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Old 12-29-10, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Racer Ex
You're a bike racer. So could most ten year olds.
not so sure. beat my 11 year old niece in an arm wrestle a couple of days ago, and she's a swimmer.
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Originally Posted by botto
not so sure. beat my 11 year old niece in an arm wrestle a couple of days ago, and she's a swimmer.
I go 4:1 she threw it to make you feel good.

And you did too.

Admit it.
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Originally Posted by esammuli
Watched 'Jackie Brown' last night and now I've got 'Across 110th Street' stuck in my head.

Here's the opening sequence of the original, eponymously titled film. Interesting to note that the opening shot is of the Jackie O Resevoir, which looks quite a bit different now


Could never get into watching Jackie Brown. Must be b/c of how annoying Tarantino could get.

Given that i live slightly north of 110th, that song got stuck in my head quite easily, but it was from watching American Gangster.
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so so movie.

pity that it didn't really provide robert forster the career bump that he may have desired, and perhaps earned.

pam grier, on the other hand, revealed her limitations.
But she is damned graceful. I heard her give an interview on her life: very inspiring story.
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I think that Christmas (and likewise Thanksgiving) are just ploys by my enemies to get me fat so I'm slow. It's bad enough that there is baking and deserts and big meals. There's also food presents. Someone got me a big bag of white chocolate covered pretzels, there's cookies everywhere, chocolate covered cherries, cracker jack stuff, many cheeses, ice cream, cheesecake, etc.

It's awful.
You ought to have your 'merikan citizenship revoke for saying that. You know, you could always donate them.
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I'd rather spend the time and money on an already corrupted Miss Shue.
+1. Looks like she aged really well. And she graduated from hahvahd some 20 years after leaving without a degree.
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Originally Posted by botto
so timmy/springwater was perma banned again?
it was bound to happen sooner or later.
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Going out for a short ride this morning.
I'll go out for a longer one Friday.
Even longer Saturday.
Sunday will be whatever I "feel" like.

We watched Toy Story 3 last night. Something must have gotten into my eye because it started watering at the end of the movie.
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All the toy story movies were pretty good. Must have been an eyelash or something.

We took the kids to see toy story on ice on the 23rd, they loved it.
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Coach is gonna have me do some real training today....2x20's....Yeah!
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Originally Posted by big john
Universal Sports is airing something called "The best of 2010 Cycling" in about 1 minute.
Tuesday night at half time NBC ran a big promo about a documentary they are running on Universal Sports about Bud Greenspan. I thought it was rather presumptuous of NBC to actually think that anyone watching could even get Universal Sports.
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Watching Avatar (TiVo'd from HBO). Now I wish I'd believed the hype and seen it on the big screen.
On a small screen, in 2D it is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
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Old 12-30-10, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by mattm
MRI = no fun.
I fell asleep during my last one.
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Old 12-30-10, 07:33 AM
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Gonna have a (not quite) cold one tonight in tribute: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12092805
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Old 12-30-10, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by botto
so timmy/springwater was perma banned again?
Originally Posted by gsteinb
it was bound to happen sooner or later.

spring = timmy? timmy = spring? i am always the last to know. later.
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Originally Posted by botto
so timmy/springwater was perma banned again?
He lasted a long time this trip.
How does it work? Did someone rat him out or is someone checking IP addresses looking for socks?

Banned member list says accumulation of points, not sockpuppet.

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Wind is howling outside and this old house has so many air leaks that it is windy in here.

Gonna try and get home before sunset and get a little spin going. My body starts to ache when I don't ride for several days.
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Hmmm light wind. Moderate temperatures. Melting Ice. May be a good day to get outside finally. With my camera.

Bike stays on the CT.
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Old 12-30-10, 09:26 AM
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in to work earlier, go home earlier.
I think I'll ride the rollers for the first time this winter

so far, so good on passing the "meet her family" tests.
I think I've only got one significant family member to go at this point
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I think we can all agree that racing a bicycle is hard. Many of us sacrifice a lot to train and get better at it. What I find utterly astounding is that a sport that truly defines HTFU produces so many whiner's.

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Snow day. My dad and I are going to drive up to Tahoe City to dig the minivan out. Looks like the roads are clear but it's the matter of getting to the road from the condo.
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Originally Posted by Fat Boy
If you got the Six13 with the shorter head tube, then the differences are pretty minor. The CAAD's are probably a tick lighter and a tick more fragile. In actual riding terms, though, they've got to be very close. Even with the taller head tube, they're still pretty damned similar.
I got a 2008 ... not sure about geometry details
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Originally Posted by Flatballer
Speaking of girls, I'm watching Mythbusters, and Kari Byron is looking hotter than ever.

Didn't she pop out a kid recently?
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
I got a 2008 ... not sure about geometry details
https://www.cannondale.com/usa/usaeng...-%28compact%29

Cannondale is pretty good with some of its archive data.
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Originally Posted by big john
He lasted a long time this trip.
How does it work? Did someone rat him out or is someone checking IP addresses looking for socks?

Banned member list says accumulation of points, not sockpuppet.
He got an infraction in legoland for referencing freds, a somewhat obscene act, a somewhat famous texan bike racer, and a certain part of said texan's anatomy that he doesn't have in the typical quantity. It was deleted there, and referenced and deleted up-thread as well. I'm guessing that drawing attention to himself is what did it.
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
I got a 2008 ... not sure about geometry details
Well, I've got a 2006, which I knew was the shorter head-tube. I just checked the C'dale site, which has a pretty good archive area. It turns out the 2008 has a longer head-tube by a whopping 8mm. Everything else is the same. Mine isn't build right now. I'm holding onto it, though, because it needs to be stuck back together and ridden some more. I just used all the components to build a new bike last year.

Anyway, If you can feel the difference in 8mm of head tube, you're a more picky rider than I am, that's for sure.
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Originally Posted by Hida Yanra
in to work earlier, go home earlier.
I think I'll ride the rollers for the first time this winter

so far, so good on passing the "meet her family" tests.
I think I've only got one significant family member to go at this point
This post makes me smile.
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Originally Posted by wens
He got an infraction in legoland for referencing freds, a somewhat obscene act, a somewhat famous texan bike racer, and a certain part of said texan's anatomy that he doesn't have in the typical quantity. It was deleted there, and referenced and deleted up-thread as well. I'm guessing that drawing attention to himself is what did it.
Waterrockets and brain cells concerning motorpacing random stake trucks on public roads, huh?
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Originally Posted by gsteinb
Why?
Exactly
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