Snow covered roads are like Pizza.
01-19-07, 08:42 PM
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Snow covered roads are like Pizza.
This thought occured to me today. Snow covered roads are a lot like Pizza. They are an absolute blast right after they are delivered and even a couple days later can be a lot of fun. But week old pizza and week old snow....not so much.
After many freeze thaw cycles the roads can get pretty nasty. I prefer new pizza, and I prefer new snow.
After many freeze thaw cycles the roads can get pretty nasty. I prefer new pizza, and I prefer new snow.
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Originally Posted by Portis
This thought occured to me today. Snow covered roads are a lot like Pizza. They are an absolute blast right after they are delivered and even a couple days later can be a lot of fun. But week old pizza and week old snow....not so much.
After many freeze thaw cycles the roads can get pretty nasty. I prefer new pizza, and I prefer new snow.
After many freeze thaw cycles the roads can get pretty nasty. I prefer new pizza, and I prefer new snow.
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Thought you were going to say...
Thought you were going to say:
Sex is like pizza...
When it's good, it's very good.
When it's bad...it's still pretty good!
Sex is like pizza...
When it's good, it's very good.
When it's bad...it's still pretty good!
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Originally Posted by Portis
This thought occured to me today. Snow covered roads are a lot like Pizza. They are an absolute blast right after they are delivered and even a couple days later can be a lot of fun. But week old pizza and week old snow....not so much.
After many freeze thaw cycles the roads can get pretty nasty. I prefer new pizza, and I prefer new snow.
After many freeze thaw cycles the roads can get pretty nasty. I prefer new pizza, and I prefer new snow.
*shakes fist at nature*
01-19-07, 11:28 PM
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It's all good 
BTW, to me, the best Pizza, is Free Pizza!
BTW, to me, the best Pizza, is Free Pizza!
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Snowy roads are like pizza... so I should only eat it on the south side of Chicago?
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I wish they wouldn't clean up the pizza so quick. I'd much rather have a snow covered road that one that is wet, icy and slushy near the edges and full of salt and whatever that other crap is they are treating them with nowadays. Gimme snow or gimme dry - the inbetween sucks.
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Pizza is best when they rub olive oil on the curbs.
No, I have no idea what that means either, but I could go for a Villa Rosa special right about now. Too bad they're a thousand miles away. :'(
No, I have no idea what that means either, but I could go for a Villa Rosa special right about now. Too bad they're a thousand miles away. :'(
01-21-07, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by PsySal
Pizza is Italian, too!
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01-21-07, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ViperZ
Humm, (with my Road Bike forum hat on) that makes me wonder.... Are Italian Pizzas made better than Taiwanese Pizzas?
* well, more that black Colnago Master that I am going to steal from your garage tonight
01-21-07, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by PsySal
Yes, I was thinking of you* out in snowy Saskatchewan when I wrote that. =) On a tangental note, I did notice that the road bike forum got collectively grumpier right around November.
* well, more that black Colnago Master that I am going to steal from your garage tonight
* well, more that black Colnago Master that I am going to steal from your garage tonight
BTW, thanks for the warning
"yeah, I keep it in the garage...." 
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i think i recognize the picture in your avatar portis. are you on the icebike listserve?
01-21-07, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by zippered
i think i recognize the picture in your avatar portis. are you on the icebike listserve?
He has about 30 years on me.
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Originally Posted by ViperZ
I think you know the trend
BTW, thanks for the warning "yeah, I keep it in the garage...."
BTW, thanks for the warning
"yeah, I keep it in the garage...."
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Originally Posted by Portis
That's not me. He has about 30 years on me.
He has about 30 years on me.
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Originally Posted by michaelalanjone
Thought you were going to say:
Sex is like pizza...
When it's good, it's very good.
When it's bad...it's still pretty good!
Sex is like pizza...
When it's good, it's very good.
When it's bad...it's still pretty good!
This Pizza // Snow analogy works much better.
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Satellite photos show you forgot to lock the door last night.
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Originally Posted by Severian
I'm not much one to subscribe to that notion... bad sex is VERY VERY BAD. Bad pizza still nourishes... sort of.
This Pizza // Snow analogy works much better.
This Pizza // Snow analogy works much better.
joking!
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Originally Posted by Severian
I'm not much one to subscribe to that notion... bad sex is VERY VERY BAD. Bad pizza still nourishes... sort of.
This Pizza // Snow analogy works much better.
This Pizza // Snow analogy works much better.
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Originally Posted by Queen
Excellent analogy! We've got week old snow/pizza right now...it's just gross.
"Five weeks. Five storms. My street is 12" higher than my sidewalk. I can ride over curbs without hopping them because there are no curbs...just ice sheets that run from one side of the street to the other. There is not a single bare patch of ground from Cheyenne, WY to Trinidad, CO! Everything is just white. White. White. White. Please stop snowing
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At least you can ride. I can't afford a MTB due to my heating bill.
A road bike does not work in this crap. ugh
I can't wait for the melt to start and finish. Give me a day or two and I should be able to make it from my home to union station. I was able to make it last week. Then it snowed....again!
A road bike does not work in this crap. ugh
I can't wait for the melt to start and finish. Give me a day or two and I should be able to make it from my home to union station. I was able to make it last week. Then it snowed....again!