BarryTantlinger
- Active 3 years, 5 months ago
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Riding companions wanted: Summer 2020 mini-RAGBRAI (actually very mini) in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 years, 5 months ago
Were I in the mid-west, it sounds like fun. COVID has messed up a lot of retirement plans….
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic COVID 19: Asymptomatic people are highly unlikely to be carriers. in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 years, 6 months ago
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic COVID 19: Asymptomatic people are highly unlikely to be carriers. in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 years, 6 months ago
Some times its important to remember that scientists are not necessarily good at talking to the public.
Als, other scientists and doctors almost immediately disagreed with Kerkhove.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Latest on TJ in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 years, 6 months ago
Such a kerfuffle caused that came to nothing.
Good luck to TJ and now back to our semi-regularly scheduled ride.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Bubba's Pampered Peddlers in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 years, 7 months ago
It appears that Bubba is the one not honoring his contract if he fails to provides come July. His policy his that if a rider cancels prior to May 20, the rider will be charged a $300 fee. He appears the party who is cancelling, however. Had I planned to ride with him, I would be happy to fly to Florida to take him to small claims court.
That…[Read more]
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic RAGBRAI decision April 15 in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 years, 8 months ago
Not make this political, but that article reads much differently if you substitute Republican State Senator for physician, which Dr. Jensen also is.
Dr. Jensen thinks COVID-19 is a “mild four day respiratory illness”.
He’s also critical of his state’s Democratic governor’s stay-at-home order.
It’s just as likely as deaths are being u…[Read more]
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Show me the Money! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years ago
Exactly.
The whole charity thing is manufactured outrage.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic TJ’s Transparency Just Got a Bit Foggy in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years ago
This. I’ve never really thought or cared about the DMR does with their profits for the ride. I’m a Californian, so I come to Iowa to enjoy the ride, but I’ve also assumed that the presence of 20,000 riders in small towns across the state is, in itself, a positive financial gain for the people of Iowa. If the DMR pockets proceeds, it probably…[Read more]
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Iowa’s Ride new dates in the forum Miscellaneous 4 years ago
It will still be a cold day in hell before I ride with TJ.
He’s a snake in the grass.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Which Ride Will "Win"? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
Hmm… it would be a cold day in hell before I ride with TJ.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Not an Ode to "He who shall not be named." in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
I come to Iowa as a card carrying left coast progressive and I know that many of the Iowans I meet each year have vastly different political views than I do. But for that one week every summer, all that goes out the window and we get to be people who like bikes, community, and pie. I worry this has been ruined.
If the world was like the week of…[Read more]
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Which Ride Will "Win"? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
This + a million.
I’ve pretty much decided I won’t enable either party and will be riding elsewhere if I go for a bike vacation next year, which is a shame as 2020 would been my first leisurely post-retirement Ragbrai.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Sides are being taken in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
I see Bubba’s is going with IR – “Bubba is excited to be part of this event which will bring back the charm of small-town America which has slipped away over the years from RAGBRAI.”
There are towns smaller than some of the ones I’ve been to on Ragbrai in recent years?
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic TIme to Make Peace and Come Back Together as 1 Ride in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
We had breakfast at a Mexican place in Nevada in 2018. Sit down restaurants are the secret to a fun Ragbrai. I always like to get out of the crowds and into the a/c…
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic TIme to Make Peace and Come Back Together as 1 Ride in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
As a Californian, this always strikes me as odd. I mean, I’ve done it, but it seems weird to travel to Iowa to eat Mexican food. I guess it’s better than 40 years ago when you couldn’t even find a taco in the Midwest…
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic TIme to Make Peace and Come Back Together as 1 Ride in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
This. Local Iowa politics don’t mean much to out-of-staters, and if they do, we can put them aside. I’ve ridden through Steve King’s district and the world didn’t end. Riding Ragbrai when you don’t support the Register will also not bring about the apocalypse.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Can the DMR replace the RAGBRAI staff in time? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
Like every other employee. Employees don’t have free speech. Citizens do.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Which Ride Will "Win"? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
JBoz, so this is a case of “Ragbrai is too popular, nobody goes there anymore”? More people ride every year, but many riders don’t like it? That reasoning just doesn’t make sense.
TJ is either being political or opportunistic. I don’t care for either.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic TIme to Make Peace and Come Back Together as 1 Ride in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
@Randi, if you’re the type of person attracted to IR, I’ll gladly not ride with you. I hope Ragbrai puts half of a state between us.
BarryTantlinger replied to the topic Iowa's Ride could be a different vibe in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 1 month ago
Wow, you don’t like a lot of things about Ragbrai.
Is beaded roadkill even a thing? I’m not sure I remember even seeing any roadkill.
Ragbrai, as has often been said, is what you make it. We charter (PBV) because it makes the logistics of coming half way across the country easier; I have my favorites of the well-known vendors I’m sure to stop…[Read more]
