Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-26 Thread Grant Petersen
I'm still with Mary Anderson, and I like that, too. On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 2:01 PM, BenG wrote: > First time I saw this cover I noted "with Mary Anderson" and I like that. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-26 Thread BenG
First time I saw this cover I noted "with Mary Anderson" and I like that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googl

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-25 Thread James Warren
My brother fell in love with riding again shortly after moving to the Santa Clara area, and in 2006 the copy of Roads to Ride South I gave him was his main guide. He got a LOT of mileage out of it both literally and figuratively. It taught him all the best places between San Mateo and Saratoga.

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-25 Thread Max S
I recently bought a paper version of "Dirt Road Washtenaw County" and also "Switchbacks" in the hopes of doing some trips around the European mountains in the future... I'd definitely sign up for a reissue of the Bay Area books. Anyone else?.. we can do a GoFundMe thing to raise the money for i

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-25 Thread Grant Petersen
My current publisher isn't interested, and an agent I know says the internet has made it obsolete. I don't think so. People still hold paper now and then, and it sold well back then and would do better now. When it was current, I had a lot of credit cqrd debt and checking account overdraft charges,

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-25 Thread Max S
As a Bay Area expat living in the Midwest, still regularly visiting the Bay Area, I would love to have both tomes. Any chance of a reissue / electronic version?.. - Max -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from

[RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-24 Thread lum gim fong
Ha! Psychology! When I was a psych major, one of my professors made a public statement to us that they cannot cure anything - only phobias . All other psychiatric illnesses they have no cure for at this time.. All they have is best guesses based on the research they do. That is what was told t

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-24 Thread Grant Petersen
Ben Davis "Can't Bust 'em" sticker. Yes, a Ritchey (good eye)--lugged and crowned from '77. On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 4:44 AM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Double bandana! Bike with sticker! Regular clothes! Beginnings of S24O! A > watch! I hav

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-24 Thread William R.
Classic! Cool timeless "dire straits" look Grant. Downloaded for future use. Thanks Dan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+un

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-24 Thread 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch
Double bandana! Bike with sticker! Regular clothes! Beginnings of S24O! A watch! I have little doubt there is an ax somewhere off-camera. Is that a Ritchey logo on the head tube of that bike? (Love the color.) On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 5:37:51 PM UTC-5, danmc wrote: > > Here you go! > >

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-23 Thread Joe Bunik
IIRC, there's something funny about the "About the author" page in the backā€¦ maybe Dan can post a pic? On 2/23/17, Dan McNamara wrote: > Strangely enough, I have my copies at work. > > > > Dan > >> On Feb 23, 2017, at 11:54 AM, Greg J wrote: >> >> As I recall, there were 2: East of the Hills an

[RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-23 Thread Greg J
As I recall, there were 2: East of the Hills and West of the Hills. I picked up West at a used book shop in Berkeley years ago. I'd love to pick up a copy of East of the Hills too. I never thought to look it up on Amazon. Greg Oakland, CA On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 3:01:14 PM UTC-8,

[RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-21 Thread Clayton.sf
this is the book that got me to Rivendell. I used it as a reference to find hills to skateboard. one day I looked up the author to see if he has any more of them and that had me stumbling onto their site. Clayton Scott SF, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

[RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-21 Thread George Schick
IIRC from my undergrad days, the thing that pushed Skinner into the background, regardless of his brilliance with operant conditioning, was it's application to humans in the 1971 publication, "Beyond Freedom and Dignity." HIs critical view of the "autonomous man" and the ambiguous way people a

[RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-21 Thread Ray Varella
Hmmm, perhaps years ago when the book was written, Skinner may have been misunderstood but in today's world he is widely regarded (relatively speaking) as bringing the practice of operant conditioning to the mainstream practice of working with animals and people with extreme learning disabilitie

[RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-21 Thread Jim M.
I bought those books when I first moved to Oakland in 1989. They were a great resource and I've ridden pretty much every road in them. You can find used copies on Amazon for $.01 + $3.95 shipping. Still a good source for rides, though the pigs are long gone from Pig Farm Hill. jim m wc, ca On

[RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-21 Thread Grant @ Rivendell
I think the whole dedication read (according to memory, even tho I have a copy in the next room): To BF Skinner ... the most misunderstood person of all time...and Bob Dylan...it's the least I can do and the only thing I can think of. My thinking was that most people "learn" about skinner not by

[RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-21 Thread John A. Bennett
In addition to selling (only) Bob Dylan LPs, maybe we need to add B.F. Skinner to our Lending Library. "When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it." -B. F. Skinner On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 3:01:14 PM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote: > > To All: > > If anybod

[RBW] Re: Grant's Other Book

2017-02-20 Thread 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch
B.F. Skinner? Interesting. On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 5:01:14 PM UTC-6, Eric Norris wrote: > > To All: > > If anybody is interested in reading Grant's 1984 book on cycling routes in > the Bay Area, send me a few bucks for postage and I'll mail it to you. You > can mail it back to me wh