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Old 01-30-15, 02:28 PM
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My top goes down, which is nicer than getting to the grocery store ~30 seconds faster.
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
I like pie.
I have always preferred cake. However as I have gotten older my palate is really coming around to fruit pies. I'd call it a dead heat at this point. Especially if there is ice cream with the pie.
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
So yesterday pretty much sucked:Woke up with a cold;Lost a $3 million dollar case; got rear ended on the interstate on the way home.

Hopeful today will be better.
It almost has to be. Right? Hope so too.
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Originally Posted by Gramercy
I drive a 15 year old Honda. My mother in law is staying in our tiny apartment this week so I'm taking her car to work. New supercharged Audi. I can't believe they sell these cars to the public. Who the hell needs a sedan that does 0 to 60 in 4.8 seconds? I mean, I appreciate it and laugh hysterically when I press the go pedal, and I like the heated steering wheel and random features, but I'd rather have many, many nice bikes instead of a nice car. Traffic still makes my commute the exact same time in any car. It's just slightly more relaxing in a moving bank vault.
My supercharged Audi S4 was a blast. To each his own. Some people like having nice cars. Some people like having nice bikes. Some people have it real bad and like both, lol.
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
But if I were in an economy car, I'd be looking at a likely totalled car, and personal injury.
...and searching for a good lawyer!
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Originally Posted by JohnKScott
I have always preferred cake. However as I have gotten older my palate is really coming around to fruit pies. I'd call it a dead heat at this point. Especially if there is ice cream with the pie.
oddly I only recently learned the difference between pie & cake.. to me they're both circles of sugar!!
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Originally Posted by Creatre
My supercharged Audi S4 was a blast. To each his own. Some people like having nice cars. Some people like having nice bikes. Some people have it real bad and like both, lol.
I've had 2 A4 wagons. They've both been great cars. If I win the lottery, I'm flying to Germany and picking up an RS4 wagon. Because sometimes you need to drive 190mph to get to Target and Costco.
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I sent my annual happy birthday text to a childhood friend and found out his current obsession is snowboarding. He's coming down to Big Bear in a few weeks, looks like I'm going to have to learn how to snowboard!
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Originally Posted by furiousferret
I sent my annual happy birthday text to a childhood friend and found out his current obsession is snowboarding. He's coming down to Big Bear in a few weeks, looks like I'm going to have to learn how to snowboard!
I love it.
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Thinking of registering for 5 different races at Tulsa Tough. Friday 6:15pm, Saturday 10am & 3:25pm, Sunday 8am & 12:20pm.


Is that ridiculous?
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do you want an honest answer?
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er... yes?

I've raced twice in a day lots of times, and I've done 3-day stage races, but never two races many hours apart on consecutive days, plus an evening race before.
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My answer is always "can you race? Race."

Headed back out to super bowl stuff, it's the last night of festivities and supposedly there are a half million people over there. I don't believe it... There's a lot, I know that, because I can't get my car out, but there can't be that may. That's an eighth of the Phoenix metro population.
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Originally Posted by globecanvas
Thinking of registering for 5 different races at Tulsa Tough. Friday 6:15pm, Saturday 10am & 3:25pm, Sunday 8am & 12:20pm.


Is that ridiculous?
If you're there for the experience, then do whatever you want. If you want to get results, I think you might be stretching things a bit.
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Originally Posted by shovelhd
If you're there for the experience, then do whatever you want. If you want to get results, I think you might be stretching things a bit.
This.
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I woke up a bit earlier than normal, got up, check on a few things at work, was going to get dressed & shower to go to work, then saw a reference to some football game today ..... It's Sunday, not Monday ..... d'oh !!
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****! Another broken spoke on the ride home tonight. Good thing I brought my spoke wrench. I guess I'll have to have a pro fix this issue. Kinda annoyed, the mechanic just built this for me a couple months ago.Oh and a flat tire also on the way home (with a new tire, too).
Could be the spoke tension is too low. That allows the spokes to flex more than they should during riding, and they fatigue & break.
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
Could be the spoke tension is too low. That allows the spokes to flex more than they should during riding, and they fatigue & break.
They were a mm short.
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I just bought a new helmet - an Evade. Going to have to step up my game to avoid looking like a superannuated poseur.
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Originally Posted by revchuck
I just bought a new helmet - an Evade. Going to have to step up my game to avoid looking like a superannuated poseur.
Noice!
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Originally Posted by aaronmcd
They were a mm short.
Were they breaking mid-thread ?
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
I woke up a bit earlier than normal, got up, check on a few things at work, was going to get dressed & shower to go to work, then saw a reference to some football game today ..... It's Sunday, not Monday ..... d'oh !!
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