| Author | Message | ||
     Spdrxb |
OK so my wife and 11yr. old daughter both know I have made a nightly routine by being on here. They mostly roll their eyes,and say "of coarse Bad Web big surprise"! They really don't care just giving me a hard time. So here is the question. I often talk about some of the events planned etc and wanting to go attend some of them. The problem is they both question me going to meet strangers that I only read about/talked to on the internet. We are always explaining internet safety to our kids, isnt this hypocrisy? I've tried to explain its like starting a new job. You sometimes don't know anybody then either.They said it's not the same I guess it is'nt entirely. So tried explaining it's people with similar interests hobbies etc, and i'm an adult. They still think it's sketchy. Now I don't think(hope) any of you are serial killers or anything just wondering how I can explain this a little better? | ||
| Bads1 |
Well if your planing on Homecoming.... then have her call Alpine Valley Resort and ask if Buell Homecoming event is scheduled to be there in June. Have her ask how many are attending the Banquet dinner. Then ask for the organizers names. You will get ours. My name is in my Profile. Hope this helps. | ||
| Spdrxb |
I would love to go to Homecoming, and have been trying to figure out a way to go. The problem is 3 other friends and I have been planning a 2 week trip to South Dakota, along the way, MT Rushmore,Yellowstone etc. for couple years now. We are planning to go middle to end August,unfortunetly funds and time off may not allow for a Homecoming trip. Bummer cause I kinda want to go. It was a general question for future trips when I can do them, Thank you | ||
| Spiderman |
Do as I say, not as I do! That and a majority of us are known by all and have our real names or contact (direct) info in our profiles. Plus we are meeting in public places, not vans  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Buell is different. I've met very few people online I wouldn't meet in real life. No_rice just stayed at my house. I traveled 250 miles to a place I had never been before and stayed in a cabin with 15 people I didn't know my first time at March Badness. I will go out of my way to meet folks swinging through the area. Others do the same when I'm coming through. It's a really weird group. Now we've added a few folks recently who would never have given the brand a shot but for the bargain prices, so there are some folks who are as yet unproven. You simply meet the nicest people on a Buell. The best way to describe it is that we are a real life community of Buell riders that just happen to meet on the internet from time to time. | ||
| Geist |
How about telling them you are an adult? I mean you probably don't let your daughter drive a car by herself but you probably do it all the time. Plus what Spiderman said about the vans  | ||
| Tom_b |
Actually no it is not hypocrisy seeing how you are an adult and they are children. The wife should understand, mine does and well as other members i have met thru this site wives seem to also. | ||
| Spdrxb |
I have met some of the local group on a couple rides, helpful bunch. I got the above attitude when I went tho. | ||
| Guell |
I traveled 250 miles to a place I had never been before and stayed in a cabin with 15 people I didn't know my first time at March Badness. same here. And i couldnt have asked for a better time and better people. | ||
| Geforce |
You cannot possibly compare apples to oranges here. Here's how I see it... It is one thing to go to an event with strangers with no purpose. It is entirely different to attend an event with a purpose. The event with no purpose, lets say is a local web posting for a party at a disclosed location with little details. That kind of stuff is a little creepy and why you SHOULD be trying to protect them from. The event with a purpose, lets say Buell Homecoming, is set in a public place with coordinated events, fully disclosed details and you alone control what you want to expose yourself to. Those things are fundamentally different and you must approach it this way. While some might see it as hipocracy it is in reality two entirely different things. The internet can be very scary when groups or people prey upon the innocent or ignorant (kids). Love them, teach them the difference and welcome them to join in productive activities/communities online. Back to Mythbusters...and good luck! | ||
| Doz |
Explain nothing, they should show respect for you and your judgment, especially the wife. I've invited badwebbers to stay at my house without ever meeting them and have met some pretty awsome people. Men can have intuition too ya know. | ||
| New12r |
well we are "strange"rs. | ||
| Spdrxb |
Ive never had an issue with this, neither did The wifey really, she was just pointing out how it looked to my daughter, Just needed a way to explain to her in a way she would see the difference. Thanks for the input. (Message edited by spdrxb on April 14, 2010) | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
