of A New Hope almost all of the clones had died off and were replaced with Volunteers and draftees.

Jedi were mostly wiped out after Order 66 in Revenge of the Sith. Those that survied went into hiding.

Luke is in the trailer, he's the dude with R2. They're saving the real reveal for the movie.

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The Lounge / Re: New Star Wars trailer.

« on: October 20, 2015, 07:42:29 AM »

Today's trailer is weird

Just curious, what do you mean?

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The Lounge / Re: New Star Wars trailer.

« on: October 19, 2015, 08:22:04 AM »

Today is the day for the new trailer.

Oh, and ticket pre-sales.

I'M FUCKING HYPED.

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The Lounge / Re: Last trick you learned?

« on: September 01, 2015, 03:19:19 PM »

I did a tire grab over a hip on saturday, landed back wheel and almost looped out, but I'll count it.

Also gave one-footed x-ups and can cans a go, they were pretty half assed attempts, but I think I'll get them this weekend.

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The Lounge / Re: This is the video part of the year

« on: August 25, 2015, 07:11:24 PM »

Not a video part but still worth a watch. Shad Johnson talking about bmx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrKS_Y1hjDE

Watch the Pool's Gold series while you're there also.

Videos like those get me so pumped on bikes. I hadn't watched that Shad Johnson one, thanks for that.

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The Lounge / Re: This is the video part of the year

« on: August 25, 2015, 07:27:03 AM »

That Gerber dude is gnarly. Mastroni is a kook in the best way.

But did you see Dakota last week?
https://youtu.be/mweaoMPlHzI

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The Lounge / Re: Fan Theory (films)

« on: August 24, 2015, 09:20:36 PM »

He's a Targaryen. Fuck the North, King of Westeros time bitches.

Iron Throne won't even be around by the end of the series and no one will belive John is Rhaegars kid. Shit, John probably won't even know.

I'm gonna shut up now, before cool guys beat me up.

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The Lounge / Re: Fan Theory (films)

« on: August 24, 2015, 12:21:35 PM »

Even though it's some kind of fictional land (monsters and such), Lord of the Rings relies heavily on regional and class accents.

Imagine if you changed the accents in Lord of the Rings so that the Orcs sounded posh and the elves sounded cockney. 

Or what if Game of Thrones had American or Australian accents....  "Fantasy" wouldn't be believable.  Which raises an interesting point--people need those stereotypical touchstones based in reality in order to "accept" fantasy.  Even though, the point of "fantasy" could be a completely different world. Why not just make up entirely new accents?
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17554816

I read a series a while ago called Wheel of Time, it's a 14 book epic, and in it there's an empire from across the ocean. They're described as heavily influenced by feudal Japan. Anyways, after I finished the series I read an interview from the author. He said that those people sounded like they had an accent really similar to a Texas drawl. It fucked with my head.

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The Lounge / Re: what is your profession?

« on: August 12, 2015, 12:51:17 PM »

I work for a utilities company. Right now I schedule paving for the jobs our construction crews complete. I also apply for permits so we can work on our gas lines that are in public land.

It's unbelievably easy, it pays more than I deserve. It's boring and I hate it.

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Riding Photos / Re: Papoy riding

« on: July 31, 2015, 07:28:10 AM »

Fuck yes! Have you lost weight?

What happened to Ethan? aka Shore Bird?

Thanks man, I've lost about 45lbs since I've seen you.

Ethan is still around, he's working at a local bike shop as the head mechanic. I only see him if I stop by the shop to hang out. Him and his lady are buying a house. Ken works and that's about it. I haven't seen Cory in a while, but he owns a gun accessory store (I think that's what it is).

If you're ever down near here again, we should ride something other than a parking lot. I feel like we owe you an apology for having you drive an hour or two out of your way to sit in front of a rite aid.

Oh, and are you still in NorCal? I need to head up to Napa to see my buddy soon, would be cool if we could squeeze in a little riding