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01-11-07, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by pyze-guy
I am clueless to aol speak > means what?
01-11-07, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Offhoff
Nah in politics you just answer the question you wished you'd been asked instead of the question you were actually asked.
01-11-07, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by pyze-guy
Fun day at work.. Seems the school cought on fire. Either something in the shop went boom, or the stoners in the basement dropped a spliff in the wrong place.
01-11-07, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
according to my rudimentary knowledge of high school math it means less than.
bigger >`/----\,,.' smaller
the aligator eats the bigger thing.. that's how i rememeber..
2 > 1 .... two is greater than 1
1 < 2 .... 1 is less than 2.
01-11-07, 03:35 PM
So I says to Mable I says
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
according to my rudimentary knowledge of high school math it means less than.
01-11-07, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by somnambulant
rudimentary indeed *puffs on pipe*
01-11-07, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
Morning..afternoon? Long...short? Meet in the market at the coffee joint...not Ideal..the other joint with the roaster and smoothies? I say 12ish...20-30 km....back to Dees for cheap beer and a Kings Crown. Jackpot.
01-11-07, 03:43 PM
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Reply to post #17977 by Shiznaz: that wasn't AOLese.
rofl.
ha-ha. what have you got in that pipe math boy, 1s and 0s?
01-11-07, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Danhalen
Hey Keith you're covering us all for pints right?
Note to self...procure 4 40oz warm bottles of Olde English.
01-11-07, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
i told you not to teach those students how to flambe!
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01-11-07, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by pyze-guy
Like I'd let them near the booze. It'd be gone before I could cook with it.
01-11-07, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
give them that baker's brandy you see in bakeshops; the 60% stuff that has a solution that induced vomitting. that'll learn em.
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01-11-07, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
Sure.
Note to self...procure 4 40oz warm bottles of Olde English.
Note to self...procure 4 40oz warm bottles of Olde English.
01-11-07, 04:20 PM
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y'all're jokes...
BTW
From Environment Canada: Saturday - A mix of sun and cloud. High minus 3.
mebbe warmed beer might be a good thing? uh, or not...
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
The forecast for Saturday is lookin a little more promising. Ride and pints as per Offhoff's suggestion?
mebbe warmed beer might be a good thing? uh, or not...
01-11-07, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Offhoff
Nah in politics you just answer the question you wished you'd been asked instead of the question you were actually asked.
01-11-07, 04:32 PM
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for those of you that like all things antiquated / rivendellish, i was in curbside this afternoon and i see that they now carry cork grips ($15). very nice.
01-11-07, 04:39 PM
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Maybe I can organize for hot Glühwein (hot mulled wine). I have never made it before, but I enjoyed it when I was in Munich! Warms the bones amazingly well.
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wow yum... provided this is an open roll-call, that is (i don't even know if my knee will be ok but whatev').
01-11-07, 04:44 PM
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Yay, I finally got my good peds for my SS MTB, and I won a Surly Tuggnutt on eBay. I'm a fixed wheel away from completion!
BTW: the snow ride idea still exists. For a reminder in this balmy sex-pot weather, go here!
Someday my friends. Someday...
BTW: the snow ride idea still exists. For a reminder in this balmy sex-pot weather, go here!
Someday my friends. Someday...
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Thats quite the flyer. Did you ever promote rave parties?
01-11-07, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
Thats quite the flyer. Did you ever promote rave parties?
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by the way, watch out for Diamond cab #3227.
he doesn't like to share the road with cyclists. apparently we shouldn't signal and take the lane in order to not get run over. i tried to warn his fare that he wasn't safe...(pulled a bogus u-turn and came awfully close to a cyclist in front of me) i wonder if he still got a tip?
there really must be a way of proper enforcing proper training for cabbies... or at least keeping record of incidents.
(don't even get me started on tonight's news report about "distracted drivers")
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he doesn't like to share the road with cyclists. apparently we shouldn't signal and take the lane in order to not get run over. i tried to warn his fare that he wasn't safe...(pulled a bogus u-turn and came awfully close to a cyclist in front of me) i wonder if he still got a tip?
there really must be a way of proper enforcing proper training for cabbies... or at least keeping record of incidents.
(don't even get me started on tonight's news report about "distracted drivers")
/rant
01-11-07, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by zippered
by the way, watch out for Diamond cab #3227.
he doesn't like to share the road with cyclists. apparently we shouldn't signal and take the lane in order to not get run over. i tried to warn his fare that he wasn't safe...(pulled a bogus u-turn and came awfully close to a cyclist in front of me) i wonder if he still got a tip?
there really must be a way of proper enforcing proper training for cabbies... or at least keeping record of incidents.
(don't even get me started on tonight's news report about "distracted drivers")
/rant
he doesn't like to share the road with cyclists. apparently we shouldn't signal and take the lane in order to not get run over. i tried to warn his fare that he wasn't safe...(pulled a bogus u-turn and came awfully close to a cyclist in front of me) i wonder if he still got a tip?
there really must be a way of proper enforcing proper training for cabbies... or at least keeping record of incidents.
(don't even get me started on tonight's news report about "distracted drivers")
/rant
P.S. It's not just cabs though. It seems that everyone, big car or small, cabbie or not, consistently make bad decisions that endanger the thousands of cyclists in the city. I've been riding with more care, and noticing a lot more obnoxious behaviors ever since being hit on Yonge.
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01-11-07, 07:01 PM
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for real. i'm constantly thinking about what could be done in toronto to make drivers realise that. my most endearing thoughts so far are: a) something like the chick uses in "snow crash" to stick a warning flag on a vehicle or b) a "wall of shame" of plate #s...
but seriously, i was hit 2 years ago this week by a delivery driver pulling a u-turn @ king/bathurst. big wake-up call. the unfortunate thing is, when i tell people, they get scared about riding. the less cyclists = less attention by drivers = less cylists = less attention from drivers and so on. and need i remind them it's january and there's been no snow?
but seriously, i was hit 2 years ago this week by a delivery driver pulling a u-turn @ king/bathurst. big wake-up call. the unfortunate thing is, when i tell people, they get scared about riding. the less cyclists = less attention by drivers = less cylists = less attention from drivers and so on. and need i remind them it's january and there's been no snow?
01-11-07, 07:13 PM
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The best way to increase safety, is to increase the number of cyclists. Fortunately this doens't seem to ever rise above a meaningful enough rate for drivers to warrant any attention.