Re: Some traffic stats

On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 14:17:15 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 3/17/2024 1:16 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 09:27:16 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 3/17/2024 5:41 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 22:07:58 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
wrote:
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The line between what is leisure and what is sport is somewhat arbitrary,

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Fishing is both leisure and a sport. So is throwing darts and
billards.  Why not bicycling?

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Clearly both. I doubt anyone here disputes that.
Where to draw a line is a different matter.

 
It's an issue of differing opinions about the terminology. Similar,
IMHO, to arguments about preferences in toilet paper colors.
 
I suspect that most people who I encounter out on their bicycle rides
would define their bicycling as a sport.

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We agree, most riders would not.
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Colored TP? Really?

Yes, really:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=toilet+paper+money&tbm=isch>
Get some before inflation makes it worthless for the original intended
use.

In my never humble opinion, the distinction between a sport and
everything else (leisure) is whether someone is logging time,
distance, annual distance, first to arrive, last to arrive, etc.
Commuting to work on a road or time trial bicycle built for speed is
not a sport if nobody records the time, distance, elevation, etc.
Logging the commute time, distance, etc with a smartwatch, smartphone
or Strava is what makes it a sport.

Hint:  If someone invents a contrivance that moves, early adopters
will soon appear, ready to competitively race it.  Even if it doesn't
move easily, there will be those who will compete with it based on
performance results, such as the fastest computers:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOP500>




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