Did someone forget to order the Geritol again ?

I like horse meat, cow meat, especially buffalo meat. But I have still had no luck with getting the naked PETA girls to show up to protest me.

You must be truly in love to sit through that. My wife watches Dancing with the Stars, America's Got Talent and such, but I've never seen her flip to the "Bachelor" so it must be truly dreadful.

It's much worse than that. It's enough to turn me into a snotwaddler.

Now this is what Pub 51 should be! Unfocused complaining, hamsters with pancakes, hot dog(ging), and kitten pics!

If a husband says something in the forest, and there is no one there to hear him, is he still wrong?

I'll sit through Project Runway to hang with the daughter and wife units. At least that involves some modicum of creativity ... and there's always Heidi Klum to look at.

Those other shows? Egad ... I'd rather have hot sticks poked in my eyes.

Oh, I have GOT to use this.

Oh I can't wait.

BillyD, your recent contributions seem to indicate that you are not in sympathy with the policy Tom and the other moderators have introduced with regard to moving threads that are not cycling and age-related. Would that be an accurate assessment?

Who cares. If this place of entertainment ceases to be one me, I will move on. Some things in life are worth a fight, this isn't one of them.

Objection your honor. Leading and more to the point, not bicycle related.



Oops, sorry I thought this was foo er Pub 51.


Sorry, I have to appologise again. This whole thing is just too far out.

Gee that's a loaded question . . . thanks a lot!

Look, clearly we don't make arbitrary guidelines. Most guidelines have grown out of past BF experiences and serve to keep the peace while benefitting the common good. I DO think that the maturity level here makes some guideline enforcement sometimes unnecessary. I think Tom's policy as posted in Pub 51 last night is a reasonable and considerate one, and I'm all for it.

Personally I'm from the school of hard knocks. I believe in trying out reasonable liberties, even against my better judgement sometimes. What that does is show people that hey, I tried to be nice, and compassionate, and reasonable. If it works out positively then we've all benefitted and made progress. But when it doesn't work and blows up in my (our) faces, I can say "see, we tried, that doesn't work". And then I know exactly where to draw the line and drop the hammer. Soothes my conscience and makes me feel fair inside.

Some may recall a recent experiment I tried in Addiction. I thought maybe the group of regular guys therein might be able to reasonably discuss a P&R topic amongst ourselves, without things getting out of hand. It failed. There were a lot of bad feelings. But there's one thing for sure, I know exactly where to draw the line for P&R content going forward, because we proved it will not work. And to the guys who want to sneak in a P&R comment here and there I can say definitively "see, it doesn't work . . . it's not theory, we tried it once, it doesn't work! Next question"?

So this is why I recommend giving the Pub 51 thread a chance. You might like it. But if you don't try it you'll never know. And if it doesn't work for you then we find that out for certainty, but at least you tried. At our age I think it's important not to get too crotchety and stuck in our ways. Trying new stuff helps keep you young. That's much of the reason I hang out with the young'uns in Road . . . they help keep me young. So long as they stay off my frikin' lawn!!

I don't disagree. In fact I am in favour of the Pub51 experiment. I won't be spending much time there myself, but it does seem to represent a reasonable compromise between those who want this to be principally a cycling forum, and those who want somewhere to chat about whatever with people who happen sometimes to ride a bike.

But it will work only if Tom's policy is enforced, and if the non-cycling stuff gets moved there.

I think it's already worked quite well. The air is much clearer.

Careful, Dudelsack will post his Kitty video here as well.

The forest is the only place I am allowed to say anything. And yes, my understanding is that I am still wrong.

There we go again, the minority wanting to pigeon hole all the rest. Still does not get, "If you are not interested in the subject of that thread, then just do not open that thread".

i'm liking to die here!
i've tried in on two people so far. startled, then confused, then wondering what happened, then
trying to figure which of you is losing their mind. wonderful!

I watch PR with my wife, and have from its very first season. It reminds me of architecture school, or it did when they had truly unusual challenges, like having to get all their materials from the produce section of the grocery store. Creativity and egos abound. Just like being back in the studio, only more gay (not that there's anything wrong with that).

My favorite slice of real life at work...

Yeah, I let that one go.. Wonder if he could keep up while I happen to be riding. More to life that what tires should I use.

Kitty video? KITTY VIDEO??? Where is it? We wanna see the kitty video!!

Reid

You really shouldn't have said that....