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Title: Global Hardening
Post by: Popeye the Sailor on January 13, 2009, 02:58:34 PM
I'm not sure if anyone else here has noticed, but there seems to be a global epidemic of this particular thing.


I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but around 4-5years ago when I was in my early twenties, the ground seems to have gotten harder. Somehoe laying on concrete, steel gratings, and gravel for extended periods causes all sorts of discomfort. I mean-that stuff didn't hurt before-why now?

What made today's diamond plate worse than my feather bed?


This is clearly a major environmental issue.
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: Drunken Monkey on January 13, 2009, 03:02:20 PM
That'd be a dreaded global aging.
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: herm on January 13, 2009, 03:08:49 PM
i thought you were talking about my titanium member for a second...
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: Popeye the Sailor on January 13, 2009, 03:10:15 PM
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on January 13, 2009, 03:02:20 PM
That'd be a dreaded global aging.


I'm as good as I ever was. Tis the ground, I swear.
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: Grampa on January 13, 2009, 03:13:52 PM
Great.... Dave gave the earth an erection [roll]
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: Buckethead on January 13, 2009, 03:25:11 PM
Quote from: bobspapa on January 13, 2009, 03:13:52 PM
Great.... Dave gave the earth an erection [roll]

(http://www.isprogram.utoronto.ca/images/gallery/toronto/CN-Tower-and-Rogers-Centre-.jpg)

Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: tonyj311 on January 13, 2009, 03:26:11 PM
Quote from: bobspapa on January 13, 2009, 03:13:52 PM
Great.... Dave gave the earth an erection [roll]
maybe thats why I felt so violated when I went sledding the other day. :o

But I do agree- the ground is much harder than I remember- especially after getting air on the jumps. Maybe I need to change out the sled for a tube. Its like one big 'roid doughnut!
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: somegirl on January 13, 2009, 03:42:41 PM
Quote from: MrIncredible on January 13, 2009, 02:58:34 PMI'm not sure exactly when it happened, but around 4-5years ago when I was in my early twenties, the ground seems to have gotten harder. Somehoe laying on concrete, steel gratings, and gravel for extended periods causes all sorts of discomfort. I mean-that stuff didn't hurt before-why now?

Maybe it's not the ground. (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=14723.msg255081#msg255081) ;) :-*
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: Statler on January 13, 2009, 04:20:52 PM
Quote from: somegirl on January 13, 2009, 03:42:41 PM
Maybe it's not the ground. (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=14723.msg255081#msg255081) ;) :-*


um......snap?......


(daaaaaaamn)
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: ducpainter on January 13, 2009, 04:26:10 PM
Quote from: somegirl on January 13, 2009, 03:42:41 PM
Maybe it's not the ground. (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=14723.msg255081#msg255081) ;) :-*
nope...

it's definitely gotten harder.
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: somegirl on January 13, 2009, 04:30:03 PM
Quote from: just another painter on January 13, 2009, 04:26:10 PM
nope...

it's definitely gotten harder.

hmmm, I didn't have any trouble on my recent kayaking/camping trip, didn't even bother to bring a pillow with me.
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: ducpainter on January 13, 2009, 04:34:46 PM
Quote from: somegirl on January 13, 2009, 04:30:03 PM
hmmm, I didn't have any trouble on my recent kayaking/camping trip, didn't even bother to bring a pillow with me.
How fast were you going when you slammed your head to the ground?

Trust me...

it's gotten harder.   [laugh]
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: Big Troubled Bear on January 13, 2009, 10:05:54 PM
Now that you mention it ???
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: DCXCV on January 14, 2009, 08:08:14 AM
The hardening ground is just a symptom of a greater issue.  Gravity is getting stronger.  That makes the ground mush together more and then you get harder ground.  We need to fix gravity.
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: Drunken Monkey on January 14, 2009, 09:19:41 AM
Actually, I'm now starting to think that what we have in global shrinkage.

Remember how big everything was when you were kid? Okay, so what happened to make everything smaller?

And as everything shrinks, it gets denser and therefore harder.

This also explains why my leathers from the late '80s are kinda stiff and don't even come close to fitting anymore.
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: DY on January 14, 2009, 09:20:38 AM
Quote from: DCXCV on January 14, 2009, 08:08:14 AM
The hardening ground is just a symptom of a greater issue.  Gravity is getting stronger.  That makes the ground mush together more and then you get harder ground.  We need to fix gravity.

Its not gravity, its the population boom on the other side of the planet.  Their weight is pushing our ground into us.
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: tcspeedfreak on January 14, 2009, 04:33:44 PM
now that i think about it the ground is getting harder, when i slowed myself down with my helmet after wrecking a year and a half ago, it seemed to hurt a bit, but from what i recall when i was younger i did that several times and it didn't phase me what so ever so it must be gettin harder
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: lethe on January 14, 2009, 04:39:39 PM
It's propaganda I say!
The ground is getting softer. How else do you explain how i track mud into the house after walking from my car, across my blacktop driveway onto my fieldstone porch and into the house?
Damn stone is getting soft.
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: cbartlett419 on January 14, 2009, 09:40:42 PM
Quote from: DCXCV on January 14, 2009, 08:08:14 AM
We need to fix gravity.

I think you're on to something...
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: Speedbag on January 15, 2009, 04:41:36 AM
Gravity sucks.  ;)
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: TiNi on January 15, 2009, 04:52:13 AM
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff194/hires_melissa_photos/i_was_here/DSC03156.jpg)
Title: Re: Global Hardening
Post by: NeufUnSix on January 15, 2009, 10:57:21 AM
Gravity is just a theory. Anyone can disprove it, anytime.

*floats away*