There is also a vast difference in ages to consider. For your daughter, she is dealing with adolescents who will consistently show poor judgment (I know I did.), or she will be dealing with adults who choose to correspond with adolescents (creepy and potentially deadly). The average age here is in the mid 30's. There is a difference between hooking up with an unknown person on Facebook and meeting an adult. We don't let children answer the phone or answer the door and yet we answer the phone and door all the time. We don't let children travel to unsupervised meetings and yet I do it all the time for work. The internet is no more inherently dangerous than real life. It's just that we give our children access (sometimes unlimited access unfortunately) to the internet whereas we don't give them unfettered access to real life. | ||
| Froggy |
That reminds me, about 3 years ago when I was still a young Bueller, I decided last second I wanted to attend Buelltoberfest. I was able to take off work, and one of the guys on here offered to trailer me down. The thing is, I had never met the guy before, and I didn't know who else was going. I met up with him and the others, loaded my Uly on the trailer and spent the next 15 hours riding the hump seat in a Dodge crew cab with 5 people I didn't even know the names of. Then we got down to Georgia, and I stayed in a cabin with at least a dozen people I also didn't know the name of. Needless to say, I think everything worked out good, apparently there were some photos taken that I don't remember! Oh, and before I forget... Spider | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Yeah, those poor NEBO guys thought they had hooked up with an ax murderer.  I think you were at least to Tennessee before you even said anything. Then you get to us and we get you hammered with moonshine. | ||
| Spdrxb |
I would have bet that cropped up by somebody! However never thought it would be you. thanks dude  | ||
| Guell |
Did someone say moonshine? I remember Rainey wanted to video the first time i had it. Didnt get the reaction he wanted  | ||
| Hex |
I've taken the stranger chance here several times, never surprised nor disappointed. I've made a couple of good friends here with whom I communicate with frequently offline. I encourage you to make your virtual BadWeB experience a reality. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Come to the WV Buell Rally we only sacrifice 1 Bueller each year.... last year we had well over 40 peeps show up... chances are you wont be the "ONE"... but, some have been known to do some strange things.... | ||
| Glitch |
BadWeB is different. I've met so many people I have a hard time keeping track of names and faces. Honestly though, I've never met anyone on BadWeB that I didn't like. No_rice stopped by here as well, I had met him at March Badness and we've talked on the phone. Wolfridgerider, came down to spend the night, and swap his R tail section, for my S tail section. We had only "talked" on the board here, e-mail, and a little on the phone, before he came down. I know a lot of people here, and met face to face with quite a few BadWeBbers. Getting to know people on BadWeB is easy, and when you're an adult, you know a bit more about people, so it's cool. There are other forums that I wouldn't be quite so trusting, but, this is BadWeB, a tight community. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Buelltoberfest.... Jason Vorhees lives at T.W.O. behind the shower house.... chop chop... stab stab | ||
| Court |
I've met about 3,500 in 44 states .... Have had Badwebbers here with us for the last 14 days .... We all drove to East Troy .... Stayed with another for 3 days ... Got another and his wife headed to stay with us. Been doing it for 23 years .... Since the first one, which happened to be the Buell family in 1990 .... no problems yet. I'd suggest bringing the entire family to Homecoming ... They'll have a great time. | ||
| Iman501 |
hahaha glad i'm not the only one with this problem! i'm 18, and you could imagine trying to convince my parents to let me go to homecoming with all those "murdercycle hooligans!" i just kept telling her about all the nice offers to keep an eye on me and all that stuff. and how you guys offered up housing to me if it rained and such. eventually she said i could go (that was after i told her my friend kyle was coming to, so that may have helped a little) | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Hey Glitch... I thought you and the wife would dismember me in the shower, feed me to the neighbors dog and sell my bike off in parts on Ebay.... glad ya didn't... LOL the naked pixie like dance around the bonfire was strange.... But like you said... it was a Georgia thing and who am I to judge....  | ||
| Iman501 |
