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BotItMyself
08-20-2002, 12:12 PM
I'm 7 and we live in Wa. I am learning to ride and I want to mountain bike. I get to post once in a week, except talking to my friends where I live. I get to read every day so I can still get tips and see the really cool pictures:D

-ANK
zibbler
08-20-2002, 12:23 PM
Welcome aboard! You seem very mature for a 7 year old. I think you'll do well with mountain biking. I have an 8 year old that's just learning to ride too.
Heidi
08-20-2002, 12:23 PM
What is a porchmonkey?

Welcome to RM!
Dirt rider
08-20-2002, 08:20 PM
Originally posted by Heidi
What is a porchmonkey?





I was about to ask the same.
-dustin
08-20-2002, 09:10 PM
damn...i didn't learn to ride a bike till i was 12. woah....that means i've been off a bike longer than i've been on one. weird.
NotAllThatYET
08-21-2002, 01:54 AM
I will enlighten::
Children AKA
progeny, issue, kids, kinder, kittens, pups, youngsters, spawn, rugrats, porch monkeys/ yard apes (southernese..the grubby sort of children you see in front yard in large qantities in various states of dress), lieblings, little darlilngs, monsters, brats, punks, delinquents..and so on. I have heard more less frequently used references, but cant remeber them offhand:D

Her reasoning is that if I am one of the "monkeys" here and kids are called monkeys, she should be a porch monkey (her BROTHER is the yard ape, so she decided..lol)
zibbler
08-21-2002, 08:05 AM
Originally posted by NotAllThatYET

Her reasoning is that if I am one of the "monkeys" here and kids are called monkeys, she should be a porch monkey (her BROTHER is the yard ape, so she decided..lol)

Is that your little porch monkey?
laura
08-21-2002, 09:21 AM
where i come from, a porch monkey has nothing to do with children. its a derogatory term.
splat
08-21-2002, 11:38 AM
Originally posted by laura
where i come from, a porch monkey has nothing to do with children. its a derogatory term.

Same here.
BotItMyself
08-21-2002, 11:44 AM
I know I can ask questions when I need to because everybody is so friendly and helpful. And because I wanted so much to thank my welcome, I got a special morning post. YEAH!
And this is my ride..waiting for its axle and tune up.
BTW when I speak I am a bit of a smarty-pants, mostly to just certain people. :D. But spell check is too picky about where words go. "sigh". :rolleyes:
Later fellow riders and want to be riders like me!
NotAllThatYET
08-21-2002, 12:39 PM
After defining derogatory for her...
her comment? "Heeey! Almost evereything you and dad call us is a dur-ro-gator-ry word! That bites!"
Then I explained that teasing among friends is not quite the same, unless it hurt your feelings to press on. Since she and one of our friends banter all the time with classics like "buttclamp, buttweasel, ferret face, and all the usual for 4th grade favorites"
Our general term for our children is "spawn of evil" (We accept that we are the evil that spawned em!). :D

Living in the foothills of NC as a pre-teen I have heard directed my way a plethora of nasty comments; however since I can trace my lineage back to the English Royal Family in 3 separate ways...I just ignored the ignorant rednecks who's great goal in life was to be doffers at Burlington and moved from there as soon as I was able. I am not to sensitive to most terms. My early years were mostly spent in Fla and CA. My husband spent nearly his entire life in N.Cal. so none of the terms he picks up from army buddies mean anything but insult.lol.
Anyway Me and Rustmouse are the parents of 2 too precocious for comfort children and try to stay a step ahead daily! They are also physically in high gear ALL the time. Auugh!
No daycare will touch my son, I finally just now found a 13 yr old who thinks he is "cool" and would like getting money for hanging with him!
Now back to the thread.....lol
r0b3r1
08-22-2002, 02:06 AM
that's a pretty rad bike!:thumb:
laura
08-22-2002, 08:57 AM
Originally posted by r0b3r1
that's a pretty rad bike!:thumb:


to say the least. im jealous.
BotItMyself
08-24-2002, 05:34 PM
I am a Ridemonkey for sure now!
NotAllThatYET
08-24-2002, 11:42 PM
Not only did she ditch the training wheels , but was poppin up the front end and tryging to ride a wheelie the same day.
(I didnt attempt a wheelie until I had been riding my bile almost a year!)
She will be on her Trek ontime (her plan-be ready for trek before it leaves repair shop and to be able to to trikks by next year):cool:
dee lux
08-31-2002, 11:38 PM
keep up the good work and maybe you can catch me you little butt monkey!!!!!!!!
stinkyboy
08-23-2007, 12:51 PM
porch monkey

That would get you shot here in Phoenix.

:disgust1:
LordOpie
08-23-2007, 01:00 PM
What an awesome thread!

If this was for real, that kid is 12 yo. How weird is that?
a-swill
09-13-2007, 11:04 PM
hahahahahahhaa why would he call himself a porch monkey
ultraNoob
09-25-2007, 01:27 PM
Keep up the good work guys! We want to see pics of your first family ride.
LordOpie
09-25-2007, 01:40 PM
Keep up the good work guys! We want to see pics of your first family ride.

ha! Good one.
miatagal96
09-25-2007, 04:24 PM
I am SOOOOOOOO envious!!

I didn't start to mountain bike until I was 43 years old. I didn't start downhill mountain biking until I was 45 years old. And I didn't learn to wheelie until last night.

Imagine what level I'd be riding now if I started mountain biking when I was a kid!!
TreeSaw
10-23-2007, 01:57 PM
Not only did she ditch the training wheels , but was poppin up the front end and tryging to ride a wheelie the same day.
(I didnt attempt a wheelie until I had been riding my bile almost a year!)
She will be on her Trek ontime (her plan-be ready for trek before it leaves repair shop and to be able to to trikks by next year):cool:

:thumb: AWESOME. You will have to post some pics of family rides. I can't wait to get my daughter riding more than her trike in the yard :D