Does the bike forums help your work day at the office? Are you at work?
04-16-09 | 09:53 AM
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Does the bike forums help your work day at the office? Are you at work?
Ok, lets have it
04-16-09 | 09:57 AM
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From: Downtown Detroit, Mi.
Bikes: Surly LHT, 94 Cannondale track bike, 80's Cannondale track bike, 60's Raleigh 5 speed, 1888 Eldridge wood wheel track bike and my old 76 DG BMX from when I was a kid.
I have noticed a peak in activity during work hours on week days
04-16-09 | 10:03 AM
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I rotate from work to BF and back again. Constantly thinking about issues I am trying to solve does not help me. What does help is momentarily distracting me and then the solution presents itself. Sort of like coming up with the solution to a problem in the bathroom or on a bike.
BF is my toilet.
BF is my toilet.
04-16-09 | 11:30 AM
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Who, me? I would never dream of visiting the forums during working hours...
Not visiting the forums really does help make my day go by. Between this and all the other WEB sights I don't surf, it's a wonder I don't accomplish even more.
I hate to see what would happen if I ever got busy again. Probably won't have too much to fear there, it doesn't look like we'll be picking up anytime soon. Sometimes this downturn business is not such a bad thing.
Not visiting the forums really does help make my day go by. Between this and all the other WEB sights I don't surf, it's a wonder I don't accomplish even more.
I hate to see what would happen if I ever got busy again. Probably won't have too much to fear there, it doesn't look like we'll be picking up anytime soon. Sometimes this downturn business is not such a bad thing.
04-16-09 | 11:33 AM
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most days for me, i wonder if out web filter is recording this...... 
of course it is good to be help desk and the company is closing (although the closing part isn't good).
I bounce back and forth between news, sports, BF and job search.
of course it is good to be help desk and the company is closing (although the closing part isn't good).
I bounce back and forth between news, sports, BF and job search.
04-16-09 | 11:41 AM
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I rotate from work to BF and back again. Constantly thinking about issues I am trying to solve does not help me. What does help is momentarily distracting me and then the solution presents itself. Sort of like coming up with the solution to a problem in the bathroom or on a bike.
BF is my toilet.
BF is my toilet.
04-16-09 | 11:44 AM
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OK, now I have the windows open It is so nice out today I have to control myself,,, my bike is looking at me! 
I need to get out of here,,, you guys help me think of something fast!
It is so nice out today I have to control myself,,, my bike is looking at me! I need to get out of here,,, you guys help me think of something fast!
04-16-09 | 11:48 AM
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The doctor has told me I can't ride for 6 weeks, the forums is all I have. 
You can bet it's helping get me through the day.
You can bet it's helping get me through the day.
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04-16-09 | 11:56 AM
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I have lots of moments of down time through the day that are too short for writing or reading and too long to just sit and look at the wall. BF and Facebook give me something to keep my brain going.
04-16-09 | 11:58 AM
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04-16-09 | 11:59 AM
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I think you should go home as you don't look to be feeling to well.....
04-16-09 | 12:03 PM
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Bikes: Surly LHT, 94 Cannondale track bike, 80's Cannondale track bike, 60's Raleigh 5 speed, 1888 Eldridge wood wheel track bike and my old 76 DG BMX from when I was a kid.
Did you fall out of a tree? WTF? What does your dentist say? Rem the pee wee movie? when all the other people were on their bikes and his got stolen? I would sort of feel like that
04-16-09 | 12:16 PM
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Yup...read it during the day. I have my personal netbook rigged up to connect via Bluetooth through my Crackberry so I can keep up
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
04-16-09 | 12:38 PM
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Speaking of wasting time....er, being more productive at work, anybody else having trouble with the BF today? It keeps kicking me out and then seems to go down for a while. I'm sure the problem can't be on this end..
All my other time wasters...er, production enahncers seem to be working fine.
All my other time wasters...er, production enahncers seem to be working fine.
04-16-09 | 12:54 PM
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My rationalization is that my productivity is aided by mental health distractions of BF. But when I'm really jammed BF is the first page to go.
It is helpful as a distraction on days like yesterday where we had a layoff.
It is helpful as a distraction on days like yesterday where we had a layoff.
04-16-09 | 01:18 PM
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Bikes: Surly LHT, 94 Cannondale track bike, 80's Cannondale track bike, 60's Raleigh 5 speed, 1888 Eldridge wood wheel track bike and my old 76 DG BMX from when I was a kid.
04-16-09 | 01:21 PM
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[QUOTE=mechanicalron;8742527]6 WEEKS!!! Did you fall out of a tree? WTF?
That's how long it takes some injuries to heal - unless you aggravate them while they're healing.
Did you fall out of a tree? WTF? That's how long it takes some injuries to heal - unless you aggravate them while they're healing.
04-16-09 | 01:22 PM
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Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG
Speaking of wasting time....er, being more productive at work, anybody else having trouble with the BF today? It keeps kicking me out and then seems to go down for a while. I'm sure the problem can't be on this end..
All my other time wasters...er, production enahncers seem to be working fine.
All my other time wasters...er, production enahncers seem to be working fine.
Aaron
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
04-16-09 | 01:23 PM
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From: Downtown Detroit, Mi.
Bikes: Surly LHT, 94 Cannondale track bike, 80's Cannondale track bike, 60's Raleigh 5 speed, 1888 Eldridge wood wheel track bike and my old 76 DG BMX from when I was a kid.
Speaking of wasting time....er, being more productive at work, anybody else having trouble with the BF today? It keeps kicking me out and then seems to go down for a while. I'm sure the problem can't be on this end..
All my other time wasters...er, production enahncers seem to be working fine.
All my other time wasters...er, production enahncers seem to be working fine.
I think it could use a little more!
04-16-09 | 01:25 PM
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I rotate from work to BF and back again. Constantly thinking about issues I am trying to solve does not help me. What does help is momentarily distracting me and then the solution presents itself. Sort of like coming up with the solution to a problem in the bathroom or on a bike.
BF is my toilet.
BF is my toilet.
...a talk show host, Dennis Prager, who occasionally comments on lifestyle issues suggested that one should take a vacation every day. That is, not take the day off, but during the day do something that is as different and reviving from your normal routine as a vacation is. I am at a computer much of the day so it is easy and enjoyable for me to peruse BF and send a post if interested. I once likened it to going on a cruise:
FWIW
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
...I’ll extend that analogy and liken BF to an extremely pleasant vacation—a cruiseship. Like a cruiseship, there are many activities (forums) occurring virtually non-stop. You can pick and choose whatever you want. During these activities, you may interact with as many people as you want and who will respond to you...