this is a compleat thread jack, but i like telling this story! Jason Vorhees about two miles from my house there is a street called Vorhee's street (o the number of times we've tried to get that street sign! lol) the street starts off going through a cemetary, and then onto a bumpy gravel road with the creepy over-hanging trees and all. rumor has it, about 15 years ago there was some cult group thing going on in a barn down there and the cops busted it up and found like all sorts of animal skulls and crazy pagan symbols and the works. well now-a-days kids like to drive down there and just scare themselves. back when i had my wrangler me and my friend Travis were just cruising around one night with these two girls, and we had the doors off the jeep. Travis told the girls that if we go down this road and stop on the bridge and turn the car and lights off that you will see "deer boy" (idk were he got that idea) so the girls are like yea sure w/e. well we drove down there, and i turn off the jeep and we wait......well nothing happened, and then i start the jeep back up and pop the clutch and kill it and was like "Travis....my jeep wont start...." i repeated killing it 2 or 3 more times, and at this point the girls are freaking out b/c we are stuck on VORHEES ROAD! well Travis and me decide we will pretend like we can figure out why my jeep is not starting. so we both jump out and pop open the hood. I then go "Travis theres the problem (while pointing at the engine!) I'm missing a lug nut! Travis then told the girls that it must have just fallen off, and we should be able to find it around here on the road someplace. so we both just start walking around behind my jeep looking for it. of course the girls are still freaking out so Travis said he'd go sit with them and keep them company while i continued looking. so at this point all three are in the jeep. after a few min i creep up the side of my jeep and then jump in and yell "BOOO" (my intention was to scare the girls.....) well it did work, but Travis was the one who screamed the loudest! hahahahahahah | ||
| Ourdee |
HomeComing is going to be fun. My guess is that the Buell owners will show up and the Buell buyers will stay home. So, that said, I'm looking forward to a great crowd again this year. Not too worried about meeting up with a serial killer or "deer boy".  | ||
| Etennuly |
Funny you worded your question the way you did. Myself and a few others would probably be serial killers if not for the BadWeB! Most people going to a Buell event for the first time come away with a feeling like having been at a family reunion with family members you just haven't seen in a long time. Be careful though.....they are addictive. Kinda like what you read about crack. It is that kind of deal when you meet like minded folks who like to ride in the wind in a twisted manor, and eat good food and share a beverage in conversation that continues from what is said here. Next thing ya know, you have dragged your spouse into the fray and she ends up owning and riding her own Buell(my wife never thought she would). There is hope though.....my kids think we are just old farts playing around on our Bikes!  They really need to stay with their own friends anyway! If your wife wants to communicate with my wife about this addiction send me a PM. I am sure she will tell her it is addicting, irritating at times, but the most nearly harmless, useful, fun filled, friend extending, honest, family like, home fried, occasional beverage slogging, okra eating, stress relieving, parallel living, happiness inducing, cost free, life. It includes; no monthly meetings, no fees, no required time usage, no pledges, no promises, no times where people around you will not care about you. Not a re-hab for way word souls, more a meeting of the like minded. Professionals, engineers, business owners, idea people, Eagle Scouts, doers of good(at least of good intent). Squids and negative people do not hang around long, they just don't fit in here. There are rules and guidelines that keep things near civil, rightfully so. A fellow named Blake started this thing many years ago. I have only met him here thus far. I have befriended many Buellers from around the World because of his vision for this web site. I have welcomed many BadWeBers to my home and have had the good fortune of being in theirs. I overheard some of the wives talking one time about this subject. They spoke of the thankfulness they had that "at least he found something he likes doing, and I don't have to worry about him doing drugs, becoming an alcoholic, gambling, and womanizing". I laughed at that, because that is what my Buell is to me  . | ||
| Froggy |
I've met a few, but they all seem to be 1125 owners. Something about absolute power corrupting absolutely (Message edited by froggy on April 15, 2010) | ||
| Cyclonedon |
I'd suggest bringing the entire family to Homecoming ... They'll have a great time. +1 Buell Homecomings are special and this year is going to be the best ever! This one wasn't set-up by a corporate group, it was put together (very well done I might add) by several Buell enthusiasts who share the joy of riding Buell motorcycles! I'm telling you now that I can't wait for June to arrive because it's going to be a special event. |
