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My wife won her Masters National TT title by being one of 2 ladies in her age group. She won it fair and square! She trained like she was racing against 100 women so it didn't matter. She put the time in, showed up and did the race!
She really wishes that more women would have turned up for the TT since they had a close to 10 for the RR, even though it probably would have meant a loss. |
Originally Posted by Theodore Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
(Post 15853277)
My one and only state championship was from showing up.
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Originally Posted by Flatballer
(Post 15852661)
Hope your ribs aren't broken G. That sucks.
And the money I thought I would never see from my parents it looks like I'm going to see. They're getting a little money from my grandmother's estate and have decided to pay me back. Although they said 5-6k, and it's actually more like $9k that they owe me, but whatever. Just curious, how much did you pay in room and board while growing up? |
Originally Posted by kensuf
(Post 15853826)
I missed something.
Just curious, how much did you pay in room and board while growing up? |
Damn, you can retire at 50, and have your kid foot the bills? Who knew? I need to have a talk with my daughter.
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Took today off to interview.
2 interviews. and going to have 2 second interviews later this week. I'm probably goign to be working a lot more. My riding will likely suffer. I'm *hoping* for at LEAST a 50% raise from my current pathetic wage. I'll have to earn my keep, though it should be a pleasant change. |
Just found out that I have received a 3% raise. I emailed Mrs. Caloso with the good news and added that now I guess I'll be able to afford the Ferarri after all. She replied "Great! Going with the traditional red?"
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
(Post 15853975)
Damn, you can retire at 50, and have your kid foot the bills? Who knew? I need to have a talk with my daughter.
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Originally Posted by caloso
(Post 15854454)
Just found out that I have received a 3% raise. I emailed Mrs. Caloso with the good news and added that now I guess I'll be able to afford the Ferarri after all. She replied "Great! Going with the traditional red?"
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Just realized that the National Crit Chamoionships are only a hop, skip, jump and a short bike ride away. Might have to take it in. Anyone else going? July 25-28 in High Point, NC.
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
(Post 15853975)
Damn, you can retire at 50, and have your kid foot the bills? Who knew? I need to have a talk with my daughter.
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Originally Posted by cmschmie
(Post 15854834)
Just realized that the National Crit Chamoionships are only a hop, skip, jump and a short bike ride away. Might have to take it in. Anyone else going? July 25-28 in High Point, NC.
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http://www.usacycling.org/2013/pro-criterium-nationals
And I just realized i spelled championships wrong in my last post....blaming the iPad. |
Originally Posted by mike868y
(Post 15849297)
they're very different cities. from what i've seen boston definitely has less "bad" areas but there are a lot more good things about baltimore than people give it credit for and there's a sense of "baltimore pride" which is hard to describe. i enjoyed living there and wouldn't hate living there again in the future. the riding outside of baltimore is better than out of boston. boston has a more vibrant cycling community.
Also, you've been here a month (barely) and you haven't felt the boston pride yet? Do you ever go out? |
Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
(Post 15853975)
Damn, you can retire at 50, and have your kid foot the bills? Who knew? I need to have a talk with my daughter.
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Originally Posted by botto
(Post 15852018)
Correct.
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Originally Posted by DerHoggz
(Post 15855614)
Sorry if I came off as a dick, but really what are you trying to say?
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Gotta love planned obsolescence - my wife's car, a 2008 Dodge Charger, has been in the shop since May 6, waiting on an ignition switch. The part is out of stock nationwide, and has >100 backordered. Chrysler Corp. has apparently not yet found a contractor to make more, and is apparently not in a hurry to find one either. I've got either two or three payments left on that thing, now it looks like I get to buy another car for my wife. It won't be a Chrysler product.
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p&r
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
(Post 15853975)
Damn, you can retire at 50, and have your kid foot the bills? Who knew? I need to have a talk with my daughter.
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Don't worry Kensuf, you tend to put more in financially with them then you get in return... The intangibles are the positives :)
Speaking of which I have to pay my son's photo radar ticket from his trip through Quebec...(car is in my name so it comes to me...He'll pat me) |
Originally Posted by caloso
(Post 15854454)
Just found out that I have received a 3% raise. I emailed Mrs. Caloso with the good news and added that now I guess I'll be able to afford the Ferarri after all. She replied "Great! Going with the traditional red?"
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I now have 2 of 3 kids in school :( growing quick
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Originally Posted by Creakyknees
(Post 15854993)
huh? what was the crit championship last weekend in Madison then?
And they also are having amateur races there too. I've done the races there the last two or three years. It's a good course. The Pro course is a nice figure eight. |
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