Comments on: Our Morning Roundup

By: Nikolas Schiller

Nikolas Schiller — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:54:49 +0000

Angela, I tried a couple times to reply here, but since I included too many links in my reply, it was dismissed by the spam filtration system. You can read my reply here:
http://www.nikolasschiller.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/07/25/1442/

By: J.

J. — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:52:38 +0000

IMGoph - this is a blog, where I think mistakes can happen. This isn’t some science magazine looking for a cancer cure.

By: Pop Cesspool

Pop Cesspool — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:43:34 +0000

The scooter thing is obviously art, i.e. urban “rock stacking.”

http://www.teamsandtastic.com/RockStacking/

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:50:41 +0000

But who?.. Who would do such a thing to a scooter?…

Must be some low IQ ruffians. They just don’t understand the technology…

Surely, the police has been sent for?

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:06:34 +0000

bob: that's exactly what i was thinking. j.: hey, it was only one asshole—me. and i was asking a legitimate question. if you're working for a news-gathering organization, you better get your facts and details correct. erik wemple would call this frio. angela: thanks for the explanation. why should you stop responding? are you not a big fan of interacting with your readers?

By: dcvoterboy

dcvoterboy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:30 +0000

angela - how’d you have your scoot chained up? vespa washington has a nice new OnGuard chain that goes through your rear wheel and it makes pretty difficult to move. also, looks like you have an LX150 there - if so, with your electronic-coded ignition, your scoot will get dragged and dumped, but they’re not going to get it started…

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:55:33 +0000

Sorry, J., but the other commenters have a good point, and it’s a problem overall with this blog. Sometimes these posts seem simply thrown up there, without any thought to what’s written and without much editing. It sometimes suggests a really bush-league operation.

By: J.

J. — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:42:07 +0000

For all the a**holes giving Angela a hard time - did you not just read her scooter was almost stolen and the steering column was busted?

Have a a little bit of heart- jesus christ

By: Angela Valdez

Angela Valdez — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:08:55 +0000

I should stop responding but … I read the whole thing, last night, aloud, in fact. Wrote a post about it. Then my computer crashed and I had to get up at 7 a.m. to write it again. Not thinking clearly perhaps but there you go. Now that we’ve missed the entire point …

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:04:43 +0000

angela,

indulge me here. if you read the whole post, and you saw mr. schiller’s description of what was in his pockets and why he wanted to keep it from being taken from him, why did you ask, “Nikolas, what exactly was in your pockets to make you take such a stupid risk?”

just curious…

By: Angela Valdez

Angela Valdez — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:44:08 +0000

Yes, I took a very stupid risk. I was sort of shocked and just stood there and then, not really thinking, talked to the kid. I don’t mean to offend either — but I do think subjection yourself to physical violence is an extra stupid risk. And I did read the whole post — a camera can be replaced. I’m sure someone else got pictures.

By: catherine

catherine — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:39:44 +0000

wait angela, if i remember correctly, didn’t you stand around and argue with some kids who tried to steal your scooter? wasn’t that a “stupid risk”? don’t mean to offend, just want to clarify.

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:14:17 +0000

angela,

maybe if you actually read mr. schiller’s account, you’d see that he says in his blog post that he didn’t want his digital camera with pictures and video of his mother’s wedding stolen from him.