What's a noMAD?

[Morgan]

This has been perplexing me for some time. What's going on?

[shanethepainter]

Eh try wikipedia, they come up with stuff like this!

"Nomadic people, also known as nomads, are communities of people that move from one place to another, rather than settling down in one location. There are an estimated 30-40 million nomads in the world.[1] Many cultures have been traditionally nomadic, but traditional nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries. There are four kinds of nomads, hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads, and peripatetic nomads, and wandering MTB'rs from MAD Irelands premier Mountain biking club.


Nomadic hunter-gatherers have by far the longest-lived subsistence method in human history, following seasonally available wild plants and game. Pastoralists raise herds and move with them so as not to deplete pasture beyond recovery in any one area. Peripatetic nomads are more common in industrialized nations, traveling from one territory to another and offering a trade wherever they go, MTB'rs are generally easy going, fun loving good natured and in harmony with their enviroment"

[Barrydanzig]

webster's dictionary describes a nomad as:


A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.


as for the noMAD's in the club, i'm not entirely sure.

[Liam]

The noMADs are a secret society of conspirators who have infiltrated the club with intentions of a voilent take over.....


Or maybe they are Martin's group of regulars, not sure which.

[ryan]

Hmm - the whole noMad thing has been irking me for a while... Tad cringy maybe???

[Fergal]

noMADs and allMADs?

hmmm...... :-(

[TomH]

Yeah well call me old fashioned but I don't like it,..it seems mutinous to me and should be stamped out....Why No-Mads?..If you want noMAD well join Epic...

[kiwi]

I think in local terminology, the underlying philosophy of this hugely popular splinter terrorist group could be described as: having a bit of craic

[TomH]

See,...I knew it...the whole thing it just stinks of mutiny...

[ollietrex]

Yep I am all for kicking them out of MAD if they dont conform to the norm then they must be no more (Humm... maybe that is a bit to english).


Following futher discussion with a friend maybe burning them at the steak is in order. Morgan has the final say on the burning part...

[Martin]

down with this sorta thing!

[Morgan]

Mmmm, burning steak. I might have to attend the park spin this week to keep everyone in line...

[Martin]

easy now! ;-)

[Conor]

Had a 16oz T Bone steak last night.... dont know about burning steaks though, mine was medium rare !! Mmmmmm juicy!

[kiwi]

Shirley you are not serious

[shane]

the site is only up a few hours and people are already being burned


i like it ;)

[Conor]

Dead serious... I still had room for desert too! And all that after a savage spin with Ollie. Now thats what I call MAD!

[miguel]

On a serious note, there is a club called Nomad as far as I know. I've met them in Djouce a couple of weeks ago - are these the same as the Nomads in Mad. They had a dog with them...

[Barrydanzig]

a serious note..? there is no room for them on this forum!!


burn the mutinous sea-dogs!

[Liam]

I've found evidence of the secret society!!!!


http://picasaweb.google.com/talk2liam/EvidenceOfNoMADSplinterGroup

[miguel]

surely it should read "our time will come"?

[Liam]

It does :-)

[Scrivo]

Who are you "miguel"?

[Liam]

He's the green box.

[miguel]

They do exist, so are you guys the real NoMAD?


http://www.dirtmtb.com/MTB/nomad.jpg

[Martin]

i like lamp

[Liam]

lamp???


http://lh4.google.com/talk2liam/R7ddKADwadI/AAAAAAAAAHw/_iVXZIOfRmY/s144/noMAD_icon.gif.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/talk2liam/EvidenceOfNoMADSplinterGroup/photo#5167701523826764242)

[Martin]

watch anchor man Thursday night on TV3 I think ! excellent movie!! :-)