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01-30-14, 04:29 PM
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My wife is totally addicted to Korean Dramas. I tell her we already have enough Korean drama in our life (she is Korean) but she is really into them. Apparently no one does soap operas as well as they do.
01-30-14, 04:37 PM
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If I was lost, the map wouldn't help her. You have to be fairly dense to get lost in the High Peaks, unless you want to be lost. My expectation was always injury, followed by death by exposure, if you must know. And I am certain that I would wish many things in that time between the two. But my point wasn't about me keeling over in the woods. My point was men and women look at safety and risk very differently, and what makes a woman nervous may never even occur to a man. That OP's husband may simply be in tune with her desired support. Sorry if my point was unclear.
01-30-14, 04:39 PM
#2754
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So a patient of mine who is a runner comes in today for a visit.
He says he wants to ask my opinion about bikes. He wants to get one for fitness. He has a friend who told him he must spend $2500-3000 for a road bike.
I told him his friend is clueless and you can get a perfectly good entry level road bike for roughly $1K. Sure, it will have aluminum frame and CF fork, not all CF....and maybe tiagra/105 instead of ultegra, but what kind of a moran tells a newbie to buy a $3K bike??
He says he wants to ask my opinion about bikes. He wants to get one for fitness. He has a friend who told him he must spend $2500-3000 for a road bike.
I told him his friend is clueless and you can get a perfectly good entry level road bike for roughly $1K. Sure, it will have aluminum frame and CF fork, not all CF....and maybe tiagra/105 instead of ultegra, but what kind of a moran tells a newbie to buy a $3K bike??
01-30-14, 04:43 PM
#2755
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So a patient of mine who is a runner comes in today for a visit.
He says he wants to ask my opinion about bikes. He wants to get one for fitness. He has a friend who told him he must spend $2500-3000 for a road bike.
I told him his friend is clueless and you can get a perfectly good entry level road bike for roughly $1K. Sure, it will have aluminum frame and CF fork, not all CF....and maybe tiagra/105 instead of ultegra, but what kind of a moran tells a newbie to buy a $3K bike??
He says he wants to ask my opinion about bikes. He wants to get one for fitness. He has a friend who told him he must spend $2500-3000 for a road bike.
I told him his friend is clueless and you can get a perfectly good entry level road bike for roughly $1K. Sure, it will have aluminum frame and CF fork, not all CF....and maybe tiagra/105 instead of ultegra, but what kind of a moran tells a newbie to buy a $3K bike??
01-30-14, 04:43 PM
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I thought that was a bathroom.
01-30-14, 04:49 PM
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Maybe. Even if you are swimming in dough, buy an entry level bike. If you get bitten by the bug, you can upgrade in a year and relegate the entry level to beater status. I would advise that even if you are filthy rich.
01-30-14, 04:49 PM
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BLASPHEMY!!
WHy do you think it's called a MAN Cave?
Duh!
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01-30-14, 04:51 PM
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So a patient of mine who is a runner comes in today for a visit.
He says he wants to ask my opinion about bikes. He wants to get one for fitness. He has a friend who told him he must spend $2500-3000 for a road bike.
I told him his friend is clueless and you can get a perfectly good entry level road bike for roughly $1K. Sure, it will have aluminum frame and CF fork, not all CF....and maybe tiagra/105 instead of ultegra, but what kind of a moran tells a newbie to buy a $3K bike??
He says he wants to ask my opinion about bikes. He wants to get one for fitness. He has a friend who told him he must spend $2500-3000 for a road bike.
I told him his friend is clueless and you can get a perfectly good entry level road bike for roughly $1K. Sure, it will have aluminum frame and CF fork, not all CF....and maybe tiagra/105 instead of ultegra, but what kind of a moran tells a newbie to buy a $3K bike??
01-30-14, 04:57 PM
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Um . . . shouldn't the virgins be saved first?
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01-30-14, 05:01 PM
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That should be no surprise. After all, last I heard the divorce rate was still around 50%.
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01-30-14, 05:01 PM
#2764
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So a patient of mine who is a runner comes in today for a visit.
He says he wants to ask my opinion about bikes. He wants to get one for fitness. He has a friend who told him he must spend $2500-3000 for a road bike.
I told him his friend is clueless and you can get a perfectly good entry level road bike for roughly $1K. Sure, it will have aluminum frame and CF fork, not all CF....and maybe tiagra/105 instead of ultegra, but what kind of a moran tells a newbie to buy a $3K bike??
He says he wants to ask my opinion about bikes. He wants to get one for fitness. He has a friend who told him he must spend $2500-3000 for a road bike.
I told him his friend is clueless and you can get a perfectly good entry level road bike for roughly $1K. Sure, it will have aluminum frame and CF fork, not all CF....and maybe tiagra/105 instead of ultegra, but what kind of a moran tells a newbie to buy a $3K bike??
01-30-14, 05:04 PM
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I think telenovelas are probably better for overall drama but, as @coasting was complaining about the other day, the guys in the Korean shows are so pretty. And their hair...
01-30-14, 05:06 PM
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01-30-14, 05:07 PM
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She's a veterinarian. I am sure there is some link in there somewhere to the behaviours on both sides.
01-30-14, 05:10 PM
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01-30-14, 05:13 PM
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I'm surprised by how much newbies spend on a bike. One chick in a thread hadn't ridden a bike in 10 years, wasn't sure she'd like it, and went out and dropped $1200 on a 2014 Dolce Elite Compact. Seriously? Why didn't she go to a co-op and spend a few hundred till she knew for sure?
01-30-14, 05:15 PM
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01-30-14, 05:18 PM
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I am really not, and will try to use more emoticons to show it. 
My Estrogen Den was a playful add on to Bill. My wife always says that our downstairs den is mine, and then she starts making suggestions (like kitchen cabinets so she won't see my stuff). My response is always "Man Cave not Woman Warren or Estrogen Den".
My Estrogen Den was a playful add on to Bill. My wife always says that our downstairs den is mine, and then she starts making suggestions (like kitchen cabinets so she won't see my stuff). My response is always "Man Cave not Woman Warren or Estrogen Den".
01-30-14, 05:21 PM
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20 years, 1 month, 6 days. If I ever give the impression that I am displeased by that, then I am sending bad impressions. My wife improves me.
Edit: #harrumph
Edit: #harrumph