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Have you ever seen a jockey on top of a horse ? He uses a semi standing/semi sitting position called a monkey crouch. The purpose of this position is to reduce not only the weight of the jockey on the horse, but allows the jockey to move with the horse and give it more liberty to run and jump. In fact, the monkey crouch is a position a motorcyclist takes when riding over bumps and hilly terrains.
Reminds when I was about 14 years old. I was walking down a dirt road. And this guy I knew whose name was Ray, was on his dirt bike riding up and down on these hills. So he pulls up along side me and says, you wanna go for a ride ? I said no and then he said that magic word, what’s wrong you’re chicken ? To prove him wrong, I jump on the back of the bike and off we went. Ray, being a sneaking kind of guy did not tell me to stand and go with the flow of the bike. Up and down I went. Fortunately, I was lucky that day and did not fall off. After a short wild ride we pull over and I got off. Ray says, come on I’ll take you for another ride. I said no and as Ray drove off I could hear him say, I guess you are a chicken shit.
From that point on in school this guy Ray would call me a chicken shit every time he saw me. I was at the school bus stop one day waiting to get on and Ray walks up with a few of his friends and says, you’re not afraid to get on the bus, chicken shit ?
Life has a way of turning things around. One day I was riding my mini bike in the park and at a distance I see this guy Ray sitting all alone on this swing. I pull up turn the bike off and say, what are you doing chicken shit you wanna go for ride ? Ray smiled and just walked away. Never called me a chicken shit again.
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